Riverboatjack
@riverboatjack.bsky.social
streamer and political organizer
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socialist
transgender
former: game informer, extra life, xbox mag
she/her
business email: [email protected]
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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.
There is a crude power to openly embracing stupidity on a national scale. The Trump administration telling huge lies like this as a matter of course in order to further their leader's ambitions is part of their crude attempt to control us all.
Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on tariffs: "It's not regressive. Most consumption in America is done by the wealthiest people. So the idea it's somehow regressive is just wrong."
February 17, 2026 at 7:26 PM
There is a crude power to openly embracing stupidity on a national scale. The Trump administration telling huge lies like this as a matter of course in order to further their leader's ambitions is part of their crude attempt to control us all.
This is reportedly the new assistant secretary at DHS as Tricia McLaughlin makes her exit.
I... don't think she will last long in her new role as the face of ICE.
I... don't think she will last long in her new role as the face of ICE.
February 17, 2026 at 6:50 PM
This is reportedly the new assistant secretary at DHS as Tricia McLaughlin makes her exit.
I... don't think she will last long in her new role as the face of ICE.
I... don't think she will last long in her new role as the face of ICE.
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WOW. I mentioned AND used photos from these early February C-130 flights in my @rollingstone.com story last fall about the Coast Guard using search-and-rescue planes for ICE transfers. Had no idea the misuse of resources I suggested had already happened.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
February 17, 2026 at 6:33 PM
WOW. I mentioned AND used photos from these early February C-130 flights in my @rollingstone.com story last fall about the Coast Guard using search-and-rescue planes for ICE transfers. Had no idea the misuse of resources I suggested had already happened.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Each arrest takes like a half dozen agents. They just don’t have the manpower for this. I am not even sure where the marginal utility of this type of thing would be. Maybe if they concentrated their efforts in one congressional district or something.
One of my biggest fears about the midterms is that ICE could flood the polls with agents who perform Kavanaugh Stops on every non-white person before they get a chance to cast a ballot, then detain them until voting is over. Which is not far-fetched at this point. www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-po...
February 17, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Each arrest takes like a half dozen agents. They just don’t have the manpower for this. I am not even sure where the marginal utility of this type of thing would be. Maybe if they concentrated their efforts in one congressional district or something.
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At Harvard in the 90s, Randy Fine allegedly: bribed students to vote for him in the Republican club election & used student government to try cashing in a $8,000 EPA grant for himself.
A classmate said Fine “was a laughing stock: not just a pompous prig, but also outrageously corrupt.”
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A classmate said Fine “was a laughing stock: not just a pompous prig, but also outrageously corrupt.”
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Meet Randy Fine, America’s Most Racist Congressman
The Florida lawmaker says 'destroy' mainstream Muslims. Who is he and where did he come from?
From @premthakker.bsky.social. Read it here:
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The Florida lawmaker says 'destroy' mainstream Muslims. Who is he and where did he come from?
From @premthakker.bsky.social. Read it here:
zeteo.com/p/meet-randy...
Meet Randy Fine, America’s Most Racist Congressman
The Florida lawmaker says 'destroy' mainstream Muslims. Who is he and where did he come from?
zeteo.com
February 17, 2026 at 6:42 PM
At Harvard in the 90s, Randy Fine allegedly: bribed students to vote for him in the Republican club election & used student government to try cashing in a $8,000 EPA grant for himself.
A classmate said Fine “was a laughing stock: not just a pompous prig, but also outrageously corrupt.”
Read more:
A classmate said Fine “was a laughing stock: not just a pompous prig, but also outrageously corrupt.”
Read more:
Yeah, this technology should definitely be shoehorned into every aspect of daily life.
NEW: ChatGPT and other chatbots are feeding users' fixations on real people, reinforcing users' delusional ideas and obsessions about others as they descend into unwanted harassment, stalking, and/or domestic abuse — traumatizing victims and profoundly altering lives.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
AI Delusions Are Leading to Domestic Abuse, Harassment, and Stalking
ChatGPT and other AI chatbots are reinforcing users' delusions about other people — fueling fixations linked to stalking and other abuses.
futurism.com
February 17, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Yeah, this technology should definitely be shoehorned into every aspect of daily life.
