Debra Johnson
@debj11.bsky.social
Reader, writer, democrat, and advocate for marginalized people.
Lived during segregation in the South.
Saw Civil Rights passed & the renewal of deadly Abortion bans.
Watching rights eroded. Politics matter.
Read Books about BIPOC by BIPOC.
No msgs.
Lived during segregation in the South.
Saw Civil Rights passed & the renewal of deadly Abortion bans.
Watching rights eroded. Politics matter.
Read Books about BIPOC by BIPOC.
No msgs.
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Debra Johnson
@debj11.bsky.social
· Oct 4
#STAYWOKE:ALERT&AWAKE
There are armed, masked men running around drunk on power.
There are armed, masked men running around drunk on power.
Hey Texans, we went through this before.
From Threads:
libquilter
2h
"Texas: So, Abbott decided not to register cars for undocumented folks. This means they can’t get insurance. Which means more uninsured drivers. Leading to higher car insurance prices for all who pay. What a moron."
From Threads:
libquilter
2h
"Texas: So, Abbott decided not to register cars for undocumented folks. This means they can’t get insurance. Which means more uninsured drivers. Leading to higher car insurance prices for all who pay. What a moron."
November 26, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Hey Texans, we went through this before.
From Threads:
libquilter
2h
"Texas: So, Abbott decided not to register cars for undocumented folks. This means they can’t get insurance. Which means more uninsured drivers. Leading to higher car insurance prices for all who pay. What a moron."
From Threads:
libquilter
2h
"Texas: So, Abbott decided not to register cars for undocumented folks. This means they can’t get insurance. Which means more uninsured drivers. Leading to higher car insurance prices for all who pay. What a moron."
Seen on Threads:
rumiwithaview
2h
"It’s not shocking that former IDF soldiers would end up as ICE agents. 17% of IDF (20,000 ppl) are American-born. Fly to Israel to brutalize Palestinians then come home to terrorize families? This kind of pipeline is not new."
rumiwithaview
2h
"It’s not shocking that former IDF soldiers would end up as ICE agents. 17% of IDF (20,000 ppl) are American-born. Fly to Israel to brutalize Palestinians then come home to terrorize families? This kind of pipeline is not new."
November 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Seen on Threads:
rumiwithaview
2h
"It’s not shocking that former IDF soldiers would end up as ICE agents. 17% of IDF (20,000 ppl) are American-born. Fly to Israel to brutalize Palestinians then come home to terrorize families? This kind of pipeline is not new."
rumiwithaview
2h
"It’s not shocking that former IDF soldiers would end up as ICE agents. 17% of IDF (20,000 ppl) are American-born. Fly to Israel to brutalize Palestinians then come home to terrorize families? This kind of pipeline is not new."
Consumer Power is a Change Agent.
"Last week, a poll conducted for Global EV Alliance, made up of electric vehicle driver associations around the world, found that 52% of Americans would avoid buying a Tesla for political reasons."
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
"Last week, a poll conducted for Global EV Alliance, made up of electric vehicle driver associations around the world, found that 52% of Americans would avoid buying a Tesla for political reasons."
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
November 25, 2025
Last week, a poll conducted for Global EV Alliance, made up of electric vehicle driver associations around the world, found that 52% of Americans would avoid buying a Tesla for political reasons.
open.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Consumer Power is a Change Agent.
"Last week, a poll conducted for Global EV Alliance, made up of electric vehicle driver associations around the world, found that 52% of Americans would avoid buying a Tesla for political reasons."
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
"Last week, a poll conducted for Global EV Alliance, made up of electric vehicle driver associations around the world, found that 52% of Americans would avoid buying a Tesla for political reasons."
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
Hope a Democrat other than this guy is running.
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MSN
www.msn.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Hope a Democrat other than this guy is running.
www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...
www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...
The helicopter Noem helped herself to.
www.opb.org/article/2025...
www.opb.org/article/2025...
