Ami Fields-Meyer
@fieldsmeyer.com
Senior Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School | Fmr: White House Senior Policy Advisor | Work on civil rights, democracy, tech, and power. Nothing is inevitable.
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Famine in Darfur is worsening as women risk rape and abduction while foraging for leaves and berries to feed their families. Starvation is being weaponized across Sudan. The US must push the UAE, which funds the RSF in Sudan, and allow the ICC to do its work.
November 18, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Famine in Darfur is worsening as women risk rape and abduction while foraging for leaves and berries to feed their families. Starvation is being weaponized across Sudan. The US must push the UAE, which funds the RSF in Sudan, and allow the ICC to do its work.
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reminded of eric williams's observation about britain's relationship to its history with slavery. "British historians wrote almost as if Britain had introduced Negro slavery solely for the satisfaction of abolishing it."
holy shit: “Among the 2,000 UK adults surveyed, 85% were unaware that Britain forcibly transported more than 3 million Africans to the Caribbean, 89% did not know that Britain enslaved people in the Caribbean for more than 300 years” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Caribbean reparations leaders in ‘historic’ first UK visit to press for justice
CRC mission will seek to deepen public understanding of Britain’s colonial legacy and its lasting impact
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:11 PM
reminded of eric williams's observation about britain's relationship to its history with slavery. "British historians wrote almost as if Britain had introduced Negro slavery solely for the satisfaction of abolishing it."
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Editors have a really hard job, and the good ones can make something unreadable readable, and the great ones can make something unreadable into something good. But they're basically invisible, until someone tries to write without one.
November 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Editors have a really hard job, and the good ones can make something unreadable readable, and the great ones can make something unreadable into something good. But they're basically invisible, until someone tries to write without one.
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“This has totally gotten out of their control.” Kaitlan Collins says Trump and his White House are reeling out of control over the new Jeffrey Epstein revelations.
November 15, 2025 at 11:20 AM
“This has totally gotten out of their control.” Kaitlan Collins says Trump and his White House are reeling out of control over the new Jeffrey Epstein revelations.
Satellite evidence from Darfur shows mass killing sites around al-Fashir – executions near hospitals, bodies left in courtyards, entire neighborhoods wiped out. Sudan is being carved apart by terror. The US must push the UAE, which funds the RSF in Sudan, and allow the ICC to do its work.
November 16, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Satellite evidence from Darfur shows mass killing sites around al-Fashir – executions near hospitals, bodies left in courtyards, entire neighborhoods wiped out. Sudan is being carved apart by terror. The US must push the UAE, which funds the RSF in Sudan, and allow the ICC to do its work.
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Shameful that DHS is trying to co-opt Norman Rockwell's images as part of its anti-brown-people, cleansing-of-America propaganda campaign. In the 1960s Rockwell created some of the most iconic paintings of the Civil Rights movement. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/a...
Norman Rockwell’s Family Condemns Homeland Security’s Use of His Work
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Shameful that DHS is trying to co-opt Norman Rockwell's images as part of its anti-brown-people, cleansing-of-America propaganda campaign. In the 1960s Rockwell created some of the most iconic paintings of the Civil Rights movement. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/a...
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Good advice from Chicago’s mayor!
November 16, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Good advice from Chicago’s mayor!
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a big runoff last night, in New Orleans:
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
Calvin Duncan wins Orleans clerk of court race - Verite News New Orleans
Duncan, a political newcomer and former prisoner, defeated incumbent Darren Lombard by a wide margin in Saturday's runoff.
veritenews.org
November 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
a big runoff last night, in New Orleans:
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
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NEW: We’ve uncovered the first known example of taxpayer money flowing from DHS to businesses controlled by Kristi Noem’s allies and friends.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
November 14, 2025 at 12:20 PM
NEW: We’ve uncovered the first known example of taxpayer money flowing from DHS to businesses controlled by Kristi Noem’s allies and friends.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
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This is what is known as abuse of power.
Impeachment is right there for your 2026 campaign, @housedemocrats.bsky.social
FCC Chair Brendan Carr just shared a Truth Social post from Trump calling for Seth Meyers to be fired
November 16, 2025 at 3:49 AM
This is what is known as abuse of power.
Even the dunking on Schatz happening in the comments is ill-advised. Winning is a math problem. We should never stop talking to people who might be on the fence. This country is basically evenly split. Do you want to siphon off votes and win?
November 16, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Even the dunking on Schatz happening in the comments is ill-advised. Winning is a math problem. We should never stop talking to people who might be on the fence. This country is basically evenly split. Do you want to siphon off votes and win?
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“Interested in my commentary on her outfits.” I absolutely guarantee she was not.
November 15, 2025 at 11:15 PM
“Interested in my commentary on her outfits.” I absolutely guarantee she was not.
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Puzzling that the centrist pundits who are arguing for a "big tent" Democratic Party are the same people who spend all their time on social media attacking the left. The Venn diagram of these two groups is practically a circle.
Meanwhile, if you take Dems and subtract the left, you get 2000 and 2024
Meanwhile, if you take Dems and subtract the left, you get 2000 and 2024
November 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Puzzling that the centrist pundits who are arguing for a "big tent" Democratic Party are the same people who spend all their time on social media attacking the left. The Venn diagram of these two groups is practically a circle.
Meanwhile, if you take Dems and subtract the left, you get 2000 and 2024
Meanwhile, if you take Dems and subtract the left, you get 2000 and 2024
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"The reason that Donald Trump pushed Texas to do mid-cycle redistricting…is because the fight over Congress in 2026 is a fight over whether there is oversight against Trump…You can see how panicked Trump is by the notion of oversight."
November 15, 2025 at 9:40 PM
"The reason that Donald Trump pushed Texas to do mid-cycle redistricting…is because the fight over Congress in 2026 is a fight over whether there is oversight against Trump…You can see how panicked Trump is by the notion of oversight."
