Barbara Banfield
@barbbanfieldrn.bsky.social
RN, farmerette, astrologer, violin/fiddle player, gay-married, anti-fascist, pro-democracy. Whidbey Island WA
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jfc.
Breaking MS NOW:
DHS has launched a nationwide campaign to investigate and prosecute naturalized citizens who may have improperly voted in past elections — an effort spurring deep concern that the admin's true goal is to intimidate voters from participating in future elections.
DHS has launched a nationwide campaign to investigate and prosecute naturalized citizens who may have improperly voted in past elections — an effort spurring deep concern that the admin's true goal is to intimidate voters from participating in future elections.
Memo shows White House directing DHS to hunt for voter fraud by naturalized citizens
Agents will be required to turn over names of immigrants who voted before they became citizens — and then explain to the White House why they weren’t charged with a crime.
www.ms.now
February 19, 2026 at 12:00 AM
jfc.
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Trump's war on Iran is illegal and immoral
From June and still true.
From June and still true.
February 19, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Trump's war on Iran is illegal and immoral
From June and still true.
From June and still true.
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“None of the deportees are Cameroonian citizens. And almost all had received protection from American courts, which banned the government from sending them back to their home countries, where they would most likely face persecution, according to government documents obtained by The Times…”
"An Associated Press reporter was beaten by the police and detained along with three other journalists on Tuesday in Cameroon while reporting on a secretive Trump administration program to deport migrants to the Central African country, according to two of the people detained." (gift link)
Journalists Arrested in Cameroon While Reporting on Trump’s Secretive Deportation Program
www.nytimes.com
February 19, 2026 at 12:02 AM
“None of the deportees are Cameroonian citizens. And almost all had received protection from American courts, which banned the government from sending them back to their home countries, where they would most likely face persecution, according to government documents obtained by The Times…”
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The judge should sanction the DHS and DOD for ordering JAGs, which literally have no experience doing this, into this position.
1. DHS surges 3,000 officers to Minneapolis without doing anywhere near enough prep first.
2. Hundreds of habeas cases overwhelm local courts.
3. Dozens of DOJ lawyers quit in disgust/anger.
4. The DOJ brings in JAGs to cover.
5. A JAG was just held in contempt and fined $500/day for ICE's failures.
2. Hundreds of habeas cases overwhelm local courts.
3. Dozens of DOJ lawyers quit in disgust/anger.
4. The DOJ brings in JAGs to cover.
5. A JAG was just held in contempt and fined $500/day for ICE's failures.
February 19, 2026 at 12:03 AM
The judge should sanction the DHS and DOD for ordering JAGs, which literally have no experience doing this, into this position.
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Eastern Washington farmworkers fight their own legislators to win labor rights withheld for nearly a century
www.inlander.com/news/eastern...
www.inlander.com/news/eastern...
Eastern Washington farmworkers fight their own legislators to win labor rights withheld for nearly a century
For nearly a century, Washington’s farmworkers have been denied the basic labor rights afforded to nearly all other private sector workers. The results have been poor wages, dangerous working conditio...
www.inlander.com
February 19, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Eastern Washington farmworkers fight their own legislators to win labor rights withheld for nearly a century
www.inlander.com/news/eastern...
www.inlander.com/news/eastern...
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Things you love to see #6245:
JUST IN: Judge Provinzino in Minnesota has held a Justice Department attorney in civil contempt for violations of her order requiring the return of a released ICE detainee’s ID documents. He must pay $500 a day until the documents are returned.
February 19, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Things you love to see #6245:
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"An Associated Press reporter was beaten by the police and detained along with three other journalists on Tuesday in Cameroon while reporting on a secretive Trump administration program to deport migrants to the Central African country, according to two of the people detained." (gift link)
Journalists Arrested in Cameroon While Reporting on Trump’s Secretive Deportation Program
www.nytimes.com
February 18, 2026 at 11:10 PM
"An Associated Press reporter was beaten by the police and detained along with three other journalists on Tuesday in Cameroon while reporting on a secretive Trump administration program to deport migrants to the Central African country, according to two of the people detained." (gift link)
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This is why "Let's give in on some of the trans stuff because it'd be a popular compromise and you have to meet people where they are" is not only immoral but politically stupid.
