Dr. Dave Haskell
@davehaskell.bsky.social
I teach Am History 1 to gifted 8th graders in an urban school district. Archaeologist/ethnohistorian (mainly of Mexico) in a former life. The past was just as messy as the present (if not messier).
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New: We got an internal ICE document revealing its $100 million ad plan to bring in 14,000 new hires: deals with "tactical" influencers; ads to gun & military buffs; and geo-targeting phones around NASCAR races and gun shows.
A "wartime recruitment" mode with paramilitary branding: wapo.st/44QrP5j
A "wartime recruitment" mode with paramilitary branding: wapo.st/44QrP5j
ICE plans $100 million ‘wartime recruitment’ push targeting gun shows, military fans for hires
An internal ICE document shared among immigration officials details plans to use influencers and geo-targeted ads to rapidly hire thousands of deportation officers.
wapo.st
December 31, 2025 at 12:09 PM
New: We got an internal ICE document revealing its $100 million ad plan to bring in 14,000 new hires: deals with "tactical" influencers; ads to gun & military buffs; and geo-targeting phones around NASCAR races and gun shows.
A "wartime recruitment" mode with paramilitary branding: wapo.st/44QrP5j
A "wartime recruitment" mode with paramilitary branding: wapo.st/44QrP5j
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Reminder that years ago it was found out that the FBI straight up made up a whole bunch of fake forensic sciences, plural. People have gone to jail and been executed due to literally pseudoscience.
Hair forensics, for instance, is totally nonsense.
They admitted it.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
Hair forensics, for instance, is totally nonsense.
They admitted it.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
The FBI Faked an Entire Field of Forensic Science
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December 30, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Reminder that years ago it was found out that the FBI straight up made up a whole bunch of fake forensic sciences, plural. People have gone to jail and been executed due to literally pseudoscience.
Hair forensics, for instance, is totally nonsense.
They admitted it.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
Hair forensics, for instance, is totally nonsense.
They admitted it.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
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Not sure people are getting the real importance of the Russians fooling Trump about the Ukrainians attacking Putin's house. It was to demonstrate just how much they control his thinking--how much he is in their pocket. And it worked.
December 30, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Not sure people are getting the real importance of the Russians fooling Trump about the Ukrainians attacking Putin's house. It was to demonstrate just how much they control his thinking--how much he is in their pocket. And it worked.
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"We are going to win against Donald Trump, but we have a much bigger victory that we need to be aiming for. We need to Reconstruct this country. We must put liberal democracy on the right footing to face the challenges of the era we live in."
“We are going to win. But it is going to hurt. The president can do a great deal of harm to our institutions and to innocent people, even in the absence of public or elite support.” www.liberalcurrents.com/we-are-going...
We Are Going to Win
Trump's revolution will fail, but we still have a long and painful road ahead of us.
www.liberalcurrents.com
December 30, 2025 at 11:22 AM
"We are going to win against Donald Trump, but we have a much bigger victory that we need to be aiming for. We need to Reconstruct this country. We must put liberal democracy on the right footing to face the challenges of the era we live in."
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This speech is over 400 years old. It is gripping even now. He could be speaking of Steven Miller, Donald Trump, JD Vance, Tom Homans. It is devastating: "This is the strangers’ case
And this your mountainish inhumanity." Share. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DceE...
And this your mountainish inhumanity." Share. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DceE...
Ian McKellen performs speech about immigrants by Shakespeare from Thomas More (23/4/2016)
YouTube video by TFotF
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December 29, 2025 at 11:27 AM
This speech is over 400 years old. It is gripping even now. He could be speaking of Steven Miller, Donald Trump, JD Vance, Tom Homans. It is devastating: "This is the strangers’ case
And this your mountainish inhumanity." Share. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DceE...
And this your mountainish inhumanity." Share. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DceE...
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It's not just that the Jewish guy gets given a massive nose, the WOC gets given a wide nose and big mouth. Meanwhile the two ostensibly white caricatures basically only really get their head proportions to their body tweaked. Just naked bigotry tropes in full swing. They always show you who they are
No idea who Laurent Brindeau is, but isn’t this caricature of @zackpolanski.bsky.social in today’s @dailymailpolitics.bsky.social ragingly antisemitic?
December 29, 2025 at 11:38 AM
It's not just that the Jewish guy gets given a massive nose, the WOC gets given a wide nose and big mouth. Meanwhile the two ostensibly white caricatures basically only really get their head proportions to their body tweaked. Just naked bigotry tropes in full swing. They always show you who they are
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The revocation of citizenship is a fundamental and brutal discretionary power of the state.
