Jamie Mayerfeld
@jmayerfeld.bsky.social
political theorist, University of Washington, author of "The Promise of Human Rights," http://bit.ly/3ZQzYT3. Posts express personal views only.
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This morning, I recorded a video on TikTok about why DHS’s arguments for the power to enter homes without judicial warrants in immigration cases are bunk.
Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared.
Well, here’s a link:
georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...
Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared.
Well, here’s a link:
georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...
January 26, 2026 at 2:00 AM
This morning, I recorded a video on TikTok about why DHS’s arguments for the power to enter homes without judicial warrants in immigration cases are bunk.
Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared.
Well, here’s a link:
georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...
Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared.
Well, here’s a link:
georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...
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The largest Trump superPAC donor so far this cycle is the president of OpenAI
January 26, 2026 at 12:55 AM
The largest Trump superPAC donor so far this cycle is the president of OpenAI
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"Don't forget to add the bit about people only having rights if they agree with what the government is doing."
January 26, 2026 at 12:57 AM
"Don't forget to add the bit about people only having rights if they agree with what the government is doing."
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this is how it’s going to have to be, and how major movements have always been
Citizens are in the driver's seat now imho. It's cool if some politicians are quicker on the uptake than others but they are following us now, I'm not waiting for them anymore
January 25, 2026 at 2:43 AM
this is how it’s going to have to be, and how major movements have always been
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Worse than Kent State, really than any episode I can think of probably dating back to Reconstruc & earlier b/c
1. continuing, not 1 off.
2. organized, not individual ofcrs losing it
3. literally at hand of federal government, which is
4. immediately lying & circling the wagons to prevent inves.
1. continuing, not 1 off.
2. organized, not individual ofcrs losing it
3. literally at hand of federal government, which is
4. immediately lying & circling the wagons to prevent inves.
January 24, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Worse than Kent State, really than any episode I can think of probably dating back to Reconstruc & earlier b/c
1. continuing, not 1 off.
2. organized, not individual ofcrs losing it
3. literally at hand of federal government, which is
4. immediately lying & circling the wagons to prevent inves.
1. continuing, not 1 off.
2. organized, not individual ofcrs losing it
3. literally at hand of federal government, which is
4. immediately lying & circling the wagons to prevent inves.
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an administration staffed to the top with degenerate liars
Noem lies shamelessly: "An individual approached order Patrol officers with a 9mm semi-automatic gun. The officers attempted to disarm this individual, but the armed suspect reacted violently. This looks like a situation where an individual arrived to inflict maximum damage and kill law enforcement"
January 24, 2026 at 11:13 PM
an administration staffed to the top with degenerate liars
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I grew up reading the Washington Post. I spent 12 years working for the Washington Post. I grieve for the Washington Post.
My God this is lame. The reporters should resign in shame. The editors should be outed and shunned. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/01/24/federal-agents-minneapolis-shooting-investigation/
State, federal officials offer starkly different accounts of Minneapolis shooting
The killing of a Minneapolis man — captured on videos — deepened a growing rift between state and federal officials, who offered starkly different accounts.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 25, 2026 at 2:42 AM
I grew up reading the Washington Post. I spent 12 years working for the Washington Post. I grieve for the Washington Post.
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man the stuff i am seeing on IG from
the most normie, i don’t really talk about politics accounts suggests something different
the most normie, i don’t really talk about politics accounts suggests something different
January 25, 2026 at 2:25 AM
man the stuff i am seeing on IG from
the most normie, i don’t really talk about politics accounts suggests something different
the most normie, i don’t really talk about politics accounts suggests something different
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Do you honestly think people in the civil rights movement and other nonviolent movements faced no violence themselves? They practiced nonviolence because it works, because the oppressor wants a shooting war, which is the war it will win
How's your non-violent working Mr Gandhi stancil? They will kill each and everyone of you right if they had the chance and you will still be writing Kumbaya.
Observers have been working day and night to protect these neighborhoods from ICE, make the streets safe so kids can go to school and people can go to their jobs. Burning down the street undoes all our work. The people setting fires haven’t been putting in long hours watching plates or doors.
January 24, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Do you honestly think people in the civil rights movement and other nonviolent movements faced no violence themselves? They practiced nonviolence because it works, because the oppressor wants a shooting war, which is the war it will win
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Nonviolence is, in fact, working. This administration is weaker than it was a year ago. More and more of the public is becoming galvanized against it; its agents are being impeded.
Do you honestly think people in the civil rights movement and other nonviolent movements faced no violence themselves? They practiced nonviolence because it works, because the oppressor wants a shooting war, which is the war it will win
How's your non-violent working Mr Gandhi stancil? They will kill each and everyone of you right if they had the chance and you will still be writing Kumbaya.
January 24, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Nonviolence is, in fact, working. This administration is weaker than it was a year ago. More and more of the public is becoming galvanized against it; its agents are being impeded.
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The montage towards the end hits especially hard. www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_71...
ICE Kills Another American
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
www.youtube.com
January 24, 2026 at 10:16 PM
The montage towards the end hits especially hard. www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_71...
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An independent autopsy of Renee Good reveals that she had 3 gunshot wounds: to the left arm, right lung, and left temple that exited the right side of her head. That means the third shot, the most unlawful one, from the side, likely killed her. abc7.com/post/minneap...
