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Debra Lee

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Philosopher & FIERCE Advocate for Women's Rights, Suicide Prevention & Mental Health Awareness

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Debra Lee @commit2it.bsky.social · 17d

Six months. That’s what he got.
A pastor. A predator.
A so-called spiritual advisor to a president.
The day my childhood ended didn’t make the news.

#RobertMorris #EpsteinFiles #SurvivorVoices #ChildSexualAbuse #ClergyAbuse #JustMedicateMe #JusticeForSurvivors

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Men Get Six Months, Girls Get Life: The Day My Childhood Ended

YouTube video by Just Medicate Me

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Debra Lee @commit2it.bsky.social · 5h

They called it “patriotism.”
But let’s be honest—if a Black man had bulldozed the White House, they’d have called it the end of civilization.
Power protects itself.
Privilege pretends it doesn’t exist.
And the rest of us are left standing in the rubble.

— Debra Lee | Just Medicate Me (YouTube)

Debra Lee @commit2it.bsky.social · 6h

A man pardoned by Donald Trump for storming the U.S. Capitol has now been arrested for threatening to kill House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries.

This isn’t “old news.”
It’s the logical end of impunity.
When violence is rewarded, it doesn’t end — it metastasizes.

Debra Lee @commit2it.bsky.social · 7h

We were raised to believe in something sacred —
that integrity mattered,
that freedom meant compassion and conscience,
that institutions were built to protect, not exploit.
Now, every headline feels like another brick collapsing.

#StateOfOurNation #WhenSilenceIsComplicity #JustMedicateMe

Debra Lee @commit2it.bsky.social · 10h

There’s a hollow kind of silence that follows “justice.”
The headlines flare, the book drops, the world moves on.
But the girls — the women — the ones who were traded like favors and forgotten like receipts —they’re still standing in that silence.
Still waiting for truth and justice.

Debra Lee @commit2it.bsky.social · 11h

Let's play, Mother Fucker.

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#JustMedicateMe #DebraLee #EstrangedMothers #TraumaHealing #WomenFindingTheirVoices #EmotionalRecovery #NonaSaidItBest #Resilience #HealingInCommunity

Debra Lee @commit2it.bsky.social · 12h

Not in a family that buried the truth, and not in a country that crowns a king.
I will not whisper through abuse or tyranny.
They will remember — I was not silent. 🔥

#IWasNotSilent #BreakingSilence #AuthoritarianResistance #CycleBreakers #DaughterWound #WomenWhoSpeak #JustMedicateMe #DebraLee

Debra Lee @commit2it.bsky.social · 1d

Seven million voices, one message: Sit. The fuck. DOWN.
Democracy just clapped back.

#DemocracyClappedBack #SitTheFuckDown #Authoritarian #PeoplePower #JustMedicateMe #DebraLee #TruthMatters #FreedomOfSpeech #NoCrownForTyrants #SocialCommentary

Debra Lee @commit2it.bsky.social · 5d

True loyalty doesn’t whisper approval — it speaks uncomfortable truth.
If they never challenge you, it’s not love. It’s fear.
Let’s talk about the kind of people who refine us instead of flatter us. 💛

#InnerCircle #RealLoveRefines #EmotionalHealing #Boundaries #Accountability #TraumaRecovery

Debra Lee @commit2it.bsky.social · 5d

I’m terrified.
And I’m saying that out loud, because silence is the easiest way to disappear.

This piece isn’t about strength — it’s about being human in a time that punishes it.

#JustMedicateMe #DebraLee #DemocracyMatters #SpeakEvenWhenItHurts #CourageInFear #TruthTellers #HealingThroughArt

Debra Lee @commit2it.bsky.social · 7d

BREAKING: Major U.S. news outlets unanimously reject Pentagon’s new gag order — only OAN complies. A bold stand for press freedom in the face of censorship.

#FreePress #FirstAmendment #JournalismMatters #PressFreedom #NoGagOrders #DemocracyUnderThreat #SpeakTruth #MediaRights

Debra Lee @commit2it.bsky.social · 7d

It might not sound like much to anyone else, but this one means a lot to me.

It’s my first Christmas sale of the year… and it feels like a gentle reminder that when we finally put our work out into the world, sometimes the world reaches back. 💙

Debra Lee @commit2it.bsky.social · 7d

Sometimes the world gets too heavy, and all I can think is…
“I wish my mom was here. She’d know what to say.” 💔🐾

Because some silences can only be softened by the voice that once knew every version of who you are — even the ones you’ve forgotten.

