Julie Strothman
@jstrothman.bsky.social
Gov tech product design, making it easier to get & manage benefits
Pretty much always want to be quilting or in the woods
She/her
Pretty much always want to be quilting or in the woods
She/her
Venomous vandals
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered. n.pr/48HypvT
HHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portrait
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered.
n.pr
December 6, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Venomous vandals
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My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
November 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
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It doesn't actually matter if Chuck Schumer votes for this or not.
If he can't keep his caucus unified to protect healthcare for over 10 million Americans, he should resign as leader.
If he can't keep his caucus unified to protect healthcare for over 10 million Americans, he should resign as leader.
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 AM
It doesn't actually matter if Chuck Schumer votes for this or not.
If he can't keep his caucus unified to protect healthcare for over 10 million Americans, he should resign as leader.
If he can't keep his caucus unified to protect healthcare for over 10 million Americans, he should resign as leader.
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Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
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There it is, they're trying to de-transition everyone on Medicaid. I wish I was surprised. I'm certainly appalled and deeply worried for all the trans people who rely on Medicaid.
IMPORTANT: Nationwide ban on Medicaid covering gender affirming care is in the House bill.
Prohibition on #Medicaid coverage of gender affirming care extended from youth under age 18 to all beneficiaries (4/x)
May 22, 2025 at 3:01 AM
There it is, they're trying to de-transition everyone on Medicaid. I wish I was surprised. I'm certainly appalled and deeply worried for all the trans people who rely on Medicaid.
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"Apple made 'Pretrial (Let Her Go Home)' in support of Free Black Mamas DMV www.dmvbailout.org and has launched a Let Her Go Home website lethergohome.org where you can donate, find local bail funds, and learn more about court-watching."
Source: pitchfork.com/news/fiona-a...
Source: pitchfork.com/news/fiona-a...
May 8, 2025 at 12:17 AM
"Apple made 'Pretrial (Let Her Go Home)' in support of Free Black Mamas DMV www.dmvbailout.org and has launched a Let Her Go Home website lethergohome.org where you can donate, find local bail funds, and learn more about court-watching."
Source: pitchfork.com/news/fiona-a...
Source: pitchfork.com/news/fiona-a...
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia, Judge Hannah Dugan, two-year-old V.L.M.
They are not outliers, exceptions, or aberrations. …
What we are witnessing is the Trump administration’s immigration plan in motion.
Today, at Law Dork:
They are not outliers, exceptions, or aberrations. …
What we are witnessing is the Trump administration’s immigration plan in motion.
Today, at Law Dork:
The horrors are not aberrations. This is the Trump administration's plan.
This is their plan. But the plan is just that — a plan. It can and must be stopped.
www.lawdork.com
April 26, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, Judge Hannah Dugan, two-year-old V.L.M.
They are not outliers, exceptions, or aberrations. …
What we are witnessing is the Trump administration’s immigration plan in motion.
Today, at Law Dork:
They are not outliers, exceptions, or aberrations. …
What we are witnessing is the Trump administration’s immigration plan in motion.
Today, at Law Dork:
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The extra strict privacy protections for the IRS are to ensure people pay their taxes. We interviewed folks at the IRS and this also shaped their strict culture around privacy. Ultimately, the tax system only works if people voluntarily comply.
The IRS is nearing an agreement to allow immigration officials to use tax data to confirm the names and addresses of people suspected of being in the country illegally.
The IRS has for years reassured undocumented workers that their tax info is confidential.
www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/20...
The IRS has for years reassured undocumented workers that their tax info is confidential.
www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/20...
IRS nears deal with ICE to share addresses of suspected undocumented immigrants
The move toward information-sharing comes as President Donald Trump pushes his administration to use every resource to conduct what he hopes will be the largest mass deportation of immigrants in U.S. ...
www.washingtonpost.com
March 23, 2025 at 12:53 PM
The extra strict privacy protections for the IRS are to ensure people pay their taxes. We interviewed folks at the IRS and this also shaped their strict culture around privacy. Ultimately, the tax system only works if people voluntarily comply.
