Karla Monterroso
@karlaliliana.bsky.social
Part chaplain, part cross-pollinator, part coach, part builder. Multiracial multicultural institution dreamer. Brava pero vulnerable.
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December 6, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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I’m mostly eyeroll-y when I see the Klan perform being Klany. But sometimes I’m like, damn these people are just so damn racist.
Sabrina Carpenter ratioed the White House after it used her song in an ICE video.
The WH deleted the post…but now it’s back with a new ICE video, this time using an altered clip from Carpenter’s SNL monologue.
The WH deleted the post…but now it’s back with a new ICE video, this time using an altered clip from Carpenter’s SNL monologue.
December 6, 2025 at 4:44 AM
I’m mostly eyeroll-y when I see the Klan perform being Klany. But sometimes I’m like, damn these people are just so damn racist.
I’m so disgusted by this. If you have friends and family who have been through this process, you know how huge this day is for someone. How devastating it would be for it to go down like this.
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 6, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I’m so disgusted by this. If you have friends and family who have been through this process, you know how huge this day is for someone. How devastating it would be for it to go down like this.
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This really is grotesque: they went through years-long citizenship processes and are now being denied simply because if the country they are from. It’s formalized bigotry.
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 6, 2025 at 12:32 AM
This really is grotesque: they went through years-long citizenship processes and are now being denied simply because if the country they are from. It’s formalized bigotry.
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Duolingo announced it was going “AI-first” just over six months ago. Since then its stock is down 64%.
December 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Duolingo announced it was going “AI-first” just over six months ago. Since then its stock is down 64%.
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ICE raided a James Beard award winning restaurant & because the chef/owner was prepared, left emptyhanded:
December 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
ICE raided a James Beard award winning restaurant & because the chef/owner was prepared, left emptyhanded:
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December 5, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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FLORIDA — Woman in scrubs: “I’m a U.S. citizen! Why are you doing this to me??”
December 4, 2025 at 8:26 PM
FLORIDA — Woman in scrubs: “I’m a U.S. citizen! Why are you doing this to me??”
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GOV. WALZ on Trump’s racist attack on Somali Americans: “Unprecedented. We have kids going to school today and the president called them ‘garbage’ — condemn this attack or you are complicit in it… the only thing hurting this state is Trump himself.”
Our kids are watching.
Our kids are watching.
December 4, 2025 at 9:21 PM
GOV. WALZ on Trump’s racist attack on Somali Americans: “Unprecedented. We have kids going to school today and the president called them ‘garbage’ — condemn this attack or you are complicit in it… the only thing hurting this state is Trump himself.”
Our kids are watching.
Our kids are watching.
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December 4, 2025 at 8:54 PM
This rules people.com/halle-berry-...
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I realize everyone knows this, but you'll note that what he saw was two survivors trying to flip a boat over.
Which is a thing literally fucking anyone in a shipwreck would do.
The other stuff he said was fanfic he made up about them.
Which is a thing literally fucking anyone in a shipwreck would do.
The other stuff he said was fanfic he made up about them.
Q: What did you see in the second strike?
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
December 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I realize everyone knows this, but you'll note that what he saw was two survivors trying to flip a boat over.
Which is a thing literally fucking anyone in a shipwreck would do.
The other stuff he said was fanfic he made up about them.
Which is a thing literally fucking anyone in a shipwreck would do.
The other stuff he said was fanfic he made up about them.
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I talked to Al Gore about Bill Gates's climate change memo.
He called it "manifestly absurd" and questioned Gates's true motives for releasing it.
"He has a lot of irons in the fire with whoever is in power."
He called it "manifestly absurd" and questioned Gates's true motives for releasing it.
"He has a lot of irons in the fire with whoever is in power."
Al Gore's case for optimism
Gore talks to HEATED about COP30, the Gates memo, and why he thinks billionaires should face far more scrutiny in the climate fight.
heated.world
December 4, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I talked to Al Gore about Bill Gates's climate change memo.
He called it "manifestly absurd" and questioned Gates's true motives for releasing it.
"He has a lot of irons in the fire with whoever is in power."
He called it "manifestly absurd" and questioned Gates's true motives for releasing it.
"He has a lot of irons in the fire with whoever is in power."
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Trump pardoned Henry Cuellar, the Texas Democrat who was indicted by the Biden DOJ on charges of bribery and money laundering.
We have policy disagreements with the last anti-abortion Democrat in Congress. But that’s not what this is about.
Cuellar is now compromised by Trump and can’t be trusted.
We have policy disagreements with the last anti-abortion Democrat in Congress. But that’s not what this is about.
Cuellar is now compromised by Trump and can’t be trusted.
December 4, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Trump pardoned Henry Cuellar, the Texas Democrat who was indicted by the Biden DOJ on charges of bribery and money laundering.
We have policy disagreements with the last anti-abortion Democrat in Congress. But that’s not what this is about.
Cuellar is now compromised by Trump and can’t be trusted.
We have policy disagreements with the last anti-abortion Democrat in Congress. But that’s not what this is about.
Cuellar is now compromised by Trump and can’t be trusted.
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Again, tapping my “Trump gets to do all of this stuff because Congress never does its job” neon sign. (This applied to both parties).
December 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Again, tapping my “Trump gets to do all of this stuff because Congress never does its job” neon sign. (This applied to both parties).
