City Council modifies Essex Junction’s DEI policy to comply with federal grant condition for train and bus station Back in 2022, the City was awarded $3 million from the Federal Railroad Administration for improvements to the Essex Junction Multimodal Train and Bus Station. But to comply with the grant’s condition...

Selling their souls, values, and vision for a few shekels. Very sad. #vtpoli #vermont
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Only three Senators can claim to have NEVER taken AIPAC money:

Bernie Sanders (I-VT)

Peter Welch (D-VT)

Jeff Merkley (D-OR)

It is a systemic issue that needs to be addressed for sure. One of the many that have surfaced during these past few years.
But we need to find common ground to fix them.

That is my senator!

Ohh that's RICH
@ohhthatsrich.bsky.social

Several people with signs like this at the Boston Marathon today

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"Woman at the Station" by artist Ewa Tudorska. A woman waiting for a train

Morning Bluesky

mRNA vaccines continue to show major promise.

In a small Phase 1 trial led by Dr. Balachandran, some patients with pancreatic cancer (one of the deadliest cancers) reached 6-year survival.

This is why sustained investment in science & research matters.

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A large white waterfowl with orange feet stands in front of a door. On the door is a cardboard sign secured with tape that reads, "DO NOT LET THE DUCK IN." Adding insult to injury, I think the duck might be a goose.

Whatever you do,

Although this is a dramatization, it does go well with what happens when we are not aware of what is happening around us.

Know the signs meaning!

It. Just. Takes. One.

Be sure you can be that one.

Save a life you will.

🇻🇦🌍 Pope Leo spoke out against the exploitation of Africa's resources

"Too often your lands are used to give something, or, even more often, to take something away. It is necessary to break this chain of interests that reduces reality and life itself to a simple commodity."

Social media users critical of immigration crackdown targeted by DHS subpoenas Civil liberties groups insist speech used in social posts about government activity does not cross lines of criminality.

Do you guys think you’re safe from the Trump Administration for posting on social media? Maybe that’s why I have so many zero-posters following me. The First Amendment is being challenged. If this doesn’t make you feel we are becoming an authoritarian state, nothing will. 🔄

From the minnesota community on Reddit: Anyone see the Bald Eagle over No Kings? Explore this post and more from the minnesota community

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Apparently taken from a faraway balcony (what kind of zoom is that? I want it)

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Bald eagle, state capitol dome

Stolen from Reddit
A bald eagle circles the Minnesota state capitol during the No Kings protest

It’s as if the Iran war was fought to sustain the Russian economy. Lifting sanctions for Russians does nothing for Americans. It just makes it easier for Russia to continue its war in Ukraine.

John Eastman was disbarred this week by the state of CA. He’ll appeal, but he’ll lose. Let this be a warning to every other toadie helping the Trump admin. He can pardon you for federal charges, but he can’t pardon you for state charges, reverse your disbarment, or interfere if we impeach you.

Listen to this story from Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, breaking the it down like no other.

Trump is extracting money from families’ budgets and pumping it to his fossil fuel donors.

Thank you Senator 👏👏👏

NASA just dropped the closest image ever taken of Jupiter...

How it feels to survive another week in America without getting sent to the psych ward. 🤣😭

The president of the United States of America is completely delusional & demented. Please remove at once.
THIS IS NOT NORMAL!

#PostSomethingEpsteinEveryDay #EpsteinFiles

The next Democratic president will encounter significant challenges and must demonstrate assertiveness, unlike previous administrations. It is crucial to pursue accountability for those involved and their affluent supporters in the aftermath of the Trump era.

Mystical archway at dawn. The view from St Michael's tower on Glastonbury Tor this morning.

PLEASE KEEP TRACKING ICE.

A federal judge JUST ruled that Trump improperly coerced Facebook and Apple to remove ICE-tracking apps in violation of the First Amendment.

🚨🚨🚨 RENEE GOOD & ALEX PRETTI did NOT deserve to be executed in the streets by ICE!

Trump and his murderous Gestapo must be brought to justice 🚨🚨🚨

A federal judge in Illinois today ruled that the Trump administration improperly coerced Facebook and Apple to remove ICE-tracking apps in violation of the First Amendment. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

If that was 18 hours ago, what's happened since?

@beaver58.bsky.social HAPPY FRIDAY!!

Trump Doesn’t Have the Power to Enact His Latest Elections Scheme The president’s attempts to interfere with the midterms demand vigilance, but a recent flimsy gambit is an argument against despair.

“Americans have many reasons to be worried about whether the midterm elections will be free and fair—but recent setbacks experienced by the Trump administration are an argument against doomerism,” David A. Graham writes in The Atlantic Daily:

www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...