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"Border Patrol operations start in Charlotte as officials urge calm. DHS says the surge is meant to target public-safety threats, but Charlotte leaders warn the federal operation is heightening fear." www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Border Patrol operations start in Charlotte as officials urge calm
DHS says the surge is meant to target public-safety threats, but Charlotte leaders warn the federal operation is heightening fear.
www.nbcnews.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:56 PM
"Border Patrol operations start in Charlotte as officials urge calm. DHS says the surge is meant to target public-safety threats, but Charlotte leaders warn the federal operation is heightening fear." www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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This coming week, Trump will host Mohammed bin Salman, the Saudi leader who approved the murder and dismemberment of U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Not coincidentally, the Saudis are working on a new business deal with the Trump Organization.
It's blood money – or bonesaw money.
It's blood money – or bonesaw money.
Trump Organization Is Said to Be in Talks on a Saudi Government Real Estate Deal
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:31 PM
This coming week, Trump will host Mohammed bin Salman, the Saudi leader who approved the murder and dismemberment of U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Not coincidentally, the Saudis are working on a new business deal with the Trump Organization.
It's blood money – or bonesaw money.
It's blood money – or bonesaw money.
Don't take my word for it, listen to leading human rights scholar David Kaye.
they could start with getting trump's emirati friends to stop funding the RSF &, like the bush admin before it, let the ICC do its work and hold these criminals accountable
November 15, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Don't take my word for it, listen to leading human rights scholar David Kaye.
Women escaping Darfur report rape, abduction, and children disappearing as they flee al-Fashir. Sexual violence is being used systematically as a weapon of war in Sudan. The U.S. government must use all leverage to end these crimes immediately.
November 15, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Women escaping Darfur report rape, abduction, and children disappearing as they flee al-Fashir. Sexual violence is being used systematically as a weapon of war in Sudan. The U.S. government must use all leverage to end these crimes immediately.
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Devastating piece on the human toll of Kavanaugh Stops.
Especially infuriating to know that rich white guys like Brett K can simply close their eyes to the human suffering their racist jurisprudence has unleashed.
Especially infuriating to know that rich white guys like Brett K can simply close their eyes to the human suffering their racist jurisprudence has unleashed.
For two months, the U.S. government has been racial profiling as masked federal agents hunted for immigrants throughout Chicago. They’ve repeatedly snatched up U.S. citizens while traumatizing communities. “I felt like a piece of trash.” Here is our story www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
Latino US citizens racially profiled by federal immigration agents in Chicago: ‘I felt like a piece of trash’
The Tribune spoke to U.S. citizens and green card holders who have either been questioned or detained during Trump’s Operation Midway Blitz.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Devastating piece on the human toll of Kavanaugh Stops.
Especially infuriating to know that rich white guys like Brett K can simply close their eyes to the human suffering their racist jurisprudence has unleashed.
Especially infuriating to know that rich white guys like Brett K can simply close their eyes to the human suffering their racist jurisprudence has unleashed.
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Remembering when people told me in late 2024 that "Trump couldn't create his own police force because federalism" mmhmm
With @arynbraun.bsky.social, this week we ran this big look at what ICE/CBP has become under Donald Trump and how the agencies increasingly resemble a sort of national police force he can send to whatever city he likes to intimidate people:
www.economist.com/interactive/...
www.economist.com/interactive/...
See how Donald Trump is creating his own police force
Immigration agents are operating in cities with few legal constraints
www.economist.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Remembering when people told me in late 2024 that "Trump couldn't create his own police force because federalism" mmhmm
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"5 Extremely Outrageous Things Trump Is Doing to Destroy the US Constitution"
The extent of the damage being done to our constitutionally-guaranteed rights and freedoms by this administration is mind-boggling, says constitutional law professor @kimwehle.bsky.social.
The extent of the damage being done to our constitutionally-guaranteed rights and freedoms by this administration is mind-boggling, says constitutional law professor @kimwehle.bsky.social.
5 Extremely Outrageous Things Trump Is Doing to Destroy the US Constitution
The gravity and extent of the damage being done to our constitutionally-guaranteed rights and freedoms by this administration is mind-boggling, says constitutional law professor Kim Wehle.
zeteo.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:56 PM
"5 Extremely Outrageous Things Trump Is Doing to Destroy the US Constitution"
The extent of the damage being done to our constitutionally-guaranteed rights and freedoms by this administration is mind-boggling, says constitutional law professor @kimwehle.bsky.social.
The extent of the damage being done to our constitutionally-guaranteed rights and freedoms by this administration is mind-boggling, says constitutional law professor @kimwehle.bsky.social.
In Darfur, Sudan, survivors fleeing al-Fashir describe bodies in the streets and RSF fighters executing people in their homes. Disabled residents were killed where they lay. The U.S. government must use all leverage to end the slaughter immediately.
November 14, 2025 at 4:09 PM
In Darfur, Sudan, survivors fleeing al-Fashir describe bodies in the streets and RSF fighters executing people in their homes. Disabled residents were killed where they lay. The U.S. government must use all leverage to end the slaughter immediately.
Google removed certain apps used to report sightings of ICE officials, and “then they immediately turned around and approved an app that helps the government unconstitutionally target an actual vulnerable group. That's inexcusable,"
New: Google has chosen a side in Trump's mass deportation campaign. Google is hosting a CBP facial recognition app to hunt immigrants; no indication Google will remove. At same time Google takes down apps for reporting ICE sightings
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
www.404media.co
November 13, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Google removed certain apps used to report sightings of ICE officials, and “then they immediately turned around and approved an app that helps the government unconstitutionally target an actual vulnerable group. That's inexcusable,"