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Welcome to 2025, the official year of Shaka, when the walls fell.

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Some personnel news: After 9 years, I will be leaving @thehill next week.
It's bittersweet to leave such a talented and kind team, led by some of the greatest unsung heroes in the news industry.
Stay tuned for an announcement on my next adventure -- I really couldn't be more excited.

16.01.2025 14:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's uncouth to celebrate anyone's death. So for Jean-Marie Le Pen, let's just say he was but a detail in the history of extremism.

10.01.2025 18:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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โœจPERSONAL NEWS: Excited to pivot back to policy as NPRโ€™s Homeland Security & Immigration policy reporter!
Find me w/ my talented colleagues on a Hill, WH or agency hallway near you!

Should we talk? Are you a current/former DHS employee? Do you write these bills? Letโ€™s chat๐Ÿ‘‹

07.01.2025 18:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 75    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This might be the only smart thing I've read today.

08.01.2025 21:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Not The Onion:

08.01.2025 21:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Mexicoโ€™s president hits back at Trump over โ€˜Gulf of Americaโ€™: โ€˜Weโ€™re going to call it Mexican Americaโ€™ Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum dove into President-elect Trumpโ€™s chatter of geopolitical rearrangement on Wednesday, proposing a name change for North America in response to Trumpโ€™s musings ovโ€ฆ

Tit-for-tat between Trump and Sheinbaum on renaming geographical areas and redrawing maps.
Baccalearum it is. Rejoice, my fellow Baccalearuans!
thehill.com/policy/inter...

08.01.2025 18:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If you were not able to join, the recording is posted here:

www.migrationpolicy.org/events/biden...

Among other points, I highlighted that the current number of TPS holders, 1.1 million is *double* what was already a record in 2022

19.12.2024 19:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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International Migrants Day | United Nations International Migrants Day aims to raise awareness about the challenges and difficulties of international migration. The United Nations is actively playing a catalyst role in this area, with the aim o...

Today is International Migrants Day.
You don't wish a "happy" International Migrants Day, you wish a [fill in the blank] International Migrants Day.

18.12.2024 15:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€œThis man is talking about taking birthrights from United States citizens. What would preclude him from taking my husbandโ€™s green card? No one at this point is safe under a Donald Trump presidency, not a U.S. citizen, not an LPR and certainly not an immigrant," said @delia.bsky.social

12.12.2024 16:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump mass deportation threats infuriate immigrant advocates President-elect Trumpโ€™s pledge to enact mass deportations and end birthright citizenship, potentially affecting millions of U.S. citizens, is raising alarm bells among immigrant communities who feaโ€ฆ
12.12.2024 16:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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