@saltyhistprof.bsky.social
Early Americanist by training, generalist for a job. Untenured, nom de plume due to being a possible target of board of trustees.
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Maga voters for the next 4 insufferable years making people in the usa and around the world quite literally suffer
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ROGERS: Do you see any checks on your power on the world stage?
TRUMP: Yeah. There's one thing. My own morality. My own mind. That's the only thing that can stop me.
KANNO-YOUNGS: Not international law?
TRUMP: I don't need international law. I'm not looking to hurt people.
TRUMP: Yeah. There's one thing. My own morality. My own mind. That's the only thing that can stop me.
KANNO-YOUNGS: Not international law?
TRUMP: I don't need international law. I'm not looking to hurt people.
January 9, 2026 at 5:20 PM
ROGERS: Do you see any checks on your power on the world stage?
TRUMP: Yeah. There's one thing. My own morality. My own mind. That's the only thing that can stop me.
KANNO-YOUNGS: Not international law?
TRUMP: I don't need international law. I'm not looking to hurt people.
TRUMP: Yeah. There's one thing. My own morality. My own mind. That's the only thing that can stop me.
KANNO-YOUNGS: Not international law?
TRUMP: I don't need international law. I'm not looking to hurt people.
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Emily Heller, an eyewitness, is speaking out to set the record straight. Officers were screaming at Renee Nicole Good, “Move, move, move.”
So she moved, and they shot her multiple times? Then Noem and Trump branded her a domestic terrorist. Does everyone see how absolutely insane that sounds?
So she moved, and they shot her multiple times? Then Noem and Trump branded her a domestic terrorist. Does everyone see how absolutely insane that sounds?
January 8, 2026 at 3:06 AM
Emily Heller, an eyewitness, is speaking out to set the record straight. Officers were screaming at Renee Nicole Good, “Move, move, move.”
So she moved, and they shot her multiple times? Then Noem and Trump branded her a domestic terrorist. Does everyone see how absolutely insane that sounds?
So she moved, and they shot her multiple times? Then Noem and Trump branded her a domestic terrorist. Does everyone see how absolutely insane that sounds?
It's the 250th anniversary of Americans doing what again?
#america250
#america250
Rep. Roger Williams: "People need to quit demonstrating, quit yelling at law enforcement, challenging law enforcement, and begin to get civil."
January 9, 2026 at 3:16 PM
It's the 250th anniversary of Americans doing what again?
#america250
#america250
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Yes, JD. Let’s ask them if they think a stay at home mom, avowed Christian, and widow of a veteran deserved to be shot in the face and left to bleed out in her own car after dropping her 6-year-old off at school, for the crime of looking out for her neighbors. Let’s ask everyone running for office.
January 8, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Yes, JD. Let’s ask them if they think a stay at home mom, avowed Christian, and widow of a veteran deserved to be shot in the face and left to bleed out in her own car after dropping her 6-year-old off at school, for the crime of looking out for her neighbors. Let’s ask everyone running for office.
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This is literally what they do whenever a Black person is killed by police. No matter how solid the evidence is, they will keep pushing that lie, not just to poison the conversation and make sure the killer walks free, but to reassert the political idea that these people deserve to be killed.
The shooting is shocking enough but the government's response is off the charts when you consider that this incident is forensically documented on video.
January 8, 2026 at 1:41 PM
This is literally what they do whenever a Black person is killed by police. No matter how solid the evidence is, they will keep pushing that lie, not just to poison the conversation and make sure the killer walks free, but to reassert the political idea that these people deserve to be killed.
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People need to watch this video. It's nuts.
January 8, 2026 at 12:24 PM
People need to watch this video. It's nuts.
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Jacob Frey: "To ICE -- get the fuck out of Minneapolis"
January 7, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Jacob Frey: "To ICE -- get the fuck out of Minneapolis"
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This ICE hire just murdered a US citizen.
January 7, 2026 at 6:28 PM
This ICE hire just murdered a US citizen.
Oh bluesky...the harvard guy at the top is not dumb, so gutless?
January 7, 2026 at 5:41 AM
Oh bluesky...the harvard guy at the top is not dumb, so gutless?
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This is the kind of thing that the Founders explicitly designed our constitution to prevent; a president who has seized wealth for his own benefit without any intervention from Congress, which in our system is supposed to be the holder of the power of the purse.