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"...Newsom has vetoed our menopause bill, not one but two years in a row. But that's OK, because he's not going to be governor forever. And with the way he's overlooked women, half the population, by devaluing us in midlife, he probably should not be our next president either."
youtu.be/603NmGNkfqY
youtu.be/603NmGNkfqY
December 4, 2025 at 3:18 PM
"...Newsom has vetoed our menopause bill, not one but two years in a row. But that's OK, because he's not going to be governor forever. And with the way he's overlooked women, half the population, by devaluing us in midlife, he probably should not be our next president either."
youtu.be/603NmGNkfqY
youtu.be/603NmGNkfqY
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“Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino, who led enforcement operations in Chicago, Los Angeles and Charlotte, North Carolina, met up Wednesday with agents assembling in a Home Depot parking lot.”
Home Depot always their launching pad.
Home Depot always their launching pad.
Federal agents launch immigration crackdown in New Orleans
The Department of Homeland Security has launched a new immigration crackdown in New Orleans. A Homeland Security official says the operation that got underway Wednesday targets violent criminals.
apnews.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:50 AM
“Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino, who led enforcement operations in Chicago, Los Angeles and Charlotte, North Carolina, met up Wednesday with agents assembling in a Home Depot parking lot.”
Home Depot always their launching pad.
Home Depot always their launching pad.
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Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
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Hillary Clinton headlined an event run by Trump donor Miriam Adelson's newspaper. There, she blamed TikTok for young people’s "misinformed" views on Israel.
The next day, Ro Khanna met US veterans — mobilized in part by social media — who were abducted by Israel as they tried to bring aid to Gaza.
The next day, Ro Khanna met US veterans — mobilized in part by social media — who were abducted by Israel as they tried to bring aid to Gaza.
Ro Khanna to Hillary Clinton: Don't ‘Disparage the Intelligence of Young People’ on Israel
Khanna pushed back on Clinton’s claims that Israel’s critics 'don’t know the history' while speaking with three American humanitarians abducted by Israel.
zeteo.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Hillary Clinton headlined an event run by Trump donor Miriam Adelson's newspaper. There, she blamed TikTok for young people’s "misinformed" views on Israel.
The next day, Ro Khanna met US veterans — mobilized in part by social media — who were abducted by Israel as they tried to bring aid to Gaza.
The next day, Ro Khanna met US veterans — mobilized in part by social media — who were abducted by Israel as they tried to bring aid to Gaza.
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I’m so grateful to the people who invented coffee.
December 3, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I’m so grateful to the people who invented coffee.
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RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
December 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
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The EEOC, the main federal agency in charge of protecting American workers' rights, has abandoned trans, nonbinary, and other gender non-conforming workers, leaving them with little ability to get justice www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
The Agency That Protects US Worker Rights Isn’t Helping Trans People
Under the Trump administration, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has thwarted nearly all cases filed by trans workers.
www.bloomberg.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The EEOC, the main federal agency in charge of protecting American workers' rights, has abandoned trans, nonbinary, and other gender non-conforming workers, leaving them with little ability to get justice www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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yes, it’s really that bad.
If new proposals detailed in an FDA memo are put into place, experts told me it would mean the end of annual flu shots. And end of most vaccines for pregnant people. And maybe the end of updates to pneumonia vaccines. And more.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
FDA official proposes ‘impossible’ standards for vaccine testing that could curtail access to immunizations
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
yes, it’s really that bad.
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The refusal to consider DC Statehood is largely a reluctance to give DC two Senators, which itself is a tacit admission that the United States Senate is an anti-democratic institution.
Statehood for D.C. is an ethical obligation at this point, required to protect the rights of our residents to govern ourselves against such out-of-state troops being sent to patrol our city.
NEW: Republican-led states, in a new filing at the D.C. Circuit, say D.C. residents are irrelevant, D.C. belongs to everyone else. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The filing is led by the South Carolina and West Virginia attorneys general. Both states sent troops to DC.
The filing is led by the South Carolina and West Virginia attorneys general. Both states sent troops to DC.
December 3, 2025 at 4:42 AM
The refusal to consider DC Statehood is largely a reluctance to give DC two Senators, which itself is a tacit admission that the United States Senate is an anti-democratic institution.
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It's become normal now for high-level political figures to argue that an entire generation was brainwashed through fake videos into mass anti-Israel political mobilization by TikTok. Complete conspiracy thinking, rooted in zero evidence, based on nothing
Hillary Clinton blames TikTok and “totally made up” videos for young people’s views on Israel and Palestine.
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
December 3, 2025 at 4:29 AM
It's become normal now for high-level political figures to argue that an entire generation was brainwashed through fake videos into mass anti-Israel political mobilization by TikTok. Complete conspiracy thinking, rooted in zero evidence, based on nothing
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She shouldn't have to keep doing this by herself. She is supposedly a member of a political party and every single one of her *colleagues* should be BLASTING the fascist in chief. ALL OF THEM. Where is the solidarity???
Congresswoman Omar calls Trump's comments about her 'creepy' after the US president launches into an anti-Somali tirade.
Ilhan Omar denounces Donald Trump for calling Somali immigrants ‘garbage’
Congresswoman Omar calls Trump's comments about her 'creepy' after the US president launches into an anti-Somali tirade.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 12:34 AM
She shouldn't have to keep doing this by herself. She is supposedly a member of a political party and every single one of her *colleagues* should be BLASTING the fascist in chief. ALL OF THEM. Where is the solidarity???