Hafiz 🇵🇸 Rashid
@hafizr.bsky.social
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Hafiz 🇵🇸 Rashid
@hafizr.bsky.social
· Dec 29
My year-end story on Elon Musk went up today. I hope I accurately covered how horrible the guy is, because it was hard to remember every last one of his 2024 misdeeds. newrepublic.com/article/2045...
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Here's a "holy shit" sentence for you:
"In the past year, the federal workforce lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s, according to an analysis in Science."
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-is-m...
"In the past year, the federal workforce lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s, according to an analysis in Science."
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-is-m...
Trump Is Making America Stupider
How MAGA is purging scientists and other skilled workers from both the private and public sectors.
www.thebulwark.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Here's a "holy shit" sentence for you:
"In the past year, the federal workforce lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s, according to an analysis in Science."
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-is-m...
"In the past year, the federal workforce lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s, according to an analysis in Science."
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-is-m...
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Award-winning Palestinian journalist regains account with 1.4 million followers after surprise removal from platform.
Gaza-based journalist Bisan Owda regains TikTok account after outcry
Award-winning Palestinian journalist regains account with 1.4 million followers after surprise removal from platform.
www.aljazeera.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Award-winning Palestinian journalist regains account with 1.4 million followers after surprise removal from platform.
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Democrats Condemn ICE For Murdering Without Proper Warrants https://theonion.com/democrats-condemn-ice-for-murdering-without-proper-warrants/
January 30, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Democrats Condemn ICE For Murdering Without Proper Warrants https://theonion.com/democrats-condemn-ice-for-murdering-without-proper-warrants/
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A 5-year-old boy seized by ICE and transported more than a thousand miles from his family home is reportedly very sick in a Texas detention facility.
Boy, 5, Nabbed by ICE Is Now Sick in Detention
Liam Conejo Ramos is said to be feverish, depressed, and barely responsive.
trib.al
January 29, 2026 at 12:23 PM
A 5-year-old boy seized by ICE and transported more than a thousand miles from his family home is reportedly very sick in a Texas detention facility.
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My colleague @mford.bsky.social called for this during Trump’s first term in the @newrepublic.com newrepublic.com/article/1470...
January 28, 2026 at 11:27 PM
My colleague @mford.bsky.social called for this during Trump’s first term in the @newrepublic.com newrepublic.com/article/1470...
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“Government-sponsored violence by Israeli settlers, 'apartheid roads' and Palestinians being displaced from their homes. Peace Now provides a somber day trip in the occupied West Bank.”
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
A West Bank bus trip through 'the best documented ethnic cleansing in history'
Government-sponsored Violence by Israeli Settlers, 'Apartheid Roads' and Palestinians Being Displaced From Their Homes. Peace Now Provides a Somber Day Trip in the Occupied West Bank
www.haaretz.com
January 28, 2026 at 9:58 PM
“Government-sponsored violence by Israeli settlers, 'apartheid roads' and Palestinians being displaced from their homes. Peace Now provides a somber day trip in the occupied West Bank.”
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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I once had an immigration client that had been in Richmond, VA disappear for a few days then pop up again in Tacoma, WA. We had to engage local counsel in Washington State to continue to represent her. This was during the Obama administration.
Excellent explanation of how ICE moves immigrants from one prison facility to another to deny them access to justice.
January 28, 2026 at 5:05 PM
I once had an immigration client that had been in Richmond, VA disappear for a few days then pop up again in Tacoma, WA. We had to engage local counsel in Washington State to continue to represent her. This was during the Obama administration.
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Yep.
Pretty much everyone in MAGA is convinced that the guy who attacked Ilhan Omar is a lib plant as part of a "Somali False Flag Scam" orchestrated by the congresswoman.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Pretty much everyone in MAGA is convinced that the guy who attacked Ilhan Omar is a lib plant as part of a "Somali False Flag Scam" orchestrated by the congresswoman.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
MAGA is totally convinced Ilhan Omar ‘staged’ spray attack: ‘Somali False Flag Scam’
‘It's all fake. Even if it wasn't staged (though it may have been), it's still fake,’ ultraconservative Daily Wire host Matt Walsh tweeted about the attack.
www.independent.co.uk
January 28, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Yep.
