Riverboatjack
@riverboatjack.bsky.social
streamer and political organizer
socialist
transgender
former: game informer, extra life, xbox mag
she/her
business email: jack@penslingers.org
socialist
transgender
former: game informer, extra life, xbox mag
she/her
business email: jack@penslingers.org
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You are not wrong to be angry. You are not wrong to grieve. That is what it means to love and to see the people you love hurt.
We must turn that love, that anger, and all of that sorrow into action.
We must rise up as leaders, we must be loud in the streets, we must be bold and not give into fear.
We must turn that love, that anger, and all of that sorrow into action.
We must rise up as leaders, we must be loud in the streets, we must be bold and not give into fear.
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Let the picture of the little five year old boy standing facing the car and the old man being dragged out of his house with no shirt on, let those images burn into your brain. We don’t have to be this country. We don’t have to live this way.
Donald Trump was a choice, Republican voters made for us.
Donald Trump was a choice, Republican voters made for us.
January 22, 2026 at 3:44 AM
Let the picture of the little five year old boy standing facing the car and the old man being dragged out of his house with no shirt on, let those images burn into your brain. We don’t have to be this country. We don’t have to live this way.
Donald Trump was a choice, Republican voters made for us.
Donald Trump was a choice, Republican voters made for us.
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One of the things I’m really struggling with about what’s going on in Minnesota is that if you describe what’s going on in plain, factual ways to someone who’s not paying close attention you sound completely, bugfuck crazy
Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."
January 22, 2026 at 1:03 AM
One of the things I’m really struggling with about what’s going on in Minnesota is that if you describe what’s going on in plain, factual ways to someone who’s not paying close attention you sound completely, bugfuck crazy
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This action was a step in the right direction, but not as strong as I hoped. I support all MPRB workers who use Friday as a day off and a day of safety and action as they desire. I believe the park system should be closed and they deserve to be paid for their scheduled hours.
commissioner jason garcia asks for the minneapolis parks and recreation board buildings be closed on friday jan 23 to observe the ICE out strike happening in minnesota. describes what has been happening in parks, including tear gas deployed by mueller park today
@jason4parks.bsky.social
@jason4parks.bsky.social
January 22, 2026 at 3:45 AM
This action was a step in the right direction, but not as strong as I hoped. I support all MPRB workers who use Friday as a day off and a day of safety and action as they desire. I believe the park system should be closed and they deserve to be paid for their scheduled hours.
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Affected communities and people with health conditions deserve accurate information. It is good and necessary to correct one another about these things:
My group was able to recover a spent canister from a green smoke grenade in Minneapolis. We now confirm with physical evidence that it was a green signaling grenade.
Please don't spread rumors about hexachloroethane or nerve agents.
#PublicPreparedness #Minneapolis
Please don't spread rumors about hexachloroethane or nerve agents.
#PublicPreparedness #Minneapolis
January 22, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Affected communities and people with health conditions deserve accurate information. It is good and necessary to correct one another about these things:
Prosecute every ICE agent is the compromise position.
This guy went to work today, put a mask on, kidnapped a 5 year old child, and then used him as bait so both he and his father could be sent behind bars
January 22, 2026 at 2:35 AM
Prosecute every ICE agent is the compromise position.
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Respectfully, look at this fucking bullshit that we’re dealing with, not a single person here has “taken the bait.” We have born witness as little kids are used as bait and neighbors are kidnapped on our streets. A mad dipshit is going to invoke the Insurrection Act regardless and you are blaming us
Violence only helps Trump & may provide him an excuse to further trample our rights by invoking the Insurrection Act.
January 22, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Respectfully, look at this fucking bullshit that we’re dealing with, not a single person here has “taken the bait.” We have born witness as little kids are used as bait and neighbors are kidnapped on our streets. A mad dipshit is going to invoke the Insurrection Act regardless and you are blaming us
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You can use this tool to email and call your lawmakers.
www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/no-f...
Keep it simple. Just tell them: NO FUNDING FOR ICE.
It’s absolutely unacceptable for any Dem to vote to fund an agency that is murdering people and blatantly violating the constitution daily
www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/no-f...
