Diana Alonzo Watkins (she/Ella)
@leoreina.bsky.social
Latina jefa, former New Yorker, #DCStatehood, Internationalist, #RadicalPhilanthropy and political junkie #DiverseCityFund #Instigator for #Justice, #GlobalSouth #MovementPower #PeoplePower
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ICE whistles work.
The horns and whistles work
What it's like to watch community activists stand up to a Border Patrol raid.
www.motherjones.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
ICE whistles work.
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he's re-running birtherism on the powerless
“They’re denying that any of her birth certificates, which are from Laurel, Maryland, her records of immunization, medical records — they’re denying the authenticity of them. It is something I’ve never encountered.” www.huffpost.com/entry/us-cit...
Trump Administration Says Maryland Woman's Birth Certificate Is Fake In Dystopian Move
Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was arrested on Sunday. ICE won’t release her despite extensive documentation of her citizenship, her attorneys told HuffPost.
www.huffpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:11 AM
he's re-running birtherism on the powerless
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let's go girls
WNBA players vote to authorize strike if 'necessary': What it means for CBA talks
The WNBA and WNBPA remain far apart ahead of the Jan. 9 deadline to agree to a new CBA
www.cbssports.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:16 PM
let's go girls
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Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was born in Maryland. She has a valid U.S. birth certificate, medical and immunization records, and sworn affidavits.
Yet, ICE claims her documents are “not authentic” and has held her in immigration detention for days.
Yet, ICE claims her documents are “not authentic” and has held her in immigration detention for days.
Trump Administration Says Maryland Woman's Birth Certificate Is Fake In Dystopian Move
Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was arrested on Sunday. ICE won’t release her despite extensive documentation of her citizenship, her attorneys told HuffPost.
www.huffpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was born in Maryland. She has a valid U.S. birth certificate, medical and immunization records, and sworn affidavits.
Yet, ICE claims her documents are “not authentic” and has held her in immigration detention for days.
Yet, ICE claims her documents are “not authentic” and has held her in immigration detention for days.
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🧊🛩️ CONCENTRATION CAMP 😲
👉 A Key Lime Air jet (tail: N974DC) arrives to Florida's Lake City Concentration camp to load human cargo for transport to the ICE gulags in Texas & Louisiana 👀
👉 A Key Lime Air jet (tail: N974DC) arrives to Florida's Lake City Concentration camp to load human cargo for transport to the ICE gulags in Texas & Louisiana 👀
December 19, 2025 at 4:11 PM
🧊🛩️ CONCENTRATION CAMP 😲
👉 A Key Lime Air jet (tail: N974DC) arrives to Florida's Lake City Concentration camp to load human cargo for transport to the ICE gulags in Texas & Louisiana 👀
👉 A Key Lime Air jet (tail: N974DC) arrives to Florida's Lake City Concentration camp to load human cargo for transport to the ICE gulags in Texas & Louisiana 👀
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Today, ProPublica launched a first-of-its-kind app to help you find out where your generic drugs come from and what the factories that made them are like.
Here’s how to use it.
Here’s how to use it.
Rx Inspector: ProPublica’s New Tool Provides Drug Info the FDA Won’t
We’ve launched a first-of-its-kind app to help you find out where your generic drugs come from and see the track records of the factories that made them.
www.propublica.org
December 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Today, ProPublica launched a first-of-its-kind app to help you find out where your generic drugs come from and what the factories that made them are like.
Here’s how to use it.
Here’s how to use it.
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SHAME: Generation X had schoolmates with last names like Nguyen, Pham & Tran, born in war-torn Vietnam, and evacuated as young children by helicopter or from waterlogged boats in the South China Sea. Many went on to serve in our military.
Now we are sending them back?
Now we are sending them back?
December 19, 2025 at 1:02 PM
SHAME: Generation X had schoolmates with last names like Nguyen, Pham & Tran, born in war-torn Vietnam, and evacuated as young children by helicopter or from waterlogged boats in the South China Sea. Many went on to serve in our military.
