Ethan Kytle
@ekytle.bsky.social
Historian, Fresno State; co-author "Denmark Vesey's Garden: Slavery & Memory in the Cradle of the Confederacy"; next book on 1960 fight to desegregate New Orleans public schools; Tar Heels sports
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No 60 Minutes segment can be considered complete without this kind of erudite analysis on the issues of our day.
December 24, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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I dream of a president who makes literary references. But I'd settle for a Democrat who knows what capital letters are for.
December 22, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I dream of a president who makes literary references. But I'd settle for a Democrat who knows what capital letters are for.
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Refusing to take sides in a 'fight over bigotry' is tantamount to taking sides.
This is NYT headline morning after JD’s grotesque hot blast of white supremacist nativism at Turning Point’s hate-fest?!
December 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Refusing to take sides in a 'fight over bigotry' is tantamount to taking sides.
KKK leader David Duke used to drive around in Oldsmobile with a Confederate flag bumper sticker and another that read "Never apologize for being white." If he's still got his KKKmobile, I'm sure Duke would let JD take it out for a spin. Just don't tell Usha.
JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"
December 21, 2025 at 11:07 PM
KKK leader David Duke used to drive around in Oldsmobile with a Confederate flag bumper sticker and another that read "Never apologize for being white." If he's still got his KKKmobile, I'm sure Duke would let JD take it out for a spin. Just don't tell Usha.
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I did Nazi that coming
JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"
December 21, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I did Nazi that coming
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I’m just going to tell the story. Back in 2000 I was volunteering for the Gore campaign when he came along with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Alfre Woodard and Dule Hill to a GOTV event here in MN. He ended up sitting down across from me stuffing his envelopes.
December 15, 2025 at 2:43 AM
I’m just going to tell the story. Back in 2000 I was volunteering for the Gore campaign when he came along with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Alfre Woodard and Dule Hill to a GOTV event here in MN. He ended up sitting down across from me stuffing his envelopes.
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The anti-Semitic mass shooting in Australia will cause a national conversation and policy change. We know this because the 1996 Port Arthur massacre led to significant restrictions on guns.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
‘I heard 40, 50 shots’: Witnesses fled Bondi Beach as gunmen targeted Jewish event
‘I heard 40, 50 shots’: Witnesses fled Bondi Beach as gunmen targeted Jewish event
Gunshots ripped through a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, killing at least 12 people
www.irishtimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The anti-Semitic mass shooting in Australia will cause a national conversation and policy change. We know this because the 1996 Port Arthur massacre led to significant restrictions on guns.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
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I’ll never forget hearing Donald Trump’s racist “shithole countries” comment in a 2018 Oval Office meeting about immigration.
Tom Cotton and David Perdue claimed Trump didn’t say it and accused me of lying.
The truth comes out.
Tom Cotton and David Perdue claimed Trump didn’t say it and accused me of lying.
The truth comes out.
TRUMP: “I said why is it we only take people from shithole countries? Why can't we have some people from Norway, Sweden, Denmark… But we always take people from Somalia— places that are filthy, dirty, disgusting.”
Such a mystery what he means when he says this stuff, isn’t it?
Such a mystery what he means when he says this stuff, isn’t it?
December 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I’ll never forget hearing Donald Trump’s racist “shithole countries” comment in a 2018 Oval Office meeting about immigration.
Tom Cotton and David Perdue claimed Trump didn’t say it and accused me of lying.
The truth comes out.
Tom Cotton and David Perdue claimed Trump didn’t say it and accused me of lying.
The truth comes out.
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when you see Trump on camera angrily attacking female reporters for asking straightforward questions, it doesn’t take much to imagine what he does behind closed doors when a woman says ‘No’
December 9, 2025 at 9:04 AM
when you see Trump on camera angrily attacking female reporters for asking straightforward questions, it doesn’t take much to imagine what he does behind closed doors when a woman says ‘No’
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The lethal kinetic strikes were directed at the carbon-based organisms resulting in heartbeat cessation.
REPORTER: Does the administration deny that that second strike happened, or did it happen and the administration denies that Hegseth gave the order?
LEAVITT: The latter. Secretary Hegseth authorized Admiral Bradley to conduct these kinetic strikes. He worked well within his authority and the law.
LEAVITT: The latter. Secretary Hegseth authorized Admiral Bradley to conduct these kinetic strikes. He worked well within his authority and the law.
December 1, 2025 at 9:17 PM
The lethal kinetic strikes were directed at the carbon-based organisms resulting in heartbeat cessation.
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Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
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Threatening to ban all migration from "Third world countries" while admitting white Afrikaners, and only white Afrikaners, as refugees, shows you how racist the Trump administration really is.
