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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

If you’re overstimulated, please report to the Bluesky cooldown tent where we have orange slices and someone who doesn’t understand the concept of jokes waiting for you

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Frances: Meh and Loving It @francesmeh.reviews · 20/03/2025

sorry to be neutral in a situation of injustice it's just that all the sides were being extremely cringe

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it's Halloween name charloh! (it/its) @charloh.online · 19/03/2025

the most shocking part of the JFK files wasn't even about his death, it was finding out that his legal name was Jennedy Fennedy Kennedy

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Lucas O’Connor @loc.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

And if the Nazis reach Paris we should probably start preparing for war.

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cat anthropologist 🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸🍉🔻 @justiz.in · 19/03/2025

it is fuckin wild how streaming services, itunes/appletv, etc, dont even try to emcourage you to watch a whole series of movies

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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 18/03/2025

Assuming there are still history books in 50/100 years, this is one of the many episodes that the world will look back on in horror, and ask "how did Americans let this happen?"

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cat anthropologist 🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸🍉🔻 @justiz.in · 18/03/2025

ya even watching old movies, star trek, etc has me angry at the AI even when it’s meant to be a positive.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 13/03/2025

“we have to be able to commit war crimes to win wars” is the type of thing a 16-year-old dumbass says and — well, yeah, hegseth is basically a 16-year-old dumbass

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cat anthropologist 🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸🍉🔻 @justiz.in · 11/03/2025

some ppl talking about who is on different social networks are starting to sound like how ppl in california talk about ppl in tx

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cat anthropologist 🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸🍉🔻 @justiz.in · 11/03/2025

bluesky has more of the smartest people, twitter has more of the funnier people. there’s a ton of overlap but this is very clearly true.

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jenny tightpants @jtp.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

bluesky and twitter both have annoying people but at least on bluesky the most annoying people can't pay $8/month to make me see their posts more

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Haunter @holybible.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

I bet not being a. genius is so boring

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cat anthropologist 🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸🍉🔻 @justiz.in · 10/03/2025

it’s almost like they are trying to say, “truly, noone but nazis has ever made a car”, and, “im not a nazi”, white kanye is like, “EXACTLY!” 😂

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cat anthropologist 🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸🍉🔻 @justiz.in · 10/03/2025

the movies out are so bad amc is like: “just show up at 7 really baked and we will surprise you” and i was like: “sold” 😂

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cat anthropologist 🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸🍉🔻 @justiz.in · 10/03/2025

oh my god i can smell this dude’s garden through my phone 👽

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cat anthropologist 🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸🍉🔻 @justiz.in · 10/03/2025

“Ex FAANG employees just expect there to be a functioning torment nexus all the time they dont even know how it works”

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razorgirl @razorgirl.diy · 09/03/2025

OH: "and so here's how we scaled the torment nexus" 😭😭😭

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zoë @zo-e.xyz · 10/03/2025

the tribbles episode of ds9 was just absolutely peak. the show took so many risks with this idea that just really paid off though I would just like to say that I really am made uncomfortable by the tribbles and also want to know what happened to them

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cat anthropologist 🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸🍉🔻 @justiz.in · 10/03/2025

the supergirl surfers are imagining having walk up songs and this girl who looks like 12 said “lose yourself” by eminem which like … yeah go for it lol

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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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Case 1:25-Cv-01935-JMF Document 11 Filed 03/10/25 Page 5 of 13
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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Sean Thomason @seanthomason.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Succession and White Lotus are important television for our times because it's fun and therapeutic to see wealthy people with fabulous lives be absolutely miserable.

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cat anthropologist 🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸🍉🔻 @justiz.in · 10/03/2025

i hate email so much and then i send an email periodically and hide from the recipient like, “fuck im that fuckin guy”

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Calvinball Congress @emericanjezebel.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

seriously considered getting a bike to commute since I'm 3 miles from my office, but Boston driver's cured me of that desire almost immediately

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midwest BMO @gendermarxism.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

(trying to save my company’s stock): please please please please please

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merr-itt came from outer space @merrittk.com · 09/03/2025

if someone has more followers than u its because they post too much and dont have a life. if someone has fewers followers than you its because you are a better human being than tehy are

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acabylon 👻👻 BOO 👻👻 @acabylonbee.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

were invading canada because we hate there freedom

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Not hearing enough noise about Mahmoud Khalil from folks who like to quote the "first they came for" poem. Y'all get that the point is that they came for controversial, easily othered groups first, right? Now, it's trans people, immigrants, and student activists. Your turn will come. Fight now.

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Milk Sauce @claussy.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

There are two kinds of Penn Grads: Luigi/Chomsky and Trump/Elon

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cat anthropologist 🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸🍉🔻 @justiz.in · 10/03/2025

omfg my elevator wont open on my floor so i had to cart my fuckin groceries all over the bldg before just going back down to the lobby and carrying armfuls at a time up the stairs i dont know if i can play ball today lol thats the workout my fuckin quads are killing me

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Kristi Yamaguccimane @wapplehouse.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

“Is this a bad time to talk?” Brother what other kind of time is there

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brilliantorange @brilliantorange.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

It’s hard when you can’t blame progressives.

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

at this point every Democrat politician and 90% of journalists in this country are actively complicit in this and I sincerely hope we all remember that

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Dead Cat Dad @dbeatcatdad.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

My man is traveling through space and time

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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

bluesky signup requirements have relaxed to the point at which a lot of people on here have never committed arson. you used to need either two convictions or eight charges. in rare cases someone in the arson community could vouch for you, but loopholes were rare. now it's essentially a free-for-all

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Rian Sygh @riansygh.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Trans rights are YOUR rights. Fighting for us is fighting for self-determination and bodily autonomy for everyone.

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josher @wokedilbert.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

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jon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com · 10/03/2025

Personally I think the left's strongest soldiers are nameless faceless accounts who QT posts saying "Lol. Why aren't you doing more" or "Why are you surprised?"

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Megan E. Human * free Link @zombiscribe.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

I guess I would have to say that cutting off electricity happened SEVERAL times while Joe was president so you’ve just publicly admitted that you only see an actual genocide as a political talking point and I think you need to reflect on that…

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cat anthropologist 🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸🍉🔻 @justiz.in · 10/03/2025

isiah stewart’s view of steph curry from the bench

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cat anthropologist 🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸🍉🔻 @justiz.in · 10/03/2025

saw an actual match starting soon with west ham and was like, “fuckin rupert” 🤬👻

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