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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 17h

So in the past few days Trump has taken sanctions off Russia’s energy, asked to buy diesel from Russia, restricted SpaceX Starlink, stopped sharing intel on incoming missiles, & asked Europe to unfreeze Russian assets to give to Russia. Hope Americans aren’t confused on who he works for

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US floats unfreezing some Russian assets to restart Ukraine peace talks

European officials balked at proposal made by Donald Trump’s negotiators during meeting in Miami

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YouGov America @today.yougov.com · 7h

Oct 6-12 YouGov poll of 2,245 Iowa likely voters (±3.1 points) U.S. Senate Josh Turek (D) 47% Ashley Hinson (R) 46% Governor Rob Sand (D) 50% Zach Lahn (R) 44% d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/tt...

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Americans have a duty to hide people like this and veterans should be first to volunteer

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 10/08/2025

Rural residents were upset when Oregon released a statewide map estimating property risk from wildfires. Until then, the impacts of climate change were abstract to many people, one senator said. “This is a very big chicken coming home to roost.” By @robwdavis.bsky.social

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How the Rapid Spread of Misinformation Pushed Oregon Lawmakers to Kill the State’s Wildfire Risk Map

After Oregon’s record-breaking fire season in 2020, lawmakers wanted to map out which properties were most at risk. But anger from homeowners escalated quickly.

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

people in purple states have also *chosen* to be Democrats, rather than it being the course to power available to them. notably a lot of the worst Democrats are from California and New York, very rich, very blue states.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

This is our satellite. Bought and paid for with taxpayer dollars, appropriated for this specific mission by the elected Congress. Those who would destroy it on purpose are our enemies.

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Elevate Utah @elevateutahpac.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

A Utah GOP senator rewrote consent laws after his 18-year-old relative was charged with raping a 13-year-old. Now that same relative avoids prison and sex offender status. This isn’t justice—it’s abuse of power to protect your own. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

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GOP Senator Changed Utah’s Consent Law After Family Member Raped 13-Year-Old

The Republican is taking the party’s obsession with “family values” to a whole new level of hypocrisy.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

The only newsworthy items from the NYT hit on Mamdani are: 1. NYT reporters are apparently chummy with white nationalists who spout eugenics 2. NYT editors apparently believe their peers are trolls like Chris Rufo 3. NYT "standards" for using hacked materials are not actually followed

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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Definitely do NOT put “Pigman (Remix)” on repeat today: bsky.app/profile/jame...

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/04/2025

one of my tiktok followers made this

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Zohran Mamdani’s plan to tax the rich is a 2% tax on income over $1 million. If you make $1.1 million, you’d pay an extra $2,000. Watching working class conservatives and politicians completely meltdown about this is wild.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 04/06/2025

NEW: Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump’s Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government’s main hub for combating violent extremism.

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“The Intern in Charge”: Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump’s Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention

One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government’s main hub for combating v...

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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Can you imagine a "rapid response" while waiting for video to be edited?

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Maxwell Frost @maxwellfrost.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Ashli Babbitt was a domestic terrorist who attempted to overthrow our government via a violent insurrection at our nation’s Capitol. The administration agreeing to pay her family $5 million of taxpayer money is disgraceful.

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

20 ARMED men bust into your home. They claim they’ve got a search warrant. They make you stand in the rain w/your 3 daughters in their underwear. They seize your phones, laptops, your cash life savings. The suspects listed on the warrant? They don’t live there anymore. kfor.com/news/local/w...

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'We're citizens!': Oklahoma City family traumatized after ICE raids home, but they weren't suspects

A woman says her family’s fresh start in Oklahoma turned into a nightmare after federal immigration agents raided their home, taking their phones, laptops, and life savings – even though they were …

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

He is just completely disconnected from the reality of how his policies impact average Americans, and he is surrounded my sycophants 24/7 who tell him that he’s the greatest, everything is perfect, and everyone loves him. He lives in a fantasy world.

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Imagine basing so much of your public identity on your adult conversion to Catholicism, only to be publicly dismissed by the actual Catholic hierarchy.

"Pope Francis skipped the Vatican’s official meeting with Vice President JD Vance Saturday, instead having his No. 2 give the vice president a lecture on compassion, according to a Vatican statement.

