Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 5hOMG I am so happy to be going to the UK just saw one of those Trump ads paid for by my tax money, makes me mad! Only silver lining they are so bad that they might actually put people off! 010
Reposted by Manisha SinhaRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 6hPart (but far from all) of what's horrific here is: a woman weighing the consequences of speaking up about being sexually assaulted, because speaking up imposes burdens and costs (and so does not speaking up).phoenixnewtimes.comCongressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signsEmbarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing. A Phoenix New Times exclusive. 161369335
Reposted by Manisha SinhaManisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 17hLondon calling! So happy to keynote the BrANCH conference in Warwick, it's my first time attending BrANCH so looking forward to it. Hope to see some of you there! www.branch.org.uk/warwick-2026branch.org.ukWarwick 2026 — British American Nineteenth Century Historians 1162
Reposted by Manisha SinhaThe Associated Press @apnews.com · 9hBREAKING: The Democratic National Committee sues the Trump administration, alleging taxpayer-funded television ads violate propaganda law.bit.lyDNC sues Trump administration, alleging taxpayer-funded ads violate propaganda lawThe Democratic National Committee has sued the Trump administration over recent TV ads promoting the president. 17772197
Reposted by Manisha SinhaDrew McKevitt @drewmckevitt.bsky.social · 9hElon's money is funding a truly abhorrent racist campaign in Texas 725763
Reposted by Manisha SinhaMelissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 11hreading this, recalling how quickly the killing of Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman slipped out of the newsphoenixnewtimes.comCongressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signsEmbarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing. 1752761691
Reposted by Manisha SinhaMike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 9hGood news: in this case the newly elected House can meet at a convenient location of their choosing and vote on whether to expel Johnson as one of its first orders of business 381749306
Reposted by Manisha SinhaManisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Historian here even Andrew Johnson did not threaten to level Boston New York Philadelphia and Chicago. 511223
Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 17hLondon calling! So happy to keynote the BrANCH conference in Warwick, it's my first time attending BrANCH so looking forward to it. Hope to see some of you there! www.branch.org.uk/warwick-2026branch.org.ukWarwick 2026 — British American Nineteenth Century Historians 1162
Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Historian here even Andrew Johnson did not threaten to level Boston New York Philadelphia and Chicago. 511223
Reposted by Manisha SinhaThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026JON STEWART: “So in the FUTURE we WILL use A.I. to cure diseases… but right now it’s mostly murder, surveillance, and surge pricing for the McRib — What a trade! I’m getting the sense you guys might be full of shit.” 17898173177
Reposted by Manisha Sinhajamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/10/2026one funny thing about Alito is he is constantly fuming over his critics. just a big blubbering baby. 884950656
Reposted by Manisha SinhaAlan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I wrote about the Cornell rape case, specifically about how MAGA responses to it highlight the male supremacism on the American right. www.liberalcurrents.com/the-illusion...liberalcurrents.comThe Illusion of Consent: A Rape at Cornell and the MAGA RightFor the new right, when a man is accused of rape, he is first and foremost a victim of feminism. 16499151
Reposted by Manisha SinhaMike Sacks @mikesacks.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Dude’s pretty much fessing up to being a common law constitutionalist like Stevens and Souter, but with none of the small-c conservative restraint either showed even as they turned left 53616
Reposted by Manisha SinhaMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The president of the United States says that "the New York Times, and many other Artificial Media Outlets, should be arrested" for denying that the arena in which he spoke had empty seats. It's really bad! www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump... 1211187270
Reposted by Manisha SinhaMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026MIT Media Lab’s Kevin Esvalt: “Russia's five-hospital quarantine, FSB involvement, and…hazmat use in response to the death of a single researcher at a weapons-lineage Irkutsk lab are inconsistent with a lab-acquired plague infection, which would have been treated with prophylactic antibiotics. 31698286
Reposted by Manisha Sinhajamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/10/2026i also read his op ed on originalism in the WSJ and i would love to know how presidential criminal immunity emerges from the structure of the constitution, especially when the literal authors of that constitution insisted that a president could he tried and even straight up executed 472163283
Reposted by Manisha SinhaKing Algamemnon @adamrothman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026If a White Sox player hits a single, double, triple and homer in the same playoff game, it's now called an encyclical. 937779
Reposted by Manisha SinhaThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Why independent media is so needed, in one post👇🏽 Framing matters 532142763
Reposted by Manisha SinhaManisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 05/10/2026A nice memory, the Groton school just published a nice piece on the lecture I did there in February for their all school assembly. Thanks to Erik Chaput for sending it to me! 0102
Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 05/10/2026A nice memory, the Groton school just published a nice piece on the lecture I did there in February for their all school assembly. Thanks to Erik Chaput for sending it to me! 0102
