Denise Lee
@dadavies.bsky.social
Writer, creative & technical. Lifelong learner, sometime teacher. Passionate about rule of law, democracy, women’s autonomy. And go Dawgs.
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The cultural elites and the leftist extremists were in the faculty lounge making Democratic party talking points and I saw one of the talking points and the talking point looked at me.
i am once again asking who the "leftist extremists in the faculty lounge" shaping democratic party priorities are, and what policies it is that they are instituting
December 14, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The cultural elites and the leftist extremists were in the faculty lounge making Democratic party talking points and I saw one of the talking points and the talking point looked at me.
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I just think we should be demanding much higher standards from people in positions of power, leadership and influence
December 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I just think we should be demanding much higher standards from people in positions of power, leadership and influence
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Publish your article and get smeared.
That’s the message Dan Friedman came away with after he emailed the Pentagon for comment on a story and soon received a message from Pizzagate promoterJack Posobiec threatening to publish a scurrilous story about him.
That’s the message Dan Friedman came away with after he emailed the Pentagon for comment on a story and soon received a message from Pizzagate promoterJack Posobiec threatening to publish a scurrilous story about him.
I asked the Pentagon about Pete Hegseth's mentor. Then the threats started.
Journalism in the second Trump administration gets personal.
www.motherjones.com
December 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Publish your article and get smeared.
That’s the message Dan Friedman came away with after he emailed the Pentagon for comment on a story and soon received a message from Pizzagate promoterJack Posobiec threatening to publish a scurrilous story about him.
That’s the message Dan Friedman came away with after he emailed the Pentagon for comment on a story and soon received a message from Pizzagate promoterJack Posobiec threatening to publish a scurrilous story about him.
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icymi, there were two elections in Texas last night that were on my guide of December elections.
here are the results (via boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...):
here are the results (via boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...):
December 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
icymi, there were two elections in Texas last night that were on my guide of December elections.
here are the results (via boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...):
here are the results (via boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...):
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Florida has sued Planned Parenthood for saying, accurately (as I wrote in the linked post) that mifepristone has a proven and public record of safe use — but as multiple medical associations affirm, it just _does_. www.acog.org/news/news-re...
December 14, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Florida has sued Planned Parenthood for saying, accurately (as I wrote in the linked post) that mifepristone has a proven and public record of safe use — but as multiple medical associations affirm, it just _does_. www.acog.org/news/news-re...
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Under Trump, the SEC has eased up on more than 60% of the crypto cases that were ongoing when he took office in January.
Many of the firms that benefited from the leniency had financial ties to the Trump family.
The SEC is no longer pursuing any cases against crypto firms with Trump ties.
Many of the firms that benefited from the leniency had financial ties to the Trump family.
The SEC is no longer pursuing any cases against crypto firms with Trump ties.
The S.E.C. Was Tough on Crypto. It Pulled Back After Trump Returned to Office.
www.nytimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Under Trump, the SEC has eased up on more than 60% of the crypto cases that were ongoing when he took office in January.
Many of the firms that benefited from the leniency had financial ties to the Trump family.
The SEC is no longer pursuing any cases against crypto firms with Trump ties.
Many of the firms that benefited from the leniency had financial ties to the Trump family.
The SEC is no longer pursuing any cases against crypto firms with Trump ties.
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powerful story about people trying to make a difference via local activism — and the heavy toll it takes:
Sonya Massey’s cousin says he almost quit the Massey Commission over concerns about the group’s efficacy. “Is this going to be a big group talking session, or is there actually going to be some things involved that’s going to make some substantive change?”
A Police Killing Drew National Protests. At Home, a Commission Struggles with How to Make a Difference.
More than a year after Sonya Massey was killed by police in Illinois, a namesake commission has wrestled over changes that would prevent future tragedies.
boltsmag.org
December 14, 2025 at 8:08 PM
powerful story about people trying to make a difference via local activism — and the heavy toll it takes:
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Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
Federal agents have used chemical irritant to disperse a crowd in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis. This happened Tuesday during a identification checks amid the Trump administration's cra...
www.mprnews.org
December 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
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ICE is thug scum
Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
Federal agents have used chemical irritant to disperse a crowd in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis. This happened Tuesday during a identification checks amid the Trump administration's cra...
www.mprnews.org
December 14, 2025 at 8:09 PM
ICE is thug scum
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Because he is incapable of actual thought, regurgitation of talking points is the limit of his abilities. And he is further limited by the lack of empathy which characterizes malignant narcissists, so of course he had to mention the scratch on his ear, rather than comfort the bereaved.
