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MN mom pressed into democracy defense @joleneljohnson.bsky.social · 13h

Again Trump is literally stealing money from physics education research (among other things) to give to his AI billionaire buds to develop technology that could kill us. Nobody voted for this. #vote #impeach

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MN mom pressed into democracy defense @joleneljohnson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

People are not telling the truth. Basically all apartments have black mold. Many have structural problems. You can't fix this with new cabinets and a few million dollars. The city absolutely failed and 440 units are going offline including 300 affordable ones. #HeritagePark #Minneapolis

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September 29, 2026 Budget Committee

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MN mom pressed into democracy defense @joleneljohnson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Trumps best buddy is destroying science in Ukraine. Seems like Trumps plan here except he is using propaganda instead of bombs. Dictators don't seem to understand you can't kill the truth. Democracy and science will win in the end.

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Russian Drone Strikes Ukraine’s Science Academy, Causing Fire in City Center (Gift Article)

A Russian jet-powered drone hit Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences, the source of almost all of the country’s major scientific discoveries.

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MN mom pressed into democracy defense @joleneljohnson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Tonight on national PBS at 8 pm and repeated at 9:30 pm CDT. A musical celebration of democracy and our role as citizens. Look for me in the back of the violas. #Minneapolis #PBS #SingDemocracy250 www.pbs.org/show/sing-de...

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Sing Democracy 250

An urgent musical call for Americans to renew our democracy for the next 250 years.

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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 24/09/2026

I don't have time to write more, but ICE is working to remove people to third countries in violation of D.V.D. v. DHS. I've been up since 5:20 A.M. working with two other attorneys to prevent our client from being shipped out. If you rep someone at risk of third country removal, check on them NOW

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MN mom pressed into democracy defense @joleneljohnson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This is a small start. McCormick Baron needs to be held responsible but so does government. The city has let people live in mold and rat infested buildings without heat over the winter. 440 apartments are probably going to be demolished. 25 years of abandoning Heritage Park. #Minneapolis

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MN mom pressed into democracy defense @joleneljohnson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This is 100% true in tech and related fields like physics. I could have written so many of the comments in the story from my decades in physics. And yes Trump made it worse by elevating Elon worshipping bros of all sorts.

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MN mom pressed into democracy defense @joleneljohnson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Pro tip. If you are renting a car where ICE has been active (like Minneapolis but these days many places) run your plates through a national database to see if it has been rented by ICE. If it has ask for a different car. Helps keep you safe and prevents your neighbors from worrying. #AbolishICE

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MN mom pressed into democracy defense @joleneljohnson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I hate Trump so much. I just learned a students DACA expired because Trump is slow walking renewals. So now my job also includes watching ICE watch for my campus so I can hopefully prevent this student from being kidnapped. #AbolishICE #Impeach

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MN mom pressed into democracy defense @joleneljohnson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

What will it take for Republicans to do something. We simply can't have a rogue secret police force shooting random people and not being held accountable when they lie about everything. #AbolishICE #Impeach

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MN mom pressed into democracy defense @joleneljohnson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

This is my experience with teaching in public schools. Not enough money, low expectations, inexperienced teachers burning out. School choice works for the kids who have choice but not for anyone else.

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MN mom pressed into democracy defense @joleneljohnson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I am sorry we murdered school girls because of AI plus absolute human incompetence? If there was anyone still pro AI left this should end that. Also every single one of the people who didn't stop this belong in jail #banAI #Impeach

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MN mom pressed into democracy defense @joleneljohnson.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Again to make this clear. The Trump administration is stealing money from physics research which funds things like research experience for undergraduates and is directing that money to AI companies that literally might kill us all. Nobody wants this. Vote! #Physics #Impeach

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MN mom pressed into democracy defense @joleneljohnson.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Bethune is going to close. MPS needs to seriously look at joining the class action lawsuit against all the levels of government who failed Holman. Land wasn't developed and now the apartments need to be condemned. Our neighborhood should have 1000 kids not 50. #MPS #HeritagePark #Minneapolis

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MN mom pressed into democracy defense @joleneljohnson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Trump has wrecked so many things I care about including science. How did a group of people who probably flunked every science class they ever took end up in charge of science?

