David A. Bell
@DavidAvromBell
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Historian, writer, teacher, author of Men on Horseback: The Power of Charisma in the Age of Revolution.
Princeton, NJ
Joined January 2012
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The right gave up on the “African American Zohran” story days ago, realizing that no one cares. The only people keeping it alive are lefties angry at the NYT.
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Rank in order of importance:.* Trump bombing Iran.* Continuing horror in Gaza.* Gutting of US welfare state.* Destruction of American science.* Uncontrolled global warming.* Mamdani's college application.* Massively exploding federal deficits.* Massively expanding inequality.
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Really love getting urgent texts from the Philippines threatening the suspension of a driver’s license and auto registration in a state I haven’t lived in for 15 years….
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“ “Trumpism” is not “anti-war” or “pro-worker,” “neoconservative” or “neo-isolationist,” or any other ideologically coherent category; it is whatever Trump says it is.” /2.
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“There are no MAGA intellectuals, just Trump and opportunistic ideologues attempting to hitch their pet projects to his brand.” /1.
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Strong piece. But why does continuity in some areas imply continuity in all of them? Can't Trump be neoliberal and neoconservative and also dangerously and discontinuously authoritarian?.
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Perhaps of interest: a podcast interview on the French Revolution and "total war":
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RT @GregTSargent: This is absurd. @nytpolitics needs to find a better way to convey to readers what it knows to be true: These "findings" a….
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RT @NTarnopolsky: 💥#Breaking At least three Palestinians are dead, apparently killed by IDF fire, after Jewish settlers rampaged through We….
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So, Elon, why does X keep sending me antisemitic posts in Turkish? I think your algorithm is slightly off. .
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Strongly recommend… even if you don’t live on the Upper West Side.
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Excellent essay by Eran Shalev on the sources of Israeli military superiority:
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And… right on schedule the Munich analogy is back. Khameini is the new Hitler we can’t allow ourselves to appease, just like Saddam Hussein, Milosevic, Noriega (remember him?), Ho Chi Minh, etc. etc. etc. etc. etc.
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RT @GreyHistoryPod: Don't miss this fantastic interview with @DavidAvromBell !. Exploring the French Revolutionary & Napoleonic Wars, we un….
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