Now we are sending them back?
Now we are sending them back?
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If your house of worship is silent about the cruelty and the attacks on your neighbors by ICE, you’re at the wrong church, mosque, synagogue, temple, or gurdwara.
Powerful ad by Interfaith Alliance — a plea for humanity.
Powerful ad by Interfaith Alliance — a plea for humanity.
December 19, 2025 at 2:20 PM
If your house of worship is silent about the cruelty and the attacks on your neighbors by ICE, you’re at the wrong church, mosque, synagogue, temple, or gurdwara.
Powerful ad by Interfaith Alliance — a plea for humanity.
Powerful ad by Interfaith Alliance — a plea for humanity.
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“Slatton immediately submitted her client’s birth certificate along with sworn affidavits from family members present at her birth. She expected ICE to pause, review, and release her.
Instead, the agency transferred Diaz Morales from Maryland to Louisiana …” www.nickvalencianews.com/p/ice-detain...
Instead, the agency transferred Diaz Morales from Maryland to Louisiana …” www.nickvalencianews.com/p/ice-detain...
ICE Detained a U.S.-Born American Citizen and Won’t Release Her: Attorney
By Nick Valencia | December 18, 2025
www.nickvalencianews.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:11 PM
“Slatton immediately submitted her client’s birth certificate along with sworn affidavits from family members present at her birth. She expected ICE to pause, review, and release her.
Instead, the agency transferred Diaz Morales from Maryland to Louisiana …” www.nickvalencianews.com/p/ice-detain...
Instead, the agency transferred Diaz Morales from Maryland to Louisiana …” www.nickvalencianews.com/p/ice-detain...
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Holy crap chart from Gallup
December 19, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Holy crap chart from Gallup
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Marshall Project reporting reveals widespread violations of protections for children in immigration detention. Since Trump took office, at least 3,800 children under 18 (including 20 infants) have been booked into ICE custody.
December 19, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Marshall Project reporting reveals widespread violations of protections for children in immigration detention. Since Trump took office, at least 3,800 children under 18 (including 20 infants) have been booked into ICE custody.
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“It is an indisputable fact that she was born inside the United States .. we have her birth certificate. That should be enough. She never should have been picked up in the first place. I am asking if anyone in the media is willing to cover this story.”
This is so fucked up
Immigration attorney Tori Slatton has a US citizen client who is in ICE custody - and whisked off to Louisiana
ICE ignored court orders - about a US citizen
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8y2nxyd/
Immigration attorney Tori Slatton has a US citizen client who is in ICE custody - and whisked off to Louisiana
ICE ignored court orders - about a US citizen
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8y2nxyd/
Please like and share #immigrationlawyer #immigrationattorney #attorney #immigrant #attorneysoftiktok
TikTok video by YourAsylumBuddy
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December 18, 2025 at 11:42 PM
“It is an indisputable fact that she was born inside the United States .. we have her birth certificate. That should be enough. She never should have been picked up in the first place. I am asking if anyone in the media is willing to cover this story.”
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Despite many states imposing sweeping abortion bans after Dobbs, more Americans are having abortions, not fewer. Virtual consultations and prompt delivery of pills by mail allow people in all 50 states to access abortion care from the privacy of their homes for $150 or less.
Abortion Continues to Increase in 2025 as Telehealth Expands, Especially in States with Bans and Restrictions
The latest #WeCount report finds that abortion access is growing as patients turn to telehealth abortion pills and shield law providers.
msmagazine.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Despite many states imposing sweeping abortion bans after Dobbs, more Americans are having abortions, not fewer. Virtual consultations and prompt delivery of pills by mail allow people in all 50 states to access abortion care from the privacy of their homes for $150 or less.
