Karen Hoffmann
@karhoff.bsky.social
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Immigration lawyer 📍Philly
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karhoff.bsky.social
When @kenklippenstein.bsky.social says "I don't want to sound hyperbolic but" 😳
I don’t want to sound hyperbolic but the plain truth is that NSPM-7 is a declaration of war on anyone who does not support the Trump administration and its agenda. Yes, it repeats the word “violent” over and over to purport only to go after citizens who are moved to take up arms, but it also directs monitoring and intelligence collection to map and target the new “evildoers,” to borrow a Bush label he took from the Bible just days after 9/11.
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michaelroche.bsky.social
ICE just gassed a group a civilians near the Rico Fresh supermarket intersection on Armitage in Chicago - bystanders say this was in response for being heckled from the street.
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mskellymhayes.bsky.social
Last night, about 60 Chicago activists and organizers gathered to discuss Trump's threatened military occupation of our city. Our convo centered around a worksheet that some friends and I put together this week—a tool that can help us build and strengthen local networks of support and protection.
Mapping Community Defense and Care in Our Neighborhoods
This worksheet can help us prepare for Trump's military interventions at the neighborhood level.
organizingmythoughts.org
karhoff.bsky.social
“I am unable to serve in an environment that treats CDC as a tool to generate policies & materials that do not reflect science and are designed to hurt public health. The recent change in the adult and children’s immunization schedule threaten the lives of the youngest Americans & pregnant people.”
karhoff.bsky.social
“the 16 Israeli children who died during the Oct. 7, 2023, attack by Hamas and the 12,211 names of the Palestinian children who have died following Israel's occupation of Gaza”

Twelve thousand children.

Our tax dollars have killed twelve thousand children.
karhoff.bsky.social
Here in Philly/S Jersey, Wegmans still has appointments 🤞

"The agency is expected to sign off on the new vaccine formulas and labels any day now. The action will halt administration of the current vaccines, which are approved for most adults and children, regardless of underlying conditions."
lauralew105.bsky.social
“This usual chain of decisions … has been disrupted. And without clarity and coordination, millions may not be able to have clear access to Covid vaccines, and that could potentially impact hospitalizations and deaths" www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
The fall trip to the pharmacy for a Covid shot may be strewn with obstacles
Millions of Americans who live in certain states may not be able to get vaccinated at a local pharmacy.
www.politico.com
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immlawachall.bsky.social
DHS, the agency currently shrugging off fact that their PR guy relentlessly posted Nazi memes, today announced that anything that it deems endorsement of what DHS deems an antisemitic ideology will result in denial of any discretionary benefit application.
www.uscis.gov/sites/defaul...
Screenshot of text from 8/19/2025 USCIS Policy Manual Update: USCIS is updating the Policy Manual to provide additional guidance for officers on the significant negative discretionary weight USCIS assigns in circumstances where an alien has endorsed, promoted, supported, or otherwise espoused the views of a terrorist organization or group, including those who support or promote anti-American ideologies or activities, antisemitic terrorism, antisemitic terrorist organizations, and antisemitic ideologies, in any case involving an exercise of discretion.2 In cases where the alien has engaged in such activities, USCIS will enforce all relevant immigration laws to the maximum degree, including the use of discretion, to deny the benefit request.
karhoff.bsky.social
Berks baby jail was a pretty small facility (96 beds) but it managed to hold unimaginable suffering. Now they are going to expand family detention to 7,700 beds.

So, so many children will be traumatized. All so private prisons can make more profits.

www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
karhoff.bsky.social
Stephen Miller is so unoriginal.

“In 1936 The National Socialists toughened their stance... Homeless people were criminalised and labelled ‘antisocial parasites of society.’ In 1938 around 11,000 homeless people were arrested and held in concentration camps during a ‘cleansing operation.’”
Tramp in the Third Reich - Street Sense Media
The story of Fritz Eichler, who traveled across Germany while homeless during the Third Reich.
streetsensemedia.org
karhoff.bsky.social
Hi @wxpnfm.bsky.social. Just making sure you saw this! It's unacceptable to be playing songs with racial slurs anywhere, much less a majority Black city like #Philadelphia.

