Tom Stevens

Senate votes first.

Everytime I get all wiggy on what cowards the main stream media is, I forget that while truth has a liberal bias, the major media outlets belong to Comcast, The Walt Disney Company, Paramount Global, and Fox Corporation (oh, and Bezos, too) and have no fiscal motivation to report those truths.

Detail, Smokey’s Bear, Transfer Station, Waterbury

There is a lot to parse through in Trump's budget request that just came out.

But here are the highlights:
- Total, a 10% overall cut
- State Dept is getting hacked to bits. Mind-boggling.
- HUD is nearly slashed in half.
- Education Dept is still kickin in FY26
- HHS down by more than a quarter

Eviscerate a boundary = nonconstitutional…

“Love our neighbors - Welcome the stranger - Care for the most vulnerable among us - Speak the truth - Work for justice…”

The full quote from RFK, Jr. is truly disgusting and this is 100% him calling for institutionalization of autistic people. This is horrifying.

For the last bajillion years, anti-gun regulation zealots have claimed they need the guns to protect against the (presumably leftist) Jack-booted thugs. These be Jack-booted thugs.

Wrong wrong wrong. Vichy.

Not their prob, Roger, because THERE IS NO PLAN from this administration.

“I’ve been a hack and stenographer since the 1980’s, and I’ve always been right.”

The Atlantic Saved Stories POLITICS I SHOULD HAVE SEEN THIS COMING When I joined the conservative movement in the 1980s, there were two types of people: those who cared earnestly about ideas, and those who wanted only to shock the left. The reactionary fringe has won. By David Brooks

This dumb m**********, this smug mediocrity, includes in this piece several attacks on the left but not a single acknowledgement that unlike him a whole bunch of people on the left *did* see this coming, nor any hint that he is willing to learn a single thing from those who saw what he did not.

History speaks. Europe’s lessons from a century ago can wake up and inspire our democracy…in 2025 America.

Stream my hour-long special “Rick Steves’ The Story of Fascism in Europe” at www.ricksteves.com/fascism.

Montpelier VT. 7,000.

VTHouse just passed H91, a bipartisan bill to modernize our emergency housing system. We’re moving from reactive, motel-based shelter to a proactive, service-driven approach rooted in prevention and dignity.🏠
Time for Senate and Administration to rise to the moment. #VTpol #NoOneLeftBehind

HHS is also a bear killer and whale decapitator. “Every time we accelerated on the highway, whale juice would pour into the windows of the car, and it was the rankest thing on the planet.”

I want this, and I want the resistance follow up. Words AND Deeds.

Of course it makes sense, Sen. Schumer. They are out to destroy our social safety net . They hate people. They have made a list for over 100 years and they are acting because they don't care. And y'all are acting like the kool-aid will wear off. Na ga hap en.

That's compassion...

Warren, VT. Allegedly, Herr Vance skis in jeans.

Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts.

Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵

Flooding in Vermont. Hurricane in North Carolina. Wildfires in California. The list goes on and on of communities that are still rebuilding.

Denying climate change. Denying disaster. Denying assistance. Cruel.

workface?

Detail, Hall of Quotes, Vermont Exceptionalism, Vermont State House, Montpelier. How can they do less? They find a way.

Can I just cop to being completely overwhelmed, even for just a minute?