Julia Rose Kraut
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JD/PhD | THREAT OF DISSENT: A HISTORY OF IDEOLOGICAL EXCLUSION AND DEPORTATION IN THE UNITED STATES | https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674292352 | Posts are mine, not the views of my employer. ❤️ & Reposts are not endorsements.
Judge rules West Point policy restricting professors’ speech is unconstitutional By Hannah Natanson The ruling is a victory for longtime law professor Tim Bakken, who was ostracized by his colleagues after he filed suit against his employer. Gift link! @hannahnatanson.bsky.social
Judge rules West Point policy restricting professors’ speech is unconstitutional
A ruling in a free speech case against West Point permits professors at the academy to speak and write without prior approval.
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"...New Yorkers were instructed to return to the ground zero area before it was safe to do so." "People got sick because the leaders they trusted lied and told them they were safe to breathe in toxic air,” Mr. Mamdani added. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n...
After 9/11, Documents Suggest, New Yorkers Were Misled About Air Quality
The Mamdani administration released more than 170,000 pages of documents related to the air quality around the World Trade Center site in the months after the Sept. 11 attacks.
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"...New Yorkers were instructed to return to the ground zero area before it was safe to do so." "People got sick because the leaders they trusted lied and told them they were safe to breathe in toxic air,” Mr. Mamdani added. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n...
After 9/11, Documents Suggest, New Yorkers Were Misled About Air Quality
The Mamdani administration released more than 170,000 pages of documents related to the air quality around the World Trade Center site in the months after the Sept. 11 attacks.
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“Americans are an amazingly brave people, who have accomplished so much,” Bunch said. “They’ve got to be brave enough to face their own history.” 🗃️ www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/a...
Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch Is Resigning
In the face of escalating White House attacks about how museums present American history, Lonnie G. Bunch III has announced his decision to depart.
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JUST IN: D.C. Circuit says IRS decision to share taxpayer info with DHS tens of thousands of violates the law — and that the administration's rebuttal to that claim is "weak sauce." www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
Hey everybody. On the 25-year anniversary, we're reprinting the much revered 9/11 edition of The Onion and sending that free to every member this month. It's been 25 long years. Look back in anger.
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Canada Imposes New Tariffs on U.S. Goods, as Trade War Intensifies
The duties are a retaliation against President Trump’s recent tariffs, raising concerns about further escalation.
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Julia Rose Kraut@juliarosekraut.bsky.social · 2w agoCanada's response to US: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NriO...
Thank you to @iehs.bsky.social for posting this 🧵 about the Historians' Amicus Brief in AAUP v. Rubio. 🗃️ The Amicus Brief focuses on the First & Second Red Scares, & on the development of free speech jurisprudence. Read ⬇️ @brennancenter.org www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
Historians’ Amicus Brief in American Association of University Professors v. Rubio
Historians filed a brief supporting a challenge to the federal government’s policy of arresting, detaining, and deporting noncitizen students and faculty on the basis of their speech and associations.
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Immigration and Ethnic History Society@iehs.bsky.social · 4d ago***Amicus Brief in American Association of University Professors v. Rubio*** On 8/12, the Brennan Center, together with Davis Wright Tremaine LLP and McDermott Will & Schulte LLP, filed a brief on behalf of historians Ellen Schrecker, IEHS member @juliarosekraut.bsky.social , and Sam Lebovic. 1/
For this week's #ThursdayFilmRec 🗃️🎥🍿🎬 #HATM Watch or (Rewatch) the documentary film about investigative reporter Seymour Hersh, "Cover-Up" (2025) - Produced and Directed by Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus. Available on Netflix ⬇️ youtube.com/watch?v=9CxEnECKs9U&themeRefresh=1
Cover-Up | Official Trailer | Netflix
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Thank you to @iehs.bsky.social for posting this 🧵 about the Historians' Amicus Brief in AAUP v. Rubio. 🗃️ The Amicus Brief focuses on the First & Second Red Scares, & on the development of free speech jurisprudence. Read ⬇️ @brennancenter.org www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
Historians’ Amicus Brief in American Association of University Professors v. Rubio
Historians filed a brief supporting a challenge to the federal government’s policy of arresting, detaining, and deporting noncitizen students and faculty on the basis of their speech and associations.
brennancenter.org
Immigration and Ethnic History Society@iehs.bsky.social · 4d ago***Amicus Brief in American Association of University Professors v. Rubio*** On 8/12, the Brennan Center, together with Davis Wright Tremaine LLP and McDermott Will & Schulte LLP, filed a brief on behalf of historians Ellen Schrecker, IEHS member @juliarosekraut.bsky.social , and Sam Lebovic. 1/
We are in the “you can’t learn that anymore” stage of fascism, for anyone still keeping track.
Houston Chronicle@houstonchronicle.com · 5d agoThe Texas A&M University System Board of Regents cut more than 200 courses from the core curriculum across 11 universities on Thursday, in response to a state law requiring all general education classes to be “foundational and fundamental.” bit.ly/4iQNt0K
"Denial is one of the two approaches the nation’s senior military leaders seem to have taken to cope with Donald Trump’s presidency." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/o...
Opinion | The U.S. Military Must Learn to Say No to Trump (Gift Article)
How senior leaders of the armed forces dodge accountability.
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By no means a surprise to anyone who has been paying attention but notable nonetheless.
Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 5d agoHaberman: Rubio, Hegseth, Todd Blanche, Kash Patel—these are people who believe, to one degree or another, they have to answer to Stephen Miller. Katie Miller… \
For this week's #ThursdayFilmRec 🗃️🎥🍿🎬 #HATM Watch or (Rewatch) the documentary film about investigative reporter Seymour Hersh, "Cover-Up" (2025) - Produced and Directed by Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus. Available on Netflix ⬇️ youtube.com/watch?v=9CxEnECKs9U&themeRefresh=1
Cover-Up | Official Trailer | Netflix
YouTube video by Netflix
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I spoke to @cnn.com about an important linguistic question; when the U.S. government dumps someone in a country on a continent they've never been to before, does the word "deportation" still apply? Or is what's happening something different — a rendition? www.cnn.com/2026/09/03/u...
Is dumping a Cuban in Africa ‘deportation’? | CNN
As the Trump administration sends migrants to faraway, unfamiliar countries where they are again detained, some immigration advocates argue that the word “deportation” is no longer sufficient.
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I don’t know how many members of the military will receive the message but it simply could not be clearer that this administration doesn’t give a flying fuck about anyone it’s putting in harm’s way
shauna@goldengateblond.bsky.social · 6d ago“wE CarE abOUt tHe tRooPS” shut up no you fucking don’t, they’re just cannon fodder for your bloodlust
ok I had to force down a tear with this one reskeeting with alt text
Ellie Mae O'Hagan@elliemaeohagan.bsky.social · 6d agoI love the dedication in My Life on the Road by Gloria Steinhem
