John Hawkinson
@johnhawkinson.bsky.social
Cambridge, MA freelance reporter, usually for @CambridgeDay.
MIT; public recs; data; legal news
Lately: immigration.
[email protected]
617.797.0250
MIT; public recs; data; legal news
Lately: immigration.
[email protected]
617.797.0250
Pinned
Further details on the Election Night mis-reporting of results from me in @cambridgeday.com .
Perhaps more questions than answers, though?
bsky.app/profile/camb...
Perhaps more questions than answers, though?
bsky.app/profile/camb...
11 people in line for tonight's #cambma City Council meeting. (more than the three for the last regular meeting!)
Relatively brief agenda.
Relatively brief agenda.
November 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
11 people in line for tonight's #cambma City Council meeting. (more than the three for the last regular meeting!)
Relatively brief agenda.
Relatively brief agenda.
Will @annabower.bsky.social rebrand her WITOAD quest as searching for "THE LAST DOGE ADMINISTRATOR?"
inquiring minds, &c.
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
(l thought THE LAST (DOGE) EMPEROR was too much but maybe not? )
inquiring minds, &c.
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
(l thought THE LAST (DOGE) EMPEROR was too much but maybe not? )
www.reuters.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Will @annabower.bsky.social rebrand her WITOAD quest as searching for "THE LAST DOGE ADMINISTRATOR?"
inquiring minds, &c.
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
(l thought THE LAST (DOGE) EMPEROR was too much but maybe not? )
inquiring minds, &c.
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
(l thought THE LAST (DOGE) EMPEROR was too much but maybe not? )
For everyone following personnel changes at DOJ OIL (all 2 of my followers, if that, I'm sure) — Office of Immigration Litigation:
William Weiland is out as Assistant Director, he heading to the S.D.Va. US Atty's office (in what capacity I have no idea).
(image is a collage to fit 2 pages into 1)
William Weiland is out as Assistant Director, he heading to the S.D.Va. US Atty's office (in what capacity I have no idea).
(image is a collage to fit 2 pages into 1)
November 22, 2025 at 7:08 AM
For everyone following personnel changes at DOJ OIL (all 2 of my followers, if that, I'm sure) — Office of Immigration Litigation:
William Weiland is out as Assistant Director, he heading to the S.D.Va. US Atty's office (in what capacity I have no idea).
(image is a collage to fit 2 pages into 1)
William Weiland is out as Assistant Director, he heading to the S.D.Va. US Atty's office (in what capacity I have no idea).
(image is a collage to fit 2 pages into 1)
Further details on the Election Night mis-reporting of results from me in @cambridgeday.com .
Perhaps more questions than answers, though?
bsky.app/profile/camb...
Perhaps more questions than answers, though?
bsky.app/profile/camb...
November 22, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Further details on the Election Night mis-reporting of results from me in @cambridgeday.com .
Perhaps more questions than answers, though?
bsky.app/profile/camb...
Perhaps more questions than answers, though?
bsky.app/profile/camb...
Reposted by John Hawkinson
Hi from the #cambma Election Commission where it is confirmed NO RECOUNT PETITION has been filed.
Final election results from Nov. 14 are now *really* final!
Final election results from Nov. 14 are now *really* final!
November 19, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Hi from the #cambma Election Commission where it is confirmed NO RECOUNT PETITION has been filed.
Final election results from Nov. 14 are now *really* final!
Final election results from Nov. 14 are now *really* final!
No #cambma election recount petition was filed by 5pm today.
Depending on who you ask that was the deadline or it may be Wed at 5pm as the City contends.
Depending on who you ask that was the deadline or it may be Wed at 5pm as the City contends.
November 17, 2025 at 10:05 PM
No #cambma election recount petition was filed by 5pm today.
Depending on who you ask that was the deadline or it may be Wed at 5pm as the City contends.
Depending on who you ask that was the deadline or it may be Wed at 5pm as the City contends.
Well.
If I didn't know better, I'd think nothing was going on at today's #cambma City Council meeting. Only 1 real person signed up to speak so far, it looks like.
If I didn't know better, I'd think nothing was going on at today's #cambma City Council meeting. Only 1 real person signed up to speak so far, it looks like.
November 17, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Well.
If I didn't know better, I'd think nothing was going on at today's #cambma City Council meeting. Only 1 real person signed up to speak so far, it looks like.
If I didn't know better, I'd think nothing was going on at today's #cambma City Council meeting. Only 1 real person signed up to speak so far, it looks like.
Over at the #cambma City Council Ordinance committee, the committee votes 6-0-3
to keep the two corridor zoning petitions (Camb. St, N. Mass Ave.) in committee, recessing the hearing until Dec. 2, w/ potential ordination by Dec. 22.
