Chris Rasmussen
@crasmus.bsky.social
Historian, University of Guam
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To be frank the week where my school was on spring break but my kid still had school was superior to the week where I have work but she’s on spring break
April 17, 2025 at 3:08 AM
To be frank the week where my school was on spring break but my kid still had school was superior to the week where I have work but she’s on spring break
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the emperor’s favorite concubine fired one of his top internal security officers while rumors abound that the household eunuch has lost the emperors favor
April 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM
the emperor’s favorite concubine fired one of his top internal security officers while rumors abound that the household eunuch has lost the emperors favor
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Now Trump and DOGE are making massive cuts to grants and staffing at the National Endowment for the Humanities. NEH funding is a tiny fraction of the federal budget, but it makes a difference in every state across the country. www.npr.org/2025/04/03/n...
Cultural groups across U.S. told that federal humanities grants are terminated
Among the thousands of groups affected by the sudden cessation of funds are state arts councils, museums, historic sites, archives, libraries, educators and media outlets in all 50 states.
www.npr.org
April 3, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Now Trump and DOGE are making massive cuts to grants and staffing at the National Endowment for the Humanities. NEH funding is a tiny fraction of the federal budget, but it makes a difference in every state across the country. www.npr.org/2025/04/03/n...
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Detention of student visa and Green Card holders paves the way for denaturalization and deportation/incarceration of citizens not born here (there are 24 million of us).
March 27, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Detention of student visa and Green Card holders paves the way for denaturalization and deportation/incarceration of citizens not born here (there are 24 million of us).
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Kseniia Petrova, a Russian scientist at Harvard Medical School, was detained at Logan Airport after returning from France and sent to an ICE detention in Louisiana, The Insider reports.
A big critic of Putin and the war in Ukraine, she may now be deported to Russia.
A big critic of Putin and the war in Ukraine, she may now be deported to Russia.
March 27, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Kseniia Petrova, a Russian scientist at Harvard Medical School, was detained at Logan Airport after returning from France and sent to an ICE detention in Louisiana, The Insider reports.
A big critic of Putin and the war in Ukraine, she may now be deported to Russia.
A big critic of Putin and the war in Ukraine, she may now be deported to Russia.
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Out of all the bullies and monsters in the administration, Marco Rubio seems like the purest specimen of how Nazism happened—not a sincere bigot or ideologue, just an empty shell who has literally no limits on what he will agree to do or pretend to believe, embracing brutality to fill his weakness
President Trump’s administration has officially expelled South Africa’s ambassador to the U.S., a spokesman for the South African president said on Saturday, calling the decision “regrettable.”
Trump Administration Expels South Africa’s Ambassador to the U.S.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio had lashed out on social media over comments critical of President Trump that the ambassador had made to a think tank in Johannesburg.
www.nytimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Out of all the bullies and monsters in the administration, Marco Rubio seems like the purest specimen of how Nazism happened—not a sincere bigot or ideologue, just an empty shell who has literally no limits on what he will agree to do or pretend to believe, embracing brutality to fill his weakness
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It seems likely to me that deportations will be calibrated to preserve a cheap labor force while making those who remain even more vulnerable to exploitation.
Striking: In numerous cases, Republicans or GOP-aligned industries are now admitting that mass deportations and rolling back Biden's climate agenda could prove disastrous in their parts of the country.
In my new piece, I've compiled many examples of this:
newrepublic.com/article/1890...
In my new piece, I've compiled many examples of this:
newrepublic.com/article/1890...
Suddenly, Trump’s Ugliest Threats Are Facing Surprise GOP Resistance
One of Trump’s central campaign claims was that green energy and immigration pose a massive threat to American workers. But now it seems local Republicans think otherwise.
newrepublic.com
December 7, 2024 at 9:46 PM
It seems likely to me that deportations will be calibrated to preserve a cheap labor force while making those who remain even more vulnerable to exploitation.