Tom ‘Beardo’ Hilliard
@tomh4.bsky.social
Trying to stay focused on higher ed, but someone always seems to be wrong on the internet.
Note clause 32, where Kelley's client was forced to sign papers promising not to be a part of any "groups," which violates the judge's order for unconditional release. Quite possible that delays in release stemmed from unlawful conditions & pressure tactics.
‘One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." …
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
February 5, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Note clause 32, where Kelley's client was forced to sign papers promising not to be a part of any "groups," which violates the judge's order for unconditional release. Quite possible that delays in release stemmed from unlawful conditions & pressure tactics.
Is a $300k condo unit not affordable housing? In 33 states, the median home price is over $300k. In CA, it’s $809k, and enviro laws are used by wealthy homeowners to gum up housing development. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
February 3, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Is a $300k condo unit not affordable housing? In 33 states, the median home price is over $300k. In CA, it’s $809k, and enviro laws are used by wealthy homeowners to gum up housing development. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
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In Springfield, Ohio, people are preparing in advance of a “large deportation” promised by the president. To all appearances, the city is 2 or 3 days from a federal ethnic cleansing, grounded in a hate campaign organized by the vice-president and American Nazis.
snyder.substack.com/p/ethnic-cle...
snyder.substack.com/p/ethnic-cle...
Ethnic Cleansing in Ohio?
Nazi Lies in Vance's America
snyder.substack.com
February 2, 2026 at 1:09 AM
In Springfield, Ohio, people are preparing in advance of a “large deportation” promised by the president. To all appearances, the city is 2 or 3 days from a federal ethnic cleansing, grounded in a hate campaign organized by the vice-president and American Nazis.
snyder.substack.com/p/ethnic-cle...
snyder.substack.com/p/ethnic-cle...
At one level, Foresta may appear petty: Insisting that Will Stancil, a Minneapolis resident who has spent all his free time holding ICE/CBP accountable an "influencer" because he posts videos and talks to journalists.
January 31, 2026 at 3:10 PM
At one level, Foresta may appear petty: Insisting that Will Stancil, a Minneapolis resident who has spent all his free time holding ICE/CBP accountable an "influencer" because he posts videos and talks to journalists.
Look forward to reading this impressive study diving deep into school hiring practices.
🚨 New paper from me and my advisor, @paul-bruno.com! Using unique hiring data from a school district in Illinois, we examined how school hiring committees operate, focusing on their inter-rater agreement and what characteristics they prioritize in applicants.
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/J2TJW...
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/J2TJW...
The Operations of School Hiring Committees: Committees’ Preferences, Agreement, and Hiring Outcomes
This study explores the operation of school hiring committees using data from one district in Illinois, including candidate rankings, handwritten interview notes, and hiring outcomes. We find that ...
www.tandfonline.com
January 29, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Look forward to reading this impressive study diving deep into school hiring practices.
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I know all eyes are on Minneapolis, but there's a fast-approaching nightmare in Springfield, Ohio.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
January 28, 2026 at 11:38 PM
I know all eyes are on Minneapolis, but there's a fast-approaching nightmare in Springfield, Ohio.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
I understand that Brendan Gill is a front runner for Mikie Sherrill’s seat, but when I see the descriptor after his name, I think “this guy is toast.” As a thought experiment, strip out the names and tell me which descriptor you’d vote for.
Great ballot placement for @analiliafornj.bsky.social on the Essex County primary ballot; relatively bad placement for Malinowski (better to be near the top or bottom).
January 28, 2026 at 10:21 PM
I understand that Brendan Gill is a front runner for Mikie Sherrill’s seat, but when I see the descriptor after his name, I think “this guy is toast.” As a thought experiment, strip out the names and tell me which descriptor you’d vote for.
When officers of your law enforcement agency are waving semi-automatic weapons at retired couples in a church parking lot, your agency has truly lost the plot.
A retired Minneapolis couple who had guns pointed at them by ICE in a church parking lot.
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
January 28, 2026 at 7:25 PM
When officers of your law enforcement agency are waving semi-automatic weapons at retired couples in a church parking lot, your agency has truly lost the plot.
People say Bluesky is too political, but there’s over 400 replies to these posts on olive oil as a personal interest some guy listed on his résumé. I feel robbed that he didn’t get an interview.
olive oil is a legitimate interest
January 28, 2026 at 4:11 PM
People say Bluesky is too political, but there’s over 400 replies to these posts on olive oil as a personal interest some guy listed on his résumé. I feel robbed that he didn’t get an interview.
