Delany Dean

Retired homicide prosecutor, forensic psychologist, & professor (JD/PhD); now teaching meditation (see: MBCT & ACT); gay woman; feminist; Democrat; BLM.

[Delany Dean @DelanyDean]

May we be enlightened.
May we seek justice.
May we protect the vulnerable.
May we quench the fires of anger, greed, hatred, and fear.
May we reject the temptations of bitterness, cynicism, and despair.

[Dan Savage @fakedansavage]

Groomers, Inc.

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[Really American 🇺🇸 @ReallyAmerican1]

APPALLING: 1,900 minors were abused by individuals within the Catholic Church in Illinois over a period spanning almost seventy years, according to the Illinois Attorney General.

In this shocking report, 451 credibly-accused priests and "lay religious brothers" have been identified as sexual abusers, a tally that increased by 149 names since 2018, due to victim testimonies.

This egregious betrayal of trust is a painful reminder of the systemic failure to protect vulnerable children. It is unconscionable that these heinous acts were allowed to persist unchecked for so long.

RT if you agree major reforms need to happen within the Catholic Church, as well as other religious institutions, to ensure that abuse like this NEVER happens again.

[Ms. Magazine @MsMagazine]

The backlash against feminist progress that’s overtaking the U.S. is part of a global trend.

Free and empowered women are a threat to authoritarianism worldwide—and the autocrats know it.
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[Marty Taylor @marty_taylorr]

White Nationalist Pseudo Christian singer and 80’s hair band reject Sean Feutch is threatening to sue eveyone for exposing his alleged affair with Rep. Lauren Boebert. One thing Sean needs to remember about his girl Lauren. When she was accused last year by American Muckrakers of working as a paid escort and having Ted Cruz as a client. She also said she would sue unless they took down the story about her days as a paid escort. They did not. More than a year later and still no lawsuit. If the allegation was untrue. Boebert would have sued . The fact she did not speaks volumes. The same with her supposed affair with Sean Feutch and her impending divorce. The story is out there. And it rings true with me and my followers. I reported a story that sounds valid knowing who and what Lauren Boebert is. Boebert has not disputed the story. I do not care who Boebert sleeps with. But I have to point out the hypocrisy of Boebert being in a church every day preaching about how women need to take care of their husbands by being a “Pursuer of Christ”. While it looks like Lauren was “pursuing” a long haired guitar player she met in church. Instead of Christ. That is the epitome of a GOP hypocrite. @NewBlueUSA #DemVoice1

[Barry R McCaffrey @mccaffreyr3]

High intensity fighting in Bakhmut concentrated Wagner Group forces backed by Russian artillery and air power on seizing the remnant of the destroyed city still held by Ukraine. This intensity of firepower not seen since WWII. Russians suffered huge losses.

[Amy Faith Ho, MD MPH @amyfaithho]

Here’s the dirty secret of emergency medicine:

We don’t have to do prior auth. Like ever. We just order what the patient needs, and the patient gets it done in the ED.

But here’s why we care about prior auth anyways:

B/c not a shift goes by where a patient doesn’t land in the ER as a last resort when #priorauth denied or delayed them the outpatient care they needed.

[FactPost @factpostnews]

Mike Pence is openly supporting cuts to Social Security and Medicare and backing plans to end both programs as we know it.

“Mr. Pence says Social Security and Medicare must be trimmed back as part of any serious plan to deal with the national debt.”
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[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

🚨🚨🚨BREAKING: The judge in E. Jean Carroll’s case just REPRIMANDED Donald Trump for his Truth Social posts and threatened CRIMINAL charges.

Trump went off against Carroll just moments before she was ready to testify in her rape case against him.

In a brilliant move, E. Jean Carroll’s attorney Robbie Kaplan, interrupted the case to read Trump’s words to the court.

“The E. Jean Carroll case, Ms. Bergdorf Goodman, is a made up SCAM," Trump wrote.

The judge responded, “entirely inappropriate."

He then noted that Trump "may or may not be tampering with a new source of potential liability. ... And I think you know what I mean."

This comment appears to reference the crime of witness intimidation, warnings Trump has faced before.

Not even a day has passed in this trial and Trump might end up in jail!

E. Jean Carroll deserves Justice.

LOCK HIM UP!

[Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea]

Social media is lying to you about antidepressants.

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[Justin Garson @justin_garson]

This was hard to write. I wrote for Aeon on seeing mental illness as purposeful, not pathological, and about the experiences with my dad that led to this shift. I’m grateful to Christian Jarrett @psych_writer for careful editing. Comments open https://t.co/r7XYYLxfoj

[Delany Dean @DelanyDean]

This is an absolutely stupid and ridiculous stunt. Who is she addressing or targeting??

[Sarah Huckabee Sanders @SarahHuckabee]

Real women don’t have to fake it.

WATCH⬇️

[Delany Dean @DelanyDean]

@SarahHuckabee WTF??

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

HORRIBLE: Ron DeSantis just signed a bill eliminating unanimous jury decisions for death sentences.

This new law sets the LOWEST threshold for the number of jurors required to recommend a death sentence among EVERY state that has capital punishment.

The scariest thing? Florida has the highest number of death row exonerations in the country.

SB 450 reduces the minimum number of jurors needed to make a death sentence recommendation from 12 to 8.

“Florida is rapidly widening the net of who will be sent to death row with absolutely no consideration for the flaws that will inevitably lead to the harm of more innocent people,” ACLU said.

This law is absolutely outrageous.

Is Ron DeSantis cruel, or just evil?

[Laura Robinson @LauraRbnsn]

Did you guys know that 3000 minors got breast implants last year?
Compared with 200 surgeries on minors for gender transition?
Why’s there so much eagerness to stop the latter but the former is fine?
Do you see what I mean about being really selective

[Marty Taylor @marty_taylorr]

MTG given access to classified info is as much of a disaster as we all thought it would be. She literally left a classified briefing and immediatly walked out of the meeting and tweeted the classified information. MTG says she is proposing a bill to allow members of the military to release classified and top secret information if they disagree with the policy of the United States. What she calls ‘whistleblowers’ is espionage. MTG just commited a felony when she tweeted classified information. Revoke her clearances now. Before her actions cause the deaths of US servicemen. @NewBlueUSA @NewBlueGeorgia #DemVoice1

[Tim Sledge @Goodbye_Jesus]

I pray to a large rock in my back yard, and it works!

When I get what I ask for, I thank the rock.

When I don't get what I ask for, I trust that the rock knows best.

When I do something wrong, I ask the rock to forgive me, and I feel cleansed.

I share my gratitude for all the good things that happen to me with the rock.

And sometimes it's not about expressing gratitude or asking for anything from the rock. It's simply that talking to the rock makes me feel better.

Actually, praying to the rock works in the same way as praying to the God of any religion.

#PrayerDoesNotChangeThings #exchristian

[Jack Hopkins @thejackhopkins]

P.S. In my opinion, this is THE most important thing I’ve ever tweeted.

[SM @sensiblemiddle]

@Mike_Pence Your Administration was a job killer.

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[💛💙 🌊 Willow🌊💙💛 @Fuzzy_Fuzzbutt]

@MartyTa94849826 @MalBJones Paranoia, drastic mood swings, and “roid rage” are common red flags of prolonged steroid abuse. Paranoia and conspiracy theories go hand in hand too.

[Prof James Davies (PhD) 💭 @JDaviesPhD]

"Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) currently carry warnings that they can increase suicidality for people up to the age of 25, but some studies suggest the risk includes all age groups."

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