Amira Hassan
@amirah.bsky.social
I do politics but would much rather talk about pop culture.
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This Wed, Dec. 3rd 6 pm EST at @busboysandpoets.bsky.social :
Join me, @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social, @mehdirhasan.bsky.social of @zeteo.com, & @versharma.bsky.social formerly of @teenvogue.com -- as we discuss building power outside of institutions.
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Join me, @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social, @mehdirhasan.bsky.social of @zeteo.com, & @versharma.bsky.social formerly of @teenvogue.com -- as we discuss building power outside of institutions.
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December 1, 2025 at 5:38 PM
This Wed, Dec. 3rd 6 pm EST at @busboysandpoets.bsky.social :
Join me, @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social, @mehdirhasan.bsky.social of @zeteo.com, & @versharma.bsky.social formerly of @teenvogue.com -- as we discuss building power outside of institutions.
RSVP: www.busboysandpoets.com/events/th-ev...
Join me, @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social, @mehdirhasan.bsky.social of @zeteo.com, & @versharma.bsky.social formerly of @teenvogue.com -- as we discuss building power outside of institutions.
RSVP: www.busboysandpoets.com/events/th-ev...
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Heard the same; this is what I mean by inches from the finish line; scheduled for the final citizenship oath ceremony and now suddenly that date is cancelled and people don't know what will happen next.
Our office has clients caught up in this. Hearing from colleagues nationwide about people having their naturalization oath ceremonies canceled. Some of the affected people aren't even subject to the travel ban due to other acquired citizenship, but they are still being caught up.
The Trump admin has paused all immigration and naturalization processes for people from one of the 19 travel ban countries; including Cuba and Venezuela.
Even people who fully passed the citizenship exam are having their cases put on hold, just inches from the finish line.
Even people who fully passed the citizenship exam are having their cases put on hold, just inches from the finish line.
December 2, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Heard the same; this is what I mean by inches from the finish line; scheduled for the final citizenship oath ceremony and now suddenly that date is cancelled and people don't know what will happen next.
It should be abundantly clear by now that it was never about “documented” vs. “undocumented” immigrants for Trump.
The majority of the Somali community came to the US as documented refugees…and many are citizens or legal residents.
Citizenship is rendered meaningless very quickly by fascists.
The majority of the Somali community came to the US as documented refugees…and many are citizens or legal residents.
Citizenship is rendered meaningless very quickly by fascists.
A new ICE operation in Minnesota will target undocumented Somali immigrants, a federal official says, as Trump ramps up attacks against the community. https://cnn.it/4pc3kax
December 2, 2025 at 9:07 PM
It should be abundantly clear by now that it was never about “documented” vs. “undocumented” immigrants for Trump.
The majority of the Somali community came to the US as documented refugees…and many are citizens or legal residents.
Citizenship is rendered meaningless very quickly by fascists.
The majority of the Somali community came to the US as documented refugees…and many are citizens or legal residents.
Citizenship is rendered meaningless very quickly by fascists.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Given she just signed off on federal occupation in DC, Bowser was not going to win anyways 🤷🏾♀️
DC Mayor Muriel Bowser announces she will not seek a fourth term
November 25, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Given she just signed off on federal occupation in DC, Bowser was not going to win anyways 🤷🏾♀️
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It remains insane to me that DOGE was treated at the time as an impressive shock and awe accomplishment - “you can’t deny he’s getting stuff done!” - and then instantly memory holed by the press once if became clear it was a total failure by every possible standard including Musk’s own
Difficult to overstate how profound a failure DOGE was. Spending in FY2025 was not only than in FY2024 – but higher than it was projected to be when Trump first took office.*
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
It remains insane to me that DOGE was treated at the time as an impressive shock and awe accomplishment - “you can’t deny he’s getting stuff done!” - and then instantly memory holed by the press once if became clear it was a total failure by every possible standard including Musk’s own
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“Always put the people first”: Progressives get a new candidate in New York City
Darializa Avila Chevalier, a community organizer in Manhattan, is challenging Rep. Adriano Espaillat in Harlem (New York's 13th congressional district)
www.salon.com/2025/11/20/a...
Darializa Avila Chevalier, a community organizer in Manhattan, is challenging Rep. Adriano Espaillat in Harlem (New York's 13th congressional district)
www.salon.com/2025/11/20/a...
"Always put the people first": Progressives get a new candidate in New York City - Salon.com
Darializa Avila Chevalier, a community organizer in Manhattan, is challenging Rep. Adriano Espaillat in Harlem
www.salon.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:33 PM
“Always put the people first”: Progressives get a new candidate in New York City
Darializa Avila Chevalier, a community organizer in Manhattan, is challenging Rep. Adriano Espaillat in Harlem (New York's 13th congressional district)
www.salon.com/2025/11/20/a...
Darializa Avila Chevalier, a community organizer in Manhattan, is challenging Rep. Adriano Espaillat in Harlem (New York's 13th congressional district)
www.salon.com/2025/11/20/a...
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NEW IL-09 poll with the Justice Coalition Action: Daniel Biss and Kat Abughazaleh are tied for first in the Democratic primary with 18% of the vote.
Laura Fine trails in third with 10%, and all other candidates receive 6% or less of the vote.
Laura Fine trails in third with 10%, and all other candidates receive 6% or less of the vote.
November 20, 2025 at 9:03 PM
NEW IL-09 poll with the Justice Coalition Action: Daniel Biss and Kat Abughazaleh are tied for first in the Democratic primary with 18% of the vote.
