Hannah
@skyhann.bsky.social
policy wonk, community organizer, aspiring songwriter
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Tonight, the Senate will vote on two key resolutions to block US-funded arms sales to Israel: $675M in 1,000‑lb bombs and 20,000 automatic rifles.
Those resolutions are S.J.Res.41 and S.J.Res.34.
Those resolutions are S.J.Res.41 and S.J.Res.34.
July 30, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Tonight, the Senate will vote on two key resolutions to block US-funded arms sales to Israel: $675M in 1,000‑lb bombs and 20,000 automatic rifles.
Those resolutions are S.J.Res.41 and S.J.Res.34.
Those resolutions are S.J.Res.41 and S.J.Res.34.
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Tariffs.
Stock market down.
Medicaid slashed
Secret police throwing anyone who looks Latino in unmarked vans.
National guard and marines deployed in LA.
No end to the wars in Gaza or Ukraine
Bombing Iran
This is the worst first six months of any presidential term in my lifetime.
Stock market down.
Medicaid slashed
Secret police throwing anyone who looks Latino in unmarked vans.
National guard and marines deployed in LA.
No end to the wars in Gaza or Ukraine
Bombing Iran
This is the worst first six months of any presidential term in my lifetime.
June 22, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Tariffs.
Stock market down.
Medicaid slashed
Secret police throwing anyone who looks Latino in unmarked vans.
National guard and marines deployed in LA.
No end to the wars in Gaza or Ukraine
Bombing Iran
This is the worst first six months of any presidential term in my lifetime.
Stock market down.
Medicaid slashed
Secret police throwing anyone who looks Latino in unmarked vans.
National guard and marines deployed in LA.
No end to the wars in Gaza or Ukraine
Bombing Iran
This is the worst first six months of any presidential term in my lifetime.
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The most notable thing about Pope Francis to me is that the worst people in Christendom hated him almost universally. I can think of no more ringing endorsement of a person's character than that. For the sake of the world, I pray that the next Pope will similarly defy humanity's worst impulses.
BREAKING: Pope Francis, voice for the poor who reshaped the Catholic Church but faced fierce resistance, has died at 88, the Vatican has announced.
Pope Francis has died, Vatican says | CNN
Pope Francis, voice for the poor who reshaped the Catholic Church, dies at 88, the Vatican has announced.
www.cnn.com
April 21, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The most notable thing about Pope Francis to me is that the worst people in Christendom hated him almost universally. I can think of no more ringing endorsement of a person's character than that. For the sake of the world, I pray that the next Pope will similarly defy humanity's worst impulses.
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Pope Francis spoke to the church in Gaza every single day since the war until his death
April 21, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Pope Francis spoke to the church in Gaza every single day since the war until his death
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I'm not doomscrolling I'm just going for the blood pressure high score
March 21, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I'm not doomscrolling I'm just going for the blood pressure high score
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NEW! Sworn declarations filed last night confirm the Trump admin sent INNOCENT people to rot in prison El Salvador, including a professional soccer player jailed and tortured by the Maduro regime, who entered this country LEGALLY to seek asylum, and who has NO CRIMINAL RECORD in either country.
![I am the immigration attorney for Jerce Reyes Barrios, born in January 16, 1989 in Venezuela. 2. In February and March 2024, Mr. Reyes Barrios marched in two demonstrations in Venezuela protesting the authoritarian rule of Maduro. At the second demonstration, he was detained and taken to a clandestine building where he was tortured (electric shocks and suffocation) along with other demonstrators. 3. Shortly after his release, he fled Venezuela for the United States. He registered with CBP One in Mexico, then presented himself to CBP officials on the day of his appointment. He was taken into custody and detained at Otay Mesa Detention Facility in September 2024. 4. We applied for asylum, withholding of removal, and CAT protection in December 2024. His final individual hearing is set for April 17, 2025 before Judge Robinson at the Otay Mesa Immigration Court. 5. On March 15, 2025, Mr. Reyes Barrios was deported to El Salvador with no notice to counsel or family. It was not until March 18, 2025 that counsel was able to reach an ICE official and learn that he had in fact been deported. 6. Mr. Reyes Barrios was/is a professional soccer player in Venezuela. He has never been arrested or charged with a crime. He has a steady employment record as a soccer player, as well as a soccer coach for children and youth. 7. Initially, Mr. Reyes Barrios was placed in maximum security at Otay Mesa and accused of being a Tren de Aragua gang member. The accusation is based on two things. First, he has a tattoo on his arm of a crown sitting atop a soccer ball with a rosary and the word "Dies." OHS alleges that this tattoo is proof of gang membership. In reality, he chose this tattoo, because it is similar to the logo for his favorite soccer team Real Madrid. See logo below. [pictures of the tattoo and the pictures of the logo]. 8. Second, OHS reviewed his social media posts and found a photo of Mr. Reyes Barrios making a hand gesture that they allege is proof of gang membership.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifncv2sfxob3h7ozdkoymku3wfpbknlroa6bric46v5y7asbrzrim@jpeg)
March 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
NEW! Sworn declarations filed last night confirm the Trump admin sent INNOCENT people to rot in prison El Salvador, including a professional soccer player jailed and tortured by the Maduro regime, who entered this country LEGALLY to seek asylum, and who has NO CRIMINAL RECORD in either country.
