Hannah Silverstein
@hillhannah.bsky.social
MFA poetry, Warren Wilson College. She/Her. Black Lives Matter. Zero tolerance for fascists. https://linktr.ee/hannahsilverstein
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Just a reminder that both Ilhan Omar and Maxwell Frost have been attacked this week.
No outrage by right-wing media or even corporate media.
Now imagine if this were done to Republicans.
The entire system is rigged in favor of conservatives, folks. The double standards are just wild.
No outrage by right-wing media or even corporate media.
Now imagine if this were done to Republicans.
The entire system is rigged in favor of conservatives, folks. The double standards are just wild.
January 28, 2026 at 6:19 AM
Just a reminder that both Ilhan Omar and Maxwell Frost have been attacked this week.
No outrage by right-wing media or even corporate media.
Now imagine if this were done to Republicans.
The entire system is rigged in favor of conservatives, folks. The double standards are just wild.
No outrage by right-wing media or even corporate media.
Now imagine if this were done to Republicans.
The entire system is rigged in favor of conservatives, folks. The double standards are just wild.
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I'm calling bullshit on the media narrative that Trump is "pivoting" and "deescalating" on his ICE raids. The threshold is this: As long as the military occupations and the treatment of US cities as enemy territory continue, there's no pivot. ICE out. 1/
(New piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
(New piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
Donald Trump Is Frightened
Trump wants to appear eager to minimize out-of-control clashes between government militias and protesters. But he doesn’t want to stop the things causing those clashes in the first place.
newrepublic.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:40 PM
I'm calling bullshit on the media narrative that Trump is "pivoting" and "deescalating" on his ICE raids. The threshold is this: As long as the military occupations and the treatment of US cities as enemy territory continue, there's no pivot. ICE out. 1/
(New piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
(New piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
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This administration is cooked. Literally no one is scared of them.
January 25, 2026 at 5:20 PM
This administration is cooked. Literally no one is scared of them.
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They kidnapped a five year old child
January 22, 2026 at 1:40 AM
They kidnapped a five year old child
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You are either for Gestapo or against Gestapo: if you want Gestapo to have more training or a slightly smaller increase in spending you are for Gestapo.
January 22, 2026 at 1:42 AM
You are either for Gestapo or against Gestapo: if you want Gestapo to have more training or a slightly smaller increase in spending you are for Gestapo.
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Absolute monsters.
Abolish ICE.
Prosecute them.
Sue them.
Never forget what they've done and continue to do to people.
Abolish ICE.
Prosecute them.
Sue them.
Never forget what they've done and continue to do to people.
Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."
January 22, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Absolute monsters.
Abolish ICE.
Prosecute them.
Sue them.
Never forget what they've done and continue to do to people.
Abolish ICE.
Prosecute them.
Sue them.
Never forget what they've done and continue to do to people.
I, too, struggle against the habit of using intelligence-related ableist epithets, but then I remember: the word “asshole” is right there
January 19, 2026 at 4:09 PM
I, too, struggle against the habit of using intelligence-related ableist epithets, but then I remember: the word “asshole” is right there
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just a reminder that we aren’t even seeing the worst of what is happening in Minneapolis from someone detailed at the Whipple Federal Building yesterday
January 13, 2026 at 12:51 AM
just a reminder that we aren’t even seeing the worst of what is happening in Minneapolis from someone detailed at the Whipple Federal Building yesterday
The Sixth Extinction Tantrum
January 12, 2026 at 12:54 PM
The Sixth Extinction Tantrum
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The past couple days have made it clear that arresting and prosecuting Johnathan Ross isn’t just the right thing to do, it is necessary to prevent future violence by ICE who have interpreted the situation as “we can do that to whoever we want”
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
January 10, 2026 at 3:25 PM
The past couple days have made it clear that arresting and prosecuting Johnathan Ross isn’t just the right thing to do, it is necessary to prevent future violence by ICE who have interpreted the situation as “we can do that to whoever we want”
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“We had whistles. They had guns.”