January 7, 2026 at 12:21 AM
This is the kind of thing that the Founders explicitly designed our constitution to prevent; a president who has seized wealth for his own benefit without any intervention from Congress, which in our system is supposed to be the holder of the power of the purse.
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What do these companies have in common?
-Cigna
-Comcast
-General Mills
-Allstate
-Marriott
-Hilton
-Walmart
-Amazon
-Microsoft
-Meta
All promised after January 6, 2021 to stop funding lawmakers who tried to overturn the 2020 election.
And all have broken that promise.
-Cigna
-Comcast
-General Mills
-Allstate
-Marriott
-Hilton
-Walmart
-Amazon
-Microsoft
-Meta
All promised after January 6, 2021 to stop funding lawmakers who tried to overturn the 2020 election.
And all have broken that promise.
January 6, 2026 at 5:15 PM
What do these companies have in common?
-Cigna
-Comcast
-General Mills
-Allstate
-Marriott
-Hilton
-Walmart
-Amazon
-Microsoft
-Meta
All promised after January 6, 2021 to stop funding lawmakers who tried to overturn the 2020 election.
And all have broken that promise.
-Cigna
-Comcast
-General Mills
-Allstate
-Marriott
-Hilton
-Walmart
-Amazon
-Microsoft
-Meta
All promised after January 6, 2021 to stop funding lawmakers who tried to overturn the 2020 election.
And all have broken that promise.
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Himes: "I was delighted to hear that Tom Cotton, chairmen of the Senate Intel Committee, has been in regular contact with the admin. I've had zero outreach and no D I'm aware of has. So apparently we're now in a world where the legal obligation to keep Congress informed only applies to your party."
January 4, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Himes: "I was delighted to hear that Tom Cotton, chairmen of the Senate Intel Committee, has been in regular contact with the admin. I've had zero outreach and no D I'm aware of has. So apparently we're now in a world where the legal obligation to keep Congress informed only applies to your party."
Maduro, a foreigner captured IN a foreign country, gets lawyer(s) for his upcoming trial, but child migrants in the usa who fled sex trafficking do not? Do I have that right?
Source: Arizona Mirror share.google/5TjdlyMtMA1w...
Source: Arizona Mirror share.google/5TjdlyMtMA1w...
Trump administration halts legal aid for migrant children
The Trump administration issued a stop work order for attorneys who provide legal aid to unaccompanied minors in deportation cases.
share.google
January 4, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Maduro, a foreigner captured IN a foreign country, gets lawyer(s) for his upcoming trial, but child migrants in the usa who fled sex trafficking do not? Do I have that right?
Source: Arizona Mirror share.google/5TjdlyMtMA1w...
Source: Arizona Mirror share.google/5TjdlyMtMA1w...
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If your position is that regime change should be forced on countries where the president does not respect democratic norms and regularly kidnaps opponents using an officially sanctioned paramiliatary, have I got news for you about your position on the United States
January 3, 2026 at 1:45 PM
If your position is that regime change should be forced on countries where the president does not respect democratic norms and regularly kidnaps opponents using an officially sanctioned paramiliatary, have I got news for you about your position on the United States
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“‘If a fire occurs in the cabin, if we land on water, don’t check on the immigrants. Just make sure that you and the guards and the people that work for the government get off,’" one flight attendant was told.
“It was as if the detainees’ lives were worthless,” said another.
Trump is a monster.
“It was as if the detainees’ lives were worthless,” said another.
Trump is a monster.
Inside ICE Air: Flight Attendants on Deportation Planes Say Disaster Is “Only a Matter of Time”
Current and former flight attendants for GlobalX, the private charter airline at the center of Trump’s immigration crackdown, expressed concern about their inability to treat passengers humanely and t...
www.propublica.org
January 2, 2026 at 5:58 AM
“‘If a fire occurs in the cabin, if we land on water, don’t check on the immigrants. Just make sure that you and the guards and the people that work for the government get off,’" one flight attendant was told.
“It was as if the detainees’ lives were worthless,” said another.
Trump is a monster.
“It was as if the detainees’ lives were worthless,” said another.
Trump is a monster.
Reminds me of THE key to early republic chat. Lawyers like to say the law is law while colonial and rev Americans said yes and. Many elites changed to only the law in the early rep. Phillip Reid argued no "natural law" references w/out actual legal refs. & larry kramer the people themselves is good!
