Jonathan Earle
@jonearle.bsky.social
Academic administrator, U.S. Historian. Dogs, New Orleans, politics. Views are my own. Enjoy every sandwich!
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She can't tolerate living with this lying philanderer, but wants you to spend the next six years with him. 
If that isn't the essential essence of the GOP, I don't know what is.
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
If that isn't the essential essence of the GOP, I don't know what is.
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
As She Divorces Ken Paxton, His Wife Urges Texans to Vote for Him
In a new ad, Angela Paxton tells voters to focus on the “whole team,” not “individual players.”
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October 3, 2026 at 7:20 PM
She can't tolerate living with this lying philanderer, but wants you to spend the next six years with him. 
If that isn't the essential essence of the GOP, I don't know what is.
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
If that isn't the essential essence of the GOP, I don't know what is.
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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You can completely go along with the broader fascist project every step of the way and still have this happen to you over daylight savings time
Trump straight up doxxed Senator Tom Cotton this morning
October 3, 2026 at 4:13 PM
You can completely go along with the broader fascist project every step of the way and still have this happen to you over daylight savings time
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“Originalism is an incoherent doctrine. It allows you to prove anything. Thus what it amounts to is a ritual invocation of the Founders, gesturing at this or that piece of text, before delivering whatever conclusion was approved on Fox News the night before.”
www.liberalcurrents.com/we-have-no-s...
www.liberalcurrents.com/we-have-no-s...
We Have No Supreme Court
The philosophical incoherence of originalism prevents the Court from performing its core functions as a supreme court.
www.liberalcurrents.com
October 3, 2026 at 1:59 PM
“Originalism is an incoherent doctrine. It allows you to prove anything. Thus what it amounts to is a ritual invocation of the Founders, gesturing at this or that piece of text, before delivering whatever conclusion was approved on Fox News the night before.”
www.liberalcurrents.com/we-have-no-s...
www.liberalcurrents.com/we-have-no-s...
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Neiman Marcus closed its downtown Dallas flagship on Wednesday. The store played a notable role in the history of desegregation in Dallas.
Previously, Black shoppers across the US could enter department stores, but they weren't allowed to try on clothes without adhering to certain conditions. 🧵
Previously, Black shoppers across the US could enter department stores, but they weren't allowed to try on clothes without adhering to certain conditions. 🧵
October 2, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Neiman Marcus closed its downtown Dallas flagship on Wednesday. The store played a notable role in the history of desegregation in Dallas.
Previously, Black shoppers across the US could enter department stores, but they weren't allowed to try on clothes without adhering to certain conditions. 🧵
Previously, Black shoppers across the US could enter department stores, but they weren't allowed to try on clothes without adhering to certain conditions. 🧵
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I have often wondered if it enrages Evangelicals that Linus is standing on a stage, proclaiming the nativity of Christ as "the real meaning of Christmas" when two months earlier he was waiting in a pumpkin patch for his great Halloween deity to appear.
October 2, 2026 at 5:04 PM
I have often wondered if it enrages Evangelicals that Linus is standing on a stage, proclaiming the nativity of Christ as "the real meaning of Christmas" when two months earlier he was waiting in a pumpkin patch for his great Halloween deity to appear.
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At no point while reading this sentence did I correctly predict what was coming next.
September 30, 2026 at 4:09 PM
At no point while reading this sentence did I correctly predict what was coming next.
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Mad libs out of control
At no point while reading this sentence did I correctly predict what was coming next.
October 2, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Mad libs out of control
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Hope your day was better than Darwin’s, on this day 165 years ago
October 1, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Hope your day was better than Darwin’s, on this day 165 years ago
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Words to live by
October 1, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Words to live by
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Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time:
John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team.
(Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.)
John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team.
(Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.)
Let me see if I've got this right. The team of lawyers who stole an election in Florida, and gave W the presidency, are now the Scotus team at the center of the GOP theft of our democracy.
October 1, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time:
John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team.
(Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.)
John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team.
(Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.)
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You really can’t make this shit up.
October 1, 2026 at 5:01 PM
You really can’t make this shit up.
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Remember: Darwin's note of "I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody & everything" was written on Oct 1 (1861).
Thus we are free to celebrate Very Poorly And Very Stupid Hatred Day today.
Thus we are free to celebrate Very Poorly And Very Stupid Hatred Day today.
October 1, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Remember: Darwin's note of "I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody & everything" was written on Oct 1 (1861).