Pope Francis was absent from Vance’s conversation with Cardinal Pietro Parolin. However, the statement said there was “an exchange of opinions on the international situation, especially regarding countries affected by war, political tensions and difficult humanitarian situations, with particular attention to migrants, refugees, and prisoners.”"

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Erika Wittekind @erikalyn.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Further confirmation that is completely within their power to bring him back, along with the other hundreds of men who have been imprisoned there without a trial.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

A president who has the power to send an innocent human being to a foreign concentration camp, but claims he lacks the power to bring them back, is committing the crime of false imprisonment.

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Emily Carter @emilycurates.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Meet Anthony Schmidt, a 16-year-old with #autism who turns #miniature #cars into life-sized works of #art through his incredible #photography

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

This is a concession by the U.S. government that its “arrangement” with El Salvador is irrevocable. To me this has to be grounds to argue that the arrangement itself is unconstitutional under the Fifth and Eighth Amendments

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Jinx @davidljjenkins.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Trump’s post was 7 minutes after the NYSE opened—before Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced the 90-day pause on tariffs. The sequence and timing directly support insider trading and market manipulation. By informing people to buy before the policy was publicly disclosed, Trump broke the law.

An image of Trump’s Truth Social post. “Now is a good time to buy.” Rule 10b-5 prohibits the use of material nonpublic information for personal or third-party financial gain. Trump’s post, when combined with the market-moving announcement and Greer’s testimony, fits the legal definition of market manipulation and insider trading. Trump’s post was 7 minutes after the NYSE opened—before Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced the 90-day pause on tariffs. The sequence and timing directly support insider trading and market manipulation. By informing people to buy before the policy was publicly disclosed, Trump broke the law.

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Pilot puts plane into a nosedive, pulls out at the last minute, saunters back into the cabin looking for high fives from the vomit covered passengers.

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 09/04/2025

Senator Adam Schiff has announced that, due to the chaos surrounding tariff policy, he will investigate whether anyone engaged in insider trading. Trump may be immune from prosecution, but those around him are not. — It’s time to decimate this MAGA circle.

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Steven Mazie @stevenmazie.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

BREAKING: Trump DOJ files another emergency appeal to SCOTUS. This one is fighting a judge's order to have a Maryland man the government admits was *mistakenly* sent to the prison in El Salvador returned to the United States.

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

“I am not willing to go public yet but I will say this: I don’t know if I would be this worried about what will happen to the economy if Bernie fucking Sanders were president,” one big Trump/GOP donor says. “That’s how bad this is… www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Trump to America as Markets Crash: 'Sometimes You Have to Take Medicine'

Following Trump’s tariff announcement, stock market futures dropped again Sunday afternoon. Trump said he is not deliberately tanking the market.

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Diane jh 🇨🇦 @dianejh.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

I don't think it's a 'maybe'. He's shaking down the whole world through his tariffs and sitting back waiting for every company and country to come crawling to him looking for a deal that only lines his pocket. #PowerToThePeople

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

americans fantasized they were in a recession, and then elected a man who could make their dreams come true

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Jaime @msjme.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

#handsoff My niece in Boston.

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lakerat61.bsky.social @lakerat61.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

#HandsOff in a small town in ruby red Alabama

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Lisa Song @lisalsong.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

TCE is a chemical that can cause cancer and put *holes in babies' hearts.* It also ⬆️ risk of Parkinson's. Biden's EPA banned it. Trump's EPA wants to delay that ban, and Republicans in Congress want to repeal the ban. By @fastlerner.bsky.social and me www.propublica.org/article/tce-...

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TCE Is Linked to Heart Defects in Babies, Cancer and Parkinson’s. Republicans in Congress Want to Reverse a Ban on It.

The toxic substance, used in dry cleaning and manufacturing, has been linked to a host of serious health problems. A Biden-era ban on the chemical has faced multiple challenges since Trump took office...

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Ted Lieu @tedlieu.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Trump and Republicans think what they’re doing is popular. It’s not. It’s batshit crazy. Americans are angry about the incompetence, lying and brazenly illegal behavior of the Trump Administration. And prices keep rising. That’s why Dems keep flipping seats.

