J Fifield

Let folks just live their lives. Wary of those profiting from fear and religion. No rabbit hole too obscure. @JFifeld.bsky.social

[J Fifield @jfifield78]

For harsh judges of immigrants.

"No one leaves home, unless home is the mouth of the shark.

You have to understand,
no one puts their children in a boat, unless the water is safer than the land."

Excerpts from “Home” by British-Somali poet Warsan Shire
#WhereAreTheChildren

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Archaeologists have discovered evidence of an ancient female-led society in the ruins of a city in present-day Turkiye.

Researchers studied 300 skeletons in the 9,000-year-old city of Catalhoyuk and found a civilization where families were headed by women and girls.

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

WATCH — @abbydphillip: “What about the law, Scott?”

@ScottJenningsKY: “What about it? Who cares?” 🤔

Refreshing honesty from the smuggest man in the world. The law does not matter to them.

[Furkan Gözükara @FurkanGozukara]

🚨 DISGUSTING: Top journalist Carol Leonnig exposes a massive DOJ scandal.

She confirms the Trump administration literally ordered FBI agents to raid a pro-democracy voter registration group in Ohio.

The White House is actively using federal forces to rig the midterms!

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

Reminder: there would not be a need for assistance if he hadn't put tariffs on Canada or started an illegal war in Iran

[Terry Virts @AstroTerry]

No words.

[Iowa Senate Democrats @IowaSenate]

The vast majority of voucher recipients already go to private schools. These schools raise tuition rates to continue pricing out the families who already couldn't afford to attend while raking in hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars every year.

[The New Republic @newrepublic]

Senate Republicans are blocking efforts to stop President Trump from using the military to seize ballots, voting machines, or other election materials. https://t.co/Arp4dMst7M

[Rep. Dan Goldman @RepDanGoldman]

First, @SecKennedy refused to pay the legal non-profits representing unaccompanied minors for work they did per a contract.

Now, @SecMullinDHS is sending federal agents to ambush their offices and demand confidential client records without a warrant.

This is disgusting intimidation and a massive waste of time, resources, and money.

The cruelty of this administration targeting the most vulnerable along us is repulsive and un-American.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Elias: Why does California have signature matching? They have it to satisfy the same right-wing zealots who claim there’s fraud, right?

So they do this whole kabuki theater that takes all of this time in order to contend with the fact that people say that if you don’t do signature matching, there’s going to be fraud. And then they get attacked for taking the time to do that very thing.

The fact that the New York Times thinks there’s a middle ground here… Here’s my message: I don’t compromise with Republicans because there is no middle ground between a firefighter and an arsonist, and they are trying to burn down democracy.

[Bill Kristol @BillKristol]

🚨🚨🚨

Republican senators block effort to bar federal troops from election interference.

https://t.co/DKSnAWFvve

[Daniel Uhlfelder @DWUhlfelderLaw]

Florida Supreme Court lets Kenneth Chesebro practice law after five states disciplined him for plotting to overturn 2020 election https://t.co/KTJTZwu65D

[Mike Young @micyoung75]

The National Voter Registration Act's 90-day quiet period exists for one reason: to stop states from purging eligible voters close enough to Election Day that they can't challenge the removal in time. Congress put it there deliberately. It is one of the NVRA's central protections.

DOJ is now arguing in Georgia federal court that the quiet period doesn't apply - as long as removals are done "in an individualized fashion" based on federal referrals rather than a broad systemic program.

Here's what that means in practice. DOJ is suing 30 states for unredacted voter rolls. If it gets that data, it flags names it considers potentially ineligible. It then refers those names to Georgia. Georgia removes them one by one. DOJ argues that's "individualized" and therefore legal inside the 90-day window.

A voter removed from the rolls 60 days before the midterm gets a notice. They have to navigate a challenge process on a compressed timeline. Many won't. The vote doesn't happen. The purge happened anyway - it just happened one name at a time.

Judges in California, Oregon, Michigan, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Arizona, Wisconsin, and Maine have already dismissed DOJ's voter roll lawsuits. DOJ has appealed every loss. In the Ninth Circuit, DOJ acknowledged a ruling that the quiet period applies to exactly this kind of removal and said Oregon "may be further limited" by it.

Same administration. Different circuits. Different arguments. Whatever interpretation gets the data and enables the removals.

The midterms are four months away. This is not preparation for accountability. This is preparation for the results DOJ can use.

[Marc E. Elias @marceelias]

Ellison gets what he wants-- control over Paramount.

Trump gets what he wants -- a neutered CNN.

Support independent media. https://t.co/0StGlWz45f

[David Griscom @DavidGriscom]

YETI has made billions encouraging people to enjoy Texas’s natural beauty. Now the co-founder is helping Trump destroy it with a border wall

[Travis Bubenik @travisbubenik]

A co-founder of the global lifestyle and outdoor brand YETI is one of the owners of a sprawling West Texas ranch that's been involved in construction activities related to the Big Bend area border wall.

Story from @MarfaRadio: https://t.co/TksqXOmdNr

[FWD.us @FWDus]

Thank you, @Rep_Grijalva, for your advocacy for DACA recipients like Jaime and Angel. They’ve grown up in the U.S. and built their lives here. This is their home. We need to pass a permanent solution that gives DACA recipients and their families certainty.

[Democracy Docket @DemocracyDocket]

UPDATE: USPS just opposed a pro-voting request to enforce the protection of your mail-in ballot.

In 2021, USPS agreed to safeguard mail-in voting.

Now, per Trump's executive order, it's proposing rules that would let it refuse to deliver certain ballots, potentially violating that very agreement. https://t.co/MGUnoWjpz2

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

They changed the bylaws to create irreparable harm

[Ted Lieu @tedlieu]

Dear @HouseGOP: As a former impeachment manager, I plead with you to please bring up trump’s prior impeachments. Let’s hold hearings, call witnesses and show videos to remind people what happened.

AND PLEASE MAKE EVERY REPUBLICAN IN A SWING DISTRICT VOTE ON THIS. THANK YOU.

[Suzie rizzio @Suzierizzo1]

Holy Crap The Metropolitan AME church in Washington DC now owns the Proud Boy Trademark because back in 2020 the Proud Boys tore down & burned their banner & the Church sued & won $2.8 million dollars & since they never were paid they now own the Proud Boy’s trademark & logo! 😂