msmaureen.bsky.social @msmaureen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026And this is why he shouldn’t be president. 010
msmaureen.bsky.social @msmaureen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Trump: Everything you learned not to do in kindergarten. 010
msmaureen.bsky.social @msmaureen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026And, boy, what we're doing to those numbers! 010
msmaureen.bsky.social @msmaureen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026So the strait is open and ships are coming through, but they have no money because their money comes from oil ... going through the Hormuz Strait. Got it. 000
msmaureen.bsky.social @msmaureen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Looking forward to this book, but found the historical evidence sufficient. This piece looks at a newly identified descendant who (to me) resembles both TJ and his daughter Martha. Sorry it's behind a paywall. The New Yorker doesn't have a gift option. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...newyorker.comThe Lost Descendants of Thomas JeffersonScientists have new proof that Thomas Jefferson had children with his enslaved chambermaid Sally Hemings—and that their bloodline endures across the country. 000
msmaureen.bsky.social @msmaureen.bsky.social · 20/09/2026And arming Jefferson and Lincoln with shoulder-fired missiles. 000
msmaureen.bsky.social @msmaureen.bsky.social · 20/09/2026That’s the ticket! Trump Says His Contested Arch Would House Drones and Snipers www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/u...nytimes.comTrump Says His D.C. Arch Would Be a ‘Military Complex’ Housing Drones and SnipersThe president’s announcement on Sunday echoed his justification for the White House ballroom: that the project was necessary for national security. 000
msmaureen.bsky.social @msmaureen.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Probably first time I've seen a work of history compared to Absalom, Absalom! 000
msmaureen.bsky.social @msmaureen.bsky.social · 14/09/2026They have a Senior Editor for Insane Reframing. You can see his work every day. 000
msmaureen.bsky.social @msmaureen.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Because AI will kill us first? E.P.A. Expected to Erase Limits on Climate Pollution From Power Plants www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/c...nytimes.comE.P.A. Will Erase Limits on Climate Pollution From Power PlantsGeneration of electricity is the second largest source of carbon dioxide and other planet-warming gases in the United States. 000
msmaureen.bsky.social @msmaureen.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Why is he being interviewed by Draco Malfoy? 021
msmaureen.bsky.social @msmaureen.bsky.social · 17/08/2026I have never thought about and have no intention of ever thinking about it. 001
msmaureen.bsky.social @msmaureen.bsky.social · 11/08/2026It's a tacit admission that the Rs no longer represent a variety of interests and ideas, and the MSM has stopped pretending, without naming what they've become. The Dems are still the messy, complicated big-tent group that aims for the middle to keep everyone inside. That may be changing. 000
msmaureen.bsky.social @msmaureen.bsky.social · 10/08/2026AI + Fossil Fuel. Let's destroy the planet even faster, shall we? Amazon Is Creating the Biggest Pollution Source in the Entire Country newrepublic.com/post/214111/... via @newrepublic.comnewrepublic.comAmazon Is Creating the Biggest Pollution Source in the Entire CountryAmazon has bought a site in Texas where it plans to build a data center campus. 000
Reposted by @msmaureen.bsky.sociallaura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Abdul El-Sayed on capitalism: “I’m capitalist who just knows about capitalism. I have a bad habit of reading, I’m so sorry.” 10869221510
msmaureen.bsky.social @msmaureen.bsky.social · 07/08/2026What the pool now reflects is a fatal combo of incompetence, venality, and dishonesty. “'It’s like asking the museum guard to restore a painting in the Met,' said Charles Birnbaum, the president of the Cultural Landscape Foundation, a nonprofit that has sued unsuccessfully to stop the work."nytimes.comHow the Reflecting Pool Came to Mirror Trump’s Washington (Gift Article)A hospitality manager for the Trump Organization traveled to Las Vegas to find a solution to problems at a national landmark. This is the untold back story of the fallout. 021
msmaureen.bsky.social @msmaureen.bsky.social · 27/07/2026If that got applause I’m really concerned for these people. 2150
msmaureen.bsky.social @msmaureen.bsky.social · 27/07/2026By what measure!? How do these people listen to this crackpot? 020
