Brian Shelden
@shelden4vt.bsky.social
Democratic activist in #vtpoli. City Councilor, Essex Junction (VT). Retired programmer, triathlete, and Diplomacy player
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Brian Shelden
@shelden4vt.bsky.social
· Apr 9
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He was unfit to be President when he called for the death penalty for the Central Park 5.
And when he bankrupted a casino.
And raped numerous children & numerous women.
And led an insurrection.
And stood up a Gestapo.
And fomented civil war & WWIII.
#RemoveTrump
Call your reps
202-224-3121
And when he bankrupted a casino.
And raped numerous children & numerous women.
And led an insurrection.
And stood up a Gestapo.
And fomented civil war & WWIII.
#RemoveTrump
Call your reps
202-224-3121
January 21, 2026 at 1:37 AM
He was unfit to be President when he called for the death penalty for the Central Park 5.
And when he bankrupted a casino.
And raped numerous children & numerous women.
And led an insurrection.
And stood up a Gestapo.
And fomented civil war & WWIII.
#RemoveTrump
Call your reps
202-224-3121
And when he bankrupted a casino.
And raped numerous children & numerous women.
And led an insurrection.
And stood up a Gestapo.
And fomented civil war & WWIII.
#RemoveTrump
Call your reps
202-224-3121
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This week, the House votes on DHS funding.
I will not vote to give ICE a single cent.
No more blank checks for a rogue agency that operates above the law, escalates violence, and erodes our most basic freedoms.
I will not vote to give ICE a single cent.
No more blank checks for a rogue agency that operates above the law, escalates violence, and erodes our most basic freedoms.
January 20, 2026 at 9:30 PM
This week, the House votes on DHS funding.
I will not vote to give ICE a single cent.
No more blank checks for a rogue agency that operates above the law, escalates violence, and erodes our most basic freedoms.
I will not vote to give ICE a single cent.
No more blank checks for a rogue agency that operates above the law, escalates violence, and erodes our most basic freedoms.
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OF COURSE WE CAN ABOLISH ICE.
It is TWENTY-THREE years old and has done more harm than good.
It is not some inviolate, cherished institution.
It's shitty men in brown shirts hunting Black and brown people. We don't have to fund & abide a Gestapo.
#AbolishICE
Please call your reps.
202-224-3121
It is TWENTY-THREE years old and has done more harm than good.
It is not some inviolate, cherished institution.
It's shitty men in brown shirts hunting Black and brown people. We don't have to fund & abide a Gestapo.
#AbolishICE
Please call your reps.
202-224-3121
January 20, 2026 at 5:52 PM
OF COURSE WE CAN ABOLISH ICE.
It is TWENTY-THREE years old and has done more harm than good.
It is not some inviolate, cherished institution.
It's shitty men in brown shirts hunting Black and brown people. We don't have to fund & abide a Gestapo.
#AbolishICE
Please call your reps.
202-224-3121
It is TWENTY-THREE years old and has done more harm than good.
It is not some inviolate, cherished institution.
It's shitty men in brown shirts hunting Black and brown people. We don't have to fund & abide a Gestapo.
#AbolishICE
Please call your reps.
202-224-3121
Oof
January 21, 2026 at 3:50 AM
Oof
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Senator Neville Murkowski
Senator Neville Cassidy
Senator Neville Thune
Senator Neville Collins
Senator Neville Tillis
Senator Neville McConnell
Senator Neville Ernst
That’s all that will remain of you in history b/c you couldn’t bother to meet any critical moment since Jan 2017. #RemoveTrump
Senator Neville Cassidy
Senator Neville Thune
Senator Neville Collins
Senator Neville Tillis
Senator Neville McConnell
Senator Neville Ernst
That’s all that will remain of you in history b/c you couldn’t bother to meet any critical moment since Jan 2017. #RemoveTrump
January 21, 2026 at 3:28 AM
Senator Neville Murkowski
Senator Neville Cassidy
Senator Neville Thune
Senator Neville Collins
Senator Neville Tillis
Senator Neville McConnell
Senator Neville Ernst
That’s all that will remain of you in history b/c you couldn’t bother to meet any critical moment since Jan 2017. #RemoveTrump
Senator Neville Cassidy
Senator Neville Thune
Senator Neville Collins
Senator Neville Tillis
Senator Neville McConnell
Senator Neville Ernst
That’s all that will remain of you in history b/c you couldn’t bother to meet any critical moment since Jan 2017. #RemoveTrump
Reposted by Brian Shelden
Federal agents are pulling over off duty cops based on the color of their skin.