US Coast Guard must return rescue helicopter to Newport, judge rules
The temporary order comes just three days after a lawsuit challenging the removal. The U.S. Coast Guard has stationed a rescue helicopter in Newport since 1987, not long after three fishermen died whe...
www.opb.org
November 25, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The helicopter Noem helped herself to.
www.opb.org/article/2025...
www.opb.org/article/2025...
Reposted by Debra Johnson
In that interview with Deputy Attorney General Blanche, among many other things, she said:“If you met Epstein, there is no way that this cast of characters, of which it’s extraordinary, and some are in your cabinet, who you value as your coworkers...”
“in your cabinet”
In Trump’s cabinet.
“in your cabinet”
In Trump’s cabinet.
November 19, 2025 at 10:48 PM
In that interview with Deputy Attorney General Blanche, among many other things, she said:“If you met Epstein, there is no way that this cast of characters, of which it’s extraordinary, and some are in your cabinet, who you value as your coworkers...”
“in your cabinet”
In Trump’s cabinet.
“in your cabinet”
In Trump’s cabinet.
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WOW! THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS SUED EPSTEIN'S ESTATE AND THEIR COMPLAINT REVEALS SO MUCH MORE ABOUT EPSTEIN AND HIS MULTI-TENTACLED OPERATIONS!
Remember how yesterday I told you that I was in the process of releasing a whole lot of little-known, relatively little-seen documents relating to Epstein?
Remember how yesterday I told you that I was in the process of releasing a whole lot of little-known, relatively little-seen documents relating to Epstein?
November 20, 2025 at 7:22 PM
WOW! THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS SUED EPSTEIN'S ESTATE AND THEIR COMPLAINT REVEALS SO MUCH MORE ABOUT EPSTEIN AND HIS MULTI-TENTACLED OPERATIONS!
Remember how yesterday I told you that I was in the process of releasing a whole lot of little-known, relatively little-seen documents relating to Epstein?
Remember how yesterday I told you that I was in the process of releasing a whole lot of little-known, relatively little-seen documents relating to Epstein?
Reposted by Debra Johnson
UPDATE: Boasberg orders the parties to submit plans for the "inquiry regarding a potential contempt referral," by tomorrow, "including names of possible witnesses and dates for hearings." (ACLU's Lee Gelernt smartly suggested waiting on the mandate from the DC Circuit before issuing any orders.)
November 25, 2025 at 3:18 AM
UPDATE: Boasberg orders the parties to submit plans for the "inquiry regarding a potential contempt referral," by tomorrow, "including names of possible witnesses and dates for hearings." (ACLU's Lee Gelernt smartly suggested waiting on the mandate from the DC Circuit before issuing any orders.)
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I hate that part of my brain is now devoted to thinking, "How would Brett Kavanaugh defend this?" — and that it's probably a not-dumb thing I do.
An ICE agent was caught removing a sign marking an ICE kidnapping in DC last week! Do we think he did it out of anger, embarrassment, or most appropriately shame? If you think what you’re doing is right, why are you trying to hide the evidence? 👀
November 25, 2025 at 3:43 AM
I hate that part of my brain is now devoted to thinking, "How would Brett Kavanaugh defend this?" — and that it's probably a not-dumb thing I do.
Reposted by Debra Johnson
"The whole medical establishment has huge stakes and equities that I’m now threatening," Kennedy told Scherer. "And I’m shocked President Trump lets me do it."
It's the whole nation and world. And, yes, it is shocking (and damning and a dozen other things) that President Trump lets him do it.
It's the whole nation and world. And, yes, it is shocking (and damning and a dozen other things) that President Trump lets him do it.
“The entire purpose of science is to search for existential truths,” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told me. “It’s not subjective. It should be objective. I believe science is a place where you can find unity if you can get a conversation going.” www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Why Is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. So Convinced He’s Right?
How an outsider, once ignored by the public-health establishment, became the most powerful man in science
www.theatlantic.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:11 AM
"The whole medical establishment has huge stakes and equities that I’m now threatening," Kennedy told Scherer. "And I’m shocked President Trump lets me do it."
