Johnnie Jae
@johnniejae.bsky.social
Founder of Red Pop! News | Indigenous Journalist & Speaker | Disability & Media Advocate | Workshops on Indigenous storytelling, justice, and mental health
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Johnnie Jae
@johnniejae.bsky.social
· Jun 11
Getting a lot of new followers and here's an intro & disclaimer.
Johnnie Jae įnganye ki. Jiwere-Nut'achi & Chahta nyi ki.
mąnkoge hakiraje ki.
I'm a journalist, artist and professional indigenerd and affectionately known as the brown ball of fury, although I've lost a lot of my brown 🤣
Johnnie Jae įnganye ki. Jiwere-Nut'achi & Chahta nyi ki.
mąnkoge hakiraje ki.
I'm a journalist, artist and professional indigenerd and affectionately known as the brown ball of fury, although I've lost a lot of my brown 🤣
Having no budget, this makes me feel really good & a lil like Kevin Costner in Field of Dreams, "If you build it, they will come" 🤣 cuz despite almost every industry ignoring Indigenous communities and writing us off as too niche, I'm taking this as proof of a genuine interest in getting to know us.
It's a good day to say THANK YOU to everyone reading and sharing! It's only been 7 months since I started Red POP! News, no budget for advertising or boosted posts, still small audience on socials, but sweet baby jeeberz....we're being read in 63 countries! Thank you all so much cuz this is all YOU!
November 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Having no budget, this makes me feel really good & a lil like Kevin Costner in Field of Dreams, "If you build it, they will come" 🤣 cuz despite almost every industry ignoring Indigenous communities and writing us off as too niche, I'm taking this as proof of a genuine interest in getting to know us.
Spent all day working on what is becoming my annual Thanksgiving article for Truthout and it's kind of kicking my ass.
November 24, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Spent all day working on what is becoming my annual Thanksgiving article for Truthout and it's kind of kicking my ass.
There are storytellers you hear before you see. The ones who quiet a campfire and pull you in with fear, laughter, and truth. Cary Thomas Cody is one of them.
redpopnews.com/the-heart-of...
redpopnews.com/the-heart-of...
The Heart of Kiowa Storytelling in Modern Horror | An Interview with Cary Thomas Cody
There are storytellers whose voice quiets a campfire, whose stories pull people in with that familiar mix of laughter, fear, and truth that only grows out of community. Cary Thomas Cody is one of thos...
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November 24, 2025 at 12:46 AM
There are storytellers you hear before you see. The ones who quiet a campfire and pull you in with fear, laughter, and truth. Cary Thomas Cody is one of them.
redpopnews.com/the-heart-of...
redpopnews.com/the-heart-of...
The best way to combat the negativity and horror of the world is to retreat into community and creative energies. Todqy I get to do both at the same time 😁
November 23, 2025 at 12:35 AM
The best way to combat the negativity and horror of the world is to retreat into community and creative energies. Todqy I get to do both at the same time 😁
Haven't been around much. Overwhelmed with life at the moment, but I did want to pop in and let you know that I have been quite busy setting up a new store. Some of my new offerings are these nifty wrapping papers as well as skirts, dresses, and more.
November 21, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Haven't been around much. Overwhelmed with life at the moment, but I did want to pop in and let you know that I have been quite busy setting up a new store. Some of my new offerings are these nifty wrapping papers as well as skirts, dresses, and more.
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This is really big.
Just beyond the grounds of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, Dickinson College’s dedication of the Jim Thorpe Center for the Futures of Native Peoples marks a turning point in how the history of the land is remembered.
redpopnews.com/jim-thorpes-...
#redpopnews #indigisky
redpopnews.com/jim-thorpes-...
#redpopnews #indigisky
Jim Thorpe’s Legacy Lives On Through Dickinson’s New Center for Native Futures
Just beyond the grounds of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, Dickinson College's dedication of the Jim Thorpe Center for the Futures of Native Peoples marks a turning point in how the history of ...
redpopnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:36 AM
This is really big.
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"The couple also took workers’ passports and housed them in overcrowded houses and hotel rooms, the complaint says."
A Michigan couple are facing federal charges after investigators say they employed more than 100 undocumented employees for the plumbing company.
