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kschul.bsky.social
Historian at George Washington University
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Can we maybe stop with the “wine moms” belittling of middle-aged women’s activism as if doing the work of political organizing is something we dreamed up with our gal pals as part of our self-care routines?

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Today’s protests have shown MAGA that George Soros is way richer than they thought

submitted 48 days ago • 1 comment

An underused lens for understanding what the Trump admin is currently doing is sadism — deriving pleasure from inflicting pain. At this point, it’s the only kind of pleasure some of them are capable of experiencing

submitted 50 days ago • 0 comments

Is there even a remote chance that someone actually intentionally included Goldberg in the chat to expose this illegal practice? (The political thriller fan in me wants to say yes.)

submitted 59 days ago • 0 comments

I think we underestimate the extent to which Trump’s “policy decisions” are motivated by his desire to see people grovel and beg him for mercy. Psychology of a sadist

submitted 79 days ago • 1 comment

I’ve finally decided to cancel my subscription to the WaPo. Hoping that if the paper tanks, Bezos might be willing to sell it to a less craven, solipsistic entity

submitted 86 days ago • 0 comments

One thing to do now: start keeping a journal. Your kids/grandkids, future historians need to know not just what happened, but how it felt to live through this catastrophe.

submitted 111 days ago • 0 comments

Maybe we should stop using the benign-sounding “populist” to describe current rightwing politicians and their supporters. The German “völkisch,” with its violent, radical historical legacy, seems far more apt

submitted 127 days ago • 0 comments

Somewhat disappointed that we seem to have settled on “skeet” as the posting unit on this app when we could have gone with “bleet.” There’s still time to change!

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