Pooja Bhatia
@bhatiap.bsky.social
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Pooja Bhatia
@bhatiap.bsky.social
· Sep 3
Haitian migrants brought Springfield, Ohio back to life. Then came the Trump team with its xenophobic lies. In our new issue, @bhatiap.bsky.social demonstrates what happens to the city—and people—on the path of a culture war.
Home City, USA | Pooja Bhatia
The residents of Springfield, Ohio, residents have been terrorized by Donald Trump—and many now face the prospect of state-sponsored violence.
thebaffler.com
DECENCY LIVES! It was a privilege to report this piece, which features a bunch of v courageous people.
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The death toll now stands at 83. The U.S. government has extrajudicially killed 83 people.
www.wola.org/2025/11/mari...
www.wola.org/2025/11/mari...
November 17, 2025 at 1:33 AM
The death toll now stands at 83. The U.S. government has extrajudicially killed 83 people.
www.wola.org/2025/11/mari...
www.wola.org/2025/11/mari...
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The whole world can see that these boat strikes are murder. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
US strikes against boats in Caribbean ‘disregard international law’, French minister says
G7 foreign ministers questioned Marco Rubio about the attacks on what the Trump administration claims are drug smugglers
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The whole world can see that these boat strikes are murder. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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As temperatures drop and winter approaches, the Haitian Bridge Alliance is launching our community-driven initiative to ensure immigrants across New York, Springfield and beyond are not left out in the cold.
November 12, 2025 at 8:41 PM
As temperatures drop and winter approaches, the Haitian Bridge Alliance is launching our community-driven initiative to ensure immigrants across New York, Springfield and beyond are not left out in the cold.
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🧵1/2 IG: mike_kelly_photography
“After an unsuccessful foot
chase outside a Sam's Club, this ICE agent became visibly angry with my presence documenting their activity, threatening to arrest me several times-as seen in this video” 🟥cont.🧵⤵️⤵️⤵️
▪️Chicago
video taken 9:25 a.m. 10/22/2025
“After an unsuccessful foot
chase outside a Sam's Club, this ICE agent became visibly angry with my presence documenting their activity, threatening to arrest me several times-as seen in this video” 🟥cont.🧵⤵️⤵️⤵️
▪️Chicago
video taken 9:25 a.m. 10/22/2025
October 26, 2025 at 9:04 PM
🧵1/2 IG: mike_kelly_photography
“After an unsuccessful foot
chase outside a Sam's Club, this ICE agent became visibly angry with my presence documenting their activity, threatening to arrest me several times-as seen in this video” 🟥cont.🧵⤵️⤵️⤵️
▪️Chicago
video taken 9:25 a.m. 10/22/2025
“After an unsuccessful foot
chase outside a Sam's Club, this ICE agent became visibly angry with my presence documenting their activity, threatening to arrest me several times-as seen in this video” 🟥cont.🧵⤵️⤵️⤵️
▪️Chicago
video taken 9:25 a.m. 10/22/2025
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Mandatory reminder that the expelling and deporting of students protesting a genocide was an eagerly bipartisan project
For those of you keeping score, 18-22 year-old students calling for an end to slaughter in Gaza are so racist they need to be expelled or deported, but 24-35 year-olds celebrating Hitler, rape, and, um, racism are just kids being kids so chill.
Also, racism is over so no need for Voting Right Act.
Also, racism is over so no need for Voting Right Act.
JD Vance brushes off racist texts by adults in Republican group chat as ‘what kids do’
Vice-president downplays messages such as ‘I love Hitler’ in chat by 24 to 35-year-olds to ‘stupid jokes’
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Mandatory reminder that the expelling and deporting of students protesting a genocide was an eagerly bipartisan project
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What a line from the Pope! I am so pleased he is carrying on Pope Francis’ advocacy for immigrants.
October 1, 2025 at 3:04 AM
What a line from the Pope! I am so pleased he is carrying on Pope Francis’ advocacy for immigrants.
