Rebecca Spang
@rlspang.bsky.social
Professor of History, sometimes administrator at big public university in Midwest. Writes about money, French Revolution, restaurants. Friend to vert paleo.
ex UCL History; Yale SOM Visiting Fellow; Guggenheim and New America Fellow.
once/future Mainer
ex UCL History; Yale SOM Visiting Fellow; Guggenheim and New America Fellow.
once/future Mainer
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Our excellent and reasonable president just grounded, by my count (based on Wikipedia), 231 out of 544 aircraft in the American Eagle fleet.
Good luck to us all.
Good luck to us all.
January 30, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Our excellent and reasonable president just grounded, by my count (based on Wikipedia), 231 out of 544 aircraft in the American Eagle fleet.
Good luck to us all.
Good luck to us all.
“Minnesota man” is the obvious foil that “Florida man” has long lacked.
January 29, 2026 at 9:16 PM
“Minnesota man” is the obvious foil that “Florida man” has long lacked.
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This will force the other news outlets to cover it. Based on past performance, most of that will be to cover the controversy of Trump claims X, everyone says not X, which will further promote nothing being true & everything/anything being possible. Which is what Trump & the MAGA movement want. end/
January 29, 2026 at 4:59 PM
This will force the other news outlets to cover it. Based on past performance, most of that will be to cover the controversy of Trump claims X, everyone says not X, which will further promote nothing being true & everything/anything being possible. Which is what Trump & the MAGA movement want. end/
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We're once again going to get to watch Trump, his aides, & his fellow travelers run a complete influence operation based on baseless & long debunked conspiracy theories through his press gaggles & social media posts through Fox News & now CBS News right into Congress. 4/
January 29, 2026 at 4:57 PM
We're once again going to get to watch Trump, his aides, & his fellow travelers run a complete influence operation based on baseless & long debunked conspiracy theories through his press gaggles & social media posts through Fox News & now CBS News right into Congress. 4/
Reposted by Rebecca Spang
Judge in Minnesota Says ICE Has Violated Nearly 100 Court Orders
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:01 AM