TavitD
@tavitvt.bsky.social
Cyclist. Legal-junkie but not a lawyer. In retrospect, environmental justice activist and nonbinary since 1972. They used less kind terms back then. Landed in VT. AntiFascist since I was 7.
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Personalized gold bars from the Swiss.
Used jumbo jet from Qatar.
Huge amounts of $$$ from crypto.
The amount of corruption in the White House is at unconscionable levels. We need some real serious ethics across the federal government.
Used jumbo jet from Qatar.
Huge amounts of $$$ from crypto.
The amount of corruption in the White House is at unconscionable levels. We need some real serious ethics across the federal government.
November 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Personalized gold bars from the Swiss.
Used jumbo jet from Qatar.
Huge amounts of $$$ from crypto.
The amount of corruption in the White House is at unconscionable levels. We need some real serious ethics across the federal government.
Used jumbo jet from Qatar.
Huge amounts of $$$ from crypto.
The amount of corruption in the White House is at unconscionable levels. We need some real serious ethics across the federal government.
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NEW:
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 11:08 AM
NEW:
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
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Getting ready to go live on IG & FB (yes, I know) on @theroddenberryfoundation’s page if you can tune in!
November 19, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Getting ready to go live on IG & FB (yes, I know) on @theroddenberryfoundation’s page if you can tune in!
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A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination
Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
Remember this day in 10 years when our reading comprehension and math skills rank among the worst globally.
Trump Administration to Announce Steps to Dismantle Education Department www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
Trump Administration to Announce Steps to Dismantle Education Department www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
Trump Administration to Announce Steps to Dismantle Education Department
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Remember this day in 10 years when our reading comprehension and math skills rank among the worst globally.
Trump Administration to Announce Steps to Dismantle Education Department www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
Trump Administration to Announce Steps to Dismantle Education Department www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
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Uhhhhhhhh is the New England Patriots team plane doing an ICE flight right now?
It just took off out of ICE detention hub airport. Military charter flights go out of there occasionally too, but with a different callsign. Not certain but very weird! 🤔
It just took off out of ICE detention hub airport. Military charter flights go out of there occasionally too, but with a different callsign. Not certain but very weird! 🤔
November 18, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Uhhhhhhhh is the New England Patriots team plane doing an ICE flight right now?
It just took off out of ICE detention hub airport. Military charter flights go out of there occasionally too, but with a different callsign. Not certain but very weird! 🤔
It just took off out of ICE detention hub airport. Military charter flights go out of there occasionally too, but with a different callsign. Not certain but very weird! 🤔
Gov Abbott want to ensure Muslims aren't elected in Texas. Nothing ironic about this if your definition of freedom is limited to christians:
“We have freedom of religion; however, your religion cannot become a threat to our freedom,” Mr. Abbott said.
“We have freedom of religion; however, your religion cannot become a threat to our freedom,” Mr. Abbott said.
November 18, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Gov Abbott want to ensure Muslims aren't elected in Texas. Nothing ironic about this if your definition of freedom is limited to christians:
“We have freedom of religion; however, your religion cannot become a threat to our freedom,” Mr. Abbott said.
“We have freedom of religion; however, your religion cannot become a threat to our freedom,” Mr. Abbott said.
The GOP doesn't believe in systemic racism. Yet Medicare & Medicaid cuts will systemically impact health care in primarily urban areas with large minority populations. Seems systemic
When the G.O.P. Medicaid Cuts Arrive, These Hospitals Will Be Hit Hardest www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
When the G.O.P. Medicaid Cuts Arrive, These Hospitals Will Be Hit Hardest www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
When the G.O.P. Medicaid Cuts Arrive, These Hospitals Will Be Hit Hardest
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The GOP doesn't believe in systemic racism. Yet Medicare & Medicaid cuts will systemically impact health care in primarily urban areas with large minority populations. Seems systemic
When the G.O.P. Medicaid Cuts Arrive, These Hospitals Will Be Hit Hardest www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
When the G.O.P. Medicaid Cuts Arrive, These Hospitals Will Be Hit Hardest www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
Is this Mark Zuckerberg? According to the article he visited the area the year before, spoke to people about their pain of living in rural Maine. Then bought a mountain and put up a fence around it? I guess they scared him.
www.boston.com/news/local-n...
www.boston.com/news/local-n...
