@heidilifeldman
I'm an activist, a legal scholar, a philosopher, a progressive. I use social media to think out loud and to build community and coalitions. Also at heidilifeldman@mastodon.social. Blog at https://heidi-says.ghost.io.
They're going to write books about all the big brain moves of this gang of imbeciles and among them will be "Spending a year trying to kill renewable energy and then launching a war that sends oil prices soaring"
A military culture where the Secretary say he will ignore “stupid rules of engagement” leads to the US sinking what they likely knew was an unarmed ship, killing more than 80 sailors with 62 others still missing.
Bar graph showing responses to question "Would you support or oppose abolishing ICE?" from The Economist/You Gov from June 2025 and late Feb-early March 2026. Total support for abolishing rose 23 points, among Dems 30 points, among independents 23 points, among Republicans 14 points.
Public opinion is not fixed.
And it's the job of a campaign to move people.
🧵Feels like shouting into the void, but it is essential to note that the Trump/Rubio gutting of the State Department and blowtorching of US diplomatic capacity and credibility is an accelerant to this spiraling war and will seriously undercut US/allied efforts to pick up the pieces after. 1/
2/ "our hemisphere"
Noem is now “Special Envoy for The Shield of the Americas,” a position tied to the new Western Hemisphere security initiative."
#RutgersLaw Prof. Marcy Karin's research on Esther Hobart McQuigg Slack Morris—the first woman to ever hold a judicial seat in the U.S.— is cited in this @statecourtreport.org article examining the complex and obscured history of women who have served on state benches: https://bit.ly/3Pb9gn3
#lawsky
The Trump administration took your money illegally.
They won’t give it back.
Did you know you can shrug and say "No can do boss" when a court orders you to do something
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CBP puts the blame on legacy IT systems. To be blunt, while these problems may be completely valid, this is entirely the fault of the government.
Proof that WaPo exists in an alternate universe, the BizarroWorld. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Another federal judge is threatening to hold government officials in contempt of court for failing to return critical items including work permits and driver's licenses to former immigration detainees.
All of you made me feel so much love today. This occupation has exhausted me and at times has broken my heart. But the dedication of our community and neighbors has been the fuel I’ve needed to wake up to fight another day alongside you. ❤️
Reuters Exclusive
"U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school."
"The strike would rank among the worst cases of civilian casualties in decades of U.S. conflicts in the Middle East."
JUST IN: Trump admin asks 1st Circuit to stay Judge Brian Murphy's order that would sharply limit so-called 3rd country deportations. #SCOTUS twice blocked his earlier similar rulings. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/27... Story from round 2: www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
The Dem traitors made the difference here.
Fuck every one of them
Heckuva job, Trumpy
BTW shame on David Beckham - the owner of Inter Miami - for allowing his franchise to be used by the Trump regime. Just utterly disgraceful and repulsive and now am going to view him the same way I view another number 7 (who btw wrecked OGS's team at OT). #MUFC
As #FIFA peace prize winner bombs thousands and thousands of targets in the Middle East - Lionel Messi trots in the White House to be a willing prop for the Trump regime.
I don't care how good Messi is - Eric Cantona he will never be. He is now part of this. #MUFC
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BREAKING NYT:
Lindsey Halligan, the ex-U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia who brought criminal cases against Trump's enemies over the objections of career prosecutors, is under investigation by Florida's bar association, according to a letter the organization sent last month.
Markwayne called Rand Paul a “freaking snake” last week and said he supported his neighbor beating the crap out of him. Let’s see who the chair of the Senate Homeland Security committee is…oh goody it’s Rand Paul.
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Oh dear oh dear
What does this imply for those of us who are not Christian, and who labor under the assumption that we're protected by the First Amendment?
Kristi Noem's "Open to Work" LinkedIn Profile
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If Trump is serious about ending Noem’s tenure, DHS should immediately reverse her decisions to:
**put ICE in schools, hospitals, and houses of worship
**make it harder for people fleeing autocratic nations to seek asylum
**deprive people of due process
Until then, we will still be in court.
[Exit Murderer.]
Until Congress passes meaningful restraints to rein in ICE’s terror, nothing will substantively change. ICE will take its reckless and dangerous behavior to whichever city or town the President decides to target next.