Studying the why’s and wherefore’s of life, looking for the answers.
The Trump administration is testing a secretive, never-before-used deportation court for alleged alien terrorists with a case concerning the Afghan mother of a convicted terrorist, with the Justice Department accusing the Texas-based woman of having ISIS sympathies. https://cnn.it/3U385sg
Those who don’t remember the past are indeed doomed to repeat it. The fascists are counting on it. But can we actually learn from our hardest histories instead? What do y’all think? 🗃️ @hcrichardson.bsky.social
Ben RailtonI know it was 4000 news cycles ago, but earlier this month the administration released a 162-page attack on the Smithsonian, featuring an argument that the Chinese Exclusion Act wasn’t based on racism. That pissed me off. My new column on the white supremacist hate & violence that built to the Act.🗃️
1/2 Heather Cox @hcrichardson.bsky.social has a rare talent for placing today's headlines into their historical context. Whether you agree with every conclusion or not, her work encourages readers to look beyond the daily news cycle and ask the bigger question: /
Letters from an American | Heather Cox Richardson | SubstackA newsletter about the history behind today's politics. Click to read Letters from an American, by Heather Cox Richardson, a Substack publication with millions of subscribers.heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
🚨 Lviv attack toll rises to 30 injured The number of people injured in Russia's strike on Lviv has increased to 30, regional authorities said. Rescue teams are still searching the rubble, with people believed to remain trapped beneath damaged residential buildings. 📸: Vadym Dmytriv / NV
BIG SUBMARINE NEWS FROM UK & US The UK announced £8 billion on new AUKUS funding for the SSN-X that will be shared with Australia and committed to get the development underway as planned so that as the last Astute Class leaves the yard, the Dreadnought SSBN will cycle through the three slipways.
