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.
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‼️ Law & History Profs, if you're teaching Kleindienst v. Mandel (1972), check out Ch. 6 in "Threat of Dissent" focusing on Ernest Mandel's ideological exclusion & the Supreme Court's decision, using archival research & FOIA. Excerpt from @harvardpress.bsky.social. ⬇️🗃️ hup.medium.com/ideological-...
Colleagues, if you're teaching & want to address the Trump admin's use of ideological exclusion/deportation, check out this article. 🗃️⬇️ Includes: Mahmoud Khalil Legislative History of Foreign Policy Provision Social Media Vetting to ideologically exclude AAUP Trial on ideological deportation
One of the fascinating things about reading closely on any topic in American history is it will always reveal the Reagan administration to be worse, more immature, and more insecure than you previously imagined. “Threat of Dissent” by @juliarosekraut.bsky.social out now in paperback.
Thank you so much for posting and for reading "Threat of Dissent" @lfschleusener.bsky.social.
Moment of zen. Black Sand Beach, Kauai
Much appreciated, Anna. 🙏
Check out this podcast episode featuring Immigration and Ethnic History Society member @juliarosekraut.bsky.social, where she speaks on ideological exclusion & deportation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApPS...
Excellent. ☕🌴
The Stanford Daily argues the First Amendment protects journalists from arcane laws used against Mahmoud Khalil and Rümeysa Öztürk.
Ukrainian students welcomed the new school year on Monday from classrooms in basements. Learning underground has become the norm in Ukraine as Russia has intensified its assaults in recent months amid stalled peace talks. Follow the latest news on the Russia-Ukraine war: nyti.ms/3UVYqRK
"We have a message for the rest of the nation as well. This is a time to rally to protect the health of every American. Congress must exercise its oversight authority over Health and Human Services." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
“Do you want to live in a country,” Gregory Johnson asked, “that’s based on coerced, forced, compulsory patriotism?” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/u...
“Do you want to live in a country,” Gregory Johnson asked, “that’s based on coerced, forced, compulsory patriotism?” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/u...
Long Weekend #FridayPhoto 🗃️📷📸
Thank you so much @americanstudier.bsky.social for including my interview on the Unsung History podcast with @feministkelly.bsky.social in this week's #ScholarSunday 🗃️ ⬇️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApPS...
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Perhaps it's time to rewatch it?
For this week's #ThursdayFilmRec 🗃️🎥🍿🎬 #HATM Watch (or Rewatch) the terrific & ever relevant "The Lives of Others" (2006) - Dir. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck Past is Prologue. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsSh...
We thought we had hit rock bottom & then we heard a knock from below.
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‼️ Law & History Profs, if you're teaching Kleindienst v. Mandel (1972), check out Ch. 6 in "Threat of Dissent" focusing on Ernest Mandel's ideological exclusion & the Supreme Court's decision, using archival research & FOIA. Excerpt from @harvardpress.bsky.social. ⬇️🗃️ hup.medium.com/ideological-...
Enough is enough. The health of the country is in danger. Read our resignation letters: insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...
We thought we had hit rock bottom & then we heard a knock from below.
Terrible news for public health. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Good to speak with @shawnmusgrave.bsky.social from @theintercept.com about the history of the foreign policy provision being used by the Trump admin. to ideologically deport & now challenged in this lawsuit brought by the Stanford Daily & @thefireorg.bsky.social. ⬇️🗃️ theintercept.com/2025/08/26/s...
"WGBH, the bellwether public TV station in Boston, has laid off the 13 people who worked on the history series “American Experience” and announced that no new documentaries will be produced for the show until further notice." 🗃️ www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/a...
"WGBH, the bellwether public TV station in Boston, has laid off the 13 people who worked on the history series “American Experience” and announced that no new documentaries will be produced for the show until further notice." 🗃️ www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/a...
Thanks so much @irpinaingiro.bsky.social. Hope it's informative. Happy to discuss immigration history on this podcast.
For more on the foreign policy provision & the Mahmoud Khalil case, check out this article in @lawfaremedia.org. bsky.app/profile/lawf...