This is not a serious operation to enforce immigration law. It’s a performative show of force and it’s gotten way out of hand.
This is not a serious operation to enforce immigration law. It’s a performative show of force and it’s gotten way out of hand.
January 20, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Federal agents are pulling over off duty cops based on the color of their skin.
This is not a serious operation to enforce immigration law. It’s a performative show of force and it’s gotten way out of hand.
This is not a serious operation to enforce immigration law. It’s a performative show of force and it’s gotten way out of hand.
View from my Council Seat – Dec 2025
The Council was busy in Dec, mostly with budget planning for the next fiscal year. Here's a quick summary of what we were up to in December
#vtpoli #ejpoli
shelden4vt.org/view-from-20...
The Council was busy in Dec, mostly with budget planning for the next fiscal year. Here's a quick summary of what we were up to in December
#vtpoli #ejpoli
shelden4vt.org/view-from-20...
January 19, 2026 at 4:29 PM
View from my Council Seat – Dec 2025
The Council was busy in Dec, mostly with budget planning for the next fiscal year. Here's a quick summary of what we were up to in December
#vtpoli #ejpoli
shelden4vt.org/view-from-20...
The Council was busy in Dec, mostly with budget planning for the next fiscal year. Here's a quick summary of what we were up to in December
#vtpoli #ejpoli
shelden4vt.org/view-from-20...
Reposted by Brian Shelden
January 18, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Reposted by Brian Shelden
This is a moderate position and every single democrat including and especially @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and @schumer.senate.gov should be shouting it from the rooftops.
Van Hollen: "I am not going to cast a vote -- not one dime -- to support this lawless, brutal Trump ICE operation"
January 18, 2026 at 6:57 PM
This is a moderate position and every single democrat including and especially @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and @schumer.senate.gov should be shouting it from the rooftops.
Reposted by Brian Shelden
Any one of us could be detained for hours by ICE despite being a U.S. citizen.
Any one of us could be in the next apartment building that ICE raids in the middle of the night.
Any one of us could be the next to be brutalized by ICE for speaking out.
Authoritarianism hurts all of us.
Any one of us could be in the next apartment building that ICE raids in the middle of the night.
Any one of us could be the next to be brutalized by ICE for speaking out.
Authoritarianism hurts all of us.
January 15, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Any one of us could be detained for hours by ICE despite being a U.S. citizen.
Any one of us could be in the next apartment building that ICE raids in the middle of the night.
Any one of us could be the next to be brutalized by ICE for speaking out.
Authoritarianism hurts all of us.
Any one of us could be in the next apartment building that ICE raids in the middle of the night.
Any one of us could be the next to be brutalized by ICE for speaking out.
Authoritarianism hurts all of us.
Reposted by Brian Shelden
WILL CAIN: I'd be careful if I were you. I believe you're liable for defamation
MAXWELL FROST: I am not going to be careful in terms of calling out what so many people saw. Renee Nicole Good did not get the due process she deserves.
MAXWELL FROST: I am not going to be careful in terms of calling out what so many people saw. Renee Nicole Good did not get the due process she deserves.
January 13, 2026 at 9:34 PM
WILL CAIN: I'd be careful if I were you. I believe you're liable for defamation
MAXWELL FROST: I am not going to be careful in terms of calling out what so many people saw. Renee Nicole Good did not get the due process she deserves.
