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Natalie J. Ring

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Historian of the US South, Jim Crow, Angola Prison in Louisiana. Author/Editor. Feral cat wrangler (TNR). Transplant in Dallas, Texas. Am I too old to go to law school?

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Plus one cocktail.

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So good. This episode came to mind last week when I was in DC.

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That place is sooo good.

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A friend just told me she may ask students to submit screenshots of the sources they use along with the paper to prove they have used legitimate sources.

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“The dissent is indulging in extreme hypotheticals” says the justice in a case of a president trying to use fraud and force to overturn an election

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The AHA has sent letters to Tarleton State University leadership expressing deep concern about the decision not to renew the contract of historian Ted Roberts "for comments made outside of the context of his university employment.” 🗃️

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The inspiration for this bill involved the rape of a 12 year old. They will now will castrate the rapist but make the 12 year old give birth in spite of having been raped.
www.npr.org/2024/07/01/n...

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😮 I had to give up halfway through. The monkey. The music. Too much!

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I am in DC right now and I thought I was going to collapse walking around the city!

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Went to the Smithsonian African American history museum for the first time. I have two words: impressive and intense. Oh, and need more time.

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Some similarities for sure. Democrats are prone to panicking. And Obama also bombed his first debate. But Obama had 14 months to go and Joe has 4 months.

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The first thing out of Biden's mouth should have been "you're a convicted felon."

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Biden's grave political mistake. Skip the debates. Never give a platform to the authoritarians/fascists.

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Biden's greatest political mistake - he should have skipped the debates. Trump would have agreed to this - after all he skipped the Republican primary debates. I gotta check out.

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Jesus. These old school Dem advisors don’t listen to anybody who knows anything about media and how most people understand it or consume it. I don’t even blame Biden; I blame these tenured cloistered guys (all of them guys, over the age of 55) who are apparently the people who have his ear the most

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Frog in his throat. Verbal stumble/freeze up. A halfway normal sounding Trump. This is freakin' shit show for Biden so far.

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This court is so corrupt that it could be directly solicited by a literal cartoon caricature of a bribe — like this old Thomas Nast drawing of an anthropomorphic sack of money — and the conservatives would just say it looks like nothing at all, even as they fold the money into their pockets.

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Does anyone have suggestions on the best Ethiopian restaurant in Washington DC? I think I used to go to one in Adams Morgan that no longer exists? Thanks!

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They are roughly the same age. Just stop. For crying out loud. This feels like a desperation grab along the lines of the immigrant caravan. Got an election or an important political moment? LET'S TALK AGE. Just. Stop.

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Hopefully Biden has an idea of what Trump's triggers are - Tump is quick to respond if you provoke him in the right way. Narcissistic injury is key, I think.

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Okay, I'm going to the Library of Congress tomorrow to do research for a week (oh, and interview a 92 year old woman before she said she "strokes out). I haven't been to DC in 14 years. #1 question: where should I eat?

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“Among the causes of infant deaths, one increased the most: congenital abnormalities, which increased 22.9% in Texas in children… That trend suggests that at least in some cases, parents were forced to carry a pregnancy to term while knowing their children had little to no chance of survival”

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Two outstanding historians, Holly Brewer and Laura Edwards, argue that "the regulation of violence—including gun violence and domestic violence—is part of the history and traditions of this nation" AND that the "history and traditions" test is flawed. washingtonmonthly.com/2024/06/23/t...

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I think we have done 9-10 TNR! Rough life though.

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I have to rewrite and reorganize this go fund me because we just got really lousy news. An non-profit internship that was initially offering this kid 30,000 bucks has lost funding and is now offering $4000 over 4 years. This first gen college kid w/o parents is excelling and needs help

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I am a huge cat person and had to give away one in grad school after developing adult onset cat allergies. Nothing helped, alas. But at least I can have some kitty time on my back deck now.

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