Pretty much everyone in MAGA is convinced that the guy who attacked Ilhan Omar is a lib plant as part of a "Somali False Flag Scam" orchestrated by the congresswoman.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Pretty much everyone in MAGA is convinced that the guy who attacked Ilhan Omar is a lib plant as part of a "Somali False Flag Scam" orchestrated by the congresswoman.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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How many STEM Ph.D.s were lost from the U.S. federal government last year?
My colleagues @mghersher.bsky.social and @policyhound.bsky.social dug into a recent data release to find the answer. A @science.org exclusive.
www.science.org/content/arti...
My colleagues @mghersher.bsky.social and @policyhound.bsky.social dug into a recent data release to find the answer. A @science.org exclusive.
www.science.org/content/arti...
January 26, 2026 at 11:39 PM
How many STEM Ph.D.s were lost from the U.S. federal government last year?
My colleagues @mghersher.bsky.social and @policyhound.bsky.social dug into a recent data release to find the answer. A @science.org exclusive.
www.science.org/content/arti...
My colleagues @mghersher.bsky.social and @policyhound.bsky.social dug into a recent data release to find the answer. A @science.org exclusive.
www.science.org/content/arti...
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I am just gonna say it, these guys are completely emasculated by the knowledge that they have been out-organized by a group that is significantly made up of women, and all the bullshit call of duty nonsense is cope for their wounded egos bsky.app/profile/jeet...
MAGA military geniuses are talking about Minnesota protestors like they are the Iraqi insurgency, the Taliban, and the Viet Cong all rolled into one.
January 26, 2026 at 6:12 PM
I am just gonna say it, these guys are completely emasculated by the knowledge that they have been out-organized by a group that is significantly made up of women, and all the bullshit call of duty nonsense is cope for their wounded egos bsky.app/profile/jeet...
Where are the Muslim leaders?
NEW from @rns.org: A full gallery of photos documenting religious responses to ICE in Minneapolis —> religionnews.com/2026/01/26/p...
Minnesota faith responses in photos
(RNS) — Visual news coverage of recent faith-based responses to immigration enforcement actions in Minnesota.
religionnews.com
January 26, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Where are the Muslim leaders?
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NEW from @rns.org: A full gallery of photos documenting religious responses to ICE in Minneapolis —> religionnews.com/2026/01/26/p...
Minnesota faith responses in photos
(RNS) — Visual news coverage of recent faith-based responses to immigration enforcement actions in Minnesota.
religionnews.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:39 PM
NEW from @rns.org: A full gallery of photos documenting religious responses to ICE in Minneapolis —> religionnews.com/2026/01/26/p...
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I have a piece today in Defector making the case for "more training" for ICE agents. A *lot* more training. defector.com/i-have-a-gre...
I Have A Great Idea For Retraining ICE Agents | Defector
The several thousand federal agents currently running rampant in the Twin Cities have so far achieved little in the way of legitimate law enforcement objectives, but they have been rather more success...
defector.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:18 PM
I have a piece today in Defector making the case for "more training" for ICE agents. A *lot* more training. defector.com/i-have-a-gre...
When Alex Pareene writes, pay attention
I have a piece today in Defector making the case for "more training" for ICE agents. A *lot* more training. defector.com/i-have-a-gre...
I Have A Great Idea For Retraining ICE Agents | Defector
The several thousand federal agents currently running rampant in the Twin Cities have so far achieved little in the way of legitimate law enforcement objectives, but they have been rather more success...
defector.com
January 26, 2026 at 6:40 PM
When Alex Pareene writes, pay attention
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MAGA military geniuses are talking about Minnesota protestors like they are the Iraqi insurgency, the Taliban, and the Viet Cong all rolled into one.
January 26, 2026 at 5:10 PM
MAGA military geniuses are talking about Minnesota protestors like they are the Iraqi insurgency, the Taliban, and the Viet Cong all rolled into one.
