@skturnquist.bsky.social
Liberal, retired pediatric surgical nurse from Minnesota who hates Donald Trump.
Reposted
There is no reason any of these men need any of this gear. This entire situation is not only dangerous and illegal. It is absurd and stupid.
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
Video: How Battlefield Tech Was Used in Minneapolis
Our reporter Thomas Gibbons-Neff, who deployed twice to Afghanistan as a Marine and later was our Kabul bureau chief, looks at the battlefield technology used for an immigration arrest at a home in Mi...
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:19 AM
There is no reason any of these men need any of this gear. This entire situation is not only dangerous and illegal. It is absurd and stupid.
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
Reposted
Even though this has been reposted more than 6,000 times, it’s never enough because it gets more relevant by the day, especially for everyone working to repel the hell that has been visited upon Minnesota.
No matter how long I live after we get through this dark chapter, I will never get over the immorality, the amorality, the corruption, the criminality and the cruelty in service to one of the worst humans to ever walk the earth.
January 30, 2026 at 1:56 AM
Even though this has been reposted more than 6,000 times, it’s never enough because it gets more relevant by the day, especially for everyone working to repel the hell that has been visited upon Minnesota.
Reposted
“…for the past year, the president has allowed a rift to widen within the team tasked with delivering on the mass-deportation plan…That has led to months of acrimony and left many veteran officials at DHS—including those who support the president’s deportation goals—astonished at the dysfunction.”
January 29, 2026 at 8:48 PM
“…for the past year, the president has allowed a rift to widen within the team tasked with delivering on the mass-deportation plan…That has led to months of acrimony and left many veteran officials at DHS—including those who support the president’s deportation goals—astonished at the dysfunction.”
Reposted
Bannon: “It's quite simple. In the fog of war, right, just look through it. We have to hold the line. There can be no de-escalation at all. You don't need to bring down the temperature. Raise the temperature.“
Steve Bannon calls for Trump to "raise the temperature" in Minneapolis: "You're gonna have to round up some 5-year-olds with their parents"
www.mediamatters.org
January 29, 2026 at 8:14 AM
Bannon: “It's quite simple. In the fog of war, right, just look through it. We have to hold the line. There can be no de-escalation at all. You don't need to bring down the temperature. Raise the temperature.“
Reposted
“For all his rhetoric about putting America first and making America great, Mr. Trump isn’t a nationalist. He’s in league with transnational elites who lack allegiance to this or any country.”
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/o...
Opinion | Trump Is Not a Nationalist. He’s Something Worse.
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2026 at 8:37 PM
“For all his rhetoric about putting America first and making America great, Mr. Trump isn’t a nationalist. He’s in league with transnational elites who lack allegiance to this or any country.”
Reposted
“The United States has plenty of its own history of internal state violence that has led to what is happening in Minneapolis and elsewhere, but the tactics used today by the administration echo Argentina’s Dirty War. And that campaign offers a lens on how to understand them.”
Welcome to Trump’s Remake of Argentina’s Dirty War
The administration is speedrunning the worst abuses of the Latin American nation’s checkered history on the streets of American cities.
newrepublic.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:01 AM
“The United States has plenty of its own history of internal state violence that has led to what is happening in Minneapolis and elsewhere, but the tactics used today by the administration echo Argentina’s Dirty War. And that campaign offers a lens on how to understand them.”
Reposted
Ken Klippenstein: “The major media is stuck on framing the killing of Alex Pretti as some national and partisan battle…but no one is really capturing what the federal law enforcement officers on the ground are thinking. The truth is that they’re fed up and have been for weeks.“
ICE Unloads
Immigration officers speak out: “Fuck this.”
www.kenklippenstein.com
January 28, 2026 at 5:45 AM
Ken Klippenstein: “The major media is stuck on framing the killing of Alex Pretti as some national and partisan battle…but no one is really capturing what the federal law enforcement officers on the ground are thinking. The truth is that they’re fed up and have been for weeks.“
Reposted
Adam Serwer: “If the Minnesota resistance has an overarching ideology, you could call it “neighborism”—a commitment to protecting the people around you, no matter who they are or where they came from. The contrast with the philosophy guiding the Trump administration couldn’t be more extreme.”