BA y MM y PN absent SS y JSW bsent PFT y AW y EDS absent
6-0-3
BA y MM y PN absent SS y JSW bsent PFT y AW y EDS absent
6-0-3
November 14, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Over at the #cambma City Council Ordinance committee, the committee votes 6-0-3
to keep the two corridor zoning petitions (Camb. St, N. Mass Ave.) in committee, recessing the hearing until Dec. 2, w/ potential ordination by Dec. 22.
BA y MM y PN absent SS y JSW bsent PFT y AW y EDS absent
6-0-3
BA y MM y PN absent SS y JSW bsent PFT y AW y EDS absent
6-0-3
Remember AAUP v. Rubio? Judge Young's opinion with the postcard? About Öztürk and Mahdawi and all the others?
Remedies hearing set for December 15.
Remedies hearing set for December 15.
November 13, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Remember AAUP v. Rubio? Judge Young's opinion with the postcard? About Öztürk and Mahdawi and all the others?
Remedies hearing set for December 15.
Remedies hearing set for December 15.
Reposted by John Hawkinson
#BREAKING: Anthony Campbell will leave his post as Yale University’s police chief to serve as the next chief of the Harvard University Police Department, the University announced Thursday.
Matan H. Josephy and Laurel M. Shugart report.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Matan H. Josephy and Laurel M. Shugart report.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Harvard Brings On Yale Police Chief Anthony Campbell To Lead HUPD | News | The Harvard Crimson
Anthony Campbell will leave his post as Yale’s police chief to serve as the next chief of the Harvard University Police Department, the University announced Thursday.
www.thecrimson.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:40 PM
#BREAKING: Anthony Campbell will leave his post as Yale University’s police chief to serve as the next chief of the Harvard University Police Department, the University announced Thursday.
Matan H. Josephy and Laurel M. Shugart report.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Matan H. Josephy and Laurel M. Shugart report.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Just before midnight, my @cambridgeday.com article about the #cambma Election erroneous results disclosure followup posted: www.cambridgeday.com/2025/11/11/c...
Cambridge election error cause still unclear; recount possible - Cambridge Day
It remains uncertain how Eugenia Schraa Huh was mistakenly announced as one of the candidates elected to School Committee.
www.cambridgeday.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Just before midnight, my @cambridgeday.com article about the #cambma Election erroneous results disclosure followup posted: www.cambridgeday.com/2025/11/11/c...
Reposted by John Hawkinson
No public comment for tonight's #cambma City Council meeting, which is a roundtable with the school committee
"to discuss macro-economic trends in Cambridge and the City’s FY27 Budget."
"to discuss macro-economic trends in Cambridge and the City’s FY27 Budget."
November 10, 2025 at 10:10 PM
No public comment for tonight's #cambma City Council meeting, which is a roundtable with the school committee
"to discuss macro-economic trends in Cambridge and the City’s FY27 Budget."
"to discuss macro-economic trends in Cambridge and the City’s FY27 Budget."
Reposted by John Hawkinson
BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
My writeup of the #cambma Election clusterfuck for @cambridgeday:
November 8, 2025 at 1:15 AM
My writeup of the #cambma Election clusterfuck for @cambridgeday:
BREAKING NEWS: David Weinstein replaces Eugenia Schraa Huh for the school committee.
Ford: "So, instead of — again, unofficial — next Friday, final. David Weinstein won instead of Eugenia. Okay. Here. On this."
November 7, 2025 at 10:57 PM
BREAKING NEWS: David Weinstein replaces Eugenia Schraa Huh for the school committee.
Senior Judge Mark L. Wolf retired today.
Among other things, his supervision of the Calderon immigration class action settlement (arrests at I130 interviews while adjustingstatus) is transferred to Judge Saris.
(This seems so good for plaintiffs that I have to wonder if it is random or not!)
Among other things, his supervision of the Calderon immigration class action settlement (arrests at I130 interviews while adjustingstatus) is transferred to Judge Saris.
(This seems so good for plaintiffs that I have to wonder if it is random or not!)
November 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Senior Judge Mark L. Wolf retired today.
Among other things, his supervision of the Calderon immigration class action settlement (arrests at I130 interviews while adjustingstatus) is transferred to Judge Saris.
(This seems so good for plaintiffs that I have to wonder if it is random or not!)
Among other things, his supervision of the Calderon immigration class action settlement (arrests at I130 interviews while adjustingstatus) is transferred to Judge Saris.
(This seems so good for plaintiffs that I have to wonder if it is random or not!)
