Peter Steward Scholtes
@petescholtes.bsky.social
I’ve written and taught. Profile photos from Sapsucker Farms Yellow Belly Cidery, Mora, Minnesota, USA, 2022. He/him.
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Stepped into another world yesterday at Soulspace Sanctuary for farm animals in Wisconsin, where Mary Bue played to a crowd that included a nearby roaming donkey and honking peacock, and Stephanie Winter’s Mere Kats covered Kirsty MacColl’s “They Don’t Know” as chickens socialized across species!
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"Trump Is Already Discussing Preemptive Pardons For His Lawless Administration"
The revelation comes as Pete Hegseth faces scrutiny for a possible war crime, and as a judge pursues a contempt inquiry into the defiance of his order.
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The revelation comes as Pete Hegseth faces scrutiny for a possible war crime, and as a judge pursues a contempt inquiry into the defiance of his order.
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Trump Is Already Discussing Preemptive Pardons For His Lawless Administration
The revelation comes as Pete Hegseth faces scrutiny for a possible war crime, and as a judge pursues a contempt inquiry into the defiance of his order.
zeteo.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:50 AM
"Trump Is Already Discussing Preemptive Pardons For His Lawless Administration"
The revelation comes as Pete Hegseth faces scrutiny for a possible war crime, and as a judge pursues a contempt inquiry into the defiance of his order.
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The revelation comes as Pete Hegseth faces scrutiny for a possible war crime, and as a judge pursues a contempt inquiry into the defiance of his order.
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Finally, it’s official: Happy 100th birthday, Dick Van Dyke!
December 13, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Finally, it’s official: Happy 100th birthday, Dick Van Dyke!
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I will post this song (by the guys from St. Paul) every time I hear about people treating them totally awfully. Nice job MN!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j13k...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j13k...
Husker Du - Ice Cold Ice - Pinkpop Festival 6/08/87
YouTube video by HUSKERchout
www.youtube.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:59 AM
I will post this song (by the guys from St. Paul) every time I hear about people treating them totally awfully. Nice job MN!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j13k...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j13k...
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This article is sympathetic towards ICE but still a good read because it's clear that Minneapolis and Saint Paul are doing AMAZING work (with a little assistance from our weather).
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
ICE operation shows the difficulty of immigration arrests amid pushback in frigid Minnesota
NBC News was granted exclusive access to accompany Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers as they tried to arrest targets in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area.
www.nbcnews.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:55 PM
This article is sympathetic towards ICE but still a good read because it's clear that Minneapolis and Saint Paul are doing AMAZING work (with a little assistance from our weather).
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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BREAKING: Seattle Children's Hospital successfully fought this summer to get DOJ's invasive trans care subpoena quashed.
The Seattle court partially unsealed the case this week.
This was the fourth, previously sealed case mentioned in this recent Law Dork report: www.lawdork.com/p/judges-doj...
The Seattle court partially unsealed the case this week.
This was the fourth, previously sealed case mentioned in this recent Law Dork report: www.lawdork.com/p/judges-doj...
December 13, 2025 at 4:59 AM
BREAKING: Seattle Children's Hospital successfully fought this summer to get DOJ's invasive trans care subpoena quashed.
The Seattle court partially unsealed the case this week.
This was the fourth, previously sealed case mentioned in this recent Law Dork report: www.lawdork.com/p/judges-doj...
The Seattle court partially unsealed the case this week.
This was the fourth, previously sealed case mentioned in this recent Law Dork report: www.lawdork.com/p/judges-doj...
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Exactly. The full weight of the White House propaganda and legal apparatus bearing down on one day laborer and his family for months simply because the addled despot can never be wrong.
It’s really atrocious how they threw the full force of the federal government at this one guy because he embarrassed them by being innocent of everything except trying to live his life.
Only one of many, unfortunately. But he got publicity so he had to be destroyed.
Only one of many, unfortunately. But he got publicity so he had to be destroyed.
Remarkable how brutal the ruling against Trump on Abrego Garcia truly is: It details flagrant and malicious abuses of power all throughout. Trump and Stephen Miller were testing their ability to spread lawless state terror. But the court held the line. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
December 13, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Exactly. The full weight of the White House propaganda and legal apparatus bearing down on one day laborer and his family for months simply because the addled despot can never be wrong.
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I do agree with this point from Greg, something I wrote about over the spring — www.lawdork.com/p/trump-told... — and that has become all the more clear since. It should be noted, however, that aspects of this plan — particularly as to third-country removal — have largely been successful
There's ample evidence that Trump/Miller saw Abrego Garcia as a test for the broader MAGA project. Miller hopes to carve out power for Trump to remove people with zero legal constraints. JD Vance's dishonesty has been reprehensible. It all now looks even worse. 4/
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
December 12, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I do agree with this point from Greg, something I wrote about over the spring — www.lawdork.com/p/trump-told... — and that has become all the more clear since. It should be noted, however, that aspects of this plan — particularly as to third-country removal — have largely been successful
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like the sickly old emperor raging at the clouds ... "don't make it sound so bad"
Q: At the end of this year, those extended Obamacare subsidies expire. What's your message to those 24m Americans who will see their premiums go up?
