Tracy Hahn-Burkett
@thahnburkett.bsky.social
Writer and public policy advocate. Let’s keep democracy and get rid of gun violence, not the other way around.
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Haven’t seen this point here in a while, but applying for asylum in the U.S. is LEGAL.
February 6, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Haven’t seen this point here in a while, but applying for asylum in the U.S. is LEGAL.
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it's so, so, so frustrating how they act like people applying for asylum are subject to removal proceedings. that is not the law!!!!
Just heard back from DHS on why they abruptly expedited Ramos' asylum hearing:
“These are regular removal proceedings. This is standard procedure and there is nothing retaliatory about enforcing the nation’s immigration laws. He will receive full due process."
(This is not standard procedure.)
“These are regular removal proceedings. This is standard procedure and there is nothing retaliatory about enforcing the nation’s immigration laws. He will receive full due process."
(This is not standard procedure.)
February 6, 2026 at 8:17 PM
it's so, so, so frustrating how they act like people applying for asylum are subject to removal proceedings. that is not the law!!!!
WOW!
Do NOT try this at home!
Do NOT try this at home!
Lindsey Vonn tore her ACL last week. It's a debilitating injury that can take anywhere from six to nine months--hold up
February 6, 2026 at 4:43 PM
WOW!
Do NOT try this at home!
Do NOT try this at home!
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Luttig: It doesn’t matter what the Supreme Court does from this point forward. For two years, the Supreme Court has authorized the absolute lawlessness and unconstitutional activity of this president.
February 5, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Luttig: It doesn’t matter what the Supreme Court does from this point forward. For two years, the Supreme Court has authorized the absolute lawlessness and unconstitutional activity of this president.
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wow too much for tim scott is saying something
Sen. Tim Scott, the only Black Republican in the Senate, had this to say:
February 6, 2026 at 3:02 PM
wow too much for tim scott is saying something
See? This is why reality and satire look the same.
This is an actual thing happening on Saturday. Imagine being this much of a pick-me shill.
February 5, 2026 at 3:56 PM
See? This is why reality and satire look the same.
At first glance, I thought this was satire.
This timeline is exhausting.
This timeline is exhausting.
very weird “I am Spartacus” thing happening right now with the worst people on earth
February 5, 2026 at 3:55 PM
At first glance, I thought this was satire.
This timeline is exhausting.
This timeline is exhausting.
I’m not going to post them here, but go find clips of his National Prayer Breakfast remarks & tell me how this is permitted to go on. How does it represent anything but failure of governance & corruption? America, all the alarms are flashing red.
February 5, 2026 at 3:15 PM
I’m not going to post them here, but go find clips of his National Prayer Breakfast remarks & tell me how this is permitted to go on. How does it represent anything but failure of governance & corruption? America, all the alarms are flashing red.
Whoa!
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🚨HOLY CRAP. The Trump admin just took a SLEDGEHAMMER to due process, largely eliminating the Board of Immigration Appeals process and MANDATING DISMISSAL of ALL appeals (which cost $1,000 thanks to OBBBA) filed after tomorrow unless a majority of the BIA votes to hear the case.
February 5, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Whoa!
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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 2:59 PM
👏👏👏
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The world factbook was an invaluable resource in asylum petitions—a place where the federal government acknowledged in writing that, for example, Tibetans face systematic repression in China. I don’t like to have it vanish.
Add the CIA World Factbook to the long and growing list of disappearing government datasets: www.cia.gov/stories/stor...
February 5, 2026 at 2:42 PM
The world factbook was an invaluable resource in asylum petitions—a place where the federal government acknowledged in writing that, for example, Tibetans face systematic repression in China. I don’t like to have it vanish.
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Measles cases, by vaccination status, in South Carolina.
It’s almost like vaccines work!
It’s almost like vaccines work!
February 4, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Measles cases, by vaccination status, in South Carolina.
It’s almost like vaccines work!
It’s almost like vaccines work!
Are we supposed to take this seriously?
Truly hilarious headline from the Bezos-owned Washington Post yesterday.
Never, ever let the guys who control half the wealth in America and just got billions of dollars in tax breaks tell you we shouldn't tax the rich.
Never, ever let the guys who control half the wealth in America and just got billions of dollars in tax breaks tell you we shouldn't tax the rich.
February 4, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Are we supposed to take this seriously?
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“In an irony MAGA will not understand, through the work of ordinary Minnesotans, we are making America great again,” writes David Mura in @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/letter-from-...
Letter From Minnesota: This is Actually What’s Great About America
After the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, a spotlight immediately glared upon the Japanese community. My Japanese American parents were ten and fourteen; for months their families lived in …
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February 4, 2026 at 9:56 PM
“In an irony MAGA will not understand, through the work of ordinary Minnesotans, we are making America great again,” writes David Mura in @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/letter-from-...
