August 29, 2026

Aaron's activity was largely focused on the ongoing humanitarian and legal fallout from Trump-era policies. He reposted and engaged with content about the U.S. deportation of a 3-year-old American citizen to Haiti — a country where armed gangs had just massacred dozens and taken hostages — alongside commentary from Radley Balko calling the deportation policy an unforgivable stain on American humanity. Aaron also amplified concern about the 60% of former USAID staff and contractors still without full-time work, and pushed back on cynical dismissals of USAID's mission, reposting the argument that "feeding people is bad because John Foster Dulles" is not a coherent position. In a reply thread, he acknowledged that big structural reforms might follow the current political moment but that USAID is unlikely to return and fiscal constraints will limit major new spending. Background on the Haiti deportations

On civil rights law, Aaron reposted sharp commentary from @theophite arguing that the Supreme Court's current jurisprudence has effectively rendered the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act unconstitutional under the 14th Amendment — and that walking back to the legal baseline of 2015 would require something as sweeping as the New Deal. He also reposted criticism of Senate Democrats already managing expectations rather than mounting a vigorous defense of the pre-Trump legal status quo. Full thread on civil rights law

On local politics, Aaron reposted criticism of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass for backing a state legislative maneuver to block a bike lane project on Forest Lawn Drive — a road where someone had recently been killed — by requiring mayoral approval for any lane reductions near cemeteries in cities over 2 million people. He also weighed in skeptically on a Democratic candidate's decision to affiliate publicly with the DSA, arguing the association carries too much baggage from the organization's more radical elements and questioned who she was actually winning support from by doing so. Separately, he reposted a note cautioning that some on Bluesky are placing too much hope in a future Democratic administration and may be setting themselves up for another political breakdown by 2029 or 2030. Forest Lawn bike lane story