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TDMackie

@tdmhistorian.bsky.social
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Historian living in both the public and academic worlds. Grateful cancer survivor. Back to work now!

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TDMackie @tdmhistorian.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I am a bit slow to pick up this well known scholar. Just started this book and have felt too the growing autocracy splitting families, friends and communities. I have heard her speak but now will read her much more often.
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TDMackie @tdmhistorian.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3hB... Indiana University East celebrated the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence with a series of readings by administrators and faculty. Here is my little part of the fun.
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Voices of Revolution - Joseph Plumb Martin's Letter read by Dr. Tom Makie
YouTube video by Indiana University East
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TDMackie @tdmhistorian.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I'm attending Fishers Resists's event, “Fishers Resists Monthly Meeting” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/fishersresis...
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Fishers Resists Monthly Meeting · Fishers Resists
Fishers Resists Member Meeting Sat, Sept 26 4:30-5:30 pm Hamilton East Public Library - Fishers Center+East meeting rooms (in hallway on south side) 5 Municipal Drive, Fishers, IN 46038 Join us for t...
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TDMackie @tdmhistorian.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Betrayal of a National Treasure substack.com/@thomasdmack...
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Betrayal of a National Treasure
The Sin of Privatizing Public Treasures
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TDMackie @tdmhistorian.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I finally listened to Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time. I am a bit old, but I enjoyed it greatly. It should be allowed to discover or rediscover classic literature later in life and perhaps feel younger and a bit more adventurous again.
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TDMackie @tdmhistorian.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Finally reading The Slaves Cause: A History of Abolition, by Manish Sinha. Not a quick read, but causes me to observe our current situation with greater care. The future is not written yet, but looks hard.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 06/09/2026
“I’m walking through the streets…carrying shame and humiliation." The family of 20-year-old Haitian immigrant Pierre Damas Bel says he died by suicide as a result of ICE’s crackdown.
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"I’m walking through the streets of the United States... carrying a feeling of shame and humiliation"
The family of 20-year-old Haitian immigrant Pierre Damas Bel says he died by suicide as a result of ICE's crackdown.
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TDMackie @tdmhistorian.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Saturday is a time to grade essays, update class notes, and prepare for classes on Sunday and Tuesday. Academic power is provided by Tea Time with homemade scones and shortbread.
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TDMackie @tdmhistorian.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
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TDMackie @tdmhistorian.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I just cannot stay away from the protest groups. We are going in the wrong direction and committing evil against vulnerable people. Our nation is in the wrong and must be confronted.
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TDMackie @tdmhistorian.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Can any good come from this? Contingency: We are not done, and the future is not yet written. We have choices to make. www.msn.com/en-us/news/o...
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TDMackie @tdmhistorian.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Calling out bad history. warrenthrockmorton.substack.com/p/what-the-w...
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What the Wall Street Journal Doesn’t Want You to Know About David Barton
There was a lot missing from today’s profile
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TDMackie @tdmhistorian.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
A family wedding which is a reunion, a chance to catch up with multiple generations, and a beautiful moment to be enveloped with loved ones.
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TDMackie @tdmhistorian.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
substack.com/@thomasdmack...
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Thomas D. Mackie Jr. (@thomasdmackiejr)
Check out my new post!
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TDMackie @tdmhistorian.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Our misuse of language is causing us serious harm. There are some ideals with which we cannot compromise. www.insidehighered.com/news/student...
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The Heated Discourse About Civil Discourse
Groups advocating for “dialogue across difference” and finding better ways to discuss and disagree about controversial topics are themselves part of a polarized debate.
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TDMackie @tdmhistorian.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Classes posted: US History, Digital and Public History, and Hoosier Nation. More tweaking later, but they are ready to start. 65 students on my roster.
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TDMackie @tdmhistorian.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
GLOVE: I believe that this device has only one purpose, especially in the vile hands of ICE agents. Torture without being caught. Remember, they cannot get wet! www.wired.com/story/the-pa...
