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Devin DeVore

@ddevore1295.bsky.social
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Lawyer practicing Social Security Disability, Latter-day Saint (LDS)/Mormon, currently pursuing a PhD studying 19th-century American history with an interest in the relationship between slavery and the LDS Church. All views expressed are my own.

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Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Of course! It has been on my list for a while, but I am glad I finally got to it as it was this week’s monograph for my graduate readings course. Very well argued and poignant, with Yoshi’s story bookending the narrative being especially powerful.
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Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“[T]here was no grand international plot or conspiracy to undermine the US Constitution. There was, instead, only a dead sixteen-year-old Japanese boy in Louisiana and his heartbroken and determined family and friends who insisted his death not be in vain.”
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Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Finished @drewmckevitt.bsky.social’s “Gun Country.” It perfectly captures what got us here and deserves every ounce of praise it’s received. Yet I can’t stop thinking about this haunting passage: 1/2
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Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The Changeling (1980) absolutely traumatized me. Last year I showed it to my (at the time) 12 year-old son and he made fun of me afterwards.
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Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Every Latter-day Saint reading this headline
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Awkward Monkey Looks Away
Alt: Awkward Monkey Looks Away
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Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
This happened to me when I referenced Lionel Hutz from the simpsons for a bunch of church youth while discussing career options. Just dead silence and blank stares.
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I’m mad about today. I’m mad that justices can’t do the bare minimum to uphold the Constitution. I’m mad that the law and our history, which I have dedicated so much of my life to, is an inconvenience than an inheritance to many. I’m mad that the academy, which I love, rewards and enables it.
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Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Had a great time at the most recent Mormon History Association Conference, where I presented on the relationship between President Andrew Johnson and the Latter-day Saints in Territorial Utah.
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Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Part 1: www.dialoguejournal.com/podcasts/its... Part 2: www.dialoguejournal.com/podcasts/its...
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It's Time We Began: Race, Relationships, and the Life of the Church Now (Part 1) - Dialogue Journal
Part one of It’s Time We Began: W. Paul Reeve and Alice Faulkner Burch discuss race, Mormon history, and confronting racism in the Church.
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Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Excellent discussions on race in Latter-day Saint theology, history, and culture. I think every Latter-day Saint needs to listen to these insightful, painful, but necessary conversations if we have any hope of understanding the issues surrounding race and racism within our faith tradition.
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Bill Amend @billamend.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
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Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
I was just thinking about this as I was driving home today and seeing how insanely high gas prices are in East TN. And yet everyone in my community who were (rightfully) freaking out about high gas prices during COVID are just … silent.
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Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
I listen to heartbreaking stories from clients every day who are trying to survive while waiting for benefits, and struggling even after they get SSI because all they get is less than $1,000/month. This policy will devastate disabled adults and their families. www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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The Trump Administration Aims to Penalize Disabled Adults Who Live With Their Families
A rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipients with Down syndrome, dementia and other disabilities who...
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Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
This is just begging to be turned into the anti-vaccine version of Green Eggs and Ham.
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Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
These screenshots are just a few of the many insane courses WVU plans to offer that will serve as nice incubators for far-right-wing indoctrination. www.wcwvu.org/courses?fbcl...
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Courses — Washington Center
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Kelly Watson @kellylwatson.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Some course descriptions for the Fall 2026 offerings of the Washington Center for Civics, Culture, and Statesmanship at West Virginia University
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Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
I cannot think of anything more bleak than the idea that 20-year-old tech bros were using artificial intelligence to decide what humanities research was worth funding. I also do not know how to make it more clear that this administration is actively working to erase history.
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Angela Sutton (she/her) @drangelasutton.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
This DOGE boy dissolved my Fort Negley grants, taking money earmarked for descendant-led archaeology and oral history collection because he was given power that indulged the fact that he is too arrogant to see the value in the histories of Black Tennesseans and how they have shaped ALL of the US.
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Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
This is absolutely the most depressing article that I’ve read in a real long time. nymag.com/intelligence...
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The Laid-off Scientists and Lawyers Training AI to Steal Their Careers
Experienced white-collar workers are now part of a miserable gig economy.
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Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Just discovered that Mormon missionaries have been utilizing the “flirt to convert” method since at least 1843! From “The Post,” a Knoxville, TN paper dated April 18, 1843.
Text from a newspaper that says “ the Mormon delusion is not likely soon to come to an end - for it is said that Joe Smith has recently sent out a large number of female preachers, a great talent and surprising beauty. They will do more to keep up the delusion, then could all men in Christendom.”
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Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Probably. But now every time I drive by Bo Jangles I get flashbacks of eating a wad of hair in their biscuit. That’s a hard thing to recover from.
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Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
The only time I ate at Bo Jangles I had a long, gargantuan wad of hair slide between my teeth as I bit into a biscuit. Never again.
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Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
This past Thursday I had the wonderful opportunity to help judge papers written by students throughout East TN. The students chose their own topics based on the theme “Revolution, Reaction, Reform in History,” and the students who participated should be proud of their submissions.
A picture of a piece of paper that says “2026 East Tennessee History Day” co-sponsored by the University of Tennessee, Dept. of History and the East Tennessee Historical Society.” There is also a large circle at the top with the words “Revolution, Reaction, Reform in History.”