Wondering why this is no longer a thing in the US? SMH
Australia will start a gun buyback program to take surplus, newly-banned and illegal firearms off the street, following the terror attack in Bondi Beach which left 15 people dead
Australia to Buy Back Guns After Bondi Beach Terror Attack
Australia will start a gun buyback program to take surplus, newly-banned and illegal firearms off the street, following the terror attack in Bondi Beach which left 15 people dead.
www.bloomberg.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Wondering why this is no longer a thing in the US? SMH
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🧊✈️ The ICECAST – December 19
Forecasting ICE flights on Friday:
Boston – Newark – Baltimore – Charlotte – Minneapolis – Omaha – Kansas City – Springfield MO – Salt Lake City – San Diego
👉 PLUS - Say NO to Key Lime Air!
👀 Watch, Comment, Like & Subscribe
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Forecasting ICE flights on Friday:
Boston – Newark – Baltimore – Charlotte – Minneapolis – Omaha – Kansas City – Springfield MO – Salt Lake City – San Diego
👉 PLUS - Say NO to Key Lime Air!
👀 Watch, Comment, Like & Subscribe
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The ICECAST – December 19, 2025
YouTube video by JJ in DC
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December 19, 2025 at 3:22 AM
🧊✈️ The ICECAST – December 19
Forecasting ICE flights on Friday:
Boston – Newark – Baltimore – Charlotte – Minneapolis – Omaha – Kansas City – Springfield MO – Salt Lake City – San Diego
👉 PLUS - Say NO to Key Lime Air!
👀 Watch, Comment, Like & Subscribe
youtube.com/shorts/1HIrz...
Forecasting ICE flights on Friday:
Boston – Newark – Baltimore – Charlotte – Minneapolis – Omaha – Kansas City – Springfield MO – Salt Lake City – San Diego
👉 PLUS - Say NO to Key Lime Air!
👀 Watch, Comment, Like & Subscribe
youtube.com/shorts/1HIrz...
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“The thing that’s been the most difficult so far is that, in all of our interactions with the government, they’re denying that any of her birth certificates, which are from Laurel, Maryland, her records of immunization, medical records — they’re denying the authenticity of them.”
ICE Says U.S. Citizen's Birth Certificate Is Fake After Arresting Her: Attorneys
Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was arrested on Sunday. ICE won’t release her despite extensive documentation of her citizenship, her attorneys told HuffPost.
www.huffpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:59 AM
“The thing that’s been the most difficult so far is that, in all of our interactions with the government, they’re denying that any of her birth certificates, which are from Laurel, Maryland, her records of immunization, medical records — they’re denying the authenticity of them.”
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Russell Vought announced that the National Science Foundation will “break up” the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado calling it a source of “climate alarmism” and saying its work should be dismantled and redistributed.
December 19, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Russell Vought announced that the National Science Foundation will “break up” the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado calling it a source of “climate alarmism” and saying its work should be dismantled and redistributed.
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2025 has been the deadliest year for immigrants in ICE custody.
This week, we learned that Nenko Stanev Gantchev, a resident of Illinois, died on December 15th in ICE custody.
This week, we learned that Nenko Stanev Gantchev, a resident of Illinois, died on December 15th in ICE custody.
December 19, 2025 at 2:17 AM
2025 has been the deadliest year for immigrants in ICE custody.
This week, we learned that Nenko Stanev Gantchev, a resident of Illinois, died on December 15th in ICE custody.
This week, we learned that Nenko Stanev Gantchev, a resident of Illinois, died on December 15th in ICE custody.
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EXCLUSIVE: the Working Families Party is putting out a recruitment call for people opposed to data centers in their communities to run for local office
the recruitment effort comes just 2 days after Bernie Sanders called for a moratorium on data center construction
the recruitment effort comes just 2 days after Bernie Sanders called for a moratorium on data center construction
Opposed to Data Centers? The Working Families Party Wants You to Run for Office
The influential progressive third party announced Thursday that it was putting out a recruitment call for candidates specifically opposed to data centers.
www.wired.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
EXCLUSIVE: the Working Families Party is putting out a recruitment call for people opposed to data centers in their communities to run for local office
the recruitment effort comes just 2 days after Bernie Sanders called for a moratorium on data center construction
the recruitment effort comes just 2 days after Bernie Sanders called for a moratorium on data center construction
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Officials in Tennessee aren't just banning books, they're now demanding information on who checked out contested (largely LGBTQ+) books, including names, addresses, and "household composition."
