Krista Long

Vermont Town Meeting day. Not a system that would work in a larger place, but an interesting slice of representative democracy in action. More people here in Townshend then in years past, and money is on everyone's mind.

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Appreciate the check in. We are well prepared, including a generator and secondary heat sources. I worry far more about our Southern neighbors.

Just fine! It has just started and we have no where to be. Everything has shut down. We've had 1 frozen pipe in the cold, but it is PEX and just needed thawing.

a man in a suit and tie is smiling in an office . Alt: a man in a suit and tie is smiling in an office .

A moment of silence for the hardworking US tax accountants and CPAs trying to figure out how to file this year. I asked mine in December what changes might affect me and mine, and he was deer in headlights.

Emergency Burlington Protest NO WAR ON VENEZUELA Stop the Bombings! SAT JANUARY 3 City Hall 3:00PM answercoalition.org/venezuela

There are also protests in other towns - I'll try to post a list.

Back in Phoenix for the weekend. Enjoying my visit, but it's too hot! 🫠☀️
Not regretting the move, although currently eating Panda Express. Need to hit up Jack in the box sometime soon too.

as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and
Happiness.

That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to
abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and
organizing its powers in such form,

That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men,
deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have

I'm going to do something completely unoriginal, and post a sentence, in order, without context, from the Declaration of Independence on here and on Threads. I'm curious, which, if any, get traction, and what sort of discourse the get (and which attract the bots)

It was the perfect soccer mom car! I always found it hilarious that it was marketed to youngsters but embraced by the soccer mom!

I miss my toaster. Best car I ever owned (Scion xB). Totaled by my adult son, but it commuted, held stuff, fit kids, managed long trips and fit in the compact parking.

The Words of the Week - Sept. 19 Dictionary lookups from the UN, the White House press pool, and the syllabus

These are your words of the week

crucible
empathy
hate speech
genocide
preempt
antifa
lulu
www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/the...

I stand with PBS.

I stand with NPR.

I stand with Stephen Colbert.

I stand with Jimmy Kimmel.

I stand with the First Amendment.

PERIOD.*

*Also #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files

Miss your face 💖

I see you as I drink my coffee and prepare for a school morning send off ❤️

For anyone residing in the United States, I want
• Universal Healthcare
• Universal Housing
• Universal Basic Income

“We all do better when we all do better.”
~ Paul Wellstone.

Stay cool and safe today.

Arizona, is hot as blazes, no water, and the main plants are covered in nails. Nature was very clear, do not live here. And people were like "hold my warm beer"

The Magdalene Sisters
Good movie, not a great date movie.

New York Times: ICE Imposes New Rules on Congressional Visits The policy specifies that ICE field offices are not subject to an existing federal law that allows members of Congress to make unannounced oversight visits to immigration facilities that “detain or otherwise house aliens.”

To be really clear: The reason members of Congress can't just walk right in is because of the guns. Armed DHS personnel won't allow entry. In other words, DHS is using armed force to *break* laws.

Democrats need to wrap their minds around that. Accept that the frog is boiled.

I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.

Sound familiar?

YouTube video by The Bulwark New footage: Padilla thrown to floor and cuffed at Kristi Noem presser

I just called my senators, @sanders.senate.gov and @welch.senate.gov to say, as a VT resident and as a scholar of fascism at Dartmouth College, this is not a "strongly-worded statement" moment, it's stop-work, walk-out time. Call your senators, too.
www.youtube.com/shorts/k2W39...

Beautiful, but I don't envy you working with those similar colors!

I wish I could help more. Like everyone else, strapped by inflation, but doing my best to spread the word. Sending love to you and Jeff.

I'm sharing and will send a donation Friday. Both of you are in my thoughts at this time.