Heather Ann Thompson

Heather Ann Thompson

@historianheather.bsky.social

Pulitzer Prize winning author, book on Attica, on Bernie Goetz/80s, now onto Heritage Found, then MOVE Bombing. In NYT, TIME, New Yorker, Atlantic, etc. + CJ policy work & script consulting. WritersHouse & CAA repped. www.heatherannthompson.com

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sickorax
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I also picked up a copy of the recently released Fear and Fury by Heather Ann Thompson so I'm in for a very fun and uplifting time www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/771433...

penguinrandomhouse.comFear and Fury by Heather Ann Thompson: 9780593702093 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: BooksA NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR SO FAR • A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE • In this masterful, groundbreaking work, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Heather Ann Thompson...

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Keri Leigh Merritt
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Many, many thanks to the amazingly talented @historianheather.bsky.social for this beautiful endorsement! Book is out next Tuesday, order your copy today!😊 share.google/28QhkihcOrx4...

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Bradley Morgan
@bradleymorgan.bsky.social

Finished reading “Fear and Fury” by @historianheather.bsky.social. A powerful account of the tragedy that eschews the media sensationalism for restoring dignity to the true victims of the shootings. A sobering and sadly all too relevant look into how history repeats itself, and often exponentially.

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Scott Lemieux
@lemieuxlgm.bsky.social

The most salient fact of the Bernie Goetz case is that he gave a voluntary confession to New Hampshire and NYC police in which he admitted that he didn’t think any of the young men he shot were armed or trying to rob him

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Frank Lynch
@fplynch.bsky.social

Heather Ann Thompson knows of what she skeets: if you missed her book on the riots at Attica State Prison, there's still time to mend your ways.

Heather Ann Thompson@historianheather.bsky.social

Pay attention @nytimes.com @cnn.com

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Jason Bailey
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Fascinating tidbit in @historianheather.bsky.social's excellent FEAR AND FURY: you will be SHOCKED by the politician who previously insisted on putting armed thugs at polling places to prevent "fraud" (you will not be shocked)

nytimes.comTHE 1993 CAMPAIGN: Polling Places; 2 Sides Seek More Police to Stymie Intimidation and Fraud at Polls (Published 1993)
Alex Kaplan@alkapdc.bsky.social

Bannon told attendees that “we need to be at every precinct,” & said whether “you’re armed or not, that depends upon what your state laws are.” He also said “ICE has to be there & has to be there to back you up.”

Heather Ann Thompson
@historianheather.bsky.social

Thank you!!

Bradley Morgan@bradleymorgan.bsky.social

Finished reading “Fear and Fury” by @historianheather.bsky.social. A powerful account of the tragedy that eschews the media sensationalism for restoring dignity to the true victims of the shootings. A sobering and sadly all too relevant look into how history repeats itself, and often exponentially.

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RoseMarie
@rosesbloom24.bsky.social

Fear and Fury by Heather Ann Thompson When did white rage become normalized? This is the question that drew Thompson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, to the story of Bernie Goetz, a white man who shot four Black teenagers on a subway in 1984. Read the review 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/b...

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George Mellie
@mellieman.bsky.social

Came across an interesting interview by Anthony Scaramucci - it’s on YouTube and the interview is with Heather Ann Thompson discussing her new book Fear & Fury: The Reagan Eighties, the Bernie Goetz Shootings, and the Rebirth of White Rage. 1/3

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Kel in the U.S.A.
@lekdrol.bsky.social

I just finished #reading this #book: #FearAndFury by #HeatherAnnThompson #BernieGoetz, #foxnews, #donaldtrump... Basically a book about everything terrible in the world. White men that are afraid everything is the right-wing's definition of tough, as true then as now. #Booksky #ReadingIsDelicious

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Robert L. Tsai
@robertltsai.bsky.social

“Riveting.”—Carol Steiker, Harvard Law School “Deeply moving and sobering.”—Heather Ann Thompson, author of FEAR AND FURY bit.ly/41YTDlQ

Robert L. Tsai@robertltsai.bsky.social

Carry discount for audiobook version of my book @demandtimpossible.bsky.social: Demand the Impossible: One Lawyer's Pursuit of Equal Justice for All @wwnorton.com

audiobooks.com60% OFF Demand the Impossible: One Lawyer's Pursuit of Equal Justice for AllIn Demand the Impossible, Robert L. Tsai traces lawyer Stephen Bright's remarkable career to explore the legal ideas that were central to his relentless pursuit of equal justice. For nearly forty years, Bright led the Southern Center for Human Rights, a nonprofit that provided legal aid to incarcerated people and worked to improve conditions within the justice system. He argued four capital cases before the US Supreme Court—and won each one, despite facing an increasingly hostile bench. With each victory, he brought to light how the law itself had become corrupted by the country's thirst for severe punishment, exposing prosecutorial misconduct, continuing racial inequality, inadequate safeguards for people with intellectual disabilities, and the shameful quality of legal representation for the poor. Organized around these four major Supreme Court cases, each narrated in vivid and dramatic detail, Tsai's essential account explores the racism built into the criminal justice system and the incredible advancements one lawyer and his committed allies made for equal rights. An electrifying work of legal history, Demand the Impossible reveals how change can be won in even the most challenging times and how seemingly small victories can go on to have outsized effects.

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@photoframd.bsky.social

WSJ - Natalie Harp, Trump’s executive assistant, preps and posts approved messages to Trump's social accounts. WSJ analysis confirms that Trump uses his social media to spread conspiracy theories and attack his adversaries #TrumpLiesAboutEverything www.wsj.com/politics/tru...

wsj.comThe Late-Night Truth Social Storms That Offer a Window Into the President’s MindA WSJ analysis of thousands of posts found that the president uses the social-media platform to spread conspiracy theories and attack his adversaries.

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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH
@geauxgabrielle.blacksky.app

Okay yall. Pray for me. Today I have to speak in front of a room full of hundreds of strangers and DONORS and tell them that women impacted by incarceration are (fun fact) living breathing human beings who matter.

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Rise and Resist
@riseandresist.bsky.social

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Jeff Boyardee
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7. Fear and Fury: The Reagan Eighties, the Bernie Goetz Shootings, and the Rebirth of White Rage by Heather Ann Thompson. If you like courtroom dramas, this is for you.