Tara Van Ho
@taravanho.bsky.social
Associate Professor, St. Mary’s University (TX). Fmrly Senior Lecturer / Associate Professor, University of Essex. Mostly posting: human rights, business & human rights / #BizHumanRights, international economic law & transitional justice. And Taylor Swift.
The brilliant Erika George addressing DEI & racism in the U.S. in Assembly Hall. #BizHumanRights #UNForumBHR
November 24, 2025 at 9:30 AM
The brilliant Erika George addressing DEI & racism in the U.S. in Assembly Hall. #BizHumanRights #UNForumBHR
Tell me again that we can't remove confederate statues because their part of our history.... Also, every corporate donor to this project should be on boycott lists.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna238754
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna238754
Demolition of the White House's East Wing facade starts for Trump's ballroom project
President Donald Trump insisted in July that the $250 million project, which he said he and private donors would finance, “won’t interfere with the current building.”
www.nbcnews.com
October 21, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Tell me again that we can't remove confederate statues because their part of our history.... Also, every corporate donor to this project should be on boycott lists.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna238754
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna238754
Heartbroken to hear about the passing of Catarina de Albuquerque. She was an incredible advocate & scholar. The world is a sadder place.
October 8, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Heartbroken to hear about the passing of Catarina de Albuquerque. She was an incredible advocate & scholar. The world is a sadder place.
The idea that Pete Hegseth has the competence to lecture that room of military brass on warrior ethos would be laughable if it were an SNL skit. As it is reality... it's not funny.
September 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The idea that Pete Hegseth has the competence to lecture that room of military brass on warrior ethos would be laughable if it were an SNL skit. As it is reality... it's not funny.
Every time I think about Trump speaking to 800 military brass, I'm reminded of when Saddam Hussein brought the Baath party together just to performatively arrest & kill people for "trason" -- based on a hoax he made up himself.
September 30, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Every time I think about Trump speaking to 800 military brass, I'm reminded of when Saddam Hussein brought the Baath party together just to performatively arrest & kill people for "trason" -- based on a hoax he made up himself.
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“It represents the most significant legal step yet by the Trump administration to harry, punish and humiliate a former official the president identified as an enemy, at the expense of procedural safeguards intended to shield the Justice Department from political interference and personal vendettas.”
Breaking News: A federal grand jury is said to have indicted James Comey, after President Trump intensified his pressure campaign on the Justice Department.
Grand Jury Indicts James Comey, Former FBI Director and Longtime Trump Target
The move came after the president intensified his pressure campaign on the Justice Department in recent days, publicly demanding that top officials prosecute Mr. Comey.
nyti.ms
September 26, 2025 at 2:31 AM
“It represents the most significant legal step yet by the Trump administration to harry, punish and humiliate a former official the president identified as an enemy, at the expense of procedural safeguards intended to shield the Justice Department from political interference and personal vendettas.”
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Should this man be in any law enforcement position?
Now ask this: do you believe this man will face any consequences for this violent assault on an unarmed, emotionally distressed woman?
We can call in complaints to the DHS misconduct hotline: 1-800-323-8603
www.oig.dhs.gov/hotline
Now ask this: do you believe this man will face any consequences for this violent assault on an unarmed, emotionally distressed woman?
We can call in complaints to the DHS misconduct hotline: 1-800-323-8603
www.oig.dhs.gov/hotline
September 26, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Should this man be in any law enforcement position?
Now ask this: do you believe this man will face any consequences for this violent assault on an unarmed, emotionally distressed woman?
We can call in complaints to the DHS misconduct hotline: 1-800-323-8603
www.oig.dhs.gov/hotline
Now ask this: do you believe this man will face any consequences for this violent assault on an unarmed, emotionally distressed woman?
We can call in complaints to the DHS misconduct hotline: 1-800-323-8603
www.oig.dhs.gov/hotline
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I was having a similar thought yesterday as I was reviewing the Supreme Court's racial profiling shadow docket order, which--like so many of the Court's orders, as @sifill.bsky.social has pointed out--just substitutes their own nonsense for all the diligent, real fact-finding the trial court did
If your worldview can't coexist with facts, the solution isn't to just change the facts.
