Julie Anne Yaple Johnson
@jayzz.bsky.social
Retired commuinty college physics prof. Democrat. Lutheran. Caregiver. Can't believe we elected a felon.
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1. ICE has STOPPED PAYING for medical treatment for its 73,000 detainees
ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
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ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
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ICE has stopped paying for detainee medical treatment
ICE halted payments in October, and the situation will persist for at least several more months
popular.info
January 20, 2026 at 1:42 PM
1. ICE has STOPPED PAYING for medical treatment for its 73,000 detainees
ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
🧵
ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
🧵
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To the British parliament (I think)--treat Trump like the bully he is. Kudos to Ed Davey.
Ed Davey -
Trump is acting like an international gangster.
The Prime Minister has tried appeasing him for 12 months and has failed. It's time we finally stood up to him and united with our European allies to make him back down.
Trump is acting like an international gangster.
The Prime Minister has tried appeasing him for 12 months and has failed. It's time we finally stood up to him and united with our European allies to make him back down.
January 20, 2026 at 4:00 PM
To the British parliament (I think)--treat Trump like the bully he is. Kudos to Ed Davey.
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BREAKING: The President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, just delivered the strongest rebuke of Donald Trump we’ve seen yet regarding Greenland. Wow.
January 19, 2026 at 9:52 PM
BREAKING: The President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, just delivered the strongest rebuke of Donald Trump we’ve seen yet regarding Greenland. Wow.
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im starting to think this country has bigger issues than pronouns in bio and corporate diversity training videos
January 20, 2026 at 2:26 PM
im starting to think this country has bigger issues than pronouns in bio and corporate diversity training videos
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#Justice4ReneeNicoleGood ⚖️
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BRENNAN: Tell me about the officer, Jonathan Ross
KRISTI NOEM: Don't say his name! I mean, for heaven's sake, we shouldn't have people continue to dox law enforcement
BRENNAN: His name is public
NOEM: I know, but that doesn't mean it should continue to be said
KRISTI NOEM: Don't say his name! I mean, for heaven's sake, we shouldn't have people continue to dox law enforcement
BRENNAN: His name is public
NOEM: I know, but that doesn't mean it should continue to be said
January 18, 2026 at 8:17 PM
JONATHAN ROSS-JONATHAN ROSS-JONATHAN ROSS-
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#Justice4ReneeNicoleGood ⚖️
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So the DOJ is going to investigate protesters who interrupted a church service, but not the ICE agent who killed a citizen?
DOJ investigation: www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
Church protest: www.youtube.com/shorts/Tk3b6...
DOJ investigation: www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
Church protest: www.youtube.com/shorts/Tk3b6...
Live: Department of Justice investigating protesters who interrupted St. Paul church service
A group of protesters demonstrated during a service at Cities Church after learning one of the pastors also works as the acting director of ICE’s field office in St. Paul.
www.startribune.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:18 AM
So the DOJ is going to investigate protesters who interrupted a church service, but not the ICE agent who killed a citizen?
DOJ investigation: www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
Church protest: www.youtube.com/shorts/Tk3b6...
DOJ investigation: www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
Church protest: www.youtube.com/shorts/Tk3b6...
Hilarious.
My partner @jasoncapsaicin.bsky.social made a step by step guide on how to break up ice in your neighborhood in Minnesota. Enjoy!
January 14, 2026 at 4:46 AM
Hilarious.
Of course. Grift with impunity is the reason he ran again.
🚨 In Nov., Trump's Labor Dept. lowered the minimum wage for foreign farmworkers.
A month later, Trump's winery filed to hire 36 foreign, temporary workers.
The rate? Almost $2/hour less than in 2025.
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A month later, Trump's winery filed to hire 36 foreign, temporary workers.
The rate? Almost $2/hour less than in 2025.
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me, for @forbes.com
Trump Vineyard Seeks To Hire Foreign Workers At Lower Wages
Records show the Trump Organization has requested over 2,000 foreign workers since 2008. Its latest request seeks a $13.90 hourly wage—the lowest the winery has offered since 2021.
www.forbes.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Of course. Grift with impunity is the reason he ran again.
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It's three weeks after the deadline to release the Epstein files.
January 11, 2026 at 12:02 AM
It's three weeks after the deadline to release the Epstein files.
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I can't say this loudly enough: THEY ARE TRYING TO NORMALIZE THE KILLING OF CIVILIANS FOR PARTICIPATING IN FIRST AMENDMENT PROTECTED PROTEST ACTIVITIES.
Homan: "We gotta stop the hateful rhetoric. Saying this officer is a murderer is dangerous. It's just ridiculous. It's gonna infuriate people more which means there's gonna be more incidents like this."
January 11, 2026 at 3:54 PM
I can't say this loudly enough: THEY ARE TRYING TO NORMALIZE THE KILLING OF CIVILIANS FOR PARTICIPATING IN FIRST AMENDMENT PROTECTED PROTEST ACTIVITIES.
