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TavitD

@tavitvt.bsky.social
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Cyclist. Legal-junkie but not a lawyer. In retrospect, environmental justice activist and nonbinary since 1972. They used less kind terms back then. Landed in VT. AntiFascist since I was 7.

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TavitD @tavitvt.bsky.social · 17h
The threats are awful but I drove by this place last Wednesday night and the parking lot was packed. Maybe MAGA's coming to his rescue or is this a PR thing? www.boston.com/news/local-n...
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Cape Cod restaurant reports threats, hoax 911 call after hosting Republican fundraiser
A Cape Cod restaurateur says he’s received threats after hosting a fundraiser for two Republican candidates earlier this month.
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 01/10/2026
The death penalty is a moral abomination. State-sanctioned barbarism pushed by incompetent morons and sanctioned by the Supreme Court. Absolute ghoul shit. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
The lone woman on Tennessee's death row was still alive after she was administered two lethal injections, her lawyer said in a motion seeking to halt her execution Wednesday night, a stunning development after the Supreme Court had stepped in to allow the state to put her to death.
At 8:26 p.m. local time, witnesses said
"executioners had injected both syringes of lethal injection chemicals and Pike is still alive and snoring," her lawyers said in a federal court filing.
They said Pike "has not lost consciousness and still has a heartbeat," and that curtains to the death chamber "have gone down twice."
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I hope everyone reads this, thinks about it and then shares it. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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A few hundred noncitizen votes are a national scandal. But when states reject hundreds of thousands of ballots from eligible voters, it’s business as usual
One state rejected ballots because some voters failed to include their mother’s maiden name on the back of the return envelope.
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Tim Goodacre - Writer @timgoodacre.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
So apparently there's a thing going around where you post a vampire who isn't Dracula. Too easy.
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TavitD @tavitvt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Has NYS updated rape laws since 1600's? It's insane if they really felt the case couldn't be prosecuted. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/n...
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D.A. in Cornell Case Hopes to Speak to Accuser as He Weighs New Evidence (Gift Article)
District Attorney Matthew Van Houten said a woman’s report to police in 2024 saying she had been raped at a fraternity did not support a criminal case. But he said he is now reaching out to her.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Time for this classic again.
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 29/09/2026
Wrote about the decline and fall of SCOTUSblog, which used to be the single best resource for Supreme Court stuff, and (thanks to some intervening crimes committed by its co-founder) is now a weird platform for conservative pundits to talk about what a good job the conservative justices are doing
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It Was the Essential Home of Supreme Court News. Now It’s a Joke. What Happened?
How high-stakes poker brought down a pillar of Supreme Court coverage.
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Representative Becca Balint @balint.house.gov · 29/09/2026
It came up at my Middlebury roundtable: Vermont farmers are feeling the effects of the staffing cuts at USDA. The backlogs are long, staff are overwhelmed, and farmers can’t get their questions answered.   We need urgent accountability from those responsible for this mess.
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Vermont farmers feel impacts of staffing cuts at USDA
Reduced staffing means there are fewer people on the ground to help farmers submit applications, explain the reason behind funding priorities and ensure that the federal government works for farmers, said an agricultural policy analyst.
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White Rose Resistance @whiteroseresistance.org · 29/09/2026
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
My insurance rates a medication I need as Tier 2, making it more expensive to me…..
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TavitD @tavitvt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This court would work well with any dictator. Maybe we can deport the majority 6 to Russia. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...
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Supreme Court Allows Rapid Third-Country Deportations, for Now (Gift Article)
The court also announced it would hear arguments in December on the legality of the Trump administration policy to swiftly deport immigrants to countries not their own.
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Outspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Black folks don’t hang themselves from trees.
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TavitD @tavitvt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Another year without a Genius Grant. I'll assume people nominated me for my work in mediocrity but I wasn't selected. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/a...
