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Yvonne Castillo
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Lawyer in the insurance industry specializing in climate-related liability risks.
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savedemocracy58.bsky.social
THIS 👇has to be THE BIGGEST GASLIGHT IN THE HISTORY OF GASLIGHTING!! If anyone believes this bullshit, they need a checkup from the neck up.

There’s more than 1 ‘t*ump in the Epstein files’. I guess the guy in all those photos with him is a look a like ??

Cmon folks. Are you really THAT dumb.
January 10, 2026 at 11:38 PM
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jkz12769.bsky.social
ICE THUGS arrested a pastor & kept asking him "Are you afraid?" numerous occasions. The pastor said NO. Eventually the THUGS let him go stating that "You're WHITE, you're no fun to us!!"
This is how sick & deranged these THUGS are, thanks to this REGIME‼️
youtu.be/lcSOyVrc5HM?...
Minneapolis pastor: ICE 'pointed a gun at me' and 'put me in the back of an SUV'
YouTube video by MS NOW
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January 10, 2026 at 6:04 PM
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January 10, 2026 at 6:07 AM
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proptermalone.bsky.social
Episcopalians going *hard*
clairenf.bsky.social Claire Nevin-Field @clairenf.bsky.social · 19h
“I have asked the clergy of the diocese to make sure their affairs are in order and they have written their wills.,not the time for statements. It is time to put our bodies between the powers of this world and the most vulnerable”. Rob Hirschfeld, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire
Redirecting...
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January 10, 2026 at 11:08 PM
yvonnerc.bsky.social
Imagine that. A government FOR the people! Bravo.
mayor.nyc.gov Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 1d
On day 8 of our Administration, @governor.ny.gov and I announced the beginning of universal childcare in NYC. No longer will New Yorkers be forced to choose between starting a family and continuing to live in the city they love. This only happened because of you.
January 10, 2026 at 3:36 AM
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lilrdvet2.bsky.social
Some of these names are surprising...
January 9, 2026 at 2:41 AM
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glendunlap.bsky.social
Wait, they got something done?
House passes bill to extend health care subsidies in defiance of GOP leaders
The House has passed legislation that extends expired health care subsidies for those who get coverage through the Affordable Care Act.
apnews.com
January 8, 2026 at 10:41 PM
yvonnerc.bsky.social
I’ve called my Rep twice this week and left messages. Please, everyone, do the same esp if your Congressional Rep is Republican.
yvonnerc.bsky.social Yvonne Castillo @yvonnerc.bsky.social · 3d
A good list indeed but what’s also really important is that constituents flood Republican Congressional offices DAILY with calls to impeach (literal calls or emails). They’ve got to hear it. Social media isn’t enough.
costasamaras.com Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 3d
Here’s some things that can be done by a party out of power

- file impeachment articles every day in the House

- withhold unanimous consent in the senate and filibuster every nominee

- be everywhere with comms saying this is lawless and impeachable
January 9, 2026 at 12:05 AM
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hausfath.bsky.social
The US stands alone in dismissing the problem of climate change.
January 8, 2026 at 11:24 PM
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drsimevans.carbonbrief.org
ANALYSIS: World’s biggest historic polluter by far – the US – is pulling out of UN climate treaty

Historic CO2 1850-2025
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Per capita, the US impact is even more disproportionate

www.carbonbrief.org/...
January 8, 2026 at 1:49 PM
yvonnerc.bsky.social
Climate retreat isn’t less regulation—it’s less clarity. The risks remain, the science remains, and courts still ask what was foreseeable. When public guardrails weaken, private lawsuits fill the void.

Trump Pulls Out of Global Climate Treaty www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/c...
Trump Pulls Out of Global Climate Treaty
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:47 AM
yvonnerc.bsky.social
A good list indeed but what’s also really important is that constituents flood Republican Congressional offices DAILY with calls to impeach (literal calls or emails). They’ve got to hear it. Social media isn’t enough.
costasamaras.com Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 3d
Here’s some things that can be done by a party out of power

- file impeachment articles every day in the House

- withhold unanimous consent in the senate and filibuster every nominee

- be everywhere with comms saying this is lawless and impeachable
January 8, 2026 at 4:21 AM
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pinkzombierose.bsky.social
“Can we check her pulse?”

“No! Back up! Now!”

“I’m a physician.”

“I don’t care.”
January 8, 2026 at 12:21 AM
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taniel.bsky.social
The woman killed by ICE was Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year old who was the mother of a 4-year old child whose father already died a few years ago.

The Star Tribune talked to her mother. www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...
“Renee was one of the kindest people I’ve ever known,” she said. “She was extremely compassionate. She’s taken care of people all her life. She was loving, forgiving and affectionate. She was an amazing human being.”
January 7, 2026 at 10:38 PM
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I am impeaching Secretary Kristi Noem, who is an incompetent leader and a disgrace to our democracy.

