Lawrence MacDonald
@climateboomer.bsky.social
Working flat out to #StopTheCoup. Author of "Am I too old to save the planet? A boomer's guide to climate action." Inspired by @Indivisible, @ThirdAct, @ClimateDefiance www.climateboomer.org
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Things are so bad that Washington and Lincoln rose from their graves today to sound the alarm at the Capitol Hill Club (aka National Republican Club—the #GOP are so ashamed they hide their true name). #PresidentsDay
@thirdactsocal.bsky.social #DMV
@thirdactsocal.bsky.social #DMV
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Check out local DMV activist protest action!
Things are so bad that Washington and Lincoln rose from their graves today to sound the alarm at the Capitol Hill Club (aka National Republican Club—the #GOP are so ashamed they hide their true name). #PresidentsDay
@thirdactsocal.bsky.social #DMV
@thirdactsocal.bsky.social #DMV
February 14, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Check out local DMV activist protest action!
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I'll be discussing the recent eastern US cold and western US heat/snow drought in our next webinar in a few days! Open Q/A too! 🧪⚒️🌊
We'll also be introducing a new @climatecentral.org tool to find local climate data in your backyard.
➡️ Please register here: www.climatecentral.org/climate-brie...
We'll also be introducing a new @climatecentral.org tool to find local climate data in your backyard.
➡️ Please register here: www.climatecentral.org/climate-brie...
February 14, 2026 at 2:46 PM
I'll be discussing the recent eastern US cold and western US heat/snow drought in our next webinar in a few days! Open Q/A too! 🧪⚒️🌊
We'll also be introducing a new @climatecentral.org tool to find local climate data in your backyard.
➡️ Please register here: www.climatecentral.org/climate-brie...
We'll also be introducing a new @climatecentral.org tool to find local climate data in your backyard.
➡️ Please register here: www.climatecentral.org/climate-brie...
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TikTokers came to Springfield looking for ICE. Then the child trafficking rumors began. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/02/13/t...
TikTokers came to Springfield looking for ICE. Then the child trafficking rumors began. • Ohio Capital Journal
TikTok creators converged on Springfield, Ohio last week. Finding none of the ICE mayhem they expected to see, they began concocting and spreading conspiracy theories about the city and the charities ...
ohiocapitaljournal.com
February 14, 2026 at 2:52 PM
TikTokers came to Springfield looking for ICE. Then the child trafficking rumors began. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/02/13/t...
Second half #PresidentsDay weekend street theater video. We will be back on Monday noon at the US Capitol. Thanks @sal9009.bsky.social !! @thirdactsocal.bsky.social @thirdactmd.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Second half #PresidentsDay weekend street theater video. We will be back on Monday noon at the US Capitol. Thanks @sal9009.bsky.social !! @thirdactsocal.bsky.social @thirdactmd.bsky.social
Here’s the first half of the video for our #PresidentsDay weekend street theater at the shady #GOP lair on Capitol Hill. We will be back on Monday at the US Capitol. Thanks @sal9009.bsky.social !! @thirdactsocal.bsky.social @thirdactmd.bsky.social
Bluesky 1 minute vid limits are maddening, so here is a split of a 2min compilation from today’s “lunch meeting” at the National Republican Lair with resurrected George Washington & Abe Lincoln telling the #GreedyOldPricks what they think of their complicity on the eve of Presidents Day Weekend.
February 14, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Here’s the first half of the video for our #PresidentsDay weekend street theater at the shady #GOP lair on Capitol Hill. We will be back on Monday at the US Capitol. Thanks @sal9009.bsky.social !! @thirdactsocal.bsky.social @thirdactmd.bsky.social
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Welcome to the Plutocracy
February 14, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Welcome to the Plutocracy
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Including here in Northern Virginia, BTW.
Bonus: contracts for these facilities going to connected sycophant
property management companies and owners. Follow the money.
Bonus: contracts for these facilities going to connected sycophant
property management companies and owners. Follow the money.
The Dems in Congress are nowhere near as outraged as they need to be about Concentration camps in the USA and the illegal disappearing of people.
We are killing people through malnutrition, denial of medical care and exposure, when we aren’t outright murdering them.
The USA is doing this! No
We are killing people through malnutrition, denial of medical care and exposure, when we aren’t outright murdering them.
The USA is doing this! No
February 14, 2026 at 4:17 AM
Including here in Northern Virginia, BTW.
Bonus: contracts for these facilities going to connected sycophant
property management companies and owners. Follow the money.
Bonus: contracts for these facilities going to connected sycophant
property management companies and owners. Follow the money.
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I think I've woken up to them outside the house twice now? I'm okay with it - time wasted trying to scare me is time spent not kidnapping a vulnerable neighbor.
Anyway if you go out at fuckass o'clock with your phone in one hand and a whistle ready in the other, they see you and leave lol.