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New, from me:
Trump is whitewashing American history, removing not just people, but also the stories, images, and values to anyone who does not conform to his impoverished vision of America.
Here is a partial inventory. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whitewashi...
Trump is whitewashing American history, removing not just people, but also the stories, images, and values to anyone who does not conform to his impoverished vision of America.
Here is a partial inventory. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whitewashi...
Whitewashing American history
The Trump Presidency as a project of erasure
donmoynihan.substack.com
March 15, 2025 at 6:09 PM
New, from me:
Trump is whitewashing American history, removing not just people, but also the stories, images, and values to anyone who does not conform to his impoverished vision of America.
Here is a partial inventory. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whitewashi...
Trump is whitewashing American history, removing not just people, but also the stories, images, and values to anyone who does not conform to his impoverished vision of America.
Here is a partial inventory. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whitewashi...
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@schumer.senate.gov If you vote for cloture you are a stain on this country’s history that will never go away. You are willingly passing power to a tyrant in waiting, and you are a disgrace to every oath of office any senator has ever sworn. Your legacy will be one of cowardice and contempt.
March 13, 2025 at 10:36 PM
@schumer.senate.gov If you vote for cloture you are a stain on this country’s history that will never go away. You are willingly passing power to a tyrant in waiting, and you are a disgrace to every oath of office any senator has ever sworn. Your legacy will be one of cowardice and contempt.
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This evening, Columbia/Barnard faculty, Jewish leaders, immigrant advocates, and rabbis came together to demand the immediate release of Mahmoud Khalil.
We will not be silent about this outrageous assault on free speech.
We will not be silent in the face of an authoritarian takeover. #FreeMahmoud
We will not be silent about this outrageous assault on free speech.
We will not be silent in the face of an authoritarian takeover. #FreeMahmoud
March 11, 2025 at 12:36 AM
This evening, Columbia/Barnard faculty, Jewish leaders, immigrant advocates, and rabbis came together to demand the immediate release of Mahmoud Khalil.
We will not be silent about this outrageous assault on free speech.
We will not be silent in the face of an authoritarian takeover. #FreeMahmoud
We will not be silent about this outrageous assault on free speech.
We will not be silent in the face of an authoritarian takeover. #FreeMahmoud
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This extreme escalation is an egregious violation of first amendment rights. Now is the moment to speak out and oppose this as fiercely and loudly as possible.
March 9, 2025 at 8:32 PM
This extreme escalation is an egregious violation of first amendment rights. Now is the moment to speak out and oppose this as fiercely and loudly as possible.
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Universities have to recognize that these actions pose an existential threat. They need to make clear, through action, that they won’t sit on the sidelines as the Trump administration terrorizes students and faculty alike and runs roughshod over individual rights and the rule of law.
March 9, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Universities have to recognize that these actions pose an existential threat. They need to make clear, through action, that they won’t sit on the sidelines as the Trump administration terrorizes students and faculty alike and runs roughshod over individual rights and the rule of law.
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Mourning 18F’s elimination as a former employee but even more so as a former 18F agency customer. Unlike DOGE, 18F did the hard work of cultural transformation and sharing their methods with other Feds as they helped improve services. They weren’t just techies, they were teachers.
18F, a digital services unit inside the General Services Administration, has been completely laid off, according to an email I’ve seen. The email says that 18F was deemed “non-critical” and the decision was made with the “explicit” direction of the administration and GSA leadership.
March 1, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Mourning 18F’s elimination as a former employee but even more so as a former 18F agency customer. Unlike DOGE, 18F did the hard work of cultural transformation and sharing their methods with other Feds as they helped improve services. They weren’t just techies, they were teachers.