Reposted by Manisha SinhaRandall Stephens @randalljstephens.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Mike Peters on the Gun Lobby, February 1981. This was just two months after John Lennon was murdered. 328858
Reposted by Manisha SinhaBarred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 05/10/2026for reference, in the Dobbs opinion, Alito was like, women generally don't _plan_ to get an abortion, so how could they have a reliance interest in abortion? which is kind of an extension of 'you want health insurance? what, you plan on being sick?' 431170239
Reposted by Manisha SinhaHansi Lo Wang (he/him) @hansilowang.bsky.social · 05/10/2026TODAY (Monday, Oct. 5) is the deadline for registering to vote for the midterms in: AMERICAN SAMOA ARIZONA ARKANSAS FLORIDA GEORGIA INDIANA KENTUCKY LOUISIANA — in-person, mail (10/13 online) MISSISSIPPI MONTANA — mail (11/3 in-person) OHIO SOUTH CAROLINA — mail TENNESSEE TEXAS npr.org/votenpr.orgHow to register to vote and check your registration statusFor the 2026 elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory. 13660529
Reposted by Manisha SinhaJonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 01/01/2026An excellent documentary with an especially powerful final sequence and clear parallels to the US variety.com/2024/film/ne...variety.com‘Apocalypse in the Tropics’ Review: Petra Costa Offers a Sobering Look at the Evangelical Age of Brazilian PoliticsFive years after her Oscar-nominated 'The Edge of Democracy,' Petra Costa takes stock of the far-right Bolsonaro era in 'Apocalypse in the Tropics.' 12212
Reposted by Manisha SinhaThe Marsh Family @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Here's a parody about the price of gas having soared (with everything else) since the Iran war, called "Gasoline". It's adapted from the classic "Jolene" by the incredible Dolly Parton who sadly died a few weeks ago, but left an incredible legacy of music, generosity & heart ❤️ youtu.be/WhwPBlI4u0Ayoutu.be"Gasoline" - Marsh Family parody of "Jolene" by Dolly Parton, on the rising cost of fuel & inflationYouTube video by Marsh Family 612660
Reposted by Manisha SinhaManisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The Indian American derangement syndrome is something to behold on Twitter and amplified by the Trump regime. “The eligible Indian American population is small. However they are concentrated in GA, NC, TX, NJ and California. GOP losing senate due to Indian Americans voting 95-5 blue would be fun.” 🎯 58413
Reposted by Manisha SinhaPaul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Imagine if we HADN'T elected a rapist. TWICE!!! 443973
Reposted by Manisha SinhaMike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Cornell Police and the County Prosecutor's office seem intent on saying, in barely concealed terms, the other is to blame. It's a system where they're both happy to be able to pass off any responsibility while preserving their authority / power / territory; something fundamental has to change.cnn.comMood at Cornell University darkens amid mounting pressure on investigators of alleged sex assault | CNNAt first glance, the Cornell University looks like a picture-perfect college brochure. But students say the mood on campus has turned somber amid allegations of sexual assault at a fraternity house. 934490
Reposted by Manisha SinhaAlbert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Catastrophe In Brazil with the far right surging State races, senate and congress races all going for the far right Presidential race going to a second round thankfully with bolsonaro’s son under 50 percent www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo... 36912284
Reposted by Manisha SinhaGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 04/10/2026There are new and specific numbers in this story, so it’s worth reading. I continue to resent the lack of credit to Nick Schwellenbach at @pogo.org, Dan Friedman at @motherjones.com, and me, who have previously reported every other aspect of this story, including that the sale prices were very high. 81894509
Reposted by Manisha SinhaBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 03/10/2026“Originalism is an incoherent doctrine. It allows you to prove anything. Thus what it amounts to is a ritual invocation of the Founders, gesturing at this or that piece of text, before delivering whatever conclusion was approved on Fox News the night before.” www.liberalcurrents.com/we-have-no-s...liberalcurrents.comWe Have No Supreme CourtThe philosophical incoherence of originalism prevents the Court from performing its core functions as a supreme court. 1232996780
Reposted by Manisha SinhaPaul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.social · 03/10/2026"The doctrine that the strong shall dominate the weak is the doctrine of our enemies. And we reject it." -- FDR 12590138
Reposted by Manisha SinhaAnthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Holy shit. 98859186
Reposted by Manisha SinhaTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Voter registration deadlines are SUNDAY in Alaska, Rhode Island, South Carolina. And MONDAY in: Arizona, Arkansas Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, and *Texas*. If you live in these states, verify your registration now, literally. 2921531961
Reposted by Manisha SinhaGrudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026No one ever says “that’s not true” 31876103
Reposted by Manisha SinhaJacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Sir Jacob William Rees-Mogging. 461062168
Reposted by Manisha SinhaHistorical Marker Ahead @historicalmarker.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Plaza, Irving, Texas. The local Indian population put this up in Thomas Jefferson Park in 2014. 0113
Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Yeah it’s interesting how The Indian Question is reminiscent or The Jewish Question from the 1930s! 160
Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Since they hate nearly everyone I am sure they will find another population to scapegoat! 220
Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 03/10/2026www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...theatlantic.comThe Mainstreaming of Anti-Indian BigotryA Republican schism over a social-media post by a Texas politician revealed that the party’s defense of a color-blind meritocracy has its limits. 1103