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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Congressman Ro Khanna says that if Trump admin defies the Supreme Court he would support impeachment

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Opinion | I am a Republican because I believe in traditional family values. Here's why I support a government run by two men who between them have 19 children by 8 different women.

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Mike Hlas @mikehlas.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Iowa point guard Brock Harding joins Moline High/Hawkeye teammate Owen Freeman in the NCAA transfer portal. www.thegazette.com/iowa-basketb...

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Iowa’s Brock Harding entering NCAA transfer portal after two seasons with Hawkeyes

Harding started 24 games, led Iowa in assists and steals

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Follow Aaron, we need his voice, analysis, and knowledge more than ever before in this current climate, where Trump and co are lying about, abusing, and illegally deporting migrants every day.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 12/03/2025

I am in shock at the stupidity of @gavinnewsom.bsky.social inviting Steve Bannon on his podcast. Many of us on the right sacrificed careers to fight Bannon, and Newsom is trying to make a career and a presidential run by building him up. Unforgivable and insane

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave. Tell them: 1. Vote NO on Cloture AND 2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill. Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it. TODAY is the showdown. 🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Mahmoud Khalil’s counsel has filed a motion to compel his return to New York. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

FACTUAL BACKGROUND
A.
Background
Mahmoud Khalil is Palestinian, but he was born and raised in Syria because his grandparents were forcibly removed from their ancestral home in Tiberias, Palestine? Since the war in Syria, his family was again displaced and are now dispersed throughout Europe and West Asia.
Mr. Khalil entered the United States on a student visa in or around December 2022 in order to pursue a Master's degree in Public Administration from Columbia University's School of
International and Public Affairs ("SIPA"). Mr. Khalil completed his program in December 2024, and has an anticipated graduation date of May 2025.
Mr. Khalil married his U.S. citizen wife on November 16, 2023. He became a lawful
permanent resident in 2024. Mr. Khalil and his wife are expecting their first child together next
month, sometime in April 2025.
While Mr. Khalil's habeas corpus petition employed redacted initials instead of his name, the publicity urrounding his ordeal over the past two days, along with public statements by U.S. government officials identifyin him, foreclose the possibility of proceeding anonymously.
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B.
Student Activism and Speech on Matters of Public Concern
As a Palestinian, Mr. Khalil has felt compelled to be an outspoken advocate for the human
rights of Palestinians, including on the campus of Columbia University. He is committed to calling
on the rest of the world to protect the rights of Palestinians under international law and to stop
enabling violence against Palestinians.
Additionally, Mr. Khalil has been a mediator and negotiator, facilitating dialogue between
Columbia University's administration and its students. In this role, he has advocated on behalf of
his peers to be treated humanely and fairly by the university. This role has placed him in the public
eye, particularly through numerous interviews with national media outlets.
Speech regarding international law, the obligations that the United States and Columbia
University have under that law, the human rights of the Palestinian people, and related matters are
all topics of public concern clearly protected by the First Amendment.
C.
Unlawful Arrest by the Department of Homeland Security
On the evening of Saturday, March 8, 2025, at approximately 8:30 p.m., Mr. Khalil and his
wife were returning to their Columbia University apartment from a friend's home. When they
arrived at their apartment building, Mr. Khalil and his wife were approached by approximately
four people who were dressed in plain clothes. All of them entered the lobby of the apartment
building, which is owned and operated by Columbia University. See Ex. 1, Declaration of Amy
Greer ("Greer Decl.") at 14.
When the people approached Mr. Khalil and his wife, they asked: "Are you Mahmoud
Khalil?" When Mr. Khalil answered in the affirmative, the men identified themselves as being
with the Department of Homeland Security and stated that they had to take Mr. Khalil into custody.
The agents told Mr. Khalil's wife to go up to her apartment, and that if she would not leave

