Reposted by joel hernandez 🍉Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Can yall help me amplify this? I know folks are fatigued — but I think of this family all the time. What it must be like to go from having your own home to living in a tent. With genocide we focus on deaths but this indignity, this reduction too is erasure. 13831
joel hernandez 🍉 @joelhdz.bsky.social · 22/06/2026thanks so much for making this! so needed & so timely one small thing i noticed: it looks like there's a small editing error at 29:14, where the audio loops back and replays 20 seconds or so of the episode LOVE that First America exists, can't wait for episode 2! 000
Reposted by joel hernandez 🍉Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 22/06/2026 “Native people are written out of the American story. Without us, you don’t know what happened.” To get the full story, listen to First America–the true story of how the United States came to be. And how our current political moment is 250 years in the making. 15321
joel hernandez 🍉 @joelhdz.bsky.social · 30/05/2026"She never got an apology, nor an explanation. ICE kept her Social Security card. They also told her she cannot leave the state… Though immigration courts have no jurisdiction over U.S. citizens, ICE… gave her instructional documents…" via @delaneynolan.bsky.social thelensnola.org/2026/05/23/u...thelensnola.orgU.S. citizen stopped in Lafayette, shackled, and detained in Louisiana ICE facility | The LensThe U.S.-born young mother presented ICE and sheriff’s deputies with her ID and Social Security card. Agents took her anyway. 010
Reposted by joel hernandez 🍉Erik Hane @erikhane.bsky.social · 19/05/2026When Minneapolis felt under heavy siege, people from everywhere helped and reached out and it was really heartening and made a difference. Memphis deserves that too, all the more so because there appears to be a concerted effort to keep their occupation out of the news 157074289
Reposted by joel hernandez 🍉Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social · 19/05/2026The Islamic Center of San Diego has established an Official ICSD Victim & Family Support Fund to support individuals and families impacted by the shooting today. You can make a donation here: goodbricks.org/campaign/ics...goodbricks.orgICSD Victim & Family Support FundDonate to support the victims of shooting at ICSD. 11313
joel hernandez 🍉 @joelhdz.bsky.social · 16/04/2026bush senior about to lose his prized status as the only president congratulated for his erection 000
Reposted by joel hernandez 🍉Human Rights First @humanrightsfirst.org · 23/03/2026Tomorrow, the Supreme Court hears Noem v. @alotrolado-org.bsky.social—a pivotal case for the right to seek #asylum. We urge the Court to reject the unlawful turnback policy that exposed families to violence and denied access to protection. We must protect the right to seek asylum.justsecurity.orgAmerica Is Turning Away People Fleeing for Their Lives — and Breaking the Law to Do ItFormer senior officials explain why the Trump administration's argument in Noem v. Al Otro Lado is morally troubling and legally wrong. 182
Reposted by joel hernandez 🍉Human Rights First @humanrightsfirst.org · 16/03/2026One year ago, 280 men illegally disappeared by the US government to El Salvador’s CECOT prison. Today, there is still no accountability from the administration. We continue to stand with immigrant communities across the country to seek justice. To read our full statement, visit our link in bio. 024
joel hernandez 🍉 @joelhdz.bsky.social · 07/03/2026Seasons 4, 5, & 9 of Revolutions cover Haiti, the Bolivarian revolutions, and the Mexican revolution, & are all solid. I'm always trying to up my non-English podcasting game so I'm looking forward to the replies here! 060
Reposted by joel hernandez 🍉Robin Yassin-Kassab @qunfuz.bsky.social · 01/03/2026Those who possess more than one brain cell will be able to recognise that the Iranian regime is appalling, that Israel and the US are also appalling, and that this aggression is likely to make Iranians less, not more, free. 1223
joel hernandez 🍉 @joelhdz.bsky.social · 18/02/2026a high school gf in ited me to 28 days later on the premise it was arthouse that relationship was ending anyway... but the ending of it was sped up dramatically that evening lol 140
Reposted by joel hernandez 🍉Alphastream @alphastream.bsky.social · 16/02/2026Also, stop using these services. They are bad all the way down for everyone. 0184
