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Kellie Carter Jackson

@kcarterjackson.bsky.social
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Wife. Mom. Friend. Historian. Award Winning Author. Podcaster. Seeker of Joy. Refusing Daily.

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drdendere.bsky.social @drdendere.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
We are so excited to be going to Melbourne, Australia!
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Britt @desqatarian.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
✌🏽📖 summer reading list, y’all We Refuse by @kcarterjackson.bsky.social #booksky #blacksky app.thestorygraph.com/books/32a3bf...
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We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance by Kellie Carter Jackson
A radical reframing of the past and present of Black resistance--both nonviolent and violent--to ...
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Jody Avirgan @jodyavirgan.com · 24/06/2026
Making my way up to Boston for a @thisdaypod.com live show with @pastpunditry.bsky.social @kcarterjackson.bsky.social and the great AJ Jacobs, who tells me he's going to be wearing a tricorn hat. Still tickets, doors 6, show 7, bed by 10, should be a fun night! www.wbur.org/events/10850...
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‘This Day (A History Show)’ live: 50 weeks that made America
CitySpace celebrates cutting edge conversations, adventurous art, innovative ideas. CitySpace is WBUR on stage. Convening leaders in all fields for an array of offerings — readings, interviews, debate...
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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Every study of the U.S. founding should reflect on the nature of "revolution." In our class on We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance, @kcarterjackson.bsky.social examines how wealth and power were distributed in the "revolutionary" period — and what constitutes a genuine revolution:
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Author of novel on obstacles to US evolution and growth @drmkwalters.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Zoom with @kcarterjackson.bsky.social on Friday, as she discusses her latest, courtesy of the William Clements Library: clements.umich.edu/event/bookwo...
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Bookworm #92 - Author Conversation: Kellie Carter-Jackson, "We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance" - UM Clements Library
Jackson examines the breadth of Black responses to white oppression, beginning with the resistance of her own ancestors.
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Jody Avirgan @jodyavirgan.com · 15/06/2026
BOSTON! We have a @thisdaypod.com live show at @wburcityspace.bsky.social next Weds 6/24. We'll be recording our America 250 episode on "The Declaration Of Independence." Heard of it? Should be a fun, tickets here! www.wbur.org/events/10850... @pastpunditry.bsky.social @kcarterjackson.bsky.social
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‘This Day (A History Show)’ live: 50 Weeks That Made America
CitySpace celebrates cutting edge conversations, adventurous art, innovative ideas. CitySpace is WBUR on stage. Convening leaders in all fields for an array of offerings — readings, interviews, debate...
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
seeking social freedom and racial justice through more direct confrontations." So, again, nonviolence and slow change good, any kind of militantism bad. The usual. Read @kcarterjackson.bsky.social 's We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance instead. www.kelliecarterjackson.com/we-refuse
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We Refuse — Kellie Carter Jackson
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Kellie Carter Jackson @kcarterjackson.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Boston! Join us! Today! I'll be speaking at Brookline Booksmith at 7pm. Free and open to the public. Excited to sign books! brooklinebooksmith.com/event/2026-0...
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Kellie Carter Jackson: We Refuse
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This Day (A History Podcast) @thisdaypod.com · 18/03/2026
As the Jeremiah Wright scandal exploded, for many Americans, it was their first glimpse into the style, anger, and politics of the Black church. Full video is up now for paid subscribers --> thisdaypod.substack.com @kcarterjackson.bsky.social @pastpunditry.bsky.social ky.social @jodyavirgan.com
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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 03/04/2026
This was a really interesting conversation between @jodyavirgan.com, @kcarterjackson.bsky.social, @pastpunditry.bsky.social, and Ken Burns about history, art, revolution, and, of course America 250 in the present moment. (You should subscribe!) thisdaypod.substack.com/p/ken-burns-...