Mystery fuels unease in Maine woods: Who bought Burnt Jacket Mountain?
In northern Maine, a long tradition of allowing public access, has shaped the region’s culture and identity since the 1800s.
www.boston.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Is this Mark Zuckerberg? According to the article he visited the area the year before, spoke to people about their pain of living in rural Maine. Then bought a mountain and put up a fence around it? I guess they scared him.
www.boston.com/news/local-n...
www.boston.com/news/local-n...
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Tricycle’s Winter 2025 issue is here! In this issue, we consider social media addiction and the suffering we experience through scrolling, enjoy Zen lessons from Leonard Cohen, and reflect on the legacy of Joanna Macy.
Pay Attention
A letter from Tricycle’s editor-in-chief, James Shaheen
tricycle.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Tricycle’s Winter 2025 issue is here! In this issue, we consider social media addiction and the suffering we experience through scrolling, enjoy Zen lessons from Leonard Cohen, and reflect on the legacy of Joanna Macy.
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WTAF?!
Sending women who get abortions to prison for decades. Outlawing IUDs. Sharply restricting in vitro fertilization.
Imprisoning women? Banning IUDs? South Carolina considers abortion bill that would be nation's strictest
Source: Los Angeles Times
Sending women who get abortions to prison for decades. Outlawing IUDs. Sharply restricting in vitro fertilization.
Imprisoning women? Banning IUDs? South Carolina considers abortion bill that would be nation's strictest
Source: Los Angeles Times
Imprisoning women? Banning IUDs? South Carolina considers abortion bill that would be nation's strictest - NewsBreak
A group of South Carolina senators plans to consider a proposal that could introduce the strictest abortion prohibitions and punishments in the nation.
share.newsbreak.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:56 AM
WTAF?!
Sending women who get abortions to prison for decades. Outlawing IUDs. Sharply restricting in vitro fertilization.
Imprisoning women? Banning IUDs? South Carolina considers abortion bill that would be nation's strictest
Source: Los Angeles Times
Sending women who get abortions to prison for decades. Outlawing IUDs. Sharply restricting in vitro fertilization.
Imprisoning women? Banning IUDs? South Carolina considers abortion bill that would be nation's strictest
Source: Los Angeles Times
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substack.com/@ellenmitche...
This needs to get more attention before the midterms!!!!!!
This needs to get more attention before the midterms!!!!!!
Ellen Mitchell (@ellenmitchell2)
substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:10 AM
substack.com/@ellenmitche...
This needs to get more attention before the midterms!!!!!!
This needs to get more attention before the midterms!!!!!!
This is for the Burlington Uber driver we had last week complaining about homeless people in the city. Show some compassion and do what you can to help.
Homeless People in Burlington Prepare for Cold Winter www.sevendaysvt.com/news/housing...
Homeless People in Burlington Prepare for Cold Winter www.sevendaysvt.com/news/housing...
Homeless People in Burlington Prepare for Cold Winter
With shelters and motel rooms already full, people living rough have few ways to keep warm when temperatures drop.
www.sevendaysvt.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:40 AM
This is for the Burlington Uber driver we had last week complaining about homeless people in the city. Show some compassion and do what you can to help.
Homeless People in Burlington Prepare for Cold Winter www.sevendaysvt.com/news/housing...
Homeless People in Burlington Prepare for Cold Winter www.sevendaysvt.com/news/housing...
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Another evening of Proud Boys at Portland ICE attempting to incite. They are so pathetic. Total losers. One guy walked around with an AR last night. Police said he had the “paperwork “ Oh America No due process rights but guns? Not a problem
November 16, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Another evening of Proud Boys at Portland ICE attempting to incite. They are so pathetic. Total losers. One guy walked around with an AR last night. Police said he had the “paperwork “ Oh America No due process rights but guns? Not a problem
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I'm seeing people wonder why ICE is going after Charlotte.
ICE has been at war with Charlotte's sheriff ever since he won in 2018.
We'd covered this at Bolts back in the day; this quote is from that sheriff:
ICE has been at war with Charlotte's sheriff ever since he won in 2018.