joel hernandez 🍉 @joelhdz.bsky.social · 15/02/2026Jordanian forces (overseen by British officers) had made a commitment to take only the central area apportioned to Palestinians in the 1948 Partition Plan (a bit beyond the eventual Green Line). They never intended to seize the Galilee or Naqab. (see Mark Tessler & Ilan Pappe, prolly others too) 130
joel hernandez 🍉 @joelhdz.bsky.social · 07/02/2026Ilan Pappe's The Forgotten Palestinians is also excellent on the '48 community. www.goodreads.com/book/show/11...goodreads.comThe Forgotten Palestinians: A History of the Palestinia…For more than 60 years, hundreds of thousands of Palest… 1142
Reposted by joel hernandez 🍉MinnMax @minnmax.com · 23/01/2026In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour. 2151651220290
joel hernandez 🍉 @joelhdz.bsky.social · 21/01/2026...and not episode 9 of season 6 of the west wing! 😅 000
joel hernandez 🍉 @joelhdz.bsky.social · 17/01/2026"But just as this latest immigration ban has precedent… so too does the resistance to it. We can learn from the civil rights movement, from the Black led multiracial coalition that insisted that the rights of all people of color were… connected, that they needed to be treated equally under the law." 01510
joel hernandez 🍉 @joelhdz.bsky.social · 15/01/2026who needs therapy when you can just watch this video on loop 000
Reposted by joel hernandez 🍉Street Sharks Explained 🇨🇺🇵🇸 @gaykwon.bsky.social · 12/01/2026This woman is harder than goddamn steel dealing with these goddamn thugs. I want her to be my neighbor. 41177622127
joel hernandez 🍉 @joelhdz.bsky.social · 19/12/2025"But sometimes the money came & went while the immigrants were still… in… detention… in the US. Other payment information was given to the wrong person. And some immigrants were told to expect the $1,000 when they arrived home, though in fact they were never eligible." via @delaneynolan.bsky.socialtheguardian.com‘They tricked me’: Migrants were promised $1,000 to voluntarily leave the US. Some never received itPeople who signed up for a US ‘self-deportation’ scheme say their payoffs were delayed, misdirected or never arrived – leaving them empty-handed in their home countries 011
joel hernandez 🍉 @joelhdz.bsky.social · 07/12/2025stephen miller thinks it's terrible that he can vote lol 000
joel hernandez 🍉 @joelhdz.bsky.social · 28/11/2025thank you! no need to dig around if it's really buried, if you remember any titles off the top of your head that's plenty! (the book i've link below is a more recent publication & a solid historical overview -- but i would love to dig deeper)goodreads.comOne Mighty and Irresistible Tide: The Epic Struggle Ove…The idea of the United States as a nation of immigrants… 110
joel hernandez 🍉 @joelhdz.bsky.social · 28/11/2025any chance i could trouble you for a reading list? 120
Reposted by joel hernandez 🍉Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Friends— here it is. Updated & expanded thanks to the space afforded to me in the @therumpus.net & the guidance of the brilliant @roxanegay.bsky.social’s edits. The win centers Muslims humanity — but what does that mean in a country that rejects that? therumpus.net/2025/11/05/z...therumpus.netZohran Mamdani’s Campaign and the Radical Idea that Muslims are Human - The RumpusIt is against this background of a country that has reduced Muslims into a dark, foreign, terrorist “other,” that Mamdani ran a campaign that centers the affordability of the city for all who live wit... 222173836
joel hernandez 🍉 @joelhdz.bsky.social · 31/10/2025if money's tight (when is it not?) biblio.com & thriftbooks.com are great online nonprofit secondhand bookstores (biblio is kind of like bookshop -- a platform for secondhand booksellers) amazon is the worst!!! 130
Reposted by joel hernandez 🍉Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 30/10/2025Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House. Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity. They are not the same. 5563933614812
joel hernandez 🍉 @joelhdz.bsky.social · 30/10/2025"But the #AI overlords tell us with a straight face that their products, which cannot draw an accurate map of the United States, will somehow solve this crisis, if only we let them make it worse first." Always better late than never when it comes to @delaneynolan.bsky.social's print #climatechangethenation.comAI Is Going to Kill Everyone You Love. The Surprise Is How.It’s not hostile super robots you should worry about—it’s the heat they’ll generate. 072