Anyway if you go out at fuckass o'clock with your phone in one hand and a whistle ready in the other, they see you and leave lol.
I’ve talked with two different people who’ve experienced this (and are aware of it)
ICE Agents Menaced Minnesota Protesters at Their Homes, Filings Say
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 11:58 AM
I think I've woken up to them outside the house twice now? I'm okay with it - time wasted trying to scare me is time spent not kidnapping a vulnerable neighbor.
Anyway if you go out at fuckass o'clock with your phone in one hand and a whistle ready in the other, they see you and leave lol.
Anyway if you go out at fuckass o'clock with your phone in one hand and a whistle ready in the other, they see you and leave lol.
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Just when demand for passports is rising…
Nonprofit libraries ordered by State Department to stop processing passport applications
The agency, which regulates U.S. passports, began issuing cease and desist orders to not-for-profit libraries in late fall, informing them they were no longer authorized to participate in the Passport...
www.pbs.org
February 14, 2026 at 9:44 AM
Just when demand for passports is rising…
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A majority of Americans are struggling with grocery prices, home prices, healthcare costs.
Fascism is on the rise, ICE is the new gestapo & our constitutional rights are at risk.
The government has been hijacked by wealthy criminals & pedophiles.
But the Dow is over 50k so everything is fine.
Fascism is on the rise, ICE is the new gestapo & our constitutional rights are at risk.
The government has been hijacked by wealthy criminals & pedophiles.
But the Dow is over 50k so everything is fine.
February 13, 2026 at 11:51 AM
A majority of Americans are struggling with grocery prices, home prices, healthcare costs.
Fascism is on the rise, ICE is the new gestapo & our constitutional rights are at risk.
The government has been hijacked by wealthy criminals & pedophiles.
But the Dow is over 50k so everything is fine.
Fascism is on the rise, ICE is the new gestapo & our constitutional rights are at risk.
The government has been hijacked by wealthy criminals & pedophiles.
But the Dow is over 50k so everything is fine.
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The Golden Age of Trump.
February 13, 2026 at 11:51 AM
The Golden Age of Trump.
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Now we’re being subjected to a steady stream of bullshit from his willing participants.
“I only got a massage”
“I kept my underwear on”
“I was there with my family”
“I asked but wasn’t invited”
They all knew what Epstein was.
They all said nothing.
Especially his best friend, the President.
“I only got a massage”
“I kept my underwear on”
“I was there with my family”
“I asked but wasn’t invited”
They all knew what Epstein was.
They all said nothing.
Especially his best friend, the President.
February 13, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Now we’re being subjected to a steady stream of bullshit from his willing participants.
“I only got a massage”
“I kept my underwear on”
“I was there with my family”
“I asked but wasn’t invited”
They all knew what Epstein was.
They all said nothing.
Especially his best friend, the President.
“I only got a massage”
“I kept my underwear on”
“I was there with my family”
“I asked but wasn’t invited”
They all knew what Epstein was.
They all said nothing.
Especially his best friend, the President.
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Why was Dr. Oz inviting Epstein to parties 8 years after Epstein was convicted of procuring a minor for prostitution?
February 13, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Why was Dr. Oz inviting Epstein to parties 8 years after Epstein was convicted of procuring a minor for prostitution?
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We are entering the “falling out of windows” phase.
February 14, 2026 at 12:29 AM
We are entering the “falling out of windows” phase.
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Poland just did what others only debate.
The Sejm passed an amnesty law exempting Poles fighting for Ukraine from criminal liability, including those already convicted.
406 MPs voted yes.
Europe is adjusting to reality.
polskieradio24.pl/artykul/3647...
The Sejm passed an amnesty law exempting Poles fighting for Ukraine from criminal liability, including those already convicted.
406 MPs voted yes.
Europe is adjusting to reality.
polskieradio24.pl/artykul/3647...
February 13, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Poland just did what others only debate.
The Sejm passed an amnesty law exempting Poles fighting for Ukraine from criminal liability, including those already convicted.
406 MPs voted yes.
Europe is adjusting to reality.
polskieradio24.pl/artykul/3647...
The Sejm passed an amnesty law exempting Poles fighting for Ukraine from criminal liability, including those already convicted.
406 MPs voted yes.
Europe is adjusting to reality.
polskieradio24.pl/artykul/3647...
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What????
Djt youre out of...
Djt youre out of...
February 14, 2026 at 2:03 PM
What????
Djt youre out of...
Djt youre out of...
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A few pics of the frozen ride into the District earlier today.
I’ll show the destination as soon as I get approval. Love those curves and shapes in the Potomac.
I’ll show the destination as soon as I get approval. Love those curves and shapes in the Potomac.
February 14, 2026 at 1:00 AM
A few pics of the frozen ride into the District earlier today.