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Ken Burns: How to 250 [Full Conversation]
Our full chat with the filmmaker for paying newsletter subscribers
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This Day (A History Podcast) @thisdaypod.com · 18/03/2026
This week, a two-part look at Barack Obama, Reverend Wright, and "A More Perfect Union." Part one is in the podcast feed now, full episode plus some bonus episodes on the way for newsletter subscribers. thisdaypod.com
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Wellesley College @wellesley.edu · 04/03/2026
Africana studies professor @kcarterjackson.bsky.social said she’s seen Underground Railroad hiding spots in attics, in cellars, and beneath false floors, but prior to now, she’s never seen one inside a drawer... Read more from @smithsonianmag.bsky.social: bit.ly/4b1pMNI
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Why Did a Man Build This Secret Passageway Below a Dresser Drawer Nearly 200 Years Ago? Historians Think It Was Part of the Underground Railroad
Staffers at the Merchant's House Museum in Manhattan are unraveling the mysteries of the narrow tunnel, which is hidden beneath a piece of built-in furniture on the second floor
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Jody Avirgan @jodyavirgan.com · 01/03/2026
Putting the finishing touches on this one now, it's a great one. Sign up now so you get it as soon as it drops! @pastpunditry.bsky.social @kcarterjackson.bsky.social
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Kellie Carter Jackson @kcarterjackson.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Perfect winter reading...IJS
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Jody Avirgan @jodyavirgan.com · 20/02/2026
You're also supporting a crew that's trying to help us understand 250 years of the American experiment, and stand up for the work of history here in 2026. Which, you know, is kinda tough these days! Thanks, on behalf of @pastpunditry.bsky.social @kcarterjackson.bsky.social, for being a part of it.
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This Day (A History Show) | Jody Avirgan | Substack
The newsletter home for This Day, a history podcast. Sign up for America250 watch, the home for news and analysis of America's big birthday. Paid subscribers also get early ad-free, full-video access ...
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Mornings with Zerlina. @zerlinamornings.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Hello Friday! Joining @zerlinamaxwell.bsky.social: @repsuhas.bsky.social of VA-10, @mcclellan.house.gov of VA-04 + Author of We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance @kcarterjackson.bsky.social! ☎️ 866-997-4748 📻 @siriusxmprog.bsky.social Ch. 127 siriusxm.us/Zerlina
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This Day (A History Podcast) @thisdaypod.com · 08/02/2026
Next on "50 Weeks That Shaped America" -- the TV show ROOTS brings the story of American slavery to the masses. Lucky for us, we have @kcarterjackson.bsky.social, who literally wrote a book on ROOTS, as our guide. Paying subscribers to our newsletter get full, ad-free access tomorrow! thisdaypod.com
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Jody Avirgan @jodyavirgan.com · 03/02/2026
Love this episode, our latest "50 Weeks That Shaped America" series. The discovery of gold and the invention of modern American capitalism -- plus a bunch of dudes who just could not keep their mouths shut podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... @kcarterjackson.bsky.social @pastpunditry.bsky.social
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Gold Rush! (1848) [Part 1]
Podcast Episode · This Day · 02/03/2026 · 35m
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Kellie Carter Jackson @kcarterjackson.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Ayeeeeee! Happy Black History Month!
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Basic Books Group @basicbooksgroup.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
"WE REFUSE: A Forceful History of Black Resistance" by @kcarterjackson.bsky.social is now available in paperback! Named a Best Book of 2024 by Smithsonian * Kirkus * Chicago Review of Books * Emancipator Learn more: bit.ly/46gtNwf
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Kellie Carter Jackson @kcarterjackson.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
My latest for the Guardian...Happy MLK! On embracing the ‘urgency of now’ and unconditional love on MLK Day www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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On embracing the ‘urgency of now’ and unconditional love on MLK Day
People across the US are moving on from the empty platitudes MLK Day often evokes – and embodying King’s words
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Kellie Carter Jackson @kcarterjackson.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Thanks Jody!
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Kellie Carter Jackson @kcarterjackson.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Hey, hey! Got to be on one of my FAVORITE podcasts, NPR's It's Been a Minute! We talk all things Oprah, her new book, and GLP-1s. Enjoy! @npr.org @wellesley.edu It's Been a Minute: The difference between losing weight & being "healthy" www.npr.org/2026/01/16/n...
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The difference between losing weight & being "healthy" : It's Been a Minute
What are we missing something in the conversation around obesity and GLP-1s? Oprah Winfrey’s new book, Enough, co-authored by endocrinologist Dr. Ania Jastreboff is one of many new narratives attempti...
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Timothy Brown @timothybrown.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
My Top 10 Books I read this year. These books stood out the most as not only beautifully written studies, but ones that challenged my understanding of the meaning of freedom. @kevinkenny.bsky.social @kcarterjackson.bsky.social @countesscanuck.bsky.social
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Jody Avirgan @jodyavirgan.com · 16/12/2025
Some great titles in here including @vermontgmg.bsky.social @pastpunditry.bsky.social @kcarterjackson.bsky.social and a bunch of other great authors I can't find on bluesky!
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This Day (A History Podcast) @thisdaypod.com · 16/12/2025
Every year, we put together a @bookshop.org list featuring the authors we've had on the show. Here's 2025's -- still time to pick up a gift for the history lover in your life! bookshop.org/wishlists/6a...