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MacArthur Foundation Announces 2026 ‘Genius Grant’ Winners (Gift Article)
The 20 fellowship recipients across the arts, humanities and sciences will each receive an $800,000, no-strings-attached stipend for their work.
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TavitD @tavitvt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I'm always afraid just driving through NH. The other options for where I usually go take me through Canada and the need to deal with border patrol. www.boston.com/news/politic...
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Backlash ensues after the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire calls for assassinations, again
The Libertarian Party of New Hampshire is facing backlash after calling for the assassination of “basically every elected Democrat” in the state.
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is what the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool looks like today after a $17M deliberate fuck up and the orange felon won’t stop until he destroys everything. Makes me sick to my stomach every day.
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God @thegodshow.com · 29/09/2026
Is he serious
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/09/2026
this is legitimately very funny
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Dan Devine @yourmandevine.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
OG Anunoby is told he has one of the best poker faces in the NBA, and is asked if he intends to change that. "I don't know what that means."
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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MassShootingTracker @massshootingtrk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
UPDATE: America's gun psychopathy continues: *416* mass shootings so far in 2026: 💔 😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer The latest, with 12 teens wounded (2 critically), in Macon, Ga.: people.com/12-teens-inj...
people.com
12 Teens Injured in Shooting at Birthday Party in Georgia
Twelve teens were injured in a shooting during a birthday party at Macon’s Carolyn Crayton Park in Georgia, authorities said. No arrests have been made.
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MassShootingTracker @massshootingtrk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
America's gun psychopathy continues: *416* mass shootings so far in 2026: 💔 😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer The latest, with 11 teens wounded (2 critically), in Macon, Ga.: wgxa.tv/news/local/s...
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Sheriff’s office: 11 wounded at Macon park; two teens in critical condition
The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting that injured 11 people at Carolyn Crayton Park in Macon early Sunday morning.The incident was repor
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
THIS 👇 IS TRUE.......
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abcdef 🕶️ @onecaliberal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The NFL is owned by rapists and genocide supporters.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Who’s ready for No Kings? We’re getting an early start on making signs! ✊💚
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TavitD @tavitvt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
MAGA wants to pay even more to fill their gas tanks? Maybe it is time for a national divorce. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/c...
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Trump Administration Plans to Gut Clean Car Rules (Gift Article)
New fuel-economy standards, which President Trump said he finalized Saturday, would kill a federal effort to speed the transition to electric vehicles.
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Sande @sande0724.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Donald Trump. Corrupt as hell.
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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
happy Jim Henson’s birthday from the museum of the moving image
A display case with the Statler and Waldorf puppets above one of Henson’s sketches
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 27/09/2026
ProPublica obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, even nothing. From the archives:
propublica.org
The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax
ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, ev...
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Kimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
But I need to smile more.
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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Women are NOT safe around men.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 26/09/2026
This is an entirely new phenomenon because before the vaccine, most women who survived measles were immune because they had it when they were young. But now, idiots who refuse to get vaccinated are giving birth to babies with measles. Two babies have died. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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America had wiped out measles. Now babies are infected at birth.
Congenital measles has rarely been seen in the U.S. That’s changing as vaccination declines and more pregnant women become infected.
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Monica @softtail65.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Lol 😅🎶🤣
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Marburymoths @marburybirds.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The Ravens came later for breakfast this morning and it is the first morning I have been cold sat with them for a while. They had some egg and suet and then Chips had a little clack at me before Gravy came to groom him. It seems to always be Gravy grooming Chips!! Just look at Chips face! 😊
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Disabled people make society uncomfortable. Left or right…. It doesn’t matter. People want to believe it can’t happen to them. That if they become disabled there will be a magic “fix”. We challenge their denial, so they deny us solidarity and support. That’s ableism.
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Tricycle: The Buddhist Review @tricyclemag.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We call it meditation 'practice' for a reason—we aren't striving to be extraordinary meditators. We are practicing to bring about peace and compassion in our lives and the world at large. With Willa Blythe Baker, "The Art of Somatic Mindfulness" tricycle.org/dharmatalks/...