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This. It would be really, really great if Democrats would start *consistently* calling out the way that the media is led around like f'ing children by the right-wing hate machine.
Don't just accept the frame. Call out the frame. Force viewers to confront the frame. It's so f'ing basic.
Don't just accept the frame. Call out the frame. Force viewers to confront the frame. It's so f'ing basic.
James Talarico: No one's ever asked me about the cost of housing. The only thing the media wants to ask me about are trans athletes.
The only minority destroying this country is the billionaires. Trans people are 1% of the population. We are all focused on the wrong 1%.
The only minority destroying this country is the billionaires. Trans people are 1% of the population. We are all focused on the wrong 1%.
February 13, 2026 at 9:53 PM
This. It would be really, really great if Democrats would start *consistently* calling out the way that the media is led around like f'ing children by the right-wing hate machine.
Don't just accept the frame. Call out the frame. Force viewers to confront the frame. It's so f'ing basic.
Don't just accept the frame. Call out the frame. Force viewers to confront the frame. It's so f'ing basic.
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Minneapolis City Council currently discussing whether to renew liquor licenses for two downtown hotels who've been alleged to house ICE agents or to have regulatory staff investigate safety concerns and explore potential conditions that might be placed on license renewal.
February 17, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Minneapolis City Council currently discussing whether to renew liquor licenses for two downtown hotels who've been alleged to house ICE agents or to have regulatory staff investigate safety concerns and explore potential conditions that might be placed on license renewal.
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There is no drawdown. There is no retreat. ICE is just redistributing their assets to better avoid accountability.
The same day DHS announced the surge would end in Minnesota, ICE activity increased in small towns
The less densely populated areas outside the Twin Cities make it harder for protesters and observers to organize.
www.theverge.com
February 17, 2026 at 4:26 PM
There is no drawdown. There is no retreat. ICE is just redistributing their assets to better avoid accountability.
We are LIVE to talk about President AOC, the attack on trans healthcare, Trump's attempt to seize the 2026 election, and more.
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February 17, 2026 at 4:05 AM
We are LIVE to talk about President AOC, the attack on trans healthcare, Trump's attempt to seize the 2026 election, and more.
Get in the boat!! Twitch, YouTube, and Riverboat.gg
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The failure of imagination presented by the Clinton, Obama, and Biden years, the mire of neoliberalism, have left us with a completely flat-footed response to the current crises.
We could have civil jobs programs to build massive new infrastructure projects that would house people. Dream bigger.
We could have civil jobs programs to build massive new infrastructure projects that would house people. Dream bigger.
Obama: "Ethically speaking, it's an atrocity in a country this wealthy we have people just on the streets, & we should insist on policies that recognize their full humanity. But we should also recognize the average person doesn't want to have to navigate around a tent city in the middle of downtown"
February 17, 2026 at 2:17 AM
The failure of imagination presented by the Clinton, Obama, and Biden years, the mire of neoliberalism, have left us with a completely flat-footed response to the current crises.
We could have civil jobs programs to build massive new infrastructure projects that would house people. Dream bigger.
We could have civil jobs programs to build massive new infrastructure projects that would house people. Dream bigger.
And every single government official and contractor involved in its operations prosecuted.
Dilley must be shut down and everyone inside must be freed and provided immediate medical care. www.sacurrent.com/news/two-mon...
Two-month-old baby 'choking on his own vomit' while detained in Dilley
'His life is in danger,' U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro said about newborn Juan Nicolás. The child fell ill after spending almost a month — or half his life — in a San Antonio-area family detention facility...
www.sacurrent.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:46 AM
And every single government official and contractor involved in its operations prosecuted.
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Oh, okay. I'll bite.
