Aaron's Bluesky Activity — March 18, 2026

Immigration and the Courts

A significant portion of Aaron's attention went to the case of Liam Conejo Ramos, whose asylum claim was stripped by an immigration judge. Aaron reposted Congresswoman Ilhan Omar's condemnation of the decision, as well as reporting identifying the judge — Justice John Burns, a Trump administration appointee based in New York City — as the decision-maker. He also amplified commentary on the structural problem underlying the case: immigration judges are not independent jurists but DOJ employees, making their rulings inherently subject to executive branch influence. One reposted thread noted that administrative law judges can function as legitimate arbiters when given independence, but that the current system falls far short of that standard.

U.S. Foreign Policy and Geopolitical Tensions

Aaron engaged with several foreign policy threads. He reposted alarm about what appears to be a significant and troubling development (the specific details weren't fully surfaced in the quoted posts, but the reaction was strongly negative). He also shared skepticism about the Trump administration's framing of economic or geopolitical disruption as an "opportunity," with JD Vance cited as suggesting that emerging instability could be worse for other countries than for the U.S. Aaron also reposted coverage of the humanitarian crisis in Cuba stemming from the U.S. blockade, noting NBC News had been given rare hospital access, and amplified a New York Times piece on daily settler violence in the West Bank.

Domestic Politics

On the home front, Aaron reposted concern about the California gubernatorial primary, where a new LA Times poll showed two Republicans leading in a field split among multiple Democrats. The commentary he amplified framed this as a warning against "Arizonification." He also reposted analysis of the IL-9 congressional primary, where AIPAC's spending against Daniel Biss contributed to a fractured progressive vote — used as an argument for ranked-choice voting in Democratic primaries. Separately, he shared a take on politicians like AOC and Zohran Mamdani who can fluently navigate online political spaces without losing the ability to communicate with broader audiences, framed as an emerging and valuable skill.

Housing and Public Health

Aaron reposted a Pew Research piece on Austin's housing boom, which found that a surge in new construction drove rents down — a data point frequently cited in pro-housing policy debates. He also shared a New York Times report on the growing anti-vaccine movement, noting that pediatricians are seeing more vaccine-hesitant parents and that a court ruling alone is unlikely to reverse the trend.