joel hanes
@joelhanes.bsky.social
old guy
usenet -> blogs -> twitter -> bsky
usenet -> blogs -> twitter -> bsky
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Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
February 1, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
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absolute nazi shit. these are people who came here legally and are to be rendered criminals to populate concentration camps because of lies.
“about 350,000 Haitians will lose their status on Tuesday — ending their right to live and work in the United States legally and putting them at risk of immediate detention and deportation”
"‘Reminds me of Anne Frank’: Jewish seniors are offering to hide their Haitian caregivers as Trump’s TPS end looms"
February 1, 2026 at 2:03 PM
absolute nazi shit. these are people who came here legally and are to be rendered criminals to populate concentration camps because of lies.
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The Trump admin’s whole case regarding Haitians in Ohio is racism, xenophobia, and lies. There’s literally nothing else to it.
Legal status, proper papers. No criminal record. Employers, neighbors, local leaders say they’re a benefit to the community.
It’s showy, bigoted cruelty, nothing more.
Legal status, proper papers. No criminal record. Employers, neighbors, local leaders say they’re a benefit to the community.
It’s showy, bigoted cruelty, nothing more.
“about 350,000 Haitians will lose their status on Tuesday — ending their right to live and work in the United States legally and putting them at risk of immediate detention and deportation”
"‘Reminds me of Anne Frank’: Jewish seniors are offering to hide their Haitian caregivers as Trump’s TPS end looms"
February 1, 2026 at 2:25 PM
The Trump admin’s whole case regarding Haitians in Ohio is racism, xenophobia, and lies. There’s literally nothing else to it.
Legal status, proper papers. No criminal record. Employers, neighbors, local leaders say they’re a benefit to the community.
It’s showy, bigoted cruelty, nothing more.
Legal status, proper papers. No criminal record. Employers, neighbors, local leaders say they’re a benefit to the community.
It’s showy, bigoted cruelty, nothing more.
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An important historical reminder of what life was like before vaccines.
European colonists brought measles to the Americas, killing ~25% of people.
Vaccines were then developed, starting in 1798.
SMALLPOX: 1798
DIPHTHERIA/PERTUSSIS: 1914
POLIO: 1955
MEASLES: 1961
MUMPS: 1967
RUBELLA: 1969🧪
European colonists brought measles to the Americas, killing ~25% of people.
Vaccines were then developed, starting in 1798.
SMALLPOX: 1798
DIPHTHERIA/PERTUSSIS: 1914
POLIO: 1955
MEASLES: 1961
MUMPS: 1967
RUBELLA: 1969🧪
Opinion | We Need a Reminder of What the Pre-Vaccine Era Was Like (Gift Article)
The worst manifestations of preventable diseases have faded from public memory.
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2026 at 12:53 AM
An important historical reminder of what life was like before vaccines.
European colonists brought measles to the Americas, killing ~25% of people.
Vaccines were then developed, starting in 1798.
SMALLPOX: 1798
DIPHTHERIA/PERTUSSIS: 1914
POLIO: 1955
MEASLES: 1961
MUMPS: 1967
RUBELLA: 1969🧪
European colonists brought measles to the Americas, killing ~25% of people.
Vaccines were then developed, starting in 1798.
SMALLPOX: 1798
DIPHTHERIA/PERTUSSIS: 1914
POLIO: 1955
MEASLES: 1961
MUMPS: 1967
RUBELLA: 1969🧪
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So believe me I understand this is deeply frustrating and unfair, but a march that does everything right and still gets tear gassed is a successful march that is winning.
A lot of the strategy of protest is luring the authorities into engaging in obviously, transparently unjust uses of force.
A lot of the strategy of protest is luring the authorities into engaging in obviously, transparently unjust uses of force.
It's hard to overstate how ell-organized the portland march that got gassed was... organizers made the crowd promise to be peaceful, said the march would slow in front of the ICE building but not stop, that we would stick to one chant (ICE Out). They did absolutely everything right and got gassed.
February 1, 2026 at 6:31 AM
So believe me I understand this is deeply frustrating and unfair, but a march that does everything right and still gets tear gassed is a successful march that is winning.
A lot of the strategy of protest is luring the authorities into engaging in obviously, transparently unjust uses of force.
A lot of the strategy of protest is luring the authorities into engaging in obviously, transparently unjust uses of force.
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The electorate is objectively unfit for purpose and I'm not sure how a democracy works with that problem.
February 1, 2026 at 7:12 AM
The electorate is objectively unfit for purpose and I'm not sure how a democracy works with that problem.
