Lifeboat
@biglifejacket.bsky.social
Lover of beauty, absurdity and the infinite perfection of Creation. 🌏
Constitutionalist,
Environmentalist,
New Mexican,
Fellow Traveler on Earth.
Fight when I have to: NOW.🥊
Constitutionalist,
Environmentalist,
New Mexican,
Fellow Traveler on Earth.
Fight when I have to: NOW.🥊
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Pritzker: The Insurrection Act is designed for circumstances where your rights can’t be protected by local authorities
This is exactly the opposite.
Your civil rights are being infringed upon by CBP and ICE, and then they want to call in troops claiming that they’re protecting CBP and ICE.
This is exactly the opposite.
Your civil rights are being infringed upon by CBP and ICE, and then they want to call in troops claiming that they’re protecting CBP and ICE.
The rich fat white guy for the rest of us 🇺🇸
February 6, 2026 at 6:06 AM
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A COMMON PROBLEM
The costs were never considered. They were externalized (socialized), meaning other people would pay. IT'S AN ACCOUNTING PROBLEM, where we fail to conduct real tallies. Sometimes, when actual costs are actually considered, we make other decisions.
A COMMON PROBLEM
The costs were never considered. They were externalized (socialized), meaning other people would pay. IT'S AN ACCOUNTING PROBLEM, where we fail to conduct real tallies. Sometimes, when actual costs are actually considered, we make other decisions.
The toxic legacy of Georgia’s carpet empire
The Georgia carpet industry’s long use of PFAS, known as forever chemicals, polluted drinking water and the environment across swaths of the South.
apnews.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:25 AM
apnews.com/projects/pfa...
A COMMON PROBLEM
The costs were never considered. They were externalized (socialized), meaning other people would pay. IT'S AN ACCOUNTING PROBLEM, where we fail to conduct real tallies. Sometimes, when actual costs are actually considered, we make other decisions.
A COMMON PROBLEM
The costs were never considered. They were externalized (socialized), meaning other people would pay. IT'S AN ACCOUNTING PROBLEM, where we fail to conduct real tallies. Sometimes, when actual costs are actually considered, we make other decisions.
No reason we can't do both ICE and DNI, but she's also shown why she should be kicked out of the government ASAP.
🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻
Tulsi Gabbard can do one great service to the country as director of national intelligence: help abolish her agency.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻
Tulsi Gabbard can do one great service to the country as director of national intelligence: help abolish her agency.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Tulsi Gabbard is showing why her job shouldn’t exist
Trump’s director of national intelligence is making worse the problems with the ill-conceived role.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:10 AM
No reason we can't do both ICE and DNI, but she's also shown why she should be kicked out of the government ASAP.
🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻
Tulsi Gabbard can do one great service to the country as director of national intelligence: help abolish her agency.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻
Tulsi Gabbard can do one great service to the country as director of national intelligence: help abolish her agency.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., has vowed to block Trump’s nominee for the next Federal Reserve Chair, Kevin Warsh, if the Justice Department doesn’t drop its probe into Powell.
Republican Tim Scott Says Fed’s Powell Didn’t Commit A Crime—Latest GOP Lawmaker Questioning Trump-Backed Probe
Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., has vowed to block Trump’s nominee for the next Federal Reserve Chair, Kevin Warsh, if the Justice Department doesn’t drop its probe into Powell.
www.forbes.com
February 4, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., has vowed to block Trump’s nominee for the next Federal Reserve Chair, Kevin Warsh, if the Justice Department doesn’t drop its probe into Powell.
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Wait! The public face of nationwide immigration enforcement, Gregory Bovino, said in a newly discovered email that his boss wasn’t the head of CBP. He reported to Corey Lewandowski instead.
He’s a political operative with zero law-enforcement background calling the shots on immigration enforcement.
He’s a political operative with zero law-enforcement background calling the shots on immigration enforcement.
February 5, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Wait! The public face of nationwide immigration enforcement, Gregory Bovino, said in a newly discovered email that his boss wasn’t the head of CBP. He reported to Corey Lewandowski instead.
He’s a political operative with zero law-enforcement background calling the shots on immigration enforcement.
He’s a political operative with zero law-enforcement background calling the shots on immigration enforcement.