A librarian who was given the directive has come forward asking for whistleblower protections.
A librarian who was given the directive has come forward asking for whistleblower protections.
Tennessee whistleblower says library board chair sought private data as part of state's book purge
A First Amendment expert told The Advocate that there are "huge" legal implications stemming from the situation.
www.advocate.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Officials in Tennessee aren't just banning books, they're now demanding information on who checked out contested (largely LGBTQ+) books, including names, addresses, and "household composition."
A librarian who was given the directive has come forward asking for whistleblower protections.
A librarian who was given the directive has come forward asking for whistleblower protections.
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The White House says the Kennedy Center board vote was “unanimous”…
BULLSHIT.
@repbeatty.bsky.social, a Congressional member of the board, was on the call. They muted her and didn't let her voice opposition.
This is beyond absurd, totally illegal, and a disgrace to the memory and legacy of JFK.
BULLSHIT.
@repbeatty.bsky.social, a Congressional member of the board, was on the call. They muted her and didn't let her voice opposition.
This is beyond absurd, totally illegal, and a disgrace to the memory and legacy of JFK.
December 18, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The White House says the Kennedy Center board vote was “unanimous”…
BULLSHIT.
@repbeatty.bsky.social, a Congressional member of the board, was on the call. They muted her and didn't let her voice opposition.
This is beyond absurd, totally illegal, and a disgrace to the memory and legacy of JFK.
BULLSHIT.
@repbeatty.bsky.social, a Congressional member of the board, was on the call. They muted her and didn't let her voice opposition.
This is beyond absurd, totally illegal, and a disgrace to the memory and legacy of JFK.
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🧊✈️ CUBA ⛓️😲
👉 A GlobalX jet (tail: N530FL) departs Louisiana transporting humans in chains to Havana (no, not Gitmo – Havana) 🇨🇺
👉 A GlobalX jet (tail: N530FL) departs Louisiana transporting humans in chains to Havana (no, not Gitmo – Havana) 🇨🇺
December 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM
🧊✈️ CUBA ⛓️😲
👉 A GlobalX jet (tail: N530FL) departs Louisiana transporting humans in chains to Havana (no, not Gitmo – Havana) 🇨🇺
👉 A GlobalX jet (tail: N530FL) departs Louisiana transporting humans in chains to Havana (no, not Gitmo – Havana) 🇨🇺
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Flip the Congress FAST then strip them of their funding! “I’ve Never Seen So Many Police Cars” – Mother Jones www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I'm a veteran criminal justice reporter. I've never seen anything like ICE-occupied Memphis.
“It’s about as sad as you can possibly imagine."
www.motherjones.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Flip the Congress FAST then strip them of their funding! “I’ve Never Seen So Many Police Cars” – Mother Jones www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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It was amazing to watch the journalists who built this tool at work. Months and months of painstaking effort, careful reporting behind every decision.
It's the kind of work that ProPublica does best.
It's the kind of work that ProPublica does best.
NEW: The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead.
Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.
Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.
Where Was My Generic Prescription Drug Made? - Rx Inspector - ProPublica
The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead. Use information on your prescription label to locate the factory and see inspection reports.
projects.propublica.org
December 18, 2025 at 3:18 PM
It was amazing to watch the journalists who built this tool at work. Months and months of painstaking effort, careful reporting behind every decision.
It's the kind of work that ProPublica does best.
It's the kind of work that ProPublica does best.
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Zohran: "I mean, think about when you fly. We have made it such a difficult experience to go through TSA that there's now a financial incentive to sign up for a separate program that can move you through it quicker. We have monetized the dysfunction."
December 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Zohran: "I mean, think about when you fly. We have made it such a difficult experience to go through TSA that there's now a financial incentive to sign up for a separate program that can move you through it quicker. We have monetized the dysfunction."