Kris Holladay Hines
@khh27.bsky.social
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Since July, I've tracked at least 2,300 cases in which federal judges have ruled ICE has illegally detained people without bond or due process.
This is one that stands out:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
This is one that stands out:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 25, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Since July, I've tracked at least 2,300 cases in which federal judges have ruled ICE has illegally detained people without bond or due process.
This is one that stands out:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
This is one that stands out:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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"A protester detained, her bra removed and wedding ring cut off, and some of her clothes never returned..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/u...
In Minneapolis, a Pattern of Misconduct Toward Protesters
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 2:29 AM
"A protester detained, her bra removed and wedding ring cut off, and some of her clothes never returned..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/u...
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Border Patrol has shot two people in Oregon close to Portland. The shooting occurred near East Burnside and 141st Avenue. The two who were shot allegedly drove to this location for further help and are now en route or at hospital. Their condition is unknown.
January 8, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Border Patrol has shot two people in Oregon close to Portland. The shooting occurred near East Burnside and 141st Avenue. The two who were shot allegedly drove to this location for further help and are now en route or at hospital. Their condition is unknown.
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WATCH — @aoc.bsky.social : “At some point we’ve gotta call these people’s B.S. for what it is. You can’t believe everything a con man is gonna tell you. We cannot live in perpetual fear of these clowns.” #TrumpShutdown
October 1, 2025 at 4:24 AM
WATCH — @aoc.bsky.social : “At some point we’ve gotta call these people’s B.S. for what it is. You can’t believe everything a con man is gonna tell you. We cannot live in perpetual fear of these clowns.” #TrumpShutdown
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Trump’s economy on October 1:
📉Down 32,000 jobs in September
🔒 A Republican government shutdown hurting federal employees & essential services that keep us safe
❌🏥 a GOP refusal to fund healthcare for hardworking Americans
We have to keep fighting to stop this havoc.
📉Down 32,000 jobs in September
🔒 A Republican government shutdown hurting federal employees & essential services that keep us safe
❌🏥 a GOP refusal to fund healthcare for hardworking Americans
We have to keep fighting to stop this havoc.
U.S. Lost 32,000 Jobs in September, Says Payroll Processor
The ADP report showed a labor force that continues to deteriorate.
www.wsj.com
October 1, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Trump’s economy on October 1:
📉Down 32,000 jobs in September
🔒 A Republican government shutdown hurting federal employees & essential services that keep us safe
❌🏥 a GOP refusal to fund healthcare for hardworking Americans
We have to keep fighting to stop this havoc.
📉Down 32,000 jobs in September
🔒 A Republican government shutdown hurting federal employees & essential services that keep us safe
❌🏥 a GOP refusal to fund healthcare for hardworking Americans
We have to keep fighting to stop this havoc.
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This is not a fight about tax credits.
This is a fight over your ability to go to a pharmacy and afford your insulin.
We have the chance to protect the health care of millions of Americans. We need to take it.
This is a fight over your ability to go to a pharmacy and afford your insulin.
We have the chance to protect the health care of millions of Americans. We need to take it.
October 1, 2025 at 12:29 PM
This is not a fight about tax credits.
This is a fight over your ability to go to a pharmacy and afford your insulin.
We have the chance to protect the health care of millions of Americans. We need to take it.
This is a fight over your ability to go to a pharmacy and afford your insulin.
We have the chance to protect the health care of millions of Americans. We need to take it.
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My statement on Congressional Republicans’ decision to shut down the government rather than work with Democrats on a bipartisan funding bill that protects Americans’ health care.
aguilar.house.gov/shutdown-sta...
aguilar.house.gov/shutdown-sta...
October 1, 2025 at 5:10 PM
My statement on Congressional Republicans’ decision to shut down the government rather than work with Democrats on a bipartisan funding bill that protects Americans’ health care.
aguilar.house.gov/shutdown-sta...
aguilar.house.gov/shutdown-sta...
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If they claim they haven't heard the quote, play it for them and ask for a response.
If they claim it's being taken out of context, play a longer version and ask for a response.
If they try to sidestep the issue, play it over again and ask for a response.
If they claim it's being taken out of context, play a longer version and ask for a response.
If they try to sidestep the issue, play it over again and ask for a response.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Hold on a second. Answer the question. As Speaker, do you believe it's appropriate to use American cities as training grounds for the military, calling those people 'the enemy within'?
