Historian. UVA. PhD, Groningen. Biographer of Clarence Darrow, Tip O'Neill, Ted Kennedy and Richard Nixon. Next up: The American Revolution on the Frontier.https://bsky.app/profile/biographer.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/biographer.bsky.social/post/3mznkogiikk2nFast fixes for American working families: Federal diesel tax moratorium. Hike the minimum wage. Restore Obamacare subsidies. End the war.06 Nov 2026 14:09 +0000at://did:plc:ahda76rzgnry52cssscfduq7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mznkogiikk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/biographer.bsky.social/post/3mznjoygngk2aLIV golf. Cybertrucks.06 Nov 2026 13:51 +0000at://did:plc:ahda76rzgnry52cssscfduq7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mznjoygngk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/biographer.bsky.social/post/3mzlvtsdiyc2vIn the afterlife he did not believe in, Clarence Darrow is smiling and having a laugh with Jesus at the news of the Newsom commutations.05 Nov 2026 22:23 +0000at://did:plc:ahda76rzgnry52cssscfduq7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzlvtsdiyc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/biographer.bsky.social/post/3mzlm4wrjbk2jThe goal of a congressional investigation is to find facts and reach conclusions that inform lawmaking. Compiling fresh evidence for the need to restore all the since-gutted post-Watergate reform legislation - campaign finance, war powers, budget et al - is not vindictive, it is necessary.05 Nov 2026 19:30 +0000at://did:plc:ahda76rzgnry52cssscfduq7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzlm4wrjbk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/biographer.bsky.social/post/3mzjanirtes2cWhy Jeffries took the meeting with Kushner last summer. https://www.archives.gov/files/legislative/resources/education/veto/background.pdf04 Nov 2026 20:59 +0000at://did:plc:ahda76rzgnry52cssscfduq7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzjanirtes2chttps://bsky.app/profile/biographer.bsky.social/post/3mzivo2x3zk2w"Remember thee? / Ay...whiles memory holds a seat / In this distracted globe." https://apnews.com/article/trump-inauguration-tech-billionaires-zuckerberg-musk-wealth-0896bfc3f50d941d62cebc3074267ecd04 Nov 2026 17:42 +0000at://did:plc:ahda76rzgnry52cssscfduq7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzivo2x3zk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/biographer.bsky.social/post/3mzitxc6bas23Now can we find out about the $50,000 in the takeout paper bag?04 Nov 2026 17:12 +0000at://did:plc:ahda76rzgnry52cssscfduq7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzitxc6bas23https://bsky.app/profile/biographer.bsky.social/post/3mziplnzlg22fCongressional leaders are cat herders. No vast hidden powers. Poorly situated to be national voices. They respond to their caucuses to maintain majorities, pass legislation and groom the terrain for presidential candidates whose competition will define the party - starting about now.04 Nov 2026 15:54 +0000at://did:plc:ahda76rzgnry52cssscfduq7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mziplnzlg22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/biographer.bsky.social/post/3mzij44h7qc2rThere you go, Canada. We're not so bad, eh?04 Nov 2026 13:57 +0000at://did:plc:ahda76rzgnry52cssscfduq7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzij44h7qc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/biographer.bsky.social/post/3mzigubkbmc2lWithout much attention from outside the West, Deb Haaland keeps making history.04 Nov 2026 13:17 +0000at://did:plc:ahda76rzgnry52cssscfduq7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzigubkbmc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/biographer.bsky.social/post/3mziewgeix22xhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99s-B9YoGPA&list=RD99s-B9YoGPA&start_radio=104 Nov 2026 12:43 +0000at://did:plc:ahda76rzgnry52cssscfduq7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mziewgeix22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/biographer.bsky.social/post/3mzicutnquk2cThe Judiciary Committees need their con law subcommittees to start right in on campaign finance reform, with the goal of getting a constitutional amendment overturning Citizens United and the other atrocious Supreme Court rulings to the states for ratification debates by 2028. The