Denise K
@dkrefting.bsky.social
Retired educator, mother of two (one disabled ), wife of husband, who passed away from primary progressive aphasia. Supporter of anyone with special needs.
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The House of Representatives is considering a bill that would limit the Trump administration's ability to exploit state and local police to carry out mass deportations.
Tell Congress to vote yes on this bill and protect our communities.
Tell Congress to vote yes on this bill and protect our communities.
End ICE's Dangerous 287(g) Program
ICE's 287(g) program turns local police into a weapon for ICE, meaning more racial profiling, more fear in our communities, and more people in immigrant detention. Tell Congress to end it now.
action.aclu.org
December 30, 2025 at 7:43 PM
The House of Representatives is considering a bill that would limit the Trump administration's ability to exploit state and local police to carry out mass deportations.
Tell Congress to vote yes on this bill and protect our communities.
Tell Congress to vote yes on this bill and protect our communities.
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For anyone that needs to hear this right now…🙌🏻 #CalvinandHobbes #Christmas
December 31, 2025 at 5:00 AM
For anyone that needs to hear this right now…🙌🏻 #CalvinandHobbes #Christmas
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Year after year, private school vouchers cost the state millions of dollars more than anticipated. For this school year, taxpayers are footing the bill for $13 million in additional voucher costs.
December 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Year after year, private school vouchers cost the state millions of dollars more than anticipated. For this school year, taxpayers are footing the bill for $13 million in additional voucher costs.
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December 25, 2025
December 25, 2025
The modern version of Santa Claus arrived in the United States in 1863, when he stopped at an army camp of Union soldiers in the January 3 issue of Harper’s Weekly. Cartoonist Thomas Nast drew Santa w...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:40 AM
December 25, 2025
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A Merry Christmas to all and to all a goodnight! 🌙🎅🏻 #CalvinandHobbes #Christmas
December 26, 2025 at 5:00 AM
A Merry Christmas to all and to all a goodnight! 🌙🎅🏻 #CalvinandHobbes #Christmas
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Republicans have hit a new & disgusting low with Marjorie Taylor Greene's bill that would put parents & doctors in jail for providing gender affirming healthcare.
Trans kids deserve support, love, & care that affirms their needs, not cruel, despicable attacks on their existence.
Trans kids deserve support, love, & care that affirms their needs, not cruel, despicable attacks on their existence.
December 17, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Republicans have hit a new & disgusting low with Marjorie Taylor Greene's bill that would put parents & doctors in jail for providing gender affirming healthcare.
Trans kids deserve support, love, & care that affirms their needs, not cruel, despicable attacks on their existence.
Trans kids deserve support, love, & care that affirms their needs, not cruel, despicable attacks on their existence.
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Today's health insurance enrollment deadline brought with it tough decisions for working families around the state. As monthly premiums skyrocket, Iowans are wondering how they'll continue to make ends meet at home.
December 15, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Today's health insurance enrollment deadline brought with it tough decisions for working families around the state. As monthly premiums skyrocket, Iowans are wondering how they'll continue to make ends meet at home.
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For parents of children caught in school shootings, the burden is overwhelming—and the answers are painfully few. Dr. Dara Kass’ latest is a must-read.
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/what-parents-can-do-when-their-child
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/what-parents-can-do-when-their-child
December 16, 2025 at 12:30 AM
For parents of children caught in school shootings, the burden is overwhelming—and the answers are painfully few. Dr. Dara Kass’ latest is a must-read.
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/what-parents-can-do-when-their-child
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/what-parents-can-do-when-their-child
I am doing this in lieu of Christmas gifts. Donating on behalf of those family members I would have normally gifted. I challenge other others to do the same.
This is the busiest time of the year for food pantries, and the combination of federal funding cuts and rising prices is making it difficult for many pantries to meet rising needs.
Please consider supporting your local food pantry this holiday season.
Please consider supporting your local food pantry this holiday season.
Find Your Local Food Bank and Holiday Food Boxes | Feeding America
Find the Feeding America member food bank nearest you. Over 200 member food banks can connect you with free food, food pantries, soup kitchens, and holiday food boxes in your community.
www.feedingamerica.org
December 16, 2025 at 5:28 AM
I am doing this in lieu of Christmas gifts. Donating on behalf of those family members I would have normally gifted. I challenge other others to do the same.
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Jared Kushner’s Firm Pulls Out of Trump-Branded Hotel Deal in Serbia
The announcement came just hours after prosecutors there charged four government officials with corruption in connection with the half-billion-dollar project.
By Sharon LaFraniere and Lara Jakes
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/u...
The announcement came just hours after prosecutors there charged four government officials with corruption in connection with the half-billion-dollar project.
By Sharon LaFraniere and Lara Jakes
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/u...
Kushner’s Firm Pulls Out of Trump-Branded Hotel Deal in Serbia
www.nytimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Jared Kushner’s Firm Pulls Out of Trump-Branded Hotel Deal in Serbia
The announcement came just hours after prosecutors there charged four government officials with corruption in connection with the half-billion-dollar project.
By Sharon LaFraniere and Lara Jakes
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/u...
The announcement came just hours after prosecutors there charged four government officials with corruption in connection with the half-billion-dollar project.
By Sharon LaFraniere and Lara Jakes
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/u...
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This is Seth at his best youtu.be/CUW2GmKtqO0?...
