As a reporter, it makes me feel like I should pay close attention to these vibes, because there are going to be many, many stories to find and write here.

Oh and by the way... turns out they were right.

The grassroots organizers — working in conservative conservative VIrginia hill country — won.

The pipeline was never built.

The company behind it wound up *completely divesting from their gas business and building an offshore wind farm instead.*

beyond his relentless focus on corruption and elites having too much power etc, this also explains a lot of Bernie's broad appeal.

lots of people, including plenty of GOP-leaning rural voters here in Vermont, are charmed by his ornery, perpetually unintimidated "i'm not having this shit" affect.