Jamie Mayerfeld

I could not be prouder that my law firm is currently litigating 60 voting, election and redistricting cases in 30 states. Even as large law firms bow down, we continue to fight for democracy every single day.

Left NIMBYs are the bane of my existence

Looks as if Trump is saying no Democrat will be allowed to win another national election—and he will use the FBI, the DOJ, and the CIA to make sure of that. This is a full-scale attack on American democracy, and every Republican, CEO, and conservative mouthpiece who doesn't object is complicit.

This was Russia today Wednesday, October 22, 2025 — Meduza

Earlier this week, ICE grabbed another Russian dissident, in this case a decolonization activist from the Buryat community. If his case goes the way of Artyom Vovchenko and Leonid Melekhin, he could soon be deported and left to rot in a Russian prison. meduza.io/en/brief/202...

From Mexico to Ireland, Fury Mounts Over a Global A.I. Frenzy

“You have this narrative that data centers are needed and will make us rich and thriving, but this is a real crisis.” 🧵

Trump says he will meet Putin in Hungary after ‘productive’ phone call US leader announces that he will meet Russia's Vladimir Putin in the Hungarian capital, Budapest.

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This.

Donald Trump urged Volodymyr Zelenskyy to accept Putin’s terms or be ‘destroyed’ by Russia US president tossed aside maps of Ukraine front line in volatile White House meeting

Trump said his conversation with Putin was "very productive" and made "great progress." This is the same conversation, Trump told Zelensky, in which Putin stated that he would destroy Ukraine if it didn't accept Russia's terms. www.ft.com/content/7960...

I think it's sarcasm. It's also a reference to "russkiy mir," literally "Russian world" or "Russian peace." Russian nationalists use the concept to refer to a territory larger than Russia's actual borders. Hence Denys Davydov's pointed sarcasm in saying "peace supporter."

YouTube video by Denys Davydov Russian Peace Supporter threatened to unalive Ukrainians in Switzerland Video with Eng. Subtitles

A Russian speaker threatens a Ukrainian family on a train in Switzerland. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKE8...

YouTube video by The Bulwark Scott Bessent Is LOSING IT!

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We’ve known for forever that they don’t think gendered violence is a really serious thing but it’s still wild to hear them say it so plainly.

At a recent Seattle University/KOMO TV debate, Harrell’s opponent, activist Katie Wilson, didn’t appear to recognize that she has no authority under labor contracts to order police to do anything without going through a bargaining process. “As mayor, I will absolutely be working with SPD to make sure that they’re allowing the CARE team their full latitude of response and also to make sure that the CARE team can respond without police when appropriate,” she said. It’s not that easy.

I was at this debate. The Seattle Times is totally misrepresenting what happened to further the false narrative that Katie Wilson is a nitwit. Wilson was talking about the fact that the CARE team has not been allowed to exercise "its full latitude of responsibility" under the existing contract.

This is insane. I feel like I’m going insane when I’m watching this. Not just the fact that it’s clearly their fault, but the way a heavily-armed squad of masked thugs immediately jumps into the street and brutalizes the woman they just hit, despite having no idea who she is.

And what does the #BrokenTimes do? It features this worst person on its Odious People Podcast.
He Believes America Should Be a Theocracy. He Says His Influence Is Growing.
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Opinion | Why You Should Blame Trump When Your Energy Bills Go Up

Trump is going after clean energy, and Americans will face higher electric bills as a result.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/o...

The most frustrating thing about this war is that the US could step in forcefully now with harsh sanctions against Russia and a large military package for Ukraine with ranged weapons as the centrepiece, and the war would end soon with a Russian defeat.

Is Trump going to have Americans extrajudicially executed in their homes?

A Ridiculous Attorney General Bondi’s smug evasions revealed volumes about the Administration

In her pathetic appearance Tuesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Pam Bondi delivered a display of puerile arrogance so complete it amounted to contempt for the rule of law.
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Schiff: "If a president in secret can put names on a list and kill them, then there is no war power still retained by Congress, and there's no check on an executive who may drag us into another war."

This is what the inside of the train looks like that was attacked today by a terrorist state in Shostka.

During the filming, there was another Russian drone over the station.

📹 Radio Liberty

📸🙏 Footage of the aftermath of the attack on the railway station in Shostka

Eight people were injured in the attack, according to preliminary data.

'The ruling was an astonishing rebuke of both the Justice Department and some of its top officials, including Todd Blanche, the deputy attorney general'

A benefit of only giving politics moderate attention is that it insulates you from the sense that Trump's return to power fundamentally transforms the quotidian social contract—meaning among other things whether casual racism or sexism is acceptable. Keeping politics at a distance is inoculation

What can mid-rise housing look like on side streets where lots are redeveloped one at a time? This example is a good one.
- All homes have windows in at least two directions.
- Elevator building.
- Entry door from a balcony for fresh air.
50x122 is a common lot size in much of western North America.

Judge William G. Young ’62 noted that the Trump administration’s tactics aimed to scare pro-Palestine individuals into silence. And it worked. Throughout the case, faculty testified that noncitizens on college campuses kept quiet out of concern that they would be arrested or deported.

They sat stone-faced and silent as the president called for them to use US cities as training grounds and to fight “the enemy within,” and the secretary of defense told them to ignore “stupid rules of engagement “ and “woke garbage.”

Then they were threatened with dismissal if they didn't obey.

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