Dr. Joanne Freeman (@jbf1755 on lots o’ platforms)
@jbf1755
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Award-winning historian,Yale. Early US politics/violence; A.Ham ✏️The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress & the Road to Civil War
New Haven, CT
Joined December 2009
Can our republic endure? Join @RSI for "The Fragile Republic" w/ @jbf1755 @petersavodnik @glukianoff @NoahCRothman @TheDignityIndex @MichaelShipler—explore how the founders faced division and how we can renew democracy today. Register: https://t.co/BwFNR2oaGR
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Political violence isn’t new, but it’s testing our democracy again. Join us for The Fragile Republic: Lessons on Political Violence from the Founding to Today, featuring historians, journalists & researchers discussing how we can strengthen civic life ahead of America’s 250th.
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Overview As America approaches its 250th anniversary, political violence once again tests the strength of our democratic institutions and civic culture. What can we learn from the early republic’s...
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Join @RSI next week for "The Fragile Republic: Lessons on Political Violence from the Founding to Today" @glukianoff will be speaking alongside @jbf1755, @petersavodnik, @NoahCRothman, Tom Rosshirt of @TheDignityIndex, @MichaelShipler, @LiselPetis & @SL_Schaeffer
.@RSI's Executive Director Erica Schoder recently sat down with @glukianoff of @TheFIREorg for a conversation on words, violence, and democratic survival "The Bright Line Between Words and Violence"
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This is going to be a great event. Don't miss it! Speakers: @jbf1755 @glukianoff @petersavodnik @NoahCRothman Tom Rosshirt from @TheDignityIndex and @MichaelShipler Intro by @RSI Exec Dir Erica Schoder and moderated by @LiselPetis @SL_Schaeffer
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Hey -- folks: If any of you are on TikTok, there's someone pretending to be me using "joannebfreeman" -- and supposedly, even asking for money. IT'S NOT ME. I've just reported them. Please do the same.
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In honor of Generals serving who were forced to listen to an awful speech, here's an awesome speech from General Mark Milley. “We don't take an oath to a wannabe dictator. We take an oath to the Constitution... ...and we're willing to die to protect it.” https://t.co/FkpCxDiHfw
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WHATEVER YOU DO, REMEMBER NOT TO CALL THE PRESIDENT A FASCIST THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER
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NINE former CDC Directors spanning every administration from Carter to Trump, have issued a rare public rebuke of RFK Jr., warning of the harm his rhetoric and attacks on public health is doing. Their message: this is a time to rally to protect the health of every American.
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[Withers into dust and is swept away] I've done all of them. ALL. And I still use paper checks. Do I get an extra point for that?
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Mass shooters since 2018 who were transgender - 4 Mass shooters since 2018 who were not transgender - 4,193. Hope that helps.
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🟦 LEFT: Obama. Here to serve the people. 🟥 RIGHT: Trump. Here to serve the rich—including himself. Not complicated. Staring us right in the face.
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These days, I'm mostly here: https://t.co/2OzCm1ND2a
https://t.co/TYiQ5JE1C9 And a new-ish YouTube channel (more coming soon): https://t.co/jssa9Jo6fn
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Professor Joanne Freeman is an award-winning historian who studies the politics and culture of America's past to better understand our history as a nation, and the roads and choices that have led us...
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I haven't been here in MONTHS. I'm back to let folks know about this: Coming up next week! Sign-up info at the link. The great historian Frank Cogliano and I are co-teaching a three week course on Hamilton & Jefferson. You KNOW you want to be there. https://t.co/7x6ucTYLHi
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These days, I'm mostly here: https://t.co/2OzCm1ND2a
https://t.co/TYiQ5JE1C9 And a new-ish YouTube channel (more coming soon): https://t.co/jssa9Jo6fn
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Professor Joanne Freeman is an award-winning historian who studies the politics and culture of America's past to better understand our history as a nation, and the roads and choices that have led us...
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I haven't been here in MONTHS. I'm back to let folks know about this: Coming up next week! Sign-up info at the link. The great historian Frank Cogliano and I are co-teaching a three week course on Hamilton & Jefferson. You KNOW you want to be there. https://t.co/7x6ucTYLHi
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WASH POST’s @crampell: “There will be a reliable source of individuals, companies, foreign governments that see buying these Trump coins as a very convenient way to pay off the President for favors… the Saudi Government no longer needs to pretend to stay at a Trump Hotel.”
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My stomach is churning right now as I’m reviewing images for my floor speech tomorrow on the violent felons Trump pardoned. Here’s David Dempsey beating officers with a flagpole. He got a full pardon and is being let out jail. We can’t let this feel normal.
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BREAKING: Governor Josh Shapiro just demolished Donald Trump for his pardoning of individuals who assaulted police officers. This is the type of forceful condemnation we need right now.
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