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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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Karla Monterroso @karlaliliana.bsky.social · 1h
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 · 3h
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 · 10h
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 · 12h
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 · 11h
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 · 21h
You can see why Putin loves Trump’s return to “spheres of influence” thinking.
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Capital Weather Gang @capitalweather.bsky.social · 14h
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 · 14h
"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.
🎁🔗:
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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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 4d
"Carlos" sent us this video from CA where he is picking grapes for minimum wage after a heavy rain. "The mud makes it hard to walk or push a wheelbarrow. After 8 hours my back and legs hurt." #WeFeedYou
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Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 5d
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Man fleeing ICE agents ran out onto a busy highway and was struck and killed Thursday in Virginia, authorities said. The incident appeared to be the second time since August that a person was killed by oncoming traffic while attempting to flee ICE agents.
Man was fatally hit by vehicle while fleeing ICE on Virginia highway, officials say
A preliminary investigation indicated that the man was fleeing a pursuit by ICE when he left his car and attempted to cross the interstate, Virginia State Police said.
www.nbcnews.com
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 5d
Good morning.

It's been 31 days since Adelita Grijalva was elected by the people of Arizona's seventh congressional district to represent them in Congress.

Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in.
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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 5d
Watch this.

Open your eyes to this brutality.

ICE beats up, drags & abducts this disabled visually impaired man.

Now share this.

Everyone must see the brutality of this administration & ask themselves what they are doing to push back.

You have power.

Even sharing this video exerts that power.
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Diana Alonzo Watkins (she/Ella) @leoreina.bsky.social · 5d
Sooo disappointing @govwesmoore.bsky.social !
climatebrad.hillheat.com Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 5d
@govwesmoore.bsky.social's vetoes blindsided Maryland's well-organized climate advocates.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 7d
Terrifying. An Associated Press investigation found more than 420 bills attacking longstanding public health protections such as vaccines, milk safety and fluoride have been introduced in statehouses across the US so far this year. Around 30 bills in 12 states have already been enacted or adopted.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 6d
NBC News finds that:
-- ICE has shortened its training from 13 weeks to six.
-- Nearly half of recruits couldn’t pass an open-book written exam.
-- Recruits "are supposed to attest" they can pass the physical-fitness test, which requires them to run ... 6 mph.

www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
Some new ICE recruits have shown up to training without full vetting
The recruits have had criminal backgrounds or failed drug tests or were unable to meet physical or academic standards, raising concerns about the agency’s rush to hire immigration officers, sources to...
www.nbcnews.com
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Tzeporah Berman @tzeporah.bsky.social · 7d
Just 10 banks are responsible for nearly 75% of the $15 billion in Amazon oil financing from the last decade.

We know who they are. We know what this will cost us. We can apply pressure to make them stop #KeepItInTheGround

Read the report: stand.earth/wp-content/u...
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