Republicans were never going to stop there. They stop when you stop them.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/u...
Republicans were never going to stop there. They stop when you stop them.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/u...
With New Momentum, Republican States Push Broader Limits for Trans Americans
www.nytimes.com
February 19, 2026 at 12:11 AM
This is why "Let's give in on some of the trans stuff because it'd be a popular compromise and you have to meet people where they are" is not only immoral but politically stupid.
Republicans were never going to stop there. They stop when you stop them.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/u...
Republicans were never going to stop there. They stop when you stop them.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/u...
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One way in which elected democrats could respond to the public is to use their platforms to refer to the right as garbage people not aligned with American values. We would prefer this over the constant “colleague” and “friends across the aisle” shit.
February 18, 2026 at 8:57 PM
One way in which elected democrats could respond to the public is to use their platforms to refer to the right as garbage people not aligned with American values. We would prefer this over the constant “colleague” and “friends across the aisle” shit.
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This is a very well written description of the mostly unexamined drive I feel to make and share my art. The more anti-culture gets pushed at me the more compelled I feel to make my own
February 18, 2026 at 8:57 PM
This is a very well written description of the mostly unexamined drive I feel to make and share my art. The more anti-culture gets pushed at me the more compelled I feel to make my own
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PEDOPHILE RAPIST IS FORCING HIMSELF ON US
Trump: "Frankly, if these radical left lunatic Democrats would come and say, 'Please, help us, please,' we'd stop crimes all over the place. Sometimes we have to force ourselves upon them because they're so bad."
February 18, 2026 at 8:58 PM
PEDOPHILE RAPIST IS FORCING HIMSELF ON US
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one thing that i find interesting about this is that established artists — like, people who are objectively good at it — all seem to stop producing interesting work once they turn right wing
The decline of right wing cultural production is just due to the fact that they don’t like culture, they like the signifiers of culture, ie “classic sculpture means white people are better.” They don’t like art at all except for this purpose. They don’t even like the nerd stuff they whine about
February 18, 2026 at 8:58 PM
one thing that i find interesting about this is that established artists — like, people who are objectively good at it — all seem to stop producing interesting work once they turn right wing
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A must read about how North Carolina Republicans targeted college students and how they are fighting back. You will be glad you read it. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/nor...
Amid new GOP-led restrictions, North Carolina students lead a fight to vote during the midterm primary
“There’s nothing that the board of elections is going to do to stop me from voting,” one student said.
www.democracydocket.com
February 18, 2026 at 8:58 PM
A must read about how North Carolina Republicans targeted college students and how they are fighting back. You will be glad you read it. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/nor...
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This is genocide as defined by the Geneva Convention. It has been
Abuse isn’t enough, they have to silence kids too:
“They threw away all my drawings,” said 15-year-old Cariexis Quintero… . Her mother, displaying a pile of colorful paper scraps, detailed how the guards “stormed into her room looking for drawings and letters” & then “destroyed what they found”
“They threw away all my drawings,” said 15-year-old Cariexis Quintero… . Her mother, displaying a pile of colorful paper scraps, detailed how the guards “stormed into her room looking for drawings and letters” & then “destroyed what they found”
ProPublica published children's letters and drawings documenting their sadness and suffering at Dilley. And Dilley staff are now retaliating by confiscating kids' letters and drawings.
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
February 18, 2026 at 9:00 PM
This is genocide as defined by the Geneva Convention. It has been
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They're doing everything they can to subvert the vote.
We expect to see moves like this in other states dominated by MAGA legislators.
