Lifeboat

Lifeboat

@biglifejacket.bsky.social

Lover of beauty, absurdity and the infinite perfection of Creation. 🌏 Constitutionalist, Environmentalist, New Mexican, Fellow Traveler on Earth. Fight when I have to: NOW.🥊

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"Witnessing such a young elephant lose its life to trophy hunting is a painful reminder of why we cannot allow this to continue.Together, let's demand stricter regulations and an immediate ban on trophy hunting. Our wildlife deserves better. #BanTrophyHuntingNow"

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RFK: "There's five hundred million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature."

Wow. 🇺🇸 Well, Don, everything's going exactly according to plan, isn't it?

Jamie Dupree@jamiedupree.bsky.social

Two former Governors of South Carolina - one from each party - have endorsed Democrat Annie Andrews who is running against Sen. Darline Graham R-SC

Especially ridiculous because the claim is based on the 2-hour extension of voting which both Lula and Bolsonaro asked for.

Brandy Zadrozny@brandyzadrozny.bsky.social

After a stunning election victory for President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Brazil, U.S. right-wingers are falling back on an old favorite: baseless claims that the contest was rigged. www.ms.now/news/flavio-...

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It's wrong in a more basic way: if you're encountering "so many" Americans who have a strong interest in the Brazilian election, it's a reminder your personal social media feed is a highly unrepresentative niche of people with at least a 95th percentile level of interest in politics generally.

Dan Mauler 🎃@meelar.bsky.social

I just think Matt's wrong about this. We're at a point in our technological development where a ton of problems spill over national borders--if Flavio Bolsonaro burns down the Amazon, that will flood houses in Miami.

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MAGA (Last Week): "Trump endorsed Bolsonaro. Make Brazil Great Again! A victory there guarantees us the mid-terms. Let's go!" MAGA (This Morning): "Nobody cares about an election in a third-world country! It means nothing."

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The lesson from Brazil is that democracy cannot be taken for granted. Defeating authoritarianism at the ballot box is only part of the struggle. Defending democratic institutions, protecting civil rights and demanding accountability require strong, sustained, principled public participation.

Anonymous@youranoncentral.bsky.social

Lula wins Brazil election! Stops Latin America right wing wave!

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A friendly reminder to celebrate the wins when you can. 👏

Patrick Wyman@patrickwyman.bsky.social

Lula winning is great for the planet, great for Brazil, and great for people who aren't revanchist assholes everywhere in the world, but let's not forget that it's also going to make some of the worst people on Earth extremely sad and mad. We should enjoy that, as a little treat.

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The lessons from Brazil and Serbia? Don't concede one inch of ground to the far right. Don't appease. Don't triangulate. Don't grovel. Don't say they have "legitimate concerns". Mobilise your base, and fight them with all the democratic means at your disposal.

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Jesse Ventura: “If Donald Trump would have gone in the military, he would have been the guy that wet his bed, cried for his mom, went hysterical, and would be carted out in the middle of the night. The man’s a coward. He’s a bully. All bullies are cowards. That’s why they’re bullies”

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GOP Rep. Randy Fine says he's been open to deporting Melania Trump and Elon Musk if it turns out they lied on their paperwork

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The Republican Party surrounding themselves with pedophiles, rapists, and their supporters is nothing short of a bizarre turn for the Moral Majority folks.

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MORAL BANKRUPTCY Why are Vivek Ramaswamy, Donald Trump, and JD Vance doubling down on an ad weaponizing Amy Acton’s childhood trauma? Because apparently exploiting a survivor’s abuse wasn’t disgusting enough the first time.

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Big Oil profits have skyrocketed since Trump launched his Iran War. Meanwhile, Trump himself owns up to $81 million in oil and gas stocks — which have increased in value by 43% since the end of 2025. When Trump says "we're making a freaking fortune," understand who he is really talking about.

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So wait, is JD Vance finally admitting we didn't obliterate Iran and did nothing but stupidly stir up a hornet's nest in the Middle East? 🤡

M Meerkat@kackbro.bsky.social

THIS 👇 HERE TOO........

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The Democrats’ focus on affordability seems to be a winning strategy. But we mustn’t lose sight of the moral squalor at the core of the Trump regime and the necessity of ending it. My latest for The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/23/trump-moral-squalor

theguardian.comAmerica must reverse Trump’s moral squalor | Robert ReichThe president shows a unique disregard for the opinions, norms and ideals of the nation – and, for that matter, humanity

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Albania is erupting, and Ben Meiselas is calling attention to the Trump family's connection. As protesters clash with police, Ben points to the controversial island development involving Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump. He calls it a “Trumpenstein Epstein-style oligarchical island.”