Julie Jones

@juliejones.bsky.social

Retired piano accompanist, currently high school sports photographer. Collie and sheltie rescuer.

Former Republican Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert died this morning. For 16 years, while he was a coach and government teacher at Yorkville High School in Yorkville, Illinois, Hastert sexually abused at least four boys (and likely more). (thread)

Several years ago, I made the 25 mile trek to Whole Foods, just to see what it was like. Not bad, but way too pricey and way too far for a weekly grocery run. Never went back. But I get emails. Here's today's subject line. "Come Back for 20% Off Caviar" 🤣🤣🤣

🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:

Please don't overreact to the SCOTUS SAVE database decision today Page 6 of the decision makes clear that we are in the 90 day statutory window when mass changes cannot be made to voter lists! Yeah it's a shit decision for the reasons the 3 dissenters say but we can deal with it. More to come...

Supreme Court Allows Expansive Voter Screening Tool Ahead of Midterms (Gift Article)

Critics of the Trump administration system to monitor the citizenship status of voters had raised alarms about privacy and improper voter purges.

nytimes.com