Vangie Castro

Happy Heavenly Birthday, James Baldwin!

"It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have."

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.”

A reminder: FEMA is no longer going door-to-door to assist disaster victims

[From our Climate Desk partner @wired.com]

Forever

There should be a dating app for people who want to trauma bond. We'll call it unHinged 😂

Elle Cordova
@ellecordova.bsky.social

Happy Memorial Day!
Best way to celebrate is #GiveLandBack #Reparations #SaveOurDemocracy

I am a phoenix in a dumpster fire 🔥

We're living during fun times.

Said no one ever.

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

Weekly jobless claims rose 6,000 to 222,000, up from the 216,000 reported last week.

So. Much. Winning.

🙄

‘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.

‘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?
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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...

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.

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!

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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. 🔥 🤬

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!!!

📷 Crow sitting on a table with a cup of tea. Speech bubble: My retirement plan is societal collapse

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Me: Are you happy?
Mom: I'm happy if you're happy.

That was the one coherent statement my mom said to us the second week I was with her as she was dying. It was the same thing she said when I came out to her.

Rest in power, Mommy.

02.20.2020; 11:40pm Dumaguete, PH Time

As Martin Luther King Jr. said, “We need leaders not in love with money but in love with justice—not in love with publicity but in love with humanity.”

Until then, good luck.

#TheBigSteal #broligarchy #MuskShadowPresident #Idiocracy #idiocracyisreal #BrawndoWhatPlantsCrave

Crockett: “I’m tired of the white tears. If you’re competent you’re not concerned. When you compare me to Greene/Boebert there’s no comparison… The only ppl crying are mediocre white boys beaten out by people that had to work much harder.”

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