Andrew Rasmussen
razzpunk.bsky.social
Andrew Rasmussen
@razzpunk.bsky.social
Middle school social studies teacher, father, husband, son, punk rebel, progressive, improv comedian, etc.
Seems to me the right-wingers are not really calling for measured debate as much as just wanting to silence liberal voices or voices that criticize right-wingers. Also trying to “cancel” the word fascist seems like something fascists would do right?
September 18, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Seeing lots of MAGA concern about Mexican flags…but what about Irish flags at St Patrick’s Day or Italian flags in Italian American neighborhoods? Are only white people allowed to fly their ancestral flags?
June 11, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Yeah….I have to work two jobs just to almost make ends meet…system is so rigged but people get distracted by b.s.
In 1974, one job paid for a home, kids, car, and vacation.

The minimum wage in '74 was $2/hr. Today in most parts of this country you’d need $60-75/hr to live the same life.

Wages are flat. Everything else has skyrocketed.

It’s a rigged system funneling money upward while the rest of us drown.
May 19, 2025 at 2:30 AM
It seems that there is no real organized and effective resistance to Trump’s fascism…just little pockets of outrage with no levers of power left. Does anyone see any signs of hope at all?
February 13, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Reading “Technofeudalism” by Yanos Varoufukis and gotta say it is pretty galling how much free “labor” we give Big Tech to use and make profits off of. Burn the internet down?
February 6, 2025 at 9:52 PM
The news about Neil Gaiman being a sadistic sex predator proves again why making celebrities or politicians heroes is usually going to disappoint. Look to yourself look to those everyday people in your life for heroic deeds instead!
January 15, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Thanksgiving break buzzed by and now I work my 2nd job tomorrow and really not sure what I’m doing in class Monday….start of American Revolution is where I am in curriculum. Anyone have favorite ways to start that unit???
December 1, 2024 at 2:16 AM
Reposted by Andrew Rasmussen
Donald Trump wants you to believe that he is all powerful and that if you fight back you will lose.

He wants you to believe that if you fight back you face danger.

It is time for us to build not a temporary resistance but a long term opposition.
November 27, 2024 at 2:57 PM
I sometimes don’t know how to feel about teaching American history right now. Trump is planning on ending the republic and destroying all progress we’ve made towards a more just society…how do I adjust my teaching to this new reality? It’s depressing in ways but fires me up in other ways.
November 23, 2024 at 3:29 AM
Let’s play a game: Which of my neighbors will be the first to turn me in for being anti-Trump and watch from their yard as I’m dragged off to the camps?
November 20, 2024 at 1:47 PM
Not obeying in advance! Not normalizing this insanity!
November 20, 2024 at 2:25 AM
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Free speech is a beautiful thing, but when a billionaire thinks his voice is more valuable than yours and steps on your opinion using their vast wealth it creates an inequality that we really need to address.
November 17, 2024 at 3:27 AM
Ahh Sunday…a day when many public school teachers like me go work our second jobs to keep our family afloat!
November 17, 2024 at 3:16 PM
As a social studies teacher I frame my entire curriculum around the American ideals of freedom, justice, equality, opportunity, and democracy. Never gonna stop!
November 17, 2024 at 2:46 AM
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Word of the day...
November 14, 2024 at 8:33 AM