@hilarybb.bsky.social
Reposted
A part of me thinks it’s bc of the attention the Alien Enemies Act expulsions got. Extensive media reporting & public outrage over the admin’s lawless denials of due process.
There hasn’t been the same kind of coverage or focus on 3rd country removals - even tho they’re no less appalling or lawless
There hasn’t been the same kind of coverage or focus on 3rd country removals - even tho they’re no less appalling or lawless
I am struggling to square today's order with the Supreme Court's ruling that migrants targeted for removal to El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act must be afforded meaningful due process. Why shouldn't these migrants, who face banishment to countries they've never stepped foot in, get the same?
June 23, 2025 at 10:34 PM
A part of me thinks it’s bc of the attention the Alien Enemies Act expulsions got. Extensive media reporting & public outrage over the admin’s lawless denials of due process.
There hasn’t been the same kind of coverage or focus on 3rd country removals - even tho they’re no less appalling or lawless
There hasn’t been the same kind of coverage or focus on 3rd country removals - even tho they’re no less appalling or lawless
Reposted
Your supreme court thinks people born outside an imaginary line aren't people.
Your supreme court is a joke.
You've failed yourself and the world America.
Your supreme court is a joke.
You've failed yourself and the world America.
June 24, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Your supreme court thinks people born outside an imaginary line aren't people.
Your supreme court is a joke.
You've failed yourself and the world America.
Your supreme court is a joke.
You've failed yourself and the world America.
Reposted
Frost: I still hold the supreme court is very much skewed to the right… But the fact the court is so skewed to the right even then they are still saying in a unanimous decision that he needs to be brought home shows that should not be a partisan issue
April 21, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Frost: I still hold the supreme court is very much skewed to the right… But the fact the court is so skewed to the right even then they are still saying in a unanimous decision that he needs to be brought home shows that should not be a partisan issue
Reposted
Reposted
Abrego Garcia's wife: "I will not stop fighting until I see my husband alive. Kilmar, if you can hear me, stay strong. God hasn't forgotten about you. Our children are asking when you will come home ... they miss their dad so much."
April 15, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Abrego Garcia's wife: "I will not stop fighting until I see my husband alive. Kilmar, if you can hear me, stay strong. God hasn't forgotten about you. Our children are asking when you will come home ... they miss their dad so much."
Reposted
Letter from Dem Senator Chris Van Hollen (MD) requesting a meeting with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele
To discuss MD father Kilmar Abrego Garcia's return
"If Kilmar is not home by midweek – I plan to travel to El Salvador this week to check on his condition and discuss his release."
To discuss MD father Kilmar Abrego Garcia's return
"If Kilmar is not home by midweek – I plan to travel to El Salvador this week to check on his condition and discuss his release."
April 14, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Letter from Dem Senator Chris Van Hollen (MD) requesting a meeting with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele
To discuss MD father Kilmar Abrego Garcia's return
"If Kilmar is not home by midweek – I plan to travel to El Salvador this week to check on his condition and discuss his release."
To discuss MD father Kilmar Abrego Garcia's return
"If Kilmar is not home by midweek – I plan to travel to El Salvador this week to check on his condition and discuss his release."
Reposted
Since the Trump admin continues to claim Mr. Abrego Garcia is a gang member, I thought I'd take the time to put together a timeline, based on all the documents filed in court, which lays out all the "evidence" the government has ever offered.
As you'll find out, there's very little "there" there!
As you'll find out, there's very little "there" there!
April 14, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Since the Trump admin continues to claim Mr. Abrego Garcia is a gang member, I thought I'd take the time to put together a timeline, based on all the documents filed in court, which lays out all the "evidence" the government has ever offered.
As you'll find out, there's very little "there" there!
As you'll find out, there's very little "there" there!
Reposted
Concentration camps: Famously easy places to find legal representation for habeas relief.
Picking up on this point, Justice Sotomayor writes in dissent:
"To the extent the Government removes even one individual without affording him notice and a meaningful opportunity to file and pursue habeas relief, it does so in direct contravention of an edict by the United States Supreme Court. "
"To the extent the Government removes even one individual without affording him notice and a meaningful opportunity to file and pursue habeas relief, it does so in direct contravention of an edict by the United States Supreme Court. "
April 7, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Concentration camps: Famously easy places to find legal representation for habeas relief.
Reposted
Re-reading Abrams v. United States for the gazillionth time to prep for class tomorrow and I had overlooked this before, or forgotten it: perhaps the most famous free speech opinion ever, the birth of the "marketplace of ideas" metaphor was... written about non-citizens.
March 31, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Re-reading Abrams v. United States for the gazillionth time to prep for class tomorrow and I had overlooked this before, or forgotten it: perhaps the most famous free speech opinion ever, the birth of the "marketplace of ideas" metaphor was... written about non-citizens.
Reposted
Thank you Senator
I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:
Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
youtube.com
April 1, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Thank you Senator
Reposted
"The dehumanizing video footage of these men being marched in shackles under bright lights with dogs watching as prison guards shaved their heads —represents the final step... of devolving due process in the U.S. immigration system."
Read more from @naynagupta.bsky.social:
immcouncil.co/4hQnOkV
Read more from @naynagupta.bsky.social:
immcouncil.co/4hQnOkV
The Missing Due Process for Gang Allegations
There is a long history of immigration agencies using tattoos and a set of notoriously flawed gang databases to bring false or weak claims of gang involvement.
immcouncil.co
March 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
"The dehumanizing video footage of these men being marched in shackles under bright lights with dogs watching as prison guards shaved their heads —represents the final step... of devolving due process in the U.S. immigration system."