September 26, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I was having a similar thought yesterday as I was reviewing the Supreme Court's racial profiling shadow docket order, which--like so many of the Court's orders, as @sifill.bsky.social has pointed out--just substitutes their own nonsense for all the diligent, real fact-finding the trial court did
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Thinking today about the white woman I represented who was charged with something she didn't do. The cop testilied, and she freaked out saying that it was impossible for a cop to not tell the truth because that was illegal. When I told her that it happened all the time,
September 26, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Thinking today about the white woman I represented who was charged with something she didn't do. The cop testilied, and she freaked out saying that it was impossible for a cop to not tell the truth because that was illegal. When I told her that it happened all the time,
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Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians
Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians
Exclusive: Tech firm ends military unit’s access to AI and data services after Guardian reveals secret spy project
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Middle East crisis – live updates
Microsoft has terminated the Israeli military’s access to technology it used to operate a powerful surveillance system that collected millions of Palestinian civilian phone calls made each day in Gaza and the West Bank, the Guardian can reveal.
Microsoft told Israeli officials late last week that Unit 8200, the military’s elite spy agency, had violated the company’s terms of service by storing the vast trove of surveillance data in its Azure cloud platform, sources familiar with the situation said. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 25, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians
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Pew Research looks the same:
September 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Pew Research looks the same:
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An update from Chicago's local CBS station:
SNIPERS! ICE has snipers targeting protestors. WHAT THE HELL?
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SNIPERS! ICE has snipers targeting protestors. WHAT THE HELL?
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WTF! ICE agents are cosplaying as snipers now?
Protesters are clashing with ICE outside the immigration processing facility in west suburban Broadview. Agents dragged two protesters, including one pulled inside the building. A chemical agent was reportedly sprayed.
Protesters are clashing with ICE outside the immigration processing facility in west suburban Broadview. Agents dragged two protesters, including one pulled inside the building. A chemical agent was reportedly sprayed.
September 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
An update from Chicago's local CBS station:
SNIPERS! ICE has snipers targeting protestors. WHAT THE HELL?
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SNIPERS! ICE has snipers targeting protestors. WHAT THE HELL?
bsky.app/profile/cweb...
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WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON
This is in suburban Chicago. That woman is a congressional candidate. @katmabu.bsky.social And those weapons? COME ON. WHAT THE F*CK
This is in suburban Chicago. That woman is a congressional candidate. @katmabu.bsky.social And those weapons? COME ON. WHAT THE F*CK
moments ago, ice agents again came out of the broadview detention/“professing” facility to escort a silver suv out of the lot.
one of the agents picked up and threw congressional candidate kat abughazaleh to the ground.
one of the agents picked up and threw congressional candidate kat abughazaleh to the ground.
September 19, 2025 at 3:16 PM
WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON
This is in suburban Chicago. That woman is a congressional candidate. @katmabu.bsky.social And those weapons? COME ON. WHAT THE F*CK
This is in suburban Chicago. That woman is a congressional candidate. @katmabu.bsky.social And those weapons? COME ON. WHAT THE F*CK
Both the best & the funniest thing the Nobel Peace Prize committee could do is give the award to Stephen Colbert & Jimmy Kimmel as defenders of free speech under attack.
It *should* go to Gazan journalists, or perhaps soemone from the UAE doing negotiations, but also: Colbert & Kimmel, please.
It *should* go to Gazan journalists, or perhaps soemone from the UAE doing negotiations, but also: Colbert & Kimmel, please.
September 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Both the best & the funniest thing the Nobel Peace Prize committee could do is give the award to Stephen Colbert & Jimmy Kimmel as defenders of free speech under attack.
It *should* go to Gazan journalists, or perhaps soemone from the UAE doing negotiations, but also: Colbert & Kimmel, please.