December 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Because he is incapable of actual thought, regurgitation of talking points is the limit of his abilities. And he is further limited by the lack of empathy which characterizes malignant narcissists, so of course he had to mention the scratch on his ear, rather than comfort the bereaved.
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This is the choice that those with power have made—
This is the life they want for our children and us.
It will continue until we change who is in power or how power functions here.
This is the life they want for our children and us.
It will continue until we change who is in power or how power functions here.
so far tonight msnbc has interviewed two students from brown university that are also survivors of separate high school shootings.
insanity.
insanity.
December 14, 2025 at 3:18 AM
This is the choice that those with power have made—
This is the life they want for our children and us.
It will continue until we change who is in power or how power functions here.
This is the life they want for our children and us.
It will continue until we change who is in power or how power functions here.
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With the latest mass shooting at Brown University, this might be a good time to mention that Bill Clinton’s assault weapons ban reduced mass shooting deaths by 43% - but after George W Bush & Republicans let it expire, mass shooting deaths spiked by 239%.
It's the GUNS
-Joann Duman
It's the GUNS
-Joann Duman
December 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
With the latest mass shooting at Brown University, this might be a good time to mention that Bill Clinton’s assault weapons ban reduced mass shooting deaths by 43% - but after George W Bush & Republicans let it expire, mass shooting deaths spiked by 239%.
It's the GUNS
-Joann Duman
It's the GUNS
-Joann Duman
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“You see, when you exclude all the prices that go up, on average the remaining prices go down.”
As mockable as this is, it happens too often.
Yrs back, WaPo ran a piece highly critical of the failures of juvie diversion program.
Buried in the piece? The dataset omitted successful graduates.
As mockable as this is, it happens too often.
Yrs back, WaPo ran a piece highly critical of the failures of juvie diversion program.
Buried in the piece? The dataset omitted successful graduates.
BRENNAN: The president said 'prices are coming down tremendously.' But the latest data shows the consumer price index up 3% year over year. What data is he looking at?
HASSETT: He went through the individual items that we've already made a bunch of progress on
HASSETT: He went through the individual items that we've already made a bunch of progress on
December 14, 2025 at 5:14 PM
“You see, when you exclude all the prices that go up, on average the remaining prices go down.”
As mockable as this is, it happens too often.
Yrs back, WaPo ran a piece highly critical of the failures of juvie diversion program.
Buried in the piece? The dataset omitted successful graduates.
As mockable as this is, it happens too often.
Yrs back, WaPo ran a piece highly critical of the failures of juvie diversion program.
Buried in the piece? The dataset omitted successful graduates.
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I got visited by three ghosts last night, who were all experts in English grammar.
December 14, 2025 at 8:05 AM
I got visited by three ghosts last night, who were all experts in English grammar.
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TIL: Wealthy Chinese buy kids in bulk from the U.S.
"Wang, who fathered the 10 girls through U.S. surrogacies, purchased dozens of eggs from models, a finance Ph.D. and a musician...
Wang preferred girls, the people said, and hoped they would grow up to marry world leaders."
"Wang, who fathered the 10 girls through U.S. surrogacies, purchased dozens of eggs from models, a finance Ph.D. and a musician...
Wang preferred girls, the people said, and hoped they would grow up to marry world leaders."
Factory farming humans — one more reason there should be no billionaires
“Videogame executive Xu Bo, said to have more than 100 children, and other elites build mega-families, testing citizenship laws and drawing on nannies, IVF and legal firms set up to help them”
www.wsj.com/us-news/chin...
“Videogame executive Xu Bo, said to have more than 100 children, and other elites build mega-families, testing citizenship laws and drawing on nannies, IVF and legal firms set up to help them”
www.wsj.com/us-news/chin...
