Julia Métraux
@juliametraux.bsky.social
Disability Reporter @ Mother Jones • [email protected] • She/her • Berkeley Journalism alum • Signal: @juliametraux.49
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Julia Métraux
@juliametraux.bsky.social
· Sep 17
Re-introducing myself 👋
I'm @motherjones.com's disability reporter, where I cover politics as it relates to disability. I am also chronically ill/disabled myself.
You can get in contact with me at [email protected] or via Signal: juliametraux.49
I'm @motherjones.com's disability reporter, where I cover politics as it relates to disability. I am also chronically ill/disabled myself.
You can get in contact with me at [email protected] or via Signal: juliametraux.49
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This remains one of the most disturbing stories of the year. A 1st trimester fetus incubated in a dead woman's body against the will of her family until a very early term birth when the corpse could no longer sustain life.
www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news...
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Baby boy born to brain-dead Georgia mother remains hospitalized nearly 6 months later, family says
Adriana Smith's pregnancy made national headlines when she was declared brain dead but placed on life support to let her fetus grow. Now her family is sharing an update on the condition of her infant ...
www.cbsnews.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:01 AM
This remains one of the most disturbing stories of the year. A 1st trimester fetus incubated in a dead woman's body against the will of her family until a very early term birth when the corpse could no longer sustain life.
www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news...
www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news...
Nothing prepares you for the "goes on walks for mental health" to "short walks make my brain fogy" chronic illness pipeline
December 5, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Nothing prepares you for the "goes on walks for mental health" to "short walks make my brain fogy" chronic illness pipeline
Lucky doesn't know what a Supreme Court is. Lucky knows he wants attention, though.
December 5, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Lucky doesn't know what a Supreme Court is. Lucky knows he wants attention, though.
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This is what Newsom should do, instead of staging photo opps to destroy homeless people’s belongings.
NEW: Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said Thursday he will not continue sweeps of homeless encampments — which city data shows have not yielded any permanent or supportive-housing referrals in more than a year.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/04/m...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/04/m...
Mamdani Vows to Sweep Out Crackdowns on Homeless Camps
City numbers show that sweeps started under Mayor Eric Adams have not delivered on referrals for housing in more than a year.
www.thecity.nyc
December 5, 2025 at 12:57 AM
This is what Newsom should do, instead of staging photo opps to destroy homeless people’s belongings.
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Disabled people will lose access to care if enhanced premium tax credits expire. These help make healthcare affordable for self-employed freelance and contractors. We need action before the end of 2025. Reporting by @juliametraux.bsky.social in @motherjones.com:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
For many contractors, losing ACA subsidies means losing health care
The GOP's unprecedented premium hikes put chronically ill workers—especially freelancers—in peril.
www.motherjones.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Disabled people will lose access to care if enhanced premium tax credits expire. These help make healthcare affordable for self-employed freelance and contractors. We need action before the end of 2025. Reporting by @juliametraux.bsky.social in @motherjones.com:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Read @juliametraux.bsky.social's latest. The findings are concerning on their own, but are amplified by the fact that many workplaces rely on freelancers for basic functioning.
When I worked at NBC, many roles were required to be a contractor for a year before being eligible for benefits.
When I worked at NBC, many roles were required to be a contractor for a year before being eligible for benefits.
For @motherjones.com, I wrote about what's at stake for chronically ill contractors and freelancers as Affordable Care Act enhanced tax credits expire.
When you're already sick, the possibility of not being able to afford health insurance at all is terrifying. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
When you're already sick, the possibility of not being able to afford health insurance at all is terrifying. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
For many contractors, losing ACA subsidies means losing health care
The GOP's unprecedented premium hikes put chronically ill workers—especially freelancers—in peril.
www.motherjones.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Read @juliametraux.bsky.social's latest. The findings are concerning on their own, but are amplified by the fact that many workplaces rely on freelancers for basic functioning.
When I worked at NBC, many roles were required to be a contractor for a year before being eligible for benefits.
When I worked at NBC, many roles were required to be a contractor for a year before being eligible for benefits.
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My takeaway from ACIP so far: they have not presented any evidence of harm from the hepatitis B vaccine, yet there are immense benefits.
December 4, 2025 at 3:50 PM
My takeaway from ACIP so far: they have not presented any evidence of harm from the hepatitis B vaccine, yet there are immense benefits.
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Interested in the overlap between poor health & homelessness-- and how to improve health among people experiencing homelessness> Interested in how health &housing systems should collaborate to end homelessness?
Join us today! Noon PT!
@ucsfbhhi.bsky.social
homelessness.ucsf.edu/calendar/web...
Join us today! Noon PT!
@ucsfbhhi.bsky.social
homelessness.ucsf.edu/calendar/web...