Reposted by joel hernandez 🍉Delaney Nolan @delaneynolan.bsky.social · 17/10/2025Had such a fun NYC launch of HAPPY BAD at @greenlightbklyn.bsky.social last night with Julia Phillips! Snag a copy here: astrapublishinghouse.com/product/happ... 093
joel hernandez 🍉 @joelhdz.bsky.social · 26/09/20251. borders/migration too! 2. barcelona (the city or the club) 3. how to navigate obtaining & maintaining unemployment benefits (thanks doge!) 010
joel hernandez 🍉 @joelhdz.bsky.social · 13/09/2025"America’s political right often externalizes violence, projecting it onto Black, brown, immigrant, or LGBTQ communities. When faced with the uncomfortable reality that statistically, white men commit the majority of domestic terror & mass violence in the US, the instinct is denial." #TruthToPower 010
Reposted by joel hernandez 🍉mosababutoha @mosababutoha.bsky.social · 11/09/2025🚨🚨🚨🚨 This is a photo from a few minutes ago in Tulkarem in the West Bank. Today, Israel abducted over 1,500 Palestinians in the West Bank, the largest number since 2001. 3126125
Reposted by joel hernandez 🍉Dana El Kurd @danaelkurd.bsky.social · 11/09/2025I ramble on about what recognition of a Palestinian state means. I address recent arguments around this issue by Paul Poast, Noura Erekat, and others. Let me know what you think. www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...iheart.comRecognizing Palestine as a State: Meaningful Farce feat. Dana El Kurd - It Could Happen Here | iHeart<p>Dana El Kurd talks about the recent declarations by France, the UK, Canada, and others to recognize Palestine as a state. She discusses what this means, how these declarations are not tied to Pales... 411034
Reposted by joel hernandez 🍉Monica Marks @monicamarks.bsky.social · 10/09/2025A long analysis on the future of UAE-Israel relations (and, more broadly, on UAE & GCC relations with the US) in light of Israel’s attack in Doha yesterday: 🧵⬇️ 12410
Reposted by joel hernandez 🍉50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 10/09/2025Protesters disrupted Trump’s dinner in DC, chanting “Free DC! Free Palestine! Trump is the Hitler of our time!” This needs to be done nonstop. Keep making their lives hell. Make sure they know they’re despised. These white supremacist, Christian nationalist, pedophilic fascists must know no peace. 952170557
Reposted by joel hernandez 🍉Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 07/09/2025Great collab between @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social and @ivan-ehlers.bsky.social for the @latimes.com! Share widely 171012544
Reposted by joel hernandez 🍉Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 29/08/2025We won't shop at companies that profit off detention. Beginning today, we call on everyone who wants ICE out of our communities to #BoycottAmazon and all of its consumer brands, including #BoycottWholeFoods. Sign the pledge and tell us you're on board: FreeDCproject.org/amazon 53820377
Reposted by joel hernandez 🍉Yael Schacher @yaelschacher.bsky.social · 27/08/2025Been saying this for a couple of years. It’s not wedge. It’s the whole pie. 17116
Reposted by joel hernandez 🍉Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 22/08/2025UPDATE: Fox News reports that ICE told Kilmar Abrego Garcia they are going to deport him to Uganda on Monday. 104183684293
Reposted by joel hernandez 🍉DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb @dcattorneygeneral.bsky.social · 15/08/2025We are suing to block the federal government takeover of DC police. By illegally declaring a takeover of MPD, the Administration is abusing its temporary, limited authority under the law. This is the gravest threat to Home Rule DC has ever faced, and we are fighting to stop it. 11365113
Reposted by joel hernandez 🍉Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 15/08/2025If you live in Washington DC or if you work for the DC police, National Guard, DHS, ATF, FBI, or any other relevant agencies and have any info or tips to share, please reach out via Signal premthakker.35 Your anonymity will be protected If this doesn't apply to you, please boost so others can see 101279895
Reposted by joel hernandez 🍉Kathleen Bush-Joseph @kathleenbush.bsky.social · 14/08/2025Trump floats circumventing Congress to maintain control of DC police politi.co/47sMTkc via @politico.compoliti.coTrump floats circumventing Congress to maintain control of DC policeThe president must secure congressional approval to extend the 30-day federal takeover. 153