Michigan plumbing firm made $74M by hiring over 100 undocumented immigrants, feds say
A Michigan couple are facing federal charges after investigators say they employed more than 100 undocumented employees for the plumbing company.
www.mlive.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:18 PM
"The couple also took workers’ passports and housed them in overcrowded houses and hotel rooms, the complaint says."
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I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
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Astonishing to stop and realize that, at any given moment, bands of masked men armed to the teeth are storming churches and daycares, terrorizing entire communities—and that most of the country's political establishment barely blinks.
November 19, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Astonishing to stop and realize that, at any given moment, bands of masked men armed to the teeth are storming churches and daycares, terrorizing entire communities—and that most of the country's political establishment barely blinks.
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If your church is turning away people who show up to your doors in good faith, you don't have a church. You have a very expensive book club with scarcely any wine.
November 14, 2025 at 4:45 PM
If your church is turning away people who show up to your doors in good faith, you don't have a church. You have a very expensive book club with scarcely any wine.
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Oglala Sioux Tribe leaves National Congress of American Indians and Coalition for Large Tribes, saying they no longer serve the interests of direct-service tribes.
ictnews.org/news/mountai...
ictnews.org/news/mountai...
Oglala Sioux Tribe leaves two major Native advocacy organizations - ICT
Tribal president says the National Congress of American Indians and Coalition for Large Tribes no longer serve the interests of direct-service tribes
ictnews.org
November 15, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Oglala Sioux Tribe leaves National Congress of American Indians and Coalition for Large Tribes, saying they no longer serve the interests of direct-service tribes.
ictnews.org/news/mountai...
ictnews.org/news/mountai...
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“Weaponizing the DOJ” takes on a whole new level when you order investigations in order to reopen it so it’s no longer closed and you can claim you can’t release information because it’s an “ongoing investigation”
November 15, 2025 at 2:55 AM
“Weaponizing the DOJ” takes on a whole new level when you order investigations in order to reopen it so it’s no longer closed and you can claim you can’t release information because it’s an “ongoing investigation”
Just beyond the grounds of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, Dickinson College’s dedication of the Jim Thorpe Center for the Futures of Native Peoples marks a turning point in how the history of the land is remembered.
redpopnews.com/jim-thorpes-...
#redpopnews #indigisky
redpopnews.com/jim-thorpes-...
#redpopnews #indigisky
Jim Thorpe’s Legacy Lives On Through Dickinson’s New Center for Native Futures
Just beyond the grounds of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, Dickinson College's dedication of the Jim Thorpe Center for the Futures of Native Peoples marks a turning point in how the history of ...
redpopnews.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Just beyond the grounds of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, Dickinson College’s dedication of the Jim Thorpe Center for the Futures of Native Peoples marks a turning point in how the history of the land is remembered.
redpopnews.com/jim-thorpes-...
#redpopnews #indigisky
redpopnews.com/jim-thorpes-...
#redpopnews #indigisky
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About once a week someone online hits me with a passive aggressive “wow I am SURPRISED to see you repost/fave/share a person I broke up with/don’t like etc”.
Friends. I remind you that I don’t know you or your personal burn book.
Friends. I remind you that I don’t know you or your personal burn book.
November 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
About once a week someone online hits me with a passive aggressive “wow I am SURPRISED to see you repost/fave/share a person I broke up with/don’t like etc”.
Friends. I remind you that I don’t know you or your personal burn book.
Friends. I remind you that I don’t know you or your personal burn book.
Spirit Plate is not just another cooking show centered on celebrity or competition. It’s centered on the ways food connects us to who we are and where we come from.
redpopnews.com/inside-spiri...
#redpopnews #spiritplate #pbsfood #pbs #indigisky
redpopnews.com/inside-spiri...
#redpopnews #spiritplate #pbsfood #pbs #indigisky
Inside Spirit Plate: Indigenous Cooking, Ceremony, and the Land That Connects Us
Spirit Plate is not just another cooking show centered on celebrity or competition. It's centered on the ways food connects us to who we are and where we come from. It's about the stories and relation...
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November 13, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Spirit Plate is not just another cooking show centered on celebrity or competition. It’s centered on the ways food connects us to who we are and where we come from.
redpopnews.com/inside-spiri...