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MN mom pressed into democracy defense @joleneljohnson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

www.pbs.org/show/sing-de... Mark your calendar for Sept 25th 8 pm CDT. PBS national is broadcasting our orchestra hall performance of Sing Democracy 250. Inspiring music for this dark time for our democracy. #SingDemocracy #Minneapolis #PBS

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Sing Democracy 250

An urgent musical call for Americans to renew our democracy for the next 250 years.

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Wedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 10/09/2026

Residents from Heritage Park testifying to the BET about unlivable conditions. Lack of heat and hot water, mold that makes them sick, cracks and holes in the buildings. They want them torn down and rebuilt.

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MN mom pressed into democracy defense @joleneljohnson.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Our government is sending peaceful asylum seekers to a military prison where we tortured people. Peak cruelty and peak Trump.

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MN mom pressed into democracy defense @joleneljohnson.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Our church is serving as family reunification center. Glad we can host the space for those in need but Minneapolis really doesn't need more trauma.

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MN mom pressed into democracy defense @joleneljohnson.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Does your state auditor do crop art? Because mine does. Minnesota is the best state! #cropart #mnstatefair

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MN mom pressed into democracy defense @joleneljohnson.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Yep can confirm. How on earth was it constitutional to have ICE just pull up in their unmarked truck to snap my picture while I was walking my dog on my own block in Feb. I think they took at least 10 pictures of me just in my own neighborhood. #AbolishICE #Minneapolis

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MN mom pressed into democracy defense @joleneljohnson.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Working in education I think the thing many people miss is how much impact this has on schools. Not only the trauma and lost days but now lost funding so lost teachers. Fewer kids means fewer electives and tough choices about how to keep buildings open. #AbolishICE #Minnesota

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MN mom pressed into democracy defense @joleneljohnson.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Fun Minnesota connection. She taught at UMN during WWII. Also Frank Oppenheimer was banned from physics also worked at UMN with Phyllis Freier who was the first female physics professor and was nominated for a nobel prize.

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MN mom pressed into democracy defense @joleneljohnson.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

DHS is again at MN state fair. At bus entrance and exit. There are observers at fair plugged into other networks as well. Stay safe and report any sightings. #mnstatefair #AbolishICE

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MN mom pressed into democracy defense @joleneljohnson.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Biking to the fair is the best! Cookie line at 8 am. Breakfast at farmers union and french meadow. Next stop animals and rides. #mnstatefair

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MN mom pressed into democracy defense @joleneljohnson.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Oh hell no. ICE is not ruining the state fair. Bring your whistles and there are active observers at the state fair if you need to report or need support. Be especially careful at bus stops. #mnstatefair #Minnesota #AbolishICE

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MN mom pressed into democracy defense @joleneljohnson.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Minnesota crop art is the best! “My piece was inspired by Picasso's Guernica, a work that was his response to the Nazi's bombing of the Basque town. I thought there was a fitting parallel between these incidents about the high price paid by ordinary people... 1/2 #mnstatefair #Minnesota #AbolishICE

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Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 27/08/2026

The word Ontario is "thought to have Indigenous origins, either Ontarí:io, a Huron (Wyandot) word meaning "great lake", or possibly skanadario, which means "beautiful water" or "sparkling water" in the Iroquoian languages" according to Wikipedia As always, it's racism en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario

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Ontario - Wikipedia

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MN mom pressed into democracy defense @joleneljohnson.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I have now heard multiple confirmed accounts of ICE targeting buses and schools as the year starts in other states. Many Minnesota schools have or will start in the next 2 weeks. Be prepared to rejoin school patrols if needed. #AbolishICE #Minneapolis #Minnesota

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MN mom pressed into democracy defense @joleneljohnson.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The world is tough right now...but my garden still brings me joy. #garden #dahlia #Minneapolis

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MN mom pressed into democracy defense @joleneljohnson.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The city spent money a few years ago to paint this sign. They didn't spend money to inspect the apartments. Residents have been living in mold infested apartments without heat or air conditioning. The HOA foreclosed on black residents. All government failed here. #HeritagePark #Minneapolis #Racism