The right to vote is enshrined in the Constitution.
The "right" of armed federal cops to arrest, beat, and kill people with anonymity is not.
The right to vote is enshrined in the Constitution.
The "right" of armed federal cops to arrest, beat, and kill people with anonymity is not.
Emmer: "Another reform they claim they want is they want ICE agents to identify themselves, to show identification. But they don't want identification for voters in elections. I mean, this stuff is just intellectually inconsistent."
February 16, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Oh, okay. I'll bite.
The right to vote is enshrined in the Constitution.
The "right" of armed federal cops to arrest, beat, and kill people with anonymity is not.
The right to vote is enshrined in the Constitution.
The "right" of armed federal cops to arrest, beat, and kill people with anonymity is not.
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Hennepin County Sheriff Dawanna Witt collaborates with ICE. Sheriffs escorted and protected ICE in this action.
A judge has ordered the release of an 18-year-old who was detained by federal agents in a chaotic scene inside the Hennepin County Government Center last week.
Judge orders release of man who was detained in chaotic scene at courthouse
The 18-year-old was in court for a hearing on first-degree drug possession charges stemming from his arrest in January.
bit.ly
February 16, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Hennepin County Sheriff Dawanna Witt collaborates with ICE. Sheriffs escorted and protected ICE in this action.
Listening to AOCs showing overseas over the last few days. She speaks like someone who is running soon, not in the future. I really hope she does. Democrats deserve a primary and she has the message that looks beyond Trump toward building a better world. No one else has offered that so far.
February 16, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Listening to AOCs showing overseas over the last few days. She speaks like someone who is running soon, not in the future. I really hope she does. Democrats deserve a primary and she has the message that looks beyond Trump toward building a better world. No one else has offered that so far.
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last month the US secretly deported nine asylum seekers to cameroon where they’ve been trapped at a local government-owned compound until they agree to return to their home countries where they face persecution and death. none have history of violence.
U.S. Deports Nine Migrants in Secret, Ignoring Legal Protections
www.nytimes.com
February 16, 2026 at 11:11 AM
last month the US secretly deported nine asylum seekers to cameroon where they’ve been trapped at a local government-owned compound until they agree to return to their home countries where they face persecution and death. none have history of violence.
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from the perspective of someone who might want to be president, the best time to run for the white house is now, not later. so if AOC is thinking about it — if the white house is her ambition — then her best bet is to throw her hat in the ring
You Know What? Maybe the Time Is Right for an AOC Presidential Bid
She’s only 36, and there’s a good argument that she should run for Senate and bide her time. But she also could be a formidable White House candidate.
newrepublic.com
February 16, 2026 at 2:13 PM
from the perspective of someone who might want to be president, the best time to run for the white house is now, not later. so if AOC is thinking about it — if the white house is her ambition — then her best bet is to throw her hat in the ring
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🟢 STUNNING REVERSAL
Opus Development Company LLC announced today they will NOT sell the Hutchins, Texas site to ICE.
Opus Development Company LLC announced today they will NOT sell the Hutchins, Texas site to ICE.
BREAKING: Company will not sell Hutchins warehouse to ICE
After several weeks of concern over whether ICE was planning to keep upwards of 9,500 detainees in a warehouse in Hutchins, the owner of that building, Majestic Realty, says today that it is not selli...
www.dmagazine.com
February 16, 2026 at 6:15 PM
🟢 STUNNING REVERSAL
Opus Development Company LLC announced today they will NOT sell the Hutchins, Texas site to ICE.
Opus Development Company LLC announced today they will NOT sell the Hutchins, Texas site to ICE.
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Right-wing Heritage Foundation’s own data shows fewer than 100 noncitizens voted since 1982 (!!!)
This is not a real problem. “The SAVE ACT is a Trojan horse to nationalize elections”: open.substack.com/pub/thiswill...
This is not a real problem. “The SAVE ACT is a Trojan horse to nationalize elections”: open.substack.com/pub/thiswill...
