Mary Beth Corrigan
@mbmuse.bsky.social
Librarian of Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation at Georgetown University
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I hereby order that we be renamed, "Super Media Outlets"
October 5, 2026 at 8:38 PM
I hereby order that we be renamed, "Super Media Outlets"
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Join us for a staged reading of my play, *The Return of Benjamin Lay*, co-written with Naomi Wallace, to be at Georgetown University's Riggs Library, Monday, Oct. 19, 2026, at 7:30pm EDT.
events.georgetown.edu/performingar...
events.georgetown.edu/performingar...
The Return of Benjamin Lay
A fearless abolitionist returns from the grave. Experience this staged reading of “The Return of Benjamin Lay”, starring Mark Povinelli. One ma...
events.georgetown.edu
October 4, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Join us for a staged reading of my play, *The Return of Benjamin Lay*, co-written with Naomi Wallace, to be at Georgetown University's Riggs Library, Monday, Oct. 19, 2026, at 7:30pm EDT.
events.georgetown.edu/performingar...
events.georgetown.edu/performingar...
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THIS. Please make this man Sen Majority Leader
WELKER: Do you think democratic socialists have a place in the Democratic Party?
VAN HOLLEN: Yes they do as part of the debate. I think that those in the Dem Party who are afraid of a healthy debate are missing the point, because Democratic voters do not want a return to the pre-Trump status quo
VAN HOLLEN: Yes they do as part of the debate. I think that those in the Dem Party who are afraid of a healthy debate are missing the point, because Democratic voters do not want a return to the pre-Trump status quo
August 23, 2026 at 5:20 PM
THIS. Please make this man Sen Majority Leader
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A good way to think about the relevance of James Carville is if someone who worked on Grover Cleveland’s successful 1892 campaign spent all their time critiquing FDR’s 1932 campaign as not being the real Democratic Party that Cleveland represented.
August 19, 2026 at 4:42 PM
A good way to think about the relevance of James Carville is if someone who worked on Grover Cleveland’s successful 1892 campaign spent all their time critiquing FDR’s 1932 campaign as not being the real Democratic Party that Cleveland represented.
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No one who genuinely cares about the fate of democracy should be kvetching about primary polling (which partisans trolling for donor $, but not real voters, obsessively focus upon) or relitigating the relative electability of primary opponents after primaries over
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
How Democrats Win in 2026 and Beyond
A generational opportunity to reset politics.
open.substack.com
August 10, 2026 at 12:27 PM
No one who genuinely cares about the fate of democracy should be kvetching about primary polling (which partisans trolling for donor $, but not real voters, obsessively focus upon) or relitigating the relative electability of primary opponents after primaries over
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
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If you are over 65, you can audit classes at my university for a very reasonable fee. It's a great program.
registrar.georgetown.edu/senior-non-d...
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August 8, 2026 at 4:12 PM
If you are over 65, you can audit classes at my university for a very reasonable fee. It's a great program.
registrar.georgetown.edu/senior-non-d...
registrar.georgetown.edu/senior-non-d...
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the comparisons with Galileo that everyone is rushing to make are really interesting -- but not for the reasons that most people think
the Galileo affair was not an instance of a heroic scientist falling victim to a an all-powerful Catholic Church monolithically committed to obscurity and dogma,
the Galileo affair was not an instance of a heroic scientist falling victim to a an all-powerful Catholic Church monolithically committed to obscurity and dogma,
BREAKING: A Senate committee votes to hold Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress over his refusal to answer questions at COVID hearing.
Senate committee votes to hold Fauci in contempt for refusing to answer COVID questions
Dr. Anthony Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination more than 100 times when he appeared before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
bit.ly
August 6, 2026 at 2:54 PM
the comparisons with Galileo that everyone is rushing to make are really interesting -- but not for the reasons that most people think
the Galileo affair was not an instance of a heroic scientist falling victim to a an all-powerful Catholic Church monolithically committed to obscurity and dogma,
the Galileo affair was not an instance of a heroic scientist falling victim to a an all-powerful Catholic Church monolithically committed to obscurity and dogma,
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Historian of abolition here 💯Garrison always called it the slaveholders rebellion, that’s the correct term. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/o...
Opinion | The ‘Civil War’ Is a Lie. Let’s Call It the ‘Slaveholders’ Rebellion’ Again. (Gift Article)
To face our own history, we must be honest about it.
www.nytimes.com
August 2, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Historian of abolition here 💯Garrison always called it the slaveholders rebellion, that’s the correct term. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/o...
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We're hiring a Head of Archives and Special Collections. Come be my colleague. It's a great place to work. recruiting.paylocity.com/Recruiting/J...
July 20, 2026 at 2:12 PM
We're hiring a Head of Archives and Special Collections. Come be my colleague. It's a great place to work. recruiting.paylocity.com/Recruiting/J...
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I once asked a priest to bless a printer that I was in the middle of fighting with and he went "I only bless things when there's a chance it'll take" and then turned and walked out of the room.
I am tech support to the bone and do not like to mystify computer stuff but I genuinely believe in my heart of hearts that printers have demons in them.
There is literally no other explanation.
There is literally no other explanation.
July 7, 2026 at 10:20 PM
I once asked a priest to bless a printer that I was in the middle of fighting with and he went "I only bless things when there's a chance it'll take" and then turned and walked out of the room.
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There’s something for you in the DC archives.
Check out thousands of photos of midcentury D.C.
The District of Columbia Archives has released its largest digital collection of historic photos
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July 18, 2026 at 1:23 PM
There’s something for you in the DC archives.
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"She didn’t know the men were white supremacists. She noticed their masks. She said she wasn’t scared. She was not aware enough to be scared. Or defiant. Or resigned. Or anything else people assumed about her."