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ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap a food delivery worker but my man was too fast for those slow bastards
September 29, 2025 at 1:07 AM
ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap a food delivery worker but my man was too fast for those slow bastards
Thank you, @longreads.com for sharing my piece about Springfield, Ohio, published in the current issue of @thebaffler.com
4. "Home City, USA" by @bhatiap.bsky.social
"She finds a place steeped in fear, where extensions of care and welcome—as well as the truth—have been met with doxxing, death threats, and other forms of terror."
thebaffler.com/salvos/home-...
"She finds a place steeped in fear, where extensions of care and welcome—as well as the truth—have been met with doxxing, death threats, and other forms of terror."
thebaffler.com/salvos/home-...
Home City, USA | Pooja Bhatia
The residents of Springfield, Ohio, have been terrorized by Donald Trump—and many now face the prospect of state-sponsored violence.
thebaffler.com
September 28, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Thank you, @longreads.com for sharing my piece about Springfield, Ohio, published in the current issue of @thebaffler.com
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WOW. The lead plaintiff is a Latino man who's been here legally for 24 years. He was grabbed off the street by plainclothes federal agents who didn't even ASK about his status.
He was detained overnight and only released once a supervisor realized he had been illegally arrested.
He was detained overnight and only released once a supervisor realized he had been illegally arrested.
September 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
WOW. The lead plaintiff is a Latino man who's been here legally for 24 years. He was grabbed off the street by plainclothes federal agents who didn't even ASK about his status.
He was detained overnight and only released once a supervisor realized he had been illegally arrested.
He was detained overnight and only released once a supervisor realized he had been illegally arrested.
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The White House convinced many its focus is “illegal” immigration.
Then:
—Today’s near-ban on LEGAL high-skill work visas
—Ended LEGAL refugee visas
—Slashing LEGAL student visas
—Ban all/most LEGAL visas for 17 countries
—Ending LEGAL parole & TPS for millions
Not a “crackdown”. A lawless purge.
Then:
—Today’s near-ban on LEGAL high-skill work visas
—Ended LEGAL refugee visas
—Slashing LEGAL student visas
—Ban all/most LEGAL visas for 17 countries
—Ending LEGAL parole & TPS for millions
Not a “crackdown”. A lawless purge.
September 20, 2025 at 3:27 AM
The White House convinced many its focus is “illegal” immigration.
Then:
—Today’s near-ban on LEGAL high-skill work visas
—Ended LEGAL refugee visas
—Slashing LEGAL student visas
—Ban all/most LEGAL visas for 17 countries
—Ending LEGAL parole & TPS for millions
Not a “crackdown”. A lawless purge.
Then:
—Today’s near-ban on LEGAL high-skill work visas
—Ended LEGAL refugee visas
—Slashing LEGAL student visas
—Ban all/most LEGAL visas for 17 countries
—Ending LEGAL parole & TPS for millions
Not a “crackdown”. A lawless purge.
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My optimism here is limited, but I really hope centrist institutions like universities and major news organizations understand that the plan is for the govt to dismantle them. They do not care if you fire your columnists or discipline staff for accurately quoting Kirk. They just want us all gone.
In a Hitleresque speech, JD Vance says there can be no unity with the left and vows to use the government to dismantle non-profit NGOs and liberal civil society who he says promote violence and terrorism.
September 15, 2025 at 6:59 PM
My optimism here is limited, but I really hope centrist institutions like universities and major news organizations understand that the plan is for the govt to dismantle them. They do not care if you fire your columnists or discipline staff for accurately quoting Kirk. They just want us all gone.
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Pooja Bhatia recounts what the last year in Springfield, Ohio has looked like for Haitian residents who have been the target of our hate-filled president and also their own neighbors
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Home City, USA | Pooja Bhatia
The residents of Springfield, Ohio, have been terrorized by Donald Trump—and many now face the prospect of state-sponsored violence.
thebaffler.com
September 14, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Pooja Bhatia recounts what the last year in Springfield, Ohio has looked like for Haitian residents who have been the target of our hate-filled president and also their own neighbors
thebaffler.com/salvos/home-... @bhatiap.bsky.social @thebaffler.com
thebaffler.com/salvos/home-... @bhatiap.bsky.social @thebaffler.com
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The most important immigration fights right now are about the Constitution. None of it has anything to do with the substance of immigration policy. If you stand with ICE, you stand against the Constitution.
