Denise Lee

@dadavies.bsky.social

Writer, creative & technical. Lifelong learner, sometime teacher. Passionate about rule of law, democracy, women’s autonomy. And go Dawgs.

Your little oopsie "mistakes" had me worrying for a year of my life about my partner going to jail for up to a decade based on lies likely fed to you by the top of the federal government. Show everyone what you're covering up in these emails and texts. There's a reason you don't want them released.

Boutros acknowledges 'mistakes' in 'Broadview 6' case but says sanctions, special counsel aren't needed

Chicago's top federal prosecutor noted in a court filing that his office has already dropped charges in the case, implemented “robust root-cause changes” and started the process of reviewing over 1,00...

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The Trump administration is trying to gut one of the strongest laws protecting tribal sacred sites, burial grounds, and ancestral lands. Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act has worked since 1966. Now a handpicked Council voted to rewrite it..in one week. Here's what at stake.👇

I'm legit obsessed with Trump's effort to distract from his own corruption by having Scott Brady, who helped criminally frame Joe and Hunter Biden, claim to care about fraud. Here's the meeting they had today.

A picture of something fraudsters call a fraud task force. Stephen Miller and Andrew Ferguson flank JD Vance. 

Among those present are Ashley Moody and Joni Ernst.

SCHIFF: You told my staff you stood by your article in white nationalist website VDARE where you wrote, 'Muslim immigrants & their kids seem prone to terrorism' C: I wrote that article in support of Trump's travel ban S: Do you stand by it? C: I stand by that article S: That's all I need to know

For tech to regain trust, it needs to develop systems to ease the mundane in everyday life—things like pack for a trip or fold and put away laundry. All the things that are boring, frustrating, or mind-numbing. Those things the Jetsons had, that we imagined for our future.

"President Donald Trump’s administration has detained dozens of parents and spouses of active-duty U.S. troops as it rolls back immigration protections for military families to pursue its mass deportation agenda." https://bit.ly/4br4M4m

AP Exclusive: Trump's immigration crackdown has detained more than 50 military spouses and parents

An Associated Press investigation reveals that President Donald Trump’s administration has detained dozens of parents and spouses of active-duty U.S. troops.

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Time to apply to Diverse Voices, an amazing writing workshop at the Poynter Institute now celebrating its 10th anniversary. It’s a mostly free program aimed at helping journalists bring their culture and identity to their work. Deadline to apply is Sept. 18. DETAILS: www.poynter.org/shop/writing...

Power of Diverse Voices: Writing Workshop for Journalists of Color (2026) - Poynter

This transformative workshop welcomes journalists of color from all backgrounds and experience levels who are looking to harness the power of their own voice. The free, in-person program addresses und...

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It’s really important to understand that the criminal legal system in the U.S. already produced the infrastructure to make ICE possible. If we ever rid ourselves of ICE the way to make it harder to revive it will be destroying and defunding the institutions it has borrowed so much from

The Marshall Project@themarshallproject.org · 12h ago

Adapting to public pushback, the Trump administration is pivoting to expand immigration detention bedspace nationwide.

Conservatives scaremonger to their base about the sexual threat posed by outsiders (migrants, liberals, queer folk) solely because the hypothetical victims here "belong to" conservative men. But they reserve the right for those same men to treat their own property however they wish.