Polarization is not the problem. And I am tired of being framed as a radical left extremist in service of a talking point that is missing the moment. The center of the spectrum of United States politics is meant to be the Constitution and the rule of law. 1/4

Minutes ago today the Trump regime abruptly cancelled citizenship ceremonies for several immigrants in Boston. THEY CANCELLED CITIZENSHIP CEREMONIES. These immigrants followed every rule & did everything right—Trump banned them anyway. All are from Black & brown majority nations. This Is Fascism.

If you've ever been to a naturalization ceremony, you know they're filled with people whose palpable love of this country is twenty times stronger than the pinched "patriotism" of any native-born MAGA chud. Just unspeakable assholery.

Just sit with this information for a minute. Let it sink in.

Stagflation The Fed Chair is describing stagflation but does not want to say the word.

Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year. That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare. Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.

Okay. I just came back to this and you aren’t calling these efforts resegregation yet, you absolutely should be

Marco Rubio, Stephen Miller, Kirsti Noem, Joseph Mazzara, Emil Bove, Drew Sargent, and everyone else involved in planning, executing, and obstructing justice around the CECOT imprisonments are responsible for Andry's torture and rape. Each bears a share of the blame. Don't ever let them forget it.

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Agreed!

Please call your Reps. We have to try, even if it seems unlikely that there are 4 Republicans with any shred of a soul left.

Read his short 3-part thread. It really is that simple

Not only are ICE bounty hunters, who look more like criminals than law enforcement, abducting people from workplaces & off the street—we’re now seeing they’re being held in private detention centers w/some of the most deplorable conditions imaginable. REPEAT: people are profiting from this cruelty.

this court says that allowing EPA to regulate carbon emissions is a "major question" that demands congressional debate. but allowing the president to, with a flick of the wrist, end a straightforward constitutional right is something that must be allowed to stand?

Credible whistleblower account that Bove, a Trump DOJ official, told staff attorneys they'd need to say "f*ck you" to courts & to lie in order to send migrants to El Salvador "no matter what." He's now nominated for lifetime appointment as fed judge. Tell your Senators to vote no & to investigate

They were supposed to be deporting “gang members” and “criminals.” So far, they have kidnapped people working their day jobs and folks lawfully showing up for their immigration court appearances… It was always a lie.

Read his whole thread. Iran didn't pose an imminent threat; Trump acted illegally & recklessly. Whether it's to distract us from disastrous domestic policy, to profit, or because he's been manipulated, who knows. Congress must deny authorization for this illegal war, then IMPEACH. CONVICT. REMOVE.

On 6/12, DHS Sec’y Kristi Noem said “We are staying here to liberate [LA] from the socialists and the burdensome leadership this governor and mayor have placed on this country and this city.” This use of military force to displace a democratically elected is the very definition of a coup.

Alex Padilla, a sitting US Senator from California, was forcibly removed, put on the ground, & handcuffed, for daring to ask a question at Kristi Noem's Homeland Security press briefing. This is authoritarianism. Tyranny. If they'll do that a a Senator, imagine what they'll do to the rest of us. 😡

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Here's another native plant that pops up in scattered spots around my property each Spring, amongst the weeds: a type of cluster lily called brodiaea elegans. 🌱

Remember when Republicans were losing their minds about leaving Afghans who worked with US troops to be killed by the Taliban? Well, Trump has revoked their asylum and is planning to send them back to be murdered.

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I am featured this month in Gold Country Artists Gallery in Placerville, CA. I don't often post about my photography but here are some of my images, or visit www.SierraLunaPhoto.com #photography #WildlifePhotography #yellowstone #yellowstonewildlife #wildhorses #canonphoto #canonwildlife

Dr. Swain is a well-respected climate science guy & has been crucial to firefighting in California; he's calm & measured, not a fear-monger or sensationalist. This is bad for wildfire preparedness/fighting & agriculture in CA, bad for long-haul trucking on I-80 in WY, bad for tornado tracking & more

If we talked about what's happening here in the US the same way we talked about events in other parts of the world...

Well said @chrismurphyct.bsky.social

Things are going from bad to worse at NSF; www.science.org/content/arti...

They've always been anti-union & anti-worker. That's why they create culture war wedge issues to divide the working class. Well, that, & they're racist. But I guess there were enough voters more attached to racism than to any sense of solidarity. And here we are. I hate this timeline so much.

In Jan 2020 I attended a conference in Seattle, and got very ill for about 2 months. Probably covid, but we can't know. This week I learned that a colleague also got sick at that conference, & simply never got better. She developed long covid and a host of problems including hydroencephalitis, 1/6

Good for her! But why weren't more people literally lying down in the way of the police, in the aisles and doorways, in order to prevent them taking her? Meanwhile on the microphone "The Congressman is giving up his time..." NO! It's his damn job; he works for the people. He needs to go.

Pic of a yellow wildflower that pops up in scattered spots across my property every Spring. It's a calochortus monophyllus, and they are native to California, and in fact *only* grow in the western foothills according to calflora. 🌱 #nativeplants #CaliforniaNativePlants #wildflower #bloomscrolling

Elon Musk’s xAI in Memphis: 35 gas turbines, no air pollution permits. The company’s turbines—enough to power 280,000 homes—run without emission controls in an area that leads Tennessee in asthma hospitalizations. www.eenews.net/articles/elo... ($)

My Graham Thomas rose bush started blooming. 🌱 #bloomscrolling #garden #heirloomroses #roses

I was weeding in my yard and startled this itty bitty fren. I snapped his close-up pic and then left him alone. I believe it's a Sierran treefrog; I enjoy their wonderful chorus in the evenings. Adorable! 🐸 #herps #frogs #amphibians

JOIN THE GENERAL STRIKE ✊️

This will have devastating effects, both short- and long-term 😢

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So we got this thing, national parks. Americans love them, they draw people from all over the globe, create huge economic benefits, are some of the world's greatest wonders. The Park Service is the most popular agency in the federal government. DOGE: Let's see if we can destroy all that!

I attend another protest in my conservative little town of Placerville, California for May Day. Pretty good turnout! We will continue to unite to protect due process, the Constitution, free speech, and human rights.

More of my rosebushes have burst into bloom, including some more fragrant ones and some old garden heirloom varieties 🌱 🌹💐

My personal "5 years since the start of Covid" moment is remembering that in 2020, the US discovered it had allowed almost all its mask and PPE manufacturing to transfer to China for cost savings. In 2025, PPE is still almost all made offshore, and we just encouraged China to end shipments to us.

YESSS! LFG

They don't even pretend to hide the corruption

This is much the same logic as arresting the judge in WI. There is obviously nothing wrong with asking law enforcement, including masked officials, to confirm they are, in fact, law enforcement. The goal is to create an absolutely subservient population.

I have a blog post ready. It's here: terikanefield.com/your-brain-o... When the Guardian, the Telegraph, and @jenmercieca.bsky.social recommended The Ideological Brain by Leor Zmigrod, I figured I should get a copy and read it. So I did. I'll start with a 2 picture summary of the book ⤵️ 1/

Roses from my yard today 🌱 🌹

👇🎯 They. Are. Breaking. Signed. Contracts. For. No. Legal. Reason. You want to pass legislation not funding this stuff going forward? Fine. Epically idiotic, but legal. This is something else. Shredding the basic foundations of the rule of law. Textbook authoritarianism.