Webinar: Understanding Health & Homelessness | Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative
People experiencing homelessness in California face high rates of chronic illness and disability, and numerous barriers to care. These health challenges make it harder for people to obtain and retain ...
homelessness.ucsf.edu
December 4, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Interested in the overlap between poor health & homelessness-- and how to improve health among people experiencing homelessness> Interested in how health &housing systems should collaborate to end homelessness?
Join us today! Noon PT!
@ucsfbhhi.bsky.social
homelessness.ucsf.edu/calendar/web...
Join us today! Noon PT!
@ucsfbhhi.bsky.social
homelessness.ucsf.edu/calendar/web...
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"The ACA offers disabled people “options that many other people take for granted,” said Mia Ives-Rublee, senior director of the @americanprogress.bsky.social’ Disability Justice Initiative, especially given the ties between insurance and employment."
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
December 4, 2025 at 1:30 PM
"The ACA offers disabled people “options that many other people take for granted,” said Mia Ives-Rublee, senior director of the @americanprogress.bsky.social’ Disability Justice Initiative, especially given the ties between insurance and employment."
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Responding "human" when someone asks for your race on a form when they're trying to get a diverse group of folks...is such white people behavior.
December 4, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Responding "human" when someone asks for your race on a form when they're trying to get a diverse group of folks...is such white people behavior.
For @motherjones.com, I wrote about what's at stake for chronically ill contractors and freelancers as Affordable Care Act enhanced tax credits expire.
When you're already sick, the possibility of not being able to afford health insurance at all is terrifying. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
When you're already sick, the possibility of not being able to afford health insurance at all is terrifying. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
For many contractors, losing ACA subsidies means losing health care
The GOP's unprecedented premium hikes put chronically ill workers—especially freelancers—in peril.
www.motherjones.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:22 PM
For @motherjones.com, I wrote about what's at stake for chronically ill contractors and freelancers as Affordable Care Act enhanced tax credits expire.
When you're already sick, the possibility of not being able to afford health insurance at all is terrifying. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
When you're already sick, the possibility of not being able to afford health insurance at all is terrifying. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Almost a dozen Afghans have been arrested by ICE officers in Northern California as part of a federal crackdown in response to the National Guard shooting.
ICE is targeting Afghans across Northern California following D.C. shooting, advocates say
Almost a dozen Afghans have been arrested by ICE officers in Northern California as part of a federal crackdown in response to the National Guard shooting.
bit.ly
December 4, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Almost a dozen Afghans have been arrested by ICE officers in Northern California as part of a federal crackdown in response to the National Guard shooting.
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JOURNALISTS: It's essential to know how to cover the upcoming #CDC #ACIP mtg on the #hepB #hepatitisB #vaccine for newborns. Delaying the birth dose rec to 2 mos could cause 480+ deaths/yr. Check out this backgrounder for all the links & research you need. healthjournalism.org/blog/2025/12...
Why reporters should cover this week's CDC meeting on hepatitis B vaccine and more
The CDC will discuss its current policy of hepatitis B vaccination at birth and other recommendations from Dec. 4-5. Here's what to know.
healthjournalism.org
December 2, 2025 at 8:39 PM
JOURNALISTS: It's essential to know how to cover the upcoming #CDC #ACIP mtg on the #hepB #hepatitisB #vaccine for newborns. Delaying the birth dose rec to 2 mos could cause 480+ deaths/yr. Check out this backgrounder for all the links & research you need. healthjournalism.org/blog/2025/12...
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12 former @fda.gov commissioners from both parties just went on the record in @nejm.org calling Vinay Prasad’s vaccine framework a threat to public health. They bring more than 3 decades of leadership at the agency, and it is hard to think of a more forceful warning. 🧵
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2517497"It
December 4, 2025 at 12:07 AM
12 former @fda.gov commissioners from both parties just went on the record in @nejm.org calling Vinay Prasad’s vaccine framework a threat to public health. They bring more than 3 decades of leadership at the agency, and it is hard to think of a more forceful warning. 🧵
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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Hey all,
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December 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Hey all,
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
Embracing a label of "disabled" made me more confident in asking for accommodations. I can't get through a full work day in person without suffering in pain.
If you're a chronically ill person, I welcome you to join this identity.
If you're a chronically ill person, I welcome you to join this identity.
December 4, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Embracing a label of "disabled" made me more confident in asking for accommodations. I can't get through a full work day in person without suffering in pain.
If you're a chronically ill person, I welcome you to join this identity.
If you're a chronically ill person, I welcome you to join this identity.
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Are you a Gen Zer with a disability, particularly neurodivergence? Want to talk to a journalist about your thoughts on disability, stigma and and identity? Email me at sluterman dot 19thnews dot org or DM.
December 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Are you a Gen Zer with a disability, particularly neurodivergence? Want to talk to a journalist about your thoughts on disability, stigma and and identity? Email me at sluterman dot 19thnews dot org or DM.