iron is hot.04 Nov 2026 12:06 +0000at://did:plc:ahda76rzgnry52cssscfduq7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzicutnquk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/biographer.bsky.social/post/3mzicarcuz22cSo much for the New Confederacy theory.04 Nov 2026 11:55 +0000at://did:plc:ahda76rzgnry52cssscfduq7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzicarcuz22chttps://bsky.app/profile/biographer.bsky.social/post/3mzfon6s5t22sTrump at the Reflecting Pool was much like Captain Queeg on the stand. Ranting about mess boys and strawberries and how everyone is against him. I almost feel sorry for him. And pitiful is so far from where he wants to be. Dangerous waters ahead.03 Nov 2026 10:58 +0000at://did:plc:ahda76rzgnry52cssscfduq7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzfon6s5t22shttps://bsky.app/profile/biographer.bsky.social/post/3mzeguc4tt22k“No matter whether th’ Constitution follows th’ flag or not, th’ Supreme Court follows th’ iliction returns.” [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Nov 2026 23:07 +0000at://did:plc:ahda76rzgnry52cssscfduq7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzeguc4tt22khttps://bsky.app/profile/biographer.bsky.social/post/3mze47qg5w22lPolitical malfeasance. [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Nov 2026 19:56 +0000at://did:plc:ahda76rzgnry52cssscfduq7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mze47qg5w22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/biographer.bsky.social/post/3mzdn6fbnj22vAnother long walk home. The relevant Springsteen lyrics, from our last Middle East triumph, for the renewed war upon Iran: "Trust none of what you hear / And less of what you'll see."02 Nov 2026 15:27 +0000at://did:plc:ahda76rzgnry52cssscfduq7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzdn6fbnj22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/biographer.bsky.social/post/3mzdmjsfj4s2hI hope Netanyahu and AIPAC have a plan that addresses American popular opinion, but I sure don't see it.02 Nov 2026 15:15 +0000at://did:plc:ahda76rzgnry52cssscfduq7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzdmjsfj4s2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/biographer.bsky.social/post/3mz4dl2lfkk2sNow would be a good time for W and Obama to describe how Muslim-Americans acted as a first line of warning, information and defense for the FBI and US counter-intelligence in the decades following 9-11.30 Oct 2026 17:46 +0000at://did:plc:ahda76rzgnry52cssscfduq7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz4dl2lfkk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/biographer.bsky.social/post/3mzau2keboc2eWhen Republicans spend the last year filling their pockets and bashing every sort of scapegoat - Hispanics, gays, blacks, women, Asian- and Muslim-Americans - even ranchers, Norwegians, Canadians and Danes! - they can't really be surprised if things don't work out well on Tuesday.01 Nov 2026 12:52 +0000at://did:plc:ahda76rzgnry52cssscfduq7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzau2keboc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/biographer.bsky.social/post/3mzat52xtfk2iKrugman: "Acceleration of inflation is completely due to Trump....the decision to abandon 90 years of U.S. policy aimed at liberalizing international trade...imposing large tariff increases....(and) the decision to initiate large-scale military action against Iran, which sent energy prices soaring."01 Nov 2026 12:36 +0000at://did:plc:ahda76rzgnry52cssscfduq7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzat52xtfk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/biographer.bsky.social/post/3mzarrpslds24Two minutes for roughing. A makeup call. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/insider/the-times-decisions-alaska-senate-race-story.html01 Nov 2026 12:11 +0000at://did:plc:ahda76rzgnry52cssscfduq7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzarrpslds24https://bsky.app/profile/biographer.bsky.social/post/3mzar76qrck2hThe Dan Balz biennial eve of election piece in the WashPost is an industry gold standard. His message to Democrats: Kansas and Iowa and the other red states will revert to form. It will be a small miracle if the Senate switches hands.01 Nov 2026 12:01 +0000at://did:plc:ahda76rzgnry52cssscfduq7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzar76qrck2h