Reposted by Eric OrtsRuth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 20/01/2025Flip the script on democracy's destroyers. It's Day One of the new phase of the fight for our democracy. 12740001056 0
Eric Orts @ericorts.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Trump is going full Jackson apparently. open.substack.com/pub/ericorts...open.substack.comReligion, Democracy, and Threats of U.S. Territorial Expansion by ForceDoes MAGA II really mean going all the way back to President Jackson's precedent of expansion by forcefully stealing other people's land? 010 0
Eric Orts @ericorts.bsky.social · 06/01/2025My most recent blog here I January 6th: A Thin Blue (Broken) Line. Check it out! open.substack.com/pub/ericorts...open.substack.comA Thin Blue (Broken) LineJanuary 6th and Its Aftermath 010 0
Eric Orts @ericorts.bsky.social · 30/12/2024This NY Times retrospective is worth checking out. My comment also at Substack. www.nytimes.com/video/us/pol...nytimes.comVideo: The Last Word: Jimmy CarterIn a never-before-seen interview with The Times in 2006, Jimmy Carter reflects on his life and work as a Cold War leader, Middle East peace broker and post-presidential career as a citizen diplomat. 010 0
Eric Orts @ericorts.bsky.social · 28/12/2024Trending on social media: reported response in Greenland to recent threats from Trump … 000 0
Eric Orts @ericorts.bsky.social · 25/12/2024Trying to get going here on Blue Sky. Here’s my update of Dickens: “A Christmas Carol at Mar-a-Lago.” It’s fiction not a prediction. But tis the season for dreams! Please share if you like this. ericorts.substack.com/p/a-christma...ericorts.substack.comA Christmas Carol in Mar-a-LagoA Dickensian Update of a Ghost Story of Christmas 000 0
Eric Orts @ericorts.bsky.social · 14/12/2024In case you are tempted at time to think that freedom of speech and the right to protest don’t matter, take a moment to see and hear the reaction of the crowd in South Korea to news of the legislative vote of impeachment. www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12...nytimes.comSouth Korea’s President Impeached Over Martial Law CrisisCelebrations broke out in Seoul after lawmakers voted to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol. He vowed to fight removal in the country’s Constitutional Court. 010 0
Eric Orts @ericorts.bsky.social · 16/11/2024With thousands of others, I’m migrating here from X — which now deserves a general boycott by all. Musk’s use of X for political propaganda in the form of misinformation, flat-out lies, and conspiracy theories to elect Trump is unforgivable. Tips for how to use Bluesky are welcome! 110 0