Reposted by Herstory TeachHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 18/02/2026February 17, 2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.comFebruary 17, 2026Trump’s White House website welcomes visitors with a pop-up that reads: “WELCOME TO THE GOLDEN AGE!” But on this heavy news day a year into Trump’s second term, it is increasingly clear that as his re... 34921306
Reposted by Herstory TeachNancy Flanagan 🎼 @nancyflanagan.bsky.social · 08/10/2025Proposal from House Repubs would push for deeper K-12 cuts, notably a $4.7 billion reduction in Title I funding. This funding stream has enjoyed bipartisan support for decades, currently sends roughly $18 billion to schools in disadvantaged communities all over the US. www.npr.org/2025/09/26/n...npr.orgWhat schools stand to lose in the battle over the next federal education budgetEducation researchers warn budget proposals from the White House and House Republicans would impose steep cuts on some of the nation's most vulnerable students and disadvantaged school communities. 011
Reposted by Herstory TeachJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 19/08/2025Actual question: It has been only 72 hours since the disastrous puppeteer/puppet show in Anchorage. Has there yet been a background story on how, and by whom, this emergency intervention of *eight* big-time world leaders was pulled together, over a weekend? 1755292928
Reposted by Herstory TeachWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 19/08/2025US media is in the fetal position, living in a delirious haze, desperately trying to pretend everything is normal and this is all boring everyday politics, even as federal troops flood into DC and the entire western world mounts emergency missions to slow Trump down 292280530
Reposted by Herstory TeachThe New Yorker @newyorker.com · 16/08/2025James Baldwin didn’t believe in reform; he believed in revolution. “Anything less than a total social reckoning—a complete psychological makeover of white America—was worthless,” Louis Menand writes.newyorker.comThe Lives and Loves of James BaldwinAn older generation dismissed him as passé; a newer one has recast him as a secular saint. But Baldwin’s true message remains more unsettling than either camp recognizes. 411535285
Reposted by Herstory TeachThe New Yorker @newyorker.com · 15/08/2025“Small children from poor or middle-class families who watch ‘Sesame Street’ do better on cognitive tests and in first grade than children who do not watch it,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972.newyorker.comThe Invention of “Sesame Street”Renata Adler’s 1972 review of the program that revolutionized children’s television. 271123533104
Reposted by Herstory TeachLuca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 24/07/2025And don't forget to sign them up for the Imagination Library, which is Dolly Parton's free book delivery service. They send 1 book per month until the child turns 5. 😊 277202303487
Reposted by Herstory TeachGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 18/07/2025This is just magnificent. Absolutely perfect. @thedailyshow.com 472179526025
Reposted by Herstory TeachThe 14th Amendment Center @the14thcenter.bsky.social · 25/06/2025The Ku Klux Klan Acts (passed in 1870 & 1871 to protect 14th amend rights) were particularly focused on masked gunmen who violated the civil rights of Black people. We should remember this history when masked law enforcement ofcrs are deployed in our communities. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily... 276100994090
Reposted by Herstory TeachHank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 07/04/2025A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die. Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero. 10706253812920
Reposted by Herstory TeachAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 14/03/2025I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable. Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes. Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason. 491413099824234
Reposted by Herstory Teach Herstory Teach @zwarden.bsky.social · 07/03/2025So the WHO is conducting an Ebola vaccination trial in Uganda… DEI flags a picture of a plane called “Enola Gay” …. This has conspiracy written all over it www.who.int/news/item/03...who.intGroundbreaking Ebola vaccination trial launches today in UgandaIn a global first, Uganda’s Ministry of Health, the World Health Organization (WHO) and other partners today launched a first ever vaccine trial for Ebola from the Sudan species of the virus, and at a... 021
Reposted by Herstory TeachJudd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 01/03/2025This is not an effort to roll back "DEI" It's an effort to roll back civil rights "Agencies across the federal government are dismantling offices that enforce civil rights and antidiscrimination laws...weakening the government’s ability to deliver on legal obligations to protect workers’ rights"washingtonpost.comTrump officials start dismantling civil rights offices, as part of DOGE’s secret planLegal experts said that unwinding a civil rights-era bulwark designed to safeguard employees’ rights removes a crucial check on institutional power. 6931731085
Reposted by Herstory Teach Herstory Teach @zwarden.bsky.social · 22/02/2025They are going to fill Gitmo with federal workers 031
Reposted by Herstory TeachMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 21/02/2025Canadians are now referring to the United States as the 11th province 1999499656241
Herstory Teach @zwarden.bsky.social · 22/02/2025It's not DEI...it's racism and misogyny. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...theatlantic.comA Friday Night Massacre at the PentagonTrump’s purge started with his firing of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the top Navy officer, and the vice chief of the Air Force. 010