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The Painful Truth of Exactly How ICE’s New Shock Gloves Actually Work
ICE is spending millions on shock gloves designed to overpower subjects through intense, localized pain.
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TDMackie @tdmhistorian.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I was traveling in Scotland 52 years ago when Nixon resigned and heard about it after hiking in the highlands. Residents at breakfast with us asked if we were safe to return to the US. They thought we had experienced a coup!
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TDMackie @tdmhistorian.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Heard the best HCR line about our legislatures. "I have seen more backbone on worms than in our Senate." That is her, and frankly mine, at seeing a 4 a.m. confirmation of Todd Blanche. Keep these scoundrels accountable.
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TDMackie @tdmhistorian.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
From Digital Dashboard: My dissertation “A Shrine for President Lincoln (2016) was downloaded 928 times from 71 countries.
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TDMackie @tdmhistorian.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Fascists are Here indypolitics.org/immigration-...
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Immigration group backed by Beckwith, GOP lawmakers trains volunteers on Nazi jurist’s political theory
The Indiana anti-immigration organization that drew fewer than 100 people to a rented tent in the rain Saturday night devotes a module of its volunteer ...
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Pro-Democracy Indiana Resister 🇺🇸 🔄 🆘 🟦 @woodenstares.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
You know what to do.
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TDMackie @tdmhistorian.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
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TDMackie @tdmhistorian.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
www.hoosiers4democracy.org/p/back-home-... An insidious link between past and present.
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Back Home Again in Indiana
21st Century KKK Hosts a Mass Deportation Rally in Fishers, Indiana Staring Greg Bovino as their Grand Dragon
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TDMackie @tdmhistorian.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Historical ignorance is no excuse. substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Don't Do Racial Reconciliation Like This
A cross on top of Stone Mountain is not evangelism, it's historical erasure.
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TDMackie @tdmhistorian.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
I am so glad to see so many confronting Trump's stupid order attacking museums for -- actual history. Someone asked me if I would be allowed to teach what I had studied. I said Try to stop me. www.rawstory.com/trump-smiths...
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'Bizarre': Trump mocked after 'dumbest' order yet installs warnings outside Smithsonian
Lawmakers and historians ridiculed President Donald Trump's executive order directing warning signs outside the Smithsonian's history museum, calling it the "dumbest" order yet.Trump signed the order ...
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TDMackie @tdmhistorian.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Poor Richard’s Book Club current pick. Discussions start on July 28 through our Facebook page.
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TDMackie @tdmhistorian.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Defense of the Smithsonian and good historiography. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDSx...
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Why "Objective" History Is a Myth
YouTube video by Jemar Tisby
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TDMackie @tdmhistorian.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
substack.com/@thomasdmack...
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Thomas D. Mackie Jr. (@thomasdmackiejr)
Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., The Imperial Presidency (1973) and Andrew Rudalevige, The New Imperial Presidency: Renewing Presidential Power after Watergate. (2005) Some older readings for our age. The...
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TDMackie @tdmhistorian.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
I'm attending Fishers Resists's event, “Hoosier Hospitality Posters & Packets” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/fishersresis...
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Hoosier Hospitality Posters & Packets · Fishers Resists
Help us get ready for our August 1st Hoosier Hospitality Rally! Sunday, July 26th, 1-4:30pm at the Fishers Library — we're stuffing packets for our immigrant neighbors and making posters for the rall...
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TDMackie @tdmhistorian.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
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Republicans Own This. Hoosiers Don't Want It.
On August 1, an extreme white nationalist rally is being held in our hometown of Fishers, Indiana. The event is headlined by Greg Bovino, the leader of ICE violence in Chicago, Los Angeles, and Minnea...
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TDMackie @tdmhistorian.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
My effort to write about the Declaration of Independence during this 250th complex commemoration. We need to re-use this document - again. substack.com/home/post/p-...
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The Evolving Declaration
The Link Between the Declaration of Independence and Liberty-Loving Americans.
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TDMackie @tdmhistorian.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Dr Freeman and Dr Stoermer in discussion. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FaF...
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Joanne Freeman and Tad Stoermer are live!
