Denise
@curiousdenise.bsky.social
Writer, poet, musician, coach, consultant, ex-radio producer/host, caver, spouse, mom, grandma, friend, liberal, LGBTQIA. Born w/ a double dose of original sin. Opinions my own.
Someone needs to pull on this thread. www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...
Staggering evidence trove shows who put Trump in the White House — and controls him still
The British newspaper Daily Mail is out with a deeply researched investigative report, the result of a long collaboration between columnists Glen Owen and Dan Hodges, along with Mark Hookham (Assistan...
www.rawstory.com
February 8, 2026 at 3:44 AM
Someone needs to pull on this thread. www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...
She was racist/white-biased and her age affected her skills. It doesn’t detract from her impact. As a culture, why can’t we let “stars” or “heroes” be complicated?
Refusing to complicate Grandma Moses’s legacy flattens it. More profound truths can be uncovered within her work to debunk harmful mythologies endemic to the US, while still upholding the magnitude of her achievement as one of the most famous and delightful American artists.
What the Smithsonian Won’t Say About Grandma Moses
The benign narrative of the beloved artist must be deconstructed, as she also embodies the US’s detrimental values.
hyperallergic.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:48 PM
She was racist/white-biased and her age affected her skills. It doesn’t detract from her impact. As a culture, why can’t we let “stars” or “heroes” be complicated?
Monday I had a short story idea and began writing it. This morning I submitted it for publication. I don’t think I’ve written anything so quickly before. #amwriting #speculativefiction #shortstory
February 5, 2026 at 4:03 AM
Monday I had a short story idea and began writing it. This morning I submitted it for publication. I don’t think I’ve written anything so quickly before. #amwriting #speculativefiction #shortstory
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Since a lot of the coverage is omitting this detail: The Kennedy Center HAD a $250 million renovation and expansion just a few years ago, in 2019.
February 2, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Since a lot of the coverage is omitting this detail: The Kennedy Center HAD a $250 million renovation and expansion just a few years ago, in 2019.
An icon. So sad to hear this news.
Catherine O'Hara, the actor and comedian best known for "Home Alone," "Beetlejuice" and "Schitt's Creek," has died at the age of 71.
She died at her home in Los Angeles "following a brief illness," her agency said in a statement.
She died at her home in Los Angeles "following a brief illness," her agency said in a statement.
January 30, 2026 at 8:36 PM
An icon. So sad to hear this news.
The damage this administration is doing touches every part of the US.
Trump and Congress are coming for our favorite national monuments again [via @insideclimatenews.org]
Trump and Congress are coming for our favorite national monuments again
Never mind that these sacred spaces are important to tribes—and popular with voters.
www.motherjones.com
January 29, 2026 at 1:59 PM
The damage this administration is doing touches every part of the US.
Very concerning.
“I’m not aware of something like this happening ever before.” FBI’s Search of Georgia Election Center Is “Dangerous,” Experts Warn, by @dougbockclark.bsky.social @jenafifield.bsky.social
FBI’s Search of Georgia Election Center Is “Dangerous,” Experts Warn
The search warrant, which sought 2020 election ballots, tabulator tapes, digital data and voter rolls from Fulton County, marked what experts described as a significant escalation in President Donald ...
www.propublica.org
January 29, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Very concerning.
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my grandmother, an Auschwitz survivor, was Anne Frank’s neighbor in Amsterdam, and Oma thinks this comparison is perfectly apt
The Minnesota governor is getting widespread criticism for comparing children dealing with immigration enforcement to Holocaust victim Anne Frank.
Tim Walz condemned for comparing Minnesota children to Anne Frank
The Minnesota governor is getting widespread criticism for comparing children dealing with immigration enforcement to Holocaust victim Anne Frank.
bit.ly
January 28, 2026 at 2:37 AM
my grandmother, an Auschwitz survivor, was Anne Frank’s neighbor in Amsterdam, and Oma thinks this comparison is perfectly apt
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“Get it all on record now — get the films — get the witnesses — because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945
Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945
January 24, 2026 at 9:24 PM
“Get it all on record now — get the films — get the witnesses — because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945
Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945
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But they got their filthy lucre, so all good, right? (Pro tip: Fascists will inevitably come for them too, most of all.)
a man in a blue suit and red tie is standing in a crowd
ALT: a man in a blue suit and red tie is standing in a crowd
media.tenor.com
January 25, 2026 at 1:37 AM
But they got their filthy lucre, so all good, right? (Pro tip: Fascists will inevitably come for them too, most of all.)