Thus we are free to celebrate Very Poorly And Very Stupid Hatred Day today.
Thus we are free to celebrate Very Poorly And Very Stupid Hatred Day today.
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Pete is lost in terms of modern war. I use the example of this outgunned Ukrainian army officer who successfully terrorized a Russian unit for weeks because she "did the math."
At the time, someone commented, "yeah, in combat, 'I did the math' beats 'I can do 100 pushups' every time."
At the time, someone commented, "yeah, in combat, 'I did the math' beats 'I can do 100 pushups' every time."
September 30, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Pete is lost in terms of modern war. I use the example of this outgunned Ukrainian army officer who successfully terrorized a Russian unit for weeks because she "did the math."
At the time, someone commented, "yeah, in combat, 'I did the math' beats 'I can do 100 pushups' every time."
At the time, someone commented, "yeah, in combat, 'I did the math' beats 'I can do 100 pushups' every time."
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Visitors to the US are on track to drop by almost two million year-on-year.
“We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation,” the head of the US Travel Association said. “It’s mind-boggling.”
www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
“We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation,” the head of the US Travel Association said. “It’s mind-boggling.”
www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
September 30, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Visitors to the US are on track to drop by almost two million year-on-year.
“We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation,” the head of the US Travel Association said. “It’s mind-boggling.”
www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
“We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation,” the head of the US Travel Association said. “It’s mind-boggling.”
www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
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everyone knows the most important thing about a military officer is if he has a beard which is why Grant so famously was a worse general than McClellan
September 30, 2026 at 10:07 PM
everyone knows the most important thing about a military officer is if he has a beard which is why Grant so famously was a worse general than McClellan
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Great thread:
Again, much of Pete Hegseth’s deal is the only skill his job demanded for a long time was keeping a trim figure to be conventionally pretty for stay-at-home moms watching daytime tv.
His job was “be pretty,” but he knows that’s a girl job, so he’s deeply insecure and is trying to make it a boy job.
His job was “be pretty,” but he knows that’s a girl job, so he’s deeply insecure and is trying to make it a boy job.
Hegseth: "Telling someone to get in shape or shave or fix their uniform or start busting their ass -- that's not discrimination. That's leadership"
September 30, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Great thread:
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To recap: three GOP-led states that wanted the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade in order to "send abortion back to the states" are now asking the Court to strike down abortion protections in blue states
NEW / HUGE: Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama sued nearly three dozen abortion pill providers + a pharmacy and
The states asked the Supreme Court to be able to sue New York, Massachusetts, and California to challenge their telehealth shield laws @autonomynews.co
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The states asked the Supreme Court to be able to sue New York, Massachusetts, and California to challenge their telehealth shield laws @autonomynews.co
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
September 30, 2026 at 7:03 PM
To recap: three GOP-led states that wanted the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade in order to "send abortion back to the states" are now asking the Court to strike down abortion protections in blue states
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We're about to rock n roll in Shreveport with @jonearle.bsky.social
September 29, 2026 at 10:57 PM
We're about to rock n roll in Shreveport with @jonearle.bsky.social
I wear mine often! It's true
I’ve been mistaken for a historian so many times (I’m flattered btw) that I bought a T-shirt. H/t @cjdenial.bsky.social
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September 29, 2026 at 9:45 PM
I wear mine often! It's true
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Probably enhances his chances that his conspiracy theory was entirely fake.
The best part is that Schmitt was so proud of accusing Smith of being in Atlanta based on his attendance at a University of Maryland that he planted this story about how he's a RED HOT VEEP CANDIDATE with Jim Vandehei in advance of the hearing:
September 29, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Probably enhances his chances that his conspiracy theory was entirely fake.
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these look more and more like late Brezhnev, late Chernenko photos
September 29, 2026 at 6:43 PM
these look more and more like late Brezhnev, late Chernenko photos
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Cornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The Future theonion.com/cornell-vows...
September 29, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Cornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The Future theonion.com/cornell-vows...
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bluesky does not seem to really be talking about this but today Stevie Wonder unleased 4 songs that didn't make "Songs in the Key of Life."
music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Songs In The Key Of Life - The EP
EP • Stevie Wonder
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September 29, 2026 at 12:35 AM
bluesky does not seem to really be talking about this but today Stevie Wonder unleased 4 songs that didn't make "Songs in the Key of Life."
music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...