Blake Hutchins
@hexabolic.bsky.social
F&SF writer, attorney, ailurophile
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I guess Covid cautious or immunocompromised people aren't allowed to protest. But it's ok for ICE to run around in balaclavas like assholes
June 14, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I guess Covid cautious or immunocompromised people aren't allowed to protest. But it's ok for ICE to run around in balaclavas like assholes
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Checked the Greyhound site, and this is in fact their policy: www.greyhound.com/warrantless-...
April 30, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Checked the Greyhound site, and this is in fact their policy: www.greyhound.com/warrantless-...
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They are sick fuckers and we should say so www.reuters.com/world/americ...
Deported Cuban mother separated from breastfeeding 1-year-old daughter
Cuban mother Heidy Sanchez collapsed into tears as she recalled the moment last week when U.S. immigration officials in Florida told her she would be deported and separated from her still-breastfeeding 1-year-old daughter.
www.reuters.com
April 30, 2025 at 2:46 AM
They are sick fuckers and we should say so www.reuters.com/world/americ...
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but EVERY FUCKING RETAILER needs to show the tariffs next to the price -- not just Amazon.
Walmart, Target, ALL OF THEM. It's a fucking tax, why shouldn't we see it?
I want to know exactly how much trump's tariffs are jacking my prices up. DON'T YOU?
Walmart, Target, ALL OF THEM. It's a fucking tax, why shouldn't we see it?
I want to know exactly how much trump's tariffs are jacking my prices up. DON'T YOU?
April 30, 2025 at 3:35 AM
I don't know who needs to hear this, but EVERY FUCKING RETAILER needs to show the tariffs next to the price -- not just Amazon.
Walmart, Target, ALL OF THEM. It's a fucking tax, why shouldn't we see it?
I want to know exactly how much trump's tariffs are jacking my prices up. DON'T YOU?
Walmart, Target, ALL OF THEM. It's a fucking tax, why shouldn't we see it?
I want to know exactly how much trump's tariffs are jacking my prices up. DON'T YOU?
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"According to sworn declarations filed in court by those detained, Border Patrol agents slashed tires, yanked people out of trucks, threw people to the ground, and called farmworkers “Mexican bitches.”"
Judge restricts Border Patrol in California: ‘You just can’t walk up to people with brown skin’
calmatters.org/justice/2025...
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Judge restricts Border Patrol in California: 'You just can’t walk up to people with brown skin'
'You just can’t walk up to people with brown skin and say give me your papers,' a judge said in ordering the Border Patrol to halt warrantless sweeps in California.
calmatters.org
April 30, 2025 at 3:43 AM
"According to sworn declarations filed in court by those detained, Border Patrol agents slashed tires, yanked people out of trucks, threw people to the ground, and called farmworkers “Mexican bitches.”"
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this is straightforwardly concentration camp stuff.
just in very plain terms: we send people to camps now if we, the government, deem it necessary, without due process. you can file a habeas petition in the united states district court with jurisdiction over el salvador, i guess.
just in very plain terms: we send people to camps now if we, the government, deem it necessary, without due process. you can file a habeas petition in the united states district court with jurisdiction over el salvador, i guess.
Leavitt confirmed that the WH is working on deporting US citizens to El Salvador
April 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
this is straightforwardly concentration camp stuff.
just in very plain terms: we send people to camps now if we, the government, deem it necessary, without due process. you can file a habeas petition in the united states district court with jurisdiction over el salvador, i guess.
just in very plain terms: we send people to camps now if we, the government, deem it necessary, without due process. you can file a habeas petition in the united states district court with jurisdiction over el salvador, i guess.
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Brian Kilmeade calls for the end of due process: "It's not practical to think we can do due process on 8 million people ... if we're gonna give every one of these guys a day in a court and a lawyer, we can't do it. They don't deserve it."
March 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Brian Kilmeade calls for the end of due process: "It's not practical to think we can do due process on 8 million people ... if we're gonna give every one of these guys a day in a court and a lawyer, we can't do it. They don't deserve it."
