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Dr. Michelle M. Martin @drmartin1854.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

This is what almost 57 years old and 48 pounds lighter look like. I have been prioritizing my health more hence my long absences from lots of social media platforms. Enjoy the summer everyone!

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Dr. Michelle M. Martin @drmartin1854.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

@cwwh-west.bsky.social The 2026 CWWH-WHA Graduate Student Conference Grant applications are due August 15th! See the attached images for more details! If you are a grad student and will be attending the WHA please consider applying! @whagsc.bsky.social

The description of the CWWH-WHA 2026 Graduate Student Conference Grant

Application instructions for the CWWH-WHA Graduate Student Conference Grant

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Dr. Michelle M. Martin @drmartin1854.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

This semester I am teaching adjunct but have been giving many public lectures. Women's History Month was especially busy. Between Zoom and in person lectures life was hectic. OH, I am also down 33 pounds since December, been working hard.

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Dr. Michelle M. Martin @drmartin1854.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

I have been away from most socials. In March my spouse was inducted into the Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame at the Oklahoma Historical Society. Pretty darn proud!

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Dr. Michelle M. Martin @drmartin1854.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Today Josie got out of the house while workers were here and left the front door open. She explored almost the road when I snatched her up and brought her inside. Shortly after she napped. Enjoy a moment of cat zen.

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Jill Blake @biscuitkitten.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund in Casablanca

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Want to hear re: a president who wanted his opponents physically beaten & was accused of wanting to be king? My lecture on Andrew Jackson In this cartoon from his presidency, he’s standing on a shredded Constitution w/a book titled “Judiciary of the US” at his feet www.youtube.com/watch?v=vri7...

A cartoon from the early 1830s mocking Andrew Jackson as a king.

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

The attack on Mark is another stunt by right-wing grifters to victimize a random person in an effort to use MAGA fear mongering to justify their existence. It should go without saying we should do anything possible to support his family.

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Siva @sivav.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

The “compact” for higher ed is an unserious document written by unserious people from a position of spectacular ignorance. No one should take it seriously. Sadly, my bosses are taking it seriously. newrepublic.com/article/2013...

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Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down

How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 09/10/2025

Adelita Grijalva won her election fair and square. Now House Speaker Mike Johnson is refusing to swear her in because she would be the final signature to release the Epstein files. Mr. Speaker, respect democracy. Obey the law. Swear Representative Grijalva in immediately.

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 08/10/2025

BREAKING: Federal judge officially found ICE violated people’s rights during raids in Chicago, conducted unlawful arrests.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Bray is a historian at Rutgers who received death threats after landing on Turning Points USA's Professor Watchlist. As a result, he announced he was moving to Europe. And then this happened. This kind of harassment and abuse of scholars is Charlie Kirk's legacy and it's only getting worse.

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Rick Wilson @therickwilson.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

They're about to shut down the government to protect the Epstein Files from disclosure. Whatever is in the files must be so unhinged as to be beyond imagination.

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Michael Oberg @michaelleroyoberg.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

First of all, Fuck You, Hegseth. It’s literally the CONGRESSIONAL Medal of Honor. Congress can enact the “Remove the Stain” Act anytime it wants. Not your call Rumbo. 2nd, their place in history is indeed settled, with the Paxton Boys, the Gnadenhutten child killers, and the Sand Creek mutilators.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

got some bad news for anyone who voted for Trump because he promised to bring down prices www.ft.com/content/dd6d...

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Donald Trump announces 100% tariff on branded pharmaceutical products

The US president also unveiled levies on heavy trucks, kitchen cabinets and bathroom vanities

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Trump gets humiliated at the UN, Kimmel returns, he drops further in the polls and just goes fucking crazy at the White House today. Insane new tariffs, Comey, war against his domestic opponents, shutting down the government. He is losing it, and it’s getting dangerous out there.

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Virginia Scharff @vscharff.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Thread.

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T.J. Stiles @tj-stiles.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

If you want to understand how truly despicable Hegseth’s Wounded Knee statement is, read Heather Richardson’s book. The tensions & military build-up were driven by federal patronage, corruption, factional politics, & the GOP’s desire to control the Western states. The GOP is worse now.

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Jeff Ostler @jostler.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

This man is ignorant. Wounded Knee was a massacre, not a battle.

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Shannon (she/her) @ravenlenore.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

This is not OK under any administration. Under any circumstances. None of this is OK.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Odd, how we can’t afford to give Americans healthcare, but we can afford to drop $200,000,000,000 on Argentina with a moment’s notice.

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Virginia Scharff @vscharff.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

He’s definitely making it harder. But he wants to make it impossible.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Four years ago, I tested for COVID. I'd had dinner with someone with cancer the night before. Thanks to the vaccine, I did not give that dinner companion COVID. And I only ran a low-grade fever for a few days. Fuck that idiot RFK Jr. and the equally stupid buffoon who hired him.

