A large icefall at the Apostle Islands Ice Caves, 16 February, 2026. Photo by Bruce Danz.
#NorthernWayOfLife
#LakeSuperior

Elon Musk’s Cybertrucks said to be 17x deadlier than the explosive Ford Pintos of the 1970s. https://fuelarc.com/news-and-features/its-official-the-cybertruck-is-more-explosive-than-the-ford-pinto/

Sen. Blumenthal is not mincing his words - "ICE agents are being deliberately & purposely trained to break the law & violate Americans’ 4th Amendment rights."

#UsPol
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ICE whistleblower Ryan Schwank:

"For the last 5 months, I watched ICE dismantle the training program, cutting 240 hours of vital classes from a 584 hour program, classes that teach the Constitution, our legal system, firearms training, the use of force, lawful arrests, proper detention and the limits of officers’ authority.

ICE is teaching cadets to violate the Constitution, and they were attempting to cloak it in secrecy by demanding that I lie about it.”

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5751455-ice-officer-training-whistleblower/
#UsPol
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John Oliver's Show covered what's happening with X/Twitter. How it's algorithms are designed to push right-wing content, and how people don't just get away with, but get paid for inciting violence and hate speech. His advice? Leave X.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ZG_xWYLzI

#SocialMedia #LeaveTwitter #LeaveX

Election cycle preview

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:h7qtoo7nxqxarrsijohjhbw4/post/3mfklyijwts2f

RT @amyewalter:

Amy Walter (@amyewalter)

The Brits are showing us how it’s done. Every day they shame our corrupt government more.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2h5oj7dfciesiknuazc3s3mo/post/3mfk6v2rrzu25

Uh oh. Which will be the bigger bomb? Iran or the SOTU?

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:nyjm4ylfid2a7mjm6varxuiq/post/3mfk7ddhhjc2s

Britain is really showing America how it’s done…

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cew8jde9pxqt

Multiple people worked and paid taxes over the course of their entire lives so Kash Patel could go to a hockey game.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kjjhbsc3pp3vkqjsivk6z2yd/post/3mfk4yousdk2r

NEWS: Former ambassador Lord Peter Mandelson has been ARRESTED in the UK after police searched two of his homes as part of an investigation into alleged misconduct in public office tied to the Epstein probe.

RE: https://mastodon.online/@xankarn/116120793504340920

#USPol
Good morning!
I called Sens. Murray and Cantwell.
I begged them to hold the line. No DHS money while there is still money for ICE and the BP.
I got right through to Cantwell's office (206.220.6400). I left a message for Murray (2065535545).

https://5calls.org/ is a convenient way to make calls.

Tesla is having a hard time turning over its FSD traffic violation data https://electrek.co/2026/02/23/tesla-nhtsa-fsd-traffic-violation-investigation-second-extension/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=threads

"The most disturbing part is🚨knowing #ICE left a little girl alone & didn’t care.

Annabella was 6 yrs-old when her dad was detained by ICE *picking up their food order➡️waiting -he never returned to her that day (he came as teenager *no crim record.) Hours later🚨*went outside to look for him.

Acc to her father, A Rodríguez, he told ICE his daughter was home alone.💔Their response: “We’re not here for your daughter. We’re here for you.”
-C Webb

#Evil #DHS #Protest #USPol
https://youtu.be/Xnru5R9a1xA

America will have its own Gulag Archipelago. Twenty-three concentration camps will soon come online, unless, together, we can find and pull the political handbrake.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-01-29/us-spends-hundreds-of-millions-on-warehouses-for-ice-detention-centers

Who'da thunk it

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:nyjm4ylfid2a7mjm6varxuiq/post/3mfjw7smi622w

He knows he's as under water as a jelly fish, but just can't seem to figure out why

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/post/3mfjyniotwm2s

Reup: By demanding that Trump pay Illinois households back (which won't happen), JD Pritzker makes Trump's theft politically toxic. Trump destroyed soybean farmers, bankrupted countless small businesses, and cost average homes $1K+ a year, and it was all illegal. emptywheel.net/jb-pritzkers...

JB Pritzker's Invoice: Payback...

Quietly, the Trump administration is now ending even the life-saving aid that they promised would be preserved

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/02/trump-state-department-ending-aid-seven-african-countries/686106/?gift=hVZeG3M9DnxL4CekrWGK3xzCPg7Z1oVNh5eTu3qO-Zc