Reposted by Herstory TeachSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 21/02/2025More of this. Do not give in. 994829840
Reposted by Herstory TeachAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/02/2025listen to this. Elon can barely form a sentence right now. 2747146773641
Reposted by Herstory Teach Herstory Teach @zwarden.bsky.social · 21/02/2025If anyone is wondering what a k-hole looks like... 0163
Reposted by Herstory TeachSusan Stryker @susanstryker.bsky.social · 21/02/2025I joined more than 350 LGBTQIA+ historians in signing this letter protesting the government attempt to erase trans people from history by censoring the Stonewall National Monument website. Erasing a word does not erase our existence--now or in the past. docs.google.com/document/d/1...docs.google.comLetter on Modifications to the National Stonewall Monument Web PagesLetter on the National Park Service Modifications to the Stonewall National Monument Web Pages Signatures closed at 5 P.M. EST on February 19, 2025. If you are a journalist writing about this issue o... 115057
Reposted by Herstory Teach Herstory Teach @zwarden.bsky.social · 21/02/2025We don't need to take them seriously but they are seriously going to kill us 041
Reposted by Herstory TeachSocial Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 20/02/2025They targeted the T, and now they're going after the LGB_Q+. DHS scraps policies prohibiting their personnel from conducting intelligence activities based solely on a person’s gender identity or sexual orientation. news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...news.bgov.comDHS Scraps Ban on Surveillance Based on Sexual Orientation (1)A Department of Homeland Security unit eliminated policies prohibiting personnel from conducting intelligence activities based solely on a person’s gender identity or sexual orientation. 410645
Reposted by Herstory Teacholiviajulianna.bsky.social @oliviajulianna.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Amanda Zurawski, one of the Texas women who nearly died due to the states abortion ban, has been named one of Time’s Women of the Year. 219188043417
Reposted by Herstory TeachThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 20/02/2025Nearly one in 10 adults in the U.S. identifies as LGBTQ, according to a large analysis from Gallup released Thursday — almost triple the share since Gallup began counting in 2012, and up by two-thirds since 2020. nyti.ms/42ZZGIN 1452729490
Reposted by Herstory TeachGoad (Legal Expert) @goad.bsky.social · 18/02/2025I never realized this until now but Stephen Miller gives Dr Evil vibes. Especially the way he says "weaponize." 201089
Reposted by Herstory TeachThe Onion @theonion.com · 18/02/2025Historians Politely Remind Nation To Check What's Happened In Past Before Making Any Big Decisions theonion.com/historians-p... 142154542658
Reposted by Herstory TeachWajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 12/02/2025My latest: "One of the Most Dangerous & Extreme MAGA Soldiers Now Directs America's Budget" Russell Vought, the director of the Office of Management & Budget, is committed to a Christian nationalist vision that seeks to gut our social safety net & empower Trump. open.substack.com/pub/thelefth... 551116356
Reposted by Herstory TeachDana Piccoli @danapiccoli.com · 06/02/2025Queer media is covering the hell out of what’s happening right now. Give them some views. 2398
Reposted by Herstory TeachRyan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 02/02/2025Another FBI leader standing up for the rule of law “Today, we find ourselves in the middle of a battle of our own, as good people are being walked out of the FBI and others are being targeted because they did their jobs in accordance with the law and FBI policy." James Dennehy, FBI NY Field Officenytimes.comTop F.B.I. Agent in New York Vows to ‘Dig In’ After Removals at AgencyJames E. Dennehy, the highly respected leader of the largest and most important field office in the bureau, said the F.B.I. was in a “battle of our own.” 724402199945
Reposted by Herstory Teach#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 02/02/2025Solo Ball's Big Night Helps No. 25 UConn Win 77-69 at No. 9 Marquette: Solo Ball scored a career-high 25 points while shooting 7 of 9 from 3-point range as No. 25 UConn never trailed in a 77-69 victory over No. 9 Marquette on Saturdayusnews.comSolo Ball's Big Night Helps No. 25 UConn Win 77-69 at No. 9 MarquetteSolo Ball scored a career-high 25 points while shooting 7 of 9 from 3-point range as No. 25 UConn never trailed in a 77-69 victory over No. 9 Marquette on Saturday 0153
Reposted by Herstory TeachJay Orsi @jayorsi.bsky.social · 01/02/2025Pentagon replaces NPR with Breitbart and NBC with OAN. This timeline is absolutely exhausting. We desperately need a temporal incursion to repair it. @jerilryan.bsky.social - you up for another jump? 1620358
Reposted by Herstory TeachRick Wilson @therickwilson.bsky.social · 01/02/2025You're not overwhelmed. You're under attack. 10585305611064
Reposted by Herstory TeachBloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 02/02/2025Canada braced for economic turmoil and began rolling out retaliatory trade measures after President Donald Trump signed an executive order imposing 25% tariffs on almost everything the US imports from the country, and 10% on energy.bloomberg.com‘Complete Betrayal’: Canada Reels as Trump Tariff Rattles Major Trading RelationshipCanada braced for economic turmoil and laid out a retaliation plan after President Donald Trump signed an executive order imposing 25% tariffs on almost everything the US imports from the country, and... 62560124
Reposted by Herstory TeachDave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 02/02/2025The USAID stuff is just preposterously dark. A tiny sliver of the government’s budget, literally saving thousands of lives, pulled from one day to the next out of pure indifferent cruelty. 231753373
