Julia Rose Kraut

Hello! I'm a legal historian specializing in immigration & First Amendment law/history. Unfortunately, my research & writing on ideological exclusion/deportation (1798 to Trump 1.0) continues to be relevant. I post on current events, immigration, free speech, & history. Also post my 📸, 🎧🎵, 🎬 recs. 🗃️

"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...

Hi folks. We've seen this before during the Cold War. Check out Ch. 5 in "Threat of Dissent" to learn more. 🗃️ And, remember, in Kent v. Dulles (1958), the U.S. Supreme Court held that American citizens have a fundamental right to travel. supreme.justia.com/cases/federa...

For this week's #ThursdayFilmRec 🗃️🎥🍿🎬🎃 #HATM Watch (or Rewatch) the best Zombie film (and the only Zombie film I'll watch): "Sinners" (2025) - Dir. Ryan Coogler www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7jo...

Cuomo doesn't really want to be the mayor of New York City. What he does want is political power. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/n...

Excellent piece by @tressiemcphd.bsky.social ⬇️ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...

First video played on MTV in 1981 was a music video for the song, "Video Killed the Radio Star" (1979) by The Buggles 🗃️🎶🎧 www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8r-...

Uh oh ... www.cnn.com/politics/liv...

Every time Cuomo opens his mouth he shows us all how (1) Cuomo doesn't know New York City (2) Cuomo doesn't like New York City (3) Cuomo doesn't know New Yorkers (4) Cuomo doesn't like New Yorkers 🗽 Cuomo doesn't want THIS job. He just wants a job.

www.reuters.com/world/us/nig...

Endorsement of Mamdani by ... Inigo Montoya ⬇️

Critics of Mamdani are getting very desperate ... and it shows. One week left - we'll probably see more of this.

The Statue of Liberty was dedicated on this day, October 28th, in 1886 in New York Harbor. 🗽 In 1987, President Reagan signed a proclamation designating October 28th as National Immigrants Day. 🗃️