MAXWELL FROST: I am not going to be careful in terms of calling out what so many people saw. Renee Nicole Good did not get the due process she deserves.
Gov. Scott [in his state of the state] noted that 10 years ago VT ranked among the top five states for edu outcomes, including fourth-grade reading. What he did not acknowledge is that he has been Vermont’s governor for nearly that entire decade.
www.essexreporter.com/opinion/lett...
#vtpoli
www.essexreporter.com/opinion/lett...
#vtpoli
Letter to the Editor: Governor's fixation on Act 73 is detached from reality
This letter is from Sen. Martine Larocque Gulick (D-Burlington) and Rep. Edye Graning (D-Jericho).
www.essexreporter.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Gov. Scott [in his state of the state] noted that 10 years ago VT ranked among the top five states for edu outcomes, including fourth-grade reading. What he did not acknowledge is that he has been Vermont’s governor for nearly that entire decade.
www.essexreporter.com/opinion/lett...
#vtpoli
www.essexreporter.com/opinion/lett...
#vtpoli
Thank you to the about 300 - 400 showing up on short notice in Essex Junction VT today.
#disbandice #vtpoli #reneegood
#disbandice #vtpoli #reneegood
January 11, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Thank you to the about 300 - 400 showing up on short notice in Essex Junction VT today.
#disbandice #vtpoli #reneegood
#disbandice #vtpoli #reneegood
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A friendly reminder that no ICE officer has ever been killed in the line of duty in a hostile incident.
Being an elementary schoolchild in America is far more deadly and dangerous than being an ICE officer.
Being an elementary schoolchild in America is far more deadly and dangerous than being an ICE officer.
If you’re scared of a Honda Pilot driving less than 5 miles an hour, with its wheels pointing away from you, you should not be working in law-enforcement…
You shouldn’t have a gun. You shouldn’t have a badge. You should find a new line of work.
You shouldn’t have a gun. You shouldn’t have a badge. You should find a new line of work.
January 8, 2026 at 8:33 PM
A friendly reminder that no ICE officer has ever been killed in the line of duty in a hostile incident.
Being an elementary schoolchild in America is far more deadly and dangerous than being an ICE officer.
Being an elementary schoolchild in America is far more deadly and dangerous than being an ICE officer.
I agree. Gerrymandering (aka Act 71) will not slow health care inflation in Vermont.
If we're gonna address affordability, we have to address Health Care (and housing) costs.
#vtpoli
www.essexreporter.com/opinion/lett...
If we're gonna address affordability, we have to address Health Care (and housing) costs.
#vtpoli
www.essexreporter.com/opinion/lett...
Letter to the Editor: The whole story of Vermont's education tax crisis
This letter is from Jemima Talbot and the Essex Westford School District School Board Advocacy Committee.
www.essexreporter.com
January 10, 2026 at 7:28 AM
I agree. Gerrymandering (aka Act 71) will not slow health care inflation in Vermont.
If we're gonna address affordability, we have to address Health Care (and housing) costs.
#vtpoli
www.essexreporter.com/opinion/lett...
If we're gonna address affordability, we have to address Health Care (and housing) costs.
#vtpoli
www.essexreporter.com/opinion/lett...
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While Vermonters are facing rising prices and skyrocketing health care costs here at home, Trump is focused on dedicating resources to run a country 2,000 miles away for the foreseeable future.
January 3, 2026 at 9:46 PM
While Vermonters are facing rising prices and skyrocketing health care costs here at home, Trump is focused on dedicating resources to run a country 2,000 miles away for the foreseeable future.
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It’s still the Kennedy Center
It’s still the Gulf of Mexico
It’s still the Department of Defense
It’s still Twitter
If you have any other Q’s feel free to ask us
It’s still the Gulf of Mexico
It’s still the Department of Defense
It’s still Twitter
If you have any other Q’s feel free to ask us
December 30, 2025 at 4:37 PM
It’s still the Kennedy Center
It’s still the Gulf of Mexico
It’s still the Department of Defense
It’s still Twitter
If you have any other Q’s feel free to ask us
It’s still the Gulf of Mexico
It’s still the Department of Defense
It’s still Twitter
If you have any other Q’s feel free to ask us
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I am annoyed by the persistence of 'resist libs are tired of resisting Trump' line.
