Blue Jays are beautiful. #birds 🪶

American Avocet seen at Parker River NWR in Massacusetts.

RFK Jr: It's gonna be the biggest infusion of federal dollar into rural healthcare in American history BERNIE SANDERS: Yeah. You know why? Because you're cutting $150b for rural hospitals, you're putting $50b back. That's not an infusion. That's a loss of $100b.

Yesterday was #nationalhummingbirdday. Small but mighty creatures #birds 🪶

Some backyard visitors #photography #whitetaileddeer #vermont

One more photo of the Barred Owl. They returned at 8:45pm the same night. #birds 🪶 #photography

So surprised to see the Barred Owl land in our backyard and stay for several minutes. #northwesternvermont #birds #photography 🪶

In 2023, the United States budgeted $12.8 billion to build new affordable housing. We’re about to spend nearly four times on detention centers what we spend on housing. https://trib.al/hHq48nP

ICE is soon to become the highest-funded federal law enforcement agency in US history, with more money than the federal prison system, the FBI, and the Drug Enforcement Administration combined. Here's what that will logistically look like.

it beggars belief

A cascade of purple clematis. #northernvermont

This president cares nothing about real people. He only cares about getting richer and helping his friends and family get rich.

A few photos of my backyard ruby-throated hummingbirds. Love their tiny feet #birds 🪶 #northwesternvermont

The UVA president has resigned amid the Justice Department’s probe into the school’s diversity, equity and inclusion practices.

This is not Fallujah, Iraq. It’s a Walmart parking lot in LA. Look at how many heavily armed, masked men (on our dime btw) come for a young guy in a Walmart uniform. This is obscene. www.instagram.com/reel/DLF3bV5...

Gray Catbird stopped by for a quick visit. #birds 🪶#photography

More Red-breasted Grosbeak fun. #birds 🪶 #photography

Here's a longer video of Brad Lander's detention just now inside 26 Federal Plaza as he tried to walk a man out of immigration court, by masked federal agents.

Male and female Red-breasted Grosbeak in Northwestern Vermont #birds 🪶

do you have any idea how furious you have to make career civil servants to get them to put their names to a letter

A little molting going on. #birds 🪶

Peek-a-boo #birds 🪶

Dummy

My favorite bird. Ruby-throated Hummingbird. #birds 🪶🪶

Backyard Columbine #flowers

I feel safer already.

Such a pretty girl. #northerncardinal #vermont #birds 🪶

Rose-breasted Grosbeak dropped by for a snack. #birds 🪶#vermont

Northern Mockingbird in Cape Porpoise Maine #birds 🪶

Morning visitor to Maine cottage. #birds 🪶

In these difficult times building community, and support for each other, is extremely important. That’s why I’m holding community dances around Vermont. We just had a great event in Hardwick. People of all ages danced the night away.

President Zelenskyy gave the Pontiff a special icon. An ammo case from Izium was used as the canvas. Ukraine’s martyrs live to fight off evil. It’s important everyone knows their sacrifice.

Maine vacation visiting Nubble Lighthouse in the fog #maine

In France, computer engineer Sacha Montel launched "Detrumpify Yourself" — a free, open-source app designed to help consumers identify hidden US ownership behind everyday products. "Everyone knows Coca-Cola or Heinz are American, but many don't realize Lu, Milka, or Le Petit Marseillais are too," h

Our Ruby-throated Hummingbird return May 2 in northwestern Vermont. #birds 🪶

Chipping Sparrow in deep contemplation #birds 🪶

American Phoebe in Vermont #birds 🪶

Forty years ago today my mother left this earth. I still miss her.

“And I’m like, what do you mean, you ‘do your own research’? You running a double-blind study in your living room, dawg?” - A guy walking ahead of me with his friends on a NYC sidewalk in 2021, also my favorite overheard dialogue of the entire pandemic

Harlequin Ducks in Vermont #birds 🪶

Not happy with snow on April 27. #americangoldfinch #birds 🪶

Black-eyed Junco #birds 🪶

Close to home. vermontdailychronicle.com/feds-raid-bi...

ICE agents in full tactical gear boarded a U.S. train last week, demanding citizenship papers from every passenger. No warrant. No cause. Just fear and intimidation. This is not border security. This is authoritarianism in plain clothes. Full Article: www.facebook.com/share/p/1FrR...

🖋️ “DO oversight. Do your job. Impeach Trump” hit 2,000 signers! 💬 Text SIGN PSVQCC to 50409

We just wanted to keep you all updated estimates are now approaching 4 million. Incredible job pulling this off on a holiday weekend! It was tough to get accurate counts today because small towns showed up in force. Some states had record-breaking turnout we didn’t expect this includes