Chris Hammer
Chris Hammer
@cmhammer.bsky.social
Lawyer, traveler, historian, writer, runner, 🏳️‍🌈,👬, New Yorker, “the country I come from, it’s called the Midwest” ...views are my own.
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People of Illinois, we need your help.

Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.

We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.
September 30, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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Deporting children of military veterans because they were born on an overseas military base.

This man has no citizenship now.
Texas Man Born to U.S. Soldier on U.S. Army Base Abroad Deported
He has no citizenship to any country, despite SCOTUS case
www.austinchronicle.com
June 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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[sipping room-temp coffee from a cracked cup, the barely visible phrase "Tsongas for President" imprinted on it] COIB seeks a person to join its creative education team. you will teach classes. you will make sketches, the friend of NYC public servants, the enemy of boredom. Details:
bit.ly/3Tbkgjh
www.nyc.gov
June 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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From a letterpress bookmark for Literati Cultura. Quote by Eleanor Roosevelt.
June 22, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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Happy birthday William Addison Dwiggins. The acclaimed type designer, calligrapher, writer, book designer & critic, famous for his influence on book design, numerous typefaces & building marionettes & puppeteering, was born today in 1880.

#bookdesign #blackandwhitesmith
June 19, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Feels kinda important to point out that if non-citizens are required to carry proof of legal status, then citizens do too by default. This is absolutely insane.
DHS confirmed that ICE and CBP agents will be on site “for security” at the start of the FIFA Club World Cup at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens. ICE also reminded non-U.S. citizens to carry proof of legal status while attending the event.
June 11, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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High school valedictorian who has lived in the United States legally since she was seven.
Yet again Rubio claiming she can be deported based on extraordinarily broad anti-communist law that allows him to decide if someone's presence in the US runs contrary to it's foreign policy interests.
March 25, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Guilty
Just saw a post where someone said that use of em dashes (—) was a giveaway that you're using AI for writing. Uh, no. It could just mean you like to use em dashes.
February 9, 2025 at 8:50 PM