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18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people:
18f.org
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 1, 2025 at 11:38 PM
18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people:
18f.org
18f.org
Eliminating 18F is a huge loss to modernizing US federal tech
18F, the federal government’s technology shop, was demolished by Musk’s team shortly after midnight. It was a cost-recoverable org, charging agencies for their expertise, using a consulting model. Its cost to government was negligible, its benefits huge. My team there once saved DoD $500 billion.
March 1, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Eliminating 18F is a huge loss to modernizing US federal tech
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Just heard from a friend who is a true hero veteran. His company was destroyed in 30 days by the VA when they canceled 5 contracts without notice. 23 Americans mostly veterans out of work and a veteran owned small business destroyed. For nothing. They're dismantling the VA not "reforming" it.
February 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Just heard from a friend who is a true hero veteran. His company was destroyed in 30 days by the VA when they canceled 5 contracts without notice. 23 Americans mostly veterans out of work and a veteran owned small business destroyed. For nothing. They're dismantling the VA not "reforming" it.
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BREAKING: A federal court temporarily blocked President Trump’s executive order aiming to restrict access to gender-affirming medical care for transgender people under age 19 nationwide.
This is a major victory for our freedom to access life-saving care.
This is a major victory for our freedom to access life-saving care.
February 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
BREAKING: A federal court temporarily blocked President Trump’s executive order aiming to restrict access to gender-affirming medical care for transgender people under age 19 nationwide.
This is a major victory for our freedom to access life-saving care.
This is a major victory for our freedom to access life-saving care.
Toasting Tish James tonight
The New York attorney general, Letitia James, has warned New York hospitals that complying with the White House’s executive order to end gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth could well violate state law.
N.Y. Attorney General Warns Hospitals Against Canceling Transgender Care (Gift Article)
A White House executive order last week threatened to pull federal funding from hospitals that provide gender-affirming care. But not providing the care could violate state law, Letitia James said in ...
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Toasting Tish James tonight
February 1, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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This is such a brilliant article by @willofwands.bsky.social - it perfectly illustrates that transition is unique to every trans person, that there is no one way to “be trans”, and that we absolutely should not adhere to anyone else’s ideas of gender.
#TransJoy
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#TransJoy
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Why I don't need surgery to be happy as trans
Top surgery is so often framed as something you 'need' to be truly trans masculine.
metro.co.uk
January 28, 2025 at 7:53 AM
This is such a brilliant article by @willofwands.bsky.social - it perfectly illustrates that transition is unique to every trans person, that there is no one way to “be trans”, and that we absolutely should not adhere to anyone else’s ideas of gender.
#TransJoy
metro.co.uk/2025/01/26/t...
#TransJoy
metro.co.uk/2025/01/26/t...
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To my nonbinary, agender, genderqueer, and otherwise off the binary friends & siblings: You are loved, you are valued, you are important to our community, you've been here longer than the tyrants, and you will still be here when their bones are dust and the names of their false gods are forgotten.
January 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM
To my nonbinary, agender, genderqueer, and otherwise off the binary friends & siblings: You are loved, you are valued, you are important to our community, you've been here longer than the tyrants, and you will still be here when their bones are dust and the names of their false gods are forgotten.
Thoughtful piece on accessible forms by @vickytnz.bsky.social
Vicky, I’m missing you already. May your memory be a blessing. 💔
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Vicky, I’m missing you already. May your memory be a blessing. 💔
accessibility-advent.lorithomson.co.uk/advent-calen...
Day 22: Making accessible forms
25 days of digital accessibility tips, starting from 1 December 2024. Curated by accessibility specialist Lori Thomson. Doors open based on your time zone.
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January 13, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Thoughtful piece on accessible forms by @vickytnz.bsky.social
Vicky, I’m missing you already. May your memory be a blessing. 💔
accessibility-advent.lorithomson.co.uk/advent-calen...
Vicky, I’m missing you already. May your memory be a blessing. 💔
accessibility-advent.lorithomson.co.uk/advent-calen...