Vangie Castro
@vangiecmn.bsky.social
Bad golfer, law student, and recovering social justice warrior, progressive, queer AF 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ (they/them). Everything is not fine. #MN
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Vangie Castro
@vangiecmn.bsky.social
· Dec 3
"Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of withering, of tarnishings." - Anais Nin
Happy Heavenly Birthday, James Baldwin!
"It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have."
"It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have."
August 4, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Happy Heavenly Birthday, James Baldwin!
"It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have."
"It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have."
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A reminder: FEMA is no longer going door-to-door to assist disaster victims
[From our Climate Desk partner @wired.com]
[From our Climate Desk partner @wired.com]
FEMA will no longer go door-to-door to assist disaster victims
The move, says one agency worker, will “severely hamper our ability to reach vulnerable people.”
www.motherjones.com
July 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
A reminder: FEMA is no longer going door-to-door to assist disaster victims
[From our Climate Desk partner @wired.com]
[From our Climate Desk partner @wired.com]
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There should be a dating app for people who want to trauma bond. We'll call it unHinged 😂
June 1, 2025 at 4:41 PM
There should be a dating app for people who want to trauma bond. We'll call it unHinged 😂
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May 27, 2025 at 2:43 AM
I am a phoenix in a dumpster fire 🔥
May 3, 2025 at 4:20 AM
I am a phoenix in a dumpster fire 🔥
We're living during fun times.
Said no one ever.
Said no one ever.
April 25, 2025 at 4:11 AM
We're living during fun times.
Said no one ever.
Said no one ever.
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Medical devices have a highly integrated global supply chain. A typical medical infusion pump manufactured in the US, for example, can contain parts of more than 20 other countries on.ft.com/42qrJjY
April 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Medical devices have a highly integrated global supply chain. A typical medical infusion pump manufactured in the US, for example, can contain parts of more than 20 other countries on.ft.com/42qrJjY
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Weekly jobless claims rose 6,000 to 222,000, up from the 216,000 reported last week.
So. Much. Winning.
🙄
So. Much. Winning.
🙄
April 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Weekly jobless claims rose 6,000 to 222,000, up from the 216,000 reported last week.
So. Much. Winning.
🙄
So. Much. Winning.
🙄
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‘Catastrophic’: Canadian bookings for U.S. travel drop sharply. Well when you’re threatened with a trade war, becoming the 51st state, & being detained in a concentration camp for the slightest paperwork error or comments on your cell phone, why would you travel to the US?
apple.news/AG1h1agDfTVO...
apple.news/AG1h1agDfTVO...
‘Catastrophic’: Canadian bookings for U.S. travel drop sharply — CTV News
Canadian travel to the United States has begun to drop as the North American trade war hits America's tourism industry.
apple.news
March 29, 2025 at 9:29 PM
‘Catastrophic’: Canadian bookings for U.S. travel drop sharply. Well when you’re threatened with a trade war, becoming the 51st state, & being detained in a concentration camp for the slightest paperwork error or comments on your cell phone, why would you travel to the US?
apple.news/AG1h1agDfTVO...
apple.news/AG1h1agDfTVO...
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Family members of some of the 67 people killed in January’s midair collision in Washington listened to the US Army and FAA take fiery questions from lawmakers for the first time at a Senate subcommittee hearing on the preliminary findings of the accident.
US Army and FAA in the hot seat publicly for the first time since January’s fatal midair collision | CNN
Family members of some of the 67 people killed in January’s midair collision in Washington listened to the US Army and Federal Aviation Administration take fiery questions from lawmakers for the first...
www.cnn.com
March 27, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Family members of some of the 67 people killed in January’s midair collision in Washington listened to the US Army and FAA take fiery questions from lawmakers for the first time at a Senate subcommittee hearing on the preliminary findings of the accident.
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Tulsi just ignored this whole situation in her opening statement maybe if we don't talk about it it never happened. They all need to resign!
Warner, with Gabbard and Ratcliffe sitting in front of him: "If this was the case of a military officer or an intelligence officer and they had this kind of behavior, they would be fired."
March 25, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Tulsi just ignored this whole situation in her opening statement maybe if we don't talk about it it never happened. They all need to resign!
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth should resign.
He recklessly texted operational details of military strikes to a journalist, endangering the lives of American troops and our national security.
He recklessly texted operational details of military strikes to a journalist, endangering the lives of American troops and our national security.
March 25, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth should resign.
He recklessly texted operational details of military strikes to a journalist, endangering the lives of American troops and our national security.