It's the whole nation and world. And, yes, it is shocking (and damning and a dozen other things) that President Trump lets him do it.
It's the whole nation and world. And, yes, it is shocking (and damning and a dozen other things) that President Trump lets him do it.
Reposted by Debra Johnson
“SCOTUS to takes sides in redrawing push that could impact 2026 voting” electionlawblog.org?p=153236
"SCOTUS to takes sides in redrawing push that could impact 2026 voting" #ELB
Bart Jansen for USA Today: At President Donald Trump’s urging, Texas is trying to send even more Republicans to represent it in the U.S. Congress. To pull that off, the country’s most populous Republ...
electionlawblog.org
November 25, 2025 at 7:41 PM
“SCOTUS to takes sides in redrawing push that could impact 2026 voting” electionlawblog.org?p=153236
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“‘Not a turf war’: GOP lawmakers say they’ll appeal Utah’s new congressional map to the Supreme Court” electionlawblog.org?p=153230
"‘Not a turf war’: GOP lawmakers say they’ll appeal Utah’s new congressional map to the Supreme Court" #ELB
Salt Lake Tribune: Responding to a stinging legal defeat in the state’s redistricting battle, Utah Republican legislators said Tuesday that they will convene a special session Dec. 9 to put a constitu...
electionlawblog.org
November 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM
“‘Not a turf war’: GOP lawmakers say they’ll appeal Utah’s new congressional map to the Supreme Court” electionlawblog.org?p=153230
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BREAKING: In Judge Boasberg's contempt inquiry, Plaintiffs include Emil Bove, now a Third Circuit judge, on their list of potential witnesses. Others include Erez Reuveni and Drew Ensign—both of whom Boasberg mentioned as likely witnesses—and Yaakov Roth, a senior official in DOJ's Civil Division.
November 25, 2025 at 8:03 PM
BREAKING: In Judge Boasberg's contempt inquiry, Plaintiffs include Emil Bove, now a Third Circuit judge, on their list of potential witnesses. Others include Erez Reuveni and Drew Ensign—both of whom Boasberg mentioned as likely witnesses—and Yaakov Roth, a senior official in DOJ's Civil Division.
Reposted by Debra Johnson
This is the same playbook the Trump administration ran in Portland, where DHS officials falsely accused local police of failing to help them (or not arriving quickly enough). Strikes me as a problem that the government lies so freely to the Supreme Court now. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
November 25, 2025 at 8:12 PM
This is the same playbook the Trump administration ran in Portland, where DHS officials falsely accused local police of failing to help them (or not arriving quickly enough). Strikes me as a problem that the government lies so freely to the Supreme Court now. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
I'm tired of Trump and Trump news.
November 25, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I'm tired of Trump and Trump news.
Israel made air strikes on Gaza.
It's almost like there is no Ceasefire!
It's almost like there is no Ceasefire!
November 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Israel made air strikes on Gaza.
It's almost like there is no Ceasefire!
It's almost like there is no Ceasefire!
U.S. economic data:
1. We are paying more goods & services.
2. AI Data Centers are driving up the costs of utilities.
3. Unemployment is rising as expected with mass layoffs at federal and commercial levels.
4. Jobs are harder to find.
5. DOE changes to Nursing will impact wages & healthcare.
1. We are paying more goods & services.
2. AI Data Centers are driving up the costs of utilities.
3. Unemployment is rising as expected with mass layoffs at federal and commercial levels.
4. Jobs are harder to find.
5. DOE changes to Nursing will impact wages & healthcare.
November 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
U.S. economic data:
1. We are paying more goods & services.
2. AI Data Centers are driving up the costs of utilities.
3. Unemployment is rising as expected with mass layoffs at federal and commercial levels.
4. Jobs are harder to find.
5. DOE changes to Nursing will impact wages & healthcare.
1. We are paying more goods & services.
2. AI Data Centers are driving up the costs of utilities.
3. Unemployment is rising as expected with mass layoffs at federal and commercial levels.
4. Jobs are harder to find.
5. DOE changes to Nursing will impact wages & healthcare.
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The line between Us vs. Them that will define future struggles for human dignity & survival has been clearly drawn by the tech industry. We’re worth less than mulch to these fucking psychopaths. Start strategizing accordingly.
What AI is costing you now.
“The number one issue was affordability,” he says. “But a very close second was data centers and the concern around them just sucking up the water, the electricity, the land—and not really paying any taxes.”
www.wired.com/story/the-da...
“The number one issue was affordability,” he says. “But a very close second was data centers and the concern around them just sucking up the water, the electricity, the land—and not really paying any taxes.”
www.wired.com/story/the-da...
The Data Center Resistance Has Arrived
A new report finds that local opposition to data centers skyrocketed in the second quarter of this year.
www.wired.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:40 AM
The line between Us vs. Them that will define future struggles for human dignity & survival has been clearly drawn by the tech industry. We’re worth less than mulch to these fucking psychopaths. Start strategizing accordingly.
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I agree heartily with this article about the utility of a college education. 🌾🌿🧪🎓
doi.org/10.64628/AAI...
doi.org/10.64628/AAI...
Colleges teach the most valuable career skills when they don’t stick narrowly to preprofessional education
Parents and policymakers want job security for graduates, but in the AI and automation era, careers may depend as much on curiosity and initiative as on credentials.
doi.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I agree heartily with this article about the utility of a college education. 🌾🌿🧪🎓
doi.org/10.64628/AAI...
doi.org/10.64628/AAI...
"Trump made the announcement after he spoke with Xi by phone nearly a month after the two leaders met in person in South Korea, saying they discussed issues including Ukraine, fentanyl and purchases of American soybeans."
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump says he will visit Beijing in April and host China’s Xi for a state visit later next year
President Donald Trump says he will visit Beijing in April and host China’s President Xi Jinping for a state visit later next year.
apnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
"Trump made the announcement after he spoke with Xi by phone nearly a month after the two leaders met in person in South Korea, saying they discussed issues including Ukraine, fentanyl and purchases of American soybeans."
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
Our babies were taken after 'biased' parenting test - now we're fighting to get them back www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Our babies were taken after 'biased' parenting test - now we're fighting to get them back
The Danish government has banned the use of parental competency tests on Greenlandic families after decades of criticism.
www.yahoo.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Our babies were taken after 'biased' parenting test - now we're fighting to get them back www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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Looking for some help! I'm putting together materials for a postdoc workshop on writing cover letters and abstracts for general journals like Science, Nature, PNAS. Any advice, tips, or resources to share? I will compile and share back! 🧪😀
November 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Looking for some help! I'm putting together materials for a postdoc workshop on writing cover letters and abstracts for general journals like Science, Nature, PNAS. Any advice, tips, or resources to share? I will compile and share back! 🧪😀
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#Alzheimers
Wrong way to pursue Alzheimer's treatments: "The company’s Executive Vice President for Product and Portfolio Strategy had described the Alzheimer’s trials as a “lottery ticket” in September, a reference to its uncertain prospects yet huge potential."
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
#Alzheimers
Wrong way to pursue Alzheimer's treatments: "The company’s Executive Vice President for Product and Portfolio Strategy had described the Alzheimer’s trials as a “lottery ticket” in September, a reference to its uncertain prospects yet huge potential."
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Novo Nordisk says Alzheimer's trial with older GLP-1 drug fails
An older oral version of the company's semaglutide drug failed to meet its main goal in late-stage trials testing whether the medicine can slow cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s patients.
www.nbcnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:53 PM
🧪
#Alzheimers
Wrong way to pursue Alzheimer's treatments: "The company’s Executive Vice President for Product and Portfolio Strategy had described the Alzheimer’s trials as a “lottery ticket” in September, a reference to its uncertain prospects yet huge potential."
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
#Alzheimers
Wrong way to pursue Alzheimer's treatments: "The company’s Executive Vice President for Product and Portfolio Strategy had described the Alzheimer’s trials as a “lottery ticket” in September, a reference to its uncertain prospects yet huge potential."
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...