Jaewoong Jeon
@jjeon.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at NYU, working on the history of capitalism in East Asia.
https://as.nyu.edu/faculty/jaewoong-jeon.html
https://as.nyu.edu/faculty/jaewoong-jeon.html
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If ICE agents come onto my campus, or the campus of K-12 schools, I want the school to use active shooter protocols: lock them out, hide the kids and staff, and call the police to inform them of armed gunmen on campus.
November 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
If ICE agents come onto my campus, or the campus of K-12 schools, I want the school to use active shooter protocols: lock them out, hide the kids and staff, and call the police to inform them of armed gunmen on campus.
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alt hed: President confirms he is full of shit.
President Trump posted what appeared to be an A.I.-generated video on social media showing him wearing a crown and flying a jet labeled “King Trump” that dumps brown liquid on protesters. He shared the video on Saturday, the same day that protesters participated in mass “No Kings” demonstrations.
Trump Posts Fake A.I. Video of Himself Flying a ‘King Trump’ Jet Over Protesters
President Trump shared what appeared to be an A.I.-generated video on social media. It shows Mr. Trump wearing a crown and flying a jet that dumps brown liquid on demonstrators.
nyti.ms
October 19, 2025 at 6:43 PM
alt hed: President confirms he is full of shit.
Absolutely unconscionable. www.nytimes.com/video/nyregi...
Video: Federal Agent Pushes Woman to Floor at Immigration Courthouse
Federal agents shoved a woman to the floor after she clung to her husband who was being detained at an immigration courthouse in Manhattan. The Department of Homeland Security said the agent was “reli...
www.nytimes.com
September 28, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Absolutely unconscionable. www.nytimes.com/video/nyregi...
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Now fire his ass.
IMPORTANT UPDATE: Thank you to all who called or emailed to complain.
www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-off...
www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-off...
"Unacceptable": ICE officer relieved of duties after videos show him shoving woman to the ground
An ICE officer who was captured on video pushing a woman to the ground outside an immigration court in New York City has been relieved of his duties.
www.cbsnews.com
September 26, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Now fire his ass.
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So the state’s largest economic development project is the site of a raid where the feds held 300 economic ally partners hostage. Now the detained employees are awaiting their government to send a charter plane to take them back to South Korea from the Savannah area.
BREAKING: South Korea says it has reached a deal with the U.S. on the release of South Korean workers detained at a Hyundai plant in Georgia.
South Korea says it has reached a deal with the US for the release of workers in a Georgia plant
South Korea says it has reached a deal with the U.S. for the release of South Korean workers detained in an immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in Georgia.
bit.ly
September 7, 2025 at 1:04 PM
So the state’s largest economic development project is the site of a raid where the feds held 300 economic ally partners hostage. Now the detained employees are awaiting their government to send a charter plane to take them back to South Korea from the Savannah area.
Trump Is Waging War on His Own Citizens www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/o...
A brilliant essay by Grandin
A brilliant essay by Grandin
Opinion | Trump Is Waging War on His Own Citizens
www.nytimes.com
July 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Trump Is Waging War on His Own Citizens www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/o...
A brilliant essay by Grandin
A brilliant essay by Grandin
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Delighted to run into this during my walk today in my neighborhood
June 15, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Delighted to run into this during my walk today in my neighborhood
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A tiny but wild snapshot of the current chaos
May 29, 2025 at 11:59 AM
A tiny but wild snapshot of the current chaos
The Miners Who Lost Their Jobs, but Not Their Faith in Trump’s Tariffs www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/b...
The Miners Who Lost Their Jobs, but Not Their Faith in Trump’s Tariffs
www.nytimes.com
May 20, 2025 at 8:49 PM
The Miners Who Lost Their Jobs, but Not Their Faith in Trump’s Tariffs www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/b...
What Is the Future of George Floyd Square? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
5 Years After George Floyd’s Death, Minneapolis Debates His Memorial Site
Five years after the corner where George Floyd was killed became the epicenter of a national protest movement, the future of the site is unsettled.
www.nytimes.com
May 20, 2025 at 8:41 PM
What Is the Future of George Floyd Square? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Why Tot Celebrity Ms. Rachel Waded Into the Gaza Debate www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/a...
Why Tot Celebrity Ms. Rachel Waded Into the Gaza Debate
www.nytimes.com
May 18, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Why Tot Celebrity Ms. Rachel Waded Into the Gaza Debate www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/a...
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As of this afternoon, Columbia's acting president Claire Shipman finally signed onto this letter. Better late than never!
www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...
www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...
A Call for Constructive Engagement | AAC&U
A Call for Constructive Engagement
www.aacu.org
April 23, 2025 at 12:23 AM
As of this afternoon, Columbia's acting president Claire Shipman finally signed onto this letter. Better late than never!
www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...
www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...
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Columbia may have signed its own death notice. Word has it that tomorrow Columbia will announce an agreement to formal oversight by Trump. This, if true, will signal the death of Columbia as we knew it - a premier teaching and research institution. I explain it here: youtube.com/shorts/W7Rr7...
Columbia University may have signed its own death notice.
YouTube video by Katherine Franke
youtube.com
April 13, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Columbia may have signed its own death notice. Word has it that tomorrow Columbia will announce an agreement to formal oversight by Trump. This, if true, will signal the death of Columbia as we knew it - a premier teaching and research institution. I explain it here: youtube.com/shorts/W7Rr7...