#redpopnews #spiritplate #pbsfood #pbs #indigisky
redpopnews.com/inside-spiri...
#redpopnews #spiritplate #pbsfood #pbs #indigisky
A curse on HCWs that ask you to drink an insane amount of water before a procedure and then NOT be on time for the appt on behalf of me and two elder women who were here before I got here.
November 12, 2025 at 11:48 PM
A curse on HCWs that ask you to drink an insane amount of water before a procedure and then NOT be on time for the appt on behalf of me and two elder women who were here before I got here.
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My political hot take is that US voters should be able to recall elected representatives via petition - at any time.
No more hiding behind election terms.
No more hiding behind election terms.
November 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
My political hot take is that US voters should be able to recall elected representatives via petition - at any time.
No more hiding behind election terms.
No more hiding behind election terms.
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My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
November 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
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🚨BREAKING: In a sweeping victory for voters, a Utah court struck down the GOP-controlled legislature’s congressional gerrymander and a companion law designed to entrench partisan power — restoring a fair map for the 2026 elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Utah Judge Strikes Down GOP Gerrymander, Restores Voter-Approved Fair Map
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:43 PM
🚨BREAKING: In a sweeping victory for voters, a Utah court struck down the GOP-controlled legislature’s congressional gerrymander and a companion law designed to entrench partisan power — restoring a fair map for the 2026 elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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This takes a huge financial toll on their family due to missed work and school. Bills are piling up and they could really use some assistance. Prayers are needed and appreciated. Donations are needed and appreciated. Here's Lisa's venmo:
www.venmo.com/MamaLisaS2010
www.venmo.com/MamaLisaS2010
Venmo | Lisa Sanchez
Venmo is a digital wallet that lets you make and share payments with friends. You can easily split the bill, cab fare, or much more. Download the iOS or Android app or sign up on Venmo.com today.
www.venmo.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
This takes a huge financial toll on their family due to missed work and school. Bills are piling up and they could really use some assistance. Prayers are needed and appreciated. Donations are needed and appreciated. Here's Lisa's venmo:
www.venmo.com/MamaLisaS2010
www.venmo.com/MamaLisaS2010
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In addition to Lupus, they have discovered that she has a genetic blood disorder that may be extremely rare, if not entirely new, which has been making it difficult for them to find a treatment for her. To get the care she needs requires travel to ABQ and CO, with her mom and younger sister.
November 8, 2025 at 7:07 PM
In addition to Lupus, they have discovered that she has a genetic blood disorder that may be extremely rare, if not entirely new, which has been making it difficult for them to find a treatment for her. To get the care she needs requires travel to ABQ and CO, with her mom and younger sister.
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Mega Prayer and Mutual Aid request. My friend Lisa's daughter, Angelique Sanchez, was diagnosed with Lupus as an infant, that she has managed to survive is a miracle. Over the last two months, she has been having severe complications, this is her 5th hospitalization in that time.
November 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Mega Prayer and Mutual Aid request. My friend Lisa's daughter, Angelique Sanchez, was diagnosed with Lupus as an infant, that she has managed to survive is a miracle. Over the last two months, she has been having severe complications, this is her 5th hospitalization in that time.
But also why does this make me feel ancient lolol cuz who else remembers printing out your mapquest journeys 🤣
welcome to bluesky. if the word "mapquest" means anything to you and/or you used it as a verb, you're in the right place
November 11, 2025 at 2:11 AM
But also why does this make me feel ancient lolol cuz who else remembers printing out your mapquest journeys 🤣
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This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
I keep saying....Republicans are the worst kind of bullies but Democrats are the worst kind of cowards.
IMO both have got to go cuz we can do better and we absolutely deserve better than these assbutts.
IMO both have got to go cuz we can do better and we absolutely deserve better than these assbutts.
even when the democratic party has leverage and one of the craziest election swings the party intentionally self immolates it’s just so exhausting what is even the point of these people
November 10, 2025 at 9:22 AM
I keep saying....Republicans are the worst kind of bullies but Democrats are the worst kind of cowards.
IMO both have got to go cuz we can do better and we absolutely deserve better than these assbutts.
IMO both have got to go cuz we can do better and we absolutely deserve better than these assbutts.