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Rubio’s position seems to be:
- We get to say who is a terrorist. Our decision is final. It can’t be challenged. Just trust us.
- Once we decide you are a terrorist, we can immediately deport you. No judges.
- After we deport you, we can make you rot in a foreign prison. No criminal charges needed.
- We get to say who is a terrorist. Our decision is final. It can’t be challenged. Just trust us.
- Once we decide you are a terrorist, we can immediately deport you. No judges.
- After we deport you, we can make you rot in a foreign prison. No criminal charges needed.
On Hugh Hewitt’s show, Marco Rubio says El Salvador is “housing” people sent by the US. But he never says on what possible legal authority? These people haven’t committed any crime in El Salvador and by their own admission “many” have never committed a crime in the US. It all seems entirely lawless.
March 20, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Rubio’s position seems to be:
- We get to say who is a terrorist. Our decision is final. It can’t be challenged. Just trust us.
- Once we decide you are a terrorist, we can immediately deport you. No judges.
- After we deport you, we can make you rot in a foreign prison. No criminal charges needed.
- We get to say who is a terrorist. Our decision is final. It can’t be challenged. Just trust us.
- Once we decide you are a terrorist, we can immediately deport you. No judges.
- After we deport you, we can make you rot in a foreign prison. No criminal charges needed.
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#ICYMI - Watch the recording of our recent webinar "The State of Play: An Update on Immigration Policy Changes" featuring four of our Council subject matter experts.
Stay updated on rapidly changing information!
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Stay updated on rapidly changing information!
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The State of Play: An Update on Immigration Policy Changes
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
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March 20, 2025 at 4:54 PM
#ICYMI - Watch the recording of our recent webinar "The State of Play: An Update on Immigration Policy Changes" featuring four of our Council subject matter experts.
Stay updated on rapidly changing information!
immcouncil.co/4iEIQUm
Stay updated on rapidly changing information!
immcouncil.co/4iEIQUm
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I can sing a 30 year old song word for word but can’t remember what I came into the living room for.
March 19, 2025 at 11:55 AM
I can sing a 30 year old song word for word but can’t remember what I came into the living room for.
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NEW today from @miamiherald.com: more men sent to El Salvador on Saturday have been identified by their families, including a 27-year-old who entered legally at a port of entry in 2023 through the CBP One app and a 29-year-old father of a baby born here last year. Neither have any criminal record.
March 18, 2025 at 1:29 PM
NEW today from @miamiherald.com: more men sent to El Salvador on Saturday have been identified by their families, including a 27-year-old who entered legally at a port of entry in 2023 through the CBP One app and a 29-year-old father of a baby born here last year. Neither have any criminal record.
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End the war.
Negotiation, diplomacy, ceasefire: That is the only way forward.
Bring the remaining hostages home to their families, stop the attacks that kill so many Gazan civilians, let aid into Gaza, and end the war.
abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
Negotiation, diplomacy, ceasefire: That is the only way forward.
Bring the remaining hostages home to their families, stop the attacks that kill so many Gazan civilians, let aid into Gaza, and end the war.
abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
Israel conducts 'extensive strikes' in Gaza, killing dozens
Israel Defense Forces are conducting a series of "extensive strikes" throughout the Gaza Strip overnight on Tuesday local time, officials said in a statement.
abcnews.go.com
March 18, 2025 at 1:31 AM
End the war.
Negotiation, diplomacy, ceasefire: That is the only way forward.