My favorite part of this story is that Kristi Noem is basically dictating it to Axios word for word, deniability be damned: ""Everything I've done, I've done at the direction of the president and Stephen," Noem told a person who relayed her remarks to Axios."
could ... could Miller be cooked?
he can't be happy Axios has this scoop
he can't be happy Axios has this scoop
"The president was kept apprised of [DHS] statement by Miller and Noem's top adviser, Corey Lewandowski"
Well well well, the boyars are saying they kept the tsar in the loop the whole time. www.axios.com/2026/01/27/t...
Well well well, the boyars are saying they kept the tsar in the loop the whole time. www.axios.com/2026/01/27/t...
January 27, 2026 at 9:35 PM
My favorite part of this story is that Kristi Noem is basically dictating it to Axios word for word, deniability be damned: ""Everything I've done, I've done at the direction of the president and Stephen," Noem told a person who relayed her remarks to Axios."
It’s terrible how our great czar is betrayed by bad boyars like Kristi Noem. If he knew, czar Trump would cast out Noem and replace her with a D.H.S. Secretary who will go on Fox News and speak only truth to the people.
“.. If the Trump administration wants the public to support its immigration enforcement actions .., it needs to speak honestly about events. Kristi Noem has repeatedly demonstrated that she is incapable of that.”
@nationalreview.bsky.social
www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-...
@nationalreview.bsky.social
www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-...
January 26, 2026 at 6:41 PM
It’s terrible how our great czar is betrayed by bad boyars like Kristi Noem. If he knew, czar Trump would cast out Noem and replace her with a D.H.S. Secretary who will go on Fox News and speak only truth to the people.
My last overnight camping trip.
January 26, 2026 at 2:04 PM
My last overnight camping trip.
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This morning, I recorded a video on TikTok about why DHS’s arguments for the power to enter homes without judicial warrants in immigration cases are bunk.
Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared.
Well, here’s a link:
georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...
Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared.
Well, here’s a link:
georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...
January 26, 2026 at 2:00 AM
This morning, I recorded a video on TikTok about why DHS’s arguments for the power to enter homes without judicial warrants in immigration cases are bunk.
Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared.
Well, here’s a link:
georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...
Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared.
Well, here’s a link:
georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...
Withholding medical care from detained immigrants is obviously immoral. But also, is it even legal? Need help from folks like @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social @nilc.org @immdef.bsky.social here.
1. ICE has STOPPED PAYING for medical treatment for its 73,000 detainees
ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
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ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
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ICE has stopped paying for detainee medical treatment
ICE halted payments in October, and the situation will persist for at least several more months
popular.info
January 20, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Withholding medical care from detained immigrants is obviously immoral. But also, is it even legal? Need help from folks like @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social @nilc.org @immdef.bsky.social here.
Aside from the abusive-boyfriend vibes, it's also weird to insist that Trump has a strategy when 1) Trump told NYT interviewers that he needs Greenland for his own personal mental health; 2) Bessent can't articulate a single goal the admin couldn't accomplish within the existing treaty structure.
Bessent: "Everyone take a deep breath. Do not escalate. Do not escalate. President Trump has a strategy here. Hear him out and then everything will be fine."
January 20, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Aside from the abusive-boyfriend vibes, it's also weird to insist that Trump has a strategy when 1) Trump told NYT interviewers that he needs Greenland for his own personal mental health; 2) Bessent can't articulate a single goal the admin couldn't accomplish within the existing treaty structure.
Amazing essay. Everyone should read this.
I went to Minneapolis last week. What I saw was horrifying and inspiring in equal measure. Gift link to my latest column: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...
Opinion | In Minneapolis, I Glimpsed a Civil War
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Amazing essay. Everyone should read this.
This is notable because Ruben Gallego was one of a handful of Democratic politicians who opposed the “abolish ICE” position as being counterproductive. Now he’s calling for ICE to be “totally torn down.”
Gallego ("moderate" Dem) is going with "ICE needs to be totally torn down" (not "reform and retrain"). This is a pivot point for the country on immigration. You have been seeing this in the data for a while, and now officials are snapping to the public opinion www.gelliottmorris.com/p/ice-is-a-7...
January 18, 2026 at 8:48 PM
This is notable because Ruben Gallego was one of a handful of Democratic politicians who opposed the “abolish ICE” position as being counterproductive. Now he’s calling for ICE to be “totally torn down.”
Interesting article. Mandery's theory is that UATX was founded by pluralists and then captured by conservative authoritarians. But the authoritarians were present at the creation. No one involved seemed to have viewed government censorship as worse than so-called cancellation by students.