Don't let the door hit you on the way out
February 5, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Don't let the door hit you on the way out
This article by @ashleyparker226.bsky.social
Ashley Parker is a strong one, every word earned.
Ashley Parker is a strong one, every word earned.
February 5, 2026 at 10:53 PM
This article by @ashleyparker226.bsky.social
Ashley Parker is a strong one, every word earned.
Ashley Parker is a strong one, every word earned.
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Guys, I think I found the file about Trump.
February 5, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Guys, I think I found the file about Trump.
The Story In 2026: Abandonment Of Values, Inexorable Corruption.
Bezos began as he should have: As a major asset to an institution that needed goosing w his resources and staying far in the background.
But more changed than overturning an endorsement.
Bezos, Musk, Zuck & peers
... 2026. 😔😭
Bezos began as he should have: As a major asset to an institution that needed goosing w his resources and staying far in the background.
But more changed than overturning an endorsement.
Bezos, Musk, Zuck & peers
... 2026. 😔😭
funny how the man who cost the Washington Post hundreds of thousands in subscriptions by canceling the paper's presidential endorsement—almost certainly the most destructive decision in the history of the paper, if not journalism itself—still has his job
February 5, 2026 at 10:28 PM
The Story In 2026: Abandonment Of Values, Inexorable Corruption.
Bezos began as he should have: As a major asset to an institution that needed goosing w his resources and staying far in the background.
But more changed than overturning an endorsement.
Bezos, Musk, Zuck & peers
... 2026. 😔😭
Bezos began as he should have: As a major asset to an institution that needed goosing w his resources and staying far in the background.
But more changed than overturning an endorsement.
Bezos, Musk, Zuck & peers
... 2026. 😔😭
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All that money, all that power, and Jeffrey was still shopping in the travel-size aisle.
February 5, 2026 at 1:59 PM
All that money, all that power, and Jeffrey was still shopping in the travel-size aisle.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/c...
WHY?
Just because of Trump's immense stupidity?
PUBLIC & PRIVATE LAND
Feds holding up approvals for RENEWABLE energy projects as electricity demand goes up.
🔻🔻🔻
Trump ‘Blockade’ Stalls Hundreds of Wind & Solar Projects Nationwide
WHY?
Just because of Trump's immense stupidity?
PUBLIC & PRIVATE LAND
Feds holding up approvals for RENEWABLE energy projects as electricity demand goes up.
🔻🔻🔻
Trump ‘Blockade’ Stalls Hundreds of Wind & Solar Projects Nationwide
A Trump ‘Blockade’ Is Stalling Hundreds of Wind and Solar Projects Nationwide
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 1:00 AM
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/c...
WHY?
Just because of Trump's immense stupidity?
PUBLIC & PRIVATE LAND
Feds holding up approvals for RENEWABLE energy projects as electricity demand goes up.
🔻🔻🔻
Trump ‘Blockade’ Stalls Hundreds of Wind & Solar Projects Nationwide
WHY?
Just because of Trump's immense stupidity?
PUBLIC & PRIVATE LAND
Feds holding up approvals for RENEWABLE energy projects as electricity demand goes up.
🔻🔻🔻
Trump ‘Blockade’ Stalls Hundreds of Wind & Solar Projects Nationwide
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For those keeping score at home:
February 4, 2026 at 3:48 PM
For those keeping score at home:
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A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world
February 4, 2026 at 5:07 PM
A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world
Did I say out?
Forget that. Quickly diving back in.
Forget that. Quickly diving back in.
FLASHBACK: Lindsey Graham explodes on Trump on Jan. 6, 2021:
“All I can say is count me out. Enough is enough.”
“All I can say is count me out. Enough is enough.”
February 4, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Did I say out?
Forget that. Quickly diving back in.
Forget that. Quickly diving back in.
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A follow up on this Jesse Watters clip from 3 weeks ago. The victim of ICE testified today before Congress that she was on her way to a 39th scheduled treatment at a traumatic brain injury center.
February 3, 2026 at 11:05 PM
A follow up on this Jesse Watters clip from 3 weeks ago. The victim of ICE testified today before Congress that she was on her way to a 39th scheduled treatment at a traumatic brain injury center.