JOHNSON: I'm not comment on your characterization of what the president said.
S: Those are quotes
JOHNSON: I'm not comment on your characterization of what the president said.
S: Those are quotes
October 1, 2025 at 2:41 PM
If they claim they haven't heard the quote, play it for them and ask for a response.
If they claim it's being taken out of context, play a longer version and ask for a response.
If they try to sidestep the issue, play it over again and ask for a response.
If they claim it's being taken out of context, play a longer version and ask for a response.
If they try to sidestep the issue, play it over again and ask for a response.
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A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
September 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
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Just so I'm clear:
TV host says we should kill every homeless person? No big deal
TV host says the right must "go to war" with the left? Pfft.
TV host says the government is cracking down on critics? Well, the government cracks down on him for the criticism.
Free speech, everyone.
TV host says we should kill every homeless person? No big deal
TV host says the right must "go to war" with the left? Pfft.
TV host says the government is cracking down on critics? Well, the government cracks down on him for the criticism.
Free speech, everyone.
September 17, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Just so I'm clear:
TV host says we should kill every homeless person? No big deal
TV host says the right must "go to war" with the left? Pfft.
TV host says the government is cracking down on critics? Well, the government cracks down on him for the criticism.
Free speech, everyone.
TV host says we should kill every homeless person? No big deal
TV host says the right must "go to war" with the left? Pfft.
TV host says the government is cracking down on critics? Well, the government cracks down on him for the criticism.
Free speech, everyone.
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Anyway, now we know what the FCC thinks is in the public interest:
Fox host advocating for executing homeless people? Yes
ABC comic suggesting Trumpers are using a death cynically? No
Fox host advocating for executing homeless people? Yes
ABC comic suggesting Trumpers are using a death cynically? No
September 17, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Anyway, now we know what the FCC thinks is in the public interest:
Fox host advocating for executing homeless people? Yes
ABC comic suggesting Trumpers are using a death cynically? No
Fox host advocating for executing homeless people? Yes
ABC comic suggesting Trumpers are using a death cynically? No
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One of the hallmarks of authoritarianism is to terrify people into self-censorship. ABC ending Kimmel’s show is the perfect example of this.
September 17, 2025 at 11:54 PM
One of the hallmarks of authoritarianism is to terrify people into self-censorship. ABC ending Kimmel’s show is the perfect example of this.
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Two remarkable Ambassadors for our Planet, 99 year old Sir David Attenborough and 91 year old Dr. Jane Goodall. They’ve dedicated their lives to educate and protect.. 🌍
#janegoodall #davidattenborough #nature #chimpanzees #wildlife #environment #drjanegoodall #jane #sirdavidattenborough #bbc #bsky
#janegoodall #davidattenborough #nature #chimpanzees #wildlife #environment #drjanegoodall #jane #sirdavidattenborough #bbc #bsky
September 1, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Two remarkable Ambassadors for our Planet, 99 year old Sir David Attenborough and 91 year old Dr. Jane Goodall. They’ve dedicated their lives to educate and protect.. 🌍
#janegoodall #davidattenborough #nature #chimpanzees #wildlife #environment #drjanegoodall #jane #sirdavidattenborough #bbc #bsky
#janegoodall #davidattenborough #nature #chimpanzees #wildlife #environment #drjanegoodall #jane #sirdavidattenborough #bbc #bsky
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“The approach the Court adopts today (which, again, no party advocated for) neither coheres legally nor operates practically.”
Yeah, Justice Jackson gets it.
That’s from the conclusion of her lengthy opinion.
Yeah, Justice Jackson gets it.
That’s from the conclusion of her lengthy opinion.
August 21, 2025 at 9:48 PM
“The approach the Court adopts today (which, again, no party advocated for) neither coheres legally nor operates practically.”
Yeah, Justice Jackson gets it.
That’s from the conclusion of her lengthy opinion.
Yeah, Justice Jackson gets it.
That’s from the conclusion of her lengthy opinion.
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2/ "This is...changing the entire context of the way that the average citizens in these cities are going to start viewing both our National Guardsmen, our military...we should not have military on our streets, in our American cities. It is absolutely the way that dictatorships run, not democracies."