TRUMP: Don't make it sound so bad. Obviously you're a sycophant for Democrats. You're obviously a provider of bad news for Republicans.
TRUMP: Don't make it sound so bad. Obviously you're a sycophant for Democrats. You're obviously a provider of bad news for Republicans.
December 12, 2025 at 11:36 PM
like the sickly old emperor raging at the clouds ... "don't make it sound so bad"
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Well, there's a photo I never expected to see in my life. Noam Chomsky palling around with Steve Bannon.
December 12, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Well, there's a photo I never expected to see in my life. Noam Chomsky palling around with Steve Bannon.
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I hope all those ICE agents from Florida and Texas have a lovely weekend here! 🥰
December 13, 2025 at 1:53 AM
I hope all those ICE agents from Florida and Texas have a lovely weekend here! 🥰
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oh hell yeah I love Bill Bailey and am so glad to read this! I used to love Richard Ayoade until he blurbed Linehan as “a man of great principle” and realize he has none
Graham Linehan has such little self-awareness he *really* doesn’t understand how totally unhinged he seems in his ‘woe is me’ batshit crazy ranting! 😬
He’s the ‘cautionary tale’ of what obsessive ‘gender critical’ transphobia leads to: no friends, no life, and spaghetti carbonara for one!
He’s the ‘cautionary tale’ of what obsessive ‘gender critical’ transphobia leads to: no friends, no life, and spaghetti carbonara for one!
December 13, 2025 at 2:35 AM
oh hell yeah I love Bill Bailey and am so glad to read this! I used to love Richard Ayoade until he blurbed Linehan as “a man of great principle” and realize he has none
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Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s Nephew speaks out after ICE arrest: I think what I would have to say to Karoline is just because you went to a catholic school doesn't make you a good catholic.
December 13, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s Nephew speaks out after ICE arrest: I think what I would have to say to Karoline is just because you went to a catholic school doesn't make you a good catholic.
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It’s really atrocious how they threw the full force of the federal government at this one guy because he embarrassed them by being innocent of everything except trying to live his life.
Only one of many, unfortunately. But he got publicity so he had to be destroyed.
Only one of many, unfortunately. But he got publicity so he had to be destroyed.
Remarkable how brutal the ruling against Trump on Abrego Garcia truly is: It details flagrant and malicious abuses of power all throughout. Trump and Stephen Miller were testing their ability to spread lawless state terror. But the court held the line. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
Fiasco for Trump as Judge Issues Harsh Rebuke in Abrego Garcia Case
Judge Paula Xinis’s ruling temporarily freed Kilmar Abrego Garcia from custody. It also savagely indicted Trump’s lawless handling of this whole affair from start to finish.
newrepublic.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:29 AM
It’s really atrocious how they threw the full force of the federal government at this one guy because he embarrassed them by being innocent of everything except trying to live his life.
Only one of many, unfortunately. But he got publicity so he had to be destroyed.
Only one of many, unfortunately. But he got publicity so he had to be destroyed.
Protest outside ICE headquarters in St. Paul today: “Jesus was a refugee.” @mn50501.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Protest outside ICE headquarters in St. Paul today: “Jesus was a refugee.” @mn50501.bsky.social
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In the spirit of Broadview in Chicago, please come out and support the ICE watch at Whipple today at Ft Snelling!
The Whipple building is where ICE gathers and leaves for raids and kidnapping people off the street.
ICE Watch. All day today!!
The Whipple building is where ICE gathers and leaves for raids and kidnapping people off the street.
ICE Watch. All day today!!
December 12, 2025 at 6:19 PM
In the spirit of Broadview in Chicago, please come out and support the ICE watch at Whipple today at Ft Snelling!
The Whipple building is where ICE gathers and leaves for raids and kidnapping people off the street.
ICE Watch. All day today!!
The Whipple building is where ICE gathers and leaves for raids and kidnapping people off the street.
ICE Watch. All day today!!
‘In the spirit of Broadview in Chicago, please come out and support the ICE watch at Whipple today at Ft Snelling!
‘The Whipple building is where ICE gathers and leaves for raids and kidnapping people off the street…
‘All day today.’
— from @mn50501.bsky.social on Facebook
‘The Whipple building is where ICE gathers and leaves for raids and kidnapping people off the street…
‘All day today.’
— from @mn50501.bsky.social on Facebook
December 12, 2025 at 5:19 PM
‘In the spirit of Broadview in Chicago, please come out and support the ICE watch at Whipple today at Ft Snelling!
‘The Whipple building is where ICE gathers and leaves for raids and kidnapping people off the street…
‘All day today.’
— from @mn50501.bsky.social on Facebook
‘The Whipple building is where ICE gathers and leaves for raids and kidnapping people off the street…
‘All day today.’
