Julie J Lee
@jjlee.bsky.social
grad student in investigative journalism, formerly nerd @ aclu ma 📍 New York, NY 🌐 julielee.net 📱signal: julielee.101
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Mamdani Campaigners Are Optimistic About Winning Staten Island
“People Outside the Borough are Going to be Surprised.” Mamdani supporters have been campaigning in the borough with high hopes.
open.substack.com
NEW: Think Staten Island is just MAGA? Think again. Spent today reporting on the mayoral election from Staten Island open.substack.com/pub/cjspolit...
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one of the funniest parts about Joyce Carol Oates going viral for nuking Elon Musk is that he absolutely needed someone tell him who Joyce Carol Oates is
November 10, 2025 at 8:29 PM
one of the funniest parts about Joyce Carol Oates going viral for nuking Elon Musk is that he absolutely needed someone tell him who Joyce Carol Oates is
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The Authoritarian Stack: how tech billionaires are building a post-democratic America and why Europe is next.
My new project is an interactive investigation and open data platform to expose tech authoritarianism and mobilize collective power for democratic alternatives.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
My new project is an interactive investigation and open data platform to expose tech authoritarianism and mobilize collective power for democratic alternatives.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
The Authoritarian Stack
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next
www.authoritarian-stack.info
November 8, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The Authoritarian Stack: how tech billionaires are building a post-democratic America and why Europe is next.
My new project is an interactive investigation and open data platform to expose tech authoritarianism and mobilize collective power for democratic alternatives.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
My new project is an interactive investigation and open data platform to expose tech authoritarianism and mobilize collective power for democratic alternatives.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
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Breaking News: Late last night Conde Nast illegally fired 4 union organizers who asked company execs to explain the downsizing of Teen Vogue and continued layoffs. We’ve filed a grievance.
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Breaking News: Late last night Conde Nast illegally fired 4 union organizers who asked company execs to explain the downsizing of Teen Vogue and continued layoffs. We’ve filed a grievance.
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Must-read report from @chrisgeidner.bsky.social on today’s SCOTUS order allowing the Trump administration to implement its anti-trans and anti-nonbinary passport policy.
Breaking: SCOTUS lets Trump administration implement anti-trans, anti-nonbinary passport policy
The Democratic appointees, led by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, dissented. The ruling, which applies during litigation, effectively reverses two lower court rulings.
www.lawdork.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Must-read report from @chrisgeidner.bsky.social on today’s SCOTUS order allowing the Trump administration to implement its anti-trans and anti-nonbinary passport policy.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/05/p... Lina Khan on the team! Called it
Zohran Mamdani announces an all-female leadership team for his transition including former FTC Chair Lina Khan | CNN Politics
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani on Wednesday announced an all-female team of co-chairs for his transition team, including former Federal Trade Commission chair Lina Khan.
www.cnn.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:29 AM
www.cnn.com/2025/11/05/p... Lina Khan on the team! Called it
NEW from me: open.substack.com/pub/cjspolit... Colombo is a Democrat running for borough president in ruby red Staten Island. I met him handing flyers to commuters outside St George ferry terminal this morning
In Staten Island, a Democrat is Challenging an Incumbent for Borough President
By Julie Lee
open.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:24 AM
NEW from me: open.substack.com/pub/cjspolit... Colombo is a Democrat running for borough president in ruby red Staten Island. I met him handing flyers to commuters outside St George ferry terminal this morning
NEW: Think Staten Island is just MAGA? Think again. Spent today reporting on the mayoral election from Staten Island open.substack.com/pub/cjspolit...
Mamdani Campaigners Are Optimistic About Winning Staten Island
“People Outside the Borough are Going to be Surprised.” Mamdani supporters have been campaigning in the borough with high hopes.
open.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:16 PM
NEW: Think Staten Island is just MAGA? Think again. Spent today reporting on the mayoral election from Staten Island open.substack.com/pub/cjspolit...
Hey NYC, if it's useful to have this google map of polling sites, here ya go: www.google.com/maps/d/viewe...
All NYC Polling Sites - Google My Maps
All NYC Polling Sites
www.google.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Hey NYC, if it's useful to have this google map of polling sites, here ya go: www.google.com/maps/d/viewe...
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Two people died in flooded New York City buildings on Thursday after sudden and intense rain brought a deluge of water to the city in a major afternoon squall.
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Two Die in NYC Basements as Squall Brings Massive Rain Burst to City
Two men, one in Central Brooklyn and another in Upper Manhattan, were found dead in flooded areas after intense rain arrived late on Thursday.
www.thecity.nyc
October 31, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Two people died in flooded New York City buildings on Thursday after sudden and intense rain brought a deluge of water to the city in a major afternoon squall.
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NEW: “As of Sept. 30, the department no longer presumes service connection for male breast cancer,” a Veterans Affairs rep confirmed to @propublica.org, meaning newly diagnosed veterans will have to show that their cancer is linked to their military service.
By @ericumansky.bsky.social
By @ericumansky.bsky.social
Citing Trump Order on “Biological Truth,” VA Makes It Harder for Male Veterans With Breast Cancer to Get Coverage
A Department of Veterans Affairs memo obtained by ProPublica erects new roadblocks to care for veterans with the rare but deadly cancer. The agency cites no new science but relies on an executive orde...
www.propublica.org
October 29, 2025 at 11:24 AM
NEW: “As of Sept. 30, the department no longer presumes service connection for male breast cancer,” a Veterans Affairs rep confirmed to @propublica.org, meaning newly diagnosed veterans will have to show that their cancer is linked to their military service.