From Becca Good’s loving tribute to her wife, Renee Macklin Good. Full text here:
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
From Becca Good’s loving tribute to her wife, Renee Macklin Good. Full text here:
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
January 10, 2026 at 6:13 PM
“We had whistles. They had guns.”
From Becca Good’s loving tribute to her wife, Renee Macklin Good. Full text here:
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
From Becca Good’s loving tribute to her wife, Renee Macklin Good. Full text here:
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
January 10, 2026 at 3:24 PM
A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
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This might be controversial but personally I don't think we should have heavily-armed roving death squads accountable only to the whims of an autocratic strongman
January 9, 2026 at 3:36 PM
This might be controversial but personally I don't think we should have heavily-armed roving death squads accountable only to the whims of an autocratic strongman
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We cannot be more clear. Leave us the fuck alone.
January 8, 2026 at 1:19 AM
We cannot be more clear. Leave us the fuck alone.
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It’s wasn’t okay for the left to critique Charlie Kirk because he got murdered but it is okay for the right to be pro-murdering people
January 8, 2026 at 12:43 AM
It’s wasn’t okay for the left to critique Charlie Kirk because he got murdered but it is okay for the right to be pro-murdering people
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Baby sloths will cling to their mother for the first 3-6 months of life, transitioning from nursing to sampling leaves the mother collects.
By 6 months to 1 year (depending on species), they're usually full independent, capable of eating leaves on their own & the mother moves to a new area.
By 6 months to 1 year (depending on species), they're usually full independent, capable of eating leaves on their own & the mother moves to a new area.
a close up of a baby sloth sleeping on a blanket
Alt: a close up of a baby sloth sleeping on a blanket
media.tenor.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Baby sloths will cling to their mother for the first 3-6 months of life, transitioning from nursing to sampling leaves the mother collects.
By 6 months to 1 year (depending on species), they're usually full independent, capable of eating leaves on their own & the mother moves to a new area.
By 6 months to 1 year (depending on species), they're usually full independent, capable of eating leaves on their own & the mother moves to a new area.
Three hours and counting.
My dog found a frozen deer leg in the woods and has been parked with it in the middle of the driveway refusing to come in for the past two hours. Basically, he's the canine RFK Jr.
January 7, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Three hours and counting.
My dog found a frozen deer leg in the woods and has been parked with it in the middle of the driveway refusing to come in for the past two hours. Basically, he's the canine RFK Jr.
January 7, 2026 at 7:28 PM
My dog found a frozen deer leg in the woods and has been parked with it in the middle of the driveway refusing to come in for the past two hours. Basically, he's the canine RFK Jr.
Fuck war and these fucking war mongers and all their enablers
January 3, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Fuck war and these fucking war mongers and all their enablers
“Without a conscious clearing of the lens, the eye sees what the mind has already imagined”
A glow in the consciousness – magnificent read on the continuous creative act of seeing clearly www.themarginalian.org/2024/06/11/p...
A Glow in the Consciousness: The Continuous Creative Act of Seeing Clearly
“Simply to look on anything… with the love that penetrates to its essence, is to widen the domain of being in the vastness of non-being.”
www.themarginalian.org
December 10, 2025 at 1:12 PM
“Without a conscious clearing of the lens, the eye sees what the mind has already imagined”
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You must react everyday to what is happening. But that is no way to write a book or a sentence.
-James Baldwin, intv w Joe Walker, 1972
-James Baldwin, intv w Joe Walker, 1972
December 7, 2025 at 12:20 AM
You must react everyday to what is happening. But that is no way to write a book or a sentence.
-James Baldwin, intv w Joe Walker, 1972
-James Baldwin, intv w Joe Walker, 1972
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Everyone involved in this child’s kidnapping is going to hell.
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 3, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Everyone involved in this child’s kidnapping is going to hell.