Good to speak with @shawnmusgrave.bsky.social from @theintercept.com about the history of the foreign policy provision being used by the Trump admin. to ideologically deport & now challenged in this lawsuit brought by the Stanford Daily & @thefireorg.bsky.social. ⬇️🗃️ theintercept.com/2025/08/26/s...
For more on the history of ideological exclusion/deportation ... www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
Enjoyed talking with @feministkelly.bsky.social about "Threat of Dissent," the Alien & Sedition Acts of 1798, Emma Goldman, & the history of ideological exclusion/deportation on her UNSUNG HISTORY Podcast. 🗃️ Listen here ⬇️ www.unsunghistorypodcast.com/IdeologicalE... www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApPS...
Pritzker: To the members of the press who are assembled here today and listening across the country, I am asking for your courage to tell it like it is. This is not a time to pretend here that there are two sides to this story.
Seems like a good time to bring this one out m.youtube.com/watch?v=pSAN...
Good 🧵 @kenwhite.bsky.social. Also, note that the EO includes targeting foreign nationals.
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Good 🧵by @kenwhite.bsky.social ⬇️ on flag burning EO. Also, note that the EO includes targeting foreign nationals.
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Protected under U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Texas v. Johnson (1989).
Ideological exclusion during the Trump administration. ⬇️🗃️ “They will want to erase my voice. Then why should I go there? It’s very frustrating to try to go to a country that doesn’t want you.” via @theintercept.com. theintercept.com/2025/08/23/t...
Ideological exclusion during the Trump administration. ⬇️🗃️ “They will want to erase my voice. Then why should I go there? It’s very frustrating to try to go to a country that doesn’t want you.” via @theintercept.com. theintercept.com/2025/08/23/t...
‼️ Colleagues: If you're prepping for the Fall term, please let me know how I can help & be in touch if you're teaching immigration, free speech/association, Cold War/McCarthyism, or ideological exclusion/deportation. 🗃️ @harvardpress.bsky.social @iehs.bsky.social www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
Thanks for your interest in my work. Hope you enjoy "Threat of Dissent." I do not address it in my book and it did not come up regarding deportation, but I believe there may be others who have addressed intersections between eugenics and anarchism/anti-anarchism, as well as eugenics and criminality.
No re-release. Just a movie rec.
Take a moment & read ⬇️. Slava Ukraini. 🇺🇦 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...
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Colleagues, if you're teaching & want to address the Trump admin's use of ideological exclusion/deportation, check out this article. 🗃️⬇️ Includes: Mahmoud Khalil Legislative History of Foreign Policy Provision Social Media Vetting to ideologically exclude AAUP Trial on ideological deportation
"The real offender here is a President who seems to think he can use the powers of his office to run vendettas. We said this was one of the risks of a second Trump term, and it’s turning out to be worse than we imagined." @wsj.com www.wsj.com/opinion/john...
"The Sorrow and the Pity" (Le Chagrin et la Pitié) (1969) - Dir. Marcel Ophuls #HATM 🗃️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-Xc...
"The real offender here is a President who seems to think he can use the powers of his office to run vendettas. We said this was one of the risks of a second Trump term, and it’s turning out to be worse than we imagined." @wsj.com www.wsj.com/opinion/john...
"The Sorrow and the Pity" (Le Chagrin et la Pitié) (1969) - Dir. Marcel Ophuls #HATM 🗃️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-Xc...
You're not alone. Not sure if you're incorporating anything on ideological exclusion/deportation. If so, please let me know if I can help. Happy to suggest readings & also later Zoom with your class, if it would be useful to you & your students.
Never Forget #FridayPhoto 🗃️📷📸
"The Pentagon has fired the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency ... weeks after the agency drafted a preliminary report that contradicted President Trump’s contention that Iran’s nuclear sites had been 'obliterated' in U.S. military strikes." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/u...
"The Pentagon has fired the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency ... weeks after the agency drafted a preliminary report that contradicted President Trump’s contention that Iran’s nuclear sites had been 'obliterated' in U.S. military strikes." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/u...