Laura Fine trails in third with 10%, and all other candidates receive 6% or less of the vote.
Laura Fine trails in third with 10%, and all other candidates receive 6% or less of the vote.
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It's hard to describe how disorienting it is to see this many students absent. My only mental reference point is the weeks leading up to school getting canceled due to COVID-19, when students were starting to stay home due to illness or out of precaution. CBP/ICE is a plague.
November 18, 2025 at 12:41 PM
It's hard to describe how disorienting it is to see this many students absent. My only mental reference point is the weeks leading up to school getting canceled due to COVID-19, when students were starting to stay home due to illness or out of precaution. CBP/ICE is a plague.
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on today's Very Special Episode of "bring back shame"
November 18, 2025 at 1:26 PM
on today's Very Special Episode of "bring back shame"
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I got the video. We shouldn't get acclimated to this racist, edgelord shit.
November 17, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I got the video. We shouldn't get acclimated to this racist, edgelord shit.
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See if we had kept the Me Too men cancelled the first time so much of this could have been avoided
November 18, 2025 at 5:35 AM
See if we had kept the Me Too men cancelled the first time so much of this could have been avoided
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So Harvard is keeping this guy, but Claudine Gay had to step down over ginned up plagiarism accusations and bad-faith accusations of anti-Semitism.
Got it.
Got it.
Larry Summers tells @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
November 18, 2025 at 5:10 AM
So Harvard is keeping this guy, but Claudine Gay had to step down over ginned up plagiarism accusations and bad-faith accusations of anti-Semitism.
Got it.
Got it.
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NEW: The White House intervened in a DHS investigation.
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
November 18, 2025 at 11:41 AM
NEW: The White House intervened in a DHS investigation.
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
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NEW: The Tate brothers, who have been accused of sexual misconduct in three countries, had their devices seized by law enforcement when they arrived in the U.S.
Days later, a White House official told DHS to return them.
Days later, a White House official told DHS to return them.
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: The Tate brothers, who have been accused of sexual misconduct in three countries, had their devices seized by law enforcement when they arrived in the U.S.
Days later, a White House official told DHS to return them.
Days later, a White House official told DHS to return them.
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thank you for the outpouring of support!
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
Donate to Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover, organized by Lexi McMenamin
More than half the team at Teen Vogue was laid off this week by our parent co… Lexi McMenamin needs your support for Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover
www.gofundme.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
thank you for the outpouring of support!
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
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if cuomo no win why concession speech win-flavored
November 5, 2025 at 3:43 AM
if cuomo no win why concession speech win-flavored
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I genuinely think sometimes rather than explaining or arguing these totally made up controversies people should just be shamed for pretending not to know basic information about the world
October 28, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I genuinely think sometimes rather than explaining or arguing these totally made up controversies people should just be shamed for pretending not to know basic information about the world
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Sorry I refuse to entertain the complete non-existent world where white people don’t know that countless cultures, including some of their own but certainly diasporic racialized ones, call their mom’s cousin’s friend’s sister they grew up with “cousin” and call close women elders “aunt/auntie”
October 28, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Sorry I refuse to entertain the complete non-existent world where white people don’t know that countless cultures, including some of their own but certainly diasporic racialized ones, call their mom’s cousin’s friend’s sister they grew up with “cousin” and call close women elders “aunt/auntie”
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The East India Company spent most of the half-century prior to 1820 in various states of looming bankruptcy, vexatious scandal, and aggressive war. Famine and revolt erupted routinely on its watch. Is this a good thing?
If the model here is that you let a private company conquer a country, co-opt local elites to exploit it for profit and govern it by force, while providing no public services and never worrying about elections, then, yes - this is a really good analogy, Mr Kruger.
October 29, 2025 at 9:56 AM
The East India Company spent most of the half-century prior to 1820 in various states of looming bankruptcy, vexatious scandal, and aggressive war. Famine and revolt erupted routinely on its watch. Is this a good thing?
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I need to say this. The fascist PRETEND they don't know who receives SNAP in the U.S. They actually do know and they lie because they need to paint an alternate reality of who is "benefiting"
October 27, 2025 at 12:55 AM
I need to say this. The fascist PRETEND they don't know who receives SNAP in the U.S. They actually do know and they lie because they need to paint an alternate reality of who is "benefiting"
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The fantasies of every ICE agent facing some sort of (severe!) justice tribunal are shocking to me. People speak about it so confidently, like it's something that will magically, inevitably occur... Can you point to a clear precedent in *this country's* history? I only know of the myriad opposites
October 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The fantasies of every ICE agent facing some sort of (severe!) justice tribunal are shocking to me. People speak about it so confidently, like it's something that will magically, inevitably occur... Can you point to a clear precedent in *this country's* history? I only know of the myriad opposites
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NEW: Democrats in the House and Senate announced plans for a wide-ranging investigation into immigration agents’ detention of citizens after a ProPublica story found that more than 170 Americans have been held by immigration officials this year.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
Joint Congressional Investigation Launched in Response to ProPublica’s Revelations on Detained Americans
Senators, House members and even a mayor expressed outrage and demanded accountability after our investigation detailed how at least 170 citizens have been held by immigration agents this year.
www.propublica.org
October 21, 2025 at 10:22 PM
NEW: Democrats in the House and Senate announced plans for a wide-ranging investigation into immigration agents’ detention of citizens after a ProPublica story found that more than 170 Americans have been held by immigration officials this year.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social