Ava Ayers
@avaayers.bsky.social
Law prof. State and local immigration law, trans rights, legal discourse. Proud to be trans. Personal page, views my own. https://linktr.ee/avaayers Move slowly and put things together.
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I can't really believe it but it seems to be the case that the Times has not covered a credible accusation of rape against the President of the United States, but has two solid stories on Obama's cheesecake factory quip.
October 28, 2026 at 2:44 AM
I can't really believe it but it seems to be the case that the Times has not covered a credible accusation of rape against the President of the United States, but has two solid stories on Obama's cheesecake factory quip.
I feel like a lot of people don't realize it takes 67 votes in the Senate to convict.
Kamala Harris: I think that going in the direction of impeachment is not a good idea.
I was in the Senate for the last go-round, and the votes aren’t there.
I think after the election, we all have to just also agree that our attitude has to be to get stuff done…
I was in the Senate for the last go-round, and the votes aren’t there.
I think after the election, we all have to just also agree that our attitude has to be to get stuff done…
October 27, 2026 at 11:51 PM
I feel like a lot of people don't realize it takes 67 votes in the Senate to convict.
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A 2025 Nobel Prize winner in chemistry, Omar Yaghi is the son of Palestinian refugees who grew up in Jordan.
He just left the US to move to China after raising concerns about rising anti-immigrant sentiment, like the kind shown here. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/china-than...
He just left the US to move to China after raising concerns about rising anti-immigrant sentiment, like the kind shown here. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/china-than...
October 27, 2026 at 1:14 AM
A 2025 Nobel Prize winner in chemistry, Omar Yaghi is the son of Palestinian refugees who grew up in Jordan.
He just left the US to move to China after raising concerns about rising anti-immigrant sentiment, like the kind shown here. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/china-than...
He just left the US to move to China after raising concerns about rising anti-immigrant sentiment, like the kind shown here. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/china-than...
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Former Federal Prosecutors and Human Rights Leaders Launch New Organization to Ensure Criminal Accountability for Public Officials in the United States ruleoflawproject.org/news/project...
Former Prosecutors and Human Rights Leaders Launch The Rule of Law Project
The Rule of Law Project is a nonpartisan organization dedicated to restoring criminal accountability for public officials and law enforcement who break the law in the United States.
ruleoflawproject.org
October 26, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Former Federal Prosecutors and Human Rights Leaders Launch New Organization to Ensure Criminal Accountability for Public Officials in the United States ruleoflawproject.org/news/project...
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god bless the 1 percent of this country who are like 'Donald ... Trump? sorry, I'm not familiar'
can't imagine that number has gone up from late January
October 25, 2026 at 11:09 PM
god bless the 1 percent of this country who are like 'Donald ... Trump? sorry, I'm not familiar'
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For @boltsmag.org, I looked at the ongoing dissolution of the ICE detention contract in NY's Orange County; these have gotten less attention that the also-banned 287(g) agreements, but are very significant, and the local sheriff's posture is making a once-sleepy race more heated
New York Banned ICE Contracts. Pro-ICE Sheriffs Could Stand in the Way. - Bolts
Orange County was forced to end its lucrative contract to detain immigrants in the local jail. Sheriff Paul Arteta, who’s up for reelection, is among those suing to keep it.
boltsmag.org
October 23, 2026 at 7:28 PM
For @boltsmag.org, I looked at the ongoing dissolution of the ICE detention contract in NY's Orange County; these have gotten less attention that the also-banned 287(g) agreements, but are very significant, and the local sheriff's posture is making a once-sleepy race more heated
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The fact that the president's doctors are giving him the dementia test over and over again -- tracking his decline, most likely -- and that the president keeps bragging about having to take that test should be a five-alarm fire.
Trump: "You know, the first question -- they have a lion, a snake, a giraffe, and a bear. And they say 'which is the snake?' ... by the time you get to number five a lot of people are left out on the road ... I get no credit for it."
October 23, 2026 at 12:48 AM
The fact that the president's doctors are giving him the dementia test over and over again -- tracking his decline, most likely -- and that the president keeps bragging about having to take that test should be a five-alarm fire.