Afraid I must demur with two esteemed historians I respect greatly. This is the fundamental difference between historians and lawyers of all persuasions: the Declaration is not "fundamental" law. It is our "credo," but not enforceable law. Constitution is "supreme law of the land." Period. #sschat
January 2, 2026 at 6:57 AM
Reminds me of THE key to early republic chat. Lawyers like to say the law is law while colonial and rev Americans said yes and. Many elites changed to only the law in the early rep. Phillip Reid argued no "natural law" references w/out actual legal refs. & larry kramer the people themselves is good!
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Question: But the president’s statements that he believed the election was rife with fraud—those are statements protected by the First Amendment, correct?
Smith: Absolutely not. If they are made to target a lawful government function and are made with knowing falsity, then no, they are not.
Smith: Absolutely not. If they are made to target a lawful government function and are made with knowing falsity, then no, they are not.
December 31, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Question: But the president’s statements that he believed the election was rife with fraud—those are statements protected by the First Amendment, correct?
Smith: Absolutely not. If they are made to target a lawful government function and are made with knowing falsity, then no, they are not.
Smith: Absolutely not. If they are made to target a lawful government function and are made with knowing falsity, then no, they are not.
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On left:
Bari Weiss: 60 Minutes segment failed to show Government view that CECOT detainees are due judicial review
On right:
Judge Boasberg Dec 22: "The Government itself has not even contested that the detainees who now make up the CECOT class received inadequate process prior to their removal"
Bari Weiss: 60 Minutes segment failed to show Government view that CECOT detainees are due judicial review
On right:
Judge Boasberg Dec 22: "The Government itself has not even contested that the detainees who now make up the CECOT class received inadequate process prior to their removal"
December 23, 2025 at 12:23 AM
On left:
Bari Weiss: 60 Minutes segment failed to show Government view that CECOT detainees are due judicial review
On right:
Judge Boasberg Dec 22: "The Government itself has not even contested that the detainees who now make up the CECOT class received inadequate process prior to their removal"
Bari Weiss: 60 Minutes segment failed to show Government view that CECOT detainees are due judicial review
On right:
Judge Boasberg Dec 22: "The Government itself has not even contested that the detainees who now make up the CECOT class received inadequate process prior to their removal"
December 20, 2025 at 5:03 PM
How it started...
December 20, 2025 at 2:23 AM
How it started...
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Socialism only for the rich.
It's one hell of a model...come on general public, catch on.
It's one hell of a model...come on general public, catch on.
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it faced hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state programs and projects last year.
(Published July 2024)
(Published July 2024)
School Vouchers Were Supposed to Save Taxpayer Money. Instead They Blew a Massive Hole in Arizona’s Budget.
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, has spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it’s now facing hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state program...
www.propublica.org
December 16, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Socialism only for the rich.
It's one hell of a model...come on general public, catch on.
It's one hell of a model...come on general public, catch on.
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Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it faced hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state programs and projects last year.
(Published July 2024)
(Published July 2024)
School Vouchers Were Supposed to Save Taxpayer Money. Instead They Blew a Massive Hole in Arizona’s Budget.
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, has spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it’s now facing hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state program...
www.propublica.org
December 16, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it faced hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state programs and projects last year.
(Published July 2024)
(Published July 2024)
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The Trump admin is refusing to deny that it has the authority to summarily execute people it seems ‘domestic terrorists.’
Recall that it’s definition of ‘domestic terrorist’ includes those who advocate for open borders/vs. ICE deportations, anti-capitalists, critics of America, and non-transphobes.
Recall that it’s definition of ‘domestic terrorist’ includes those who advocate for open borders/vs. ICE deportations, anti-capitalists, critics of America, and non-transphobes.
December 14, 2025 at 11:55 PM
The Trump admin is refusing to deny that it has the authority to summarily execute people it seems ‘domestic terrorists.’
Recall that it’s definition of ‘domestic terrorist’ includes those who advocate for open borders/vs. ICE deportations, anti-capitalists, critics of America, and non-transphobes.
Recall that it’s definition of ‘domestic terrorist’ includes those who advocate for open borders/vs. ICE deportations, anti-capitalists, critics of America, and non-transphobes.