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Karen L. Cox ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ
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Award-winning historian. Author of four books.Op-eds in NYT, WaPo, CNN, Time, & Smithsonian Magazine. Warren Center Fellow, Harvard University, Fall 2026. https://karencoxhistorian.substack.com

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Karen L. Cox is a historian and professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte who specializes in and has written extensively on Southern history.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social ยท 3h
With the midterm elections shaping up to be a massive reckoning for the Republican Party, it's worth remembering that they had a fairly easy offramp from Trumpism in the immediate aftermath of the January 6th riot but they completely chickened out.

Reposted by John McLaren, Karen L. Cox, Timothy D. McBride

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social ยท 23h
Mark today as the first time Trump's approval rating dropped into the 20s.

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Karen L. Cox ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ @drkarenlcox.bsky.social ยท 1d
Now start doing a better job of exposing his crimes.
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BREAKING: TV pool will not be providing coverage of presidential events until further notice b/c of CNN's ban, pool chair and FOX News Washington Bureau Chief Bryan Boughton said.

It's effectively a boycott by the fellow members โ€” ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX:
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Dorothy Bishop, Brigitte Nerlich , and 28 more

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Scott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social ยท 1d
BREAKING: TV pool will not be providing coverage of presidential events until further notice b/c of CNN's ban, pool chair and FOX News Washington Bureau Chief Bryan Boughton said.

It's effectively a boycott by the fellow members โ€” ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX:
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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Karen L. Cox ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ @drkarenlcox.bsky.social ยท 1d
I made a reel about it on Instagram. I set a timer for 15 or 30 minutes with a commitment to write. If I only get one sentence or one paragraph, it's okay. Keep that up and you'll eventually find a flow.

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Karen L. Cox ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ @drkarenlcox.bsky.social ยท 1d
I'm happy to say that I finally broke free from my recent bout with writing anxiety. ๐Ÿ—ƒ๏ธ

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Karen L. Cox ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ @drkarenlcox.bsky.social ยท 2d
I look forward to it.
jenmercieca.bsky.social Jen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social ยท 2d
When authoritarian regimes collapse, their leaders experience symbolic deaths, largely through the destruction & removal of monuments that they've built to glorify themselves and affirm their power. Sometimes called "iconoclasm," who gets a statue or monument is always a symbolic struggle for power.
6th July 1945: A bust of Adolf Hitler lies amidst the ruins of the Chancellery, Berlin. Reg Speller/Hulton Archive/Getty Images A picture taken on August 22, 1991 shows a crowd watching the statue of KGB founder Dzerzhinsky being toppled on Lubyanskaya square in Moscow. ANATOLY SAPRONENKOV/AFP/Getty Images Iraqis, with the help of U.S. troops, topple a monument to Saddam Hussein in central Baghdad in 2003. One journalist described the toppling of Saddam as โ€œthe most staged photo opportunity since Iwo Jima.โ€ Hungarians stand over the toppled statue of Joseph Stalin on Oct. 23, 1956.Credit...Andor D. Heller/Hungarian News Agency

Reposted by Bessma Momani, Karen L. Cox, Jeannette Sutton

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Jen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social ยท 2d
When authoritarian regimes collapse, their leaders experience symbolic deaths, largely through the destruction & removal of monuments that they've built to glorify themselves and affirm their power. Sometimes called "iconoclasm," who gets a statue or monument is always a symbolic struggle for power.
6th July 1945: A bust of Adolf Hitler lies amidst the ruins of the Chancellery, Berlin. Reg Speller/Hulton Archive/Getty Images A picture taken on August 22, 1991 shows a crowd watching the statue of KGB founder Dzerzhinsky being toppled on Lubyanskaya square in Moscow. ANATOLY SAPRONENKOV/AFP/Getty Images Iraqis, with the help of U.S. troops, topple a monument to Saddam Hussein in central Baghdad in 2003. One journalist described the toppling of Saddam as โ€œthe most staged photo opportunity since Iwo Jima.โ€ Hungarians stand over the toppled statue of Joseph Stalin on Oct. 23, 1956.Credit...Andor D. Heller/Hungarian News Agency

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Karen L. Cox ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ @drkarenlcox.bsky.social ยท 2d
Agree. Like killing Twitter.