Bring the remaining hostages home to their families, stop the attacks that kill so many Gazan civilians, let aid into Gaza, and end the war.
abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
Negotiation, diplomacy, ceasefire: That is the only way forward.
Bring the remaining hostages home to their families, stop the attacks that kill so many Gazan civilians, let aid into Gaza, and end the war.
abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
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Holy crap. The DOJ is arguing that the President can unilaterally deport anyone he wants without ANY statutory authority, just on his inherent authority as President over national security.
That is a terrifying claim to make and not one that has ever been recognized before in US history.
That is a terrifying claim to make and not one that has ever been recognized before in US history.
March 15, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Holy crap. The DOJ is arguing that the President can unilaterally deport anyone he wants without ANY statutory authority, just on his inherent authority as President over national security.
That is a terrifying claim to make and not one that has ever been recognized before in US history.
That is a terrifying claim to make and not one that has ever been recognized before in US history.
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In 1999, the Board of Immigration Appeals ruled that the answer to that was essentially no. So long as the Secretary of State's invocation is "facially reasonable and bona fide," an immigration judge may not inquire any further and must accept the Secretary's assessment.
March 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
In 1999, the Board of Immigration Appeals ruled that the answer to that was essentially no. So long as the Secretary of State's invocation is "facially reasonable and bona fide," an immigration judge may not inquire any further and must accept the Secretary's assessment.
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🚨 Holy crap. Marco Rubio is seemingly purporting to exempt nearly all immigration regulations and policy, along with things like export controls, trade rules, and more, from notice and comment rulemaking requirements.
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-04116.pdf
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-04116.pdf
![5. For these reasons, I hereby determine that all efforts, conducted by any agency of the federal government, to control the status, entry, and exit of people, and the transfer of goods, services, data, technology, and other items across the borders of the United States, constitute a foreign affairs function of the United States under the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 553, 554.
Dated: February 21, 2025.
Marco Rubio, Secretary of State.
[FR Doc. 2025-04116 Filed: 3/13/2025 8:45 am; Publication Date: 3/14/2025]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreiavaiwveosvflap6cyxaeqs5xm3au23malhmxi67pzmmslkhdjfvm@jpeg)
March 13, 2025 at 7:24 PM
🚨 Holy crap. Marco Rubio is seemingly purporting to exempt nearly all immigration regulations and policy, along with things like export controls, trade rules, and more, from notice and comment rulemaking requirements.
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-04116.pdf
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-04116.pdf
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congratulations to me for finally reading the books i bought five years ago
March 12, 2025 at 11:16 PM
congratulations to me for finally reading the books i bought five years ago
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The law in question:
March 13, 2025 at 12:56 AM
The law in question:
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Jaimes has lived for 30 years in the U.S., starting his own painting business that supports his wife and five children. Now, they're scrambling to find out what may happen to him and how they will continue their lives without his support. www.freep.com/story/news/l...
Michigan immigrant father arrested by ICE outside school after dropping off child
Jose Jaimes has lived in the U.S. for about 30 years and is the father of five children.
www.freep.com
March 12, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Jaimes has lived for 30 years in the U.S., starting his own painting business that supports his wife and five children. Now, they're scrambling to find out what may happen to him and how they will continue their lives without his support. www.freep.com/story/news/l...
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This is a five alarm fire moment; widespread destruction of government records in direct violation of law that may erase accountability forever. Such destruction may even be outright criminal.
@propublica.org reporter Brett Murphy with an explosive scoop. This is insanity.
March 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
This is a five alarm fire moment; widespread destruction of government records in direct violation of law that may erase accountability forever. Such destruction may even be outright criminal.
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!! This seems to confirm that the Trump admin invoked an obscure Cold War-era law, INA 237(a)(4)(C), which authorizes the Secretary of State to *personally* order any noncitizen to be deported on the grounds that their presence "would have potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences."
March 11, 2025 at 1:27 PM
!! This seems to confirm that the Trump admin invoked an obscure Cold War-era law, INA 237(a)(4)(C), which authorizes the Secretary of State to *personally* order any noncitizen to be deported on the grounds that their presence "would have potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences."
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Two things:
- Rubio’s involvement makes it even more likely they invoked the obscure law which lets the Secretary of State declare a person’s presence harms foreign policy.
- This is not “revoking” a green card, as if it happened already. They will still have to go through immigration court first.
