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Harassing the Biden bus could backfire on Republicans

In a close election, the backlash against boorish behavior can make an impact

By Kyle Longley

Kyle Longley is the director of the War and Society Program at Chapman University and author of "LBJ’s 1968: Power, Politics, and the Presidency in America’s Year of Upheaval."

November 2, 2020 at 3:00 a.m. PST

On Friday, a swarm of trucks harassed a Biden-Harris bus on Interstate 35 in Texas as it headed to Pflugerville, just north of the state capital. Armed supporters of President Trump had already shown up to disrupt a gathering in Austin and continued following the bus as it departed.

As the bus traveled up the interstate, the trucks pulled up and boxed it in, slowing traffic. Ultimately, a vehicle rammed a Biden volunteer’s car. In response, the Democrats decided to cancel the next gathering to avoid the escalating violence.

The Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations is pleased to award the 2020 Robert Ferrell Book Prize to Daniel Immerwahr for his book How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 

The Woodrow Wilson House offers Fall Outdoor Activities

Fun, Affordable and Socially-Distanced!

Washington, DC – Are you looking for ways to enjoy the beautiful fall weather in DC?  The Woodrow Wilson House offers a number of fun, affordable and socially-distanced outdoor activities for you to enjoy on your own or with friends:

Please join us for a Washington History Seminar with Thavolia Glymph on The Woman’s Fight: The Civil War’s Battles for Home, Freedom, and Nation

I wasn't trying to make a prediction, but seven months ago I presented my students with a hypothetical that just might come to pass. Imagine this, I asked:  

President Trump ends up in Walter Reed Medical Center, incapacitated by coronavirus. His cabinet invokes the 25th Amendment, thereby transferring all powers and duties of the presidency to the vice president. What should the new Acting President Mike Pence do? 

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On-Line Global Research Tactics for the Twenty-First Century:

The Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS) Digital Archive and Related Online Resources

Subject Line: Invitation to join October 23 meeting with new SHAFR Task Force on Advocacy

Dear Members of SHAFR:

On-Line Global Research Tactics for the Twenty-First Century:

The National Archives, the UK Government Archive 

UVA | Miller Center

The presidency and endless war
William Antholis, Gina Bennett, Ashley Deeks, Eric Edelman, Seth G. Jones, Carter Malkasian , Stephen D. Mull, Aaron O’Connell, Anne Patterson, William B. Quandt, Marc Selverstone, Allan C. Stam, Stephen Wertheim, Katie Bo Williams, Brantly Womack, Philip Zelikow, Rebecca Zimmerman

Thursday, October 01, 2020
9:00AM - 1:00PM (EDT)

The Clements Center for National Security at the University of Texas at Austin welcomes its 2020-21 class of pre and postdoctoral fellows. Peter Slezkine of Columbia University and Theo Milonopoulos of Columbia University are this year’s predoctoral fellows. Jaehan Park of Johns Hopkins SAIS is an America in the World predoctoral fellow who will remain in residence with us at the Clements Center. Dr. Emily Whalen (University of Texas) and Dr. Max von Bargen (Ohio State University) are this year’s postdoctoral fellows while 2019-2020 postdoctoral fellow Dr. deRasimes Combes (American University) has extended her fellowship through December. The Clements Center also welcomes Eli Lake to the team as our National Security Journalism Fellow.

The Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR) invites proposals for its first-ever “hybrid” annual conference. 

In June 2020, SHAFR Council decided that next year’s meeting would operate both onsite and online.  The onsite conference will be smaller—recognizing the contingencies of the current public health situation—but registrants will be able to access and participate in the conference from offsite locations.  The resulting event will be both local and delocalized, synchronous and asynchronous.