Watch this short clip. No words.
Reporter: Do you plan to apologize to the family of Alex Pretti?
Vance: For what?
Vance: For what?
February 4, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Watch this short clip. No words.
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
In the fight against ICE, Roxane Gay writes in a guest essay, “we don’t have to compromise ourselves, our values or our sense of justice to fight back.”
In the fight against ICE, Roxane Gay writes in a guest essay, “we don’t have to compromise ourselves, our values or our sense of justice to fight back.”
Opinion | One Thing Trump Can’t Do to Us
People often misunderstand nonviolent protest. It is not merely eschewing violence.
nyti.ms
February 3, 2026 at 10:10 PM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
In the fight against ICE, Roxane Gay writes in a guest essay, “we don’t have to compromise ourselves, our values or our sense of justice to fight back.”
In the fight against ICE, Roxane Gay writes in a guest essay, “we don’t have to compromise ourselves, our values or our sense of justice to fight back.”
Ok fine let‘s gather together the existing remnants of professional book reviewing and figure out how to support what still survives/expand options.
February 4, 2026 at 4:17 PM
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Almost literally unbelievable. A once-great institution destroyed.
The layoffs at the Washington Post have begun, with newsroom leaders telling employees its sports and books sections will be 'eliminated in current forms' and its international coverage will be downsized
February 4, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Almost literally unbelievable. A once-great institution destroyed.
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Ah, yes, the nation states of biblical times and their internationally recognized borders.
Q: Pope Leo cited Matthew 25:35 to critique Donald Trump's mass deportation agenda. How would you respond to Pope Leo in scripture?
MIKE JOHNSON: Sovereign borders are biblical and right and just. It's not because we hate the people on the outside. It's because we love the people on the inside.
MIKE JOHNSON: Sovereign borders are biblical and right and just. It's not because we hate the people on the outside. It's because we love the people on the inside.
February 4, 2026 at 4:32 AM
Ah, yes, the nation states of biblical times and their internationally recognized borders.
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Elizabeth is a Columbia Heights fourth-grader who loves volleyball, learning English and giggling in the halls with her friends. She's been held in the Dilley Immigration Processing Center for nearly a month, and she and her mom have both fallen ill. sahanjournal.com/education/co...
Sick fourth-grader among 4 Columbia Heights students held by ICE
Columbia Heights Public Schools says four students remain detained by ICE after Liam’s return, including 10-year-old Elizabeth, who has fallen ill.
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February 3, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Elizabeth is a Columbia Heights fourth-grader who loves volleyball, learning English and giggling in the halls with her friends. She's been held in the Dilley Immigration Processing Center for nearly a month, and she and her mom have both fallen ill. sahanjournal.com/education/co...
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Fucking surreal that people dressed like this and carrying assault rifles are permitted to kidnap people off our streets
February 3, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Fucking surreal that people dressed like this and carrying assault rifles are permitted to kidnap people off our streets
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Remember her name: Aliya Rahman
Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself.
It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did.
ICE MUST GO‼️
Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself.
It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did.
ICE MUST GO‼️
February 3, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Remember her name: Aliya Rahman
Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself.
It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did.
ICE MUST GO‼️
Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself.
It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did.
ICE MUST GO‼️
TEXTBOOK misogyny
KAITLAN COLLINS: What would say to Epstein survivo---
TRUMP: You are so bad. You are the worst report. No wonder CNN has no ratings. She's a young woman. I don't think I've ever seen you smile. They should be ashamed of you.
TRUMP: You are so bad. You are the worst report. No wonder CNN has no ratings. She's a young woman. I don't think I've ever seen you smile. They should be ashamed of you.
February 3, 2026 at 10:08 PM
TEXTBOOK misogyny
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I have confirmed the gist of this report out of federal court in Minnesota today from a source familiar.
If you have more information about the District of Minnesota—either the court or the U.S. Attorney's Office—and how they are handling all of this, please reach out. I am at crg.32 on Signal.
If you have more information about the District of Minnesota—either the court or the U.S. Attorney's Office—and how they are handling all of this, please reach out. I am at crg.32 on Signal.
February 3, 2026 at 9:38 PM
I have confirmed the gist of this report out of federal court in Minnesota today from a source familiar.
If you have more information about the District of Minnesota—either the court or the U.S. Attorney's Office—and how they are handling all of this, please reach out. I am at crg.32 on Signal.
If you have more information about the District of Minnesota—either the court or the U.S. Attorney's Office—and how they are handling all of this, please reach out. I am at crg.32 on Signal.