- Rubio’s involvement makes it even more likely they invoked the obscure law which lets the Secretary of State declare a person’s presence harms foreign policy.
- This is not “revoking” a green card, as if it happened already. They will still have to go through immigration court first.
A White House source tells The Washington Post that Secretary of State Marco Rubio was directly involved in the revocation of Mahmoud Khalil’s green card, which suggests that DHS knew he was a legal permanent resident – not on a visa – when they arrested him. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
March 11, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Two things:
- Rubio’s involvement makes it even more likely they invoked the obscure law which lets the Secretary of State declare a person’s presence harms foreign policy.
- This is not “revoking” a green card, as if it happened already. They will still have to go through immigration court first.
- Rubio’s involvement makes it even more likely they invoked the obscure law which lets the Secretary of State declare a person’s presence harms foreign policy.
- This is not “revoking” a green card, as if it happened already. They will still have to go through immigration court first.
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By the time you get to green card holders, ICE prosecutors have to articulate a ground of removability (listed in U.S. law), tell an immigration judge the person has violated it, and get the judge to agree.
That is still a much lower level of protection than citizens — of any sort — have. +
That is still a much lower level of protection than citizens — of any sort — have. +
March 10, 2025 at 11:59 PM
By the time you get to green card holders, ICE prosecutors have to articulate a ground of removability (listed in U.S. law), tell an immigration judge the person has violated it, and get the judge to agree.
That is still a much lower level of protection than citizens — of any sort — have. +
That is still a much lower level of protection than citizens — of any sort — have. +
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Unlike, say, someone who’s paroled into the U.S., ICE can’t just strip someone with a green card of legal protections _by_ arresting them. Nor is it like a non-immigrant visa, where, say, State can unilaterally revoke, but for a specific reason (eg you were working not student-ing). +
March 10, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Unlike, say, someone who’s paroled into the U.S., ICE can’t just strip someone with a green card of legal protections _by_ arresting them. Nor is it like a non-immigrant visa, where, say, State can unilaterally revoke, but for a specific reason (eg you were working not student-ing). +
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Aaron's tweets often remind me TV shows when characters get sent to a different dimension and they're horrified at all the vampires and zombies, only to encounter a mild guy who's been there for years, sipping tea, "Oh, all the monsters. Yeah, that's why they call it Nightmare World."
There's a lot of confusion swirling so it may help to explain that the below is actually fairly normal following an ICE arrest. ICE often transfers people to the deep South where some of the largest detention centers are located, and the ICE Detainee Locator system can take up to 24 hours to update.
Until last night, the ICE detainee locator stated Khalil was at Elizabeth, NJ—even though his wife had been unable to find him there yesterday. This morning, his location has been updated to Jena — a very remote, GEO group-run facility in the middle of rural Louisiana.
March 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Aaron's tweets often remind me TV shows when characters get sent to a different dimension and they're horrified at all the vampires and zombies, only to encounter a mild guy who's been there for years, sipping tea, "Oh, all the monsters. Yeah, that's why they call it Nightmare World."
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I’d like to announce my forthcoming US history book, covering a decisive but tumultuous era in that country’s history, titled “The trade policies of the United States: 10:30 am to 1:30 pm on Friday, March 7, 2025” It will be 400 pages.
March 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I’d like to announce my forthcoming US history book, covering a decisive but tumultuous era in that country’s history, titled “The trade policies of the United States: 10:30 am to 1:30 pm on Friday, March 7, 2025” It will be 400 pages.
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This BBC graphic is a good way to show why reciprocal 25% tariffs will cause prices on some goods to go up far more than 25%.
A piston used in a car engine made in Michigan will cross the U.S. border twice, and will be taxed 25% each time.
Some products cross the U.S. border even more than that.
A piston used in a car engine made in Michigan will cross the U.S. border twice, and will be taxed 25% each time.
Some products cross the U.S. border even more than that.
March 4, 2025 at 2:32 PM
This BBC graphic is a good way to show why reciprocal 25% tariffs will cause prices on some goods to go up far more than 25%.
A piston used in a car engine made in Michigan will cross the U.S. border twice, and will be taxed 25% each time.
Some products cross the U.S. border even more than that.
A piston used in a car engine made in Michigan will cross the U.S. border twice, and will be taxed 25% each time.
Some products cross the U.S. border even more than that.