Remarkable piece about the woman in this photo:
www.notus.org/metro/viral-...
Remarkable piece about the woman in this photo:
www.notus.org/metro/viral-...
The Woman in the Photo Wanted to Be Alone. Instead, She Went Viral.
America saw what it wanted to see on the face of its newest icon. And everyone saw it wrong.
www.notus.org
July 14, 2026 at 2:13 PM
"She didn’t know the men were white supremacists. She noticed their masks. She said she wasn’t scared. She was not aware enough to be scared. Or defiant. Or resigned. Or anything else people assumed about her."
Remarkable piece about the woman in this photo:
www.notus.org/metro/viral-...
Remarkable piece about the woman in this photo:
www.notus.org/metro/viral-...
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In 1970, the 5th grade students at Hawthorne School in Beverly Hills were assigned to write to someone they admired and ask what makes a good citizen. Joel Lipton, then 10 years old, wrote to Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz.
Schulz's response is relevant even today:
Schulz's response is relevant even today:
July 11, 2026 at 3:43 PM
In 1970, the 5th grade students at Hawthorne School in Beverly Hills were assigned to write to someone they admired and ask what makes a good citizen. Joel Lipton, then 10 years old, wrote to Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz.
Schulz's response is relevant even today:
Schulz's response is relevant even today:
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"Trumpism is a betrayal of the very things we are meant to be celebrating...[let's] reject Trump and his intellectual lackeys in their nativism...and instead join with Lincoln in honoring the Declaration’s promise."
Good @lkatfield.bsky.social on 250th and MAGA:
www.thebulwark.com/p/how-trumpi...
Good @lkatfield.bsky.social on 250th and MAGA:
www.thebulwark.com/p/how-trumpi...
How Trumpism Betrays the Declaration of Independence
Cherry-picking Lincoln, the MAGA New Right tries to rewrite—or discard altogether—the promise of human equality.
www.thebulwark.com
July 3, 2026 at 3:13 PM
"Trumpism is a betrayal of the very things we are meant to be celebrating...[let's] reject Trump and his intellectual lackeys in their nativism...and instead join with Lincoln in honoring the Declaration’s promise."
Good @lkatfield.bsky.social on 250th and MAGA:
www.thebulwark.com/p/how-trumpi...
Good @lkatfield.bsky.social on 250th and MAGA:
www.thebulwark.com/p/how-trumpi...
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Kidnappings picking up in the DMV again. Significant ice sightings in hyattsville for a few days running.
July 2, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Kidnappings picking up in the DMV again. Significant ice sightings in hyattsville for a few days running.
It makes me angry that no one can say “no” to Trump. A shitty Fourth in the nation’s capital is such a small thing in the scheme of things. But that’s the point. You should be able to say “no” and move on.
July 1, 2026 at 11:01 PM
It makes me angry that no one can say “no” to Trump. A shitty Fourth in the nation’s capital is such a small thing in the scheme of things. But that’s the point. You should be able to say “no” and move on.
😂😂😂
For fun today (research, I swear) I walked over to Politics and Prose intending to photograph every single “untold story” or “secret history” and had to stop because my phone got too hot
July 1, 2026 at 8:20 PM
😂😂😂
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"If history is just what happened, why do you all make it so complicated?"
Our latest, from Anna Snyder.
Our latest, from Anna Snyder.
Why Do Historians Complicate Things?
Myth-busting is not enough.
contingentmagazine.org
June 30, 2026 at 2:56 AM
"If history is just what happened, why do you all make it so complicated?"
Our latest, from Anna Snyder.
Our latest, from Anna Snyder.
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I just realized that the world record number of fireworks Trump is trying to beat was done across the entire city of Manila, not from a pool and a barge. lmao.
June 29, 2026 at 9:59 PM
I just realized that the world record number of fireworks Trump is trying to beat was done across the entire city of Manila, not from a pool and a barge. lmao.
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By far the best thing about the Great American State Fair is that DC statehood activists have infiltrated it (with official permission!) and are lobbying attendees to support their cause. I saw several MAGA tourists receiving the polite but vigorous spiel for DC statehood and it warmed my heart.
June 27, 2026 at 7:44 PM
By far the best thing about the Great American State Fair is that DC statehood activists have infiltrated it (with official permission!) and are lobbying attendees to support their cause. I saw several MAGA tourists receiving the polite but vigorous spiel for DC statehood and it warmed my heart.
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I'm not sure "the Rally to end all Rallies" is the best branding for a celebration of democracy.
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
June 24, 2026 at 5:49 PM
I'm not sure "the Rally to end all Rallies" is the best branding for a celebration of democracy.
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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Zohran Mamdani and AOC aren’t the main reasons democratic socialists are getting elected.
Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Donald Trump and Mike Johnson are the main reasons democratic socialists are getting elected.
Eventually, people start to realize who’s keeping them poor.
Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Donald Trump and Mike Johnson are the main reasons democratic socialists are getting elected.
Eventually, people start to realize who’s keeping them poor.
June 24, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Zohran Mamdani and AOC aren’t the main reasons democratic socialists are getting elected.
Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Donald Trump and Mike Johnson are the main reasons democratic socialists are getting elected.
Eventually, people start to realize who’s keeping them poor.
Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Donald Trump and Mike Johnson are the main reasons democratic socialists are getting elected.
Eventually, people start to realize who’s keeping them poor.
I ❤️ DC
Someone has been projecting images all over D.C. “It’s swampier than ever.” The Kennedy Center one is pretty hilarious. 😂😂😂
June 22, 2026 at 2:44 AM
I ❤️ DC
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Book vending machine! Best idea ever.
June 21, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Book vending machine! Best idea ever.