GreenVermont
@greenvermont.bsky.social
Immigrant from Europe. Former teacher. Scholar, writer, athlete. Worried about the state of our democracy and willing to do my part to save it. Let’s stick together here — share facts and ideas to make our country and this world a better place.
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GreenVermont
@greenvermont.bsky.social
· Jan 17
Quote 4 Monday: “As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.” (Mencken)
German Newsmagazine „Der Spiegel“ — Two villains, one goal: attacking Europe, then dividing the hemispheres among themselves.
We’re heading for something terrible, folks, unless WE THE PEOPLE and the remaining politicians with a conscience stand up and stop this!
We’re heading for something terrible, folks, unless WE THE PEOPLE and the remaining politicians with a conscience stand up and stop this!
December 11, 2025 at 1:48 PM
German Newsmagazine „Der Spiegel“ — Two villains, one goal: attacking Europe, then dividing the hemispheres among themselves.
We’re heading for something terrible, folks, unless WE THE PEOPLE and the remaining politicians with a conscience stand up and stop this!
We’re heading for something terrible, folks, unless WE THE PEOPLE and the remaining politicians with a conscience stand up and stop this!
So, the promised “vote” on ACA subsidies that ended the shutdown is just not gonna happen, right? 😖
December 9, 2025 at 6:07 PM
So, the promised “vote” on ACA subsidies that ended the shutdown is just not gonna happen, right? 😖
After a year of trump: “civil society organizations still exist but state authorities undermine them, including through illegal surveillance, bureaucratic harassment and demeaning public statements.”
Are we winning yet? 😖
Are we winning yet? 😖
December 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
After a year of trump: “civil society organizations still exist but state authorities undermine them, including through illegal surveillance, bureaucratic harassment and demeaning public statements.”
Are we winning yet? 😖
Are we winning yet? 😖
Wondering every day anew: do we have a date yet for voting on the ACA subsidies in the Senate? 🤔
November 23, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Wondering every day anew: do we have a date yet for voting on the ACA subsidies in the Senate? 🤔
I wonder if trump knew that bananas and coffee, for example, are not produced/harvested here in the US? 🤔
November 15, 2025 at 3:07 AM
I wonder if trump knew that bananas and coffee, for example, are not produced/harvested here in the US? 🤔
Cartoon in German Der Spiegel about trump’s “magnificent new East Wing” (by Klaus Stuttmann):
October 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Cartoon in German Der Spiegel about trump’s “magnificent new East Wing” (by Klaus Stuttmann):
This cover from June 2020 (“A president sets his country on fire”) seems frustratingly timely today when one looks at the destruction of the East Wing. 😢
See y’all in the streets (hopefully soon)!
See y’all in the streets (hopefully soon)!
October 23, 2025 at 6:27 PM
This cover from June 2020 (“A president sets his country on fire”) seems frustratingly timely today when one looks at the destruction of the East Wing. 😢
See y’all in the streets (hopefully soon)!
See y’all in the streets (hopefully soon)!
When I read that a GOP donor purchased the company Dominion voting machines, why do I also think that the Democrats are unable to respond to this effectively? 😖
October 23, 2025 at 2:00 AM
When I read that a GOP donor purchased the company Dominion voting machines, why do I also think that the Democrats are unable to respond to this effectively? 😖
Glad to see so many of us out there yesterday! BUT: these protests will not change trump and his cronies — we need to continue speaking up so that more of us will be able to VOTE THEM ALL OUT!
October 19, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Glad to see so many of us out there yesterday! BUT: these protests will not change trump and his cronies — we need to continue speaking up so that more of us will be able to VOTE THEM ALL OUT!
Keep fighting! From Burlington, VT
NO KINGS!!
NO KINGS!!
October 18, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Keep fighting! From Burlington, VT
NO KINGS!!
NO KINGS!!
I hope no one reading this needs further convincing to be out there tomorrow, right?
See y’all in the streets!
See y’all in the streets!
October 17, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I hope no one reading this needs further convincing to be out there tomorrow, right?
See y’all in the streets!
See y’all in the streets!
So, we need someone like HER, when we’re ready the for transition from our dictatorship, right?
October 10, 2025 at 12:24 PM
So, we need someone like HER, when we’re ready the for transition from our dictatorship, right?
Our MSM is largely responsible for the terrible situation we’re in as a failing democracy and woefully incapable (or unwilling?) to help us out of this!
Only WE THE PEOPLE can save us now. See y’all in the streets!
Only WE THE PEOPLE can save us now. See y’all in the streets!
Republicans in Congress strangely silent on the Argentina bailout to benefit Bessent’s friends.
It also helps you to avoid talking about it when you are never asked about it.
It also helps you to avoid talking about it when you are never asked about it.
October 10, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Our MSM is largely responsible for the terrible situation we’re in as a failing democracy and woefully incapable (or unwilling?) to help us out of this!
Only WE THE PEOPLE can save us now. See y’all in the streets!