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That tech oligarchs are noisy and incensed about the remote possibility of a wealth tax and utterly silent about the murder of a man who was only using the phone they invented to chronicle the thuggish government goon squads should tell you everything about these desiccated souls.
January 25, 2026 at 1:37 AM
That tech oligarchs are noisy and incensed about the remote possibility of a wealth tax and utterly silent about the murder of a man who was only using the phone they invented to chronicle the thuggish government goon squads should tell you everything about these desiccated souls.
Unconscionable.
Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok generated an estimated three million sexualized images of women and children in a matter of days, researchers say, revealing the scale of the explicit content that sparked a global outcry. jrnl.ie/6936310
Grok ceated three million sexualised deepfakes in 11 days, including 23,000 of apparent children
The recent rollout of an editing feature on Grok, developed by Elon Musk’s startup and integrated into X, allowed users to make extreme edits to images of real people.
jrnl.ie
January 23, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Unconscionable.
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Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
January 18, 2026 at 9:29 PM
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The public deserves to know the extent of Epstein’s abuse and to hold accountable anybody—regardless of political affiliation—who enabled it. Add your name to the petition to demand the Department of Justice and White House publicly release the files.
sign.moveon.org/petitions/ep...
sign.moveon.org/petitions/ep...
Release the Epstein Files
The public deserves to know the extent of Epstein’s abuse and to hold accountable anybody—regardless of political affiliation—who enabled it. Add your name to the petition to demand the Department of ...
sign.moveon.org
January 19, 2026 at 3:47 AM
The public deserves to know the extent of Epstein’s abuse and to hold accountable anybody—regardless of political affiliation—who enabled it. Add your name to the petition to demand the Department of Justice and White House publicly release the files.
sign.moveon.org/petitions/ep...
sign.moveon.org/petitions/ep...
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January 17, 2026 at 2:23 AM
It’s been a long time since I heard
any Republican call out for states’ rights. Remember that old chestnut?
any Republican call out for states’ rights. Remember that old chestnut?
January 15, 2026 at 2:21 PM
It’s been a long time since I heard
any Republican call out for states’ rights. Remember that old chestnut?
any Republican call out for states’ rights. Remember that old chestnut?
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Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"
January 15, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"
Overheard elsewhere…
January 2, 2026 at 4:48 AM
Overheard elsewhere…
Surprise, surprise
also, this happened this year:
Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrorism is far-right was disappeared.
www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrorism is far-right was disappeared.
www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing
Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrorism is far-right was disappeared.
www.404media.co
January 1, 2026 at 2:33 AM
Surprise, surprise
Workers in every other shutdown in my lifetime have gotten back pay. If
Republicans do this, they’ll alienate voters even further.
Republicans do this, they’ll alienate voters even further.
SCOOP: Furloughed federal workers aren't guaranteed compensation for their forced time off during the government shutdown, according to a draft White House memo described to Axios by three sources.
Scoop: White House memo says furloughed federal workers aren't entitled to backpay
A move to deny backpay to up to 750,000 furloughed workers would dramatically escalate Trump's pressure on Democrats to end the shutdown.
www.axios.com
October 7, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Workers in every other shutdown in my lifetime have gotten back pay. If
Republicans do this, they’ll alienate voters even further.
Republicans do this, they’ll alienate voters even further.
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Border czar Tom Homan was caught on tape accepting a bag filled with $50,000 in cash from an undercover FBI agent in September 2024. Trump officials have shut down the bribery investigation.
Trump officials shut down bribery probe of border czar Tom Homan
Tom Homan was caught on tape accepting a bag filled with $50,000 in cash from an undercover FBI agent in Texas in September 2024, according to people familiar with the matter and a government document...
www.washingtonpost.com
September 22, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Border czar Tom Homan was caught on tape accepting a bag filled with $50,000 in cash from an undercover FBI agent in September 2024. Trump officials have shut down the bribery investigation.
The right wing MAGA crazies have gone off the deep end. Doxxing sites spinning up all over.
September 14, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The right wing MAGA crazies have gone off the deep end. Doxxing sites spinning up all over.
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I feel like a lot of people forgot that part where he used to walk into the dressing rooms of teen beauty pageants while the children were changing and it should be brought up more often www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
A Timeline of Donald Trump's Creepiness While He Owned Miss Universe
From walking into a teen dressing room to joking about his obligation to sleep with contestants, Donald Trump is a storied pageant creep.
www.rollingstone.com
July 31, 2025 at 1:23 AM
I feel like a lot of people forgot that part where he used to walk into the dressing rooms of teen beauty pageants while the children were changing and it should be brought up more often www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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