— from @mn50501.bsky.social on Facebook
‘During the solstice, the darkest time of the year, join artists and neighbors to show support for our immigrant communities and protest I.C.E. forces by lighting ice lanterns at the Minnesota State Capitol. There will be a short, peaceful program… at sunset. Organized by @mn50501.bsky.social.’
December 12, 2025 at 12:38 PM
‘During the solstice, the darkest time of the year, join artists and neighbors to show support for our immigrant communities and protest I.C.E. forces by lighting ice lanterns at the Minnesota State Capitol. There will be a short, peaceful program… at sunset. Organized by @mn50501.bsky.social.’
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New: a US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) AS350 helicopter is flying around the Twin Cities today. They're used for surveillance, with a big camera pod and spotlight mounted on their belly.
Some reporting from 2021, the last time they were in the news here: unicornriot.ninja/2021/aerial-...
Some reporting from 2021, the last time they were in the news here: unicornriot.ninja/2021/aerial-...
Aerial Surveillance in Twin Cities Frustrates, Alarms Residents - UNICORN RIOT
A bevy of surveillance planes and helicopters from federal and state authorities have recently been circling the Twin Cities metro area.
unicornriot.ninja
December 11, 2025 at 6:41 PM
New: a US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) AS350 helicopter is flying around the Twin Cities today. They're used for surveillance, with a big camera pod and spotlight mounted on their belly.
Some reporting from 2021, the last time they were in the news here: unicornriot.ninja/2021/aerial-...
Some reporting from 2021, the last time they were in the news here: unicornriot.ninja/2021/aerial-...
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Clouds around sunset today (pre-5pm)
December 12, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Clouds around sunset today (pre-5pm)
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Lindsey Graham voted to confirm RFK Jr.
The people of South Carolina should vote for @drannieandrews.com.
The people of South Carolina should vote for @drannieandrews.com.
The measles outbreak in South Carolina is “accelerating” with no end in sight following Thanksgiving and other large gatherings, state health officials say.
South Carolina measles outbreak is 'accelerating,' driving hundreds into quarantine
Some students who remain unvaccinated are now in a second 21-day quarantine since the beginning of the school year.
nbcnews.to
December 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Lindsey Graham voted to confirm RFK Jr.
The people of South Carolina should vote for @drannieandrews.com.
The people of South Carolina should vote for @drannieandrews.com.
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Federal agents used chemical irritants to push through an angry crowd that blocked their vehicles as they checked identifications in a heavily Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis on Tuesday, amid the Trump administration’s ongoing crackdown targeting the community.
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
Federal agents have used chemical irritant to disperse a crowd in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis. This happened Tuesday during a identification checks amid the Trump administration's cra...
www.mprnews.org
December 10, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Federal agents used chemical irritants to push through an angry crowd that blocked their vehicles as they checked identifications in a heavily Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis on Tuesday, amid the Trump administration’s ongoing crackdown targeting the community.
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The agents handcuffed the man, took him across 4th Street and pushed him onto his knees in the snow. One put him in a choke hold.
“I have my ID!” he shouted repeatedly, as heard on video. The agents do not respond.
“I have my ID!” he shouted repeatedly, as heard on video. The agents do not respond.
ICE agents tackle, arrest American citizen in Minneapolis
Federal immigration agents tackled and arrested a Somali American man in Minneapolis on Tuesday and detained him for about two hours for no apparent reason other than his ethnicity.
www.mprnews.org
December 11, 2025 at 1:09 AM
The agents handcuffed the man, took him across 4th Street and pushed him onto his knees in the snow. One put him in a choke hold.
“I have my ID!” he shouted repeatedly, as heard on video. The agents do not respond.
“I have my ID!” he shouted repeatedly, as heard on video. The agents do not respond.
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To share more about Minnesotans’ rights while observing immigration actions and ICE agents, Erika Zurawski, co-founder of the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee, joined Cathy Wurzer on Morning Edition.
'Do's and don'ts' if you monitor ICE agents, immigration actions in Minnesota
To share more about Minnesotans’ rights while observing immigration actions and ICE agents, Erika Zurawski, co-founder of the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee, joined Cathy Wurzer on Mornin...
www.mprnews.org
December 11, 2025 at 8:35 PM
To share more about Minnesotans’ rights while observing immigration actions and ICE agents, Erika Zurawski, co-founder of the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee, joined Cathy Wurzer on Morning Edition.
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Green energy advocates in Minnesota are praising the ruling this week by a federal judge in Mass. declaring President Trump’s executive order freezing new permits for wind energy projects “unlawful.” The ruling is in favor of Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and 17 other attorneys general.
U.S. judge rules Trump administration’s freeze on wind energy permits is unlawful
A federal district court judge in Massachusetts this week ruled in favor of Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and 17 other attorneys general, and vacated President Trump’s executive order banni...
www.mprnews.org
December 11, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Green energy advocates in Minnesota are praising the ruling this week by a federal judge in Mass. declaring President Trump’s executive order freezing new permits for wind energy projects “unlawful.” The ruling is in favor of Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and 17 other attorneys general.