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
There has been a recent rash of "baby's in his find out era". 🤣🤣🤣
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
lol holy shit I wouldn't talk about literally anything else if I was the guy running against him. —"What do you think about trans kids in sp-" —"Did you hear my opponent had his patient, who was 8 months pregnant, arrested in front of her son because she didn't pay a $50 medical bill?"
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MassShootingTracker @massshootingtrk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
America's gun psychopathy continues: *410* mass shootings so far in 2026: 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer The latest: A man negligently shot 4 other men while hunting in a wildlife management area near Rome, Ga.: coosavalleynews.com/2026/09/man-...
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Man Arrested After Shooting Four Hunters on Berry College Campus
Ethan Joseph Reeves, 26 of Jefferson, was arrested this week after reports said he shot four hunters on the Berry College WMA. Reports added that the shooting was by accident. Reeves is charged with…
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 25/09/2026
Really enjoyed reading Greg Cook, a Trump nominee to a district court in Alabama, spend roughly 50 pages explaining that the time he said that "ANY REPUBLICAN IS BETTER THAN ANY DEMOCRAT" does not in any way suggest that he might be biased in favor of Republicans
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Trump Judicial Nominee: For Ethical Reasons, I Cannot Discuss the Time I Called Biden a “Great National Nightmare”
Lots of judges are Republicans. Not all of them are this loud about it.
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Baseball by BSmile @bsmile.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Today In 1965: In an amazing return to the major leagues, 59-year-old Satchel Paige pitches 3 shutout innings for the Kansas City A's vs. the Boston Red Sox! Carl Yastrzemski is the only player to get a hit! #MLB #Athletics #Baseball #History #Inspiration
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.
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DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.
In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam
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TavitD @tavitvt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Exactly. If anything Alito and Thomas are more unhinged than the Orange Menace.
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Chris Bohjalian @chrisbohjalian.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Near Chattanooga? Please join me! (I promise to be extra charming.) www.chattanoogan.com/2026/9/23/52...
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NY Times Bestselling Author Chris Bohjalian To Visit Chattanooga Oct. 15
The Chattanooga Public Library and the Chattanooga Public Library Foundation are set to host New York Times bestselling author Chris Bohjalian on Oct. 15 at...
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Senator Peter Welch @welch.senate.gov · 25/09/2026
Right now, forever chemicals like PFAS are regularly found in plastic bottles and are seeping into our waterways.   That’s why I’m introducing a bill to ban these products and fine corporations who poison our communities.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: In a dangerous decision for voters, the Supreme Court authorized the Trump administration to overhaul a federal immigration database into a vast, centralized and deeply flawed database of personal information to initiate registration purges. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Supreme Court revives DHS use of flawed immigration database for voter purges
The decision lets the administration move forward with a key provision of President Trump’s first anti-voting executive order.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
BREAKING: SCOTUS allows DHS to use its Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) database with Social Security info, staying a district court order that had vacated the new policy. Justice Jackson dissents for the three Dem appointees. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
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TavitD @tavitvt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fascists gotta be fascists. SCTOUS does not care about democracy and fully supports Trump's attempt to usurp every branch of govt. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/u...
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Supreme Court Allows Expansive Voter Screening Tool Ahead of Midterms (Gift Article)
Critics of the Trump administration system to monitor the citizenship status of voters had raised alarms about privacy and improper voter purges.
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House Democrats @housedemocrats.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
NEW: Trump’s vanity projects will cost more than $1.8 BILLION. Instead of gold-plated ballrooms and algae-filled reflecting pools, this money could pay for: 600+ million school lunches The medical bills of 88,000 veterans for a year The salaries of 27,000 teachers or firefighters
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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The youngest person his pager attack killed was 9-year-old Fatima Abdullah, who had just started 4th grade. The pager was on a table when it went off and she picked it up to take to her dad. It exploded in her face and reports said it covered the room in her blood. She wanted to learn English.
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