Denise DeGrazia
@rddegrazia.bsky.social
Life long Democrat.Dog/Cat person. Now finally retired. Science was my day job. Managed Anatomy and Physiology labs at CSULB for 42 years. Painter,knitter, native plant enthusiast and life long devotee of strength training. Ex-Postie.🐶🌻#HoldFast
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The Left Is Having a Civil War. Here’s Who’s Actually Fighting.
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The Left Is Having a Civil War. Here’s Who’s Actually Fighting.
The essential breakdown of the left’s competing visions, and what it means for 2026.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:37 PM
The Left Is Having a Civil War. Here’s Who’s Actually Fighting.
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Five years ago, we all applauded nurses, public health, and health care workers every evening for saving lives.
Today, the federal government does not consider these workers professional.
This says everything about the state of US health care.
Today, the federal government does not consider these workers professional.
This says everything about the state of US health care.
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Five years ago, we all applauded nurses, public health, and health care workers every evening for saving lives.
Today, the federal government does not consider these workers professional.
This says everything about the state of US health care.
Today, the federal government does not consider these workers professional.
This says everything about the state of US health care.
Ukraine Nears a Deal With the United States
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Ukraine Nears a Deal With the United States
Vance accidentally trapped Putin — Europe can seal it with two decisive moves
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November 25, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Ukraine Nears a Deal With the United States
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Remembering My “American Supermarket Moment” This Thanksgiving
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Remembering My “American Supermarket Moment” This Thanksgiving
Despite growing up in the USSR, I was exposed to the fruits of a free society from a young age.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Remembering My “American Supermarket Moment” This Thanksgiving
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People often have good reasons for eating less processed foods and there's no necessary connection between food faddism and fascism...but it's also the case that food faddism has often been a gateway into a fascistic, "reactionary modernist" mode of politics. sethcotlar.substack.com/p/sending-sp...
Sending Spit to Ms. Safron
Walter Huss and the little-known subculture of "Granola Nazis"
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May 20, 2025 at 1:21 PM
People often have good reasons for eating less processed foods and there's no necessary connection between food faddism and fascism...but it's also the case that food faddism has often been a gateway into a fascistic, "reactionary modernist" mode of politics. sethcotlar.substack.com/p/sending-sp...
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This Portland AM radio lineup from 1963 perfectly captures this slippery slope. It featured the politco-religious stylings of a former Silver Shirt with ties to neo-Nazis (Walter Huss's Freedom Center), Christian anti-communism, old time music, prophecy, and food faddism.
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Burpo appeared on Portland AM radio in the early 1960s. Life Line was sponsored by HL Hunt, Max Wyatt was a “Latter Rain” Pentecostal tied to the super-racist & antisemitic British Israelite tradition, Carlton Fredericks was a heavy smoking quack nutrition “expert” who died of a heart attack at 72
May 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
This Portland AM radio lineup from 1963 perfectly captures this slippery slope. It featured the politco-religious stylings of a former Silver Shirt with ties to neo-Nazis (Walter Huss's Freedom Center), Christian anti-communism, old time music, prophecy, and food faddism.
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The Sordid Tale of "Do They Know it's Christmas"
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The Sordid Tale of "Do They Know it's Christmas"
On This Day in History: November 25, 1984
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November 25, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The Sordid Tale of "Do They Know it's Christmas"
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Do You Give a Buck About Democracy?
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Do You Give a Buck About Democracy?
If So, The Common Coalition Needs Your Help
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November 25, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Do You Give a Buck About Democracy?
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As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
Viola Fletcher, Oldest Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111
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November 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
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An underappreciated aspect of Democratic leaders' 'age problem' is the shame of aging in a society that equates worth with productivity. That shame is shaping who stays, who steps aside, and who steps up, and it’s already altering the political landscape ahead of 2026.
Democrats Have an Age Problem Because America Has a Shame Problem
The psychology behind aging politicians' reluctance to step aside
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November 25, 2025 at 12:08 AM
An underappreciated aspect of Democratic leaders' 'age problem' is the shame of aging in a society that equates worth with productivity. That shame is shaping who stays, who steps aside, and who steps up, and it’s already altering the political landscape ahead of 2026.
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Before today ends
REST IN POWER
At 111 years fierce the oldest living survivor of
The Tulsa Race Massacre
VIOLA FORD FLETCHER
Our deepest condolences to her family and community
Her memoir
"DON'T LET THEM BURY MY STORY"
#NeverForget
REST IN POWER
At 111 years fierce the oldest living survivor of
The Tulsa Race Massacre
VIOLA FORD FLETCHER
Our deepest condolences to her family and community
Her memoir
"DON'T LET THEM BURY MY STORY"
#NeverForget
November 25, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Before today ends
REST IN POWER
At 111 years fierce the oldest living survivor of
The Tulsa Race Massacre
VIOLA FORD FLETCHER
Our deepest condolences to her family and community
Her memoir
"DON'T LET THEM BURY MY STORY"
#NeverForget
REST IN POWER
At 111 years fierce the oldest living survivor of
The Tulsa Race Massacre
VIOLA FORD FLETCHER
Our deepest condolences to her family and community
Her memoir
"DON'T LET THEM BURY MY STORY"
#NeverForget
The Spy Who Tried to Silence Me
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The Spy Who Tried to Silence Me
"Kyiv's Most Dangerous Man" claimed to expose Russian influence operations while apparently running one himself.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:12 AM
The Spy Who Tried to Silence Me
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November 24, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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This entire nation is not well, because in the highest position of leadership, we have one of the most amoral, lawless, vile, hateful human beings to ever walk the planet: a man devoid of decency, bereft of empathy, and allergic to truth...
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I Spoke on the National Mall. Here's What I Said About the Cancer of Donald Trump...
Over the weekend, I gathered with thousands of people from every corner of this nation for ‘Remove the Regime,’ a rally calling for the impeachment, conviction, and removal of Donald Trump.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM
This entire nation is not well, because in the highest position of leadership, we have one of the most amoral, lawless, vile, hateful human beings to ever walk the planet: a man devoid of decency, bereft of empathy, and allergic to truth...
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Marjorie Taylor Greene's resigning in time to get a pension is a lesson to everyone.
Most Americans don't get *any* pension anymore, but Congress gave itself a pension after only five years of work.
Our "representatives" aren't working for us, they are [barely] working for themselves.
Most Americans don't get *any* pension anymore, but Congress gave itself a pension after only five years of work.
Our "representatives" aren't working for us, they are [barely] working for themselves.
November 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Marjorie Taylor Greene's resigning in time to get a pension is a lesson to everyone.
Most Americans don't get *any* pension anymore, but Congress gave itself a pension after only five years of work.
Our "representatives" aren't working for us, they are [barely] working for themselves.
Most Americans don't get *any* pension anymore, but Congress gave itself a pension after only five years of work.
Our "representatives" aren't working for us, they are [barely] working for themselves.
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How to Get Rid of “Citizens United”
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How to Get Rid of "Citizens United"
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
How to Get Rid of “Citizens United”
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JD Vance’s Anti-Canada Immigration Rant Was Pure MAGA Disinformation Bullshit
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JD Vance’s Anti-Canada Immigration Rant Was Pure MAGA Disinformation Bullshit
Canada isn't broken: JD Vance is just a racist troll who happens to be the Vice President of The "United" States
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November 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
JD Vance’s Anti-Canada Immigration Rant Was Pure MAGA Disinformation Bullshit
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