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MN mom pressed into democracy defense @joleneljohnson.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Our orange dictator is stealing money for training future scientists so he has a private slush fund to distribute to his rich AI bros. This man is stealing our future yet Congress won't do shit about it. #Impeach

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MN mom pressed into democracy defense @joleneljohnson.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Love the Minnesota state fair art. I pass these stop signs daily. It is a constant reminder we are not crazy, last winter really did happen. "Drew Arrieta’s documentation of many of these signs, which he titles Signs of Refusal, reflects on the lasting visual memory of last winter." #AbolishICE

Drew Arrieta photographed dozens of STOP signs that people wrote on or put stickers on during Operation Metro Surge. (Aaron Lavinsky / The Minnesota Star Tribune)

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MN mom pressed into democracy defense @joleneljohnson.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

DHS is full of idiots. From reporting today I learned they spied on a protest sign making party at our local brewery my husband and kids attended. I guess antifa is my 5 year old who didn't want her best friend kidnapped so she made ICE OUT of my school sign #AbolishICE #Minneapolis #Fascism

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MN mom pressed into democracy defense @joleneljohnson.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Walking into new year faculty meetings today. This is my anthem this year. We will fight to educate students despite AI, the dismantling of our federal government and assaults on our rights. It is going to be a long year though.

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Resistance Revival Chorus, Abena Koomson-Davis · This Joy · Song · 2020

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MN mom pressed into democracy defense @joleneljohnson.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

As a Minnesotan I really want Target to succeed but wow! How nobody says maybe a blatantly racist costume isn't a good idea makes me seriously question if they have learned anything about why they keep getting boycotted.

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MN mom pressed into democracy defense @joleneljohnson.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

So the racist got punched by spider man, chased out by residents and arrested and had his car impounded. Good job neighbors!

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MN mom pressed into democracy defense @joleneljohnson.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

More great entries for mn state fair crop art. These are from Maureen Sorenson of Prior Lake. Competition will be fierce this year. #mnstatefair #Minnesota #cropart

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MN mom pressed into democracy defense @joleneljohnson.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

This illegal shit has real life consequences. My students have fewer scholarship opportunities, fewer research opportunities which means fewer scientists who can solve tomorrow's problems. I can guarantee the tech bros stealing this money for AI aren't interested in anything but money. #Impeach

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MN mom pressed into democracy defense @joleneljohnson.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Oh hell no. Most of Heritage Park would be possible data centers. On the same land they concentrated poverty then screwed up the Holmann decree so bad people are living in mold. Build a data center in a billionaires land not my neighborhood

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MN mom pressed into democracy defense @joleneljohnson.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

We can't fund STEM education but suddenly we have more money for AI bullshit that makes tech bros richer. Plus all this is illegal. Typical Trump administration story. #Impeach #FundNSF

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MN mom pressed into democracy defense @joleneljohnson.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

This is exactly what I saw this summer in calc physics. Higher hw scores, less time on hw, lower exam scores except the 1/3 of the class also using AI to cheat on exams somehow. Students copied hallucinated AI labs we didn't do onto their test and claimed they weren't cheating.

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MN mom pressed into democracy defense @joleneljohnson.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

So excited for the fair this year. Crop art is always amazing and I know there will be so many great entries this year #mnstatefair

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MN mom pressed into democracy defense @joleneljohnson.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

So many tomatoes! I have been traveling and came back to my garden being super productive. 42 cans of pizza sauce so far plus lots of dried cherry tomatoes! #garden #Minneapolis

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MN mom pressed into democracy defense @joleneljohnson.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Our government is spying on unions and churches. We were pretty sure at the time the constitutional observer trainings were being monitored. Pretty sure I saw ICE recording plates at our church training. This reporting confirms that. #AbolishICE #Minnesota #Fascism

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U.S. Investigated Left-Leaning Groups During Minnesota Immigration Crackdown (Gift Article)

The government conducted expansive surveillance, infiltrated group chats and obtained financial records of organizations never accused of crimes.

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MN mom pressed into democracy defense @joleneljohnson.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

ICE pointed a gun at me for blowing a whistle on my own block to alert neighbor. There is not a chance the secret police would be trained and follow the training on how to use these weapons of state violence. #AbolishICE

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