Keep it simple. Just tell them: NO FUNDING FOR ICE.
It’s absolutely unacceptable for any Dem to vote to fund an agency that is murdering people and blatantly violating the constitution daily
No Funding for ICE Surveillance Tech!
www.fightforthefuture.org
January 22, 2026 at 2:28 AM
You can use this tool to email and call your lawmakers.
www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/no-f...
Keep it simple. Just tell them: NO FUNDING FOR ICE.
It’s absolutely unacceptable for any Dem to vote to fund an agency that is murdering people and blatantly violating the constitution daily
www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/no-f...
Keep it simple. Just tell them: NO FUNDING FOR ICE.
It’s absolutely unacceptable for any Dem to vote to fund an agency that is murdering people and blatantly violating the constitution daily
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Look. I don’t trust the Dems, or any party, to give us liberation.
But right now, we have to use every lever we can to stop ICE from surveilling snd terrorizing our communities.
If enough people speak out right now we have a real shot at getting House Dems to vote en masse against ICE funding
But right now, we have to use every lever we can to stop ICE from surveilling snd terrorizing our communities.
If enough people speak out right now we have a real shot at getting House Dems to vote en masse against ICE funding
January 22, 2026 at 2:19 AM
Look. I don’t trust the Dems, or any party, to give us liberation.
But right now, we have to use every lever we can to stop ICE from surveilling snd terrorizing our communities.
If enough people speak out right now we have a real shot at getting House Dems to vote en masse against ICE funding
But right now, we have to use every lever we can to stop ICE from surveilling snd terrorizing our communities.
If enough people speak out right now we have a real shot at getting House Dems to vote en masse against ICE funding
Time to get active, folks! DHS is trying to say ICE agents are above the law and above the Constitution. They have a secret memo that tells them so from one of Trump's handpicked yes-men. We need to act.
You Need To Call Your Elected Officials NOW
YouTube video by Riverboat Jack
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January 22, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Time to get active, folks! DHS is trying to say ICE agents are above the law and above the Constitution. They have a secret memo that tells them so from one of Trump's handpicked yes-men. We need to act.
Do it now. www.5calls.org
I’m going to make calls to my members of Congress, urging them to get with it & connect with colleagues like Blumenthal.
(Even though there’s plenty that’s problematic about Blumenthal, it appears his office is the go-to regarding these whistleblowers.)
(Even though there’s plenty that’s problematic about Blumenthal, it appears his office is the go-to regarding these whistleblowers.)
Looks like Senator Blumenthal's office worked with the whistleblowers, and has already put out a letter to the Trump admin demanding answers.
Congress MUST act. This is a five alarm fire for our basic rights under the law. bsky.app/profile/blum...
Congress MUST act. This is a five alarm fire for our basic rights under the law. bsky.app/profile/blum...
January 21, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Do it now. www.5calls.org
If Congress does not act, this is going to shatter the Republic.
Looks like Senator Blumenthal's office worked with the whistleblowers, and has already put out a letter to the Trump admin demanding answers.
Congress MUST act. This is a five alarm fire for our basic rights under the law. bsky.app/profile/blum...
Congress MUST act. This is a five alarm fire for our basic rights under the law. bsky.app/profile/blum...
I’m demanding Sec. Noem provide an explanation for this abhorrent policy & that my Republican colleagues hold hearings & join me in demanding the Trump Admin answer for this lawlessness. 6
January 21, 2026 at 11:00 PM
If Congress does not act, this is going to shatter the Republic.
Even ICE INSTRUCTORS have resigned over this. Jesus.
In a sign of how explosive ICE knew this secret memo would be, one whistleblower says he was only allowed to read the memo and was barred from taking written notes, and warned that employees had been punished for disagreeing.
At least one ICE instructor resigned rather than teach the illegal memo!
At least one ICE instructor resigned rather than teach the illegal memo!
January 21, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Even ICE INSTRUCTORS have resigned over this. Jesus.
They are arguing that ICE can break into your home and kill you because ICE can give itself the authority to do so.
There is no reforming this. Destroy the agency. Prosecute every officer, agent, and bureaucrat as a traitor to the constitution of this republic.