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BREAKING NEWS: A volunteer "peacekeeper" at the "No Kings" protest has been charged with manslaughter in the death of Afa Ah Loo at the demonstration: www.fox13now.com/news/local-n... via @fox13news.bsky.social #utpol #Utah
‘Peacekeeper’ charged with manslaughter in fatal No Kings protest shooting
Nearly six months after a fatal shooting in Salt Lake City during this summer's No Kings protest march, criminal charges have been filed against the event volunteer connected to the deadly incident.
www.fox13now.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:48 PM
BREAKING NEWS: A volunteer "peacekeeper" at the "No Kings" protest has been charged with manslaughter in the death of Afa Ah Loo at the demonstration: www.fox13now.com/news/local-n... via @fox13news.bsky.social #utpol #Utah
For International Day of Persons with Disabilities, my body is celebrating by being tired.
December 3, 2025 at 4:43 PM
For International Day of Persons with Disabilities, my body is celebrating by being tired.
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Prasad was a *primarily* a skilled social media operator, famous for opinions, not actions.
It’s vital to recognize that’s how he gained power.
That’s true for all of our current medical establishment, who all are flailing with real world responsibility.
sciencebasedmedicine.org/to-deny-the-...
It’s vital to recognize that’s how he gained power.
That’s true for all of our current medical establishment, who all are flailing with real world responsibility.
sciencebasedmedicine.org/to-deny-the-...
December 3, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Prasad was a *primarily* a skilled social media operator, famous for opinions, not actions.
It’s vital to recognize that’s how he gained power.
That’s true for all of our current medical establishment, who all are flailing with real world responsibility.
sciencebasedmedicine.org/to-deny-the-...
It’s vital to recognize that’s how he gained power.
That’s true for all of our current medical establishment, who all are flailing with real world responsibility.
sciencebasedmedicine.org/to-deny-the-...
University of Alabama suspended two student magazines–one which focused primarily on women and the other on Black student life and culture–citing a DOJ memo. thecrimsonwhite.com/125358/news/...
University suspends Alice, Nineteen Fifty-Six student magazines
The University of Alabama Department of Student Life permanently suspended Nineteen Fifty-Six and Alice Magazine, two University-funded student magazines, effective Monday, citing a federal memo issue...
thecrimsonwhite.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:16 AM
University of Alabama suspended two student magazines–one which focused primarily on women and the other on Black student life and culture–citing a DOJ memo. thecrimsonwhite.com/125358/news/...
Want to know what happened when I couldn't get accommodations for my then undiagnosed vasculitis?
I dropped out.
This discourse is tiring (I also did need to take medical leave but didn't come back to the university due to failures, transferred elsewhere)
I dropped out.
This discourse is tiring (I also did need to take medical leave but didn't come back to the university due to failures, transferred elsewhere)
December 2, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Want to know what happened when I couldn't get accommodations for my then undiagnosed vasculitis?
I dropped out.
This discourse is tiring (I also did need to take medical leave but didn't come back to the university due to failures, transferred elsewhere)
I dropped out.
This discourse is tiring (I also did need to take medical leave but didn't come back to the university due to failures, transferred elsewhere)
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A mom in Portland has been separated from her child since June bc ICE kidnapped her. The only thing standing between her & her baby right now is a $7,500 bond. There's 5k to go. PLEASE let's do this. Many hands make light work. This is literally the reason for the gd mfing season gofund.me/3e980d9d3
Donate to Help us get an asylum seeker released from ICE detention, organized by CLEAR Clinic
Our client Lorena (pseudonym) is a single-parent asylum-seeker w… CLEAR Clinic needs your support for Help us get an asylum seeker released from ICE detention
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December 2, 2025 at 9:22 PM
A mom in Portland has been separated from her child since June bc ICE kidnapped her. The only thing standing between her & her baby right now is a $7,500 bond. There's 5k to go. PLEASE let's do this. Many hands make light work. This is literally the reason for the gd mfing season gofund.me/3e980d9d3
It is a good thing, actually, that more students at elite schools are receiving testing accommodations. It's good because it means more disabled people are going to top universities AND face less stigma in seeking them out.
I'm subtweeting an Atlantic article, btw.
I'm subtweeting an Atlantic article, btw.
December 2, 2025 at 6:08 PM
It is a good thing, actually, that more students at elite schools are receiving testing accommodations. It's good because it means more disabled people are going to top universities AND face less stigma in seeking them out.
I'm subtweeting an Atlantic article, btw.
I'm subtweeting an Atlantic article, btw.
Telling people that their small white fluffy dog looks like my family's small white fluffy dog.
2. What is something you are really passionate about?
December 2, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Telling people that their small white fluffy dog looks like my family's small white fluffy dog.