February 16, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Right-wing Heritage Foundation’s own data shows fewer than 100 noncitizens voted since 1982 (!!!)
This is not a real problem. “The SAVE ACT is a Trojan horse to nationalize elections”: open.substack.com/pub/thiswill...
This is not a real problem. “The SAVE ACT is a Trojan horse to nationalize elections”: open.substack.com/pub/thiswill...
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The worst case scenario for an AOC presidential run in 2028 is that she’s setting herself up for 2032 or 2036.
She is going to be president someday—it’s just a matter of time.
She is going to be president someday—it’s just a matter of time.
You Know What? Maybe the Time Is Right for an AOC Presidential Bid
She’s only 36, and there’s a good argument that she should run for Senate and bide her time. But she also could be a formidable White House candidate.
newrepublic.com
February 16, 2026 at 2:13 PM
The worst case scenario for an AOC presidential run in 2028 is that she’s setting herself up for 2032 or 2036.
She is going to be president someday—it’s just a matter of time.
She is going to be president someday—it’s just a matter of time.
This is the text book for how every single Democrat should be responding to the current moment.
We must marshal our local and state powers against ICE, against CBP, against DHS. They must be abolished and we must protect one another. For everyone was at one time a stranger.
We must marshal our local and state powers against ICE, against CBP, against DHS. They must be abolished and we must protect one another. For everyone was at one time a stranger.
Welcome The Stranger
YouTube video by NYC Mayor's Office
www.youtube.com
February 16, 2026 at 4:32 AM
This is the text book for how every single Democrat should be responding to the current moment.
We must marshal our local and state powers against ICE, against CBP, against DHS. They must be abolished and we must protect one another. For everyone was at one time a stranger.
We must marshal our local and state powers against ICE, against CBP, against DHS. They must be abolished and we must protect one another. For everyone was at one time a stranger.
Gay. Woke. Ultimate.
Together they will form the true successor to Woke. They will form....
Goku.
Together they will form the true successor to Woke. They will form....
Goku.
a drawing of a man with a blue shirt on
ALT: a drawing of a man with a blue shirt on
media.tenor.com
February 16, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Gay. Woke. Ultimate.
Together they will form the true successor to Woke. They will form....
Goku.
Together they will form the true successor to Woke. They will form....
Goku.
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a neighbor set up this werewolf for halloween and instead of taking it down they just update it with seasonal outfit changes. now it’s dressed for valentine’s day and holding a sign with a picture of bad bunny and his super bowl slogan. i love him.
February 15, 2026 at 10:42 PM
a neighbor set up this werewolf for halloween and instead of taking it down they just update it with seasonal outfit changes. now it’s dressed for valentine’s day and holding a sign with a picture of bad bunny and his super bowl slogan. i love him.
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If you want to know who took your money, it's the people with all the money.
And if they can talk you into believing anyone else is to blame, they will keep picking your pockets and purchasing themselves politicians and getting away with it.
And if they can talk you into believing anyone else is to blame, they will keep picking your pockets and purchasing themselves politicians and getting away with it.
We can't fall into right-wing populism’s lie that the most vulnerable in society are to blame for wealth inequality in our countries. We need to build movements that tell the truth: the story of wealth inequality is not a cultural one, but a class one.
February 16, 2026 at 12:35 AM
If you want to know who took your money, it's the people with all the money.
And if they can talk you into believing anyone else is to blame, they will keep picking your pockets and purchasing themselves politicians and getting away with it.
And if they can talk you into believing anyone else is to blame, they will keep picking your pockets and purchasing themselves politicians and getting away with it.
In case you need some hopium grounded in reality: Trump's coalition is finally cracking and I expect it will only fracture more as we get fully into the midterms.
Trump Is Losing Control Of The Coalition
YouTube video by Riverboat Jack
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February 15, 2026 at 11:07 PM
In case you need some hopium grounded in reality: Trump's coalition is finally cracking and I expect it will only fracture more as we get fully into the midterms.