Riverboatjack
@riverboatjack.bsky.social
streamer and political organizer
socialist
transgender
former: game informer, extra life, xbox mag
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business email: [email protected]
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.
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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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
Get in the boat!! Twitch, YouTube, and Riverboat.gg
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
youtu.be
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.
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worth noting that police arrested a woman *and her husband* this week for reckless homicide related to a miscarriage. Yes, men: fetal personhood affects you too
NEW: For the second time in 2026, Kentucky state police have charged a woman with homicide after a pregnancy loss.
Both were criminalized after seeking medical care—one for a miscarriage and one for self-managed abortion—and face charges of abuse of a corpse and concealing a birth @autonomynews.co
Both were criminalized after seeking medical care—one for a miscarriage and one for self-managed abortion—and face charges of abuse of a corpse and concealing a birth @autonomynews.co
Second Kentucky Woman in 6 Weeks Charged With Homicide After Pregnancy Loss
Both women were criminalized after they sought medical care, one for a miscarriage and one for self-managed abortion.
www.autonomynews.co
February 15, 2026 at 7:04 PM
worth noting that police arrested a woman *and her husband* this week for reckless homicide related to a miscarriage. Yes, men: fetal personhood affects you too
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The Rubio speech really is appalling, and if you haven’t read it yet, you should.
www.state.gov/releases/off...
www.state.gov/releases/off...
February 15, 2026 at 12:47 AM
The Rubio speech really is appalling, and if you haven’t read it yet, you should.
www.state.gov/releases/off...
www.state.gov/releases/off...
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"A 37-year-old man originally from Zimbabwe compared the deportation to a smuggling operation and said he and the other migrants were “dropped like U.P.S. packages” in Cameroon.
...none of the deportees had any history of violent crime."
...none of the deportees had any history of violent crime."
In a secret deportation arrangement, the Trump administration flew nine people, nearly all of whom had been granted U.S. court protections from being sent back to their home countries, to Cameroon.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/w...
U.S. Deports Nine Migrants in Secret, Ignoring Legal Protections
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2026 at 1:40 AM
"A 37-year-old man originally from Zimbabwe compared the deportation to a smuggling operation and said he and the other migrants were “dropped like U.P.S. packages” in Cameroon.
...none of the deportees had any history of violent crime."
...none of the deportees had any history of violent crime."
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lol this is gonna burst so fucking hard
February 14, 2026 at 11:47 PM
lol this is gonna burst so fucking hard
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ICE has completely broken our social contract.
They manipulate social trust and are creating lasting damage to our most basic social foundations
They manipulate social trust and are creating lasting damage to our most basic social foundations
CCTV footage appears to show DHS agents posing as people having car trouble in order to lure a target out of his house before arresting them. The target comes out and starts helping them before 3 vehicles surround the scene. The car "experiencing" trouble then drives off with them.
February 14, 2026 at 10:55 PM
ICE has completely broken our social contract.
They manipulate social trust and are creating lasting damage to our most basic social foundations
They manipulate social trust and are creating lasting damage to our most basic social foundations
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The Department of Homeland Security has had to correct information provided to at least five states after its SAVE voter tool misidentified some voters as noncitizens, according to correspondence between state and federal officials.
With @texastribune.org
With @texastribune.org
“Not Ready for Prime Time.” A Federal Tool to Check Voter Citizenship Keeps Making Mistakes.
The Department of Homeland Security pushed out the revamped tool while it was still adding data. That led to widespread misidentification, particularly for citizens born outside the U.S.
www.propublica.org
February 15, 2026 at 2:00 AM
The Department of Homeland Security has had to correct information provided to at least five states after its SAVE voter tool misidentified some voters as noncitizens, according to correspondence between state and federal officials.
With @texastribune.org
With @texastribune.org
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What a great photo of Brazilian alpine skier Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, the first South American to ever win a medal at the Winter Olympic Games.
February 14, 2026 at 9:06 PM
What a great photo of Brazilian alpine skier Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, the first South American to ever win a medal at the Winter Olympic Games.
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Some people are calling it the flag of Woke 2
February 14, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Some people are calling it the flag of Woke 2
Genuinely, start clowning on Lakers fans by tying their fandom to concentration camps. Genuinely has a decent chance at immediately rolling back any kind of deal like this by breaking into mainstream awareness.
NEWS: LA Lakers Co-Owner’s Firm Linked to Proposed $80 Million ICE Warehouse Deal in Texas — a massive facility that could detain up to 9,500 people.
LA Lakers Co-Owner’s Firm Linked to Proposed $80 Million ICE Warehouse Deal in Texas
The unwelcome facility would detain up to 9,500 people
meidasnews.com
February 15, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Genuinely, start clowning on Lakers fans by tying their fandom to concentration camps. Genuinely has a decent chance at immediately rolling back any kind of deal like this by breaking into mainstream awareness.