Boblv
@boblv.bsky.social
Old man on his soap box
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Wine, politics, Nevada, Las Vegas, and live music.
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The ICE agent who shot and killed Renee Good in Minneapolis—and then called her a “fucking bitch” moments before she died in her car—was only placed on three days of administrative leave and continues to work for the agency in another state. trib.al/vGV8tjE
ICE Agent Who Killed Renee Good in Minneapolis Gets Cushy New Job
Jonathan Ross is still avoiding accountability months after he shot and killed Renee Good.
trib.al
May 3, 2026 at 7:37 PM
The ICE agent who shot and killed Renee Good in Minneapolis—and then called her a “fucking bitch” moments before she died in her car—was only placed on three days of administrative leave and continues to work for the agency in another state. trib.al/vGV8tjE
I am done with Corp bailouts. Not until we have affordable education and students loans, universal healthcare, and corp tax increases.
NEW: Trump administration nears a $500 million rescue deal for struggling Spirit Airlines, in a rare move to support a single air carrier.
Spirit Airlines near deal with Trump administration for $500 million rescue package
The struggling discount carrier has filed for bankruptcy twice, and now it's under pressure from higher jet fuel costs due to the Iran war.
nbcnews.to
April 22, 2026 at 5:30 PM
I am done with Corp bailouts. Not until we have affordable education and students loans, universal healthcare, and corp tax increases.
How many children need to day every day from gun violence to make change?
We have mandatory seat belts and airbags in cars,TSA, voter ID laws yet our politicians are silent on gun deaths.
We have mandatory seat belts and airbags in cars,TSA, voter ID laws yet our politicians are silent on gun deaths.
Breaking news: Eight children were killed Sunday in a shooting in Shreveport, Louisiana, that police say appeared to be linked to a domestic disturbance.
Police said the victims ranged in age from 1 to about 14.
Police said the victims ranged in age from 1 to about 14.
8 children killed in Louisiana shooting, police say
The victims ranged in age from 1 to about 14, police said. The shooter, who was related to some of the children, is dead.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 19, 2026 at 5:14 PM
How many children need to day every day from gun violence to make change?
We have mandatory seat belts and airbags in cars,TSA, voter ID laws yet our politicians are silent on gun deaths.
We have mandatory seat belts and airbags in cars,TSA, voter ID laws yet our politicians are silent on gun deaths.
Children die every day from gun violence, yet our politicians do not care.
🔺BREAKING: Eight children killed in Louisiana mass shooting
Eight children killed in Louisiana mass shooting
www.thetimes.com
April 19, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Children die every day from gun violence, yet our politicians do not care.
There will have to be a reckoning for this level of corruption. We will need trials in jail time. We will need laws to prevent this from ever happening again.
The Financial Times is reporting something that should be front-page news everywhere.
Pete Hegseth didn’t just help design the Iran war. He championed it publicly, cheered it on, and sold it to the American people.
Pete Hegseth didn’t just help design the Iran war. He championed it publicly, cheered it on, and sold it to the American people.
Pete Hegseth’s broker looked to buy defence fund before Iran attack
Morgan Stanley wealth manager approached BlackRock about multimillion-dollar investment for US defence secretary
giftarticle.ft.com
April 5, 2026 at 8:55 PM
There will have to be a reckoning for this level of corruption. We will need trials in jail time. We will need laws to prevent this from ever happening again.
The corruption is blatant and open. But the cowardice of the GOP know no equal. They GOP should never be allowed to govern again. They are destroying our nation.
The real story… under any other president this would be jail time…
March 23, 2026 at 2:17 PM
The corruption is blatant and open. But the cowardice of the GOP know no equal. They GOP should never be allowed to govern again. They are destroying our nation.
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Iran is trolling Trump again. Hard. This is what happens when global politics becomes reality TV.
March 16, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Iran is trolling Trump again. Hard. This is what happens when global politics becomes reality TV.