No Kings put record-breaking numbers of people into the streets, specials/off-years are at D+10 or more.
I don't think the resist libs are tired. I think some writers are tired of writing about resist libs.
No Kings put record-breaking numbers of people into the streets, specials/off-years are at D+10 or more.
I don't think the resist libs are tired. I think some writers are tired of writing about resist libs.
December 29, 2025 at 11:38 PM
I am annoyed by the persistence of 'resist libs are tired of resisting Trump' line.
No Kings put record-breaking numbers of people into the streets, specials/off-years are at D+10 or more.
I don't think the resist libs are tired. I think some writers are tired of writing about resist libs.
No Kings put record-breaking numbers of people into the streets, specials/off-years are at D+10 or more.
I don't think the resist libs are tired. I think some writers are tired of writing about resist libs.
Reposted by Brian Shelden
Millions of Americans remain at jobs they hate for one reason: the health insurance they receive. That’s absurd.
Universal health care will give Americans the freedom to choose the work they want without worrying about health care coverage.
Another reason for Medicare for All.
Universal health care will give Americans the freedom to choose the work they want without worrying about health care coverage.
Another reason for Medicare for All.
December 28, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Millions of Americans remain at jobs they hate for one reason: the health insurance they receive. That’s absurd.
Universal health care will give Americans the freedom to choose the work they want without worrying about health care coverage.
Another reason for Medicare for All.
Universal health care will give Americans the freedom to choose the work they want without worrying about health care coverage.
Another reason for Medicare for All.
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It's genuinely horrifying when you realize how much of our economy and worklife is not only pointless and wasteful, but also pointless and wasteful in a specifically petty and controlling way, how much of EVERYTHING is all just scaffolding for the insecurities of petty tyrants…
December 26, 2025 at 8:31 PM
It's genuinely horrifying when you realize how much of our economy and worklife is not only pointless and wasteful, but also pointless and wasteful in a specifically petty and controlling way, how much of EVERYTHING is all just scaffolding for the insecurities of petty tyrants…
This.
And can somebody please explain it to the Vermont governor?
(Who is renting office space from campaign donors to reduce the efficiency of the state workforce by forcing them back into the office)
#vtpoli
And can somebody please explain it to the Vermont governor?
(Who is renting office space from campaign donors to reduce the efficiency of the state workforce by forcing them back into the office)
#vtpoli
It's genuinely horrifying when you realize how much of our economy and worklife is not only pointless and wasteful, but also pointless and wasteful in a specifically petty and controlling way, how much of EVERYTHING is all just scaffolding for the insecurities of petty tyrants…
December 26, 2025 at 11:31 PM
This.
And can somebody please explain it to the Vermont governor?
(Who is renting office space from campaign donors to reduce the efficiency of the state workforce by forcing them back into the office)
#vtpoli
And can somebody please explain it to the Vermont governor?
(Who is renting office space from campaign donors to reduce the efficiency of the state workforce by forcing them back into the office)
#vtpoli
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FDA Approves Depressant Drug For The Annoyingly Cheerful
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FDA Approves Depressant Drug For The Annoyingly Cheerful
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December 26, 2025 at 7:20 PM
FDA Approves Depressant Drug For The Annoyingly Cheerful
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December 25, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Reposted by Brian Shelden
The numbers are in. More people watched the bootlegged 60 Minutes CECOT segment than watched Trump’s Kennedy Center Honors on CBS.
December 26, 2025 at 5:17 AM
The numbers are in. More people watched the bootlegged 60 Minutes CECOT segment than watched Trump’s Kennedy Center Honors on CBS.