Historian | writer | podcaster | antifascist | Political Junkies (Basic Books, 2020) | Rep: Roz Foster, Frances Goldin Lit
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My piece on the 50th anniversary of The Hite Report, published with all the dirty words intact:
newrepublic.com/article/2106…
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Except the centuries or so that the military was racially segregated, gender segregated, and threw homosexuals out when they were found, regardless of what good soldiers they were.
The United States military is the greatest fighting force in the history of the world. It did not get there by checking boxes or filling quotas. It got there because the best rose to the top, based on what they could do, not what they looked like.
Our Restoring Merit in the Military Act bans the consideration of race, ethnicity, or national origin in any military personnel decision. Accessions, promotions, assignments, and command selection, all of it based exclusively on individual merit, fitness, capability, and performance.
We are restoring the standard our military was built on.
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Would you please go hide in shame—or are you lobbying for one of the many vacant positions in the Trump administration?
Jun 15
There would be no better 250th birthday present to America than seeing Somalia-first Ilhan Omar deported.
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I think the books are awesome too—but exactly one by a Black author? Really?
Jun 15
Just got off with the New York Times wanting my thoughts about the new mandatory reading list in Texas. I kept repeating that I think it’s awesome.
Then she asked me if it concerns me that Muslim students will now have to read the Bible in school. I said that’s awesome too.
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Have you heard of the New York Times Book Review Summer Reading Bucket List? Why don’t we do it together? Click on the link below to see what's on my list!
clairepotter.substack.com/p/…
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On this week's drop, I talk to Alice Echols about her new book about 1960s liberal commitments to the Black Freedom Struggle, "Black Power, White Heat: From Solidarity Politics to Radical Chic" (Oxford University Press, 2026.)
youtu.be/ZkbaYQw2n5M
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Claire Potter 🇺🇸 retweeted
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BREAKING: Sen. John Cornyn says the SAVE AMERICA Act is not going to pass and that everyone knows it and says election fraud is not a real concern.
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Who writes her stuff?
Jun 13
Every single House Democrat hates the president more than they love America.
Fact.
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Claire Potter 🇺🇸 retweeted
BREAKING: New polling shows Democrat Mary Peltola leading her Republican opponent by 5 points in Alaska’s critical Senate race. Republicans would have a complete meltdown if they lost this race. Let’s make it happen.
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In the scale of things a symbolic victory, but yay.
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Think of the overtime!
Jun 12
Workers are back at the scaffolding just minutes after appellate court denied Kennedy Center’s emergency motion to stay order to remove Trump’s name.
Crowd is chanting “Take it down! Take it down!
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Because doing it in the first place was so f*cked up
Jun 12
Reuters: US JUDGE ORDERS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO REINSTALL SIGNS, EXHIBITS IT REMOVED FROM NATIONAL PARKS DISCUSSING TOPICS LIKE SLAVERY, CLIMATE CHANGE
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Quiet piggy. No one cares.
Jun 12
Progressives:
Remember that Elon’s wealth belongs to him
Yes, he has a lot of money
That doesn’t make it yours—or the government’s
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Please God.
Thunderstorms are currently forecasted for Trump’s birthday in Washington, DC this Sunday when the UFC fight is set to take place on the White House lawn.
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Claire Potter 🇺🇸 retweeted
Governor Abbott closed out his speech at the Texas GOP convention with a live elephant. It then peed on the floor as it left the room.
The perfect metaphor for the Texas Republican Party.
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It is a small victory.
Donald Trump’s name is being removed from the Kennedy Center right now
Via @DCNewsNow
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I love the way soccer players fall to the ground screaming in agony and then, apparently unhurt, jump up and keep playing.
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The US plays Paraguay today in the World Cup. Guess which nation has the best reputation for democracy right now?
Let's just say that Spanish is the official language.
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Are the Republicans losing Ohio?
BREAKING: In a stunning moment, Dayton's Building Trades union just broke off from its statewide chapter in order to endorse Democrat Amy Acton for Governor. This has led three other local chapters to do the same. Something is brewing in Ohio. Let's go!
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