This is a story about how gullible supposedly-smart, supposed-savvy people can be. A bunch of MAGA types start an anti-woke university ... and you believe their pablum about free speech?
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
They Wanted a University Without Cancel Culture. Then Dissenters Were Ousted.
Inside the civil war at the anti-woke university backed by Bari Weiss.
www.politico.com
January 17, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Interesting article. Mandery's theory is that UATX was founded by pluralists and then captured by conservative authoritarians. But the authoritarians were present at the creation. No one involved seemed to have viewed government censorship as worse than so-called cancellation by students.
Again, strikingly successful rage clickbait from a guy who apparently dates a Nancy Mace staffer. Minutes after this, he posted another unsourced claim saying the exact opposite.
it actions like this that make people, especially gen z, despise the democratic party. what are we doing here
January 16, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Again, strikingly successful rage clickbait from a guy who apparently dates a Nancy Mace staffer. Minutes after this, he posted another unsourced claim saying the exact opposite.
Beware of people rage-farming you for clicks. This guy posted an unsourced claim that Senate Dems were caving on ICE. Bluesky went wild! Then hours later he posted that Senate Dems were holding the line. Maybe both were accurate, or neither, but there's no way to know w/o sourcing. Don't bite.
January 16, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Beware of people rage-farming you for clicks. This guy posted an unsourced claim that Senate Dems were caving on ICE. Bluesky went wild! Then hours later he posted that Senate Dems were holding the line. Maybe both were accurate, or neither, but there's no way to know w/o sourcing. Don't bite.
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For all of us worried about gAI in higher ed, there is an entire journal issue dedicated to critical perspectives on this topic, which Im sure has been shared before but I missed it, so for others like me, here is @criticalai-journal.bsky.social's special Issue:
read.dukeupress.edu/critical-ai/...
read.dukeupress.edu/critical-ai/...
Volume 3 Issue 2 | Critical AI | Duke University Press
read.dukeupress.edu
January 15, 2026 at 1:43 PM
For all of us worried about gAI in higher ed, there is an entire journal issue dedicated to critical perspectives on this topic, which Im sure has been shared before but I missed it, so for others like me, here is @criticalai-journal.bsky.social's special Issue:
read.dukeupress.edu/critical-ai/...
read.dukeupress.edu/critical-ai/...
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To @govmurphy.bsky.social:
As a Jerseyite (Bloomfield) and an American, I was deeply disappointed by your answers on #AskTheGov suggesting you may not sign the Immigrant Protection Package. You said signing these bills would just be a “feel good moment” that wouldn’t change much and hinted
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As a Jerseyite (Bloomfield) and an American, I was deeply disappointed by your answers on #AskTheGov suggesting you may not sign the Immigrant Protection Package. You said signing these bills would just be a “feel good moment” that wouldn’t change much and hinted
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Governor Phil Murphy (@govmurphy.bsky.social)
56th Governor of the Garden State and husband to Tammy. Building a stronger, fairer, and more affordable New Jersey.
Text me: (732) 605-5455
govmurphy.bsky.social
January 15, 2026 at 1:57 PM
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Did he say this while overhearing liberals in a coffee shop talking about how much they secretly support Trump?
recreating lib cringe from first principles. this movement is finished
January 14, 2026 at 2:00 AM
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People not in Minnesota: please read this excellent summary of what life is like in Minneapolis since the murderous scum ICE swarmed here. And more are on their way. By local reporter / writer / bike dude / legend @dbrauer.net .
January 13, 2026 at 10:38 PM
People not in Minnesota: please read this excellent summary of what life is like in Minneapolis since the murderous scum ICE swarmed here. And more are on their way. By local reporter / writer / bike dude / legend @dbrauer.net .
One use for this newly available ICE List database is to learn more about the background of ICE/CBP employees, including domestic violence, incidents of racial extremism and police/military misconduct allegations. #ICElist
A Department of Homeland Security whistleblower has released the identities of about 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol employees Tuesday in what has been called potentially the largest agency data breach for the department.
Whistleblower drops 'largest ever' ICE leak to unmask agents: 'The last straw'
A Department of Homeland Security whistleblower has released the identities of about 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol employees Tuesday in what has been called potentially the largest agency data breach fo...
www.rawstory.com
January 13, 2026 at 10:14 PM
One use for this newly available ICE List database is to learn more about the background of ICE/CBP employees, including domestic violence, incidents of racial extremism and police/military misconduct allegations. #ICElist