Minnesota Proved MAGA Wrong
The pushback against ICE exposed a series of mistaken assumptions.
www.theatlantic.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:19 AM
Adam Serwer: “If the Minnesota resistance has an overarching ideology, you could call it “neighborism”—a commitment to protecting the people around you, no matter who they are or where they came from. The contrast with the philosophy guiding the Trump administration couldn’t be more extreme.”
Reposted
Trump’s shuffling of the deck chairs to stall for time is the
most time-honored, politically-hackneyed move imaginable.
most time-honored, politically-hackneyed move imaginable.
January 26, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Trump’s shuffling of the deck chairs to stall for time is the
most time-honored, politically-hackneyed move imaginable.
most time-honored, politically-hackneyed move imaginable.
Reposted
An anti-corruption lawyer who worked with Fifa on potential reforms when Blatter was president, has this advice for fans: “avoid the United States!…Upon arrival, fans should expect that if they don’t behave properly with the authorities, they will be immediately sent home. If they’re lucky …”
Sepp Blatter suggests fans should not travel to US for World Cup
The ex-Fifa boss showed his support of a Swiss lawyer who called for a boycott of the tournament due to security concerns in the US
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2026 at 8:26 PM
An anti-corruption lawyer who worked with Fifa on potential reforms when Blatter was president, has this advice for fans: “avoid the United States!…Upon arrival, fans should expect that if they don’t behave properly with the authorities, they will be immediately sent home. If they’re lucky …”
Reposted
This witness to Alex Pretti's murder not only refutes the governmen't story, but says she is afraid to go home because federal agents might arrest her. This is what it feels like to live under state terror.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
TincherSealedWitnessDec012426.PDF
www.documentcloud.org
January 25, 2026 at 2:43 PM
This witness to Alex Pretti's murder not only refutes the governmen't story, but says she is afraid to go home because federal agents might arrest her. This is what it feels like to live under state terror.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Reposted
In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.
January 23, 2026 at 4:01 PM
In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.
Reposted
this one here shows his intent was murder and not self defense!!!!!!
January 7, 2026 at 6:28 PM
this one here shows his intent was murder and not self defense!!!!!!
Reposted
10/10. No notes.
January 6, 2026 at 5:27 PM
10/10. No notes.
Reposted
The photo of Ghislaine Maxwell you hardly ever see.
Across the board, Web sites to TV news show the glamour shots at probably a 100 to 1 ratio, if not more. They hardly ever show this image, the only one that reflects her current situation.
Across the board, Web sites to TV news show the glamour shots at probably a 100 to 1 ratio, if not more. They hardly ever show this image, the only one that reflects her current situation.
August 2, 2025 at 10:40 PM
The photo of Ghislaine Maxwell you hardly ever see.
Across the board, Web sites to TV news show the glamour shots at probably a 100 to 1 ratio, if not more. They hardly ever show this image, the only one that reflects her current situation.
Across the board, Web sites to TV news show the glamour shots at probably a 100 to 1 ratio, if not more. They hardly ever show this image, the only one that reflects her current situation.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/u...
An Accuser’s Story Suggests How Trump Might Appear in the Epstein Files
www.nytimes.com
July 20, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/u...
Reposted
Oh I am not shitposting, folks.
Stephen Miller, his wife, and Elon are widely rumored to be a throuple.
Now Miller's wife is leaving the Trump team to be with Musk & LITERALLY PER THE NEW YORK TIMES Stephen is angrily subtweeting Musk.
They actually put it in the paper of record that he was mad
Stephen Miller, his wife, and Elon are widely rumored to be a throuple.
Now Miller's wife is leaving the Trump team to be with Musk & LITERALLY PER THE NEW YORK TIMES Stephen is angrily subtweeting Musk.
They actually put it in the paper of record that he was mad
Meanwhile Stephen Miller is furiously subtweeting Musk on X
May 29, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Oh I am not shitposting, folks.