Only WE THE PEOPLE can save us now. See y’all in the streets!
The Nobel Committee cannot possibly award the Peace Prize to someone waging actual war against his own people, right?
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The Nobel Committee cannot possibly award the Peace Prize to someone waging actual war against his own people, right?
Spot on perspective on the orange clown: londondaily.com/british-writ...
British Writer Pens The Best Description Of Trump I’ve Read - London Daily
“Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?” Nate White, an articulate and witty writer from England wrote the following response:
londondaily.com
October 7, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Spot on perspective on the orange clown: londondaily.com/british-writ...
Imagine our own MSM had been open and honest like that to the American people from the start! They have failed us! 😖
October 2, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Imagine our own MSM had been open and honest like that to the American people from the start! They have failed us! 😖
Re. Gov. shut-down:
Russell Vought last yr about firing fed. workers: “When they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work, because they are increasingly viewed as the villains. We want their funding to be shut down. We want to put them in trauma.” They want to burn it all down!
Russell Vought last yr about firing fed. workers: “When they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work, because they are increasingly viewed as the villains. We want their funding to be shut down. We want to put them in trauma.” They want to burn it all down!
September 27, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Re. Gov. shut-down:
Russell Vought last yr about firing fed. workers: “When they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work, because they are increasingly viewed as the villains. We want their funding to be shut down. We want to put them in trauma.” They want to burn it all down!
Russell Vought last yr about firing fed. workers: “When they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work, because they are increasingly viewed as the villains. We want their funding to be shut down. We want to put them in trauma.” They want to burn it all down!
Straight from the autocrat’s handbook: Jail political opponents. Milei down there, trump (soon?) here…
See you at the NO KINGS! protest on Saturday!
See you at the NO KINGS! protest on Saturday!
June 11, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Straight from the autocrat’s handbook: Jail political opponents. Milei down there, trump (soon?) here…
See you at the NO KINGS! protest on Saturday!
See you at the NO KINGS! protest on Saturday!
This is TERRIBLE! Looks like “harshly worded letters” are simply not enough!
May 7, 2025 at 11:34 PM
This is TERRIBLE! Looks like “harshly worded letters” are simply not enough!
Sorry, but while some may say this is a bad poll for trump, I’m just stuck in utter disbelief that 43% approve. WTF?
"On the economy...the survey showed Trump with 43% approval and 55% disapproval, the first time in any CNBC poll that he has been net negative on the economy while president."
www.cnbc.com/2025/04/19/t...
www.cnbc.com/2025/04/19/t...
Trump's approval rating on the economy drops to lowest of his presidential career, CNBC Survey finds
President Donald Trump is registering the worst economic approval numbers of his presidential career, according to the latest CNBC All-America Economic Survey.
www.cnbc.com
April 21, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Sorry, but while some may say this is a bad poll for trump, I’m just stuck in utter disbelief that 43% approve. WTF?
@lizcheney.bsky.social: I just saw your letter “don’t fundraise — fight!” 100%!
Can you please post here as well?
Thank you!
Can you please post here as well?
Thank you!
April 20, 2025 at 6:11 PM
@lizcheney.bsky.social: I just saw your letter “don’t fundraise — fight!” 100%!
Can you please post here as well?
Thank you!
Can you please post here as well?
Thank you!
Reagan: “Our forefathers knew that if you bind up a man’s economic life with taxes, tariffs, + regulations, you deprive him of some of his most basic civil rights. They have a wonderful phrase describing economic liberty in the Declaration of Independence. They call it ‘the pursuit of happiness.’”
April 16, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Reagan: “Our forefathers knew that if you bind up a man’s economic life with taxes, tariffs, + regulations, you deprive him of some of his most basic civil rights. They have a wonderful phrase describing economic liberty in the Declaration of Independence. They call it ‘the pursuit of happiness.’”
Ronald Reagan, June 28, 1986: “international trade is one of those issues that politicians find an unending source of temptation. Like a 5-cent cigar or a chicken in every pot, demanding high tariffs or import restrictions is a familiar bit of flimflammery in American politics.” FLIMFLAMMERY!
April 16, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Ronald Reagan, June 28, 1986: “international trade is one of those issues that politicians find an unending source of temptation. Like a 5-cent cigar or a chicken in every pot, demanding high tariffs or import restrictions is a familiar bit of flimflammery in American politics.” FLIMFLAMMERY!
What if the whole trade war thing is being escalated so quickly so we stop talking about Signalgate? 🤔
April 9, 2025 at 4:39 PM
What if the whole trade war thing is being escalated so quickly so we stop talking about Signalgate? 🤔
trump will never back down, but hit back harder. Since he controls military weapons, we all should be more worried than we are right now… Will normal Republicans stop him?
April 9, 2025 at 12:20 PM
trump will never back down, but hit back harder. Since he controls military weapons, we all should be more worried than we are right now… Will normal Republicans stop him?