Jon Green
@modestholdings.com
Chairman of the Johnson County, Iowa, Board of Supervisors. I'm from the Government and I'm here to help.
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Jon Green
@modestholdings.com
· Sep 13
An Iowa official defied the governor’s orders to fly flags at half-staff for Charlie Kirk, writing he wouldn't honor a man who "did so much harm"
Official Defies GOP Governor's Order To Fly Flags At Half Staff For Charlie Kirk
He said he did not want to honor a man "who did so much to harm not only the marginalized, but also to degrade the fabric of our body politic."
www.huffpost.com
I hope I have given fidelity, and that everyone viscerally understands:
You will have to come through me.
You will have to come through me.
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New Zealand has 2,200 native flowering plants and 85% of them grow nowhere else, including some spectacular displays that open just in time for the festive season.
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December 24, 2025 at 12:36 AM
New Zealand has 2,200 native flowering plants and 85% of them grow nowhere else, including some spectacular displays that open just in time for the festive season.
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Goodness, if you were alive in the 80s in Iowa you watched town after town whip-sawed by legacy packing house closings after they had first exacted concessions from the unions, broke them, and drained town coffers to boot. This is a cyclical curse and will never not be.
Lexington has outlived its usefulness to the Corporation. It's nothing more than P&L, and somehow human capital never shows up on the asset side of the ledger.
Tyson Foods is closing its beef plant in Lexington, Nebraska, laying off 3,200 workers next month in a town of just 11,000.
December 23, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Goodness, if you were alive in the 80s in Iowa you watched town after town whip-sawed by legacy packing house closings after they had first exacted concessions from the unions, broke them, and drained town coffers to boot. This is a cyclical curse and will never not be.
This was a legal decision, not a political one, but anyone who can see a church by daylight understands the law, is political.
Johnson County supervisors OK election district plan
Johnson County supervisors OK election district plan
The Johnson County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to approve a supervisor district plan that splits the county into five districts, setting up a possible face-off between current board members next year.
www.thegazette.com
December 23, 2025 at 9:02 PM
This was a legal decision, not a political one, but anyone who can see a church by daylight understands the law, is political.
I've spent years waging my own private little war to get local government to adopt ISO date conventions (i.e., today is 23 December, not December 23).
I've had about as much success as the effort to get Americans to adopt the metric system.
I've had about as much success as the effort to get Americans to adopt the metric system.
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s directive to prioritise British over Canadian spelling in government communications has catalysed Canadian linguists to organise a protest
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
Canadian linguists ask prime minister to stop spelling like a Brit
After a plethora of British spellings emerged in the government’s budget, academics and editors urged him to utilize, not utilise, Canadian English.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I've spent years waging my own private little war to get local government to adopt ISO date conventions (i.e., today is 23 December, not December 23).
I've had about as much success as the effort to get Americans to adopt the metric system.
I've had about as much success as the effort to get Americans to adopt the metric system.
Lexington has outlived its usefulness to the Corporation. It's nothing more than P&L, and somehow human capital never shows up on the asset side of the ledger.
Tyson Foods is closing its beef plant in Lexington, Nebraska, laying off 3,200 workers next month in a town of just 11,000.
An American Dream at risk: What happens to a small Nebraska town when 3,200 workers lose their jobs
Tyson Foods is closing its beef plant in Lexington, Nebraska, laying off 3,200 workers next month in a town of just 11,000.
bit.ly
December 23, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Lexington has outlived its usefulness to the Corporation. It's nothing more than P&L, and somehow human capital never shows up on the asset side of the ledger.
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This is eugenics, plan and simple.
"Babies in the randomized, controlled trial will or will not receive the vaccine at birth...
"It is a breach of scientific ethics to withhold an intervention that has been proven safe and effective."
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
"It is a breach of scientific ethics to withhold an intervention that has been proven safe and effective."
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
US plan for $1.6m hepatitis B vaccine study in Africa called ‘highly unethical’
Experts decry ‘neocolonialist’ Guinea-Bissau study after Trump administration changed advice for US babies
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:20 PM
This is eugenics, plan and simple.
December 21, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Hmm. Seems inappropriate.
December 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Hmm. Seems inappropriate.
Eleanore's absence leaves me with uncontested control of the kitchen. I'd promised to make our office staff a batch of escabache, so here we be.
December 21, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Eleanore's absence leaves me with uncontested control of the kitchen. I'd promised to make our office staff a batch of escabache, so here we be.
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Pope Leo XIV just appointed Fr. Manuel de Jesús Rodríguez — an immigrant from the Dominican Republic who became a U.S. citizen in 2018 — as bishop of Palm Beach.
That’s right: the Catholic diocese that includes Trump’s Mar-a-Lago is now led by an immigrant priest who’s marched against ICE’s abuse.
That’s right: the Catholic diocese that includes Trump’s Mar-a-Lago is now led by an immigrant priest who’s marched against ICE’s abuse.
Pope Leo XIV Sends a Migrant Bishop to Mar-a-Lago
In a move loaded with symbolism, the new bishop of Palm Beach — home to Mar-a-Lago — is a Queens immigrant priest known for defending migrants and the poor.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Pope Leo XIV just appointed Fr. Manuel de Jesús Rodríguez — an immigrant from the Dominican Republic who became a U.S. citizen in 2018 — as bishop of Palm Beach.
That’s right: the Catholic diocese that includes Trump’s Mar-a-Lago is now led by an immigrant priest who’s marched against ICE’s abuse.
That’s right: the Catholic diocese that includes Trump’s Mar-a-Lago is now led by an immigrant priest who’s marched against ICE’s abuse.