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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

it shouldn't be easier to get a gun in America than the covid vaccine

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Dr. Michelle M. Martin @drmartin1854.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

I have been away from this platform for some time and have limited lots of social media interaction. So, for your enjoyment the red rocks of Sedona. I know the nation is in the grips of authoritarianism but we need to find beauty to keep grounded and sane.

Red rock mountains with a bright blue sky background in Sedona, Arizona

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

For those asking, my American Revolution lecture course is free online here: oyc.yale.edu/history/hist...

oyc.yale.edu

The American Revolution | Open Yale Courses

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29 U.S.C. § 157 @organizingpower.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

If you had told me in 2012 that Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign manager would be posting like this 13 years later i would not have believed you

Tweet from Stuart Stevens:

When Democrats take the House, they must understand they are not a governing party.
They are a dissident movement.
Act like it.
First day:
- cut off all funding of Exec. Branch
-vote to nationalize Starlink and SpaceX
-defund ICE
That's the first day.
On the second, get more aggressive.
There is nothing in the middle of the road but yellow lines and dead armadillos.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Trump said tonight he is going to issue an executive order purporting to require enforcement of voter ID rules: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u... The president has no such authority to order how elections are conducted.

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Dr. Michelle M. Martin @drmartin1854.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Cruelty and barbarity reign and once again Indigenous people and their community and sacred spaces are threatened in the age if American indifference.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

If you’re zip-tying grandmas protesting losing health care maybe you’re not the good guys in the story?

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Virginia Scharff @vscharff.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Oh yeah don’t forget about this.

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Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 06/06/2025

The public meltdown happening between the world’s richest man 🙄 and the President of the United States 🙄🙄 once again begs the age-old question: are men simply too emotional to be in positions of power?

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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 05/06/2025

The craziest thing about this fight between Trump and Elon Musk is that Republicans are trying to take away health care from 16 million people to pay for tax cuts for billionaires.

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Tulsa Teresa @tulsateresa.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Purchase the Pioneers of the Prairie specialty tag that benefits The Nature Conservancy in Oklahoma instead.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

NEW: As the Trump admin is flying Afrikaners here today to be resettled as "refugees," @Sec_Noem is terminating Temporary Protected Status for Afghanistan — meaning they may start deporting women and allies who protected our troops to the Taliban to be persecuted or killed!

DHS Terminating Temporary Protected Status for Afghanistan
WASHINGTON – Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem today announced the termination of Temporary Protected Status for Afghanistan. The TPS designation for the country expires on May 20, 2025, and the termination will be effective on July 12, 2025.

At least 60 days before a TPS designation expires, the Secretary, after consultation with appropriate U.S. government agencies, is required to review the conditions in a country designated for TPS to determine whether the conditions supporting the designation continue to be met, and if so, how long to extend the designation.

“This administration is returning TPS to its original temporary intent,” said Secretary Kristi Noem. “We’ve reviewed the conditions in Afghanistan with our interagency partners, and they do not meet the requirements for a TPS designation. Afghanistan has had an improved security situation, and its stabilizing economy no longer prevent them from returning to their home country. Additionally, the termination furthers the national interest as DHS records indicate that there are recipients who have been under investigation for fraud and threatening our public safety and national security. Reviewing TPS designations is a key part of restoring integrity in our immigration system.”

After consultation with interagency partners, Secretary Noem determined that conditions in Afghanistan no longer meet the statutory requirements. The Secretary’s decision was based on a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services review of the country conditions and in consultation with the Department of State. The Secretary determined that, overall, there are notable improvements in the security and economic situation such that requiring the return of Afghan nationals to Afghanistan does not pose a threat to their personal safety due to ongoing-armed conflict or extraordinary and temporary conditions. She further determined that permitting Afghan nationals to remain t…

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 07/05/2025

Imagine losing two fighter jets in less than six months and your primary concern is getting trans people out of the military.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 29/04/2025

Breaking News: The Mellon Foundation announced $15 million to support state humanities councils after federal aid cancellations left some in danger of collapse. The endowment provides crucial support to museums, historical sites, cultural festivals and community projects.

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Mellon Foundation Announces $15 Million for Humanities Councils

The emergency funding came after the National Endowment for the Humanities canceled most existing grants, part of a pivot toward President Trump’s priorities.

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

20 ARMED men bust into your home. They claim they’ve got a search warrant. They make you stand in the rain w/your 3 daughters in their underwear. They seize your phones, laptops, your cash life savings. The suspects listed on the warrant? They don’t live there anymore. kfor.com/news/local/w...

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'We're citizens!': Oklahoma City family traumatized after ICE raids home, but they weren't suspects

A woman says her family’s fresh start in Oklahoma turned into a nightmare after federal immigration agents raided their home, taking their phones, laptops, and life savings – even though they were …

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T.J. Stiles @tj-stiles.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

It’s not that I think Trump’s goal is to make America poor. It’s that he doesn’t care. He’s a necrotic nationalist. His ideal is North Korea: self-sufficient, bristling with arms, no dissent, no interactions with the world—and starving. The Juche Idea.

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