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Markets are priced for an early end to the Iran war. But Tehran won't be seen to let Trump off too easily (via Bloomberg Opinion)
Iran Can’t Let Trump Have His TACO and Walk Away
Markets are betting on an early end to the war, but both sides need to declare victory.
bloom.bg
March 11, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Markets are priced for an early end to the Iran war. But Tehran won't be seen to let Trump off too easily (via Bloomberg Opinion)
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Egg Companies Assure Customers Dozen Has Always Meant 9 https://theonion.com/egg-companies-assure-customers-dozen-has-always-meant-9/
March 7, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Egg Companies Assure Customers Dozen Has Always Meant 9 https://theonion.com/egg-companies-assure-customers-dozen-has-always-meant-9/
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Commentary, only on Apple News: Congress Is Betraying America's Founders by Ceding Power to Trump
The framers of the Constitution believed liberty lived in the friction between governmental branches.
Read: apple.news/A3BI6GaKRSCi...
The framers of the Constitution believed liberty lived in the friction between governmental branches.
Read: apple.news/A3BI6GaKRSCi...
February 28, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Commentary, only on Apple News: Congress Is Betraying America's Founders by Ceding Power to Trump
The framers of the Constitution believed liberty lived in the friction between governmental branches.
Read: apple.news/A3BI6GaKRSCi...
The framers of the Constitution believed liberty lived in the friction between governmental branches.
Read: apple.news/A3BI6GaKRSCi...
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We killed 85 schoolgirls. We are not the good guys.
US-Israeli strike on girls' school kills at least 85 students, Iran's judiciary says
At least 85 students have been killed in US-Israeli strikes that hit an Iranian girls' school in Hormozgan province, Iran's judiciary said on Saturday. Washington has not commented on the reported str...
www.france24.com
February 28, 2026 at 4:00 PM
We killed 85 schoolgirls. We are not the good guys.
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Trump to SCOTUS: ‘You better not take away my tariffs…’
SCOTUS:
SCOTUS:
February 20, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Trump to SCOTUS: ‘You better not take away my tariffs…’
SCOTUS:
SCOTUS:
Let me guess it was a white guy?
I bet he didn’t need to show a birth certificate to buy the gun.
I bet he didn’t need to show a birth certificate to buy the gun.
Mass shooting at Rhode Island ice rink leaves one dead and multiple people injured
trib.al/ac6TSyd
trib.al/ac6TSyd
Mass shooting at Rhode Island ice rink leaves one dead and multiple people injured
The suspected shooter also reportedly died during the incident at Dennis M Lynch Arena in Pawtucket
trib.al
February 16, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Let me guess it was a white guy?
I bet he didn’t need to show a birth certificate to buy the gun.
I bet he didn’t need to show a birth certificate to buy the gun.
After issuing a 10 day no fly zone order, they then revoked it 5 hours ish later.
Incompetence.
Incompetence.
FAA lifts its temporary shutdown of airspace over El Paso, Texas. Officials had announced the sudden pause of flights due to "security reasons." https://cnn.it/45YTaCN
February 11, 2026 at 3:21 PM
After issuing a 10 day no fly zone order, they then revoked it 5 hours ish later.
Incompetence.
Incompetence.
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“Renee was not the first person killed, and she was not the last,” Becca Good said. “You know my wife’s name and you know Alex’s name, but there are many others in this city being harmed that you don’t know — their families are hurting just like mine, even if they don’t look like mine.”
Renee Good's partner addresses Minneapolis immigration crackdown one month after killing
Becca Good has seldom spoken out since Renee Good was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on Jan. 7.
nbcnews.to
February 7, 2026 at 9:00 PM
“Renee was not the first person killed, and she was not the last,” Becca Good said. “You know my wife’s name and you know Alex’s name, but there are many others in this city being harmed that you don’t know — their families are hurting just like mine, even if they don’t look like mine.”
Science!!
Health Rounds: Women who have had an HPV vaccine need fewer cervical cancer screenings reut.rs/4ag4ueT
Health Rounds: Women who have had an HPV vaccine need fewer cervical cancer screenings
Women vaccinated against the human papillomavirus can safely skip many of the cervical cancer screenings that are typically recommended every three to five years, a new study from Norway suggests.
reut.rs
February 6, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Science!!