August 20, 2025 at 9:35 PM
2/ "This is...changing the entire context of the way that the average citizens in these cities are going to start viewing both our National Guardsmen, our military...we should not have military on our streets, in our American cities. It is absolutely the way that dictatorships run, not democracies."
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May this portion of the dissent by Ketanji Brown Jackson haunt John Roberts forever and be the final word on his tenure as Chief Justice.
August 21, 2025 at 9:43 PM
May this portion of the dissent by Ketanji Brown Jackson haunt John Roberts forever and be the final word on his tenure as Chief Justice.
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i’m so glad Texas learned from past mistakes and our energy grid is now super reliable.
oh wait, nevermind, we didn’t learn anything, and now our power is out on yet another scorching August day.
oh wait, nevermind, we didn’t learn anything, and now our power is out on yet another scorching August day.
August 18, 2025 at 12:30 AM
i’m so glad Texas learned from past mistakes and our energy grid is now super reliable.
oh wait, nevermind, we didn’t learn anything, and now our power is out on yet another scorching August day.
oh wait, nevermind, we didn’t learn anything, and now our power is out on yet another scorching August day.
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America Is Abandoning One of the Greatest Medical Breakthroughs
MRNA saved 20M lives, a million+ in US, reduced hospitalization & deaths, lowered long covid risk
mRNA
can be adapted for new viruses & is being tested for cancer vaccines, autoimmune therapies -
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/o...
MRNA saved 20M lives, a million+ in US, reduced hospitalization & deaths, lowered long covid risk
mRNA
can be adapted for new viruses & is being tested for cancer vaccines, autoimmune therapies -
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/o...
Opinion | America Is Abandoning One of the Greatest Medical Breakthroughs
www.nytimes.com
August 18, 2025 at 1:42 PM
America Is Abandoning One of the Greatest Medical Breakthroughs
MRNA saved 20M lives, a million+ in US, reduced hospitalization & deaths, lowered long covid risk
mRNA
can be adapted for new viruses & is being tested for cancer vaccines, autoimmune therapies -
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/o...
MRNA saved 20M lives, a million+ in US, reduced hospitalization & deaths, lowered long covid risk
mRNA
can be adapted for new viruses & is being tested for cancer vaccines, autoimmune therapies -
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/o...
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By treating him as though he has unlimited powers and his very word is law, they collaborate in handing him those powers. When in fact, as I just replied to someone about those courts, "His overall win rate is currently 17 percent...." thehill.com/opinion/whit...
thehill.com
August 18, 2025 at 12:40 PM
By treating him as though he has unlimited powers and his very word is law, they collaborate in handing him those powers. When in fact, as I just replied to someone about those courts, "His overall win rate is currently 17 percent...." thehill.com/opinion/whit...
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I never thought I'd be saying this but Johnson is even worse than McCarthy, who didn't pretend to be a Christian. Johnson cloaks himself in biblical southern charm.
July 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I never thought I'd be saying this but Johnson is even worse than McCarthy, who didn't pretend to be a Christian. Johnson cloaks himself in biblical southern charm.
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total waste of taxpayer dollars and a political loser for Trump: www.latimes.com/california/s...
National Guard came to L.A. to fight unrest. Troops ended up fighting boredom
More than a month after President Trump deployed the U.S. military to Los Angeles amid immigration sweeps, the troops have largely disappeared from public view.
www.latimes.com
July 22, 2025 at 4:36 PM
total waste of taxpayer dollars and a political loser for Trump: www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Dems in Congress should call to testify www.cnn.com/2025/07/21/p...
FEMA search and rescue chief resigns after frustration with Texas flood response | CNN Politics
The head of FEMA’s Urban Search and Rescue branch, which runs a network of teams stationed across the country that can swiftly respond to natural disasters, resigned on Monday.
www.cnn.com
July 22, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Dems in Congress should call to testify www.cnn.com/2025/07/21/p...
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"We are so frigging scared of how much the Epstein files could hurt Donald Trump that we are shutting down Congress!!!!" isn't the savviest maneuver to get people to stop thinking about the Epstein files, Republicans.
July 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM
"We are so frigging scared of how much the Epstein files could hurt Donald Trump that we are shutting down Congress!!!!" isn't the savviest maneuver to get people to stop thinking about the Epstein files, Republicans.