Can the govt...
1. racially profile?
2. set up checkpoints wherever they want?
Can the govt...
1. racially profile?
2. set up checkpoints wherever they want?
August 29, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The most important immigration fights right now are about the Constitution. None of it has anything to do with the substance of immigration policy. If you stand with ICE, you stand against the Constitution.
Can the govt...
1. racially profile?
2. set up checkpoints wherever they want?
Can the govt...
1. racially profile?
2. set up checkpoints wherever they want?
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"Kavanaugh penned a concurrence confirming that, yes, the conservative justices are motivated by gutter racism, and they absolutely do intend to shred five decades of jurisprudence. YOU’RE GODDAMN RIGHT THEY ORDERED THE CONSTITUTIONAL CODE RED, SON! And they’ll do it again." — @lizdye.bsky.social
Brett Kavanaugh explains that SCOTUS really IS doing racism
He showed his whole hood.
www.publicnotice.co
September 10, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"Kavanaugh penned a concurrence confirming that, yes, the conservative justices are motivated by gutter racism, and they absolutely do intend to shred five decades of jurisprudence. YOU’RE GODDAMN RIGHT THEY ORDERED THE CONSTITUTIONAL CODE RED, SON! And they’ll do it again." — @lizdye.bsky.social
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Remember Springfield, Ohio, where the US president spat lies about Haitian immigrants "eating the cats"?
County Commissioner: Springfield and Clark County are "the strongest that they've been in my lifetime."
@bhatiap.bsky.social went to Springfield and wrote for @thebaffler.com —>
County Commissioner: Springfield and Clark County are "the strongest that they've been in my lifetime."
@bhatiap.bsky.social went to Springfield and wrote for @thebaffler.com —>
Home City, USA | Pooja Bhatia
The residents of Springfield, Ohio, have been terrorized by Donald Trump—and many now face the prospect of state-sponsored violence.
thebaffler.com
September 9, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Remember Springfield, Ohio, where the US president spat lies about Haitian immigrants "eating the cats"?
County Commissioner: Springfield and Clark County are "the strongest that they've been in my lifetime."
@bhatiap.bsky.social went to Springfield and wrote for @thebaffler.com —>
County Commissioner: Springfield and Clark County are "the strongest that they've been in my lifetime."
@bhatiap.bsky.social went to Springfield and wrote for @thebaffler.com —>
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What if Democrats had defended immigration over the last few years instead of running from it?
Highest level of support since Gallup started asking this question a quarter century ago
September 8, 2025 at 1:36 AM
What if Democrats had defended immigration over the last few years instead of running from it?
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“Public comment at the commission meetings is technically open to anyone who lives in Clark County. But very few Haitian residents have spoken at them. And only a minority of residents has taken to the dais to urge kindness and humaneness.”
Home City, USA | Pooja Bhatia
The residents of Springfield, Ohio, have been terrorized by Donald Trump—and many now face the prospect of state-sponsored violence.
thebaffler.com
September 5, 2025 at 3:52 PM
“Public comment at the commission meetings is technically open to anyone who lives in Clark County. But very few Haitian residents have spoken at them. And only a minority of residents has taken to the dais to urge kindness and humaneness.”
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The racist media frenzy around Haitians “eating the dogs” in Ohio may have died down, but Springfield’s immigrant community is still dealing with the consequences, as @bhatiap.bsky.social reports in our new issue.
Home City, USA | Pooja Bhatia
The residents of Springfield, Ohio, residents have been terrorized by Donald Trump—and many now face the prospect of state-sponsored violence.
thebaffler.com
September 5, 2025 at 12:20 PM
The racist media frenzy around Haitians “eating the dogs” in Ohio may have died down, but Springfield’s immigrant community is still dealing with the consequences, as @bhatiap.bsky.social reports in our new issue.
DECENCY LIVES! It was a privilege to report this piece, which features a bunch of v courageous people.
