Jeff Fields
@baritone.bsky.social
Professional classical baritone, IT Technical Lead for an Apple-centric IT firm. St. Paul, MN.
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The Dept. of Appearing to Take Things Rather Seriously While Wearing a Navy Sport Coat and No Tie is actively searching for a Dean of Comfortably Ordering Wine in a DC Steakhouse Where Denny Hastert Used to Sit Right Over There. The position will pay $580,000. The history department is abolished
Yale is launching a new Presidential Senior Fellowship to expand access to the transformative work of universities. As part of this program, author and columnist David Brooks will join the Jackson School of Global Affairs starting February 1.
Read more in Yale News: bit.ly/49QpJoY
Read more in Yale News: bit.ly/49QpJoY
January 29, 2026 at 9:45 PM
The Dept. of Appearing to Take Things Rather Seriously While Wearing a Navy Sport Coat and No Tie is actively searching for a Dean of Comfortably Ordering Wine in a DC Steakhouse Where Denny Hastert Used to Sit Right Over There. The position will pay $580,000. The history department is abolished
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If you’re Dems, please coalesce around Stephen Miller not having a job anymore.
Dems coalescing around 5 restrictions on ICE, I'm told:
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
A Dem Senator’s Harsh Takedown of Trump Hits Home: “Breaking Point”
As Trump scrambles to contain the damage from the latest ICE horrors, Senator Chris Murphy offers a sharp indictment of Trump-ICE lawlessness—and explains how Dems can meet the urgency of the moment.
newrepublic.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:17 PM
If you’re Dems, please coalesce around Stephen Miller not having a job anymore.
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What he said: 💯 🎯
November 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
What he said: 💯 🎯
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So sad. Mark was the chronicler of the Presidency… if you wanted to know how many times GWB played golf, for example, or how many books Obama read aloud at the Easter Egg roll, you asked him. We never met but we had many exchanges on the Other Site and I’m glad he knew how much I valued his work.
August 30, 2025 at 11:30 PM
So sad. Mark was the chronicler of the Presidency… if you wanted to know how many times GWB played golf, for example, or how many books Obama read aloud at the Easter Egg roll, you asked him. We never met but we had many exchanges on the Other Site and I’m glad he knew how much I valued his work.
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The Air Force’s “next generation” fighter aircraft will be called the F-47 for the same reason.
Seriously.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_...
Seriously.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_...
August 28, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The Air Force’s “next generation” fighter aircraft will be called the F-47 for the same reason.
Seriously.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_...
Seriously.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_...
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Minnesota Nice has left the chat.
I dare you to go to Annunciation School and tell our grieving community, in effect, guns don’t kill kids, antidepressants do.
Just shut up. Stop peddling bullshit. You should be fired.
Just shut up. Stop peddling bullshit. You should be fired.
RFK Jr on the mass shooting in Minnesota: "We're launching studies on the potential contribution of some of the SSRI drugs and some of the other psychiatric drugs that might be contributing to violence."
August 28, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Minnesota Nice has left the chat.
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I said this 7 months ago and was called an alarmist. History says elections won’t save us. They will end us. Blue states must declare war.
“I researched every Democratic attempt to stop fascism. The success rate after fascists were elected was 0%.”
▶ Once they win elections, it’s already too …
“I researched every Democratic attempt to stop fascism. The success rate after fascists were elected was 0%.”
▶ Once they win elections, it’s already too …
August 26, 2025 at 1:09 PM
I said this 7 months ago and was called an alarmist. History says elections won’t save us. They will end us. Blue states must declare war.
“I researched every Democratic attempt to stop fascism. The success rate after fascists were elected was 0%.”
▶ Once they win elections, it’s already too …
“I researched every Democratic attempt to stop fascism. The success rate after fascists were elected was 0%.”
▶ Once they win elections, it’s already too …
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Turns out some of the “we want small government” people kiiiinda wanted the government to be just one guy.
August 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Turns out some of the “we want small government” people kiiiinda wanted the government to be just one guy.
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I think you are lying
I might add that many of those scientists are receiving substantial resources from big pharma to push these medicines on kids. What do you think?
June 18, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I think you are lying
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🚨🚨The White House is pissed off about this ad so you know what to do, share it everywhere! ICE is disappearing people just because of the color of their skin! No Warrant! No Due Process! This is not who we are as Americans! #MAGAKidnappers want an all white America, fuck that‼️
June 18, 2025 at 8:08 PM
🚨🚨The White House is pissed off about this ad so you know what to do, share it everywhere! ICE is disappearing people just because of the color of their skin! No Warrant! No Due Process! This is not who we are as Americans! #MAGAKidnappers want an all white America, fuck that‼️
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Kristi Noem must resign. She has deported a four year old with cancer, detained a U.S. marshal, and arrested two members of Congress. She’s lost the confidence of the American people. ICE must stop terrorizing our communities.
June 12, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Kristi Noem must resign. She has deported a four year old with cancer, detained a U.S. marshal, and arrested two members of Congress. She’s lost the confidence of the American people. ICE must stop terrorizing our communities.