#RadioFreeAmerica
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#RadioFreeAmerica
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ICE at the polls: Arizona Republicans push plan to require agents at all polling places | Arizona Mirror
Arizona Republicans push bill to station ICE agents at polling places, despite a federal law that bars armed troops at voting sites
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February 18, 2026 at 3:43 PM
They're doing everything they can to subvert the vote.
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id watch the livestream
A podcast where I only interview MAGA politicians called “Why Are You so Ugly???”
February 18, 2026 at 3:45 PM
id watch the livestream
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I don't understand why I should spend an hour interviewing for a job which the company doesn't think is worth an hour or their time.
AI job interviews can be awkward and unnerving. Here are some tips on how to ace them.
How to Ace a Job Interview With an AI
For starters, speak naturally, as if you are talking to a human interviewer, even if you aren’t.
on.wsj.com
February 18, 2026 at 3:45 PM
I don't understand why I should spend an hour interviewing for a job which the company doesn't think is worth an hour or their time.
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Wrote about the very unhelpful convo around gavin newsom. arguing over whether we all will or won't vote for him in the general is just helping him establish himself as the GE candidate. He's not even the leader! we don't need to pretend he is! www.everythingishorrible.net/p/we-can-bea...
We Can Beat Gavin Newsom
Liberals and leftists both have to stop acting as if he’s already the nominee
www.everythingishorrible.net
February 18, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Wrote about the very unhelpful convo around gavin newsom. arguing over whether we all will or won't vote for him in the general is just helping him establish himself as the GE candidate. He's not even the leader! we don't need to pretend he is! www.everythingishorrible.net/p/we-can-bea...
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Not one, but TWO federal judges will decide whether Trump and his regime can just go around erasing history from national monuments.
www.advocate.com/politics/nat...
www.advocate.com/politics/nat...
Two lawsuits ask federal judges to protect Stonewall Monument’s Pride flag from Trump’s history rewrite
One case against the National Park Service is out of Manhattan and the other was filed in Massachusetts.
www.advocate.com
February 18, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Not one, but TWO federal judges will decide whether Trump and his regime can just go around erasing history from national monuments.
www.advocate.com/politics/nat...
www.advocate.com/politics/nat...
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I just can't imagine being in university in the age of AI. Glad I got an education while they were still making them! Glad I actually read hard books & used my brain to synthesize their ideas into papers I wrote myself & didn't have to deal with other students rampantly cheating as a norm.
February 18, 2026 at 3:52 PM
I just can't imagine being in university in the age of AI. Glad I got an education while they were still making them! Glad I actually read hard books & used my brain to synthesize their ideas into papers I wrote myself & didn't have to deal with other students rampantly cheating as a norm.
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like outside of the journal de montreal (which is basically a far-right natcon/independence rag now), almost every major news outlet in Quebec fucking hates the footage coming out of MN and ICE
i do think one thing that's going to nuke the Canadian populist right is the fact that the Jason Kenney/Patrick Brown wing of the CPC is going to point out that if they go full Restore Britain/AfD, they're not going to win Quebec or Ontario
One of the things that alarmed me about Kenney when he was in federal politics was that he seemed *very* good at reaching immigrant communities and it also seemed fairly sincere. I think he's just like that, for all his other issues.
February 18, 2026 at 3:54 PM
like outside of the journal de montreal (which is basically a far-right natcon/independence rag now), almost every major news outlet in Quebec fucking hates the footage coming out of MN and ICE
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does it actually know how to govern? it for sure does better things than the gop when in power, but knowing how to govern also includes selling the things youve done so people vote for you again the next time. and liberalism has shown it is utterly incapable of that.
Liberalism knows how to govern.
They want to govern because they want to help people.
The Republican cult wants to govern because they want power. They have no morals, no conscience to tell them right from wrong.
So you of course have decided to lay into the Democrats as your brand.
They want to govern because they want to help people.