There is no reforming this. Destroy the agency. Prosecute every officer, agent, and bureaucrat as a traitor to the constitution of this republic.
The memo cites no legal authority, only a further secret DHS's General Counsel (replaced in the early days with a Trump loyalist) opinion saying administrative warrants filled out by an ICE officer are sufficient to break into homes of people ordered removed.
Here's what such a warrant looks like.
Here's what such a warrant looks like.
![DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement WARRANT OF REMOVAL/DEPORTATION
To any immigration officer of the United States Department of Homeland Security: [Blank full name] who entered the United States at [blank port of entry] on [blank date] is subject to removal/deportation from the United States, based on a final order by (a series of check-boxes follow)
- an immigration judge in exclusion, deportation, or removal proceedings
- a designated official
- the Board of Immigration Appeals
- a United States District or Magistrate Court Judge
and pursuant to the following provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act
I the undersigned officer of the United States, by virtue of the power and authority vested in the Secretary of Homeland Security under the laws of the United Stats and by his or her direction, command you to take into custody and remove from the United States the above-named alien pursuant to law, at the expense of:
[blank spaces follow for signature of immigration officer, title of immigration officer, and date and office location]
-](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreihsmx4k3pd25enq3tkaajgpsfh2karskv4nb6hay5htjfflmki47i@jpeg)
![To be completed by immigration officer executing the warrant: Name of alien being removed: [blank space]
Port, date, and manner of removal: [blank space]
Underneath are spots for photos of the person and right index fingerprint, followed by a signature of the person being fingerprinted and the signature and title of the immigration officer, and a line for the officer to sign if they witnessed the person's departure. There's a space underneath for a narrative "if actual departure is not witnessed, fully identify the sources or means of verification of departure."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreih2mteb5hyzpgxat3d6u23g5kyxbk2vuurmyos63ge4seov5wdrjy@jpeg)
January 21, 2026 at 10:59 PM
They are arguing that ICE can break into your home and kill you because ICE can give itself the authority to do so.
There is no reforming this. Destroy the agency. Prosecute every officer, agent, and bureaucrat as a traitor to the constitution of this republic.
There is no reforming this. Destroy the agency. Prosecute every officer, agent, and bureaucrat as a traitor to the constitution of this republic.
The eight circuit didn't even bother to explain why they immediately allowed ICE to violate 1st amendment speech.
Infuriating doesn't even begin to cover it.
They are saying ICE can enter your home without a warrant and they can brutalized anyone they want, up to and including shooting your mom.
Infuriating doesn't even begin to cover it.
They are saying ICE can enter your home without a warrant and they can brutalized anyone they want, up to and including shooting your mom.
January 21, 2026 at 10:56 PM
The eight circuit didn't even bother to explain why they immediately allowed ICE to violate 1st amendment speech.
Infuriating doesn't even begin to cover it.
They are saying ICE can enter your home without a warrant and they can brutalized anyone they want, up to and including shooting your mom.
Infuriating doesn't even begin to cover it.
They are saying ICE can enter your home without a warrant and they can brutalized anyone they want, up to and including shooting your mom.
Party of small government trying to give fed agents the right to break into your home and violate your constitutional rights.
This is THE fight in America right now.
They pulled an elderly Hmong man out of his apartment practically naked in subzero temps just a couple days ago without a warrant.
This is THE fight in America right now.
They pulled an elderly Hmong man out of his apartment practically naked in subzero temps just a couple days ago without a warrant.
BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.
Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge's warrant, memo says
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press reveals that the agency allows immigration officers to forcibly enter homes to make arrests without a judicial warrant.
bit.ly
January 21, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Party of small government trying to give fed agents the right to break into your home and violate your constitutional rights.
This is THE fight in America right now.
They pulled an elderly Hmong man out of his apartment practically naked in subzero temps just a couple days ago without a warrant.
This is THE fight in America right now.
They pulled an elderly Hmong man out of his apartment practically naked in subzero temps just a couple days ago without a warrant.
Arrest and prosecute every ICE agent and bureaucrat.
ICE delenda est.
ICE delenda est.
An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 21, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Arrest and prosecute every ICE agent and bureaucrat.
