Bec Hamilton
@bechamilton.bsky.social
Law Prof at AUWCL |Exec. Editor at Just Security |Mama of 4 fab young ppl |Fmr Washington Post, Reuters, International Criminal Court| Atrocity prevention, tech, climate |Proud #firstgen | Open water swimmer|
Always read @jeremykonyndyk.bsky.social - The Aftermath of Feeding America’s Credibility Into the Woodchipper www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/o...
Opinion | The Aftermath of Feeding America’s Credibility Into the Woodchipper
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February 8, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Always read @jeremykonyndyk.bsky.social - The Aftermath of Feeding America’s Credibility Into the Woodchipper www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/o...
Georgia Fort, sounding the alarm: I Was Arrested for Doing My Job as a Reporter. Who’s Next? www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/o...
Opinion | I Was Arrested for Doing My Job as a Reporter. Who’s Next?
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February 6, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Georgia Fort, sounding the alarm: I Was Arrested for Doing My Job as a Reporter. Who’s Next? www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/o...
Just published: Invaluable
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project to help us see forest amid trees: www.justsecurity.org/130745/minne... Key patterns in sworn decs against ICE in MN: 100% w Legal Status/Status Pending; Docs Ignored; No Warrants; Racial & Religious Profiling; Physical Force Used; Masked Agents.
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project to help us see forest amid trees: www.justsecurity.org/130745/minne... Key patterns in sworn decs against ICE in MN: 100% w Legal Status/Status Pending; Docs Ignored; No Warrants; Racial & Religious Profiling; Physical Force Used; Masked Agents.
Minnesota ICE Enforcement: Alleged Constitutional Violations
The ACLU and partners sued over alleged racial profiling and unlawful arrests in Minnesota. Read sworn declarations and case details.
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February 5, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Just published: Invaluable
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project to help us see forest amid trees: www.justsecurity.org/130745/minne... Key patterns in sworn decs against ICE in MN: 100% w Legal Status/Status Pending; Docs Ignored; No Warrants; Racial & Religious Profiling; Physical Force Used; Masked Agents.
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project to help us see forest amid trees: www.justsecurity.org/130745/minne... Key patterns in sworn decs against ICE in MN: 100% w Legal Status/Status Pending; Docs Ignored; No Warrants; Racial & Religious Profiling; Physical Force Used; Masked Agents.
Just published: Invaluable
@justsecurity.org
project to help us see forest amid trees: www.justsecurity.org/130745/minne... Key patterns in sworn decs against ICE in MN: 100% w Legal Status/Status Pending; Docs Ignored; No Warrants; Racial & Religious Profiling; Physical Force Used; Masked Agents.
@justsecurity.org
project to help us see forest amid trees: www.justsecurity.org/130745/minne... Key patterns in sworn decs against ICE in MN: 100% w Legal Status/Status Pending; Docs Ignored; No Warrants; Racial & Religious Profiling; Physical Force Used; Masked Agents.
Minnesota ICE Enforcement: Alleged Constitutional Violations
The ACLU and partners sued over alleged racial profiling and unlawful arrests in Minnesota. Read sworn declarations and case details.
www.justsecurity.org
February 5, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Just published: Invaluable
@justsecurity.org
project to help us see forest amid trees: www.justsecurity.org/130745/minne... Key patterns in sworn decs against ICE in MN: 100% w Legal Status/Status Pending; Docs Ignored; No Warrants; Racial & Religious Profiling; Physical Force Used; Masked Agents.
@justsecurity.org
project to help us see forest amid trees: www.justsecurity.org/130745/minne... Key patterns in sworn decs against ICE in MN: 100% w Legal Status/Status Pending; Docs Ignored; No Warrants; Racial & Religious Profiling; Physical Force Used; Masked Agents.
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“The arts shouldn’t be political.”
This is simply gorgeous.
This is simply gorgeous.
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 1:53 PM
“The arts shouldn’t be political.”
This is simply gorgeous.
This is simply gorgeous.
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I've never read a more painful transcript of a judicial proceeding. DOJ throws a neophyte into court to defend ICE's failure to comply with judicial orders even though she has no courtroom experience and has been given no guidance whatsoever about how to proceed, ... [1]
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Kira Kelley, who represents folks arrested by ICE in MN:
"Most of my clients, they report that respondents, upon
detaining them, have no idea who they are.
They are pulled over for how they look or for where they are ..."
source:
drive.google.com/file/d/1FnY2...
"Most of my clients, they report that respondents, upon
detaining them, have no idea who they are.
They are pulled over for how they look or for where they are ..."
source:
drive.google.com/file/d/1FnY2...
February 5, 2026 at 1:42 AM
I've never read a more painful transcript of a judicial proceeding. DOJ throws a neophyte into court to defend ICE's failure to comply with judicial orders even though she has no courtroom experience and has been given no guidance whatsoever about how to proceed, ... [1]
@justsecurity.org
@justsecurity.org
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My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power
February 4, 2026 at 7:40 PM
My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power
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Seven years ago yesterday, this ad ran during the Super Bowl.