Independent autopsy in ICE shooting death of Renee Good released by law firm in civil investigation
The results of an independent autopsy for Renee Good have been released as part of a law firm's civil investigation, two weeks after she was shot and killed by a federal agent in Minneapolis.
abc7.com
January 22, 2026 at 4:56 AM
An independent autopsy of Renee Good reveals that she had 3 gunshot wounds: to the left arm, right lung, and left temple that exited the right side of her head. That means the third shot, the most unlawful one, from the side, likely killed her. abc7.com/post/minneap...
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Re ICE actrocities in MN, I’ve already said that lately I feel consistently angrier than I’ve ever felt in my long life.
But I also feel absolutely heartsick. That poor little 5-year old baby kidnapped, imagining how scared he was…
I know many of you feel the same. Love and solidarity to you.
But I also feel absolutely heartsick. That poor little 5-year old baby kidnapped, imagining how scared he was…
I know many of you feel the same. Love and solidarity to you.
January 22, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Re ICE actrocities in MN, I’ve already said that lately I feel consistently angrier than I’ve ever felt in my long life.
But I also feel absolutely heartsick. That poor little 5-year old baby kidnapped, imagining how scared he was…
I know many of you feel the same. Love and solidarity to you.
But I also feel absolutely heartsick. That poor little 5-year old baby kidnapped, imagining how scared he was…
I know many of you feel the same. Love and solidarity to you.
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January 22, 2026 at 1:46 AM
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Moving to the UK and experiencing the Guardian really altered my understanding of what metrics make good journalism. They do so much more with so much less. I still subscribe.
One court decision, two different headlines.
Guardian on the left, NY Times on the right. Which one more directly conveys information and the stakes to the reader?
Guardian on the left, NY Times on the right. Which one more directly conveys information and the stakes to the reader?
January 22, 2026 at 4:53 AM
Moving to the UK and experiencing the Guardian really altered my understanding of what metrics make good journalism. They do so much more with so much less. I still subscribe.
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9/ On the charge of "fear-mongering":
#Climate science does not choose alarm as a strategy. The scientific assessment of climate risk has intensified because the evidence has intensified, while global emissions continue to rise.
The latest @ipcc.bsky.social report is very clear on this point:
#Climate science does not choose alarm as a strategy. The scientific assessment of climate risk has intensified because the evidence has intensified, while global emissions continue to rise.
The latest @ipcc.bsky.social report is very clear on this point:
January 13, 2026 at 8:58 AM
9/ On the charge of "fear-mongering":
#Climate science does not choose alarm as a strategy. The scientific assessment of climate risk has intensified because the evidence has intensified, while global emissions continue to rise.
The latest @ipcc.bsky.social report is very clear on this point:
#Climate science does not choose alarm as a strategy. The scientific assessment of climate risk has intensified because the evidence has intensified, while global emissions continue to rise.
The latest @ipcc.bsky.social report is very clear on this point:
Trump is threatening to invade a peaceful country. He must be removed from office.
January 20, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Trump is threatening to invade a peaceful country. He must be removed from office.
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Wow.
It’s come to this: “Catholic members of the US armed forces could in good conscience consider disobeying orders to attack Greenland if such orders were issued, according to Archbishop Timothy Broglio, the bishop responsible for the pastoral care of US military personnel.”
Military archbishop: Troops could refuse orders on Greenland
Speaking to Britain's Sunday program on BBC, Archbishop Timothy Broglio reiterated that conscience could permit refusal of an unjust military order.
aleteia.org
January 20, 2026 at 4:07 AM
Wow.
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We are watching one of the wildest things a nation-state has ever done: A superpower is committing suicide because the GOP Congress is too cowardly to stand up to the Mad King.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
Footage shows Danish troops arriving in Greenland as part of a new military deployment. Among the personnel who landed on the island is Major General Peter H. Boysen, Chief of the Danish Army Command. #Greenland
January 19, 2026 at 10:59 PM
We are watching one of the wildest things a nation-state has ever done: A superpower is committing suicide because the GOP Congress is too cowardly to stand up to the Mad King.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
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In 1960 MLK gave a lecture at a small college in the middle of Kansas. Tonight people gathered around the same lectern in the same room to hear a restored recording of the speech, challenging us to remain maladjusted to a society bent on injustice.
January 20, 2026 at 4:01 AM
In 1960 MLK gave a lecture at a small college in the middle of Kansas. Tonight people gathered around the same lectern in the same room to hear a restored recording of the speech, challenging us to remain maladjusted to a society bent on injustice.
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If you're a soldier in the 11th Airborne Division being ordered to prep for deployment to Minnesota or Greenland, remember that you have the right to apply for conscientious objector status.
Call the GI Bill Rights hotline: 1-877-447-4487
Call the GI Bill Rights hotline: 1-877-447-4487
January 19, 2026 at 7:23 PM
If you're a soldier in the 11th Airborne Division being ordered to prep for deployment to Minnesota or Greenland, remember that you have the right to apply for conscientious objector status.
Call the GI Bill Rights hotline: 1-877-447-4487
Call the GI Bill Rights hotline: 1-877-447-4487
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How is it that Americans aren't out in the streets in the millions, marching on Washington and demanding Trump's impeachment, Every. Single. Day.
Below I paste a message sent by Trump to the prime minister of Norway.
This is an emergency. Every member of Congress, Republican and Democratic alike, must demand Trump's immediate resignation. He wants to destroy everything.
“Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel
This is an emergency. Every member of Congress, Republican and Democratic alike, must demand Trump's immediate resignation. He wants to destroy everything.
“Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel
January 19, 2026 at 4:29 PM
How is it that Americans aren't out in the streets in the millions, marching on Washington and demanding Trump's impeachment, Every. Single. Day.