Seth Remembers Rob Reiner
YouTube video by Late Night with Seth Meyers
youtu.be
December 16, 2025 at 2:31 AM
This is Seth at his best youtu.be/CUW2GmKtqO0?...
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BREAKING: Democrats have *flipped* a seat in Georgia's state House tonight.
Democrat Eric Gisler has won the seat, which was previously held by a Republican who resigned this fall.
This is a red territory: Trump won the district by 13% in 2024.
Democrat Eric Gisler has won the seat, which was previously held by a Republican who resigned this fall.
This is a red territory: Trump won the district by 13% in 2024.
December 10, 2025 at 2:06 AM
BREAKING: Democrats have *flipped* a seat in Georgia's state House tonight.
Democrat Eric Gisler has won the seat, which was previously held by a Republican who resigned this fall.
This is a red territory: Trump won the district by 13% in 2024.
Democrat Eric Gisler has won the seat, which was previously held by a Republican who resigned this fall.
This is a red territory: Trump won the district by 13% in 2024.
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For nearly three decades, Miami’s mayoral office has been a Republican stronghold, a symbol of continuity in a city that has otherwise evolved into a vibrant, diverse, and rapidly changing metropolis. That streak is over.
Eileen Higgins will win Miami mayor’s race, CNN projects, breaking a nearly 30-year GOP hold | CNN Politics
Eileen Higgins will be the next mayor of the city of Miami, according to a projection from CNN’s Decision Desk, breaking a nearly 30-year Republican streak in holding the nonpartisan seat and giving D...
www.cnn.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:10 AM
For nearly three decades, Miami’s mayoral office has been a Republican stronghold, a symbol of continuity in a city that has otherwise evolved into a vibrant, diverse, and rapidly changing metropolis. That streak is over.
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Bookmark this for the investigations to come: the Trump team’s boat bombings trace back to at least 2018. That’s when White House officials asked me & others about whether they could do something like this.
We said it was illegal then. Now they’ve done it anyway.
We said it was illegal then. Now they’ve done it anyway.
November 29, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Bookmark this for the investigations to come: the Trump team’s boat bombings trace back to at least 2018. That’s when White House officials asked me & others about whether they could do something like this.
We said it was illegal then. Now they’ve done it anyway.
We said it was illegal then. Now they’ve done it anyway.
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Disabled people were one of the first groups targeted by the Nazis.
They coined the term “useless eaters”.
They tested the gas chambers on us.
They knew most people wouldn’t fight to save our lives.
That’s why the President using the R slur is so dangerous.
We’re not expendable
They coined the term “useless eaters”.
They tested the gas chambers on us.
They knew most people wouldn’t fight to save our lives.
That’s why the President using the R slur is so dangerous.
We’re not expendable
December 1, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Disabled people were one of the first groups targeted by the Nazis.
They coined the term “useless eaters”.
They tested the gas chambers on us.
They knew most people wouldn’t fight to save our lives.
That’s why the President using the R slur is so dangerous.
We’re not expendable
They coined the term “useless eaters”.
They tested the gas chambers on us.
They knew most people wouldn’t fight to save our lives.
That’s why the President using the R slur is so dangerous.
We’re not expendable
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A HUGE shout-out to all the snowplow drivers across the state who worked late hours this holiday to keep our roads clear and our communities safe. Thank you! 👏
December 1, 2025 at 3:59 PM
A HUGE shout-out to all the snowplow drivers across the state who worked late hours this holiday to keep our roads clear and our communities safe. Thank you! 👏
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He’s going to fight drug trafficking by pardoning them?
Trump announced “a Full and Complete Pardon” for former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández, who was found guilty by an American jury last year of conspiring to import cocaine into the US.
Trump announced “a Full and Complete Pardon” for former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández, who was found guilty by an American jury last year of conspiring to import cocaine into the US.
November 29, 2025 at 12:09 AM
He’s going to fight drug trafficking by pardoning them?
Trump announced “a Full and Complete Pardon” for former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández, who was found guilty by an American jury last year of conspiring to import cocaine into the US.
Trump announced “a Full and Complete Pardon” for former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández, who was found guilty by an American jury last year of conspiring to import cocaine into the US.
Remember, this Christmas, rhythmic lights can cause seizures in those that have seizure activity, and it can even start seizures in those that normally don’t. I was also told that sometimes those with MS also have reactions
November 29, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Remember, this Christmas, rhythmic lights can cause seizures in those that have seizure activity, and it can even start seizures in those that normally don’t. I was also told that sometimes those with MS also have reactions
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Genuine question: has any GOP member of house or senate spoken out about the Dept of defense and Hegseth threatening sen Mark Kelly with lawfare? Beyond disturbing
Especially any veterans?
Shame on all those who stay silent
Especially any veterans?
Shame on all those who stay silent
November 24, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Genuine question: has any GOP member of house or senate spoken out about the Dept of defense and Hegseth threatening sen Mark Kelly with lawfare? Beyond disturbing
Especially any veterans?
Shame on all those who stay silent
Especially any veterans?
Shame on all those who stay silent
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Marjorie Taylor Greene resigns.. Interesting.
November 22, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Marjorie Taylor Greene resigns.. Interesting.
Don’t give up the ship
Know this about me, President Trump: I love our Constitution and I will never give up the ship. 🇺🇸
November 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Don’t give up the ship