Timothy Snyder (@timothydsnyder)

We did it. Both the Senate and House have flipped in favor of the opposition party, Democrats. Across the country, Democrats also flipped governorships, state legislatures, and more. Take the victory. Own the victory. But most important, think about how to transform this mandate into one that’s…

Historic. The opposition party, Democrats, has won the House, is poised to win the Senate, and is racking up wins across the board. As big as this moment is, it also offers a historic opening for Democrats to get things right—to get corruption and money out of politics, to enact bold change. It’s…

Yet another entrenched authoritarian defeated yesterday in Serbia. As the United States approaches a critical midterm election, Serbia shows that we can win despite uphill authoritarian conditions. It can be done. It takes all of us, especially young people. #history #serbia #youth #fyp #lessons

We as Americans are being invited by the Secretary of Defense to view an execution by firing squad over the internet. While execution by firing squad is the endpoint of a judicial proceeding, broadcasting it is to advertise killing and a political transformation. If Americans view, clip, share…

A word about Trump’s reckless trade war with Canada. This is happening because Trump’s entire career is based on fraud and grift, which means he simply does not know anything about economics, trade, markets. He never has. It simply does not occur to him that there could be an exchange in which…

Tonight, you will see Trump try to tear us down, try to lie, try to make us believe in something other than hard evidence. The truth about foreign electoral interference is that foreign countries have tried to interfere in our elections to help Trump win — yet he still lost the 2020 election by…

I began my first lecture of “Hitler and Stalin Today” by discussing why history matters in the present — and how understanding the terrible parts of history, and how they were made possible, can empower us to prevent similar acts from happening in the future. Thank you to the incredibly warm…

Exciting news: We just publicly released a ten-lecture course I taught at the University of Toronto this past year called, “Hitler and Stalin Today.” Consider this a public resource for students, researchers, and anyone interested in understanding the relationship between history and contemporary…

The only advantage we have over the Jews in Germany in the 1930s is that we know their history. And because we can know their history, we can recognize patterns, not be surprised, and act effectively. #history #lesson #fyp #2026

For our 250th, let’s remember: history is not something oligarchs and fascists can take from us, try though they will today. Instead, we come to history—with what we know, what we say, and what we do. Nothing in history dooms us. Nothing in history saves us. All that matters is what we do.  On…

As America turns 250, I hope we don’t make things simple. And, as a historian, I hope we can learn new parts of our history and new American voices, so we can partake more fully in our country’s future. #history #250 #anniversary #fyp #america

Please do not look away from the Supreme Court’s enabling of racial hatred against Haitians — a ludicrous, racist campaign started by then-VP candidate JD Vance, amplified by neo-Nazis, and then taken up as a policy of deportation by the President of the United States. None of this had to happen…

Ukraine is still winning—even as they get less and less support from the U.S. And Trump’s effort to help Putin, in a strange way, only hurts Russia by extending a war they will lose. #ukraine #history #fyp #democracy #russia

What we have now is no longer the rule of law. It’s an entirely different kind of system—it’s the law for the ruler. And when that happens, history tells us the economy always collapses. #fyp #law #lesson #history #democracy @IAmPoliticsGirl

Some thoughts on Capitulation Day. This level of defeat in Iran is only possible at the hands of a super loser like Trump. #iran #war #history #lesson #fyp

The United States was not, in fact, founded on Christian principles in any sense. The growing number of people who believe so only makes the need for history — and the teaching of history without restriction — even more important. #lesson #religion #history #democracy #fyp

Pay attention to who is willing to break the law for Donald Trump as we head into the midterm elections—because his end goal is to create a system where others, including the military ultimately, will break the law for him. #history #warning #lesson #fyp #election

It’s about creating a regime of immunized paid terrorists.

We are now welcoming people who are architects of failed authoritarian transitions. In this video, I lay out some thoughts on the import of authoritarians into the United States — and essential questions we must all ask.

I’ve been thinking about how to best describe what the United States is doing to itself on the scale of the world. Here, I offer just a few reasons behind why I believe Superpower Suicide is an apt term for this moment. #history #power #fyp #lesson #warning

Superpower suicide is a conceptual framework to understand deliberate choices that are being made to make us weaker — deliberately alienating allies, not being able to handle adversaries, breaking down the international order. #history #cnn #tv #lessons #fyp

Trump’s problem appears to be with God.

Just following orders isn’t a defense. Our brave and courageous servicemembers would be right to reject illegal orders.

Some thoughts this morning about the President of the United States speaking about ending a civilization. Anyone who’s been around that conversation, anyone who has take part in implementing something, anyone who is hiding an action related to that conversation would be involved in committing the…

If we know the coup scripts in advance, we know when to take the stage — and where to take the rage. I write about this — a sobering, but all too relevant subject — today in my Substack. #history #lessons #fyp #warning #coup

Having written about dark periods of history, I not only see dark possibilities, but I see brighter possibilities — and the conjunctures where individual and moral action matter throughout history. Now is one of those times. #history #fyp #dark #light #news

Some thoughts on why protest matters — especially for the moment we’re in. I expand on some of these ideas and on the importance of the upcoming #NoKings in my Substack. #fyp #protest #courage #history

My thoughts about where we are right now — competitive authoritarianism — and what we can learn from history to resist and get out of this moment. #history #fascism #election #lesson #fyp

Thoughts about Joe Kent’s resignation. Joe Kent never should have been director of the National Counterterrorism Center. Given his complete lack of qualifications and his sympathies for those who wish harm to Americans, the scandal is his appointment, not his resignation. #history #foreignpolicy…

We can all do something to expose how the Trump Administration’s story simply makes no sense. #trump #resist #fyp #democracy #history