Danny Blinderman
@dannyblinderman.bsky.social
Post-doc at UVA: Program on Constitutionalism and Democracy. Ph.D. @ the University of Michigan. I study APD, constitutional change & democratization. Proud former member of GEO-3550. Semi-retired Jewish organizer. Thaddeus Stevens was right.
What John Roberts should see when he looks in the mirror:
January 24, 2026 at 9:23 PM
What John Roberts should see when he looks in the mirror:
Watching events unfold in the United States while consulting the plot of Mike Duncan's "Martian Revolution" and coming to the following conclusion:
January 24, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Watching events unfold in the United States while consulting the plot of Mike Duncan's "Martian Revolution" and coming to the following conclusion:
a shame he was Like That because the fit was tremendous
January 18, 2026 at 4:21 PM
a shame he was Like That because the fit was tremendous
So, hear me out...
January 12, 2026 at 2:46 PM
So, hear me out...
Popular front is back, it's good again!
January 1, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Popular front is back, it's good again!
A few books I've read this year that I recommend:
December 8, 2025 at 6:03 PM
A few books I've read this year that I recommend:
November 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Napoleon: Conquerer, Statesman, and, according to Goethe, A Pleasure to Have In Class
Via the Age of Napoleon podcast, episode 114 "The Limits of Power".
Via the Age of Napoleon podcast, episode 114 "The Limits of Power".
September 26, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Napoleon: Conquerer, Statesman, and, according to Goethe, A Pleasure to Have In Class
Via the Age of Napoleon podcast, episode 114 "The Limits of Power".
Via the Age of Napoleon podcast, episode 114 "The Limits of Power".
Summer reading:
July 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Summer reading:
I wrote this seven years ago, reflecting on the overlap between AOC's inspiring victory and the Supreme Court's vicious assault on the rights of workers. Today, the juxtaposition is Zohran's win and the Court's assault on the very basis of citizenship. The imperative to win a just future remains.
June 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I wrote this seven years ago, reflecting on the overlap between AOC's inspiring victory and the Supreme Court's vicious assault on the rights of workers. Today, the juxtaposition is Zohran's win and the Court's assault on the very basis of citizenship. The imperative to win a just future remains.
In a literal sense, woke is the only reason this county is together in the first place.
April 5, 2025 at 9:54 PM
In a literal sense, woke is the only reason this county is together in the first place.
Perhaps most critically, he was right that *political* reconstruction of the American South would never last without radical alterations to the South's *economic* system. He wanted to give the land of rich traitors to the freedmen. We should have listened.
April 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Perhaps most critically, he was right that *political* reconstruction of the American South would never last without radical alterations to the South's *economic* system. He wanted to give the land of rich traitors to the freedmen. We should have listened.
He was right that treason against the government, constitution and people of the United States would continue to fester and poison American democracy unless the political and social power of those who prioritized human bondage was smashed:
April 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
He was right that treason against the government, constitution and people of the United States would continue to fester and poison American democracy unless the political and social power of those who prioritized human bondage was smashed:
Moreover, he was right that those who opposed slavery had to fight it *with the same or greater fervor* as its defenders:
April 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Moreover, he was right that those who opposed slavery had to fight it *with the same or greater fervor* as its defenders:
Today is Thaddeus Stevens' Birthday. A Radical Republican Congressman during the Civil War, he was one of the most righteous, clear eyed political leaders this country has ever produced. In honor of his birthday, I'd like to make a thread of things he was right about.
April 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Today is Thaddeus Stevens' Birthday. A Radical Republican Congressman during the Civil War, he was one of the most righteous, clear eyed political leaders this country has ever produced. In honor of his birthday, I'd like to make a thread of things he was right about.
Bensel heads....we are so back:
April 2, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Bensel heads....we are so back: