Julianna
julbee.bsky.social
Julianna
@julbee.bsky.social
hoping to leave things a bit better than i find them - and see some of the world in the process

Not sure what else you'd think, but: views my own, travel deals posted as PSA, RTs not endorsements - except for the dogs. Those I endorse.
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U.S. Failed to Alert Judge to Press Law in Application to Search Reporter’s Home

The Justice Dept. did not address a 1980 law that generally bars warrants for reporting material when it sought to seize a Washington Post reporter’s devices, an unsealed filing shows.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
U.S. Failed to Alert Judge to Press Law in Application to Search Reporter’s Home
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Sigh
U.S. Failed to Alert Judge to Press Law in Application to Search Reporter’s Home

The Justice Dept. did not address a 1980 law that generally bars warrants for reporting material when it sought to seize a Washington Post reporter’s devices, an unsealed filing shows.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
U.S. Failed to Alert Judge to Press Law in Application to Search Reporter’s Home
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:17 AM
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Probably a day to promote this research from David Cortez. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
February 1, 2026 at 10:18 PM
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Oh hai, here’s 2 really good readings talking about race and CBP, but yeah job options in much of the borderlands are prisons, Dollar General, or CBP. (Also is there any way for people to do insurance like the screenwriters guild or what not? Could that help us stay insured if strikes are needed?)
Probably a day to promote this research from David Cortez. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
February 1, 2026 at 10:51 PM
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BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
www.propublica.org
February 1, 2026 at 9:10 PM
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'measles outbreak at the child prison' seems entirely avoidable, it's really the kind of thing that only happens if you do several unthinkably evil things on purpose all at once
February 2, 2026 at 4:31 AM
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“Our expert ethical analysis does not support withholding gender-affirming care from minors.”

As pediatric bioethicists, we wrote this analysis of the ethical shortcomings and flawed conclusions driving the two proposed bans on gender-affirming care.

www.statnews.com/2026/01/30/g...
January 30, 2026 at 2:54 PM
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I just. I just hate him so, so, so much. He literally is ruining my city.
February 1, 2026 at 11:56 PM
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The Kennedy Center just finished a $250 million expansion a few years ago.

This is so suspect.
Trump: "I have determined that the fastest way to bring The Trump Kennedy Center to the highest level of Success, Beauty, and Grandeur, is to cease Entertainment Operations for an approximately two year period of time, with a scheduled Grand Reopening that will rival and surpass anything."
February 1, 2026 at 11:57 PM
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** Chesapeake Bay is Freezing Up! **

📷 Look at these drone pics of the icy Chesapeake Bay.

🧊 Also pictured -- the latest ice map from the U.S. National Ice Center; some Bay waters are more than 90% ice covered.

Many thanks to Lane Purvis for the photos, taken yesterday from above Kent Island.
February 2, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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More than half of people with advanced kidney disease develop cardiovascular problems.

A new study finds that diseased kidneys release tiny particles that are toxic to the heart.
Scientists finally may know why kidney patients die of heart disease
More than half of people with advanced kidney disease develop cardiovascular problems. A new study finds that diseased kidneys release tiny particles that are toxic to the heart.
wapo.st
February 2, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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I mean, this just makes it official. It was dead the moment he stuck his name on the building and made it radioactive. What an absolute shame.
Trump officially killed the Kennedy Center.
February 1, 2026 at 11:56 PM
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the Epstein files make it very clear why the MeToo backlash was so extreme and why so much of elite society preferred Donald Trump ruling us like a king to the barest hint of accountability
February 1, 2026 at 9:27 PM
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Real talk: if the environment is anything close to what yesterday’s special election implies in November, there need to be people working very hard on a serious agenda for a substantial Democratic majority in both houses of Congress, focused on voting rights, democracy, and court reform.
February 1, 2026 at 2:04 PM
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Two officials told Wall Street Journal reporters that Gabbard’s report is designed to bolster executive orders about voting before the midterm elections.
Exclusive | Spy Chief Tulsi Gabbard Is Hunting for 2020 Election Fraud
The director of national intelligence earlier this week joined the FBI search of an election center in Georgia.
www.wsj.com
January 31, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Really need this cold weather to break
January 31, 2026 at 3:40 PM
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Very important vote. It makes repealing ICE surge funding the mainstream position in the party, with bipartisan support.
👀 Every Senate Democrat + Collins and Murkowski just voted for the Bernie Sanders amendment to repeal the $75 billion in additional ICE funding under Trump’s “big beautiful bill.” The measure failed 49-51.
January 30, 2026 at 11:26 PM
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According to the Pew Research Center, about 6% of US journalists identify as Black.

Among journalists recently arrested by the Republican regime, 100% identify as Black.

www.ap.org/news-highlig...
4 Black journalists have been kidnapped by the federal government
January 30, 2026 at 11:50 PM
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Thousands of people filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis in protest of federal immigration enforcement for the second consecutive Friday.

📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
January 30, 2026 at 9:42 PM
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His voice cracked as he spoke.“Nurses are shift workers,” he said. “We always aim to leave our relief shift set up for success, to carry on the sacred work of care in the best way possible.”

“Alex is now relieved. That means now it’s up to us to carry the work forward.”
January 29, 2026 at 12:40 AM
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Tonight in DC, hundreds of people came together to remember and mourn Alex Pretti.

One of Pretti’s fellow VA nurses from Minnesota spoke at the vigil and shared a lesson from nursing we all need right now (1/2)
January 29, 2026 at 12:40 AM
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I don’t want to think about Trump’s latest post about Alex Pretti, but we all must, esp. as funding discussions continue.

The president is talking about the “stock” of a man subjected to an extrajudicial killing by federal agents who threw him to the ground and shot him repeatedly in the back.
January 30, 2026 at 6:41 AM
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Economists generally will agree that a well-designed basic income can support workers without major disincentives.

No study on UBI has shown a meaningful drop in employment, beyond students and new parents. We want those people to focus on school and raising the next gen.
"Not only don't people work less when they are guaranteed an income, they might actually put in more effort at work. And the fact that they have more money to spend leads to the creation of more jobs."

Nobel Prize–winning economists Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo
January 29, 2026 at 8:07 PM
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The congressional switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. Put it in your cell phone. Use it. If you're not calling at least once a week, you're not doing your part.
January 30, 2026 at 5:39 AM