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Kellie Carter Jackson @kcarterjackson.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Being Chair of your department can be so challenging. It's often a job no one wants. But the best and I mean HANDS DOWN BEST PART is being able to tell your colleague ... in your best Oprah voice, "You just earned TENUUUUURRRRRRE!
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Kellie Carter Jackson @kcarterjackson.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
You sure did make a new friend! Thank YOU for reminding us all that our participation matters. Keep refusing!
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Nicole Hemmer @pastpunditry.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
sharing some photos from yesterday’s incredible teach-in in dc. such a privilege to organize with @natedimeo.bsky.social, @jodyavirgan.com, and @kcarterjackson.bsky.social. Pictured: early morning brilliance from @jpygold.bsky.social, @joshuablevin.bsky.social & @elyssafeder.bsky.social
A photo just before sunrise outside the Smithsonian Museum of American History with Kellie Carter Jackson, Jody Avirgan, me, and Nate DiMeoPhoto of Jonathan Feingold of Boston University (#raceclass) talking about the courts with a red chair and a laptop in front of him.Photo of Kellie Carter Jackson and Josh Levin, who spoke about the resistance to David Duke (listen to season 4 of Slow Burn for his deep dive into Duke).Photo of Elyssa Feder of Rising Organizers speaking about the Hands Off Our History campaign, standing in front of the Washington Monument.
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Nicole Hemmer @pastpunditry.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
@kcarterjackson.bsky.social preached the joy of resistance as only she can when teaching us about the abolitionist movement, & Cathy Harris spoke about her service to the Merit Systems Protection Board prior to her illegal firing. And so many amazing people came out to listen, learn, and organize!
Kellie Carter Jackson standing on a park bench, wearing a shirt that reads “Octavia Butler tried to tell us.”A man wearing a Veterans for Peace symbol holding an upside down American flag while a speaker addresses a large crowd.A sign that reads “teach in” taped to a post, in front of a large crowd, while Tressie McMillan Cottom speaks.Cathy Harris speaks to a crowd about civil service reform.
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Nicole Hemmer @pastpunditry.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
In today’s Guardian with @kcarterjackson.bsky.social, explaining why teach-ins (like the one we’re holding Sunday!) are a vital part of activism.
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Why we’re holding a teach-in about American history at the Smithsonian | Kellie Carter Jackson and Nicole Hemmer
Podcasters, professors, journalists and ordinary citizens will gather in Washington as the Trump regime wages war on history
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This Day (A History Podcast) @thisdaypod.com · 26/09/2025
Announcing a good ol’ fashioned Teach-In in Washington, DC on Sunday, October 26th. We’ll convene for a series of lectures, stories, and conversations to celebrate and stand up for the work of history and museums. Shoutout to @natedimeo.bsky.social for bringing this idea to us. See you in DC!
A poster announcing a teach-in in washington DC.

Sunday, October 26th - Sunup to Sundown
Washington, DC - The National Mall
“AMERICA’S FRONT YARD”

FEATURING KELLIE CARTER JACKSON, NICOLE HEMMER, DEREK MUSGROVE, NATE DIMEO, TRESSIE MCMILLAN COTTOM, AMANDA SEALES, JODY AVIRGAN, JAMES FALLOWS, MARTHA JONES, MARCIA CHATELAIN, PAUL BUTLER, NATHAN CONNOLLY, AND MORE
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Kellie Carter Jackson @kcarterjackson.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Detroit! What up doe?!? Join us Wednesday Oct. 29th at 6pm at the Detroit Public Library. I'll be speaking about my book, "We Refuse" I'd love to see you there! Book signing to follow. www.eventbrite.com/e/author-tal...
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Author Talk: Dr. Kellie Carter Jackson on Black Resistance Movements
She will discuss We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance, which reframes Black resistance to white supremacy.
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Kellie Carter Jackson @kcarterjackson.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
ICYMI... Thank you for this wonderful interview #Cityline @wellesley.edu www.wcvb.com/article/city...
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CityLine: Challenging the methods and meanings of Black resistance
Massachusetts Book Award winner for non-fiction Kellie Carter Jackson
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Kellie Carter Jackson @kcarterjackson.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Yesterday was very special! A room full of incredible writers gathered for the #massbookaward. I'm honored that "We Refuse" won for the best nonfiction book. I love living in MA, it gets a lot of things right and I put literature on that list. @MassBook @SealPress @Wellesley
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Jody Avirgan @jodyavirgan.com · 26/09/2025
Well, here's something we're trying. Thanks to @natedimeo.bsky.social @kcarterjackson.bsky.social @pastpunditry.bsky.social for helping spearhead, and to all the great scholars and storytellers who've already signed up. More info here: linktr.ee/historyteachin
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Kellie Carter Jackson @kcarterjackson.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Quoted on the NYT... the article is asking us to look beyond party lines. The kids are not alright and that should be everyone's concern. I hope you'll check it out. @Wellesley www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/m...