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Democrats easily flip Texas senate district Trump carried by 17 points
Democrats easily flip Texas senate district Trump carried by 17 points - Lawyers, Guns & Money
This really is going to be a blue wave, huh: Democrat Taylor Rehmet won a special election for the Texas state Senate on Saturday, flipping a reliably Republican district that President Donald Trump won by 17 points in 2024. Rehmet, a labor union leader and veteran, easily defeated Republican Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist, in […]
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
February 1, 2026 at 6:11 AM
Democrats easily flip Texas senate district Trump carried by 17 points
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Cheapest OV/P100 respirator and ballistic safety goggles available at Home Depot:
January 12, 2026 at 1:20 AM
Cheapest OV/P100 respirator and ballistic safety goggles available at Home Depot:
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Democrat Christian Menefee has won a Texas U.S. House seat in a special election, narrowing Republicans’ already-slim majority
Democrat Christian Menefee Wins Election For U.S. House, Narrowing GOP's Slim Majority
The seat representing the heavily Democratic Houston-based district has been vacant for nearly a year.
www.huffpost.com
February 1, 2026 at 4:23 AM
Democrat Christian Menefee has won a Texas U.S. House seat in a special election, narrowing Republicans’ already-slim majority
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ICE detain father driving 2 year old son to daycare—leave toddler behind in back seat crying & confused.
"The baby was crying and scared... he was covering himself with a blanket."
"He was telling me 'Police took my daddy.' "
Shoreline, Washington
"The baby was crying and scared... he was covering himself with a blanket."
"He was telling me 'Police took my daddy.' "
Shoreline, Washington
February 1, 2026 at 2:08 AM
ICE detain father driving 2 year old son to daycare—leave toddler behind in back seat crying & confused.
"The baby was crying and scared... he was covering himself with a blanket."
"He was telling me 'Police took my daddy.' "
Shoreline, Washington
"The baby was crying and scared... he was covering himself with a blanket."
"He was telling me 'Police took my daddy.' "
Shoreline, Washington
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As you see the reports out of Texas SD-9, keep in mind: This was the cash discrepancy.
Money speaks -- but it's not as loud as it used to be.
Money speaks -- but it's not as loud as it used to be.
February 1, 2026 at 2:03 AM
As you see the reports out of Texas SD-9, keep in mind: This was the cash discrepancy.
Money speaks -- but it's not as loud as it used to be.
Money speaks -- but it's not as loud as it used to be.
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Despite ample funding, the agency halted payments in October. They may not resume for several months.
ICE has stopped paying for detainee medical treatment
Despite ample funding, the agency halted payments in October. They may not resume for several months.
www.motherjones.com
February 1, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Despite ample funding, the agency halted payments in October. They may not resume for several months.
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Here’s a gift link to a NY Times story explaining Trump’s huge financial claims against the U.S. government and how he may use his position as president to order underlings to transfer taxpayer money to him personally. Outrageous.
Trump Sues I.R.S. Over Tax Data Leak, Demanding $10 Billion
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:20 AM
Here’s a gift link to a NY Times story explaining Trump’s huge financial claims against the U.S. government and how he may use his position as president to order underlings to transfer taxpayer money to him personally. Outrageous.
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Aside from how many billionaires are explicitly predators/cronies/rent-seekers, hoarding that much wealth, the vast majority of which they can't even spend, is a terrible, and utterly unethical allocation of resources.
Billionaires are a policy failure and should be taxed out of existence.
Billionaires are a policy failure and should be taxed out of existence.
February 1, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Aside from how many billionaires are explicitly predators/cronies/rent-seekers, hoarding that much wealth, the vast majority of which they can't even spend, is a terrible, and utterly unethical allocation of resources.
Billionaires are a policy failure and should be taxed out of existence.
Billionaires are a policy failure and should be taxed out of existence.
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I've been posting about this for a long time. Time to raise awareness again: the SAVE Act would disenfranchise tens of millions of American women (including myself) whose legal names do not match the names on their birth certificates.
Lawyers say a Real ID DL wouldn't suffice to be able to vote.
Lawyers say a Real ID DL wouldn't suffice to be able to vote.
This one weird trick could stop US women from voting | Arwa Mahdawi
The Save Act – which would do the opposite of its title – could have a huge impact on the midterm elections
www.theguardian.com
February 1, 2026 at 2:28 AM
I've been posting about this for a long time. Time to raise awareness again: the SAVE Act would disenfranchise tens of millions of American women (including myself) whose legal names do not match the names on their birth certificates.
Lawyers say a Real ID DL wouldn't suffice to be able to vote.
Lawyers say a Real ID DL wouldn't suffice to be able to vote.
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What's the overlap between people who weren't supportive of Trump in term 1 but suddenly lived to serve him in term 2 and people in the Epstein files?
February 1, 2026 at 12:10 AM
What's the overlap between people who weren't supportive of Trump in term 1 but suddenly lived to serve him in term 2 and people in the Epstein files?
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What We Saw in Minneapolis
www.propublica.org/article/minn...
www.propublica.org/article/minn...
What We Saw in Minneapolis
Our visual journalists documented the days surrounding Alex Pretti’s killing in Minneapolis.
www.propublica.org
January 31, 2026 at 1:50 PM
What We Saw in Minneapolis
www.propublica.org/article/minn...
www.propublica.org/article/minn...
