Michael Tolbert
@michaeltolbert.bsky.social
Positive, persistent & patient.
The most certain way to succeed is to try just one more time. -Edison #TruthBeBold
The most certain way to succeed is to try just one more time. -Edison #TruthBeBold
All the more reason to support @claytontuckertx.bsky.social for #TexasAgCommissioner.
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Why Ag Commissioner Sid Miller is the underdog in his primary
The three-term incumbent is effectively the underdog against primary challenger Nate Sheets, who leads in fundraising and has the backing of top Republicans.
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February 7, 2026 at 2:38 AM
All the more reason to support @claytontuckertx.bsky.social for #TexasAgCommissioner.
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Trump reportedly told Sen Schumer he’d release federal funds if Penn Station and Dulles airport were named after him. This is a crime. NY, VA? www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Trump asked for Dulles Airport, Penn Station to be named after him in exchange for Gateway money to be released
Trump has named several landmarks and initiatives after himself since returning to office.
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February 6, 2026 at 2:35 AM
Trump reportedly told Sen Schumer he’d release federal funds if Penn Station and Dulles airport were named after him. This is a crime. NY, VA? www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
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TRIGGER WARNING, because here is a US Marshal from Trump‘s Gestapo Force in Memphis kicking a puppy today in the Whitehaven neighborhood and breaking its rib. They were serving a warrant and I guess BIG MAN got scared of the schnauzer.
(I didn’t take the video, the dog’s person did)
(I didn’t take the video, the dog’s person did)
February 6, 2026 at 4:20 AM
TRIGGER WARNING, because here is a US Marshal from Trump‘s Gestapo Force in Memphis kicking a puppy today in the Whitehaven neighborhood and breaking its rib. They were serving a warrant and I guess BIG MAN got scared of the schnauzer.
(I didn’t take the video, the dog’s person did)
(I didn’t take the video, the dog’s person did)
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NEW: Dear Washington Post journalists, I’ve written this for you.
Last year @theguardian.com gave away our news title & binned 100+ journalists. It sucked!
But we fought back & you can too. First a strike, then a new masthead @thenerve.news Fuck Bezos. There is another way 👊👊👊
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Last year @theguardian.com gave away our news title & binned 100+ journalists. It sucked!
But we fought back & you can too. First a strike, then a new masthead @thenerve.news Fuck Bezos. There is another way 👊👊👊
1/
February 5, 2026 at 4:37 PM
NEW: Dear Washington Post journalists, I’ve written this for you.
Last year @theguardian.com gave away our news title & binned 100+ journalists. It sucked!
But we fought back & you can too. First a strike, then a new masthead @thenerve.news Fuck Bezos. There is another way 👊👊👊
1/
Last year @theguardian.com gave away our news title & binned 100+ journalists. It sucked!
But we fought back & you can too. First a strike, then a new masthead @thenerve.news Fuck Bezos. There is another way 👊👊👊
1/
The American Sustainable Business Coalition filed the suit in 2024 against Hegar and Attorney General Ken Paxton, alleging five different counts of free speech and due process violations. www.texastribune.org/2026/02/04/t...
Texas fossil fuel boycott law ruled unconstitutional
A judge ruled Senate Bill 13, passed in 2021, violated the First and Fourteenth Amendments. The law prevented state investments in firms it deemed as boycotting oil and gas companies.
www.texastribune.org
February 5, 2026 at 3:35 PM
The American Sustainable Business Coalition filed the suit in 2024 against Hegar and Attorney General Ken Paxton, alleging five different counts of free speech and due process violations. www.texastribune.org/2026/02/04/t...
Of course he did.
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Clarence Thomas hit with astonishing accusation in Epstein files
Conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was named in an allegation sent by email to two federal judges and discussed last August by federal prosecutors in New York, the Justice Department’s...
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February 4, 2026 at 4:05 AM
Of course he did.
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Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez murdered Alex Pretti.
www.propublica.org/article/alex...
www.propublica.org/article/alex...
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
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February 2, 2026 at 2:19 AM
Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez murdered Alex Pretti.
www.propublica.org/article/alex...
www.propublica.org/article/alex...
