proffrisch.bsky.social

proffrisch.bsky.social

@proffrisch.bsky.social

Asst. Teaching Prof of History, Penn State University, Scranton. Late Medieval England and theatre enthusiast. I attempt to study treason and its evolution.

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For my local House rep election, the current dude is MAGA and loves to do some stock selling before and after votes. Well he just came out with a new ad saying his opponent is backed by anti-gun and also Epstein associates. Even though he voted against releasing the files. Dude is just pathetic.

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Until the 20th century, only white people could claim citizenship in America. With MAGA, even being a citizen is insufficient to being an American; whiteness is all.

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

Rally speaker: "Mike Rogers is an American. Abdul has a birth certificate. The birth certificate says he's a citizen of America. You know what? a birth certificate doesn't make you an American."

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Pretty famously (because Eleanor Roosevelt resigned ovr it), the DAR refused to allow Black performers at the DAR Constitution Hall until 1952. The DAR didn't have an African American member until '77, and still discriminated against Black applicants (again, pretty famously) well into the '80s.

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I randomly began thinking about this yesterday, that more people just say "morning" or "Afternoon" and drop the Good before it. I acknowledge that it's an understood, just seems weird, to say a factual word as a greeting w/out the Good before it. Like why not just say "Day" as a greeting

With this SCOTUS, I would not be shocked at all if they let this go and allow the lawsuit to declare the winner before the race is officially over, citing some BS "originalism" claim, in a shadow docket obviously.

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com

Breaking news: The Justice Department has moved to preemptively block certification of the results of Alaska’s Senate race if Republican incumbent Sen. Dan S. Sullivan loses his tight race against Democrat Mary Peltola next month.

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BREAKING: The DOJ sued to effectively force Alaska to set aside the results of the 2026 Senate race if anyone other than Republican incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan wins. The lawsuit comes after the DOJ also sued California preemptively challenging the vote there.

Any billionaire who wants can create a news channel that pays investigative journalists to do investigations and tell the truth about what it happening in the world, in a straightforward manner, will see their ROI be very big. There's a desperate need for that & no doubt lots of people will support

Oliver Darcy@oliverdarcy.bsky.social

Scoop from @brettlogiurato.bsky.social: CBS has sold its local election night coverage to DraftKings, stirring more controversy inside the David Ellison-owned company. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/cbs-draftk...

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historiography now banned from historiography class in Texas

Adam Serwer@adamserwer.bsky.social

Last week I wrote about how Texas politicians’ “free speech” campaign has led to a campaign of academic censorship in the state’s universities that exceeds even the McCarthy era (🎁🔗) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...

If you have never tried to watch a live sporting event on Paramount Plus...don't. It is just horrible, since when they go to commercial, the screen just goes black and doesn't automatically come back on when the game comes back on. You have to guess and refresh constantly.

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🚨 EXCLUSIVE: No Kings organizer Ezra Levin SOUNDS ALARM after Meta suspended the movement’s Instagram during nationwide protests. LEVIN: “We might be seeing something similar from Meta in our country right now.” “We're not gonna stop organizing against this regime.”

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Unless judges are going to start throwing people in jail, there's basically no reason to think this regime will listen to them much longer. They themselves have already clearly begun to figure out that they probably don't have to.

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The United States is actively helping Putin murder civilians in Ukraine. Trump is doing everything he can to force Ukraine to surrender to his friend and ally Putin so they can be subjugated by the Russians again.

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I'm looking to speak with a Constitutional Scholar about the Article VI oath and its role in swearing in new members of Congress. If that's you, or you have someone to recommend, reply here or reach out. Signal: marisakabas.04 Email: marisa@thehandbasket.co

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Exclusive: A 2019 review of Rep. Ilhan Omar’s immigration records looked at many of the same issues being investigated now. That review found no issue with her naturalization, an official familiar with the earlier effort said.

washingtonpost.comTrump officials scrutinized Omar in 2019. They didn’t find citizenship issues.The earlier review of Omar’s immigration records looked at many of the same issues being investigated now.

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When Grammy-winning musician Rhiannon Giddens begins playing “Old Corn Liquor,” a traditional Black American folk tune, acclaimed Chinese pipa virtuoso Wu Man recognizes similarities to Chinese pentatonic music and spontaneously joins in. The joy on their faces says it all.

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Starshield on the other hand, which was previously not limited, is seemingly yet throttled. Unlike Starlink this system is under control by the US DoD and ultimately the White House. This has been reiterated by Musk. It confirms my assessment from the morning that the White House is responsible.

Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your CV? Historian: Based on what we know, the sources during this time period were destroyed so it is hard to fully know what happened. There is some scant evidence, but would be irresponsible to say for certain what happened, only speculate.

Interviewer: can you explain this gap in your CV? Planetary astronomer: it’s because of an undiscovered planet that’s just beyond our current detection capability. We need a bigger telescope.

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⚡️⚡️⚡️Republican Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick says a bipartisan bill to block all purchases of Russian oil is being prepared, titled the Ronald Reagan Peace Through Strength Act. He says he will force a House vote on the measure through a discharge petition. ✅️Follow us for the latest updates

Just assumed he exclusively wore Hugo Boss.

derek guy@dieworkwear.bsky.social

Trump's suit appears to be part of Jos. A. Bank's Traveler line. The suit is listed as having been made abroad using a wool-polyester-spandex blend. The company describes it as having the "ultimate stretch" and was designed to minimize body odor.

Wake up honey, a new Hittite album just dropped!!

Sarah E. Bond@sarahebond.bsky.social

184 new cuneiform tablets ✍️ (total), dating to c.1400 BCE. “Preliminary examination of the texts has revealed references to military activities, epidemics, the death of an infant princess & requests for assistance sent to the king by Hittite military commanders” www.heritagedaily.com/2026/10/184-...

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Fascist monster

Ryan Goodman@rgoodlaw.bsky.social

Stephen "Miller did not want the facilities that were comfortable. He did not want facilities that were humane. We were told point-blank that that was not what the administration wanted." www.npr.org/2026/10/08/n...

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Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich: “The thorough cleansing that we are carrying out now in southern Lebanon is unprecedented. “They have nowhere to return to. Look at how it looks. “And by the way, the world isn’t stopping us.”

Looks like the olde Putin playbook, "guy just fell out of a window, its crazy ya'll"

Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social

Whistleblower and former banker Simon Andriesz, 57, has died by suicide, The Banker reports. Andriesz exposed US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s past links to Jeffrey Epstein.