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BREAKING: Staggering scenes as brave Iranians stand up to their illegitimate government in Tehran... um, hang on, I'm being told this is actually Minneapolis. Forget I said anything...
January 11, 2026 at 11:54 AM
BREAKING: Staggering scenes as brave Iranians stand up to their illegitimate government in Tehran... um, hang on, I'm being told this is actually Minneapolis. Forget I said anything...
Thank you to the those in the rest of the country and the world who are supporting Minnesota.
January 11, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Thank you to the those in the rest of the country and the world who are supporting Minnesota.
Oh, kudos to Mayor Frey. I love his response.
WELKER: Do you bear any responsibility to bring down the temperature?
FREY: Of course. But I dropped an F bomb and they killed somebody. I think the killing somebody is the inflammatory element here and not the F bomb.
FREY: Of course. But I dropped an F bomb and they killed somebody. I think the killing somebody is the inflammatory element here and not the F bomb.
January 11, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Oh, kudos to Mayor Frey. I love his response.
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Pastor: I saw ICE agents circling a young woman who appeared to be Hispanic. I said, 'Take me, stop harassing her.' The next thing I knew, they put handcuffs on me and put me in the back of an SUV. I asked if I was under arrest. They said to me, 'Well, you're white, you won't be any fun anyway.'
January 8, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Pastor: I saw ICE agents circling a young woman who appeared to be Hispanic. I said, 'Take me, stop harassing her.' The next thing I knew, they put handcuffs on me and put me in the back of an SUV. I asked if I was under arrest. They said to me, 'Well, you're white, you won't be any fun anyway.'
More bad policy news: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United
www.whitehouse.gov
January 8, 2026 at 5:17 PM
More bad policy news: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Who could have guessed, besides everybody? ICE has murdered a woman in Mpls. Will there be accountability? Will Trump simply pre-pardon whoever it was? Will we ever even know who it was? Don't believe HS's story-it's counter to eyewitness accounts. www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
Live: Homeland Security says woman shot by ICE agent has died
Local law enforcement was flooding the scene in south Minneapolis, where numerous agents from Immigrations and Customs Enforcement were present. Chemical spray was deployed as a crowd of observers and...
www.startribune.com
January 7, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Who could have guessed, besides everybody? ICE has murdered a woman in Mpls. Will there be accountability? Will Trump simply pre-pardon whoever it was? Will we ever even know who it was? Don't believe HS's story-it's counter to eyewitness accounts. www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
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The technical term, in international law for this is "a smash and grab"
January 7, 2026 at 12:17 AM
The technical term, in international law for this is "a smash and grab"
The GOP drive to suppress eduction moves ever onward...
January 6, 2026 at 12:30 AM
The GOP drive to suppress eduction moves ever onward...
This is an interesting thread exposing misinformation about the Venezuela strike. Of course, I personally can't verify that the thread isn't also misinformation.
THREAD: I'll fact-check all the viral misinformation about the US military operation in Venezuela in this thread
This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated.
According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated.
According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
January 4, 2026 at 9:50 PM
This is an interesting thread exposing misinformation about the Venezuela strike. Of course, I personally can't verify that the thread isn't also misinformation.
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January 3, 2026 at 12:13 AM
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Prof Eliot Jacobson: And it's a wrap. The year 2025 came in at 1.47°C above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial baseline, making it the 3rd warmest year on record behind 2023 (1.48°C) and 2024 (1.60°C), and likely the 3rd warmest in the last 120,000 years.
January 2, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Prof Eliot Jacobson: And it's a wrap. The year 2025 came in at 1.47°C above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial baseline, making it the 3rd warmest year on record behind 2023 (1.48°C) and 2024 (1.60°C), and likely the 3rd warmest in the last 120,000 years.
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“Why was Trump suddenly interested in allegations of fraud under investigation for years? If you think it’s because some Somali Americans have been involved and Trump wants to foment racist and anti-immigrant hatred… you’re absolutely right.”
Fraud is a national problem, and cases in Minnesota have been under federal and state investigation for years. So why is it suddenly a national issue?
It's a case study in the power of the right's propaganda machine.
My latest at MSNOW: www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
It's a case study in the power of the right's propaganda machine.
My latest at MSNOW: www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
Opinion | How Trump turned Minnesota fraud into MAGA's next propaganda tool
Paul Waldman: It's no secret why Minnesota child-care fraud is MAGA's new obsession
www.ms.now
January 1, 2026 at 3:19 PM
“Why was Trump suddenly interested in allegations of fraud under investigation for years? If you think it’s because some Somali Americans have been involved and Trump wants to foment racist and anti-immigrant hatred… you’re absolutely right.”
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Holy wack a moley!
January 1, 2026 at 3:17 AM
Holy wack a moley!