The #cambma Historical Commission votes 5-0-1 (GK abstaining, but "with you in spirit," as he missed part of the meeting) to recommend the City Council landmark the former Democracy Center at 45 Mount Auburn.
November 7, 2025 at 12:31 AM
The #cambma Historical Commission votes 5-0-1 (GK abstaining, but "with you in spirit," as he missed part of the meeting) to recommend the City Council landmark the former Democracy Center at 45 Mount Auburn.
Judge O'Toole orders the release of MIRIAN XIMENA ABARCA TIXE.
GAO: So what I can do and I DO GRANT THE PETITION FOR HABEAS CORPUS
Releasing her from her custody.
As to the status that's she's in as to any other matter, including transportation out of this country, that's not something I can do.
SO ORDERED.
Releasing her from her custody.
As to the status that's she's in as to any other matter, including transportation out of this country, that's not something I can do.
SO ORDERED.
November 6, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Judge O'Toole orders the release of MIRIAN XIMENA ABARCA TIXE.
Reposted by John Hawkinson
Took your data and joined on funds raised per candidate (data from OCPF).
Top 9 fundraisers were the 9 that won.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Top 9 fundraisers were the 9 that won.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Cambridge 2025 Election Spending Results
docs.google.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Took your data and joined on funds raised per candidate (data from OCPF).
Top 9 fundraisers were the 9 that won.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Top 9 fundraisers were the 9 that won.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
This is my thread of #cambma Election Night live tracking results.
Google Sheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
So far no results, but the polls only just closed (8pm, or later if people are still in line), & mail-in ballots haven't all have been yet run through the machines at polling places.
Google Sheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
So far no results, but the polls only just closed (8pm, or later if people are still in line), & mail-in ballots haven't all have been yet run through the machines at polling places.
Cambridge 2025 Municipal Election realtime tally
docs.google.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:14 AM
This is my thread of #cambma Election Night live tracking results.
Google Sheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
So far no results, but the polls only just closed (8pm, or later if people are still in line), & mail-in ballots haven't all have been yet run through the machines at polling places.
Google Sheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
So far no results, but the polls only just closed (8pm, or later if people are still in line), & mail-in ballots haven't all have been yet run through the machines at polling places.
Oh, miscellaneous premature #cambma election reporting.
Over at 3-3 and 3-3A, City Hall, as of 4:17pm, the tabulators had read 477+517 => 994 ballots, which ÷3 is 331 voters.
That includes mail-in ballots being deposited there throughout the day.
Collectively they have 2345 voters, 1513 "active."
Over at 3-3 and 3-3A, City Hall, as of 4:17pm, the tabulators had read 477+517 => 994 ballots, which ÷3 is 331 voters.
That includes mail-in ballots being deposited there throughout the day.
Collectively they have 2345 voters, 1513 "active."
November 4, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Oh, miscellaneous premature #cambma election reporting.
Over at 3-3 and 3-3A, City Hall, as of 4:17pm, the tabulators had read 477+517 => 994 ballots, which ÷3 is 331 voters.
That includes mail-in ballots being deposited there throughout the day.
Collectively they have 2345 voters, 1513 "active."
Over at 3-3 and 3-3A, City Hall, as of 4:17pm, the tabulators had read 477+517 => 994 ballots, which ÷3 is 331 voters.
That includes mail-in ballots being deposited there throughout the day.
Collectively they have 2345 voters, 1513 "active."
Just a reminder, I'll be attempting to collect realtime #cambma election results tonight. If you're available to grab photos of machine tapes after 8pm from your precinct's polling place, let me know, that'd be helpful.
SPEAKING OF Elections, I'll try to reprise my #cambma Election Night coverage. Like x.com/johnhawkinso...
If you're available to visit your polling place shortly after 8pm tomorrow night & help crowdsource photos of the machine result tapes, that would be very helpful. Hit me up if you can assist.
If you're available to visit your polling place shortly after 8pm tomorrow night & help crowdsource photos of the machine result tapes, that would be very helpful. Hit me up if you can assist.
John Hawkinson on X: "Tonight is the 2023 #cambma Municpal Election tabulation! As in years past, I will attempt to track No. 1 votes as they come in to be tabulated. Here's my tracking spreadsheet: https://t.co/jcdVsLwDys" / X
Tonight is the 2023 #cambma Municpal Election tabulation! As in years past, I will attempt to track No. 1 votes as they come in to be tabulated. Here's my tracking spreadsheet: https://t.co/jcdVsLwDys
x.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Just a reminder, I'll be attempting to collect realtime #cambma election results tonight. If you're available to grab photos of machine tapes after 8pm from your precinct's polling place, let me know, that'd be helpful.