The Republican cult wants to govern because they want power. They have no morals, no conscience to tell them right from wrong.
So you of course have decided to lay into the Democrats as your brand.
February 18, 2026 at 3:55 PM
does it actually know how to govern? it for sure does better things than the gop when in power, but knowing how to govern also includes selling the things youve done so people vote for you again the next time. and liberalism has shown it is utterly incapable of that.
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“You might think that #workers getting paid more is a good thing?…
Is there any mention that the #BCA will have to pass on the #costs of this $200m onto customers in the form of higher fees, or higher interest rates?
No, it is just some #businesscost that businesses are expected to make.” #ausbiz
Is there any mention that the #BCA will have to pass on the #costs of this $200m onto customers in the form of higher fees, or higher interest rates?
No, it is just some #businesscost that businesses are expected to make.” #ausbiz
A report that Comm Bank is spending $200m on sponsoring the Olympics. My post on how isn't it weird how such things are never reported as something that will cause fees/prices to rise, but a wage increase?? Horrors!!
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thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
Why do the media treat rising wages as dangerous — but $200m sponsorships aren’t?
Perhaps the most screwed aspect of how the media covers economics and business is how profits and business expenses are written about as though they are glorious things with no losers, while wages gro...
thepoint.com.au
February 18, 2026 at 4:12 AM
“You might think that #workers getting paid more is a good thing?…
Is there any mention that the #BCA will have to pass on the #costs of this $200m onto customers in the form of higher fees, or higher interest rates?
No, it is just some #businesscost that businesses are expected to make.” #ausbiz
Is there any mention that the #BCA will have to pass on the #costs of this $200m onto customers in the form of higher fees, or higher interest rates?
No, it is just some #businesscost that businesses are expected to make.” #ausbiz
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Supporting the American Gestapo is completely disqualifying.
@rephaleystevens.bsky.social, you are a traitor to the American people, and your farce of a primary campaign is an attack on every single person who lives in the state of Michigan.
If you’re in Michigan: don’t vote for a Quisling
@rephaleystevens.bsky.social, you are a traitor to the American people, and your farce of a primary campaign is an attack on every single person who lives in the state of Michigan.
If you’re in Michigan: don’t vote for a Quisling
How is this even possible? Rep. Haley Stevens, who is running for #MISen, "seemed generally impressed with the staff" at an ICE detention facility, per the @michiganadvance.com.
At the same event, Rep. Hillary Scholten spoke of a man "being kept in a freezing room where he couldn’t feel his toes."
At the same event, Rep. Hillary Scholten spoke of a man "being kept in a freezing room where he couldn’t feel his toes."
February 18, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Supporting the American Gestapo is completely disqualifying.
@rephaleystevens.bsky.social, you are a traitor to the American people, and your farce of a primary campaign is an attack on every single person who lives in the state of Michigan.
If you’re in Michigan: don’t vote for a Quisling
@rephaleystevens.bsky.social, you are a traitor to the American people, and your farce of a primary campaign is an attack on every single person who lives in the state of Michigan.
If you’re in Michigan: don’t vote for a Quisling
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How is this even possible? Rep. Haley Stevens, who is running for #MISen, "seemed generally impressed with the staff" at an ICE detention facility, per the @michiganadvance.com.
At the same event, Rep. Hillary Scholten spoke of a man "being kept in a freezing room where he couldn’t feel his toes."
At the same event, Rep. Hillary Scholten spoke of a man "being kept in a freezing room where he couldn’t feel his toes."
February 18, 2026 at 1:30 AM
How is this even possible? Rep. Haley Stevens, who is running for #MISen, "seemed generally impressed with the staff" at an ICE detention facility, per the @michiganadvance.com.
At the same event, Rep. Hillary Scholten spoke of a man "being kept in a freezing room where he couldn’t feel his toes."
At the same event, Rep. Hillary Scholten spoke of a man "being kept in a freezing room where he couldn’t feel his toes."