Manisha Sinha

Past President of the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic, latest book The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic, Draper Chair UConn

[Manisha Sinha @ProfMSinha]

Historian here:

“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”

― Theodore Roosevelt

[Bill Kristol @BillKristol]

🚨🚨🚨

Bill Pulte was picked to join Blanche, Patel, Hegseth, and Mullin to be ready to help Trump stay in power no matter what. Do congressional Democrats appreciate that their #1 task is to confront this threat?

https://t.co/VMcLuc7SlQ

[Alex Raufoglu @ralexdc]

NEW!!! Six Republicans just joined Democrats on to push through a vote on military aid for Ukraine.

House moves forward on Ukraine Support Act!!!

[one dozen rats at a keyboard @PanasonicDX4500]

I know it’s become pretty cliche and cringey to talk about at this point but if you’re under like 25 I cannot stress enough how one time Obama wore a tan suit and people spent a week arguing over whether or not it was demeaning to the Oval Office and they were serious about it.

[Lisa Desjardins @LisaDNews]

BREAKING: House votes 215-208 to end President Trump's war in Iran.

[InteractivePolls @IAPolls2022]

The Economy: Better under Trump or Biden?

All Voters:
🟦 Biden: 56% (+4)
🟥 Trump: 44% (-4)

Independents
🟦 Biden: 70% (+5)
🟥 Trump: 30% (-5)

Harvard/Harris (+/- vs Apr) | 5/29-31
https://t.co/lrKj8jPeiZ

[Mike Young @micyoung75]

60 Minutes made $206 million in advertising in 2024. It was not a struggling relic. It was the most profitable serious journalism operation in American broadcasting.

Then David Ellison bought Bari Weiss's website for $150 million and handed her CBS News. She spiked a story on El Salvador's CECOT prison. She let Benjamin Netanyahu pick his own interviewer instead of sitting across from Leslie Stahl. She fired the executive producer, two on-air correspondents, and the behind-the-camera producers who actually ran the place.

The replacement EP has never worked a day in broadcast news. Ben Shapiro's Daily Wire endorsed the hire.

This is not mismanagement. Ratings are down across CBS News. The journalism is getting worse. The audience is leaving. But Ellison's other corporate deals - the Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition - got a presidential thumbs-up while Netflix got frozen out. Trump said out loud he would remember which companies played ball.

That's the transaction. CBS News bleeds so that Paramount profits. Sharyn Alfonsi doesn't have a job so that David Ellison gets his merger.

The people who watched 60 Minutes for fifty years to find out what was actually happening in the world... they just lost something that cannot be rebuilt under corporate ownership. Not in this environment. Not while the president is keeping score.

[Paul Jacobs @PaulJacobsMedia]

I truly wish @PBS would hire the team that @60Minutes has fired, including those-soon-to-leave Scott Pelley etc. and create their own version of this iconic program. Ratings would be huge.
Good will would be even larger.

[. @GregTSargent]

There it is: The AG just confirmed that Trump's IRS immunity scam is still moving forward. Dems must now force Republicans to vote on this (see thread below on how).

[Ro Khanna @RoKhanna]

Appointing Pulte, who has criminally targeted Trump's opponents and has zero experience, to be Director of National Intelligence, shows we have a mafia government.

The naked corruption is crazy and frightening.

[Rachel Bitecofer 🗽🦆 @RachelBitecofer]

In a world full of Jake Tappers, be a Scott Pelley.

[Andy Kim @AndyKimNJ]

A highschool senior, a pregnant woman, and a man with Stage Three cancer. These are the people I met in Delaney Hall. When DHS tells you they are only arresting the worst of the worst, they're lying. These are everyday people kept in inhumane conditions with our tax dollars.

[Paul Graham @paulg]

Republicans don't just admire different people from Democrats. They have lower opinions of almost everyone.

[Larry Sabato @LarrySabato]

Under any other president, this would be Scandal of the Year. Under Trump, it is merely the Scandal of the Hour.

[Manisha Sinha @ProfMSinha]

Historian here even Florida gets things right once in a while you know like a broken clock. https://t.co/ZkJDeuAHXf

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Friends — We need to talk about what's currently going on at CBS News.

“60 Minutes” — the most successful television news broadcast in U.S. history — is being dismantled before our very eyes. https://t.co/DJhOqm6yqu

[Marc E. Elias @marceelias]

🚨BREAKING: All I can say is this is fucking so cynical I have no words. https://t.co/y3fgOAbLRJ

[Britni Danielle @BritniDWrites]

So Virginia can't use their new map, which was approved by voters. But Alabama can?

But sure, SCOTUS isn't "political"

[GOP Ls @GOP__Ls]

🚨 REPORT: Investigation reveals Trump officials have likely stolen over $220 million by giving government contracts to fake shell companies.

[Manisha Sinha @ProfMSinha]

Historian here good to see this out in print today with a shout out to #theriseandfallofthesecondamericanrepublic https://t.co/HsYOQAzbvN

[James Talarico @jamestalarico]

Ken Paxton was indicted for scamming his own friends.

He convinced them to invest hundreds of thousands in a company while secretly pocketing a commission.

Paxton sold out his own friends for a quick buck. What makes you think he won't sell you out in the Senate?