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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ICE officials, under a judge’s order to clean up overcrowded and squalid conditions inside holding cells at 26 Federal Plaza detained migrants on a separate floor where they decided the the ruling didn't apply. The revelation comes in a hearing today:
www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/09/2...
www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/09/2...
ICE Moved Detainees to Previously Undisclosed Floor of 26 Federal Plaza
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to reduce overcrowding and squalid conditions at a Manhattan holding room. Months later, he finds ICE merely shifted floors.
www.thecity.nyc
February 10, 2026 at 1:25 AM
ICE officials, under a judge’s order to clean up overcrowded and squalid conditions inside holding cells at 26 Federal Plaza detained migrants on a separate floor where they decided the the ruling didn't apply. The revelation comes in a hearing today:
www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/09/2...
www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/09/2...
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For the curious: I spoke with @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social (the pastor in this photograph) right after he got out of jail following his arrest back in November.
"I've got bruises all over my body," he told me. He said an officer told him: “Shut the f–k up.” religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
"I've got bruises all over my body," he told me. He said an officer told him: “Shut the f–k up.” religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
February 10, 2026 at 1:16 AM
For the curious: I spoke with @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social (the pastor in this photograph) right after he got out of jail following his arrest back in November.
"I've got bruises all over my body," he told me. He said an officer told him: “Shut the f–k up.” religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
"I've got bruises all over my body," he told me. He said an officer told him: “Shut the f–k up.” religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
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does anyone happen to know who the italian media crew was that was at whipple on the day of the general strike (1/23)?
February 10, 2026 at 1:52 AM
does anyone happen to know who the italian media crew was that was at whipple on the day of the general strike (1/23)?
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Siri, what happens when you fire all the Black and Brown smart people from newsrooms?
Analysis: Weeks before he set foot on the stage, Bad Bunny’s halftime performance had already become a media event.
But if you were looking for political commentary, the closest that you got was when he said “God bless America” in English.
But if you were looking for political commentary, the closest that you got was when he said “God bless America” in English.
Analysis | Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show was expected to provoke. Did it?
The Bad Bunny Super Bowl show nodded to injustices in Puerto Rico but mostly evoked wholesome family values that meshed with the more sentimental commercials.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:53 AM
Siri, what happens when you fire all the Black and Brown smart people from newsrooms?
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Source, talking about DOJ's "Weaponization Working Group": "It’s been incredible to watch these folks — many of whom have little to no criminal or investigative experience whatsoever —spend over a year and enumerable resources digging for the weaponization evidence of their fantasies."
Trump DOJ’s ‘weaponization’ group under pressure to deliver results, source says
The group was established by an executive order from President Donald Trump. Members are being directed to redouble the effort over the coming weeks, a person familiar with the group told NBC News.
www.nbcnews.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Source, talking about DOJ's "Weaponization Working Group": "It’s been incredible to watch these folks — many of whom have little to no criminal or investigative experience whatsoever —spend over a year and enumerable resources digging for the weaponization evidence of their fantasies."
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Thanks to openculture for kind words abt GDoS (www.openculture.com/2026/02/the-...). But my attempt to enflesh their bones with a few extra details 'appears to be spam'. You just cannot win.
The Largest Historical Dictionary of English Slang Now Free Online: Covers 500 Years of the “Vulgar Tongue”
'The three volumes of Green's Dictionary of Slang demonstrate the sheer scope of a lifetime of research by Jonathon Green, the leading slang lexicographer of our time. A remarkable collection of this ...
www.openculture.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Thanks to openculture for kind words abt GDoS (www.openculture.com/2026/02/the-...). But my attempt to enflesh their bones with a few extra details 'appears to be spam'. You just cannot win.
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“Today, I breathe a sigh of relief knowing that despite the justice system’s flaws, my case may give hope to those who have also been wronged by the U.S. govt," said Rümeysa Öztürk.
"When we openly talk about the many injustices around us ..., true justice will prevail.”
"When we openly talk about the many injustices around us ..., true justice will prevail.”
Immigration judge terminates removal proceedings against child development scholar Rümeysa Öztürk - ACLU of Massachusetts
Judge determines DHS lacks legal grounds to deport Ms. Öztürk, who was arrested and detained by ICE for co-authoring an op-ed
www.aclum.org
February 10, 2026 at 1:23 AM
“Today, I breathe a sigh of relief knowing that despite the justice system’s flaws, my case may give hope to those who have also been wronged by the U.S. govt," said Rümeysa Öztürk.
"When we openly talk about the many injustices around us ..., true justice will prevail.”
"When we openly talk about the many injustices around us ..., true justice will prevail.”
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The lawless killing spree at sea continues.
As usual, the "designated terrorist organization" supposedly operating the vessel is unidentified.
And based on recent history, the likelihood that the USG successfully rescues the survivor seems low.
Real killing in a make believe armed conflict.
