Patty McWilliams

YouTube video by Lonnie Poland Relay for Democracy

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June 14th, No Kings Day — the Relay for Democracy from Williamstown to the Canadian border. A couple of my videos and photos are on here. What a memorable day.

Is the Bread in Europe Better for You?

Is the Bread in Europe Better for You? www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/w...

In the Berkshires, Installing Art, Bearing the Consequences

In the Berkshires, Installing Art, Bearing the Consequences www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/a...

I had some, but definitely not as much as you.

This Vermont Soccer Team Plays for the Planet

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/c...

Brave Little State!

"This is what we were voting for!"

From a friend in academia:

>>I was with a public health professor from [major university] last weekend and he said that NIH is now euthanizing whole cohorts of animals from animal studies because there is nobody around to feed them<<

Great work.

I’m trying to get more info about this. Does anyone know anything?

I just spent a big chink of time updating my online store. Lots of textile flax seed for sale, if you need it (and dye plant seeds, fiber, yarn, etc.). I loathe working on my website, so I'm giving myself a gold star for doing it today. :-)

#fiberarts

www.mountainheartvt.com/store-1-1/seed

Locals are protesting a U.S. plan to restrict access to the Haskell Library, which straddles Stanstead, Quebec, and Derby Line, Vermont.
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Opinion | Democrats Can Stop Trump and Save America The Democratic Party can’t stop America’s spiral into autocracy and oligarchy unless it casts off its stale talking points and reimagines what it stands for.

This is one of the more positive call-to-action pieces I’ve read. Good ideas for taking action and organizing.

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/o...

Yes, I meet her when she was first running for rep and was impressed.

Late on Friday, March 14, President Trump issued an executive order attempting to dismantle the only federal agency dedicated to funding library services, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). Millions of people rely every day on library services and programs supported by IMLS.

Did you go? I hope she holds one in Rutland County.

Insurance companies are always the canaries in the coal mine when it comes to risk.

This. This makes me so angry.😡 What the hell was he thinking!?!

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British tourist detained by US authorities for 10 days over visa issue Backpacker Rebecca Burke was handcuffed and taken to a detention facility in Washington state

What next!?

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Block Donald Trump’s Attempts to Abolish the Department of Education Public education in this country is under attack. And Trump has already made clear his intentions to undermine public education even further at every turn—including the extreme proposal to completely ...

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/bl...

Add Becca Balint (D-VT) to your did-not-attend list

Don't cut NPR and PBS funding! Millions of Americans rely on public media&nbsp; for their news and educational programming. In many rural areas in our country, public broadcasting is their main avenue for receiving news, emergency ...

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/do...

Coeur d'Alene town hall security detail remains mystery The identities of the men who dragged a woman out a legislative town hall Saturday in the Coeur d’Alene High School auditorium remain a mystery, with event organizers claiming no knowledge of who arra...

Asked about who hired unidentifiable security detail, one person says the committee directed town hall. Committee members each say: “I know nothing. I see nothing. I hear nothing.”

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Fascists - and that whole room just sat there. This is a complete breakdown of our society when anyone can assault a woman in a public meeting for speaking her mind. Everyone is at risk now.

Holy shit

February 21, 2025 In an appearance at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) yesterday, billionaire Elon Musk seemed to be having difficulty speaking.

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Elon Musk Wants to Decide Who Sits on the Wisconsin Supreme Court Not satisfied with controlling the federal government, the shadow president’s political action committee is suddenly spending big on a crucial Wisconsin Supreme Court election.

Elon Musk just moved ANOTHER $1 MILLION into Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race. That brings Musk’s spending on behalf of a right-wing takeover of the court to 2.5 MILLION over one week. This is a major intervention in state politics—and the fight for control of the judiciary—by the world’s richest man.

Bummer. I started reading and then was cut off because I don’t have a subscription.

Calling all Vermonters, especially Rutlanders

Ten reasons for modest optimism Friends,

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I’m usually an optimist, but lately it’s been really hard to maintain. This gives me a glimmer of hope. We have to keep going. Don’t give up!!