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Trans voter to @aoc.bsky.social: Trans people in America feel like they've been abandoned by the Democratic Party, that we are a losing issue, that it's not worth defending us. What do you say to that?
AOC:
AOC:
October 22, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Trans voter to @aoc.bsky.social: Trans people in America feel like they've been abandoned by the Democratic Party, that we are a losing issue, that it's not worth defending us. What do you say to that?
AOC:
AOC:
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THEY ARE FEEDING SACRIFICES TO BLUCIFER
October 22, 2026 at 4:58 PM
THEY ARE FEEDING SACRIFICES TO BLUCIFER
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@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Oct
There are about 1000 transgender people in the federal prison system, about 600 of whom are on hormones according to BOP records.
www.advocate.com/breaking-new...
There are about 1000 transgender people in the federal prison system, about 600 of whom are on hormones according to BOP records.
www.advocate.com/breaking-new...
Supreme Court rejects Trump’s ‘dangerous’ push to cut off medical care for transgender prisoners
The justices denied the administration’s emergency request to enforce restrictions on gender-affirming care in federal prisons.
www.advocate.com
October 21, 2026 at 5:34 PM
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Oct
There are about 1000 transgender people in the federal prison system, about 600 of whom are on hormones according to BOP records.
www.advocate.com/breaking-new...
There are about 1000 transgender people in the federal prison system, about 600 of whom are on hormones according to BOP records.
www.advocate.com/breaking-new...
When you make Thomas Hobbes look progressive
“I’m old. I’ve paid my home off,” said Ray Warner, a 72-year-old Akron resident. “Why would I pay property tax?”
Across the country, homeowners are asking the same question and revolting against property taxes at a scale not seen in a half century.
Across the country, homeowners are asking the same question and revolting against property taxes at a scale not seen in a half century.
Do You Really Own Your Home? A Tax Revolt Says No.
The argument that property taxes make Americans renters in their own houses has fueled the biggest anti-tax uprising in half a century, and local governments are scrambling.
www.politico.com
October 18, 2026 at 11:24 PM
When you make Thomas Hobbes look progressive
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ABC/Ipsos poll finds Americans trust Democrats on "transgender issues" by nine points
October 18, 2026 at 1:22 PM
ABC/Ipsos poll finds Americans trust Democrats on "transgender issues" by nine points
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Everyone needs to see Tuff Turf which is sort of Road House if it was about high schoolers, and Spader plays a student who is super into philosophy and kicks ass and sings piano ballads to Paris Hilton’s aunt and at one point Robert Downey Jr throws two angry dogs at people
What are James Spader's most overlooked performances?
We discuss his career and B-sides with Veronica Fitzpatrick of @brightwalldarkroom.com on a new episode of @tfsbside.bsky.social:
We discuss his career and B-sides with Veronica Fitzpatrick of @brightwalldarkroom.com on a new episode of @tfsbside.bsky.social:
The B-Sides of James Spader with Veronica Fitzpatrick
Welcome to The B-Side! Here we talk about movie stars! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that they made in between. Our subject today is the weird, handsome, and w...
thefilmstage.com
October 17, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Everyone needs to see Tuff Turf which is sort of Road House if it was about high schoolers, and Spader plays a student who is super into philosophy and kicks ass and sings piano ballads to Paris Hilton’s aunt and at one point Robert Downey Jr throws two angry dogs at people
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Like, people often wonder what Mark Twain would say if we could bring him back today and they assume he would talk about politics or whatever. I think he'd be amazed that we have a vaccine to prevent the disease that caused the death of his infant son.
October 16, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Like, people often wonder what Mark Twain would say if we could bring him back today and they assume he would talk about politics or whatever. I think he'd be amazed that we have a vaccine to prevent the disease that caused the death of his infant son.
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In my latest @ms.now piece,I write about what concerns me as we approach Election Day.”As a Black transgender woman who has spent years investigating America’s anti-trans movement,I am alarmed. Because escalating rhetoric is almost always followed by real world action.” www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
Opinion | The Trump administrations’s use of an anti-trans slur is more than just rhetoric
History has shown us that authoritarian leaders facing political trouble don't moderate their attacks on marginalized communities. They double down.
www.ms.now
October 11, 2026 at 8:19 PM
In my latest @ms.now piece,I write about what concerns me as we approach Election Day.”As a Black transgender woman who has spent years investigating America’s anti-trans movement,I am alarmed. Because escalating rhetoric is almost always followed by real world action.” www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
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Highly recommend Cristina Beltran's Cruelty as Citizenship fir the class.
www.upress.umn.edu/978151791192...
www.upress.umn.edu/978151791192...