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Yes, who wrote this email to Jeffrey Epstein — and why did DOJ redact his name?
January 31, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Yes, who wrote this email to Jeffrey Epstein — and why did DOJ redact his name?
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Elon Musk last year: "Epstein tried to get me to go to his island and I REFUSED"
Musk to Epstein emails:
• “What day/night will be the wildest party on your island?”
• "I really want to hit the party scene"
• "Is there a good time to visit?
Story: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
Musk to Epstein emails:
• “What day/night will be the wildest party on your island?”
• "I really want to hit the party scene"
• "Is there a good time to visit?
Story: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
January 30, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Elon Musk last year: "Epstein tried to get me to go to his island and I REFUSED"
Musk to Epstein emails:
• “What day/night will be the wildest party on your island?”
• "I really want to hit the party scene"
• "Is there a good time to visit?
Story: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
Musk to Epstein emails:
• “What day/night will be the wildest party on your island?”
• "I really want to hit the party scene"
• "Is there a good time to visit?
Story: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
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Texas fire department helps ICE detain roofers—using tower ladder truck that should be reserved for local emergency.
Agents grab at workers' legs to yank them off multi-story house—even using pepper spray atop roof.
Firefighters did equip ICE with safety harness for this risky series of maneuvers.
Agents grab at workers' legs to yank them off multi-story house—even using pepper spray atop roof.
Firefighters did equip ICE with safety harness for this risky series of maneuvers.
January 31, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Texas fire department helps ICE detain roofers—using tower ladder truck that should be reserved for local emergency.
Agents grab at workers' legs to yank them off multi-story house—even using pepper spray atop roof.
Firefighters did equip ICE with safety harness for this risky series of maneuvers.
Agents grab at workers' legs to yank them off multi-story house—even using pepper spray atop roof.
Firefighters did equip ICE with safety harness for this risky series of maneuvers.
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One name that pops up repeatedly in the Epstein files is Tancredi Marchiolo, who some claim is a partner at Bremner Capital. If this is indeed the same guy, what exactly was his relationship with Epstein?
And what the hell did he mean by:
“do you want me to try to do her… or just torture her”?
And what the hell did he mean by:
“do you want me to try to do her… or just torture her”?
January 31, 2026 at 6:27 PM
One name that pops up repeatedly in the Epstein files is Tancredi Marchiolo, who some claim is a partner at Bremner Capital. If this is indeed the same guy, what exactly was his relationship with Epstein?
And what the hell did he mean by:
“do you want me to try to do her… or just torture her”?
And what the hell did he mean by:
“do you want me to try to do her… or just torture her”?
Epstein was clearly connected with the levers of power in the U.S. government. "New email shows Epstein telling Larry Summers he doesn’t understand “how dumb” Trump is" www.cnn.com/politics/liv...
January 30, 2026 — DOJ releases millions of pages of documents in Epstein investigation | CNN Politics
The Justice Department released more files related to the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.
www.cnn.com
January 31, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Epstein was clearly connected with the levers of power in the U.S. government. "New email shows Epstein telling Larry Summers he doesn’t understand “how dumb” Trump is" www.cnn.com/politics/liv...
'MAHA-Washing': Trump EPA Set to Reapprove Dicamba Despite Pesticide's Harms www.commondreams.org/news/trump-d...
'MAHA-Washing': Trump EPA Set to Reapprove Dicamba Despite Pesticide's Harms | Common Dreams
“The fact that we’re here again after two failed attempts to fix this broken pesticide shows that Lee Zeldin and his army of industry lobbyists are utterly incapable of protecting the public,” said on...
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January 31, 2026 at 6:46 AM
'MAHA-Washing': Trump EPA Set to Reapprove Dicamba Despite Pesticide's Harms www.commondreams.org/news/trump-d...
Partially released and overly redacted. www.justice.gov/epstein
www.justice.gov
January 31, 2026 at 5:13 AM
Partially released and overly redacted. www.justice.gov/epstein
Tulsa Gabbard's role in Trump’s plot to use Maduro to justify his 2020 election loss obsession. nymag.com/intelligence...