Mistakes happen, but at least acknowledge it and promise it won't happen again.
karhoff.bsky.social
@wxpnfm.bsky.social Earlier today you played a Mott the Hoople song containing a slur for Black people. This is obviously not OK. Will you issue a public apology and pledge to take the song out of future rotation?
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claudiastellar.bsky.social
ICE is cosplaying as construction workers so they can kidnap day laborers in Danbury, CT.

IG Video: @ immigrationcoalition
karhoff.bsky.social
@wxpnfm.bsky.social Earlier today you played a Mott the Hoople song containing a slur for Black people. This is obviously not OK. Will you issue a public apology and pledge to take the song out of future rotation?
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gregsargent.bsky.social
Unreal: To sustain his lie about a "genocide" of "white farmers" while meeting with the South African president, Trump used a photo of war deaths in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

I looked into this a bit more. It's worse than it first appeared. 1/

(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/1956...
Trump’s Lie about Dead “White Farmers” Just Got Even More Grotesque
That photo he brandished to Cyril Ramaphosa was from the Democratic Republic of Congo—whose refugees the Trump administration is pointedly not welcoming to America.
newrepublic.com
karhoff.bsky.social
And Obama's (and the world's) failure to provide #RedressForSomeFolks. digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/cgi/viewcont...
digitalcommons.law.uga.edu
karhoff.bsky.social
Trump is building a global gulag for immigrants captured by ICE: “In many ways, this is a retread of the practices of the second Bush administration in terms of extraordinary rendition abroad; the RDI program, rendition, detention, and interrogation — their torture program” ‪@bcfinucane.bsky.social‬
theintercept.com
You can thank George W. Bush for starting this with Gitmo. theintercept.com/2025/05/15/t...
A photo illustration of immigrants behind a chain link fence, overlaid with the headline, "Trump Is Building a Global Gulag for Immigrants Captured by ICE." A quote from Sen. Chris Murphy on Trump building a global gulag for immigrants captured by ICE that says, "These are the plans of an authoritarian regime."
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aflcio.org
AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · Apr 16
The Supreme Court ruled that the Trump admin must facilitate the return of SMART Union Local 100 apprentice Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

They need to quit wasting time and bring our union brother home NOW!
karhoff.bsky.social
“The true intent of #ProjectEsther… is dismantling civil society institutions such as universities and nonprofit organizations as a way to get rid of any domestic opposition to the administration, all under the guise of protecting Jews.”
newscurrentnow.com
𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁: Trump’s playbook to deport protesters is unfolding—a calculated strategy that’s sparking outrage and raising alarms about free speech and civil liberties. The stakes are higher than ever!

www.vox.com/today-explai...
The playbook Trump is following to deport protesters
The authors of Project 2025 are at it again with Project Esther, a plan that’s supposedly about fighting antisemitism.
www.vox.com
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junlper.beer
important context about the concentration camps in el salvador:
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dmachover.bsky.social
Ten Britons accused of committing war crimes while fighting for Israel in Gaza www.theguardian.com/law/2025/apr... - Raji Sourani, director of PCHR, said: “​This is illegal, this is inhuman & enough is enough. The government cannot say we didn’t know; we are providing them with all ​the evidence.”
Ten Britons accused of committing war crimes while fighting for Israel in Gaza
Exclusive: Met to be handed dossier of evidence alleging crimes including killings of civilians and aid workers
www.theguardian.com
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hannanadely.bsky.social
Israeli soldiers shot and killed Amer Rabee, 14, formerly of Saddle Brook, NJ. The shooting happened Sunday in Turmus Ayya, a town in the occupied West Bank where many Palestinian Americans live or own homes. Two other teens were wounded.

www.northjersey.com/story/news/2...
Palestinian-American teen from North Jersey shot and killed in the West Bank
A 14-year-old boy, an American citizen from New Jersey, was shot and killed by Israeli military forces in the West Bank on Sunday.
www.northjersey.com
karhoff.bsky.social
Horrific. Thank you @jayapal.house.gov for bringing this to light