Allen Mikaelian

Writer, editor, historian, PhD, data geek, busy in a good way. Political Uses of the Past Project at

[Political Uses of the Past Project @CheckrdHistory]

Showing the data! Search, sort, and browse a growing list of over 700 political uses of the past by your elected officials. #twitterstorians #historymatters https://t.co/9jPSYWBOD3

[History News Network @myHNN]

Senator Chuck Schumer claimed there was a golden age of corporate responsibility: here's how historians responded, by @AllenJayM.

https://t.co/j0nw7UkMIS

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Senator Chuck Schumer says corporations used to care; here’s how historians responded https://t.co/vxvxw0OOIv

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GOP tax plan ends help for teachers who spend their own $ on supplies. A petition if you think that's just wrong: https://t.co/GN2c9rBNOK

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A Cold War Summit Offers Lessons for Trump Before Putin Meeting - The New York Times https://t.co/RquNTuA3A5

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Historians Shouldn’t Be Pundits, via @nytimes https://t.co/8MPP9lddh8

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White House secrecy goes meta: https://t.co/oSTSLj2Tl7

[Political Uses of the Past Project @CheckrdHistory]

“Any zealousness to combat fake news must be matched with an equal if not greater zealousness to fight fake history” https://t.co/GY9Vn5vamM

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History bubbles up as the Senate Dems protest the crafting of the GOP healthcare bill. Thx to @myHNN for featuring. https://t.co/f7HwbUZnWc

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“I am not a reporter, and I am not a lobbyist, so I’ve seen nothing,” Murkowski said. https://t.co/EuGMCPyXJN

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Two big articles on the "Thucydides’s Trap" in one day. https://t.co/QYB1txbnLF and https://t.co/dyrTSfy6Yy

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Political Uses of the Past Project has (almost) all the historical refs by Sen Dems in Monday's protest & will post t/o the day #AHCA

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Why Trump has the Panama Canal on his mind: historic infrastructure projects, regulation, and 'red tape' https://t.co/YlsaQ9BSJr

[Adam P. Newman @AdamPNewman89]

Re: Brannon's comment it sure as hell feels like we are living in an episode of Veep and it sure doesn't feel funny on this side of things. https://t.co/H7IvJTvc77

[History News Network @myHNN]

Historians called on to write books that impact the public https://t.co/Tu30IX4UmI via @myHNN

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Not sure how much you can hang on Google searches but..."Donald Trump’s presidency is saving the history degree" https://t.co/MjywcZSYQK

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Trump called Qatar a terror sponsor. He sold them fighter jets 5 days later. - Vox https://t.co/yj8RNLq3BX

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Great reminder to use caution when building narratives out of numbers
https://t.co/dImVm6jSEj

[Michael Hattem @MichaelHattem]

D. Waldstreicher's 10 theses for being an early Americanist in the current political climate: 1. Myth-busting is job number one. #earscon17

[Allen Mikaelian @AllenJayM]

Bad, but no “minimum-wage employee in any state, working …40-hour week…can afford a one-bedroom rental home at the average fair market rent” https://t.co/owM3SLmBcy

[WAMU 88.5 @wamu885]

A D.C. household needs to make $69,840/yr to make fair market rent on a 2BR — highest only behind Hawaii https://t.co/LGXFBn2WXt