Sally
@spwhipple.bsky.social
June 4, 2025 at 9:21 PM
So happy to live in Connecticut.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has temporarily stayed the decision by the US Court of International Trade ruling that the Trump tariffs issued under IEEPA were invalid and could not be implemented.
We expected this appeal, and we are prepared for this appeal.
We expected this appeal, and we are prepared for this appeal.
May 29, 2025 at 10:25 PM
So happy to live in Connecticut.
I can't wait to see the new grant proposal guidelines. I just hope none of these initiatives takes funding away from the garden of heroes. But maybe he doesn't need 250 doll heroes...maybe he just gets 2.
National Endowment for the Arts now ... tasked with "assist[ing] with disaster recovery"?
Really hard to say what the worst part of this NEA grant termination letter is (sent at 10pm on a Friday!) but I think it's finding out the federal government's priority for arts funds is now "fostering AI competency" rather than funding literature.
May 4, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I can't wait to see the new grant proposal guidelines. I just hope none of these initiatives takes funding away from the garden of heroes. But maybe he doesn't need 250 doll heroes...maybe he just gets 2.
Hartford was wonderful yesterday. Beautiful Capitol, beautiful Connecticans on the Capitol lawn & on the steps of our Judicial Building & State Library across the street. A perfect New England Patriot's Day.
April 20, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Hartford was wonderful yesterday. Beautiful Capitol, beautiful Connecticans on the Capitol lawn & on the steps of our Judicial Building & State Library across the street. A perfect New England Patriot's Day.
Thank you @chrislhayes.bsky.social for an important National History Day story at a critical time! This crucial program has been hit 2 ways: NEH cuts to the national program & cuts to state Humanities Councils, many of which support state History Days - like ours in CT. www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch...
‘Who voted for this?’: Trump guts funding for kids history contest
“There are the things that never came up in the campaign that are now happening—some are cruel and seemingly pointless—things that make you wonder, who voted for this?” says Chris Hayes. Check out the...
www.msnbc.com
April 12, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Thank you @chrislhayes.bsky.social for an important National History Day story at a critical time! This crucial program has been hit 2 ways: NEH cuts to the national program & cuts to state Humanities Councils, many of which support state History Days - like ours in CT. www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch...
There is so much good in these remarks. So much inspiration. I think it's worth a daily read.
If one of us stands up, they can pick that person off. If ten or a hundred or a thousand, they can pick those people off. And they're picking off people--immigrants, dissidents--to make an example of them. But if ten million people stand up, they cannot stop us all.
Millions Stood Up: April 5 Hands Off Day of Action
I was the closing speaker at the ebullient San Francisco Hands Off rally, and when I got home later I scoured the news for reports on the more than one thousand other rallies. Of course people would ...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
April 6, 2025 at 10:07 PM
There is so much good in these remarks. So much inspiration. I think it's worth a daily read.
I am so proud to be in a state where our leaders project & protect our values.
The Constitution plainly forbids the President from commandeering state election officials to manipulate and micromanage how we vote. We sued last night to stop the order and to protect our democracy and our right to cast our ballots in free and fair elections.
April 5, 2025 at 12:39 AM
I am so proud to be in a state where our leaders project & protect our values.
NHD is powerful & opens new worlds & opportunities to kids by helping them build information literacy, critical thinking skills, & communication skills. Every state has an NHD Affiliate. Please support yours. You can find Connecticut's at www.historydayct.org!
April 5, 2025 at 12:18 AM
NHD is powerful & opens new worlds & opportunities to kids by helping them build information literacy, critical thinking skills, & communication skills. Every state has an NHD Affiliate. Please support yours. You can find Connecticut's at www.historydayct.org!
Well said.
"If this many different judges in this many different courts appointed by this many different presidents are blocking this many policies promulgated by the same president, we ought to be able to agree that the problem is the policies—not the judges."
www.stevevladeck.com/p/136-settin...
www.stevevladeck.com/p/136-settin...
136. Setting the Record Straight on the Anti-Trump Injunctions
President Trump and his supporters are mounting increasingly noisy attacks on lower-court judges. But their claims combine shameless hypocrisy with shameful distortions of the facts.
www.stevevladeck.com
March 31, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Well said.
Looking for some hope? Watch Lester Holt's story about our Kid Governor program featuring Kid Governors from CT, OR and NH. The video showcases our program's impact & the incredible civic leadership shown by these dedicated 5th graders! Civic Education makes a difference!
youtu.be/9NW9seFeG7Y?...
youtu.be/9NW9seFeG7Y?...
These young leaders are taking office with some big ideas | Nightly News: Kids Edition
YouTube video by NBC News
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February 25, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Looking for some hope? Watch Lester Holt's story about our Kid Governor program featuring Kid Governors from CT, OR and NH. The video showcases our program's impact & the incredible civic leadership shown by these dedicated 5th graders! Civic Education makes a difference!
youtu.be/9NW9seFeG7Y?...
youtu.be/9NW9seFeG7Y?...
Norwich has beautiful community spirit. This is heartbreaking.
'This type of vandalism is unacceptable': Norwich vandalized with swastikas Friday morning.
Four swastikas were spraypainted along Salem Turnpike. Here's how the Norwich police and the community has responded to them.
www.norwichbulletin.com
February 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Norwich has beautiful community spirit. This is heartbreaking.
Every day ask: what can I do today? Then do it.
AOC: And he is running around because he thinks he got a bank account with a lot of zeros in it that it makes him some kind of super citizen. I don't think so.
February 22, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Every day ask: what can I do today? Then do it.
Presidents Day in Hartford, CT - nearly 1,000 people from the Supreme Court steps to the Capitol lawn. #Hartford #PresidentsDay
February 18, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Presidents Day in Hartford, CT - nearly 1,000 people from the Supreme Court steps to the Capitol lawn. #Hartford #PresidentsDay
Great takeaways - be informed - inform others - show up.
Packed house at @chrismurphyct.bsky.social & @richardblumenthal.bsky.social Town Hall. Takeaways: Keep informed and informing others, call out the lies, and protest each and every one of Trump’s illegal, discriminatory practices. #InThisTogether
February 9, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Great takeaways - be informed - inform others - show up.
Last night I heard Sarah Longwell say, "Public opinion is a kind of a guardrail." With those few words, she made me feel my own power and agency - and the power and agency of everyone I know. Informed, thoughtful opinion - made public - can move mountains.
February 7, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Last night I heard Sarah Longwell say, "Public opinion is a kind of a guardrail." With those few words, she made me feel my own power and agency - and the power and agency of everyone I know. Informed, thoughtful opinion - made public - can move mountains.
One of history's best people.
CT #BHM: James W.C. Pennington was the first Black student to attend Yale, but denied the rights of other students. He was minister at the historic Talcott St. Church in Hartford.
He wrote the first history of Black Americans, officiated Frederick Douglass' wedding, and was a leading abolitionist.
He wrote the first history of Black Americans, officiated Frederick Douglass' wedding, and was a leading abolitionist.
February 4, 2025 at 12:33 AM
One of history's best people.
Confirming Russell Vought would accelerate Trump’s plans to dismantle our democracy. I just contacted my senators and urged them to oppose Vought's nomination as OMB director. app.sosha.ai/s/rFWAK7Jw
Stop the architect of Trump's Project 2025
app.sosha.ai
January 28, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Confirming Russell Vought would accelerate Trump’s plans to dismantle our democracy. I just contacted my senators and urged them to oppose Vought's nomination as OMB director. app.sosha.ai/s/rFWAK7Jw