Why Is Tulsi Gabbard Investigating the 2020 Elections?
The director of National Intelligence has apparently been working on election conspiracy theories for months instead of, you know, doing her job.
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January 31, 2026 at 3:35 AM
Tulsa Gabbard's role in Trump’s plot to use Maduro to justify his 2020 election loss obsession. nymag.com/intelligence...
ICE Map
ICE Map - Visualizing ICE activity
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January 30, 2026 at 1:02 AM
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This is what happened in our neighborhood yesterday. ICE snatched a human being off of our streets, roughed them up badly, and then pepper sprayed legal observers as they documented it all. This is a daily occurrence happening all throughout Minnesota right now.
January 19, 2026 at 3:46 PM
This is what happened in our neighborhood yesterday. ICE snatched a human being off of our streets, roughed them up badly, and then pepper sprayed legal observers as they documented it all. This is a daily occurrence happening all throughout Minnesota right now.
#ForcedLabor
18 U.S.C. § 1589
Whoever knowingly provides or obtains the labor or services of a person by means of the abuse or threatened abuse of law or the legal process, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.
18 U.S.C. § 1589
Whoever knowingly provides or obtains the labor or services of a person by means of the abuse or threatened abuse of law or the legal process, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.
January 26, 2026 at 6:36 AM
#ForcedLabor
18 U.S.C. § 1589
Whoever knowingly provides or obtains the labor or services of a person by means of the abuse or threatened abuse of law or the legal process, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.
18 U.S.C. § 1589
Whoever knowingly provides or obtains the labor or services of a person by means of the abuse or threatened abuse of law or the legal process, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.
Tide laundry detergent shrank twice in 3 years, while keeping the same price.
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How have prices changed in a year? NPR checked 114 items at Walmart
We found the effects of tariffs and extreme weather, relief (finally!) in the egg cooler, plus one case of shrinkflation.
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January 25, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Tide laundry detergent shrank twice in 3 years, while keeping the same price.
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How Does ICE Compare to the Slave Patrols Back When America Was Great? medium.com/the-polis/ho...
How Does ICE Compare to the Slave Patrols Back When America Was Great?
The Old Tactics Never Died — They Just Got Federal Badges
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January 16, 2026 at 6:19 PM
How Does ICE Compare to the Slave Patrols Back When America Was Great? medium.com/the-polis/ho...
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@crockett.house.gov Gov. Ann Richards was a Democrat. #TheView
January 6, 2026 at 4:34 PM
@crockett.house.gov Gov. Ann Richards was a Democrat. #TheView
STOCK Act (Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act).
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Wall Street quietly bought these energy stocks before Venezuela attack
Here are the energy stocks that could benefit most following the arrest of Nicolas Maduro.
www.thestreet.com
January 5, 2026 at 9:46 PM
STOCK Act (Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act).
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Trump and his cronies can try to dress this up, but it is an illegal act of war to replace Maduro and grab Venezuela's oil for his billionaire buddies.
Full statement below:
Full statement below:
January 3, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Trump and his cronies can try to dress this up, but it is an illegal act of war to replace Maduro and grab Venezuela's oil for his billionaire buddies.
Full statement below:
Full statement below:
ExxonMobil (EM) and ConocoPhillips (CP) left the country in 2007 and then took the Venezuelan (VE) government to int'l arbitration courts. Courts ordered VE to pay CP over $10 B and EM over $1 B. VE has only paid a fraction of those sums to EM and to CP.
Is US Gov now a private debt collector?
Is US Gov now a private debt collector?
Trump wants U.S. oil companies in Venezuela. Here's what to know
President Trump wants more U.S. oil companies to "go in" to Venezuela. But there are economic, historical, and climate reasons that may not be easy. Here's what you need to know about oil in Venezuela...
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January 4, 2026 at 6:53 PM
ExxonMobil (EM) and ConocoPhillips (CP) left the country in 2007 and then took the Venezuelan (VE) government to int'l arbitration courts. Courts ordered VE to pay CP over $10 B and EM over $1 B. VE has only paid a fraction of those sums to EM and to CP.
Is US Gov now a private debt collector?
Is US Gov now a private debt collector?