Mike Stenstrom

Proud Navy veteran (retired). NO CRYPTO

[Mike Stenstrom @StenstromMike]

@TJandCasper Born and raised in 3 blocks from the Mayo. Size and liberal leadership has ruined this once solid town.

[Rare 🇺🇸 @RareImagery]

Which one hurts more?

[The BOB & TOM Show @bobandtom]

It is with profound sadness that we announce the loss of Bob Kevoian, beloved co-founder and longtime host of The Bob & Tom Show, who passed away peacefully Friday afternoon at his home, surrounded by family and friends. Details regarding memorial services will be shared at a later time.

[Mike Stenstrom @StenstromMike]

@TJandCasper John I am so sorry for your loss. May the good lord give you strength and comfort in knowing that Casper led a life well lived. He was the bestest boy!

[Mike Stenstrom @StenstromMike]

@archeohistories @histories_arch I joined the Navy in 1982, and was paid in cash for a year on my first ship.

[Charlie Berens @CharlieBerens]

Coming to a small town near you... 👾

Grant County, WI - 4/16
Monticello, MN - 4/13, 4/27
Beloit, WI - 4/6, 4/20
Beaver Dam, WI - 4/6, 4/20
Rockford, IL - 4/6, 4/20
Hermantown, MN - 4/6, 4/20
Pine Island, MN - 4/7
Menomonie, WI - 4/9

[Mike Stenstrom @StenstromMike]

Mr President: The British have announced that Diego Garcia is off limits again. Please detail SecState to open negotiations with the Chagosian government for the purchase of DG. Do this quietly. Then give the BIOT the boot. There is no try - only do.

[MERICA MEMED @Mericamemed]

All physics is out the window when you drop a screw.

[Secretary of War Pete Hegseth @SecWar]

Our military installations have been turned into gun-free zones—leaving our service members vulnerable and exposed.

That ends today.

[Mike Stenstrom @StenstromMike]

@LouisvilleGun Used the HF version to lift and adjust an entire deck at my house. Worked just as well as the classic version.

[Mike Stenstrom @StenstromMike]

@SurvivalReport 1. Procure on line divinity certificate.
2. Select a song for your religion. I’d suggest something from Iron Maiden.
3. Gear up for your call to prayer - Watts=Volts/impedance.

[DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican]

Hello Senator Thune,

At 3 AM on Friday, March 27th, in a near-empty chamber, you passed a bill by voice vote that excludes all funding for ICE and CBP.

Let me repeat that: voice vote. No roll call. No record of who was there. No accountability. Just you, Barrasso, and a handful of senators shuffling paper in the dead of night while America slept.

You could have demanded a recorded vote. You chose not to.

You could have held the line for five more days until the House returned. You chose not to.

You could have used the same procedural tools Democrats have used against you for 40 days. You chose not to.

Instead, you gave Chuck Schumer exactly what he asked for, DHS funding minus immigration enforcement, and called it a win. Then you walked to the cameras and blamed the Democrats.

Let's be precise about what you did:

1. You caved to a demand Democrats made on Day 1 of this shutdown. Forty-one days of supposed hardball negotiation, and you settled for their opening offer.
2. You handed them a template. The next time Democrats want to defund any agency — ICE, CBP, or anything else — they now know: just shut down DHS and wait. John Thune will fold at 3 AM.
3. You punted to reconciliation. "Good possibility," you said. Not "we will." Not "guaranteed." Just maybe. Meanwhile, ICE operates on fumes from last year's bill with no certainty of future funding.

The precedent you set:

You have argued for months that the filibuster is sacrosanct. That the 60-vote threshold protects minority rights. That we cannot bend Senate rules for policy wins.

But at 3 AM on Friday, you bent every norm that actually mattered:

• Voice vote to avoid accountability
• Empty chamber to avoid debate
• Midnight deal to avoid scrutiny
• Immediate recess to avoid questions

You'll bend the rules to avoid a fight. You just won't bend them to win one.

What you've actually accomplished:

Democrats demanded ICE restrictions. They got ICE defunded.

Not reformed. Not restrained. Defunded.

And you're out here tweeting about how Democrats are the "Defund the Police" party while you just voted to defund border enforcement at 3 in the morning.
The question you should answer:

Why did this deal have to happen at 3 AM?

Why couldn't it happen at 3 PM, with cameras rolling and every senator on record?

You know why. Because you didn't want your voters to see what surrender looks like.

Here's my message: We saw it anyway.

Stop hiding behind "Democrat obstruction." You're the Majority Leader. You set the schedule. You control the floor. You chose this outcome.

Own it.

[OneOutOfFour @OneOutOf4]

Not sure when to start collecting your social security? This is a pretty good explanation to consider.

[Mike Stenstrom @StenstromMike]

@UltraDane And if @SecWar gets to it first then it’s chain of command should be on the carpet as well.

[Mike Stenstrom @StenstromMike]

@DisrespectedThe It’s a crying shame that the massive increase in home school hasn’t caused an inverse decline in the number of union-organized brain washers.

[Mike Stenstrom @StenstromMike]

@amyklobuchar The American dream of owning a home ended the day you and your ilk forced lenders into the sub-prime markets in the name of equity. Then you doubled down by flooding the economy with covid bucks. Shame…SHAME.

[Mike Stenstrom @StenstromMike]

Chuck Norris did not die. He simply decided god wasn’t doing it right.

[The Kevin Lloyd Project @KLloydProject]

A Marine died of a combat-related injury on American soil.
And his children are still being denied what he earned with his life.

SecNav told the world Sgt. Kevin Lee Lloyd’s children would receive the combat-related benefits he earned.
That does not align with the reality my children are facing.

Sgt. Lloyd was NOT granted 100% medical retirement for the cancer that killed him.
They gave him 60% PDRL for migraines—and denied responsibility for his stage IV colorectal cancer caused by burn pits, even though it is 100% service-connected under the PACT Act.

He was ordered into the burn pits in 2007 by a superior officer during Operation Iraqi Freedom—2/3 Fox Company, Kaneohe Bay.
Because the trash wasn’t sorted, they sent a Lance Corporal into a toxic cesspool.

That exposure is what killed him.
And they still refuse to take responsibility.

The day after he died, they made their announcement.
Because they waited, my children were stripped of the combat-related benefits their father earned with his life.

And this is exactly why the Major Richard Star Act matters.

Because right now—even when a service member is medically retired—
the system still finds ways to deny, delay, or offset the very benefits they earned through combat.

My son is a Type 1 diabetic.
He does not have insulin coverage.

I gave up everything—my career, my health, our home—
and spent 141 days at his bedside so he wouldn’t die alone.

We built a home for him to come back to.
A home he promised our boys they would never have to leave.

Now we are at risk of losing it.

This is not what was promised.
This is what failure looks like.

Pass the Major Richard Star Act.
Fix what was done to Sgt. Lloyd’s family.

Help me get this in front of someone who will act.

@SecNav @USNavy @USMC @DeptofDefense @DeptVetAffairs @SenTedCruz @JohnCornyn @RepLuttrell @HouseVetAffairs @SVACdems

#StandWithSgtLloyd #Veteran #RichardStarAct #BurnPits #PACTAct #Type1Diabetes #MilitaryFamilies #GoldStarFamily #NoVeteranLeftBehind

[Mike Stenstrom @StenstromMike]

@KLloydProject @InfragilisTee @SECNAV @RepVanOrden not your district, but this is a travesty.