msmaureen.bsky.social @msmaureen.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Looks like ICE doesn't even do minimal vetting before hiring and arming agents. apnews.com/article/ice-... Exclusive: ICE officer in Maine shooting has history of violent behavior, family and records sayapnews.comAP Exclusive: ICE officer in Maine shooting has history of violent behavior, family and records sayThe Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who shot a Colombian man in Maine this week is an Army veteran who has struggled with serious mental health issues since early childhood, according to c... 000
msmaureen.bsky.social @msmaureen.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Ona Judge Didn't Run Away From a House open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...open.substack.comOna Judge Didn't Run Away From a HouseShe ran away from George Washington. The new exhibit on Independence Mall would rather you not think about that. 000
msmaureen.bsky.social @msmaureen.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Is it coming from our strategic petroleum reserves? 020
msmaureen.bsky.social @msmaureen.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Because the Reconstruction amendments were, you know, motivated by racial justice. 000
Reposted by @msmaureen.bsky.socialJay Willis @jaywillis.net · 30/06/2026The legal arguments for Trump's birthright citizenship executive order are vapid and embarrassing. Multiple lower court judges legit laughed DOJ lawyers out of the room. The fact that four Supreme Court justices twisted themselves into logical pretzels to buy it is a constitutional emergency.ballsandstrikes.orgThe Constitution Is On Life SupportFour justices are prepared to stuff the Fourteenth Amendment’s promises in the garbage because Mister Trump demands it. 4938051030
msmaureen.bsky.social @msmaureen.bsky.social · 30/06/2026- Thomas rebukes the majority for relying on a "feudal" practice (ignoring the larger common law context) and then relies solely on cherry-picked sources from the 19th century. - Kavanaugh talks about a living constitution adopting to circumstances but doesn't apply that to 2A. - Alito's an elitist 061
msmaureen.bsky.social @msmaureen.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Jackson's concurrence marshals facts to rebuke Thomas's dissent, showing that knowing history beats imagining it. Read the majority opinion too. It traces the English common law, the practice in the early Republic, and the Congressional understanding during the debate for the 14th Amendment. 021
msmaureen.bsky.social @msmaureen.bsky.social · 30/06/2026A nod to professional historians from Justice Jackson! 000
msmaureen.bsky.social @msmaureen.bsky.social · 30/06/20262/You'd think that justices who can look forward to decades in the job might feel just a tiny bit compelled to keep abreast of historical interpretations. Or at least hire clerks who do. 010
msmaureen.bsky.social @msmaureen.bsky.social · 30/06/20261/ Birthright citizenship affirmed. Whew. But not 9-0, which is horrifying. I've read the opinion and now on Jackson's concurrence and noticing historians cited. Roberts cites works prior to 1965. Jackson, cites recent work -- Isabel Wilkerson's Caste, and David Blight's Frederick Douglass book. 110
msmaureen.bsky.social @msmaureen.bsky.social · 29/06/2026I'm a guide at Monticello and sometimes get teary these days too. 010
msmaureen.bsky.social @msmaureen.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Uh, isn't this how Jim Crow, literacy tests and poll taxes were justified? Not to mention red-lining and about a 1,001 other actions? 000
msmaureen.bsky.social @msmaureen.bsky.social · 27/06/2026So should we expect literacy tests to reappear? 000
msmaureen.bsky.social @msmaureen.bsky.social · 27/06/2026I dug deep and read the list: Ayn Rand's definition of capitalism? No thanks. Also fascinating: Lots of attention to Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln in early grades. Later grades get to read MacArthur's Farewell Address and Thatcher's eulogy of Reagan. But nada about Texas' own LBJ. 000
msmaureen.bsky.social @msmaureen.bsky.social · 27/06/2026This is a list of works I would have enjoyed reading. I'm a 71-year-old white woman. 'Nuf said. 000
msmaureen.bsky.social @msmaureen.bsky.social · 31/05/2026When he says "rigged" I think he means there are rules. 000
msmaureen.bsky.social @msmaureen.bsky.social · 29/05/2026When this is all over, every federal judge who stood up to him should get the Medal of Freedom and a ticker tape parade. Trump Administration Live Updates: Judge Freezes Efforts to Create $1.8 Billion Fund www.nytimes.com/live/2026/05...nytimes.comTrump Administration Live Updates: Judge Freezes Efforts to Create $1.8 Billion Fund 021
msmaureen.bsky.social @msmaureen.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Wouldn’t he have to actually fund it then? 000
msmaureen.bsky.social @msmaureen.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Same here. I love that feeling of casting my vote and having my say. Not sure I’ll ever feel the same walking out of the polling place. 000