Haitian migrants brought Springfield, Ohio back to life. Then came the Trump team with its xenophobic lies. In our new issue, @bhatiap.bsky.social demonstrates what happens to the city—and people—on the path of a culture war.
Home City, USA | Pooja Bhatia
The residents of Springfield, Ohio, residents have been terrorized by Donald Trump—and many now face the prospect of state-sponsored violence.
thebaffler.com
September 3, 2025 at 11:36 PM
DECENCY LIVES! It was a privilege to report this piece, which features a bunch of v courageous people.
Trump Kills ‘American Experience’ — one of PBS’s three flagship shows. They have produced consistently excellent, nonpartisan history documentaries. I guess nonpartisan history is no longer permissible.
What a shame. "WGBH … has laid off the 13 people who worked on the history series 'American Experience' and announced that no new documentaries will be produced for the show until further notice." (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/a...
As PBS Stations Confront Cuts, American History Takes a Hit
www.nytimes.com
August 27, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Trump Kills ‘American Experience’ — one of PBS’s three flagship shows. They have produced consistently excellent, nonpartisan history documentaries. I guess nonpartisan history is no longer permissible.
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Timeline cleanser.
0:53 to 1:38 is pure, undiluted joy.
0:53 to 1:38 is pure, undiluted joy.
August 26, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Timeline cleanser.
0:53 to 1:38 is pure, undiluted joy.
0:53 to 1:38 is pure, undiluted joy.
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New from me: The National Guard is, at most, half the story when it comes to the DC takeover. The other half is the stuff that is actually having an impact.
That's right, y'all, this is _yet again_ about immigration enforcement.
www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/immigra...
That's right, y'all, this is _yet again_ about immigration enforcement.
www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/immigra...
A Backdoor for Immigration Enforcement: Why Trump's Federal Takeover of D.C. Matters - American Immigration Council
The federal takeover of Washington, D.C. is another front in the Trump's war on immigrants and the communities that welcome them.
www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org
August 20, 2025 at 7:24 PM
New from me: The National Guard is, at most, half the story when it comes to the DC takeover. The other half is the stuff that is actually having an impact.
That's right, y'all, this is _yet again_ about immigration enforcement.
www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/immigra...
That's right, y'all, this is _yet again_ about immigration enforcement.
www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/immigra...
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Every single signatory of the Genocide Convention (that includes the US) is obliged to stop this. Will any country do so? No. Israel is yet again a rogue state, aided and abetted by the “civilized” countries. Shame. #FreePalestine. #BDS
BREAKING: Israel’s security cabinet has approved PM Netanyahu’s proposal to occupy Gaza City, located in the northern part of the besieged Palestinian enclave, according to news reports aje.io/ezh2ml
Israeli security cabinet approves plan to occupy Gaza City: Report
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggested earlier this week that Israel will ‘take control of all Gaza’.
aje.io
August 8, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Every single signatory of the Genocide Convention (that includes the US) is obliged to stop this. Will any country do so? No. Israel is yet again a rogue state, aided and abetted by the “civilized” countries. Shame. #FreePalestine. #BDS
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This is why the Bove seat was vacant, and there’s a real throughline from the forces that defeated the previous Democratic nominee to where we are today.
www.newyorker.com/news/the-pol...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-pol...
The Two-Pronged Attack on a Muslim Judicial Nominee
How the smearing of Adeel Mangi became a bipartisan exercise.
www.newyorker.com
July 30, 2025 at 2:06 AM
This is why the Bove seat was vacant, and there’s a real throughline from the forces that defeated the previous Democratic nominee to where we are today.
www.newyorker.com/news/the-pol...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-pol...
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Imagine the utter cruelty of making this decision; the people who decided, yeah, let's make it so that those toddlers here without legal status can't learn.
HHS announced today they will consider Head Start a welfare program, not an education program, and will subject it to new citizenship requirements. This goes against decades of legal precedence that all children in America have a right to education. Announcement here. www.hhs.gov/press-room/p...
www.hhs.gov
July 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Imagine the utter cruelty of making this decision; the people who decided, yeah, let's make it so that those toddlers here without legal status can't learn.