Rick Shenkman
@rickshenkman.bsky.social
Historian’s can’t predict the future. We can’t even agree on the past. Journalist & historian. Author of POLITICAL ANIMALS: How Our Stone-Age Brain Gets in the Way of Smart Politics (Basic Books).
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They won't have the numbers to occupy the nation and force everyone to comply, and that's why they're engaged in such an aggressive show of force. They're hoping we all get cowed into submission and do their work of suppression ourselves.
Once again, no.
The mantra remains "fuck you, make me."
Once again, no.
The mantra remains "fuck you, make me."
January 10, 2026 at 7:37 PM
They won't have the numbers to occupy the nation and force everyone to comply, and that's why they're engaged in such an aggressive show of force. They're hoping we all get cowed into submission and do their work of suppression ourselves.
Once again, no.
The mantra remains "fuck you, make me."
Once again, no.
The mantra remains "fuck you, make me."
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"it will be conformable to the modern Maxim that is now generally adopted by our worthy Constituents, that it is better that ten innocent Persons should suffer than that one guilty should escape"
January 10, 2026 at 7:42 PM
"it will be conformable to the modern Maxim that is now generally adopted by our worthy Constituents, that it is better that ten innocent Persons should suffer than that one guilty should escape"
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New 60 Minutes logo just dropped
December 22, 2025 at 1:00 AM
New 60 Minutes logo just dropped
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A big part of the immigrant influx in Europe arose from the US destabilizing the Middle East.
Now Trump plans to exacerbate instability in Latin America?
Now Trump plans to exacerbate instability in Latin America?
December 13, 2025 at 1:40 PM
A big part of the immigrant influx in Europe arose from the US destabilizing the Middle East.
Now Trump plans to exacerbate instability in Latin America?
Now Trump plans to exacerbate instability in Latin America?