Never Forget #FridayPhoto 🗃️📷📸
"You don't roll cards. It's dice." 🤣
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For this week's #ThursdayFilmRec 🗃️🎥🍿🎬 #HATM Watch (or Rewatch) the classic, practically perfect "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981) - Dir. Steven Spielberg Harrison Ford in top form fighting Nazis. What more could you ask for? www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh_B...
Protected under U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Texas v. Johnson (1989).
@juliarosekraut.bsky.social and @tylermcbrien.com explain the history and evolution of ideological exclusion and deportation as a tool of political repression in the United States. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
OH MY GOD
Congratulations!
It will come down to implementation & enforcement by individual officials with whatever guidance or lack of guidance they receive on determining "anti-American ideologies." Their discretion can do some damage, but it's the chilling effect that will do much more.
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"Some students have given up on enrolling in U.S. schools entirely out of anxiety over the political environment in the United States. Others are staying away because they worry that even if they were to gain entry, they would effectively be trapped..." 🗃️ www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/u...
It will come down to implementation & enforcement by individual officials with whatever guidance or lack of guidance they receive on determining "anti-American ideologies." Their discretion can do some damage, but it's the chilling effect that will do much more.
"Some students have given up on enrolling in U.S. schools entirely out of anxiety over the political environment in the United States. Others are staying away because they worry that even if they were to gain entry, they would effectively be trapped..." 🗃️ www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/u...
Yes. ⬇️
Folks, this is another example of how the Trump admin. is using all the tools in the toolbox to exploit the vulnerabilities of noncitizens & to suppress dissent (including expression/association protected under the First Amendment) through ideological deportation, exclusion, & now benefit denials. 🗃️
Yes. It will come down to implementation & enforcement by individual officials with whatever guidance or lack of guidance they receive. That discretion can do some damage, but it's the chilling effect that will do much more.
Yes. ⬇️
This is another example of how the Trump admin is using all the tools in the toolbox to exploit the vulnerabilities of noncitizens & to suppress dissent (including expression/association protected under the First Amendment) through ideological deportation, exclusion, naturalization, benefit denials.
Here's an article from @brennancenter.org on these issues, including USCIS discretionary analysis & benefits. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
Folks, this is another example of how the Trump admin. is using all the tools in the toolbox to exploit the vulnerabilities of noncitizens & to suppress dissent (including expression/association protected under the First Amendment) through ideological deportation, exclusion, & now benefit denials. 🗃️
Learn more about the history of the foreign policy provision in the INA this new bill seeks to repeal & how the Trump administration has been using the provision to attempt to ideologically deport students in this @lawfaremedia.org article. ⬇️ 🗃️ www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
You're not alone. I've had similar summers in the past, and this summer has been pretty lousy. Hopefully, there have been moments of joy and peace, and future summers that are less stressful.
"Everybody Wants To Rule The World" (1985) - Tears for Fears 🗃️🎧🎶 www.youtube.com/watch?v=awoF...
Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦 #FridayPhoto 🗃️📷📸
"Everybody Wants To Rule The World" (1985) - Tears for Fears 🗃️🎧🎶 www.youtube.com/watch?v=awoF...
Cc @jasonzinoman.bsky.social
Full video of federal agents violently arresting a DC delivery worker this morning (shared with me by a bystander):
While masked agents were violently attacking a delivery worker this morning, bystanders repeatedly asked to see their badge numbers but they refused. Bystander: You guys are ruining this country, you know that, right? Agent: Liberals already ruined it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGOb...
BELATED - For this week's #ThursdayFilmRec 🗃️🎥🍿🎬 #HATM Watch (or Rewatch) "The Insider" (1999) - Dir. Michael Mann Including this terrific scene. ⬇️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB3P...
Thanks, Anna!
Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦 #FridayPhoto 🗃️📷📸
Learn more about the history of the foreign policy provision in the INA this new bill seeks to repeal & how the Trump administration has been using the provision to attempt to ideologically deport students in this @lawfaremedia.org article. ⬇️ 🗃️ www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
"None of this is about crime — it’s about power, and unlike in his first term, Trump now has a team around him with no qualms about using the full force of the military to help him obtain as much of it as possible." @swin24.bsky.social & @ryanbort.bsky.social.
Good 🧵 from @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social ⬇️
Good 🧵 from @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social ⬇️