Michele Turner
mturner.bsky.social
Michele Turner
@mturner.bsky.social
Boy mom, dog mom, mountain mom. Runner, cyclist, skier. Music lover, LGBTQ Ally. Long-time tech nerd. Irish 🇮🇪 American currently embarrassed by my country. On a mission with my husband to find great decaf coffee. No DMs please!
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Hi all! Just joined today, great to see so many familiar faces and a better algo than Threads. I’m a huge dog lover, athlete, travel junkie and tech nerd. Here are my canine babies:
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Multiple airports are now announcing they will refuse to play Kristi Noem’s government-funded video blaming “Democrats” for the government shutdown.

“We believe the Hatch Act clearly prohibits use of public assets for political purposes and messaging,” one airport said.
October 13, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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ICE agents blocked an ambulance that was trying to take an injured protester to hospital.

"We are still not being allowed to leave by ICE officers.” an EMT said on radio

When driver tried to get out, an agent yelled, "DON’T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN, I WILL SHOOT YOU"

www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...
Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver
Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.
www.wweek.com
October 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.

At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.
October 13, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Got our Covid and flu shots yesterday. No issues other than a couple of sore arms. We have a bunch of travel coming up and wanted the protection.
October 13, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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On this date, Matthew Shephard died 27 years ago. He was beaten, tortured, and left for dead on fence for being gay. Please keep him and his wonderful mother Judy in your thoughts. And let's all work for a world where such horrific things do not happen to anyone. ❤️🏳️‍🌈
October 13, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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This senile liar who currently occupies the White House does not remember that he was President on January 6th.

If you voted for this senile liar, and if you enable him today, you clearly are ok with breaking America. The ruins of our once great nation are because of you.
October 12, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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ONE WEEK FROM TODAY: Make your voices heard. Join us in a peaceful protest across our country against the most corrupt, deceitful & criminal Administration in U.S. History. We say NO KINGS, NO CROOKS, NO SPRAY-TAN CONMAN! 👎

Check for a location near you at: www.nokings.org

#BeThere 👍
No Kings
As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...
www.nokings.org
October 11, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Their cruelty is only matched with their incompetence www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...
Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error
www.nytimes.com
October 12, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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On National Coming Out Day, know that I will always be an ally to you — no matter where you are on your journey.

I know that times may be scary, but you are seen, safe, supported, and loved here in Illinois.
October 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Christian Nationalism doesn’t follow Christ. It’s a power cult.
A Christianity that is known for its cruelty is a Christianity that no longer knows Christ.

"By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another." -Jesus
October 11, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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October 10, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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"She said to me after that - Samantha, 21 years old - all my life I've prepared for this moment. All my life, my mom, 53 years old, who was just going to get meat for a stew, has told me one day this could come."

@jacobsoboroff.bsky.social talks ICE with @timmiller.bsky.social on The Bulwark Pod
October 11, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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Every word he says here is a lie. Every. Single. Word. He’s living in an alternate reality. #25thAmendment.
October 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Just a reminder, the layoffs in govt were just done out of spite, not necessity
October 11, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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Peaceful assembly isn’t an insurrection.

Storming the Capitol to hang your own vice-president and end democracy is.
October 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage
October 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Reminder that NONE of these workers need to be fired because of this shutdown — Trump is just using them as pawns because he views people as expendable if it serves his interests.
October 10, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment
www.nytimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.
"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized
October 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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And the lawsuits will follow promptly. Government shutdowns give presidents no additional authority to dismiss federal workers. We’ll fight these outrageous assaults on civil servants and public services.
October 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.
October 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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The campaign against “antifa” is about establishing a beachhead for further attacks on speech and assembly rights. We see that today in the effort to preemptively label No Kings protesters as “terrorists.”
October 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.
Live Updates: María Corina Machado of Venezuela Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
www.nytimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Indicting your political enemies because they’re your enemies, not because they’ve committed crimes, is unAmerican.
October 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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🐶🐱 New California pet laws!

🐾 3rd party, for-profit sales of cats, puppies and rabbits are now BANNED
🐾 Cats CANNOT be declawed for non-medical reasons
🐾 Sellers MUST disclose origin and health info
🐾 Contracts for pets that include non-refundable deposits will be VOID
October 10, 2025 at 12:08 AM