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The flagrantly fascist actions of the Trump White House have upended even the milquetoast logic of traditional Democratic acquiescence, writes @chrislehmann.bsky.social. The moral case for dismantling ICE is beyond dispute.
https://bit.ly/3M35Gua
https://bit.ly/3M35Gua
This Is the Perfect Moment for Democrats to Grow a Spine
After the murder of Alex Pretti by federal agents, the least national Democrats can do is dismantle ICE.
bit.ly
January 26, 2026 at 6:07 PM
The flagrantly fascist actions of the Trump White House have upended even the milquetoast logic of traditional Democratic acquiescence, writes @chrislehmann.bsky.social. The moral case for dismantling ICE is beyond dispute.
https://bit.ly/3M35Gua
https://bit.ly/3M35Gua
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This is a really incredible piece. Share it widely 🎁https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/01/minneapolis-uprising/685755/?gift=C-rzmQ8PsUHt15odxTKJDn7xrpPNxSpotkNz_P27oI0
Welcome to the American Winter
In the frozen streets of Minneapolis, something profound is happening.
www.theatlantic.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:29 AM
This is a really incredible piece. Share it widely 🎁https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/01/minneapolis-uprising/685755/?gift=C-rzmQ8PsUHt15odxTKJDn7xrpPNxSpotkNz_P27oI0
I ended up writing about this: newrepublic.com/post/205675/...
January 26, 2026 at 4:59 PM
I ended up writing about this: newrepublic.com/post/205675/...
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maybe the best reporting i've seen yet for sharing with normie church members, family, friends, etc., who are trying to understand what's happening.
Inspiring, sobering, spine-starching. (note: gift link)
Inspiring, sobering, spine-starching. (note: gift link)
This is a really incredible piece. Share it widely 🎁https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/01/minneapolis-uprising/685755/?gift=C-rzmQ8PsUHt15odxTKJDn7xrpPNxSpotkNz_P27oI0
Welcome to the American Winter
In the frozen streets of Minneapolis, something profound is happening.
www.theatlantic.com
January 26, 2026 at 3:51 PM
maybe the best reporting i've seen yet for sharing with normie church members, family, friends, etc., who are trying to understand what's happening.
Inspiring, sobering, spine-starching. (note: gift link)
Inspiring, sobering, spine-starching. (note: gift link)
It gets even crazier: He launched his campaign for governor as a staunch defender of law enforcement and had recently provided legal counsel to Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who shot and killed Renee Good in Minneapolis on Jan. 7.
www.startribune.com/chris-madel-...
www.startribune.com/chris-madel-...
January 26, 2026 at 2:43 PM
It gets even crazier: He launched his campaign for governor as a staunch defender of law enforcement and had recently provided legal counsel to Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who shot and killed Renee Good in Minneapolis on Jan. 7.
www.startribune.com/chris-madel-...
www.startribune.com/chris-madel-...
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Medical charity will hand over details of its Palestinian staff to Israel, which targeted aid workers during genocide.
Anger as MSF agrees to Israel's ‘unreasonable demands': What to know
Medical charity will hand over details of its Palestinian staff to Israel, which targeted aid workers during genocide.
www.aljazeera.com
January 26, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Medical charity will hand over details of its Palestinian staff to Israel, which targeted aid workers during genocide.
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And what is happening inside ICE detention centers? 404 Media also learned that the federal government claimed that the day after it was sued for allegedly abusing detainees at an ICE detention center, a “system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility.
ICE Says Critical Evidence In Abuse Case Was Lost In 'System Crash' a Day After It Was Sued
The government also said "we don't have resources" to retain all footage and that plaintiffs could supply "endless hard drives that we could save things to."
www.404media.co
January 25, 2026 at 5:17 PM
And what is happening inside ICE detention centers? 404 Media also learned that the federal government claimed that the day after it was sued for allegedly abusing detainees at an ICE detention center, a “system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility.
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Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"
January 25, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"