Reposted by Herstory TeachMurshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 01/02/2025“Defense Department officials are discussing using tents, although they face the challenge of tropical weather, limited staff and access to medical treatments for migrants.” Where is opposition of Democratic Cong Leaders against this monstrosity - plan to build American gulags?politico.comPentagon shocked by Trump’s order to house migrants in Guantanamo BayDefense officials are trying to figure out how to hold thousands of people on an aging military base with minimal staff. 1128
Reposted by Herstory TeachLarry Tenney @larrytenney.bsky.social · 26/01/2025Remember when you thought SCOTUS wouldn't overturn Roe v Wade? Well, now Idaho is asking SCOTUS to overturn Obergefell, the case that makes same-sex marriage legal www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/u...nytimes.comIdaho Lawmakers Want Supreme Court to Overturn Same-Sex Marriage Decision (Gift Article)A state legislative committee has advanced a resolution asking that the power to regulate marriage be returned to the states. 46849632398
Reposted by Herstory TeachRandi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 24/01/2025We hoped to never have to do it but here’s an educators guide on preparing immigrant youth and families for an ICE raid. Please read and share. It’s also available in Spanish and Korean. www.aft.org/our-communit...aft.orgImmigrationAmericans know that our strength has always been built on the simple notion that America is a place where many become one. The AFT, as the representative of those who teach and care for our next gener... 5159122
Reposted by Herstory Teachabel @abelwithatable.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Folks, I know it’s hard to keep up with all the hubbub about POTUS and his executive orders/legislation. Here’s a POTUS tracker that streamlines it into one link. potustracker.lukewin.es/index.htmlpotustracker.lukewin.esPOTUS Tracker | Lukewin.es 1031290428
Reposted by Herstory TeachGrunkle Harm @harmonwest.bsky.social · 19/01/2025Lucy Dacus has a new single out and she looks so beautiful in the video for it that i had a moment of genuine panic Also the song slaps youtu.be/pcW_-uxy6dQ?...youtu.beLucy Dacus - Ankles (Official Music Video)YouTube video by LucyDacusVEVO 0143
Reposted by Herstory TeachThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 19/01/2025President Biden warned in his farewell address that an oligarchy is taking shape in the U.S. As President-elect Trump returns to the White House, billionaires and multimillionaires are flocking to the city where power has been more important than money, but is now deeply intertwined with it.nytimes.comA Trump Oligarchy Is Moving to Washington, and Buying Up Prime AddressesBillionaires and multimillionaires are flocking to a city where power has been more important than money, but is now deeply intertwined with it. 1371222279
Reposted by Herstory TeachAnonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 20/01/2025"they rigged the election that I’ll be your president representing you there" "they rigged the election and now I'm going to be your president" - Donald Trump 1743224960
Reposted by Herstory TeachJonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 19/01/2025"What the country is left with is the worst of all possible worlds." www.huffpost.com/entry/citize... 44918
Reposted by Herstory TeachThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 20/01/2025Nineteen … and counting. That’s how many former Fox News hosts, commentators, on-air medical experts, producers, and staff are set to join President-elect Donald Trump’s second administration. Never before has one media outlet exported so many alumni to a president’s day-one cabinet and staff.nytimes.comFox News Prepares to Cover a Government Filled With Fox News AlumniPresident-elect Donald J. Trump has leaned heavily on familiar faces from the cable network as he fills out his second-term cast. 1571093352
Reposted by Herstory Teach Herstory Teach @zwarden.bsky.social · 03/01/2025If a man mentions size and birth canal diameter in one sentence...I don't think it has anything to do with brains, but I'm sure whatever it is, it's limited. 021
Reposted by Herstory TeachRandi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 04/01/2025Trump Is Dismantling the Systems That Keep Us Safe. All Americans Will Suffer. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/31/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Trump Is Dismantling the Systems That Keep Us Safe. All Americans Will Suffer.Eviscerating modern state institutions almost always clears a path for a different political order, built on loyalties and connections to the ruler. 1018879
Herstory Teach @zwarden.bsky.social · 03/01/2025If a man mentions size and birth canal diameter in one sentence...I don't think it has anything to do with brains, but I'm sure whatever it is, it's limited. 021
Herstory Teach @zwarden.bsky.social · 27/12/2024This is like 218th on my list...and I'm an LGBTQ person 020
Herstory Teach @zwarden.bsky.social · 27/12/2024What is hope, I forget theonion.com/tv-network-r...theonion.comTV Network Refuses To Air ‘Miracle On 34th Street’ For Outdated Depictions Of Hope, JoyATLANTA—Citing the film’s problematic portrayal of humanity as inherently good and capable of redemption, TV network Turner Classic Movies announced Monday that it would no longer be airing Miracle On... 010
Herstory Teach @zwarden.bsky.social · 27/12/2024Can someone please clarify which sides will be fighting in the inevitable civil war www.axios.com/2024/12/26/m...axios.comMAGA civil war breaks out over American "mediocrity" cultureVivek Ramaswamy fired the first shot, and it immediately consumed X. 010
