Claire Schen

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Historian and teacher, ski coach, Buffalonian

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The latest cover of the New Yorker:

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NEW: AOC introduces articles of impeachment against Justices Thomas and Alito for failure to disclose gifts and failure to recuse. Cosponsors: Lee, Tlaib, Watson Coleman, Ramirez, Frost, Omar, Bowman Thomas: ocasio-cortez.house.gov/sites/evo-su... Alito: ocasio-cortez.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

Highly readable table of gifts included in the article. Looking forward to follow-through from the senators.

Um www.thedailybeast.com/clarence-tho...

Clarence Thomas Gifted Luxe Trip to Putin’s Hometown: Demswww.thedailybeast.com The allegedly secret gifts were disclosed in a letter from two Democratic senators that accused Thomas of potentially committing tax fraud.

A bit of joy from our Pothole Bandit

Good to read the thoughts of our former hometown editor!

Biden’s mental acuity *is* a huge story but the media’s unrelenting focus on it has shoved Trump’s dangers to the back burner. That’s irresponsible. My new column https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jul/09/biden-media-attacks-trump-felon?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

The media has been breathlessly attacking Biden. What about Trump? | Margaret Sullivanwww.theguardian.com The bigger story is Donald Trump’s appalling unfitness for office. He tried to overturn a legitimate election and is a felon

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Giving up hope is also complying with authoritarians in advance. It’s saying that fascism is inevitable, that there is no other way to be. I know it’s hard to keep hope alive, but I hope you find a way. ❤️

Don’t despair — here’s why https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jul/04/fourth-july-us-trump-biden-politics?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

This Fourth of July, it’s hard to feel optimistic about the US. But I have hope | Margaret Sullivanwww.theguardian.com Let’s remember that we’ve come a long way – and the journey isn’t yet complete

I would like to see a lot more coverage of Project 2025.

Add this to your list of required reading on the immunity decision.

The more you read yesterday’s immunity decision, the more appalling it gets. My take: www.nytimes.com/2024/07/02/o...

Opinion | The Supreme Court Creates a Lawless Presidencywww.nytimes.com It is increasingly clear that this court sees itself as something other than a participant in our democratic system.

Here it is.

NOW OUT: emergency episode on the emergency that is the Court’s immunity ruling. (tl;dr- SCOTUS goes full Dick Nixon, “if [Republican] Presidents do it, then it’s not illegal.” crooked.com/podcast/scot...

SCOTUS Hands Trump Presidential Immunity | Crooked Mediacrooked.com

Waiting for the recaps from @strictscrutiny.bsky.social and @dahlialithwick.bsky.social and @mjsdc.bsky.social to live through another day of SCOTUS decisions.

arcg.is/HCymi0 My students recently finished this digital story telling and mapping project. Proud of their work and willingness to jump into mapping and visualizations!

Cholera in Buffalo, 1854arcg.is Collaborative mapping project by the students of History 390, "Plagues and Pandemics"

@joycewhitevance.bsky.social I am wondering if this incomprehensible line from Judge Cannon in your substack of March 15 is the product of AI. Has the hallmarks in my opinion!

jesspiper.substack.com/p/the-fundie.... Thanks to Heather Cox Richardson’s substack for this link. With the Petri opinion from Washington Post some useful context for that rebuttal.

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You don’t need anything other than @petridishes.bsky.social on Katie Britt Don’t go in the kitchen. I’m delivering a State of the Union response. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | Don’t go in the kitchen. I’m delivering a State of the Union response.www.washingtonpost.com Our future is bright, here in the kitchen!

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That's so weird I must have missed the nyt breaking news alert

“There were plenty of moments during Mr Trump’s campaign events in Greensboro, North Carolina and later in Richmond when he appeared to struggle to deliver his speech or seemed to be confused.” www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Trump crowd goes silent as he confuses Biden and Obama againwww.independent.co.uk ‘Putin has so little respect for Obama that he’s starting to throw around the nuclear word,’ Trump says

The judge and the Alabama IVF ruling

During a recent interview with a QAnon conspiracy theorist, the Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice indicated that he is a proponent of the “Seven Mountain Mandate,” which calls on Christians to impose fundamentalist values on all aspects of American life www.mediamatters.org/qanon-conspi...

Alabama Supreme Court chief justice spreads Christian nationalist rhetoric on QAnon conspiracy theorist's showwww.mediamatters.org

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Alabama Supreme Court chief justice spreads Christian nationalist rhetoric on QAnon conspiracy theorist's showwww.mediamatters.org

www.nytimes.com/2023/12/14/o...

Unsurprisingly, my first post includes a cat. Grading tests. A student made a portrait of our cat who regularly appears in the recorded lectures. The cats of hybrid teaching.

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TX AG Ken Paxton threatens doctors with liability if they provide an abortion to a woman after a court just said she could get one - to save her life, health and fertility. (Her pregnancy is not viable.)

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