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More of this!
Fired Justice Department employee reveals that Trump officials tried to send armed officers to her home to intimidate her and her family:
“I will not be bullied into concealing the ongoing corruption and abuse of power.”
“I will not be bullied into concealing the ongoing corruption and abuse of power.”
April 7, 2025 at 10:32 PM
More of this!
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Letter signed by members of the Columbia History Department urging resistance to the Trump Administration's efforts to dictate university policy.
"Should this control be realized, here or elsewhere, it would make any real historical scholarship, teaching, and intellectual community impossible."
"Should this control be realized, here or elsewhere, it would make any real historical scholarship, teaching, and intellectual community impossible."
March 20, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Letter signed by members of the Columbia History Department urging resistance to the Trump Administration's efforts to dictate university policy.
"Should this control be realized, here or elsewhere, it would make any real historical scholarship, teaching, and intellectual community impossible."
"Should this control be realized, here or elsewhere, it would make any real historical scholarship, teaching, and intellectual community impossible."
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how, then, are any of these university affiliates supposed to do their jobs?
none of this is sustainable, and the longer higher ed leaders wait to push back the deeper the longer term damage will cut.
none of this is sustainable, and the longer higher ed leaders wait to push back the deeper the longer term damage will cut.
Chilling report from Brown University.
Administration advises all foreign students, staff, and faculty to postpone or reconsider (ie cancel) international travel, due to federal government's crackdown on universities.
Brown also warns against *domestic travel* -since it's unclear what ICE will do.
Administration advises all foreign students, staff, and faculty to postpone or reconsider (ie cancel) international travel, due to federal government's crackdown on universities.
Brown also warns against *domestic travel* -since it's unclear what ICE will do.
Brown University advises all international community members to postpone, reconsider travel
One week before spring break, Brown advised international community members, including green card holders and permanent residents, to postpone international travel in a campus-wide email sent on Sunda...
www.browndailyherald.com
March 17, 2025 at 6:13 PM
how, then, are any of these university affiliates supposed to do their jobs?
none of this is sustainable, and the longer higher ed leaders wait to push back the deeper the longer term damage will cut.
none of this is sustainable, and the longer higher ed leaders wait to push back the deeper the longer term damage will cut.
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Bright passionate people who wanted to dedicate their lives to public service were fired in a mass email over the holiday weekend.
This has absolutely nothing to do with efficiency, fraud, waste, or abuse. And your life will be worse because of it.
This has absolutely nothing to do with efficiency, fraud, waste, or abuse. And your life will be worse because of it.
Brian Gibbs had no clue Friday would be his last day at his dream job. The education technician park ranger at Effigy Mounds National Monument in Iowa reported to work, only to be terminated on despite receiving an exceptional performance evaluation in the fall.
After landing his dream job as a park ranger, he’s ‘heartbroken’ to be let go in federal cuts | CNN
Brian Gibbs had no clue Friday would be his last day at his dream job. The education technician park ranger at Effigy Mounds National Monument in Iowa reported to work, only to be terminated on despit...
www.cnn.com
February 18, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Bright passionate people who wanted to dedicate their lives to public service were fired in a mass email over the holiday weekend.
This has absolutely nothing to do with efficiency, fraud, waste, or abuse. And your life will be worse because of it.
This has absolutely nothing to do with efficiency, fraud, waste, or abuse. And your life will be worse because of it.
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Corporations want control over your digital books, ending the concept of ownership
www.theverge.com/news/612898/...
www.theverge.com/news/612898/...
Amazon’s killing a feature that let you download and backup Kindle books
It’s bad if you like to keep ebook backup copies.
www.theverge.com
February 15, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Corporations want control over your digital books, ending the concept of ownership
www.theverge.com/news/612898/...
www.theverge.com/news/612898/...
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Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"
January 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"
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Our next film, The American Revolution, will air on
@pbs.org starting 11/16. Leading up to the broadcast, we'll have a national conversation about this important event and how it helped define us as a people - and changed the world. More info is here: www.pbs.org/kenburns/the...
@pbs.org starting 11/16. Leading up to the broadcast, we'll have a national conversation about this important event and how it helped define us as a people - and changed the world. More info is here: www.pbs.org/kenburns/the...
The American Revolution | Coming Fall 2025 | PBS
The American Revolution, a landmark documentary by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt, is coming Fall 2025.
www.pbs.org
January 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Our next film, The American Revolution, will air on
@pbs.org starting 11/16. Leading up to the broadcast, we'll have a national conversation about this important event and how it helped define us as a people - and changed the world. More info is here: www.pbs.org/kenburns/the...
@pbs.org starting 11/16. Leading up to the broadcast, we'll have a national conversation about this important event and how it helped define us as a people - and changed the world. More info is here: www.pbs.org/kenburns/the...
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New #AsiaNow post: a quartet of the late Carter Eckert's students remember his lasting legacy as a teacher and mentor.
https://buff.ly/3PoXF0O
https://buff.ly/3PoXF0O
January 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM
New #AsiaNow post: a quartet of the late Carter Eckert's students remember his lasting legacy as a teacher and mentor.
https://buff.ly/3PoXF0O
https://buff.ly/3PoXF0O