Adam Rothman

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New king of France imminent. I don't make the rules.

Nice to see this recognition for my colleague Patrick O'Malley's book, The Irish and the Imagination of Race: White Supremacy across the Atlantic in the Nineteenth Century (UVA 2024) www.upress.virginia.edu/title/5964/

Talking with Patrick O'Malley about race, whiteness and genre newbooksnetwork.com/the-irish-an...

Just magical to watch the UK election results come in

The New York Times desperately seeking to boost its sagging poll numbers

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Ana Marie Cox

Rita & Roby at yer service

More good news

All I am saying is that the Dems need to replace Biden with someone who is immensely popular and appeals to the youth.

Gonna tell the kids this was the Brat Pack

Incredible new levels of bootlicking

Speaking of rye humors

I've had quite enough of your rye humor this morning!

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Bebe Neuwirth (she/her)

Verdict pic

Bill Walton www.nytimes.com/2024/05/27/s...

Also this?

But also this

Well, that's problematic

Unsolicited Syndic pic

Unsolicited Bic pic

My wife spotted a bald eagle in Rock Creek Park this morning, right in the middle of DC. How cool is that?

This is the photo for Rep. John Boehne (1895-1973). Click on the link for the original photo. Trust me. history.house.gov/Collection/D...

Rarely do I click on portraits in the Biographical Directory of the US Congress - which apparently is something I should do more often 🗃️ L: Portrait of George Tinkham R: Larger photo from the the portrait is snipped

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Stephen West

What's up with Green Adams's bowtie?

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Don Moynihan

Contrast that with "an Officer Involved Shooting occurred."

When you've got worm issues

Motion to vacate fails and the House breaks out in laughter www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

I've gotta try that new nerve tonic.

If you see this, post dog

#slaveryarchive From the Maryland Gazette, Jan. 31, 1760: a man named Graves Johnson was arrested and jailed "on Suspicion of being a Runaway." The sheriff's ad noted that Johnson "will not acknowledge he has any Master or Mistress."

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Which A Very Short Introduction would make it into your arrest record? Here’s mine:

Alright, in honor of this gem, post which A Very Short Introduction would make it into your arrest record. Here’s mine:

[winces]

"This week, the unthinkable occurred on our [REVERENT ADJECTIVE] campus. An [INFLAMMATORY COLLECTIVE NOUN] overtook the historic [CENTRAL CAMPUS LOCATION NAMED AFTER PROBLEMATIC DONOR]." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/uni...

University President’s Response to Student Dissent Mad Libswww.mcsweeneys.net To our treasured [COLLEGE / UNIVERSITY NAME] community, This week, the unthinkable occurred on our [REVERENT ADJECTIVE] campus. An [INFLAMMATORY CO...

A letter to the media from faculty members of Columbia University's Arts & Sciences Policy and Planning Committee (4/23/2024), which I share at the request of a Columbia faculty member. fas.columbia.edu/content/poli...

Always interesting when bills pass with support from only a minority of members in the majority party. A highly unusual species of bipartisanship. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...