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Famously, the way to beat fascist bullies is to flop onto your back and say “my vital organs are exposed, take what you want.” Certainly they will stop at the first vital organ.
In the NYT right now, from a Justice Dept lawyer: “I will tell you right now that Columbia has not in my opinion — and the opinion of the Department of Justice — has not cleaned up their act,” Mr. Terrell said. “They’re not even close, not even close to having those funds unfrozen.”
"acceding to the ... demands is not going to restore the funding." From @danifriedrich.bsky.social in @chronicle.com
www.chronicle.com/article/faci...
www.chronicle.com/article/faci...
March 23, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Famously, the way to beat fascist bullies is to flop onto your back and say “my vital organs are exposed, take what you want.” Certainly they will stop at the first vital organ.
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The ACA was cool because it got 24 million people on to Medicaid.
The ACA was cool because before the ACA EVERY SINGLE CHILD WITH CANCER hit their annual and lifetime limits almost immediately and were denied insurance for the rest of their lives and after the ACA that’s illegal.
The ACA was cool because before the ACA you could hit your lifetime maximum before you were a month old and be denied insurance for the rest of your life and after the ACA that’s illegal.
March 23, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The ACA was cool because it got 24 million people on to Medicaid.
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Donald Trump just announced he is taking away Secret Service protection from President Biden’s daughter Ashley Biden.
Trump revokes secret service protection for Biden's children Hunter and Ashley
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday revoked secret service protection for former president Joe Biden's children Hunter Biden and Ashley Biden.
www.reuters.com
March 17, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Donald Trump just announced he is taking away Secret Service protection from President Biden’s daughter Ashley Biden.
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When Teslas have more government protection than women
Pam Bondi: "If you're gonna touch a Tesla, go to a dealership, do anything, you better watch out, because we're coming after you."
March 14, 2025 at 2:27 PM
When Teslas have more government protection than women
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I wrote this and I endorse this
March 14, 2025 at 4:32 AM
I wrote this and I endorse this
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Elon is an unrepentant Nazi sympathizer, and this is simply a matter of fact
Musk Retweets ‘Hitler Didn’t Murder Millions’ Message Amid Ongoing Nazi Controversy
Musk and Tesla have faced heightened criticism since the billionaire made a gesture likened to a Nazi salute during an inaugural event in January.
www.forbes.com
March 14, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Elon is an unrepentant Nazi sympathizer, and this is simply a matter of fact
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Trade unionists everywhere, defenders of the Constitution, of freedom of speech, of academic freedom, and of the right of free association, should be appalled and disgusted by the behavior of Columbia University, and should take it for the clear signal it is.
March 14, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Trade unionists everywhere, defenders of the Constitution, of freedom of speech, of academic freedom, and of the right of free association, should be appalled and disgusted by the behavior of Columbia University, and should take it for the clear signal it is.
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Bernie Sanders: "If you do nothing, you sit back and say, 'it's gonna be terrible.' And that's right. A shutdown will be terrible. But our job is to put the onus on the Republican president, the Republican House, the Republican Senate, the people who control the govt"
March 14, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Bernie Sanders: "If you do nothing, you sit back and say, 'it's gonna be terrible.' And that's right. A shutdown will be terrible. But our job is to put the onus on the Republican president, the Republican House, the Republican Senate, the people who control the govt"
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Only takes 23 Senate Democrats to remove Chuck Schumer from leadership and replace him with someone willing to fight
March 14, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Only takes 23 Senate Democrats to remove Chuck Schumer from leadership and replace him with someone willing to fight
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That measure just passed, with all House Republicans except Massie and Arrington voting aye. House Republicans are preemptively surrendering Congress' authority to revoke Trump's tariffs. They know about the economic risks here, and they know exactly what they are doing. bsky.app/profile/did:...
Republicans just snuck a provision surrendering power to revoke Trump's tariffs into a procedural vote. All Dems opposed. Every Republican who voted for this will own the economic consequences of expanding Trump's tariff powers. Statement with @repdelbene.bsky.social:
beyer.house.gov/news/documen...
beyer.house.gov/news/documen...