One of the more depressing themes in recent judgments is how the courts nod-along and shrug when faced with this brute exercise of fundamental power, rather than subjecting this power to anxious scrutiny.
One of the more depressing themes in recent judgments is how the courts nod-along and shrug when faced with this brute exercise of fundamental power, rather than subjecting this power to anxious scrutiny.
December 29, 2025 at 11:38 AM
The revocation of citizenship is a fundamental and brutal discretionary power of the state.
One of the more depressing themes in recent judgments is how the courts nod-along and shrug when faced with this brute exercise of fundamental power, rather than subjecting this power to anxious scrutiny.
One of the more depressing themes in recent judgments is how the courts nod-along and shrug when faced with this brute exercise of fundamental power, rather than subjecting this power to anxious scrutiny.
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A nice thread in which an actual expert patiently explains why the Secretary of Health and Human Service is not simply a liar, but an especially stupid one.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has stated that the 1918 flu pandemic was caused by a lab virus from vaccine research, a defective influenza vaccine. Let’s analyze what a lie this is. First, in 1918, 107 years ago, virology was in its infancy
December 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
A nice thread in which an actual expert patiently explains why the Secretary of Health and Human Service is not simply a liar, but an especially stupid one.
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i don’t see how any of the benefits of chatgpt and other consumer-facing LLMs can possibly outweigh their incredible ability to induce suicides
Adam Raine’s life hurtled toward tragedy soon after he began talking with ChatGPT about homework. Analysis of his ChatGPT account shows how the chatbot became a confidant as he planned to end his life.
74 suicide warnings and 243 mentions of hanging: What ChatGPT said to a suicidal teen
Analysis of high-schooler Adam Raine’s ChatGPT account by attorneys for his parents shows how the chatbot became a confidant as he planned to end his life.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 28, 2025 at 2:06 AM
i don’t see how any of the benefits of chatgpt and other consumer-facing LLMs can possibly outweigh their incredible ability to induce suicides
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Historians: Quibbling Over Exact Definition Of Concentration Camp Sign Of Healthy Society https://theonion.com/historians-quibbling-over-exact-definition-of-concentration-camp-sign-of-healthy-society/
December 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Historians: Quibbling Over Exact Definition Of Concentration Camp Sign Of Healthy Society https://theonion.com/historians-quibbling-over-exact-definition-of-concentration-camp-sign-of-healthy-society/
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Trump's DOJ was monitoring all the movements of the Miami Herald reporter who was covering the Epstein case.
December 28, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Trump's DOJ was monitoring all the movements of the Miami Herald reporter who was covering the Epstein case.
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Agrivoltaics boost crop yields even when the solar panels aren’t generating power. New research from Canada shows that shading crops with elevated solar panels creates a cooler, wetter microclimate that can lift yields and improve performance across dozens of crops. buff.ly/6eqClf1
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The gift that keeps on giving: How solar panels on farms can help increase crop yields
A new study finds farmers can enjoy increased crop yeilds under partial shade of solar panels long after they stop working decades from now.
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December 28, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Agrivoltaics boost crop yields even when the solar panels aren’t generating power. New research from Canada shows that shading crops with elevated solar panels creates a cooler, wetter microclimate that can lift yields and improve performance across dozens of crops. buff.ly/6eqClf1
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
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I advise Democrats to get on board with Bernie on this now instead of waiting a half a decade and some huge losses before they do anyway, per tradition.
Bernie Sanders: "We need to be thinking seriously about a moratorium on data centers. You gotta slow this process down. It's not good enough for the oligarchs to tell us 'you adapt.' Are they gonna guarantee healthcare to all people? What are they gonna do when there are no jobs? Make housing free?"
December 28, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I advise Democrats to get on board with Bernie on this now instead of waiting a half a decade and some huge losses before they do anyway, per tradition.
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Filming them committing terrorism is now itself an act of terrorism?
December 27, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Filming them committing terrorism is now itself an act of terrorism?
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All of the money that changed hands in the Teapot Dome scandal totaled less than $10 million after adjusting for inflation, and it was considered so corrupt we still teach it in high school government classes a century later.
Corruption so pungent, it wafts right off the page:
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon
Even some of the president’s closest advisers have been surprised by a number of the recent series of pardons.
www.wsj.com
December 27, 2025 at 9:24 PM
All of the money that changed hands in the Teapot Dome scandal totaled less than $10 million after adjusting for inflation, and it was considered so corrupt we still teach it in high school government classes a century later.