YouTube video by Resistance History with Tad Stoermer
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TDMackie @tdmhistorian.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
My upcoming presentation to the Hoosier Blue and Gray Civil War Round Table on July 2, at 7 p.m., at the Fayette County Historical Museum in Connersville, IN. My talk is titled Lincoln and the Speeches that Changed the Constitution."
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TDMackie @tdmhistorian.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
On the World Socialist Web Site panel today heard Richard Carwardine give a shout out to fellow historian Heather Cox Richardson for his dosage of political gloom.
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TDMackie @tdmhistorian.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Final flag for Independence Day, the British colonial Flag, Bicentennial flag, grand Union flag and finally the 13 Stars and Stripes.
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TDMackie @tdmhistorian.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Will Bunch: The feds' bogus conspiracy case against 'The Minneapolis 15' is outrageous. But their real target is YOU—to shut you up and make regular folks think twice about protesting Trump's stunts to steal the election in November. Free the Minneapolis 15! www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
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The Minneapolis 15 ICE-protester indictments are meant to shut you up | Will Bunch
An outrageous federal conspiracy case against 15 anti-ICE protesters in Minnesota really seeks to silence all dissent.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 16/06/2026
As Scotland fans descend on Boston for the country's first World Cup appearance in over 25 years, their beer consumption may be contributing to dry taps in the city, according to local bar owners.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 16/06/2026
Russell Vought has a plan for science, but so do we. Join the fight by taking action against the latest OMB grant funding proposal at the link in our bio, or go here 👉 zurl.co/lBQ4l #StandUpForScience #Science #OMB #Vought #SaveScience
The graphic includes photos of Russell Vought, the red Stand Up for Science logo, and a fist held in the air in protest. The graphic reads: "50% OF ALL CLINICAL TRIALS IN THE US ARE AT RISK OF BEING CANCLLED IF THE OMB GRANT PROPOSAL PASSES. AT-RISK TRIALS INCLUDE: 1026 FOR CANCER, 273 FOR PEDIATRICS, 115 FOR HEAR DISEASE,  184 FOR DIABETES. Stop Vought. Save Science. EMAIL & CALL YOUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, LEAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT, DONATE TO FUEL THE FIGHT FOR SCIENCE, LINK IN BIO".
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TDMackie @tdmhistorian.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
I'm attending No Kings's event, “Rise Up, Sing Out - Watch Party - Indivisible Wilton Manors” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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Rise Up, Sing Out - Watch Party - Indivisible Wilton Manors · No Kings
On June 14, join us for Rise Up, Sing Out: A Concert for the First Amendment — an uplifting evening of music, community, and action. Hosted by the Committee for the First Amendment (CFA), this special...
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TDMackie @tdmhistorian.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Tarps going up on the scaffolding now.
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TDMackie @tdmhistorian.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
The crew started installing covers, and the crown is angry!
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TDMackie @tdmhistorian.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
An interesting disruption of live signal from Washington at 12:23 EST was restored a few minutes later. Lots of delay showing here.
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PlantsAreNeat is drowning in vegetables @plantsareneat.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Heck yeah, of course I did this! I let them know I didn't want a triumphal arch that commemorates no victories and means nothing other than to stroke the ego of a man-child playing with his toy city. @hcrichardson.bsky.social, perhaps folks who follow you might also want to chime in? Closes 6/15.
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TDMackie @tdmhistorian.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Considering one to post on Poor Richard’s Book Club in our collection of parallel readings.
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TDMackie @tdmhistorian.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Opening discussion with historian Carol Berkin on the Poor Richard’s Book Club.
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TDMackie @tdmhistorian.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
I started to evaluate the texts and AI exhibits of the Founder's Museum. As a national commemoration for the 250th, it's as bad as expected, coming under the watch of the Prager U content creators. Find the other private sources of historical recognition and ignore the "official recognitions."
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TDMackie @tdmhistorian.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Canal House in Connersville IN. I just love studying river and canal travel.
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TDMackie @tdmhistorian.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
My new “supplies” have arrived. Dress well for consistent protest.
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