SCOOP: The Biden administration plans to formally ask Congress to approve an estimated $1.1B arms sale to Taiwan that includes 60 anti-ship missiles and 100 air-to-air missiles, according to 3 sources with direct knowledge. W/ Andrew Desiderio politico.com/news/2022/08/2…

“Washington Not Alarmed As Hitler Rises to Power”—1933:

“We actually train, certify, and equip — at no cost — military veterans and their families to become youth sports officials,” Protect the Game Founder Patty Harsch said. alaskasnewssource.com/2022/09/02/out…

“‘Casting a non-White actor to play an elf makes it more difficult for audiences to maintain their willing suspension of belief,’ he says.” As if the hobbits, orcs, and talking trees weren’t a solid sign LOTR isn’t real in the first place. 😂

Vietnam and Afghanistan were America’s two longest wars. Despite a number of similarities, each conflict had entirely different impacts on U.S. society, culture and politics. latimes.com/politics/story…

The #FreedomToLearn our nation’s history is under siege. The AHA is leading or involved with several initiatives to combat divisive concepts bills and provide resources and support for educators advocating for teaching history. Learn more: historians.org/news-and-advoc…

A fantastic resource for nationwide educational curriculum and public history!

America, do you see and appreciate what’s happening in Iran right now?

This is moral idiocy, repetition of Kremlin propaganda, a betrayal of Ukrainian courage & sacrifice, and puts a few minutes browsing Crimea on Wikipedia over the current horrific reality of Putin's bloody war.

journaliststudio.google.com/pinpoint/about amazing tool for historians, journalists, writers, anyone remotely fun

Had a great chat with Sen. Lisa Murkowski on this day! We've established Metlakatla's first Historical Archive and her office is actively assisting us finding funding. M.I.C. is ready to step into their history and tell their story! Thank you Senator!

Twitter is the ad-dependent print newspaper bought out by private equity that now needs to service its debt, and the first order of business is to sell off the real estate, lay off staff, hike subscription costs and hope the core customer base doesn’t notice everything is worse.

In about 20 minutes, SCOTUS will hear a case involving a 1978 law protecting Native American children. Several non-Native foster parents & Texas are challenging the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act. I'll be tweeting. You can listen here: supremecourt.gov

Curious about how the AHA determines whether to take a public stand? Read over our Guiding Principles on Taking A Public Stance, which explains what facts and objectives the AHA Council considers. historians.org/news-and-advoc…

In Ancient Rome, as triumphant emperors would parade through cities after victorious battles, a slave (auriga) was appointed by the Senate to continuously whisper into the emperor’s ear, “Remember, you’re only a man” (“Memento homo”). Latest Pivot Podcast

Twitter It should go without saying, as Elon Musk marches Twitter to its own destruction, the only people celebrating are the world's worst dictatorships & war criminals. For the 1st time in ~15yrs, they'll be safe from the world's most potent global, real-time check on their behavior.