As usual, the "designated terrorist organization" supposedly operating the vessel is unidentified.
And based on recent history, the likelihood that the USG successfully rescues the survivor seems low.
Real killing in a make believe armed conflict.
February 10, 2026 at 1:07 AM
The lawless killing spree at sea continues.
As usual, the "designated terrorist organization" supposedly operating the vessel is unidentified.
And based on recent history, the likelihood that the USG successfully rescues the survivor seems low.
Real killing in a make believe armed conflict.
As usual, the "designated terrorist organization" supposedly operating the vessel is unidentified.
And based on recent history, the likelihood that the USG successfully rescues the survivor seems low.
Real killing in a make believe armed conflict.
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Coffee or tea may lower your risk of dementia — if it's got caffeine and you drink a moderate amount each day. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/h...
2 to 3 Cups of Coffee a Day May Reduce Dementia Risk. But Not if It’s Decaf.
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Coffee or tea may lower your risk of dementia — if it's got caffeine and you drink a moderate amount each day. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/h...
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I arrived too late to an abduction yesterday. Ice vehicles boxed in a food delivery driver on the highway. They took him, and when I came on the scene (with a few other neighbors in cars), his keys were still in it. We found his phone, a debit card, his car title and registration.
February 9, 2026 at 5:55 PM
I arrived too late to an abduction yesterday. Ice vehicles boxed in a food delivery driver on the highway. They took him, and when I came on the scene (with a few other neighbors in cars), his keys were still in it. We found his phone, a debit card, his car title and registration.
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Another classic post-Homan day where around school dismissal time we get a flurry of ICE vehicles all across our neighborhoods. Today one vehicle led an observer to their own home and pointed at it. This is a sick game to them, but we won’t be intimidated and we won’t stop until DHS is abolished.
February 9, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Another classic post-Homan day where around school dismissal time we get a flurry of ICE vehicles all across our neighborhoods. Today one vehicle led an observer to their own home and pointed at it. This is a sick game to them, but we won’t be intimidated and we won’t stop until DHS is abolished.
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The mere threat of this would have instantly ended any presidency from Truman to Obama. Totally normalized now, whether he carries through with it or not. One. Special. Boy.
This is part of a pattern that is impeachable: Trump cuts previously appropriated Congressional funds, but only to states led by Democrats (California, Colorado, Illinois and Minnesota).
The Trump administration plans to rescind $600 million in public health funds from four states led by Democrats because it finds the grants “inconsistent with agency priorities,” according to documents reviewed by the NYT
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/h...
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/h...
February 9, 2026 at 11:40 PM
The mere threat of this would have instantly ended any presidency from Truman to Obama. Totally normalized now, whether he carries through with it or not. One. Special. Boy.
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The congressional switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. Put it in your cell phone. Use it. If you're not calling at least once a week, you're not doing your part.
February 10, 2026 at 1:25 AM
The congressional switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. Put it in your cell phone. Use it. If you're not calling at least once a week, you're not doing your part.
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A federal judge ordered that the affidavit supporting DOJ's search warrant for Fulton County election records be filed unsealed by Tues., 5p. This explainer summarizes why the unsealing matters in order to protect GA’s 2026 elections from disruption.
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February 9, 2026 at 11:16 PM
A federal judge ordered that the affidavit supporting DOJ's search warrant for Fulton County election records be filed unsealed by Tues., 5p. This explainer summarizes why the unsealing matters in order to protect GA’s 2026 elections from disruption.
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This to Stephen Miller is almost as good as deporting them. I believe that man is a sick sadist. Normal people wouldn’t be able to sleep at night knowing how they’re torturing people, but I’m sure he is aglow knowing the pain & misery he causes.
February 10, 2026 at 1:29 AM
This to Stephen Miller is almost as good as deporting them. I believe that man is a sick sadist. Normal people wouldn’t be able to sleep at night knowing how they’re torturing people, but I’m sure he is aglow knowing the pain & misery he causes.
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Super Bowl viewers Sunday speculated that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos appeared in the halftime show. In fact, he has been in hiding with his family.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
‘He’s not the same’: Father of Liam Conejo Ramos says 5-year-old continues to suffer
Some people thought they say the 5-year-old during the Super Bowl halftime show. But Liam is still in hiding with his family, after he and his father were detained and then released from a Texas deten...
www.mprnews.org
February 10, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Super Bowl viewers Sunday speculated that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos appeared in the halftime show. In fact, he has been in hiding with his family.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
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Would love help getting this out to as many Indiana University alums as possible! Please share if you know anyone.
Fellow #IU Alums,
Please check out this letter (to you!) and join us in pledging to withhold donations from the school until our alma mater takes steps to restore the values it once held so dear.
And share with any alums in your network.
Please check out this letter (to you!) and join us in pledging to withhold donations from the school until our alma mater takes steps to restore the values it once held so dear.
And share with any alums in your network.