ICE delenda est.
ICE delenda est.
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1/21/2026 - Minneapolis
Federal agents abduct two teenagers (15 & 16) from a doctor's appointment
At one point, it appears an agent tases one of the children
Federal agents abduct two teenagers (15 & 16) from a doctor's appointment
At one point, it appears an agent tases one of the children
January 21, 2026 at 8:42 PM
1/21/2026 - Minneapolis
Federal agents abduct two teenagers (15 & 16) from a doctor's appointment
At one point, it appears an agent tases one of the children
Federal agents abduct two teenagers (15 & 16) from a doctor's appointment
At one point, it appears an agent tases one of the children
So I was looking for the original clip of this to demonstrate why mocking fascists is so effective and denying them the conflict they yearn for is good.
Found this instead. Credit to thecathyrichardson
Found this instead. Credit to thecathyrichardson
January 21, 2026 at 8:10 PM
So I was looking for the original clip of this to demonstrate why mocking fascists is so effective and denying them the conflict they yearn for is good.
Found this instead. Credit to thecathyrichardson
Found this instead. Credit to thecathyrichardson
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ICE is an evil institution steeped in violence and hate that must be defunded and abolished for democracy to survive.
Scenes from occupied Minneapolis: "3 SUVs ICE officers driving down 21st to 42nd street. The ice officer rolled down his window and took a photo of me and said 'I got you motherfucker'. I am just a home owner going outside to see what was going on."
January 21, 2026 at 7:07 PM
ICE is an evil institution steeped in violence and hate that must be defunded and abolished for democracy to survive.
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This past weekend, I went back to Broadview for the first time since being federally indicted.
I will put my body on the line no matter how many times it takes.
I will put my body on the line no matter how many times it takes.
January 21, 2026 at 7:08 PM
This past weekend, I went back to Broadview for the first time since being federally indicted.
I will put my body on the line no matter how many times it takes.
I will put my body on the line no matter how many times it takes.
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Asked the White House for clarification just in case this isn't a mistake and Iceland is now on America's annexation hit list.
Trump is now confusing Greenland and Iceland: "They're not there for us on Iceland, that I can tell you. Our stock market took the first dip yesterday because of Iceland. So Iceland has already cost us a lot of money."
January 21, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Asked the White House for clarification just in case this isn't a mistake and Iceland is now on America's annexation hit list.
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I’m tired of being talked down to by people like this. They are doing the Elon Musk Mars In 2 Years bit but have tied the entire U.S. economy to a bespoke compliment generator. It’s time to start talking about these AI mutants like delusional babies.
“There will be more than enough jobs for the citizens of your nation, esp. those with vocational training,” said Karp. “I do think these trends really do make it hard to imagine why we should have large-scale immigration unless you have a very specialized skill.”
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Palantir CEO Says AI to Make Large-Scale Immigration Obsolete
Artificial intelligence will displace so many jobs that it will eliminate the need for mass immigration, according to Palantir Technologies Inc. Chief Executive Officer Alex Karp.
www.bloomberg.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:08 PM
I’m tired of being talked down to by people like this. They are doing the Elon Musk Mars In 2 Years bit but have tied the entire U.S. economy to a bespoke compliment generator. It’s time to start talking about these AI mutants like delusional babies.
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public perception says mainstream media is sensationalist, lusts for scandal, will make anything up to sell papers and get clicks etc.,
and then this particular president does like 10 scandals a day and mainstream media insists on describing his actions in the most uninteresting way possible
and then this particular president does like 10 scandals a day and mainstream media insists on describing his actions in the most uninteresting way possible
Right on cue, here are the push alerts from the 3 major newspapers lmao
January 21, 2026 at 4:57 PM
public perception says mainstream media is sensationalist, lusts for scandal, will make anything up to sell papers and get clicks etc.,
and then this particular president does like 10 scandals a day and mainstream media insists on describing his actions in the most uninteresting way possible
and then this particular president does like 10 scandals a day and mainstream media insists on describing his actions in the most uninteresting way possible
I can't say what I think of this.
January 21, 2026 at 7:31 PM
I can't say what I think of this.