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Political Violence Isn’t New. But Something About This Moment Is.
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Kellie Carter Jackson @kcarterjackson.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Season 2 of "Meghan with Love" out today! Another great piece in which yours truly is quoted. I'm starting to think my Garden Party was legendary! www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/s...
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Claire E. Aubin @ceaubin.com · 18/08/2025
THURSDAY ON TGS: Kellie Carter Jackson @kcarterjackson.bsky.social and I discuss the long-term legacy of a man who redefined cinema and resurrected the KKK.
Black and white photo of a man, his face covered by a green scribble
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Claire E. Aubin @ceaubin.com · 21/08/2025
TODAY ON @thisguysucked.com: I am joined by the incredible Kellie Carter Jackson @kcarterjackson.bsky.social to talk about D. W. Griffith, the silent film director who made Birth Of A Nation and enabled the re-birth of the KKK. Zero stars and two thumbs down from us.
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Kellie Carter Jackson @kcarterjackson.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Grateful to be on @velshimsnbc.bsky.social again and have my work with my colleague Chipo Dendere spotlighted. These are perilous times, but we can't leave. @wellesley.edu
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Rebecca M. Townsend @rmtownsend.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
@kcarterjackson.bsky.social on @mhs1791.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=74F-...
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We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance
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Kellie Carter Jackson @kcarterjackson.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
My latest interview with @npr.org @hereandnow.bsky.social discussing "How the second Trump administration is trying to revise American history" @wellesley.edu @thisdaypod.com www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
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How the second Trump administration is trying to revise American history
In the months since Trump's inauguration, the government has scrubbed and removed information about Black historical figures and other minorities from a number of its websites.
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Jody Avirgan @jodyavirgan.com · 03/07/2025
And here’s part one of a big rangey 4th of July conversation with @pastpunditry.bsky.social @kcarterjackson.bsky.social on how the America250 process is being MAGA-fied, the Trump vision of US history — and why the way we tell history reflects so much about the present youtu.be/JBb1NI0k6G4?...
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America250 Is Here, Are You Ready?!
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Kellie Carter Jackson @kcarterjackson.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
New Orleans! Join us!
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Kellie Carter Jackson @kcarterjackson.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
www.cbsnews.com/video/what-j... On CBS Mornings talking about Juneteenth! So happy my mom could join me in the studio. I loved hearing Nate saying, "Hey Mama!" Happy Free-ish Day! 😉✊🏾❤️ @Wellesley @cbsmornings.bsky.social @thisdaypod.com
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What Juneteenth really means and why it matters today
Historian Kellie Carter Jackson joins CBS Mornings to explain the origins of Juneteenth and how it fits into the broader story of Black resistance, as explored in her new book, "We Refuse."
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Jody Avirgan @jodyavirgan.com · 09/06/2025
Let me say: my pal and @thisdaypod.com cohost @kcarterjackson.bsky.social wrote a fantastic book all about how resistance and refusal has taken many, often intermingling, approaches, including violence… “Non-violent” vs “violent” protest is just not a useful binary www.sealpress.com/titles/kelli...
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We Refuse
An “unsparing, erudite, and incisive” (Jelani Cobb, staff writer, The New Yorker) reframing of the past and present of Black resistance—both nonviolent...
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Kellie Carter Jackson @kcarterjackson.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Ayeeeeee! So honored! Congratulations to my fellow Long-listers! This is great news! If you haven't picked up "We Refuse# yet... I hear it makes a great Mother's Day gift! 😆😉🎉 ##KeepRefusing #WeRefuse
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Jody Avirgan @jodyavirgan.com · 27/04/2025
What from Trump's first 100 days will be remembered in 100 years? @pastpunditry.bsky.social @kcarterjackson.bsky.social and I try to put the head-spinning last few months into some historical context. In the @thisdaypod.com podcast feed, but also full thing's on YouTube --> youtu.be/NOniT12UTNM?...
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100 Days Of Trump vs. Past Presidents
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Kellie Carter Jackson @kcarterjackson.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
NPR's It's Been a Minute is one of my FAVORITE podcasts! So hype I got to be on with the homie @marciachatelain and talk all things @oprah! Good times! I hope you'll check out the episode! Thank you #BrittanyLuse
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