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In the age of information, ignorance is a choice. I am a democracy loving, virulent anti-fascist and an outright heathen. #yooper #fuckice
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Have yourself a little sliver of the Moon and some Venus early morning action. #906Life #mymichigan
Beautiful tiger muskie caught through the ice in upstate New York www.wired2fish.com/news/giant-4...
Giant, 41-Inch Tiger Muskie Landed Through The Ice
A 3-day guided trip to New York’s Theresa Chain of Lakes area yielded a muskie pushing 20 pounds, plus 5-pound bass, pike and steelhead, too.
www.wired2fish.com
February 14, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Sliding into the weekend with Saturdays sultry Yooper sunrise from the northwest corner of Lake Michigan. #906Life #PureMichigan
February 14, 2026 at 12:57 PM
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Breaking news: ICE expects to spend $38.3 billion on its plan to acquire warehouses across the U.S. and retrofit them into immigrant detention centers that can hold tens of thousands of people, according to agency documents.
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion converting warehouses into detention centers, according to planning documents, more than the annual budgets of 22 states.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:33 PM
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There are so many fucked up things with the current administration that it's hard to focus on one but this recent move is basically a death sentence for the planet. I've been involved with more boots on the ground actions over the years than I can count and this really bums me out.
EPA reverses long-standing climate change finding, stripping its own ability to regulate emissions
The agency announced it is repealing its 2009 conclusion that greenhouse gases warm the Earth and endanger human health and well-being.
www.nbcnews.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:06 AM
Epstein accountability is coming. (I'll add on to this)

Gifts and soup from ‘Uncle Jeffrey': The Epstein ties that ended Kathy Ruemmler’s run at Goldman Sachs
apnews.com/article/epst...
Gifts and soup from 'Uncle Jeffrey': The Epstein ties that ended Kathy Ruemmler’s run at Goldman
Kathy Ruemmler's resignation as Goldman Sachs’ top lawyer comes after emails show she stayed close with Jeffrey Epstein long after his conviction on sex crimes.
apnews.com
February 14, 2026 at 12:58 AM
🤬 The White House budget office is using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought, architect of Project 2025 and head butcher of this criminal regime. www.reuters.com/world/us/whi...
Exclusive: White House uses USAID funds for budget director Vought's security, documents show
The White House budget office is using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's budget chief and an archit...
www.reuters.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Spinach and ricotta stuffed ravioli along with my superb and enhanced tomato sauce. 🍽️
February 13, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Having our first 40°F day of the year here in the central UP of Michigan. It is putting a good melt on the snowpack and refreshing Lake Michigan's watershed. #906Life #PureMichigan
February 13, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Terrible. Her body was found less then a mile from where I used to live in Menominee county. 😢 www.uppermichiganssource.com/2026/02/10/m...
UPDATE: Missing Marinette woman found dead in Menominee County
Gabriella Cartagena, the 24-year-old woman who was last seen at around 5 p.m. on Feb. 4, has been found dead.
www.uppermichiganssource.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:49 PM
They are absolutely right. The current AG of the DOJ is protecting powerful pedophiles and putting their victims in jeopardy. Just despicable. Pam Bondi must be disbarred for being so dishonest and then charged for crimes when this regime is done.
BREAKING: Multiple Epstein victims tell NBC News that Pam Bondi intentionally un-redacted their names and other victims' names as a way to threaten them into silence!

“I think we all realize now that [the DOJ] really wanted to silence us, and thought that could scare us by putting our names out.”
February 12, 2026 at 8:21 PM
AI researchers are sounding the alarm on their way out the door.

“The world is in peril,”
www.cnn.com/2026/02/11/b...
AI researchers are sounding the alarm on their way out the door | CNN Business
“The world is in peril,” warned the former head of Anthropic’s Safeguards Research team as he headed for the exit. A researcher for OpenAI, similarly on the way out, said that the technology has “a po...
www.cnn.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:21 PM
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Good morning my frosty friends, here's a couple of 'chilling' stories for you!

What over a century of ice data can tell us about the Great Lakes' future | Grist - grist.org/science/grea...
What over a century of ice data can tell us about the Great Lakes' future
Using old records, scientists created a new dataset on ice cover since 1897. It's already being used to study a declining fish species.
grist.org
February 12, 2026 at 11:04 AM
44 year old Yooper Nick Baumgartner, from Iron River, Michigan just advanced to the semi finals of snowboard cross country in the Olympics. #906Life
February 12, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Here's Thursdays 's fine Yooper sunrise from the northwest corner of Lake Michigan in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. #906Life #PureMichigan
February 12, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Bay City & Saginaw Michigan's very own ? & The Mysterians, The band members were children of Mexican migrant farmers who settled in Michigan.