March 11, 2025 at 6:58 PM
That measure just passed, with all House Republicans except Massie and Arrington voting aye. House Republicans are preemptively surrendering Congress' authority to revoke Trump's tariffs. They know about the economic risks here, and they know exactly what they are doing. bsky.app/profile/did:...
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In 2009 GOP Member of Congress Joe Wilson screamed “you lie” during Obama’s SOTU. No censure by the GOP, only “reprimanded” by Dems
At Biden’s SOTU 2022 Lauren Boebert and MTG heckled him, nothing..
But Dems will happily throw their Black colleague under a bus for white moderate voter pandering
At Biden’s SOTU 2022 Lauren Boebert and MTG heckled him, nothing..
But Dems will happily throw their Black colleague under a bus for white moderate voter pandering
Ten Democrats voted to censure their colleague Al Green. Here are their names:
Ami Bera, Calif.; Ed Case, Hawaii; Jim Costa, Calif.; Laura Gillen, N.Y.; Jim Himes, Conn.; Chrissy Houlahan, Pa.; Marcy Kaptur, Ohio; Jared Moskowitz, Fla.; Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, Wash.; and Tom Suozzi, N.Y.
Ami Bera, Calif.; Ed Case, Hawaii; Jim Costa, Calif.; Laura Gillen, N.Y.; Jim Himes, Conn.; Chrissy Houlahan, Pa.; Marcy Kaptur, Ohio; Jared Moskowitz, Fla.; Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, Wash.; and Tom Suozzi, N.Y.
March 6, 2025 at 4:31 PM
In 2009 GOP Member of Congress Joe Wilson screamed “you lie” during Obama’s SOTU. No censure by the GOP, only “reprimanded” by Dems
At Biden’s SOTU 2022 Lauren Boebert and MTG heckled him, nothing..
But Dems will happily throw their Black colleague under a bus for white moderate voter pandering
At Biden’s SOTU 2022 Lauren Boebert and MTG heckled him, nothing..
But Dems will happily throw their Black colleague under a bus for white moderate voter pandering
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Will never cease to amaze and appall that pretty much every USA problem can be boiled down to “we didn’t want Black people to have it too so we rather not have it at all”.
March 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Will never cease to amaze and appall that pretty much every USA problem can be boiled down to “we didn’t want Black people to have it too so we rather not have it at all”.
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Gavin Newsom can be reached by phone at (916) 445-2841 or messaged here if you'd like to tell him exactly what you think about his transphobic bullshit.
March 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Gavin Newsom can be reached by phone at (916) 445-2841 or messaged here if you'd like to tell him exactly what you think about his transphobic bullshit.
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“The shift from forced labor… laid the groundwork for the contemporary reliance on incarcerated people to fill labor shortages, not just in prisons but in industries like agriculture”
7 in 10 US farmworkers are foreign born; 40+% are undocumented
The Trump deportations will be BIG for prison labor
7 in 10 US farmworkers are foreign born; 40+% are undocumented
The Trump deportations will be BIG for prison labor
How Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Could Fuel a Prison Labor Boom
Lacking an available pool of migrant labor, the United Stated has historically turned to another vulnerable group—incarcerated people.
newrepublic.com
March 1, 2025 at 9:35 PM
“The shift from forced labor… laid the groundwork for the contemporary reliance on incarcerated people to fill labor shortages, not just in prisons but in industries like agriculture”
7 in 10 US farmworkers are foreign born; 40+% are undocumented
The Trump deportations will be BIG for prison labor
7 in 10 US farmworkers are foreign born; 40+% are undocumented
The Trump deportations will be BIG for prison labor
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Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin has privately urged the White House to strike down a scientific finding underpinning much of the federal government’s push to combat climate change.
EPA tells White House to strike down landmark climate finding
The Trump administration is weighing whether to repeal the “endangerment finding,” which states that greenhouse gases pose a threat to public health and welfare.
wapo.st
February 26, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin has privately urged the White House to strike down a scientific finding underpinning much of the federal government’s push to combat climate change.