The Chinese Billionaires Having Dozens of U.S.-Born Babies Via Surrogate
Videogame executive Xu Bo, said to have more than 100 children, and other elites are building mega-families—testing citizenship laws and drawing on nannies, IVF and legal firms set up to help them.
www.wsj.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:18 PM
TIL: Wealthy Chinese buy kids in bulk from the U.S.
"Wang, who fathered the 10 girls through U.S. surrogacies, purchased dozens of eggs from models, a finance Ph.D. and a musician...
Wang preferred girls, the people said, and hoped they would grow up to marry world leaders."
"Wang, who fathered the 10 girls through U.S. surrogacies, purchased dozens of eggs from models, a finance Ph.D. and a musician...
Wang preferred girls, the people said, and hoped they would grow up to marry world leaders."
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so if you personally pay donald trump you get a fast track to a green card
trumpcard.gov is live and the million dollar fees are all referred to as “gifts” or “contributions” to an undisclosed party lol
December 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
so if you personally pay donald trump you get a fast track to a green card
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Buried under 12 paragraphs and 4 ads is this: that an investigation into the politicization of data was conducted not by … actually reviewing any data … but just by interviewing senior officials who disliked their chief.
So more politics.
So more politics.
December 14, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Buried under 12 paragraphs and 4 ads is this: that an investigation into the politicization of data was conducted not by … actually reviewing any data … but just by interviewing senior officials who disliked their chief.
So more politics.
So more politics.
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Sandy Hook should have been a wake up call...but no. Over and over we simply ignore the violence. This isn't what a civilized nation should do.
Warnock: "Any nation that tolerates this kind of violence year after year, decade after decade in random places, on our college and school campuses, without doing all that we can to stop it is broken and in need of moral repair."
December 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Sandy Hook should have been a wake up call...but no. Over and over we simply ignore the violence. This isn't what a civilized nation should do.
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The FBI is focused on immigration. The Department of HOMELAND SECURITY is wearing masks chasing roofers and abuela's around cities. No one is focused on actual terror. These crimes aren't being committed by undocumented immigrants no matter how much the Republican Doormat Congress and Trump say it.
Murphy: "This isn't shocking, bc over last year, Trump has been engaged in a dizzying campaign to increase violence in this country. He's restoring gun rights to felons, eliminated the WH office of gun violence prevention & stopped funding mental health grants & community anti-gun violence grants"
December 14, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The FBI is focused on immigration. The Department of HOMELAND SECURITY is wearing masks chasing roofers and abuela's around cities. No one is focused on actual terror. These crimes aren't being committed by undocumented immigrants no matter how much the Republican Doormat Congress and Trump say it.
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Hey Rand, how about if all 340 million Americans banded together into a larger group? Then we’d have even more negotiating power!
Rand Paul: "My plan is this -- let people on the Obamacare market, which is about 4% of America, a small number of people, let them buy their insurance through Costco, Sam's Club, Amazon ... "
December 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Hey Rand, how about if all 340 million Americans banded together into a larger group? Then we’d have even more negotiating power!
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my favorite thing about the benoit blanc movies is that they aren't really about benoit blanc. he is not grappling with demons from his past. we are not getting flashbacks to the husband whose murder he never solved. he just shows up and does his job like mary poppins for homicides
December 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
my favorite thing about the benoit blanc movies is that they aren't really about benoit blanc. he is not grappling with demons from his past. we are not getting flashbacks to the husband whose murder he never solved. he just shows up and does his job like mary poppins for homicides
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Robot vacuums you say?
Smart Vacuum Companies Are Monetizing Maps of Your House
They've probably been doing it for some time.
www.zmescience.com
December 14, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Robot vacuums you say?
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Sen. Jack Reed: "This is really outrageous. Mark Kelly is a veteran, he's fought in combat, he's an astronaut. And even was simply repeated what the law is. If a US senator can't do that, then this country is in profound difficulty."
December 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Sen. Jack Reed: "This is really outrageous. Mark Kelly is a veteran, he's fought in combat, he's an astronaut. And even was simply repeated what the law is. If a US senator can't do that, then this country is in profound difficulty."