He recklessly texted operational details of military strikes to a journalist, endangering the lives of American troops and our national security.
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The TESLA (a/k/a "TESLER") TAKEDOWN is working... WORLDWIDE!
Turns out people really resent an unelected weirdo running our Government & creating economic chaos. Hit Elmo where it really hurts: in his big, fat wallet. If we #TankTesla, It's Ex-X! (a/k/a Twitter) #WinWin
Visit www.takedowntesla.com
Turns out people really resent an unelected weirdo running our Government & creating economic chaos. Hit Elmo where it really hurts: in his big, fat wallet. If we #TankTesla, It's Ex-X! (a/k/a Twitter) #WinWin
Visit www.takedowntesla.com
March 17, 2025 at 7:37 PM
The TESLA (a/k/a "TESLER") TAKEDOWN is working... WORLDWIDE!
Turns out people really resent an unelected weirdo running our Government & creating economic chaos. Hit Elmo where it really hurts: in his big, fat wallet. If we #TankTesla, It's Ex-X! (a/k/a Twitter) #WinWin
Visit www.takedowntesla.com
Turns out people really resent an unelected weirdo running our Government & creating economic chaos. Hit Elmo where it really hurts: in his big, fat wallet. If we #TankTesla, It's Ex-X! (a/k/a Twitter) #WinWin
Visit www.takedowntesla.com
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Over 100,000 seats are up for grabs in 2025 — governors, mayors, city councils, state representatives, judges, school boards, and more.
Taking back our power starts now.
Taking back our power starts now.
March 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Over 100,000 seats are up for grabs in 2025 — governors, mayors, city councils, state representatives, judges, school boards, and more.
Taking back our power starts now.
Taking back our power starts now.
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The richest man in the world took over $5K out of this guy's bank account, claiming he was dead. The richest man in the world said he was saving money.
He was not dead.
He was not dead.
I found a ‘dead’ person collecting Social Security in Seattle
“Dead” Ned Johnson turns out to be very much alive. It took him weeks to convince the system he was breathing and to start clawing his benefits back.
www.seattletimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The richest man in the world took over $5K out of this guy's bank account, claiming he was dead. The richest man in the world said he was saving money.
He was not dead.
He was not dead.
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Oh really, Chuck?
Maybe it’s time my online Peeps made it clear—it’s past time for Chuck Schumer to step aside as Senate Minority Leader.
Pass it on.
@schumer.senate.gov
The Reformers
Maybe it’s time my online Peeps made it clear—it’s past time for Chuck Schumer to step aside as Senate Minority Leader.
Pass it on.
@schumer.senate.gov
The Reformers
March 16, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Oh really, Chuck?
Maybe it’s time my online Peeps made it clear—it’s past time for Chuck Schumer to step aside as Senate Minority Leader.
Pass it on.
@schumer.senate.gov
The Reformers
Maybe it’s time my online Peeps made it clear—it’s past time for Chuck Schumer to step aside as Senate Minority Leader.
Pass it on.
@schumer.senate.gov
The Reformers
Privatization of government services. That's ALWAYS a terrible idea. Yet, that is exactly what Musky and DJT are trying to accomplish. I'm in hell. 🔥 🤬
March 14, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Privatization of government services. That's ALWAYS a terrible idea. Yet, that is exactly what Musky and DJT are trying to accomplish. I'm in hell. 🔥 🤬
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Crockett: We had an opportunity to have a woman lead this country and I promise you, she would have led us to the promised land. But instead we got somebody that seems like he wants to take to us hell
March 4, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Crockett: We had an opportunity to have a woman lead this country and I promise you, she would have led us to the promised land. But instead we got somebody that seems like he wants to take to us hell
Tariffs. Yup! Saw that coming. Using tax dollars to buy crypto currency? What the actual giving his billionaire friends more of our money...liquid garbage is this?
The #CAUCACITY!!!
The #CAUCACITY!!!
March 4, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Tariffs. Yup! Saw that coming. Using tax dollars to buy crypto currency? What the actual giving his billionaire friends more of our money...liquid garbage is this?
The #CAUCACITY!!!
The #CAUCACITY!!!
📷 Crow sitting on a table with a cup of tea. Speech bubble: My retirement plan is societal collapse
February 24, 2025 at 7:38 AM
📷 Crow sitting on a table with a cup of tea. Speech bubble: My retirement plan is societal collapse
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If someone you know is detained: immigrantjustice.org/know-your-ri...
February 21, 2025 at 2:24 PM
If someone you know is detained: immigrantjustice.org/know-your-ri...