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Remember her name: Aliya Rahman
Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself.
It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did.
ICE MUST GO‼️
Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself.
It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did.
ICE MUST GO‼️
February 3, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Remember her name: Aliya Rahman
Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself.
It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did.
ICE MUST GO‼️
Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself.
It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did.
ICE MUST GO‼️
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Two agents involved in the shooting deaths of US citizens in Minneapolis are reportedly part of highly militarized DHS units whose extreme tactics are generally reserved for war zones.
The Paramilitary ICE and CBP Units at the Center of Minnesota's Killings
Two agents involved in the shooting deaths of US citizens in Minneapolis are reportedly part of highly militarized DHS units whose extreme tactics are generally reserved for war zones.
www.wired.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Two agents involved in the shooting deaths of US citizens in Minneapolis are reportedly part of highly militarized DHS units whose extreme tactics are generally reserved for war zones.
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Subhead explains confused headline.
Lee & Scott are clowns 🤡
🇺🇸 Senate should encourage the House to overthrow Mile Johnson & choose a Constitutionally- authorized Speaker of the House who's NOT currently a member.
✅ Only need 218 votes ✅
Leadership of both parties will oppose, that's OK! 😎
🇺🇸
Lee & Scott are clowns 🤡
🇺🇸 Senate should encourage the House to overthrow Mile Johnson & choose a Constitutionally- authorized Speaker of the House who's NOT currently a member.
✅ Only need 218 votes ✅
Leadership of both parties will oppose, that's OK! 😎
🇺🇸
February 2, 2026 at 4:45 AM
Subhead explains confused headline.
Lee & Scott are clowns 🤡
🇺🇸 Senate should encourage the House to overthrow Mile Johnson & choose a Constitutionally- authorized Speaker of the House who's NOT currently a member.
✅ Only need 218 votes ✅
Leadership of both parties will oppose, that's OK! 😎
🇺🇸
Lee & Scott are clowns 🤡
🇺🇸 Senate should encourage the House to overthrow Mile Johnson & choose a Constitutionally- authorized Speaker of the House who's NOT currently a member.
✅ Only need 218 votes ✅
Leadership of both parties will oppose, that's OK! 😎
🇺🇸
"I Hope That's Not True" Take 4.
Then elbowing the privileged pal next to him
Whaddya Ya Think??
You have so much natural, god-given talent ! 💯 MR. PRESIDENT You nailed it.
Then elbowing the privileged pal next to him
Whaddya Ya Think??
You have so much natural, god-given talent ! 💯 MR. PRESIDENT You nailed it.
February 4, 2026 at 2:32 AM
"I Hope That's Not True" Take 4.
Then elbowing the privileged pal next to him
Whaddya Ya Think??
You have so much natural, god-given talent ! 💯 MR. PRESIDENT You nailed it.
Then elbowing the privileged pal next to him
Whaddya Ya Think??
You have so much natural, god-given talent ! 💯 MR. PRESIDENT You nailed it.
IF THIS IS ALLOWED, how long until other outlaws, not paid by the government, adopt their tactics & begin their encounters guns drawn, ordering victims to comply w/whatever they demand?
🔻Your money?
🔻Your body?
🔻Your life?
🔻Your money?
🔻Your body?
🔻Your life?
February 4, 2026 at 2:18 AM
IF THIS IS ALLOWED, how long until other outlaws, not paid by the government, adopt their tactics & begin their encounters guns drawn, ordering victims to comply w/whatever they demand?
🔻Your money?
🔻Your body?
🔻Your life?
🔻Your money?
🔻Your body?
🔻Your life?
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/t...
Send a copy to the morgue, the news division for future deaths. And be on the lookout for anything today's deaths say about tomorrow's lives.
Send a copy to the morgue, the news division for future deaths. And be on the lookout for anything today's deaths say about tomorrow's lives.
Chaos in Minneapolis Exposes an Internet at War With Truth
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:07 PM
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/t...
Send a copy to the morgue, the news division for future deaths. And be on the lookout for anything today's deaths say about tomorrow's lives.
Send a copy to the morgue, the news division for future deaths. And be on the lookout for anything today's deaths say about tomorrow's lives.