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Aaron Astor

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Professor of US History, esp. 19th century

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New Whigs!

24.10.2025 16:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah I’m sure it did to done extent. School closures were a bigger driver though, I think. I personally came across many in that camp.

22.03.2025 18:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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A metaphor at the Allentown, PA dump and recycling center…

11.03.2025 15:03 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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D&G Services got $49 million over 116 contracts...just a tad short of $8 billion.

19.02.2025 02:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sheinbaum offered Trump the same 10k soldiers she gave Biden in 2021. Trudeau offered Trump the same border package he introduced in December. Trump backed down and accepted both. Trump is a paper tiger, like he was with Kim Jung Un and the "Great China deal" with Xi.

03.02.2025 23:02 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yup. This has to be front and center in Dem messaging. Trump's tariffs are a national tax that kill jobs and raise prices.

02.02.2025 16:05 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump has said this crap forever and a lot of people just rolled their eyes, thinking he'd never act on it. I mean, he has zero understanding of how trade can benefit both parties. But now we get to see it all in action. People will only respond differently when they feel the actual pain.

02.02.2025 16:03 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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Watch for this now.

02.02.2025 15:06 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This whole thing will either get shut down in courts or get almost no takers bc nobody will trust it.

29.01.2025 01:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Mexico refused permission for the US to fly over Mexican airspace en route to Guatemala.

25.01.2025 00:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Was fΓΌr ein schΓΆner Abpraller!

30.11.2024 15:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m glad that she is going to keep doing what she has been doing. Trump seems to think he’s responsible for this but that’s typical of him.

28.11.2024 01:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It was from THIS year. So yes, too late to stop earlier migrants, but has been in effect for several months.

26.11.2024 23:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

That wasn’t a new promise. Read her full response.

26.11.2024 22:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Mexico’s President didn’t promise to do anything different than what she agreed to with Biden.

26.11.2024 21:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I worry the next nominee will actually be effective.

21.11.2024 17:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Gaetz out - I worry we made get an effective nutball instead…

21.11.2024 17:46 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

About the election and the transition.

20.11.2024 18:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I was able to read it by using Google translate from my phone-camera. This quote is me saying Trump is putting loyalty to the test re: his Cabinet appointments and GOP loyalty in the Senate.

20.11.2024 13:43 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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This was fun. I was interviewed by Asahi TV to talk about the election and the transition. I don't know Japanese at all so I don't know what the words over my face mean...But the interview was an hour and they used a lot of footage from it!

20.11.2024 13:23 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Had a nice experience keynoting a symposium on East Tennessee's Civil War this weekend. The war was a complicated mess in the Switzerland of America.

17.11.2024 04:29 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

1) MAGA but credible: Ratcliffe, Stephen Miller, Homan, Witkoff, Collins, Sauer, Blanche
2) Standard GOP: Burgum, Rubio, Stefanik, Zeldin, Waltz
3) MAGA brain rot: Gabbard, RFK Jr, Gaetz
Noem and Hegseth straddle MAGA/credible and MAGA/brain rot. Huckabee straddles MAGA/credible and standard GOP

15.11.2024 12:08 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

There are three types of Trump appointees:
1) MAGA but credible
2) Standard GOP
3) MAGA brain rot
All are personally loyal to Trump, but the rest of the GOP and the country will view the appointees very differently. Some appointees probably straddle two categories.

15.11.2024 12:05 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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This is the new Trump logo:

14.11.2024 23:43 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

It says "Invalid Handle"

14.11.2024 19:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0