This is what I do. The best I can, knowing it will never be enough. Mine is not to finish the work, only to do my share of it.
"It’s somewhere to relax, fan out on Iowa football, and—as of August—pick up free naloxone, birth control, emergency contraceptives, gun locks, wound care kits, and needle disposal kits."
Dispensing ‘Free Chances at Life’: Public Health Vending Machines Are More Than a Novelty
Vending machines dispensing free naloxone and other harm reduction tools are cropping up around the country. Evidence shows the strategy is working.
globalhealthnow.org
December 19, 2025 at 3:33 AM
This is what I do. The best I can, knowing it will never be enough. Mine is not to finish the work, only to do my share of it.
I took the best decision I could with the information before me. I failed to win so much as a second to open the legal analysis, and so my ability to comment further is constrained.
Supervisor Jon Green @modestholdings.com I could not be more disappointed in you. I know you're a good man, I've seen you in CR at the protective accompaniments. You were with Zamora when he was kidnapped by ICE.
December 19, 2025 at 12:20 AM
I took the best decision I could with the information before me. I failed to win so much as a second to open the legal analysis, and so my ability to comment further is constrained.
I'm dumber than I was 20 minutes ago.
December 18, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I'm dumber than I was 20 minutes ago.
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it was never about saving money
Hmm. Where else have we seen this story?
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it faced hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state programs and projects last year.
(Published July 2024)
(Published July 2024)
December 16, 2025 at 6:28 PM
it was never about saving money
Absolutely fascinating.
New paper in PNAS: Your homicide risk follows you around the country. If you’re born in the historically violent Wild West, Appalachian Highlands, or Deep South, a higher risk of violent death trails you wherever you go. 🧵1/14
December 16, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Absolutely fascinating.
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It's Iowa.
He's talking about Iowa
He's talking about Iowa
Hmm. Where else have we seen this story?
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it faced hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state programs and projects last year.
(Published July 2024)
(Published July 2024)
December 16, 2025 at 4:08 AM
It's Iowa.
He's talking about Iowa
He's talking about Iowa
Hmm. Where else have we seen this story?
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it faced hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state programs and projects last year.
(Published July 2024)
(Published July 2024)
School Vouchers Were Supposed to Save Taxpayer Money. Instead They Blew a Massive Hole in Arizona’s Budget.
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, has spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it’s now facing hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state program...
www.propublica.org
December 16, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Hmm. Where else have we seen this story?
It's skillet seasoning season.
December 16, 2025 at 12:26 AM
It's skillet seasoning season.
Melisa Crook and I likely heard from some of the same people in September.
Supporters of the slain right-wing activist Charlie Kirk called on the Creston Community School District to “get rid” of a teacher who criticized Kirk and warned the teacher in profanity-laced terms to watch her back, newly released court records show.
Court records detail outrage among Kirk supporters over teacher's comments • Iowa Capital Dispatch
Hundreds of supporters of murdered right-wing activist Charlie Kirk called on an Iowa school district to fire a teacher who criticized Kirk.
iowacapitaldispatch.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Melisa Crook and I likely heard from some of the same people in September.
Just saw this guy at the John Deere trading in his Lil Digger for the Big Scooper.
Q: A number of Republicans have denounced your statement on Rob Reiner. Do you stand by it?
TRUMP: Well, I wasn't a fan of his at all. He was a deranged person as far as Trump is concerned.
TRUMP: Well, I wasn't a fan of his at all. He was a deranged person as far as Trump is concerned.
December 15, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Just saw this guy at the John Deere trading in his Lil Digger for the Big Scooper.
The fire department hiring arsonists.
It's unreal! They are asking for briefing on a foregone conclusion: that they are going to rule he has to refer it to DOJ, when DOJ attorneys may in fact be the contemnors?!?!?
I know I'm stating the obvious to you but this may be the most outrageous attack on the judiciary (by the judiciary) yet
I know I'm stating the obvious to you but this may be the most outrageous attack on the judiciary (by the judiciary) yet
December 15, 2025 at 9:16 PM
The fire department hiring arsonists.
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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
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“Jews and the fight against antisemitism are being cynically used to advance an authoritarian, anti-democratic agenda,” [Joe Berman] wrote. “For ADL’s national leadership to not recognize these clear and present dangers is inexplicable.”
www.clevelandjewishnews.com/jta/top-adl-...
www.clevelandjewishnews.com/jta/top-adl-...
Top ADL civil rights litigator quits, accusing group of being ‘useful idiot’ for Trump
The former top civil rights litigator at the Anti-Defamation League is making public his scorching resignation letter from the group, in the latest sign of Jewish discontent over the organization’s
www.clevelandjewishnews.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:49 AM
“Jews and the fight against antisemitism are being cynically used to advance an authoritarian, anti-democratic agenda,” [Joe Berman] wrote. “For ADL’s national leadership to not recognize these clear and present dangers is inexplicable.”
www.clevelandjewishnews.com/jta/top-adl-...
www.clevelandjewishnews.com/jta/top-adl-...
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a good and necessary read for many
December 14, 2025 at 8:14 PM
a good and necessary read for many
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Incredibly fucked up how there are masked federal agents roaming around the American heartland, randomly attacking American citizens.
ICE pepper-sprayed this 1-year-old girl.
Once at the hospital, the doctor had to call in a poison control specialist.
They had never seen anyone that young pepper sprayed.
Another horrific story.
More details below.
Once at the hospital, the doctor had to call in a poison control specialist.
They had never seen anyone that young pepper sprayed.
Another horrific story.
More details below.
December 15, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Incredibly fucked up how there are masked federal agents roaming around the American heartland, randomly attacking American citizens.