Stephen Miller, his wife, and Elon are widely rumored to be a throuple.
Now Miller's wife is leaving the Trump team to be with Musk & LITERALLY PER THE NEW YORK TIMES Stephen is angrily subtweeting Musk.
They actually put it in the paper of record that he was mad
Stephen Miller, his wife, and Elon are widely rumored to be a throuple.
Now Miller's wife is leaving the Trump team to be with Musk & LITERALLY PER THE NEW YORK TIMES Stephen is angrily subtweeting Musk.
They actually put it in the paper of record that he was mad
‘The Press Has Sanewashed Trump’s Dementia and Mental Illness’: Dr. John Gartner mindsitenews.org/2025/04/01/s...
The Press Has 'Sanewashed' Trump's Dementia and Mental Illness - MindSite News
The psychologist and founder of Duty to Warn says the press ignores the fact the aging Trump has dementia and severe mental illness.
mindsitenews.org
April 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
‘The Press Has Sanewashed Trump’s Dementia and Mental Illness’: Dr. John Gartner mindsitenews.org/2025/04/01/s...
Reposted
This is the guy that every single Republican in the Senate is going to act like is unacceptable ad Deputy FBI Director and then vote for after pussing out again. Dan Bongino is a fascist monster.
February 24, 2025 at 2:33 AM
This is the guy that every single Republican in the Senate is going to act like is unacceptable ad Deputy FBI Director and then vote for after pussing out again. Dan Bongino is a fascist monster.
Reposted
As I am reading about breakthroughs like this
www.sciencefriday.com/segments/pan...
www.sciencefriday.com/segments/pan...
A Vaccine For Pancreatic Cancer Continues To Show Promise
In a small trial, nearly half of pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine for the disease had no relapse three years later.
www.sciencefriday.com
February 21, 2025 at 10:50 PM
As I am reading about breakthroughs like this
www.sciencefriday.com/segments/pan...
www.sciencefriday.com/segments/pan...
Reposted
“We’ll see you in court.”
Gov. Janet Mills is a badass for this.
Gov. Janet Mills is a badass for this.
TRUMP: The NCAA has complied immediately. That's good. But I understand Maine -- is the governor of Maine here?
JANET MILLS: Yeah I'm here
TRUMP: Are you not gonna comply?
JM: I'm going to comply with state and federal law
T: You better do it bc you're not gonna get any federal funding at all
JANET MILLS: Yeah I'm here
TRUMP: Are you not gonna comply?
JM: I'm going to comply with state and federal law
T: You better do it bc you're not gonna get any federal funding at all
February 21, 2025 at 7:11 PM
“We’ll see you in court.”
Gov. Janet Mills is a badass for this.
Gov. Janet Mills is a badass for this.
Reposted
A case of tuberculosis has been confirmed at a Michigan school.
Just as the Senate considers an avowed anti-vaxxer to lead our nation’s health agencies.
Just as the Senate considers an avowed anti-vaxxer to lead our nation’s health agencies.
Tuberculosis case confirmed at Kalamazoo school, health officials launch investigation
An investigation is being launched after an individual at a local school was diagnosed with tuberculosis.
wwmt.com
February 2, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A case of tuberculosis has been confirmed at a Michigan school.
Just as the Senate considers an avowed anti-vaxxer to lead our nation’s health agencies.
Just as the Senate considers an avowed anti-vaxxer to lead our nation’s health agencies.
Reposted
NEW: Sources tell my office that Treasury Secretary Bessent has granted DOGE *full* access to this system. Social Security and Medicare benefits, grants, payments to government contractors, including those that compete directly with Musk's own companies. All of it.
NEWS: Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System
Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System | The United States Senate Committee on Finance
Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System
www.finance.senate.gov
February 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
NEW: Sources tell my office that Treasury Secretary Bessent has granted DOGE *full* access to this system. Social Security and Medicare benefits, grants, payments to government contractors, including those that compete directly with Musk's own companies. All of it.