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-r...
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-r...
Trump sets lowest refugee cap in U.S. history, allocating 7,500 spots, mostly for Afrikaners
The Trump administration on Thursday announced it would set the lowest refugee admissions cap in U.S. history at 7,500 spots.
www.cbsnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Threatening to ban all migration from "Third world countries" while admitting white Afrikaners, and only white Afrikaners, as refugees, shows you how racist the Trump administration really is.
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-r...
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-r...
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I used to handle interlibrary loans for a public library. ILL is a magnificent expression of the idea that readers deserve books, and books deserve readers. It’s libraries everywhere pooling their resources for the benefit of everyone.
Killing IMLS could have killed ILL.
This is great news. 📚
Killing IMLS could have killed ILL.
This is great news. 📚
Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries IMLS
librarytechnology.org/pr/31973
librarytechnology.org/pr/31973
Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries
Press Release: Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries. The U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island struck down the Trump Adm...
librarytechnology.org
November 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I used to handle interlibrary loans for a public library. ILL is a magnificent expression of the idea that readers deserve books, and books deserve readers. It’s libraries everywhere pooling their resources for the benefit of everyone.
Killing IMLS could have killed ILL.
This is great news. 📚
Killing IMLS could have killed ILL.
This is great news. 📚
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Remember: Trump tried to make this guy Attorney General
November 13, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Remember: Trump tried to make this guy Attorney General
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the only thing democrats should be saying today is “the entire republican party is engaged in a coverup of the most notorious child sex trafficking ring in world history”
November 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
the only thing democrats should be saying today is “the entire republican party is engaged in a coverup of the most notorious child sex trafficking ring in world history”
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He has now erased fully 10% of the term to which Grijalva was elected.
Speaker Johnson is officially keeping the House in recess again next week. This will be the eighth consecutive week the House has been out of session. The chamber hasn't met since Sept. 19. Adelita Grijalva, who was elected on Sept. 23, has not been sworn in.
November 7, 2025 at 7:44 PM
He has now erased fully 10% of the term to which Grijalva was elected.
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There is something deeply broken about an economy that creates trillionaires while people get buried under the cost of living and 42 million go hungry. The ultra-rich should realize that my Billionaires Income Tax, aimed at ensuring they pay their fair share, represents the moderate path forward.
Tesla shareholders have approved a pay package that could make CEO Elon Musk, already the world’s richest person, the world’s first trillionaire. https://cnn.it/43KZnkA
November 7, 2025 at 1:57 AM
There is something deeply broken about an economy that creates trillionaires while people get buried under the cost of living and 42 million go hungry. The ultra-rich should realize that my Billionaires Income Tax, aimed at ensuring they pay their fair share, represents the moderate path forward.
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lol Trump literally ran on fixing everything on day one and has spent the last few weeks telling us he ended 8 wars.
Mike Johnson: "If you run as a socialist, you run on a big list false claims. You promise everything to everyone, and you can't deliver, and if you were able to deliver it would be to the great detriment of the people you lured in to vote for you."
November 6, 2025 at 3:14 PM
lol Trump literally ran on fixing everything on day one and has spent the last few weeks telling us he ended 8 wars.
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it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
November 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
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Hey, remind me what happened after the Roaring 20s?
Dancers at Trump’s Halloween party as people begin losing food stamps under his administration
November 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Hey, remind me what happened after the Roaring 20s?
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On this day 225 years ago, John Adams moved into the still-not-quite-complete White House, becoming the first president to occupy it. His blessing was carved into the State Dining Room mantel in 1945: "May none but Honest and Wise Men ever rule under This Roof.”
November 1, 2025 at 4:46 PM
On this day 225 years ago, John Adams moved into the still-not-quite-complete White House, becoming the first president to occupy it. His blessing was carved into the State Dining Room mantel in 1945: "May none but Honest and Wise Men ever rule under This Roof.”
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I’ve voted twice to make independent redistricting the law of the land nationwide, and I would gladly do so again.
But I also live in the real world.
I’m voting YES on Prop 50.
Here’s why:
#VoteYESonProp50
But I also live in the real world.
I’m voting YES on Prop 50.
Here’s why:
#VoteYESonProp50
October 24, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I’ve voted twice to make independent redistricting the law of the land nationwide, and I would gladly do so again.
But I also live in the real world.
I’m voting YES on Prop 50.
Here’s why:
#VoteYESonProp50
But I also live in the real world.
I’m voting YES on Prop 50.
Here’s why:
#VoteYESonProp50
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Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!
October 22, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!