Firsk.bsky.social
@firsk.bsky.social
Sailor, entrepreneur (electronic instrumentation), designer, woodworker, boat builder, potter.
Pacific Northwest resident, outdoorsy, classical liberal.
Parent of an adult trans child.
Date from the final days of the Truman administration.
Pacific Northwest resident, outdoorsy, classical liberal.
Parent of an adult trans child.
Date from the final days of the Truman administration.
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it actions like this that make people, especially gen z, despise the democratic party. what are we doing here
January 16, 2026 at 7:29 PM
it actions like this that make people, especially gen z, despise the democratic party. what are we doing here
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Trump is a fucking idiot!
January 15, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Trump is a fucking idiot!
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Everyone should read this report. Preferably long before July 4… 2/ utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/07/07/v...
Who is Valar Atomics? • Utah News Dispatch
Valar Atomics, a company exploring nuclear energy development for Utah, has been criticized by experts for its safety claims.
utahnewsdispatch.com
January 16, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Everyone should read this report. Preferably long before July 4… 2/ utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/07/07/v...
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An 823-word health insurance plan that forgets pre-existing conditions is like a fire insurance policy that doesn’t mention fire. Bold choice.
January 16, 2026 at 8:18 PM
An 823-word health insurance plan that forgets pre-existing conditions is like a fire insurance policy that doesn’t mention fire. Bold choice.
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Trump has 4 days of golf and parties in Palm Beach that he’s trying to get to when this is over. bsky.app/profile/atru...
an agitated and bored Trump looks to the person next to him and says, "We gotta finish this"
January 16, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Trump has 4 days of golf and parties in Palm Beach that he’s trying to get to when this is over. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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ICE isn’t making rare mistakes. This is the point.
When an agency can grab people first and sort out rights later, if they bother at all, everyone is at risk. Citizen or not.
When an agency can grab people first and sort out rights later, if they bother at all, everyone is at risk. Citizen or not.
January 16, 2026 at 3:24 PM
ICE isn’t making rare mistakes. This is the point.
When an agency can grab people first and sort out rights later, if they bother at all, everyone is at risk. Citizen or not.
When an agency can grab people first and sort out rights later, if they bother at all, everyone is at risk. Citizen or not.
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Publishing the names of protesters and contacting their employers to have them fired for exercising their rights is a tactic straight out of the White Citizens Councils.
January 16, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Publishing the names of protesters and contacting their employers to have them fired for exercising their rights is a tactic straight out of the White Citizens Councils.
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They (GOP and right wing influencers) do this all the time… bending timelines to blame things that happened in 2020 or early January 2021 on Biden. And their audiences in their echo chambers only see the original soundbites.
January 16, 2026 at 3:28 PM
They (GOP and right wing influencers) do this all the time… bending timelines to blame things that happened in 2020 or early January 2021 on Biden. And their audiences in their echo chambers only see the original soundbites.
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“This is an attempted authoritarian overthrow against the United States Constitution and the U.S. government… [Trump] wants to seem strong, but he is not that strong. Organizing against him works. Fighting him in court works. Pushing back works. Protesting in the streets works.”
@maddow.msnbc.com
@maddow.msnbc.com
The most important story of our time is not what Donald Trump wants to do, but what the people of this country allow him to do.
June 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
“This is an attempted authoritarian overthrow against the United States Constitution and the U.S. government… [Trump] wants to seem strong, but he is not that strong. Organizing against him works. Fighting him in court works. Pushing back works. Protesting in the streets works.”
@maddow.msnbc.com
@maddow.msnbc.com
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If we break our alliances, we are smaller and weaker. If we break them for pride and power and greed, then we don’t just break an alliance, we break our own character. We diminish ourselves in every way that matters, and no amount of newly sovereign frozen ground can obscure our national shame.
Opinion | Something Is Rotten in the State of America
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:08 AM
If we break our alliances, we are smaller and weaker. If we break them for pride and power and greed, then we don’t just break an alliance, we break our own character. We diminish ourselves in every way that matters, and no amount of newly sovereign frozen ground can obscure our national shame.
Just when you think we've reached peak corruption....
The deal has kick-started the president’s controversial plan to sell up to 50mn barrels of Venezuelan oil, with more sales expected in the ‘coming days and weeks’. ft.trib.al/a2pf6om
January 16, 2026 at 6:04 AM
Just when you think we've reached peak corruption....
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If you won’t hear me, hear Jamelle Bouie. He’s right: the ICE operation in Minnesota reads as panic. After Renee Good was killed, the White House escalated force instead of accountability. That choice isn’t strength. It’s fear. And it’s why they’re losing the political fight.