Dems will need to turn out and in record numbers for the midterms and next presidential election. But more specifically #voting in person. Standing in line for however long it takes to cast the ballot
Dems cannot trust mail in ballots because the GOP are doing everything they can to rig the game
Dems cannot trust mail in ballots because the GOP are doing everything they can to rig the game
February 3, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Dems will need to turn out and in record numbers for the midterms and next presidential election. But more specifically #voting in person. Standing in line for however long it takes to cast the ballot
Dems cannot trust mail in ballots because the GOP are doing everything they can to rig the game
Dems cannot trust mail in ballots because the GOP are doing everything they can to rig the game
20 house dems voted with the GOP?
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social should stand down. We need strong leadership.
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social should stand down. We need strong leadership.
House Democrats vote to help Mike Johnson end the government shutdown.
The vote created harsh divisions among Democrats, some of whom argued that the party should use the shutdown as leverage to force drastic reforms of ICE and Customs and Border Protection.
The vote created harsh divisions among Democrats, some of whom argued that the party should use the shutdown as leverage to force drastic reforms of ICE and Customs and Border Protection.
House Democrats help Mike Johnson end government shutdown, fund DHS and ICE
Many Democrats felt considerable apprehension about the optics of voting for even short-term DHS funding
www.axios.com
February 3, 2026 at 7:51 PM
20 house dems voted with the GOP?
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social should stand down. We need strong leadership.
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social should stand down. We need strong leadership.
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Mini Nazi got fired 😝
Gregory Bovino has been removed from his role as Gestapo “commander at large” and will return to his former post in the middle of the desert, where he is expected to retire soon.
[No word on whether he's turned in the SS uniform yet.]
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Gregory Bovino has been removed from his role as Gestapo “commander at large” and will return to his former post in the middle of the desert, where he is expected to retire soon.
[No word on whether he's turned in the SS uniform yet.]
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Greg Bovino Loses His Job
The Border Patrol chief has been ousted from his role as “commander at large,” and will return to El Centro.
www.theatlantic.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Mini Nazi got fired 😝
Gregory Bovino has been removed from his role as Gestapo “commander at large” and will return to his former post in the middle of the desert, where he is expected to retire soon.
[No word on whether he's turned in the SS uniform yet.]
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Gregory Bovino has been removed from his role as Gestapo “commander at large” and will return to his former post in the middle of the desert, where he is expected to retire soon.
[No word on whether he's turned in the SS uniform yet.]
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Can local police please ask Ice to produce identification. It is to ensure public safety. Don’t want anyone impersonating a law enforcement agent.
Do this every day. Document their names. Then when citizens are being illegally arrested, assaulted, and murdered, they can do a FOIA to get names.
Do this every day. Document their names. Then when citizens are being illegally arrested, assaulted, and murdered, they can do a FOIA to get names.
January 24, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Can local police please ask Ice to produce identification. It is to ensure public safety. Don’t want anyone impersonating a law enforcement agent.
Do this every day. Document their names. Then when citizens are being illegally arrested, assaulted, and murdered, they can do a FOIA to get names.
Do this every day. Document their names. Then when citizens are being illegally arrested, assaulted, and murdered, they can do a FOIA to get names.
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🇺🇸 TMZ: Trump confronted a Ford plant worker in Detroit after the person appeared to shout “pedophile protector” during his tour.
Trump responded by yelling “f*** you” and making an obscene gesture.
Trump responded by yelling “f*** you” and making an obscene gesture.
January 13, 2026 at 9:33 PM
🇺🇸 TMZ: Trump confronted a Ford plant worker in Detroit after the person appeared to shout “pedophile protector” during his tour.
Trump responded by yelling “f*** you” and making an obscene gesture.
Trump responded by yelling “f*** you” and making an obscene gesture.
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For days, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey aggressively countered the Trump administration’s portrayal of Renée Good’s death.
Now, he is becoming one of the most prominent critics of the way the president and his team have depicted the shooting.
Now, he is becoming one of the most prominent critics of the way the president and his team have depicted the shooting.
After ICE shooting, Minneapolis mayor emerges with blunt rebuke of Trump
Democrat Jacob Frey has countered the administration’s portrayal of events in sharp and at times profane terms. His reaction is shaped by a tenure of crises.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:00 AM
For days, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey aggressively countered the Trump administration’s portrayal of Renée Good’s death.
Now, he is becoming one of the most prominent critics of the way the president and his team have depicted the shooting.
Now, he is becoming one of the most prominent critics of the way the president and his team have depicted the shooting.