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Debra Lee @commit2it.bsky.social · 7d

They gave up pieces of their own becoming
so we could find our footing in the world.

Every dream they buried
became the ground we walk on.

Still—
if we listen closely,
we can hear their love
in the silence that built us.

— Debra Lee 💜
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Debra Lee @commit2it.bsky.social · 9d

Peace isn’t something we chase — it’s something we notice. 🕊
A reflection on mindfulness, grief, and the quiet act of healing after trauma.

🎧 Listen with headphones.

#HealingAfterTrauma #TraumaRecovery #SpokenWord #JustMedicateMe #DebraLee

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Finding Peace Amid Trauma | Mindfulness, Grief & Healing

YouTube video by Just Medicate Me

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Debra Lee @commit2it.bsky.social · 9d

When the Church excuses predators and calls it grace,
and the state calls that “freedom” — what’s left of the Gospel? |
Faith without accountability isn’t faith. It’s complicity.

#JustMedicateMe #DebraLee #SpiritualAbuse #ChurchCoverUp #ChristianNationalism #AccountabilityIsLove

Debra Lee @commit2it.bsky.social · 10d

He RAP*D her! (That's right - you can't even spell the word out because it's too offensive, for Christ's sake! 😠 )These are the people who want to control how you live.

These are the people who want to control how you live.

Debra Lee @commit2it.bsky.social · 10d

We used to be the light.
Now the torch is burning from the inside out.

When foreign governments build bases on our soil,
and our own president thanks dictators for their approval —
this isn’t politics anymore.
It’s surrender.

This is not what freedom was meant to look like.
— Debra Lee

Debra Lee @commit2it.bsky.social · 12d

He didn’t quote data — he quoted fiction.
Every dataset that could prove or disprove Patel’s claim was dismantled or discredited.
110,000 “active gang members” — no source. No database. No proof.
When power invents numbers, democracy loses count.
Ghost stats for real agendas. #ResistanceNewsUpdate

Debra Lee @commit2it.bsky.social · 12d

When leaders start calling citizens “the enemy,” democracy is already in danger. Deploying troops against dissent isn’t protection — it’s control. The moment the military is turned inward, freedom turns outward and runs. This isn’t law and order — it’s power and fear. Know the difference.

Debra Lee @commit2it.bsky.social · 12d

Somewhere in America, a little girl is hiding in an attic tonight — a diary pressed against her heart, whispering her truth to paper because no one is listening. She is not a story from the past. She is now. And every moment we look away, we become the silence she’s hiding from.

Debra Lee @commit2it.bsky.social · 13d

When hypocrisy becomes doctrine, truth becomes rebellion.
This isn’t debate — it’s gaslighting disguised as patriotism.
Facts still matter. Words still wound. And silence is never neutral.

#BlatantHypocrisy101 #JustMedicateMe #DebraLee #TruthMatters #CallItWhatItIs #Gaslighting #MAGA

Debra Lee @commit2it.bsky.social · 13d

This isn’t abstract policy—it’s rent, meds, and groceries. Call your reps. Share this. Make noise before the bill comes due. Millions could see premiums spike if Congress lets ACA tax credits lapse at year’s end.

#ACA #AffordableCareAct #HealthInsurance #HealthcareCosts #TaxCredits #OpenEnrollment

Debra Lee @commit2it.bsky.social · 13d

History is watching. The question isn’t whether the Supreme Court will make history — it’s what kind of history.
Will it stand as the guardrail that kept democracy alive — or the gateway that opened the door to autocracy?

💛 Let’s not pretend neutrality is noble when freedom is on the line.

Debra Lee @commit2it.bsky.social · 14d

Through illness, loss, and exhaustion — I kept showing up.
Because someone out there still needed to hear the truth.
And someone else needed to know they weren’t alone.

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Debra Lee @commit2it.bsky.social · 15d

The line between “law enforcement” and “militarization” has disappeared.
300 federalized troops.
State lawsuits.
A president defying legal limits.
No reversal. No restraint.
Just boots, fear, and silence.

#ThisIsNotNormal
#ICERaids #Chicago #CivilRights #DemocracyUnderSiege #PosseComitatus