TY @jamellebouie.net
TY @jamellebouie.net
January 15, 2026 at 11:02 PM
If you won’t hear me, hear Jamelle Bouie. He’s right: the ICE operation in Minnesota reads as panic. After Renee Good was killed, the White House escalated force instead of accountability. That choice isn’t strength. It’s fear. And it’s why they’re losing the political fight.
TY @jamellebouie.net
TY @jamellebouie.net
Thread.
Maybe the military could protect the citizens of Minneapolis from the ICE rioters?
Maybe the military could protect the citizens of Minneapolis from the ICE rioters?
President Trump is once again threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act, this time in Minneapolis. That would be a flagrant and particularly dangerous abuse of the Act—one that would threaten the rule of law and public safety alike. 1/13
January 16, 2026 at 1:20 AM
Thread.
Maybe the military could protect the citizens of Minneapolis from the ICE rioters?
Maybe the military could protect the citizens of Minneapolis from the ICE rioters?
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Nonviolent protests and monitoring by neighbors are regularly met with tear gas, arrests, and physical force—in the case of Renee Good, deadly force. Residents of Minneapolis report that they are terrorized and that it feels like their city is under siege. 7/13
January 16, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Nonviolent protests and monitoring by neighbors are regularly met with tear gas, arrests, and physical force—in the case of Renee Good, deadly force. Residents of Minneapolis report that they are terrorized and that it feels like their city is under siege. 7/13
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The other thing is, in 2020, the locus of anger was internal, which is destabilizing. But this time, we ARE UNDER ATTACK. We are INVADED. All my neighbors are friends. All the feds are the enemy. No one wants to turn their rage on local streets or businesses; we are, specifically, protecting them.
January 15, 2026 at 5:18 PM
The other thing is, in 2020, the locus of anger was internal, which is destabilizing. But this time, we ARE UNDER ATTACK. We are INVADED. All my neighbors are friends. All the feds are the enemy. No one wants to turn their rage on local streets or businesses; we are, specifically, protecting them.
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One thing that people don't understand is that the community base opposing ICE is extremely committed to avoiding anything that could trigger rioting, I think largely because of the 2020 experience. Trump thinks he can redo 2020 but shoot the protesters this time, but Minneapolis isn't the same.
Ironically a lot of the base of Minnesota's activitists' response was laid as a result of the riots following Chauvin's murder of George Floyd. That's part of why I feel like this administration doesn't understand who they're messing with. The Twin Cities got organized in 2020 and remains so.
January 15, 2026 at 5:16 PM
One thing that people don't understand is that the community base opposing ICE is extremely committed to avoiding anything that could trigger rioting, I think largely because of the 2020 experience. Trump thinks he can redo 2020 but shoot the protesters this time, but Minneapolis isn't the same.
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It's not about fraud. It's about revenge and retribution. Trump personally pardoned or commuted the sentences of individuals convicted of Medicaid and Medicare fraud in states including Florida, Arkansas, Alabama, Connecticut, Georgia, and California. www.patrickmalonelaw.com/pardon-spree...
Pardon Spree Frees Rogues Gallery Of Health Care Crooks Who Stole Billions - Patrick Malone And Associates
President Trump's term ended with a spree of executive clemency to health care crooks who ripped off taxpayers and harmed patients.
www.patrickmalonelaw.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:28 PM
It's not about fraud. It's about revenge and retribution. Trump personally pardoned or commuted the sentences of individuals convicted of Medicaid and Medicare fraud in states including Florida, Arkansas, Alabama, Connecticut, Georgia, and California. www.patrickmalonelaw.com/pardon-spree...
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New in PN: Democrats need to shut down Trump's terrorist government
"Democrats should reject any pretense of political normalcy while Trump’s goons wage an ongoing terror campaign against their own constituents. With government funding running out soon, the time to take a stand is now."
"Democrats should reject any pretense of political normalcy while Trump’s goons wage an ongoing terror campaign against their own constituents. With government funding running out soon, the time to take a stand is now."
Democrats need to shut down Trump's terrorist government
Funding the war on their own constituents would be a grave betrayal.
www.publicnotice.co
January 15, 2026 at 12:28 PM
New in PN: Democrats need to shut down Trump's terrorist government
"Democrats should reject any pretense of political normalcy while Trump’s goons wage an ongoing terror campaign against their own constituents. With government funding running out soon, the time to take a stand is now."
"Democrats should reject any pretense of political normalcy while Trump’s goons wage an ongoing terror campaign against their own constituents. With government funding running out soon, the time to take a stand is now."