We'd covered this at Bolts back in the day; this quote is from that sheriff:
“When the 8 African American sheriffs took over the largest counties in North Carolina, it became a threat to the good ol’ boy system,” says the sheriff of Charlotte. These new sheriffs broke ties with ICE.
But GOP lawmakers cracked down this week, overbidding the governor’s veto to adopt this law:
But GOP lawmakers cracked down this week, overbidding the governor’s veto to adopt this law:
North Carolina GOP Is Cracking Down on the Black Sheriffs Who Stood Up to ICE
Boosted by new supermajorities, Republicans are closing in on legislation to mandate more collaboration with ICE and preempt local policies hard-won by immigrants’ rights advocates.
boltsmag.org
November 15, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I'm seeing people wonder why ICE is going after Charlotte.
ICE has been at war with Charlotte's sheriff ever since he won in 2018.
We'd covered this at Bolts back in the day; this quote is from that sheriff:
ICE has been at war with Charlotte's sheriff ever since he won in 2018.
We'd covered this at Bolts back in the day; this quote is from that sheriff:
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No one should have to face such threats.
It would’ve been nice if Greene had realized this before she amplified and endorsed calls for executing Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama.
It would’ve been nice if Greene had realized this before she amplified and endorsed calls for executing Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama.
November 15, 2025 at 7:21 PM
No one should have to face such threats.
It would’ve been nice if Greene had realized this before she amplified and endorsed calls for executing Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama.
It would’ve been nice if Greene had realized this before she amplified and endorsed calls for executing Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama.
Also seems like the future of hard red states.
Alberta having a Measles AND Tuberculosis outbreak while being in drought due to the AI data centres is really winning the shittiest province award #fuckdaniellesmith
November 15, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Also seems like the future of hard red states.
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Alberta having a Measles AND Tuberculosis outbreak while being in drought due to the AI data centres is really winning the shittiest province award #fuckdaniellesmith
November 14, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Alberta having a Measles AND Tuberculosis outbreak while being in drought due to the AI data centres is really winning the shittiest province award #fuckdaniellesmith
Wondering if the cons on the Supreme Court sit around discussing how emboldening a pedophile "feels right" to them.
November 15, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Wondering if the cons on the Supreme Court sit around discussing how emboldening a pedophile "feels right" to them.
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Yikes 😬 an official U.S. government account just referred to Americans as “imbecilic morons.” That’s… a choice.
November 15, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Yikes 😬 an official U.S. government account just referred to Americans as “imbecilic morons.” That’s… a choice.
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Ridiculous. 😔🤬
November 15, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Ridiculous. 😔🤬
Why do racists need to explain that they’re ignorant? From Trump to Mike Johnson and all the others, we already know it.
In Explaining His Gaffe, Heritage Foundation Leader Pleads Ignorance www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
In Explaining His Gaffe, Heritage Foundation Leader Pleads Ignorance www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
In Explaining His Gaffe, Heritage Foundation Leader Pleads Ignorance
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Why do racists need to explain that they’re ignorant? From Trump to Mike Johnson and all the others, we already know it.
In Explaining His Gaffe, Heritage Foundation Leader Pleads Ignorance www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
In Explaining His Gaffe, Heritage Foundation Leader Pleads Ignorance www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
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What a coincidence that this wound up with exactly the number of Dem votes required for it to pass.
Schumer, Durbin and the rest engaging in the Susan Collins-ization of the Democratic party.
Primary them all. #MEpolitics
Schumer, Durbin and the rest engaging in the Susan Collins-ization of the Democratic party.
Primary them all. #MEpolitics
By a vote of 60-40, the #Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to H.R. 5371, Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act 2026.
Dem/Ind Senators voting in favor: Cortez Masto, Fetterman, Durbin, Hassan, Kaine, King (I), Rosen, Shaheen.
Dem/Ind Senators voting in favor: Cortez Masto, Fetterman, Durbin, Hassan, Kaine, King (I), Rosen, Shaheen.
November 10, 2025 at 11:52 PM
What a coincidence that this wound up with exactly the number of Dem votes required for it to pass.
Schumer, Durbin and the rest engaging in the Susan Collins-ization of the Democratic party.
Primary them all. #MEpolitics
Schumer, Durbin and the rest engaging in the Susan Collins-ization of the Democratic party.
Primary them all. #MEpolitics