Letter to alums
Dear Fellow Alumni, Now that the celebrations of our first-ever football national championship are dying down (Will we ever stop celebrating? Time will tell!), it’s time to get back to the serious m...
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February 9, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Would love help getting this out to as many Indiana University alums as possible! Please share if you know anyone.
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Boycott companies refurbishing the warehouses.
Boycott companies running them.
Provide no additional municipal services to warehouses.
Tell locals that working at the warehouses is scab work.
Post billboards near the entrance that show ICE abuses.
Post how much the prison companies make.
Boycott companies running them.
Provide no additional municipal services to warehouses.
Tell locals that working at the warehouses is scab work.
Post billboards near the entrance that show ICE abuses.
Post how much the prison companies make.
February 9, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Boycott companies refurbishing the warehouses.
Boycott companies running them.
Provide no additional municipal services to warehouses.
Tell locals that working at the warehouses is scab work.
Post billboards near the entrance that show ICE abuses.
Post how much the prison companies make.
Boycott companies running them.
Provide no additional municipal services to warehouses.
Tell locals that working at the warehouses is scab work.
Post billboards near the entrance that show ICE abuses.
Post how much the prison companies make.
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Crucially, many local governments are furious with ICE over these purchases, because they were not consulted or even told. Because they are federal property now, it's taking a commercial property off the tax rolls while likely imposing dramatic additional infrastructure costs.
February 9, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Crucially, many local governments are furious with ICE over these purchases, because they were not consulted or even told. Because they are federal property now, it's taking a commercial property off the tax rolls while likely imposing dramatic additional infrastructure costs.
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I feel like I'm losing my goddamnned mind.
This op-ed was written by Kathrine Mangu-Ward. Katherine is editor-in-chief of Reason magazine.
Reason fired @shikhadalmia.bsky.social for being too anti-Trump.
This op-ed was written by Kathrine Mangu-Ward. Katherine is editor-in-chief of Reason magazine.
Reason fired @shikhadalmia.bsky.social for being too anti-Trump.
Opinion | Libertarians Tried to Warn You About Trump
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:09 PM
I feel like I'm losing my goddamnned mind.
This op-ed was written by Kathrine Mangu-Ward. Katherine is editor-in-chief of Reason magazine.
Reason fired @shikhadalmia.bsky.social for being too anti-Trump.
This op-ed was written by Kathrine Mangu-Ward. Katherine is editor-in-chief of Reason magazine.
Reason fired @shikhadalmia.bsky.social for being too anti-Trump.
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Live in Suwanee or Sugar hill? Join Nathan Hombroek for his campaign kickoff for Georgia Senate District 48 on
Sunday Feb 15
1 - 3 PM
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Sunday Feb 15
1 - 3 PM
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February 9, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Live in Suwanee or Sugar hill? Join Nathan Hombroek for his campaign kickoff for Georgia Senate District 48 on
Sunday Feb 15
1 - 3 PM
Address provided upon RSVP. secure.actblue.com/donate/natha...
Sunday Feb 15
1 - 3 PM
Address provided upon RSVP. secure.actblue.com/donate/natha...
Apparently the only thing he can associate with Canada is hockey. This screaming lie is equivalent to his campaign scare tactics & his focus on Laken Riley. Only this time, his ignorance of anything about Canada made him pull from the stereotype he held in the past.
February 9, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Apparently the only thing he can associate with Canada is hockey. This screaming lie is equivalent to his campaign scare tactics & his focus on Laken Riley. Only this time, his ignorance of anything about Canada made him pull from the stereotype he held in the past.
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The far-right hates liberalism in part because liberalism empowered women socially, politically, and economically, and so made them less dependent on settling for a mediocre man to provide for them. So they want to destroy liberalism to return women to a state of powerlessness and dependence.
The Heritage Foundation has released a 250-year roadmap to “save America.”
The document is a how-to guide for subjugating girls & young women: a detailed plan to push them out of college, funnel them into early marriage and motherhood, and then trap them there.
jessica.substack.com/p/theyre-com...
The document is a how-to guide for subjugating girls & young women: a detailed plan to push them out of college, funnel them into early marriage and motherhood, and then trap them there.
jessica.substack.com/p/theyre-com...
They're Coming for Our Daughters
The conservative plan to shrink girls’ futures
jessica.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 9:13 PM
The far-right hates liberalism in part because liberalism empowered women socially, politically, and economically, and so made them less dependent on settling for a mediocre man to provide for them. So they want to destroy liberalism to return women to a state of powerlessness and dependence.
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Rep. Raskin: "Releasing the names of a lot of victims is either spectacular incompetence and sloppiness on [DOJ's] part or, as a lot of the survivors believe, a deliberate threat to other survivors who are thinking about coming forward."
February 9, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Rep. Raskin: "Releasing the names of a lot of victims is either spectacular incompetence and sloppiness on [DOJ's] part or, as a lot of the survivors believe, a deliberate threat to other survivors who are thinking about coming forward."