I’ll show the destination as soon as I get approval. Love those curves and shapes in the Potomac.
I’ll show the destination as soon as I get approval. Love those curves and shapes in the Potomac.
Things are so bad that Washington and Lincoln rose from their graves today to sound the alarm at the Capitol Hill Club (aka National Republican Club—the #GOP are so ashamed they hide their true name). #PresidentsDay
@thirdactsocal.bsky.social #DMV
@thirdactsocal.bsky.social #DMV
February 14, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Things are so bad that Washington and Lincoln rose from their graves today to sound the alarm at the Capitol Hill Club (aka National Republican Club—the #GOP are so ashamed they hide their true name). #PresidentsDay
@thirdactsocal.bsky.social #DMV
@thirdactsocal.bsky.social #DMV
This is what #fascism looks like. Fight fiercely Harvard! @crimsoncourage.bsky.social
Justice department accuses university of failing to comply with government’s request for over 10 months
US justice department sues Harvard over admissions records access
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:09 PM
This is what #fascism looks like. Fight fiercely Harvard! @crimsoncourage.bsky.social
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"The abolition of gender studies is a way of further guaranteeing impunity to the elite men whose contempt for and exploitation of women and girls apparently knew no bounds," writes Joan Wallach Scott.
Gender studies courses are shutting down across the US. The Epstein files reveal why | Joan Wallach Scott
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 8:20 PM
"The abolition of gender studies is a way of further guaranteeing impunity to the elite men whose contempt for and exploitation of women and girls apparently knew no bounds," writes Joan Wallach Scott.
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Trends in February #Arctic sea ice concentration from 1979 to 2025... The largest declines are found in the marginal ice zone (e.g., Barents Sea (Atlantic sector)).
Sea ice concentration = fraction of ice-cover. For more information: doi.org/10.1175/BAMS...
Sea ice concentration = fraction of ice-cover. For more information: doi.org/10.1175/BAMS...
February 13, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Trends in February #Arctic sea ice concentration from 1979 to 2025... The largest declines are found in the marginal ice zone (e.g., Barents Sea (Atlantic sector)).
Sea ice concentration = fraction of ice-cover. For more information: doi.org/10.1175/BAMS...
Sea ice concentration = fraction of ice-cover. For more information: doi.org/10.1175/BAMS...
Yet again @theguardian.com tells us something we aren’t hearing from US corporate media.
While speculators and investors have for decades sought out residential property as a means to grow their assets, the unprecedented focus on regional cities such as Toledo marks a new departure for the US housing landscape.
How ‘neglectful or absentee’ investors fuel Toledo, Ohio’s post-pandemic housing crisis
Out-of-state investors buy cheap homes in the city, leaving working residents struggling with substandard housing
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Yet again @theguardian.com tells us something we aren’t hearing from US corporate media.
When we end the dictatorship, should we pass laws prohibiting corporations from buying up housing and jacking up the rent?
At a time when home ownership has never been harder to reach for working class Americans, international and out-of-state investors have descended on Toledo, Ohio, an unadorned regional city on the shore of Lake Erie, to buy up homes en masse.
‘My bill keeps escalating’: how Toledo, Ohio, became the epicenter of the US housing crisis
As LLCs snap up thousands of homes, tenants face rising rents, fees and deteriorating living conditions
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:57 PM
When we end the dictatorship, should we pass laws prohibiting corporations from buying up housing and jacking up the rent?
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1) One thing we here at the Guardian are eager to understand is the impact of the ICE escalation in Minnesota. Noticeably, there was not a spike in arrests in January:
There were thousands of arrests, but not a spike compared to Dec, Nov, and Oct.
Granted this data is not _exactly_ arrests ...
There were thousands of arrests, but not a spike compared to Dec, Nov, and Oct.
Granted this data is not _exactly_ arrests ...
February 13, 2026 at 2:04 PM
1) One thing we here at the Guardian are eager to understand is the impact of the ICE escalation in Minnesota. Noticeably, there was not a spike in arrests in January:
There were thousands of arrests, but not a spike compared to Dec, Nov, and Oct.
Granted this data is not _exactly_ arrests ...
There were thousands of arrests, but not a spike compared to Dec, Nov, and Oct.
Granted this data is not _exactly_ arrests ...
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Hundreds of thousands of audit logs spanning a month show police are searching a national database of automated license plate reader data, including from school cameras, for immigration-related investigations.
Read the full story ⬇️
Read the full story ⬇️
Local police aid ICE by tapping school cameras amid Trump’s immigration crackdown
Local police assisted federal immigration agents by repeatedly searching school cameras that record license plate numbers, data show
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Hundreds of thousands of audit logs spanning a month show police are searching a national database of automated license plate reader data, including from school cameras, for immigration-related investigations.
Read the full story ⬇️
Read the full story ⬇️