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Diana Alonzo Watkins (she/Ella)
@leoreina.bsky.social
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Latina jefa, former New Yorker, current DCist, Internationalist, #RadicalPhilanthropy and political junkie #DiverseCityFund #Instigator for #Justice, #GlobalSouth #MovementPower #PeoplePower
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Laura Chapin @laurachapin.bsky.social · 4h
There are no national media outlets in Durango, CO - 8 hours from Denver - like there are in Chicago or LA. Grateful to have local journalists + the Durango Herald covering the latest ICE thuggery.
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 10h
Juntos vamos a construir la ciudad que merecemos!

Y con tu ayuda, voy a seguir aprendiendo español 😉
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 13h
WTF 🤬

A police officer in Baltimore, Maryland, attempted to run over and kill a civilian who refused to answer their questions.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2h
WE FOUND THE WASTE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE:

FBI Director Kash Patel used a $60 million government jet for a booty call during the shutdown.

Not the first time. In April, he made multiple trips to Nashville to see his 26-year-old country-singer girlfriend and even flew her around to hockey games.
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Shannon Hale @shannonhale.bsky.social · 7h
I'm shaking almost too hard to type. I entered SLC airport and heard screams and cries for help. I could see people gathered around, watching. I sped over to discover this woman face down on the floor, four grown men pushing her down, while she cried "HELP ME" and pled for her child.
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 2h
“Welcome to the confederate broadcasting system”
justinbaragona.bsky.social Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 7h
This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 4h
IRS agents. what's going on in DC is truly shameless
cmlewisgeorgew4.bsky.social CM Janeese Lewis George @cmlewisgeorgew4.bsky.social · 5h
I was on the ground earlier today at the Petworth Metro Station after I received troubling reports from neighbors about IRS Criminal Investigation agents working with Transit Police to interrogate riders on WMATA buses.
A photo of Metro Transit Police and agents from IRS-CI boarding a WMATA D4X (Silver Spring) bus pulled over on Georgia Ave. NW at New Hampshire Ave. NW. A Metro Transit Police SVU is parked in front of the bus.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 2h
FEMA did an internal review in response to an insane Trump accusation, concluding that there was no political bias or retribution in how they disbursed funds. Kristi Noem killed it and demanded one that said what Trump wanted it to say, and last week she got it.

www.alternet.org/kristi-noem-...
'Just bad government': Noem slammed for covering up report that disproved Trump claim
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) published a report earlier this year that disproved one of President Donald Trump's viral claims about disaster relief. Department of Homeland Security (...
www.alternet.org
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Karla Monterroso @karlaliliana.bsky.social · 4h
Yes, instead of sending money to food banks across the state, we send law enforcement to keep them from eating at all.
paleofuture.bsky.social Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 6h
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
www.foxla.com
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13h
Cost to fund SNAP and keep 42 million people from starving:

$100 billion

Cost of lost revenue due to tax cuts for the richest Americans in the top 1%:

$100 billion

One is decried as "welfare." One is not.

Why?
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 15h
Still awaiting my George $oros payment for showing up at #NoKINGS_Day & staying until noon.

Somebody slipped this 20 under my door, but something about it seems fake.
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 14h
In so many ways, the vibrancy of our city can be judged by the health of our bodegas.

That’s why I’m so proud to be in the Bronx this morning to accept the endorsement of the United Bodegas of America.
A group of elected officials and journalists gathered outside a bodega for a press conference. Zohran is at the podium.
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 1d
You can see why Putin loves Trump’s return to “spheres of influence” thinking.
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Capital Weather Gang @capitalweather.bsky.social · 17h
The latest on Melissa: Pulling away from eastern Cuba after striking as Cat 4, now a Cat 2. Next headed toward southeastern Bahamas (later today) and Bermuda on Thursday.

www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...
Hurricane Melissa hits Cuba after leaving trail of destruction in Jamaica
Jamaica was declared a disaster area after Melissa made landfall there. Storm expected to hit the Bahamas later Wednesday.
www.washingtonpost.com
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 17h
"It's basically Groundhog Day," Palestinian writer Muhammad Shehada says of Israel's latest attacks across Gaza that killed over 100 people. He says Israel has a long history of signing ceasefire agreements only to immediately and repeatedly violate them.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1d
Right now, a potential peril is at hand: the end of truth.
Another big reason to worry about Bari Weiss’ tenure at CBS News
Right now, a potential peril is at hand: the end of truth.
www.motherjones.com
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Denise Oliver-Velez @deniseoliver-velez.bsky.social · 1d
Over 40 Organizations Denounce FBI, Puerto Rico Police Surveillance of Activist Groups
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Over 40 Organizations Denounce FBI, Puerto Rico Police Surveillance of Activist Groups
SAN JUAN — Over 40 organizations signed an open letter published Monday by the pro-independence activist group Jornada Se Acabaron La Promesas (JSALP) denouncing law enforcement monitoring of the grou...
thelatinonewsletter.org
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 1d
“What they’re doing is heinous; there’s no other way to describe profiting off of human suffering.” prismreports.org/2025/10/23/p...
Private prison executives revel in profiting off ICE arrests in earnings calls
Second-quarter earnings calls reveal how GEO Group and CoreCivic are championing and profiting from Trump’s mass deportation agenda
prismreports.org
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d
“Dysfunctional government” doesn’t even begin to describe this.

1.4 million civilian federal employees didn’t get a paycheck. And the part no one’s talking about: even if the government reopens tomorrow, we’ll be right back on the edge by November 21—the next shutdown deadline.

Chaos on repeat.
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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2d
BREAKING: A Department of Homeland Security officer shot at an unarmed black man during a traffic stop in DC, and the DC police officer said he was told by superiors not to mention the shooting in his incident report. 1/ www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Lawyers allege cover-up after fed shoots at man during D.C. traffic stop
Neither D.C. police nor the Department of Homeland Security have explained why the Homeland Security agent fired his weapon.
www.washingtonpost.com
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 2d
TOMORROW: DC police officer Daniel Hodges, a hero of the Jan 6 response at the Capitol, will testify at a Senate subcommittee hearing on "Politically Violent Attacks: A Threat to Our Constitutional Order"

Invited witness of Sen. Peter Welch (D-VT)
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 2d
Most people in the US don’t give diphtheria a passing thought if they’ve heard of it at all. We have decades of vaccines to thank for that, for now.

But it’s surging in places like Somalia, where health systems have been weakened by war, and hit hard by USAID cuts.

The cruelty is the point.
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Diphtheria, a Once Vanquished Killer of Children, Is Resurgent
www.nytimes.com
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Ben Conarck @conarck.bsky.social · 2d
New investigation w/ @invisibae.bsky.social:
Baltimore County has the worst racial disparities in traffic stops throughout Maryland. Officers accused of profiling are quickly exonerated despite issuing 70-89% of their tickets to Black drivers. Read more:
www.thebanner.com/community/cr...
‘Driving while Black’ persists in Baltimore County
Black drivers make up most of the traffic stops in Baltimore County, despite being 30% of the population — disparities police have known about for years but have failed to fix.
www.thebanner.com
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d
This is not “America First”
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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 3d
Did you know that over 1.3M active duty service members and veterans rely on SNAP benefits to feed themselves and their families?

Now you know.
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