🎶 96 Tears 1966 - "Swingin' Time", Detroit 🎶
youtu.be/xS7qvxm3FbM?...
Live Broadcast: 96 Tears - ? (Question Mark) & The Mysterians, 1966 - "Swingin' Time", Detroit
YouTube video by SwingMan1938
youtu.be
February 12, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Is anyone aware of an up to date tally of all J6 rioters who were pardoned and have re-offended? These people are sick and rotten to their core.
npr.org NPR @npr.org · 2d
A handyman from Florida who received a pardon from President Trump for storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was convicted on state charges of child sex abuse and exposing himself to a child. n.pr/4tx7oVq
A Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump was convicted of sexually abusing children
A handyman from Florida who received a pardon from President Trump for storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was convicted on state charges of child sex abuse and exposing himself to a child.
n.pr
February 12, 2026 at 1:13 AM
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While some folks downstairs are still complaining about a sporting event and languages they don’t understand. Up here in Canada, the CBC is showing Olympic hockey with play-by-play in Inuktitut. It’s the Canadian experience I didn’t know I needed. ❤️🇨🇦 #olympics #inuktitut
February 11, 2026 at 10:29 PM
The current Attorney General of the Pariah States of America is suffering from extreme trump derangement syndrome and is the most unfit and partisan hack AG in American history. And that was a high bar to clear after Bill Barr! Just pathetic with these freaking clowns.
This is utterly deranged behavior from a U.S. attorney general
February 11, 2026 at 7:15 PM
When this criminal regime has run its course and we have responsible leadership once again, we need to go scorched earth against the corruption and criminality that these people have done in betraying the country. I trust one man to be the Attorney General of the United States.
February 11, 2026 at 6:49 PM
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Jayapal: To the survivors in the room, if you are willing, please stand. And if you are willing, please raise your hands. If you have still not been able to meet with this DOJ. Please note for the record that every single survivor has raised their hand.
February 11, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Stay strong my Canadian friends, the threat in the US is getting worse, now is not the time to return to visiting the Pariah States of America. 🇨🇦🍁 www.axios.com/2026/02/10/u...
States beg Canadians to return as Trump antagonizes America's neighbor
The states most affected by the tourism slump have rolled out incentives to lure Canadian travelers back.
www.axios.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:23 PM
JFC this is insane, forcing the Pentagon to buy electricity from coal powered plants and more subsidies for coal burning power plants. Follow the money, coal barons are bribing this felonious thug regime to keep coal viable. National security my ass. 🤬 oilprice.com/Latest-Energ...
Trump to Order Pentagon to Buy Coal Power for National Security | OilPrice.com
President Trump is set to announce an executive order directing the Pentagon to purchase electricity from coal-powered plants, backed by federal funding and the Defense Production Act, as his administ...
oilprice.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Ladies and gentlemen, this is how the regime is burning taxpayer money and driving up the deficit.
We now have confirmation that the Social Circle warehouse cost ICE $130 million, bringing the total spent on warehouses to $714 million. ICE is also reportedly planning on buying a second warehouse in Oakwood, GA and is finalizing the sale now.

Billions more will be spent on retrofitting/staffing.
February 11, 2026 at 12:22 AM
The Epstein Scandal is roiling around the globe and accountability is beginning to happen, this is the biggest political coverup in history. Give this a listen, the representative is quite shaken by the "depths of depravity" that she saw when reviewing unredacted files.
I spent the morning at the DOJ looking at the unredacted Epstein files. Here are my initial thoughts and what I’ve found, so far.
Rep. Stansbury: I viewed the unredacted Esptein files earlier today
YouTube video by Rep. Melanie Stansbury
youtu.be
February 11, 2026 at 12:10 AM
🚨 Make no mistake about this. This isn't about deporting violent immigrants. This is entirely to place these gestapo agents so they will be in position to harass and interfere in the upcoming midterm elections, with massive gop losses predicted, this will be their move. www.wired.com/story/ice-ex...
ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next
ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, monthslong expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
www.wired.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:46 PM