Diane E.L.
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Diane E.L.
@chinamomma1.bsky.social
Cuban (but blue). A sometime volunteer, momma, wife, a journalist long ago but still a news junkie. Democracy needs objective journalism. (NO DMs unless I know you.)
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October 5, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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This tactic is in the news again because ICE agents in Colorado were filmed breaking the window of a car with a baby in the backseat coloradosun.com/2025/10/01/i...
In July, we documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office.

ICE claims its officers use a “minimum amount of force.”

You can judge for yourself.
“We’ll Smash the Fucking Window Out and Drag Him Out”
We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a “mini...
projects.propublica.org
October 5, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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If you think that adults taking Tylenol hurt kids, just wait until you read what the adults in the Epstein Files were doing to them.
September 25, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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BREAKING via @aclunm.bsky.social

ALBUQUERQUE, NM – A federal judge today ordered the immediate release of Paulo Cesar Gamez Lira, a 27-year-old DACA recipient and father of four U.S. citizen children who was unlawfully detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for 42 days.
September 25, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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I like this idea.
September 18, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Democracy dies in absurdity and hypocrisy.
Fans, celebrities and Democratic politicians expressed anger and disappointment after ABC announced that it was pulling “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” from the air indefinitely, saying that the move amounted to censorship and was an attack on free speech.
Reactions to ABC’s Pulling of ‘Kimmel’ Reflect America’s Partisan Divide
Fans and liberals expressed anger while conservatives hailed ABC’s decision to pull Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show off the air after comments about the killing of Charlie Kirk.
nyti.ms
September 18, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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Exclusive: The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History removed references to President Trump’s two impeachments from an exhibit — an apparent change to its plans to update its collection of artifacts about the historic U.S. proceedings.
Smithsonian removes Trump from impeachment exhibit in American History Museum
A temporary placard, on display since 2021, described the president's historic impeachments. Officials said the exhibit was restored to an earlier version following a review of legacy content.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 31, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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Legitimately, a Democrat friend who knocked on doors in a swing state said he heard this from young men. He said young men thought Kamala would send them off to war.
A lot of young men voted Trump because 'kamala will girlboss us into stupid wars'
June 22, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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June 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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It’s that time again. Post your favorite signs from today for entry in my Top 15 No King sign contest!
June 14, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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via @acyn.bsky.social

Veteran: We served this country. I’d give my life for this country but not for this jerk
June 15, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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Hey Nic Bestie, you always make my day better when I talk/text with you.
Hell yes tomorrow is a BIG Day. #NoKingsDay
June 13, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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“Deploying soldiers to any American city isn’t just at odds with the principles of our democracy,” writes Michel R. Moore, the former chief of the L.A.P.D. “It’s tactically unsound."
Opinion | I Ran the L.A.P.D. I Know What Happens When Troops Are Sent to American Cities.
Dispatching troops risks escalation, tragic error and lasting damage to public confidence.
www.nytimes.com
June 13, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Gavin Newsom appears to be playing Trump well, clarifying that the toddler is naked & barely can speak.
Suddenly, Newsom has surged as the leader of the democratic party.
June 13, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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Nights of BLUE SKIES
(sound)

DAY 8 JUNE 2025

HAPPENING TODAY
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES

This is NOT A RIOT
This is NOT LOOTING

THIS A PEACEFUL PROTEST UNDER OUR FIRST AMENDMENT'S RIGHTS

Trump lies
Homan lies
Steven Goebbels Miller lies

MASKED ICE AGENTS WITH NO WARRANTS
MUST STOP
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June 9, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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A truly sad sight. Trump’s America. 🇺🇸
June 8, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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Are egg prices going up again?
A Major American Egg Farm Just Lost 90% of its Chickens
Are egg prices going up again?
bloom.bg
June 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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This is how it’s done!

FRIDAY: South Park, San Diego, neighbors weren’t having it. When ICE rolled up on an Italian restaurant in unmarked cars and started grabbing workers, the community hit the streets.
(Sound up)
May 31, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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The Boeing 737 that logged thousands of miles last year as JD Vance’s campaign plane before he was elected vice president is being used by the federal government to deport migrants to several Central American countries, according to public aviation logs and a group that tracks the flights.
JD Vance’s Campaign Plane Is Being Used for Migrant Deportation Flights
www.nytimes.com
May 30, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

“By seeking to deport me, the Trump administration is sending a clear message: There is no room for dissent, free speech be damned,” Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian human rights advocate who was detained by ICE for two weeks, writes in a guest essay.
Opinion | Mohsen Mahdawi: I Never Lost Hope in the Principles of Democracy
Detained at his citizenship interview, the Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi speaks of his ordeal.
www.nytimes.com
May 2, 2025 at 8:34 PM
It only takes two clicks to take action to protect public media. protectmypublicmedia.org/rsc-emails/
Urge Congress: Save Public Media
Save your local stations. Email your Members of Congress now!
protectmypublicmedia.org
May 2, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Pritzker: If you're not out there protesting in front of a Republican congressman's office, or out in the street making your voice heard, or calling your friends in another state to have them do it.. then you're not doing what's necessary to put pressure on them to vote the right way.
April 30, 2025 at 12:49 AM
An extraordinary assault on an academic body of work and American history. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Read the Naval Academy’s list of removed books
The Navy released the titles of 381 books that were removed from the U.S. Naval Academy’s Nimitz Library on the Annapolis, Md., campus this week because their subject matter was seen as being related ...
www.nytimes.com
April 11, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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An excellent emendation to Paul, Weiss’s Wikipedia page.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul,_W...
March 30, 2025 at 6:39 PM