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The people of Minneapolis are highly engaged in defending our community from the federal occupation. A meeting in the Whittier neighborhood last night required three overflow rooms, with speakers having to go room to room to make sure everyone heard them. 838 people at Whittier Elementary.
January 15, 2026 at 11:39 PM
The people of Minneapolis are highly engaged in defending our community from the federal occupation. A meeting in the Whittier neighborhood last night required three overflow rooms, with speakers having to go room to room to make sure everyone heard them. 838 people at Whittier Elementary.
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Reminder: ICE’s massive overuse of tear gas and pepper spray is a HEALTH hazard and can be DEADLY to children, seniors and others with health conditions such as asthma and heart disease.
#ICE #AbolishICE
#ICE #AbolishICE
January 15, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Reminder: ICE’s massive overuse of tear gas and pepper spray is a HEALTH hazard and can be DEADLY to children, seniors and others with health conditions such as asthma and heart disease.
#ICE #AbolishICE
#ICE #AbolishICE
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Here's an update on this story.
There were 6 children injured & hospitalized. A child's car seat was flipped over from the impact.
The baby stopped breathing!
#ICELawlessness & savagery endangers our communities.
Ask your neighbors if they think this is freedom.
www.fox9.com/news/6-child...
There were 6 children injured & hospitalized. A child's car seat was flipped over from the impact.
The baby stopped breathing!
#ICELawlessness & savagery endangers our communities.
Ask your neighbors if they think this is freedom.
www.fox9.com/news/6-child...
North Minneapolis ICE shooting: 6 children hospitalized after flash bang, tear gas hits van
A family was caught in clashes between protesters and law enforcement during civil unrest in north Minneapolis, leading to six children, including a 6-month-old baby, being hospitalized.
www.fox9.com
January 15, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Here's an update on this story.
There were 6 children injured & hospitalized. A child's car seat was flipped over from the impact.
The baby stopped breathing!
#ICELawlessness & savagery endangers our communities.
Ask your neighbors if they think this is freedom.
www.fox9.com/news/6-child...
There were 6 children injured & hospitalized. A child's car seat was flipped over from the impact.
The baby stopped breathing!
#ICELawlessness & savagery endangers our communities.
Ask your neighbors if they think this is freedom.
www.fox9.com/news/6-child...
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His 6 month old stopped breathing!
HIS SIX MONTH OLD STOPPED BREATHING!
A father was getting his kids out of the neighborhood because it was unsafe & ICE threw flash bangs & tear gas at his car with children & a baby inside!
His 6 month old stopped breathing & all the children were hospitalized!
HIS SIX MONTH OLD STOPPED BREATHING!
A father was getting his kids out of the neighborhood because it was unsafe & ICE threw flash bangs & tear gas at his car with children & a baby inside!
His 6 month old stopped breathing & all the children were hospitalized!
January 15, 2026 at 9:19 AM
His 6 month old stopped breathing!
HIS SIX MONTH OLD STOPPED BREATHING!
A father was getting his kids out of the neighborhood because it was unsafe & ICE threw flash bangs & tear gas at his car with children & a baby inside!
His 6 month old stopped breathing & all the children were hospitalized!
HIS SIX MONTH OLD STOPPED BREATHING!
A father was getting his kids out of the neighborhood because it was unsafe & ICE threw flash bangs & tear gas at his car with children & a baby inside!
His 6 month old stopped breathing & all the children were hospitalized!
"idiot", "ignorant", "moron", "dumb", we need more blunt truth telling from people with public platforms. Forget respect, Trump is a shit-stain on American history.
Repetition allows truth to break through.
Repetition allows truth to break through.
'The president is an idiot': Senator unloads on Trump's 'really dumb' obsession
www.rawstory.com/trump-greenl...
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'The president is an idiot': Senator unloads on Trump's 'really dumb' obsession
A Democratic lawmaker Thursday shot down President Donald Trump's push to take over Greenland. Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) had a stern response to Trump's threats to take the island nation and Danish te...
www.rawstory.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:03 AM
"idiot", "ignorant", "moron", "dumb", we need more blunt truth telling from people with public platforms. Forget respect, Trump is a shit-stain on American history.
Repetition allows truth to break through.
Repetition allows truth to break through.
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BREAKING: Medical examiner says death of ICE detainee was a HOMICIDE - a witness says he was choked to death by GUARDS. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Medical examiner believes death of man in ICE custody was homicide, recording says
A fellow detainee says he witnessed Geraldo Lunas Campos being choked to death by guards at the ICE detention center in Texas on Jan. 3.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 15, 2026 at 11:09 PM
BREAKING: Medical examiner says death of ICE detainee was a HOMICIDE - a witness says he was choked to death by GUARDS. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...