She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
January 8, 2026 at 12:00 AM
yvonnerc.bsky.social
Being decent, reasonable, and thoughtful don’t seem to be extreme qualities to demand from our elected officials.
January 7, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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billmckibben.bsky.social
As everyone talks about Greenland, don't forget its actual global significance--a two mile thick sheet of ice that if melted would raise the sea level 23 feet (and long before that choke off the currents of the Atlantic)
open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
Greenland has a 'vital strategic asset'
A sheet of ice two miles thick (and also some remarkable people)
open.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 10:28 PM
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lewisgoodall.com
Remarkable statement from the Prime Minister of Denmark, directed at President Trump:

“I therefore strongly urge the United States to cease its threats against a historically close ally, and against another country and another people who have stated very clearly that they are not for sale.”
January 4, 2026 at 11:21 PM
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boneyardz.bsky.social
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Senate phone: (202) 224-3121.
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A switchboard operator will connect you.
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Our friend Megan Rothery developed this list. Don't be afraid to call Senators and Representatives from other states&districts too. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Do it!
January 5, 2026 at 12:03 AM
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muellershewrote.com
My friend @charlotteclymer.bsky.social has written about Mark Kelly’s distinguished military career. This is not to be missed. open.substack.com/pub/charlott...
The Extraordinary Military Career of Mark Kelly
Good lord, has this man done a lot.
open.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:25 AM
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gtconway.bsky.social
This is sad.
gracepanetta.bsky.social Grace Panetta @gracepanetta.bsky.social · 5d
Inbox: the Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s board has voted to dissolve the organization following Congress pulling its federal funding
January 5, 2026 at 9:53 PM
yvonnerc.bsky.social
If you haven’t contacted your US Congressional rep yet (phone call or email), you are just screaming into the void.
January 5, 2026 at 6:09 PM
yvonnerc.bsky.social
When marketing takes over the truth
owenjones.bsky.social Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 5d
BBC journalists have been banned from describing the kidnapped Venezuelan leader as having been kidnapped.

The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
January 5, 2026 at 4:09 PM
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michaelemann.bsky.social
Welcome to the American petrostate

By Michael E. Mann | Nov 7, 2024
@BulletinAtomic

The U.S. is now a failed Democratic state. With the reelection of Donald Trump..the U.S. is now poised to become an authoritarian state ruled by plutocrats & fossil fuel interests.
thebulletin.org/2024/11/welc...
Welcome to the American petrostate
I’ve long said that the obstacles to stabilizing warming below catastrophic levels aren’t physical or technological; they are entirely political in nature, and political obstacles can be overcome. But...
thebulletin.org
January 5, 2026 at 4:49 AM
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prisonculture.bsky.social
Imagine having your parents brutally murdered and then having to do this because the fucking President of the United States is so disgusting.
phillewis.bsky.social Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 6d
Colin and Sophie Hortman, the children of Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, are asking Trump to remove the false posts about their parents' killing:
My father and mother, Mark Hortman and Melissa Hortman, and their dog Gilbert, were killed by a man who believed conspiracy theories and fake news. Words matter. Sharing fake news is dangerous. One part of my grief journey has been understanding the last conversation with my mother. She loved her job. People respected her job and what she did at her job. When I called her after the legislative session ended, I asked why she voted for the bill mentioned in the video shared by President Trump, and she wept. That bill and her vote had nothing to do with fraud. She voted for that bill because it was the only way to avoid a government shutdown. She had seen the impact of shutdowns: people lose their health care, their jobs, and in some cases, from a story she told me, have taken their own lives. She was in a very tough position on that vote. She had never really voted against her conscience like that. It was emotional and extremely difficult. Her struggle with that vote makes this conspiracy all the more painful for me. I am asking President Trump to remove the video that he shared and apologize to me and my family for posting this misinformation and for using my mother's own words to dishonor her memory. My sister Sophia Hortman (Sophie) asked me to share this on her behalf, she is off social media: "The video shared by President Donald Trump on Truth Social is a painful, false twisting of my mother's final vote. The vote she made was incredibly difficult for my mother; it was not a vote made lightly or with malice in her heart. She made the decision to prevent a government shutdown because she believed our great state protects and helps Minnesotans. We must create a society in which we do not harbor hatred and violence toward our political opponents, and this video promotes a false narrative which fuels the flames of political division. The video being shared by the president is another hurdle our family must overcome in grieving the loss of my parents, Mark and Melissa, and their beloved Gilbert. I ask President Trump to please consider the pain and sadness we have faced, and to honor the spirit of the holidays we have just spent without our parents by taking down the post on Truth Social." Please share our message and help us ask the President to take this down.
January 5, 2026 at 3:55 AM