By @ericumansky.bsky.social
By @ericumansky.bsky.social
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This was a tough but necessary decision - I posted my own notes on this here, from the perspective of a current PSF board member simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/27/...
October 27, 2025 at 8:34 PM
This was a tough but necessary decision - I posted my own notes on this here, from the perspective of a current PSF board member simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/27/...
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Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.
October 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.
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That’s called burying the lead
October 21, 2025 at 7:24 PM
That’s called burying the lead
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An estimated 100 million people live with facial differences. As face recognition tech becomes widespread, some say they’re getting blocked from accessing essential systems and services. www.wired.com/story/when-f...
When Face Recognition Doesn’t Know Your Face Is a Face
An estimated 100 million people live with facial differences. As face recognition tech becomes widespread, some say they’re getting blocked from accessing essential systems and services.
www.wired.com
October 15, 2025 at 9:33 AM
An estimated 100 million people live with facial differences. As face recognition tech becomes widespread, some say they’re getting blocked from accessing essential systems and services. www.wired.com/story/when-f...
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BREAKING: Marco Rubio's State Department announces publicly that it is exercising unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination in revoking people's visas based on comments about the killing of Charlie Kirk.
October 14, 2025 at 10:22 PM
BREAKING: Marco Rubio's State Department announces publicly that it is exercising unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination in revoking people's visas based on comments about the killing of Charlie Kirk.
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And also today @thesicktimes.org: My latest attempt to summarize COVID-19 trends, while we have absolutely zero new CDC data during the government shutdown. Luckily some wastewater & state-level sources are still updating! thesicktimes.org/2025/10/14/n...
National COVID-19 trends, October 14 - The Sick Times
COVID-19 and other infectious disease data continue to be very limited while the U.S. government is shut down. Last week, the CDC updated a couple of national COVID-19 metrics; this week, the agency d...
thesicktimes.org
October 14, 2025 at 8:40 PM
And also today @thesicktimes.org: My latest attempt to summarize COVID-19 trends, while we have absolutely zero new CDC data during the government shutdown. Luckily some wastewater & state-level sources are still updating! thesicktimes.org/2025/10/14/n...
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Legendary work from @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social.
He and a team uncovered a trove of data from a surveillance firm — location data from thousands of phone numbers from nearly every country on Earth.
The firm had been tracking everyone from Erik Prince to journalists to Jared Leto.
He and a team uncovered a trove of data from a surveillance firm — location data from thousands of phone numbers from nearly every country on Earth.
The firm had been tracking everyone from Erik Prince to journalists to Jared Leto.
The surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe you
Inside the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe.
motherjones.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Legendary work from @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social.
He and a team uncovered a trove of data from a surveillance firm — location data from thousands of phone numbers from nearly every country on Earth.
The firm had been tracking everyone from Erik Prince to journalists to Jared Leto.
He and a team uncovered a trove of data from a surveillance firm — location data from thousands of phone numbers from nearly every country on Earth.
The firm had been tracking everyone from Erik Prince to journalists to Jared Leto.
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"A frog [..] standing up to ICE covered in weapons and armor is absurd, and that’s part of why it’s hitting so hard. But the frog is also a practical piece [..] in an age of mass surveillance, police brutality, and masked federal agents disappearing people"
www.404media.co/the-surreal-...
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The Surreal Practicality of Protesting As an Inflatable Frog
Say goodbye to the Guy Fawkes masks and hello to inflatable frogs and dinosaurs.
www.404media.co
October 14, 2025 at 6:22 PM
"A frog [..] standing up to ICE covered in weapons and armor is absurd, and that’s part of why it’s hitting so hard. But the frog is also a practical piece [..] in an age of mass surveillance, police brutality, and masked federal agents disappearing people"
www.404media.co/the-surreal-...
www.404media.co/the-surreal-...
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Incredible reporting and writing from the CNN investigative team on the scammy world of crypto ATMs
Americans are losing millions to scammers at crypto ATMs. Here’s how companies profit
Companies often fail to refund money to victims and aggressively fight police to claw back scam money seized from machines.
www.cnn.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Incredible reporting and writing from the CNN investigative team on the scammy world of crypto ATMs
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Never heard of Elle Bisgaard-Church? You will soon. The 34-year-old DSA member is Zohran Mamdani's most trusted staffer and helped shape his successful primary campaign.
@hollypret.bsky.social profiled her for @cityandstateny.bsky.social: www.cityandstateny.com/personality/...
@hollypret.bsky.social profiled her for @cityandstateny.bsky.social: www.cityandstateny.com/personality/...
October 14, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Never heard of Elle Bisgaard-Church? You will soon. The 34-year-old DSA member is Zohran Mamdani's most trusted staffer and helped shape his successful primary campaign.
@hollypret.bsky.social profiled her for @cityandstateny.bsky.social: www.cityandstateny.com/personality/...
@hollypret.bsky.social profiled her for @cityandstateny.bsky.social: www.cityandstateny.com/personality/...
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I had the honor of once organizing a dialogue between Miss Major and Tourmaline for the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion, hosted by the NYPL. Major was a people’s hero, a tremendous force of revolutionary commitment and love.
October 14, 2025 at 10:21 AM
I had the honor of once organizing a dialogue between Miss Major and Tourmaline for the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion, hosted by the NYPL. Major was a people’s hero, a tremendous force of revolutionary commitment and love.