It *should* go to Gazan journalists, or perhaps soemone from the UAE doing negotiations, but also: Colbert & Kimmel, please.
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Fascists are never satisfied by just a little taste of fascism
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr: "I think it's worthwhile to have the FCC look into The View and some of those other programs."
September 18, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Fascists are never satisfied by just a little taste of fascism
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New PEN America statement: “The firing and suspension of multiple journalists after the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk should alarm anyone who cares about free speech and a free press. Taken together, these measures risk creating a chilling effect that extends beyond those directly targeted..."
September 15, 2025 at 9:41 PM
New PEN America statement: “The firing and suspension of multiple journalists after the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk should alarm anyone who cares about free speech and a free press. Taken together, these measures risk creating a chilling effect that extends beyond those directly targeted..."
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We are no longer in the era of First Amendment Lochner-ism. We are in the era of First Amendment Coronado-ism -- where we see the hyperexpansive First Amendment protections that allegedly defined an era come to a screeching halt the minute they stand in the way of conservative policy priorities.
First Amendment Coronado-ism
We are right now living through one of the most significant rollbacks in First Amendment law since the 1950s. To name a few examples: Univer...
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September 16, 2025 at 9:32 AM
We are no longer in the era of First Amendment Lochner-ism. We are in the era of First Amendment Coronado-ism -- where we see the hyperexpansive First Amendment protections that allegedly defined an era come to a screeching halt the minute they stand in the way of conservative policy priorities.
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A threat to authoritarianism anywhere is a threat to authoritarianism everywhere
Rubio vows US response following conviction of Brazil's Bolsonaro reut.rs/4piCG0f
Rubio vows US response following conviction of Brazil's Bolsonaro
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday said the United States would "respond accordingly to this witch hunt" after former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was convicted of plotting a coup to remain in power after losing the 2022 election.
reut.rs
September 11, 2025 at 10:50 PM
A threat to authoritarianism anywhere is a threat to authoritarianism everywhere
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Then it gives the authors of said paper more space & airtime to continue to defend their problematic position & allowed the rehashing of problematic & unethical arguments in the face of an ongoing genocide. This is as a colleague & friend observes is an eg of epistemic injustice. Shame on LJIL 3/3
September 1, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Then it gives the authors of said paper more space & airtime to continue to defend their problematic position & allowed the rehashing of problematic & unethical arguments in the face of an ongoing genocide. This is as a colleague & friend observes is an eg of epistemic injustice. Shame on LJIL 3/3
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This is a truly terrible response to an already flawed paper & even more flawed editorial process, a microcosm of what is problematic about western academia. The reliance on fomalities is an exercise in what Tania Li termed 'rendering technical', the technocratic depoliticisation of events 1/3
LJIL joins this platform today, with announcement of our new issue, 38(1): “Special Issue Addressing Issues and Concerns Raised by the Publication of the ‘Gaza Marine Article’”.
September 1, 2025 at 7:31 PM
This is a truly terrible response to an already flawed paper & even more flawed editorial process, a microcosm of what is problematic about western academia. The reliance on fomalities is an exercise in what Tania Li termed 'rendering technical', the technocratic depoliticisation of events 1/3
"Hey, we realize we fucked up. We want to make it better so we're going to givethe autbors an additional 9 pages to reflect on the criticisms, and then we'll publish *one* article criticising the piece. That sounds like an amazing & valid plan, no?"
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September 1, 2025 at 7:29 PM
"Hey, we realize we fucked up. We want to make it better so we're going to givethe autbors an additional 9 pages to reflect on the criticisms, and then we'll publish *one* article criticising the piece. That sounds like an amazing & valid plan, no?"
x.com/LJIL_Leiden/...
x.com/LJIL_Leiden/...
Wait until the GOP realizes how our deployed military vote... man, are they in for a surprise about mail-in ballots!
August 31, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Wait until the GOP realizes how our deployed military vote... man, are they in for a surprise about mail-in ballots!