Read more from @naynagupta.bsky.social:
immcouncil.co/4hQnOkV
Read more from @naynagupta.bsky.social:
immcouncil.co/4hQnOkV
Reposted
“One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He “began to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, “folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He “asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”
What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced
Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.
time.com
March 22, 2025 at 8:52 PM
“One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He “began to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, “folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He “asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”
Reposted
Tucson, Arizona today.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.
March 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Tucson, Arizona today.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.
Reposted
If conceding everything doesn't gain you anything, then it seems better to concede nothing
March 23, 2025 at 1:13 PM
If conceding everything doesn't gain you anything, then it seems better to concede nothing
Reposted
It will never be enough. The goal is to break the University, not have them meet demands.
Taunting Columbia with the hope of compliance just sweetens the pot with humiliation.
Taunting Columbia with the hope of compliance just sweetens the pot with humiliation.
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 12:32 PM
It will never be enough. The goal is to break the University, not have them meet demands.
Taunting Columbia with the hope of compliance just sweetens the pot with humiliation.
Taunting Columbia with the hope of compliance just sweetens the pot with humiliation.
Reposted
"Food banks across the country .... learned this week that the U.S. Department of Agriculture is canceling $500 million in expected food deliveries, further disrupting help at a time when need continues to rise."
Monsters they are.
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
Monsters they are.
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
USDA cancels $500M in food deliveries, leaving food banks scrambling
The Trump administration’s latest move, which follows $1 billion in cuts to food aid programs, puts more pressure on groups trying to feed hungry Americans.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
"Food banks across the country .... learned this week that the U.S. Department of Agriculture is canceling $500 million in expected food deliveries, further disrupting help at a time when need continues to rise."
Monsters they are.
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
Monsters they are.
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
Reposted
Cannot believe this is still going on. They just never stop.
A North Carolina appeals court heard state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin's (R) bid to throw out 65k ballots and overturn the results of his losing election.
“Now the right to vote is not absolute,” Griffin's lawyer said in court.
“Now the right to vote is not absolute,” Griffin's lawyer said in court.
‘The Right to Vote Is Not Absolute’: GOP Bid to Steal North Carolina Supreme Court Election Heard by Court of Appeals
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
March 23, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Cannot believe this is still going on. They just never stop.
Reposted
What does history teach us about the possible path forward for Ukraine? I take a look, from grim scenarios like Molotov-Ribbentrop and Vichy France, to Finlandization, Korea and Cyprus, to a surprise comeback like Croatia. www.wsj.com/world/europe...
Essay | What Is the Endgame for Ukraine?
History offers a range of precedents for what an agreement with Russia could look like—and how bad the consequences might be.
www.wsj.com
March 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
What does history teach us about the possible path forward for Ukraine? I take a look, from grim scenarios like Molotov-Ribbentrop and Vichy France, to Finlandization, Korea and Cyprus, to a surprise comeback like Croatia. www.wsj.com/world/europe...
Reposted
The Department of Education, among other things, is what funds special education for children with disabilities.
Trump’s executive order will hurt kids and parents in virtually every school district in the country.
Trump’s executive order will hurt kids and parents in virtually every school district in the country.
March 21, 2025 at 10:38 PM
The Department of Education, among other things, is what funds special education for children with disabilities.
Trump’s executive order will hurt kids and parents in virtually every school district in the country.
Trump’s executive order will hurt kids and parents in virtually every school district in the country.
Reposted
Secretary Lutnick: You are a billionaire.
Maybe your mother-in-law wouldn't complain if she didn't get her Social Security check, but tens of millions of seniors struggling to survive would.
They're not fraudsters. They earned it.
How out of touch are you not to realize that?
Maybe your mother-in-law wouldn't complain if she didn't get her Social Security check, but tens of millions of seniors struggling to survive would.
They're not fraudsters. They earned it.
How out of touch are you not to realize that?
BREAKING: Trump's billionaire Commerce Secretary says that seniors won't care if they don't get their Social Security checks — and that anyone who does complain is a fraudster.
March 21, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Secretary Lutnick: You are a billionaire.
Maybe your mother-in-law wouldn't complain if she didn't get her Social Security check, but tens of millions of seniors struggling to survive would.
They're not fraudsters. They earned it.
How out of touch are you not to realize that?
Maybe your mother-in-law wouldn't complain if she didn't get her Social Security check, but tens of millions of seniors struggling to survive would.
They're not fraudsters. They earned it.
How out of touch are you not to realize that?
Reposted
The potentially crippling defamation verdict against @greenpeace.org — which hasn’t been getting the attention it deserves — appears to be a classic example of the trend in “Murder the Truth.” Powerful people and companies are weaponizing the law to muzzle critics. dankennedy.net/2025/03/21/a...
March 21, 2025 at 10:25 PM
The potentially crippling defamation verdict against @greenpeace.org — which hasn’t been getting the attention it deserves — appears to be a classic example of the trend in “Murder the Truth.” Powerful people and companies are weaponizing the law to muzzle critics. dankennedy.net/2025/03/21/a...
Reposted
Paul Weiss and Columbia are taking exactly the wrong actions in acceding to Trump, and they are among the entities most well-positioned to fight back.
These are legacy-shaming decisions by the leadership of both, and those far less powerful will now, and surely in short order, pay the price.
These are legacy-shaming decisions by the leadership of both, and those far less powerful will now, and surely in short order, pay the price.
March 21, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Paul Weiss and Columbia are taking exactly the wrong actions in acceding to Trump, and they are among the entities most well-positioned to fight back.
These are legacy-shaming decisions by the leadership of both, and those far less powerful will now, and surely in short order, pay the price.
These are legacy-shaming decisions by the leadership of both, and those far less powerful will now, and surely in short order, pay the price.
Reposted
When Trump threatens people with disabilities, I'll always fight back.
March 21, 2025 at 9:35 PM
When Trump threatens people with disabilities, I'll always fight back.