ellenhawley
@ellenhawley.bsky.social
American writer in Britain. Novels: A Decent World; Other People Manage (SwiftPress); The Divorce Diet (Kensington); Open Line (Coffee House); Trip Sheets (Milkweed).
The ignorance of the people who vote for these criminals is why we are where we are. Good morning everyone. ☕️☕️☕️
From CBC News: Canadian detained by ICE for 6 months says he's an 'indefinite' prisoner, has no idea when he'll get out. 58 Canadians are being held by ICE. Avoid all nonessential travel to the United States.
Reform Factoid: oh dear. Farage is a bit untidy with his affairs. Imagine the mess he will make of the country. Check out Reform Councils if you don’t believe us. Vote tactically on May 7th.
2 Lebanese journalists went to report on an Israeli attack. Israel targeted them & pursued them as they took shelter. Israel then attacked rescue workers who went to help. One journalist was killed & the other seriously injured This is what our govt is supporting & arming
Footage captures an Israeli soldier attacking a child east of Ramallah.
When Angela Rayner underpaid £40,000 in stamp duty, Richard Tice said it was "morally completely indefensible” and she should resign if she had “any moral decency”. Now we learn he set up four shell companies that let him avoid paying £100,000 he owed in tax and to then transfer the cash to Reform
Lelia's aim is to raise awareness that Ireland allows US military use of Shannon for refueling on the way to commit war crimes in Gaza and elsewhere. She's calling on the Taoiseach to meet her and to end Irish support to US forces. Walk with her (me & Malcolm did!). End US military use of Shannon
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Trump State Dept. Accused of ‘Largest Fee Fraud in History’ of US Immigration System | Common Dreams
An immigration researcher at the Cato Institute found that the Trump administration is "raking in billions of dollars in immigration fees and not providing the adjudications that applicants are entitl...
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Bring your kids. 👧🧒 Bring your neighbors. 🏘️ Bring your anger, your hope, and your unwillingness to bow. ✊ 3,000+ events. March 28. History will ask if you showed up. #NoKings2026
US thing but increasingly thinking personalised pricing should be banned as it's discriminatory. Plus it's not allowing customers to understand what is a fair price for the product.
Washingtonian@washingtonian.com · 8mo agoMany Washington Post readers have been notified via email that their subscription rates are set to increase. Nestled at the bottom of these emails, you’ll find an asterisk and the following: “This price was set by an algorithm using your personal data.”
Within hours of the start of the US-Israel war on Iran, Israel closed the crossings into Gaza, sending residents into a panic about the possibility of a renewed siege. Here, Hassan Herzallah reports on how a rocket falling in Iran reverberates in Gaza. https://bit.ly/4sEjw5I
How a Rocket in Iran Reverberates in Gaza
As Israel bombards Iran with rockets, it is sealing off borders across Gaza and the West Bank, halting the flow of food, aid, and bodies.
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Freedom for Immigrants is launching an interactive map designed to help families locate detained loved ones, find legal and community resources, and better understand the expanding U.S. immigration detention system.
New Interactive Tool Helps Families Locate Loved Ones in ICE Detention
The map, created by Freedom for Immigrants, compiles information and resources for those impacted by ICE.
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Cities in Vermont and Maine are experiencing some of the same tactics that ICE has been using across Minnesota since December, and facing lots of resistance.
Vermont Public@vermontpublic.org · 8mo agoUPDATE: A tense, day-long standoff outside a South Burlington house ended Wednesday night with federal immigration agents removing three people inside and a series of violent clashes between police and hundreds of activists who tried to impede the apprehension. www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2...
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'Enough Is Enough': Sanders, Khanna Propose Billionaires Tax to Raise $4.4 Trillion | Common Dreams
Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Ro Khanna are taking a stand against billionaire greed with the Make Billionaires Pay Their Fair Share Act. It's time to end the corrupt tax code that favors the wealthy w...
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While making an arrest or conducting a search, ICE MUST present either a signed, judicial warrant to enter private property, or an admin. warrant from the government agency authorizing an arrest or seizure. Spread the word!
Know your rights.
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I wrote about the US funneling pregnant children in immigrant detention to a Texas facility where their rights can be more effectively restricted. I hear echoes of disappeared parents and kidnapped children in Argentina decades ago. In each case, the intent is to inflict deep generational trauma.
Mothers and the disappeared
Pregnant child detainees are sent to Texas, as harm crosses generations.
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New: Immigrants in MN are being released from detention without their IDs, work permits, social security cards, and other key documents that prove their status to begin with www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
ICE took their papers—and won’t give them back
Immigrants are being released from detention without documents proving their status.
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An invaluable resource. www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2026/02...
Is your local government collaborating with ICE? Here’s how to find out — and push back
From the deputization of local police to holding people on behalf of ICE, here are some ways your county might be working with federal agents ...
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As the guy who wrote the book on zoning abolition, I'd like to go on record as saying: if you can use zoning to stop the concentration camps, fucking go for it.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez@aoc.bsky.social · 9mo agoLocal zoning is the way! A lot of these are being stopped or stalled by neighborhood organizing. These warehouses often need to be purchased, permitted, approved for occupancy and specs. Each one of those steps can be interrupted. Ppl are pressuring corps not to sell, counties to deny permits, etc
INBOX: the police chief of Quakertown, Pa., led a group of plainclothes officers to disrupt a peaceful high school student sidewalk protest yesterday. They threw an underage girl to the ground, choked her, and disconnected all calls to the detention center where she and others are currently held.
Quakertown parents, groups demand release of students in police clash
Civil rights groups and parents gathered in front of the Quakertown Police Department Saturday demanding answers for the violent confrontation Friday.
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NBC News: American Priorities, a new progressive PAC formed to counter pro-Israel groups, is "considering getting involved in other brewing contests" including #IL09 and #IL08 They've spent cash two races so far
New super PAC launches to counter AIPAC spending in Democratic primaries
The super PAC's first targets include Democratic Rep. Valerie Foushee's primary in North Carolina, where she faces challenger Nida Allam.
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