'Democracy Dies in Darkness': Super Bowl commercial (2019)
YouTube video by Washington Post
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February 4, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Seven years ago yesterday, this ad ran during the Super Bowl.
www.state.gov/releases/off... That well known champion of freedom, Victor Orban
United States and Hungary Partner on Advancing Religious Freedom in the Middle East and Africa - United States Department of State
Today, Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources Michael J. Rigas and Hungary’s State Secretary for the Aid of Persecuted Christians and the Hungary Helps Program, Tristan Azbej, signed a memorand...
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February 4, 2026 at 8:26 PM
www.state.gov/releases/off... That well known champion of freedom, Victor Orban
The Secret Egyptian Air Base Behind Sudan’s Drone War www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/w...
The Secret Egyptian Air Base Behind Sudan’s Drone War
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February 2, 2026 at 12:33 AM
The Secret Egyptian Air Base Behind Sudan’s Drone War www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/w...
This is well done and rings awfully true. This Is Not a Drill www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...
Opinion | This Is Not a Drill
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February 1, 2026 at 1:20 PM
This is well done and rings awfully true. This Is Not a Drill www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...
Students Are Skipping the Hardest Part of Growing Up www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/o...
Opinion | Students Are Skipping the Hardest Part of Growing Up
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January 30, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Students Are Skipping the Hardest Part of Growing Up www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/o...
This is an unquestionably positive step. But as a scholar of atrocity crimes I also feel the need to remind ppl that such individuals can (& will) be replaced with others to achieve the same ends unless & until you tackle the system that enables & incentivizes the crimes.
BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Gregory Bovino Gets Demoted
The Border Patrol chief was the public face of a traveling immigration crackdown on cities governed by Democrats.
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January 27, 2026 at 12:16 AM
This is an unquestionably positive step. But as a scholar of atrocity crimes I also feel the need to remind ppl that such individuals can (& will) be replaced with others to achieve the same ends unless & until you tackle the system that enables & incentivizes the crimes.
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BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Gregory Bovino Gets Demoted
The Border Patrol chief was the public face of a traveling immigration crackdown on cities governed by Democrats.
www.theatlantic.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:40 PM
BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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NEWS: Bari Weiss will hold an all-hands meeting to discuss the future of CBS News tomorrow, per note that just went out to employees.
January 26, 2026 at 3:08 PM
NEWS: Bari Weiss will hold an all-hands meeting to discuss the future of CBS News tomorrow, per note that just went out to employees.
Powerful & damming witness statement: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
TincherSealedWitnessDec012426.PDF
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January 25, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Powerful & damming witness statement: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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Bellingcat took a very close look at the killing, which clearly contradicts the DHS narrative
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Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis on Jan. 24 according to local police officials. DHS told Fox News that the man was “armed with a gun”. A video of the shooting appears to show that a gun was taken from the man before the first shot was fired. x.com/BillMelugin_...
January 24, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Bellingcat took a very close look at the killing, which clearly contradicts the DHS narrative
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City of Minneapolis presser now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_sK...
January 24, 2026 Press conference
YouTube video by cityofminneapolis
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January 24, 2026 at 5:56 PM
City of Minneapolis presser now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_sK...
"There is absolutely nothing stopping the United States today from adding to that security either within the existing framework or with alterations — without the use of force. Greenland is an ally of the United States, and Denmark is an ally of the United States." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...
Opinion | We Ask Only That You Don’t Harm Greenland
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January 19, 2026 at 3:02 PM
"There is absolutely nothing stopping the United States today from adding to that security either within the existing framework or with alterations — without the use of force. Greenland is an ally of the United States, and Denmark is an ally of the United States." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...
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Just pause and take that in.
Germany sends troops to Greenland
www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/usa-...
www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/usa-...
USA-News: Deutschland sendet gutes Dutzend Soldaten nach Grönland.
Vor dem Hintergrund der US-Ansprüche auf Grönland entsenden auch die Nato-Staaten Schweden und Norwegen Militär auf die Insel. Bei den Gesprächen mit den USA zeichnet sich keine Lösung des Konflikts ...
www.sueddeutsche.de
January 14, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Just pause and take that in.
Great public education work being done by @rgoodlaw.bsky.social & @weissmann.substack.com here on our legal rights & their practical application in relation to ICE encounters: ryangoodmanlaw.substack.com/p/frame-by-f...
Frame by Frame Analysis: How Minneapolis Woman Exercised Her Rights in ICE Encounter
ICE tactics in "immigration checks" with Andrew Weissmann and Ryan Goodman
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January 14, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Great public education work being done by @rgoodlaw.bsky.social & @weissmann.substack.com here on our legal rights & their practical application in relation to ICE encounters: ryangoodmanlaw.substack.com/p/frame-by-f...
For the tracking #freepress file: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
FBI executes search warrant at Washington Post reporter’s home
The reporter, Hannah Natanson, covers the federal workforce and has been part of The Post’s most sensitive coverage of the first year of the second Trump administration.
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January 14, 2026 at 2:04 PM
For the tracking #freepress file: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...