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NEW PIECE: The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” Eliminates the Office of Financial Research—Threatening the Stability of the Treasury Market
www.crisesnotes.com/the-one-big-...
www.crisesnotes.com/the-one-big-...
The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” Eliminates the Office of Financial Research—Threatening the Stability of the Treasury Market
Early last week I started working on a piece on why the Federal Reserve didn’t step in during the Trump Tariff Financial Panic. The basic idea of that piece is simply that “repo rates”- the interest r...
www.crisesnotes.com
June 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
NEW PIECE: The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” Eliminates the Office of Financial Research—Threatening the Stability of the Treasury Market
www.crisesnotes.com/the-one-big-...
www.crisesnotes.com/the-one-big-...
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Today, I was denied access to seeing my constituent, Mr. Kilmar Abrego Garcia. If there is nothing to hide, cut the crap. Let his lawyer and I check on him.
May 26, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Today, I was denied access to seeing my constituent, Mr. Kilmar Abrego Garcia. If there is nothing to hide, cut the crap. Let his lawyer and I check on him.
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👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾East Bay!
“If you haven’t been poor, don’t legislate for the poor.” - Rep Lateefah Simon, CA-12
May 24, 2025 at 3:17 AM
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾East Bay!
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Scott Bessent is a clown. A total embarrassment.
The importer of record pays the tariffs—not China. And those costs get passed down to you in the form of higher prices.
You all get that, right? It’s not rocket science.
The importer of record pays the tariffs—not China. And those costs get passed down to you in the form of higher prices.
You all get that, right? It’s not rocket science.
May 7, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Scott Bessent is a clown. A total embarrassment.
The importer of record pays the tariffs—not China. And those costs get passed down to you in the form of higher prices.
You all get that, right? It’s not rocket science.
The importer of record pays the tariffs—not China. And those costs get passed down to you in the form of higher prices.
You all get that, right? It’s not rocket science.
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The NYT asked me to write an op-ed on Musk and the Treasury and then took a pass. I hope it will still get read.
Personal Discretion Over the Treasury's Payments System Means the End of Democracy
If the Court and federal workers fail to stop Elon Musk, we are heading for authoritarianism.
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 4, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The NYT asked me to write an op-ed on Musk and the Treasury and then took a pass. I hope it will still get read.
Hegseth confirmed, on a 50–50 vote.
Hillbilly Elegy broke the tie.
We've now got a rapist drunk Secretary of Defense. Good times.
Voting against: Murkowski, Collins, McConnell.
Hillbilly Elegy broke the tie.
We've now got a rapist drunk Secretary of Defense. Good times.
Voting against: Murkowski, Collins, McConnell.
January 25, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Hegseth confirmed, on a 50–50 vote.
Hillbilly Elegy broke the tie.
We've now got a rapist drunk Secretary of Defense. Good times.
Voting against: Murkowski, Collins, McConnell.
Hillbilly Elegy broke the tie.
We've now got a rapist drunk Secretary of Defense. Good times.
Voting against: Murkowski, Collins, McConnell.
Great writeup from the NY Times in honor of the 100th anniversary of Puccini's death. Which is today.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/a...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/a...
Puccini Died 100 Years Ago. So Did the Great Opera Tradition. (Gift Article)
A century after his death, the composer of “La Bohème,” “Tosca” and “Madama Butterfly” still dominates the repertoire like no one since.
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2024 at 4:26 AM
Great writeup from the NY Times in honor of the 100th anniversary of Puccini's death. Which is today.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/a...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/a...
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Okay, this is me in Serious Mode—wanted to share these free, annotated English translations of JS Bach’s vocal works by noted Bach scholars. Can be used for concert programs, teaching etc. They just added the Christmas Oratorio today:
bachcantatatexts.org/index.htm
#Bach #EarlyMusic #Baroque
bachcantatatexts.org/index.htm
#Bach #EarlyMusic #Baroque
Texts and historically-informed translations for the music of Johann Sebastian Bach
bachcantatatexts.org
November 26, 2024 at 12:38 AM
Okay, this is me in Serious Mode—wanted to share these free, annotated English translations of JS Bach’s vocal works by noted Bach scholars. Can be used for concert programs, teaching etc. They just added the Christmas Oratorio today:
bachcantatatexts.org/index.htm
#Bach #EarlyMusic #Baroque
bachcantatatexts.org/index.htm
#Bach #EarlyMusic #Baroque
Let's see how Twitter links post here. This is RFK Jr. explaining how his academic performance was helped by doing heroin.
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November 26, 2024 at 3:20 AM
Let's see how Twitter links post here. This is RFK Jr. explaining how his academic performance was helped by doing heroin.
x.com/highbrow_nob...
x.com/highbrow_nob...
20 days in, and we already have a major Trump scandal. Seems Boris was extorting candidates for Trump's cabinet.
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Trump aide sought payments from job seekers, internal legal review found
Boris Epshteyn used his proximity to the president-elect to benefit himself, a Trump legal review found. He denies the allegation.
wapo.st
November 26, 2024 at 12:00 AM
20 days in, and we already have a major Trump scandal. Seems Boris was extorting candidates for Trump's cabinet.
(gift link)
(gift link)