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Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Last night I attended an amazing lecture by @kendradboyd.bsky.social where she discussed her recent book “Freedom Enterprise: Black Entrepreneurship and Racial Capitalism in Detroit.” I very much look forward to reading it!
The photograph is a person holding the book “Freedom Enterprise: Black Entrepreneurship and Racial Capitalism in Detroit.”
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Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
8-year-old me had no idea what I was doing trying to balance my shields, lasers, and speed, but I didn’t care. I was flying an X-Wing.
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Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
As a current graduate student at UTK, I pray this doesn’t pass considering the damaging repercussions it will have on current and future faculty and students. My legislature is really working hard to tank anything and everything of value my state has to offer. www.wvlt.tv/2026/02/11/t...
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Tennessee bills could strip professors of tenure status
Legislation sitting in committee could affect faculty recruitment and retention at state universities
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Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Oh of course! It’s your diverse topics within the American West that make me excited to jump in, as I see those discussions being a potential resource to help me see connections that I may otherwise miss or not consider as I begin my research.
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Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
I am currently attending grad school to further research LDS history, so I think this podcast could be incredibly beneficial for me better understanding LDS history within the greater context of the American West.
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Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Stupid or not, at least your podcast got a new follower because I didn’t know it existed until now.
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Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Fantastic piece by historian W. Paul Reeve noting how what is happening in Minnesota echoes Latter-day Saint history, and the traps we fall into by ignoring that history. religionnews.com/2026/02/02/w...
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When Mormons say to comply with ICE incursions, we're forgetting our own history
(RNS) — In 1857, when Latter-day Saints deemed actions emanating from Washington, DC, to be significant breaches of constitutional norms, they didn’t comply, they resisted.
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Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
One of my previous professors introduced me to this album last year. It's absolutely fantastic.
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Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Absolute insanity. www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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Germany joins European partners with troop deployment to Greenland
Germany will send 13 soldiers to Greenland on Thursday as part of a reconnaissance mission with other European nations, the German government and defence ministry said on Wednesday, following demands ...
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Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
How I have felt since starting grad school last semester.
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Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Considering how terrible things have become with all things related to immigration, I don't think the stars could have aligned any better for what I am sure will be a necessary reading to better understand our current moment.
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Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Correct me if I’m wrong, but wouldn’t this be considered socialism? truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
Post from Truth Social where Trump says, “I am pleased to announce that the Interim Authorities in Venezuela will be turning
over between 30 and 50 MILLION Barrels of High Quality, Sanctioned Oil, to the United States of America. This Oil will be sold at its Market Price, and that money will be controlled by me, as President of the United States of America, to ensure it is used to benefit the people of Venezuela and the United States! I have asked Energy Secretary Chris Wright to execute this plan, immediately. It will be taken by storage ships, and brought directly to unloading docks in the United States.
Thank you for your attention to this matter!”
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Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Reading today’s headlines about Greenland are that much more infuriating when considering all of this could have been so easily avoided if we held those who instigated January 6th accountable.
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Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Just this Fall I read this for my US History Readings Seminar class. It was a fantastic read that led into a fantastic discussion on how we should view and define Reconstruction in the US.
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Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
It’s not even more efficient. I once tried AI that advertised being able to summarize medical records, which is essential when I write pre-hearing briefs for my disability practice. I had to correct so many errors that it took double the amount of time it usually takes when I summarize them myself.
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Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
It’s so completely asinine.
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Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Of course! I am still grappling with how we even got to this point, yet here we are.
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Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
It became a lot easier for me to explain why I don’t use AI when I realized that it’s more akin to a tertiary source; a tertiary source that pulls from questionable sources, mischaracterizes sources, or makes things up whole-cloth. Why would I rely on an inherently unreliable tertiary source?
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Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Rothstein's "The Color of Law" does a fantastic job of really driving that last point home.
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Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
I have little faith that SCOTUS will hold that birthright citizenship is protected under the 14th Amendment. But it goes without saying how massive the implications will be if they uphold Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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US Supreme Court agrees to hear case challenging birthright citizenship
Donald Trump's controversial executive order to end birthright citizenship had been rejected by lower courts.
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Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
One of my favorite documentaries of all time.
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Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Being an adult is the worst.
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Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Man I feel this. I play bass and trying to get anything going in Knoxville has been a nightmare. Finally found some guys in my LDS stake to jam with but we are all so busy the last time we got together was *checks notes* 9 months ago.
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Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham @paulgp.com · 13/11/2025
For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files: splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
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Epstein Document Search
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Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Reading “That Noble Dream” for class when I came across this passage: “A sociologist writing the history of sociology…remains, from the historian’s point of view, an amateur, no different in principle from an untrained Mormon writing the history of Mormonism.”… I can’t help but feel attacked.
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Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
In March 2026 the Church Historian's Press will release a collection of sermons from Eliza R. Snow, a key female figure in early LDS history. Jennifer Reeder is a phenomenal historian, and 2026 is looking be a good year for LDS primary sources. www.churchhistorianspress.org/article/news...
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Publication from the Church History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
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Devin DeVore @ddevore1295.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Unless you are in the trenches of disability law, I don’t know if people fully realize just how destructive these proposals will end up being. www.propublica.org/article/soci...
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Red State Workers Could Lose Out on Disability Benefits as Trump Administration Rewrites Eligibility Rules
Planned changes to Social Security’s disability program could leave hundreds of thousands of older blue-collar workers ineligible for aid. These changes would fall disproportionately on some of Presid...
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