Julie Blaha
@julieblaha.bsky.social
Personal account of the Minnesota State Auditor and award winning MN State Fair crop artist.
Thanks to all our veterans who stepped up for their values despite the risks.
November 11, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Thanks to all our veterans who stepped up for their values despite the risks.
Let’s make crop art to honor Melissa and Mark Hortman. I am using my annual fundraiser to create a piece for this year’s State Fair Crop Art Competition’s new team division and raise money for the MN DFL House Caucus. facebook.com/events/s/lfc...
August 10, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Let’s make crop art to honor Melissa and Mark Hortman. I am using my annual fundraiser to create a piece for this year’s State Fair Crop Art Competition’s new team division and raise money for the MN DFL House Caucus. facebook.com/events/s/lfc...
Oh, this is going to be a good year. www.mnstatefair.org/new/food/?ut...
July 9, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Oh, this is going to be a good year. www.mnstatefair.org/new/food/?ut...
Our pins had flowers Melissa loved, there were as many hugs as tears, and a theme of peace flowed through the eulogies and songs. The funeral was as beautiful as the Hortmans’ spirits, and powerful enough to push aside the horror of why we had to gather, even if only for a little while.
June 29, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Our pins had flowers Melissa loved, there were as many hugs as tears, and a theme of peace flowed through the eulogies and songs. The funeral was as beautiful as the Hortmans’ spirits, and powerful enough to push aside the horror of why we had to gather, even if only for a little while.
This is how I felt at the vigil on Wednesday.
Read her full commentary here: www.startribune.com/minnesota-la...
Read her full commentary here: www.startribune.com/minnesota-la...
June 20, 2025 at 2:32 PM
This is how I felt at the vigil on Wednesday.
Read her full commentary here: www.startribune.com/minnesota-la...
Read her full commentary here: www.startribune.com/minnesota-la...
Let’s take some time today to support the abortion providers and advocates who were also targeted by Hortmans’ assassin.
June 15, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Let’s take some time today to support the abortion providers and advocates who were also targeted by Hortmans’ assassin.
I’ll miss clapping for Melissa.
June 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I’ll miss clapping for Melissa.
I am heartbroken over the deaths of Rep Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, and the critical conditions of Sen John Hoffman and his wife Yvette.
They are more than dear friends, but also some of the greatest public servants I have ever known.
Violence has no place in our democracy.
They are more than dear friends, but also some of the greatest public servants I have ever known.
Violence has no place in our democracy.
June 14, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I am heartbroken over the deaths of Rep Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, and the critical conditions of Sen John Hoffman and his wife Yvette.
They are more than dear friends, but also some of the greatest public servants I have ever known.
Violence has no place in our democracy.
They are more than dear friends, but also some of the greatest public servants I have ever known.
Violence has no place in our democracy.
The Minnesota counties on Trump’s “Sanctuary Watch List” are pretty random. One more bit of #TrumpChaos overextended local staff don’t have time for.
May 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The Minnesota counties on Trump’s “Sanctuary Watch List” are pretty random. One more bit of #TrumpChaos overextended local staff don’t have time for.
Glad for the warm-up so my cousin can get his tooth money.
February 23, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Glad for the warm-up so my cousin can get his tooth money.
Sharing the stage with IL Treasurer Michael Frerichs, MA Comptroller Brooke Lierman, and CT Treasurer Erick Russell. We’re talking with emerging investment managers about how they bring innovation that is improves state fund performance.
February 11, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Sharing the stage with IL Treasurer Michael Frerichs, MA Comptroller Brooke Lierman, and CT Treasurer Erick Russell. We’re talking with emerging investment managers about how they bring innovation that is improves state fund performance.
Trump cut IGs in his first term and that made fighting fraud during COVID harder. Here we go again.
January 25, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Trump cut IGs in his first term and that made fighting fraud during COVID harder. Here we go again.
Well done @mnstevesimon.bsky.social on presiding over the MN House! Grace under pressure with a side of solid parliamentary procedure. #mnleg
January 14, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Well done @mnstevesimon.bsky.social on presiding over the MN House! Grace under pressure with a side of solid parliamentary procedure. #mnleg
First day of session feels like the first day of school: new backpack, reuniting with friends, wondering if there will be drama in the lunchroom… #mnleg
January 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
First day of session feels like the first day of school: new backpack, reuniting with friends, wondering if there will be drama in the lunchroom… #mnleg
Wishing you an invincible 2025.
January 1, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Wishing you an invincible 2025.
Wishing you a season of peace and joy!
December 25, 2024 at 12:53 PM
Wishing you a season of peace and joy!
Latest budget forecast: near term surplus, deficit in out years if we do nothing differently. Special education and disability services a major driver in increased costs. By looking out further than many states, we can start working on issues over the horizon now.
December 4, 2024 at 6:55 PM
Latest budget forecast: near term surplus, deficit in out years if we do nothing differently. Special education and disability services a major driver in increased costs. By looking out further than many states, we can start working on issues over the horizon now.
Trying to drop extra pounds of pumpkin pie: how about dropping a pint? Blood, platelet, and plasma donations burn about 500 calories. I do platelets, which can lower bad cholesterol a bit too. Good for you, great for those battling health issues. Sign up here: www.mbc.org
November 30, 2024 at 4:58 PM
Trying to drop extra pounds of pumpkin pie: how about dropping a pint? Blood, platelet, and plasma donations burn about 500 calories. I do platelets, which can lower bad cholesterol a bit too. Good for you, great for those battling health issues. Sign up here: www.mbc.org
My IKEA name is my last name and first initial of my first name, and it’s real! Love that as a blue, pink, and white toy it’s considered by some a trans rights mascot (www.intomore.com/the-internet...)
November 29, 2024 at 1:33 AM
My IKEA name is my last name and first initial of my first name, and it’s real! Love that as a blue, pink, and white toy it’s considered by some a trans rights mascot (www.intomore.com/the-internet...)