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If you’re talking about a MN judge denying the state’s bid to end the Trump admin’s Operation Metro Surge, please include that the judge said there was evidence ICE agents engaged in racial profiling, excessive force and widespread disruption but that she wasn’t ruling on that.
February 1, 2026 at 12:25 AM
If you’re talking about a MN judge denying the state’s bid to end the Trump admin’s Operation Metro Surge, please include that the judge said there was evidence ICE agents engaged in racial profiling, excessive force and widespread disruption but that she wasn’t ruling on that.
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We are now 43 days beyond the statutory deadline for the FULL release of the Epstein files
Yesterday, the Justice Dept released approximately HALF of the potentially responsive pages
Hundreds of thousands of those pages are redacted
Yesterday, the Justice Dept released approximately HALF of the potentially responsive pages
Hundreds of thousands of those pages are redacted
January 31, 2026 at 2:37 PM
We are now 43 days beyond the statutory deadline for the FULL release of the Epstein files
Yesterday, the Justice Dept released approximately HALF of the potentially responsive pages
Hundreds of thousands of those pages are redacted
Yesterday, the Justice Dept released approximately HALF of the potentially responsive pages
Hundreds of thousands of those pages are redacted
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They are "protecting*" US athletes
*acting as a threatening presence to dissuade US athletes from speaking out about ICE on an international platform
*acting as a threatening presence to dissuade US athletes from speaking out about ICE on an international platform
January 31, 2026 at 9:54 PM
They are "protecting*" US athletes
*acting as a threatening presence to dissuade US athletes from speaking out about ICE on an international platform
*acting as a threatening presence to dissuade US athletes from speaking out about ICE on an international platform
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It's difficult to overstate what a brutal and unequivocal rebuke this is, by a very sober and respected judge, of deeply unprofessional and meritless conduct by the AG. It begins by pointing out that DOJ offered no evidence at all to support its claim--even after being requested to do so-- ... [1]
We finally know what happened to DOJ's (frivolous) misconduct complaint against Chief Judge Boasberg:
It was transferred by Chief Justice Roberts from the D.C. Circuit to Sixth Circuit Chief Judge Jeff Sutton, and Sutton dismissed it in a ... direct ... memorandum and order just two weeks later:
It was transferred by Chief Justice Roberts from the D.C. Circuit to Sixth Circuit Chief Judge Jeff Sutton, and Sutton dismissed it in a ... direct ... memorandum and order just two weeks later:
www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov
January 31, 2026 at 9:58 PM
It's difficult to overstate what a brutal and unequivocal rebuke this is, by a very sober and respected judge, of deeply unprofessional and meritless conduct by the AG. It begins by pointing out that DOJ offered no evidence at all to support its claim--even after being requested to do so-- ... [1]
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“In a ruling that could significantly shape the 2026 elections, Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly struck down key portions of an executive order Trump issued last year purporting to govern voting rules for future federal elections.
The court’s reasoning, & the constitutional principles it reaffirmed, is⬇️
The court’s reasoning, & the constitutional principles it reaffirmed, is⬇️
January 31, 2026 at 8:50 PM
“In a ruling that could significantly shape the 2026 elections, Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly struck down key portions of an executive order Trump issued last year purporting to govern voting rules for future federal elections.
The court’s reasoning, & the constitutional principles it reaffirmed, is⬇️
The court’s reasoning, & the constitutional principles it reaffirmed, is⬇️
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In 1969, Black parents in Mississippi sued to prevent whites-only private schools from tax-exempt status. They won.
Religious conservative activist Paul Weyrich saw his opening. He co-founded the Heritage Foundation.
RACISM, from the start.
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
Religious conservative activist Paul Weyrich saw his opening. He co-founded the Heritage Foundation.
RACISM, from the start.
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
January 31, 2026 at 8:45 PM
In 1969, Black parents in Mississippi sued to prevent whites-only private schools from tax-exempt status. They won.
Religious conservative activist Paul Weyrich saw his opening. He co-founded the Heritage Foundation.
RACISM, from the start.
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
Religious conservative activist Paul Weyrich saw his opening. He co-founded the Heritage Foundation.
RACISM, from the start.
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
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the Trump administration is a collection of the worst people on earth but it would be meaningfully less awful if Stephen Miller, personally, was not a part of it
that he succeeded at making himself Trump’s closest advisor has done extraordinary damage to this country
that he succeeded at making himself Trump’s closest advisor has done extraordinary damage to this country
Millerism means Minneapolis times 100 for a decade. It would tend the United States apart. It is something close to Milosevic’s line.
January 31, 2026 at 8:58 PM
the Trump administration is a collection of the worst people on earth but it would be meaningfully less awful if Stephen Miller, personally, was not a part of it
that he succeeded at making himself Trump’s closest advisor has done extraordinary damage to this country
that he succeeded at making himself Trump’s closest advisor has done extraordinary damage to this country