Mr. Khalil's wife retrieved his immigration documents to show the DHS agents that Mr.
Khalil is a lawful permanent resident. She handed the documents to an agent, who was talking to
someone on the phone. The agent looked confused when he saw the documents and said: "He has
a green card." Mr. Khalil's wife heard the agent repeat that they were ordered to bring Mr. Khalil
in anyway.
While Mr. Khalil's wife went to their apartment, Mr. Khalil was able to place a call to his
attorney, Amy Greer. Greer Decl. at 11 4-5. Attorney Greer advised Mr. Khalil to ask if the DHS
agent had a warrant, and the agent advised that they did. Attorney Greer then heard a voice tell
Mr. Khalil to hand over the phone. Attorney Greer identified herself as Mr. Khalil's attorney and asked who she was speaking with. The agent identified himself as Special Agent Elvin Hernandez of Homeland Security Investigations. Id. at 1 4. Attorney Greer asked if Agent Hernandez had a
warrant, and he answered in the affirmative, stating that Mr. Khalil's student visa had been revoked
by the U.S. Department of State and therefore they were detaining him. Id. Attorney Greer advised
Agent Hernandez that Mr. Khalil is a lawful permanent resident and has the right to due process.
Id. at 1 5. Agent Hernandez responded that the Department of State had revoked Mr. Khalil's green card,? too, and that he would be brought in front of an immigration judge and hung up the phone.
Id.
The agents then handcuffed Mr. Khalil and brought him outside where there were multiple
vehicles waiting. Mr. Khalil's wife asked for the names of the agents, their contact information, and how to reach them to follow up on her husband's detention, but they only advised her that Mr.
Khalil would be taken to 26 Federal Plaza (in Manhattan), and otherwise refused to speak with
3 Counsel is unaware of any provision in law that would allow the Department of State to rescind or revoke

her. Id. at 1 6. They left her no business card or any information at all as to how to find out where
her husband was to be taken, on what grounds, or who she can contact. Id. at 1 7.
D.
The Habeas Corpus Petition Filed in this Court Challenging the Legality of Detention
Under the law of this Circuit, it would be unconstitutional for Respondents to have imposed
punitive immigration consequences on Mr. Khalil, such as detention and removal, as they appear
to have done, in retaliation for Mr. Khalil's constitutionally protected speech and advocacy. See
Ragbir v. Homan, 923 F.3d 53, 78 (2d Cir. 2019), cert, granted, judgment vacated on other grounds
sub nom. Pham v. Ragbir, 141 S. Ct. 227 (2020). Counsel filed the instant habeas corpus petition
on Mr. Khalil's behalf on March 9, 2025, at 4:41 a.m. ECF No. 1. The urgently-filed petition
challenged his detention as unlawful and sought an order from this Court for his release. The petition lodged jurisdiction with this Court.ª On March 9, 2025, at 4:29 a.m., counsel checked the
ICE online detainee locator, which indicated that Mr. Khalil was in New York. Id. at 1 10. At 8:30
a.m., counsel once again checked the ICE online detainee locator, which indicated that Mr. Khalil
was still in New York. Id.
After multiple emails to ICE to attempt to reach Mr. Khalil, at 1:47 p.m., counsel was
informed that Mr. Khalil was in the process of being transferred to a detention facility within the
New Orleans ERO Field Office. Id. at 1 12. Counsel reached out to the U.S. Attorney's Office for
the Southern District of New York, who confirmed that Mr. Khalil was en route to Louisiana. Id.
at 1 13. Counsel requested Mr. Khalil's immediate return, but was told that ICE would not consent
to his return absent a court order. When Mr. Khalil's counsel attempted to schedule a telephone
call with Mr. Khalil—a process that typically occurs the same day or the next day here in New
Mr. Khalil's habeas corpus petition was filed urgently and counsel pla…

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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

These 10 Democrats joined Republicans who voted to censure Rep. Al Green for his act of protest during the lie-filled speech Donald Trump, the first felon to be elected president, gave to Congress on Tuesday.

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CNN @cnn.com · 06/03/2025

The US government will stop sharing air quality data gathered from its embassies and consulates, worrying local scientists and experts who say the effort was vital to monitor global air quality and improve public health.

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Scientists raise concerns as the US stops sharing air quality data from embassies worldwide | CNN

The U.S. government will stop sharing air quality data gathered from its embassies and consulates, worrying local scientists and experts who say the effort was vital to monitor global air quality and ...

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