Cruelty as Citizenship
Why are immigrants from Mexico and Latin America such an affectively charged population for political conservatives? More than a decade before the election o...
www.upress.umn.edu
October 10, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Highly recommend Cristina Beltran's Cruelty as Citizenship fir the class.
www.upress.umn.edu/978151791192...
www.upress.umn.edu/978151791192...
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happy nobel prize to anne carson, who read emily brontë so hard & well that her poem about that encounter opens up your whole body
🙏💙
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48636/...
🙏💙
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48636/...
October 8, 2026 at 3:22 PM
happy nobel prize to anne carson, who read emily brontë so hard & well that her poem about that encounter opens up your whole body
🙏💙
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48636/...
🙏💙
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48636/...
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as longtime readers know i am a longtime hegseth hater, but i think bouie is right here to note that hegseth's remark that "trannies" are out of the military is, by itself, an impeachable offense
obviously much else besides, but i want to dwell on this
obviously much else besides, but i want to dwell on this
Pete Hegseth: Bully, Bigot and the Biggest Loser Imaginable
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
youtu.be
October 6, 2026 at 6:17 PM
as longtime readers know i am a longtime hegseth hater, but i think bouie is right here to note that hegseth's remark that "trannies" are out of the military is, by itself, an impeachable offense
obviously much else besides, but i want to dwell on this
obviously much else besides, but i want to dwell on this
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the tech industry is about to invent books
October 6, 2026 at 11:09 PM
the tech industry is about to invent books
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A year ago, @propublica.org told you immigration agents had detained more than 170 U.S. citizens.
We’ve updated our count, and we’ve got all the receipts.
The tally: At least 506 citizens detained. Sometimes held at gunpoint, handcuffed, or even deported.
projects.propublica.org/american-cit...
We’ve updated our count, and we’ve got all the receipts.
The tally: At least 506 citizens detained. Sometimes held at gunpoint, handcuffed, or even deported.
projects.propublica.org/american-cit...
More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
projects.propublica.org
October 6, 2026 at 11:35 AM
A year ago, @propublica.org told you immigration agents had detained more than 170 U.S. citizens.
We’ve updated our count, and we’ve got all the receipts.
The tally: At least 506 citizens detained. Sometimes held at gunpoint, handcuffed, or even deported.
projects.propublica.org/american-cit...
We’ve updated our count, and we’ve got all the receipts.
The tally: At least 506 citizens detained. Sometimes held at gunpoint, handcuffed, or even deported.
projects.propublica.org/american-cit...
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Just a reminder that these Haitian immigrants in Springfield -- who came here legally, did everything they were asked to do and more -- became a target of federal crackdowns because the white nationalist vice president shamelessly spread racist lies about them.
October 4, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Just a reminder that these Haitian immigrants in Springfield -- who came here legally, did everything they were asked to do and more -- became a target of federal crackdowns because the white nationalist vice president shamelessly spread racist lies about them.
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In the good old days, reporters had style and whimsy.
Order of the Occult Hand - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
October 3, 2026 at 12:08 AM
In the good old days, reporters had style and whimsy.
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People following the Cornell case keep asking the same questions about Jane Doe. Why did she text one of the men afterward? Why didn't she call it rape right away? Why didn't she see herself as a victim from the start?
My last three articles take these questions on. 🧵
My last three articles take these questions on. 🧵
October 1, 2026 at 8:52 AM
People following the Cornell case keep asking the same questions about Jane Doe. Why did she text one of the men afterward? Why didn't she call it rape right away? Why didn't she see herself as a victim from the start?
My last three articles take these questions on. 🧵
My last three articles take these questions on. 🧵
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the museum sounds great i hope they also build one for women
September 21, 2026 at 3:17 AM
the museum sounds great i hope they also build one for women