Rick Coelho (he/him)
@rickcoelho.bsky.social
Father, activist, rural renewable energy siting advocate, radio DJ, hockey player, photographer, music lover, book lover, and lover of food. Flyers, Phillies, Badgers. Proudly Madison, WI.
"It is darkest before the dawn."
*Opinions are my own*
"It is darkest before the dawn."
*Opinions are my own*
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We’re getting guns, football, and cowboys in the culture war.
Country Singer, songwriter Charley Crockett well said......
February 10, 2026 at 1:09 PM
We’re getting guns, football, and cowboys in the culture war.
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This is the 38th time that the U.S. military has unlawfully killed civilians on the orders of Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump. At least 130 people — never charged with crimes, their identities unknown to their executioners — are now dead.
We are murdering people and it is basically just background noise at this point. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
U.S. Boat Strike Kills 2 in Pacific, With One Survivor
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:29 AM
This is the 38th time that the U.S. military has unlawfully killed civilians on the orders of Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump. At least 130 people — never charged with crimes, their identities unknown to their executioners — are now dead.
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The FBI actively threatening Republicans in Congress saying that it will criminalize their staffers seems like something that should be front page news.
February 9, 2026 at 8:42 PM
The FBI actively threatening Republicans in Congress saying that it will criminalize their staffers seems like something that should be front page news.
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The fact that her reaction is almost certainly opportunistic makes this more, not less, significant.
GOP Sen Lummis says she’s changed her mind after the new Epstein revelations today: “Initially my reaction to all this was, I don’t care. I don’t see what the big deal is. But now I see what the big deal is. The members of Congress who were pushing this were not wrong!”
February 10, 2026 at 1:59 AM
The fact that her reaction is almost certainly opportunistic makes this more, not less, significant.
Les Colocs - Pis si o Moins
(Quebecois French)
(Quebecois French)
Les Colocs - Pis si ô Moins
YouTube video by David Höff
youtu.be
February 10, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Les Colocs - Pis si o Moins
(Quebecois French)
(Quebecois French)
He is excellent. Great show, great talent.
February 9, 2026 at 11:18 PM
He is excellent. Great show, great talent.
What’s the statute of limitations?
February 9, 2026 at 11:14 PM
What’s the statute of limitations?
See, you got to be prepared for when It Happens.
I can’t answer this question and now need to give it the proper thinking such an important decision deserves.
I can’t answer this question and now need to give it the proper thinking such an important decision deserves.
what's the first song you're gonna blast when It Happens
February 9, 2026 at 11:08 PM
See, you got to be prepared for when It Happens.
I can’t answer this question and now need to give it the proper thinking such an important decision deserves.
I can’t answer this question and now need to give it the proper thinking such an important decision deserves.
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The reason for the reported lie is worse than the lie.
NEWS: Marco Rubio is telling Trump we are holding negotiations with Cuba, yet no such talks are happening.
To lie to the president like this would be a defining scandal in any other administration. Story w/ Noah Kulwin (X: @nkulw) and José Luis Granados Ceja (X: @GranadosCeja)
To lie to the president like this would be a defining scandal in any other administration. Story w/ Noah Kulwin (X: @nkulw) and José Luis Granados Ceja (X: @GranadosCeja)
February 9, 2026 at 9:01 PM
The reason for the reported lie is worse than the lie.
I take solace in the fact that the vast majority of folks wanted to live in Bad Bunny’s vision of America.
February 9, 2026 at 1:25 PM
I take solace in the fact that the vast majority of folks wanted to live in Bad Bunny’s vision of America.
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1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 12:25 PM
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
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Watched the halftime show. I guess where I fundamentally depart from MAGA is that, when I see something like this, celebrating a culture that's not quite mine, with some references I don't get, something that's not For Me ... I *like* it. I like seeing inside other worlds. Why wouldn't you?
February 9, 2026 at 6:49 AM
Watched the halftime show. I guess where I fundamentally depart from MAGA is that, when I see something like this, celebrating a culture that's not quite mine, with some references I don't get, something that's not For Me ... I *like* it. I like seeing inside other worlds. Why wouldn't you?
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Not at all surprised to learn that Bad Bunny has a historical adviser. His halftime show was a reminder that our history and culture are deeply intertwined with the rest of the western hemisphere. We should think of his performance as part of #America250. #SuperBowl
news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
Pop star Bad Bunny needed a Puerto Rican history scholar. UW–Madison had just the one.
Bad Bunny collaborated with UW–Madison history professor Jorell Meléndez-Badillo on Puerto Rican narratives that accompany the new album “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS.”
news.wisc.edu
February 9, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Not at all surprised to learn that Bad Bunny has a historical adviser. His halftime show was a reminder that our history and culture are deeply intertwined with the rest of the western hemisphere. We should think of his performance as part of #America250. #SuperBowl
news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
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"Although the judge noted numerous irregularities on Ice’s court documents, she ultimately sided with the agency."
Irish man has a work permit, US business, American wife, almost finished Green card application, and has paid a bond to be released. ICE, implausibly, claims he agreed to be deported.
Irish man has a work permit, US business, American wife, almost finished Green card application, and has paid a bond to be released. ICE, implausibly, claims he agreed to be deported.
This is absolutely insane. The sort of Kafka-esque nightmare you would find in a Philip K Dick book set far in the dystopian future. A window on America tumbling into autocracy.
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record
www.irishtimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:44 AM
"Although the judge noted numerous irregularities on Ice’s court documents, she ultimately sided with the agency."
Irish man has a work permit, US business, American wife, almost finished Green card application, and has paid a bond to be released. ICE, implausibly, claims he agreed to be deported.
Irish man has a work permit, US business, American wife, almost finished Green card application, and has paid a bond to be released. ICE, implausibly, claims he agreed to be deported.
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america could be such a cool fucking place if we’d just let it be
February 9, 2026 at 1:32 AM
america could be such a cool fucking place if we’d just let it be
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Eat shit MAGA
February 9, 2026 at 2:55 AM
Eat shit MAGA
That’s the stuff.
February 9, 2026 at 2:49 AM
That’s the stuff.
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Together, we are America.
Well done, Bad Bunny.
Well done, Bad Bunny.
February 9, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Together, we are America.
Well done, Bad Bunny.
Well done, Bad Bunny.
That’s how you get political in a way that makes the opponents show their asses.
February 9, 2026 at 1:32 AM
That’s how you get political in a way that makes the opponents show their asses.
Inject the rage of honkey America right now into my veins.
Negative polarization says what?
Negative polarization says what?
February 9, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Inject the rage of honkey America right now into my veins.
Negative polarization says what?
Negative polarization says what?