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Corruption so pungent, it wafts right off the page:
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon
Even some of the president’s closest advisers have been surprised by a number of the recent series of pardons.
www.wsj.com
December 27, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Corruption so pungent, it wafts right off the page:
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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You don't need to be an anarchist to think that ICE should be abolished
You can be a good governance liberal who thinks that the agency has demonstrated an institutional disrespect for the Constitution, and therefore advocate for unwinding the agency and rolling its functions into a revived INS.
You can be a good governance liberal who thinks that the agency has demonstrated an institutional disrespect for the Constitution, and therefore advocate for unwinding the agency and rolling its functions into a revived INS.
ICE have revealed themselves to be nothing more than the partisan militia of MAGA. When Trump became president, he did not "execute Order 66." They have been yearning for the Day of the Rope since their founding, and all Trump did was give free rein to their basest impulses.
December 27, 2025 at 8:12 PM
You don't need to be an anarchist to think that ICE should be abolished
You can be a good governance liberal who thinks that the agency has demonstrated an institutional disrespect for the Constitution, and therefore advocate for unwinding the agency and rolling its functions into a revived INS.
You can be a good governance liberal who thinks that the agency has demonstrated an institutional disrespect for the Constitution, and therefore advocate for unwinding the agency and rolling its functions into a revived INS.
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A comprehensive list in chronological order of the 500 Worst Things the Trump Admin Did in 2025.
Here is Part 1: 1-100. Jan-Feb 2025. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
Here is Part 1: 1-100. Jan-Feb 2025. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
500 Worst Things Trump Did in 2025
Part 1-100, January-March 2025.
open.substack.com
December 27, 2025 at 9:24 PM
A comprehensive list in chronological order of the 500 Worst Things the Trump Admin Did in 2025.
Here is Part 1: 1-100. Jan-Feb 2025. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
Here is Part 1: 1-100. Jan-Feb 2025. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
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Today’s lesson about White Identity Extremism dogwhistles
If you encounter someone American who describes themselves as
“Jeffersonian”
Run, don’t walk, away
There is only one political tradition in Modern America that claims that label, and it spawned Holocaust denial and neoNazi movements
If you encounter someone American who describes themselves as
“Jeffersonian”
Run, don’t walk, away
There is only one political tradition in Modern America that claims that label, and it spawned Holocaust denial and neoNazi movements
December 27, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Today’s lesson about White Identity Extremism dogwhistles
If you encounter someone American who describes themselves as
“Jeffersonian”
Run, don’t walk, away
There is only one political tradition in Modern America that claims that label, and it spawned Holocaust denial and neoNazi movements
If you encounter someone American who describes themselves as
“Jeffersonian”
Run, don’t walk, away
There is only one political tradition in Modern America that claims that label, and it spawned Holocaust denial and neoNazi movements
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Historian Elizabeth Gillespie-McRae refers to such illiberal activists as the "constant gardeners of white supremacy." Some of these gardeners were proud fascists like Kasper, but most were just local reactionaries "protecting" their communities from "outside influences." bsky.app/profile/seth...
Historian Elizabeth Gillespie McCrae's book on massive resistance uses the term "the constant gardeners of white supremacy" to describe the grassroots activists who did the key cultural work of building the coalition for massive resistance. They all seemed so nice!
www.google.com/books/editio...
www.google.com/books/editio...
Mothers of Massive Resistance
Why do white supremacist politics in America remain so powerful? Elizabeth Gillespie McRae argues that the answer lies with white women. Examining racial segregation from 1920s to the 1970s, Mothers o...
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December 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Historian Elizabeth Gillespie-McRae refers to such illiberal activists as the "constant gardeners of white supremacy." Some of these gardeners were proud fascists like Kasper, but most were just local reactionaries "protecting" their communities from "outside influences." bsky.app/profile/seth...
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I think this is called a robbery.
ICE Agents Arrest Man on Christmas Eve—and Then Steal His Groceries
Trump’s immigration agents are doing whatever they want.
newrepublic.com
December 27, 2025 at 10:06 AM
I think this is called a robbery.
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The mirror phenomenon of how we were outperforming the world for the last four years and that context was rarely offered.
Context you rarely hear: global stocks are up about 30% over the past year. U.S. stocks? Around 18%. That means American investors underperformed the world by about 12 percentage points, even while headlines called it a “fantastic year.”
December 27, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The mirror phenomenon of how we were outperforming the world for the last four years and that context was rarely offered.
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it’s hard to think of a bigger grift than the claim that predictive text aka gAI is ‘conscious’ and thus “deserve rights” like the ability to vote
December 27, 2025 at 12:26 PM
it’s hard to think of a bigger grift than the claim that predictive text aka gAI is ‘conscious’ and thus “deserve rights” like the ability to vote