Trout proof-of-life

A Connecticut woman who witnessed an ICE raid in Hamden today said an agent threatened her with arrest when she asked a detainee if he was okay. "I told him that he did not have the right to speak to me that way and that I was an American citizen. And I told him that he was an evil bastard."

Gov. Ned Lamont has announced Connecticut is joining the 15-state Governors Public Health Alliance, "designed to protect the health of people across the U.S." "Once again states are stepping up, amid federal uncertainty, to ensure our residents have the information they need to stay protected."

I don’t know what to believe w/r/t Bunny

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont: "You may not like the fact that I don’t shout and get as angry at Donald Trump as you’d like me to, but I think we’ve made more of a difference in pushing back on him than just about any state in the country." via @ctmirror.org: ctmirror.org/2025/10/10/a...

A peaceful protest rally under the Tom Paine motto "No Kings" is being held on the mall in Washington and in hundreds of other sites around the country. Prior No Kings rallies have attracted 11-12 million attendees, the largest political rallies in US history. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Connecticut's U.S. senators split on the defense bill vote: Blumenthal yes, Murphy no. Murphy statement: "It is wildly irresponsible for the Senate to act like it’s business as usual. ... I will not support [Trump's] efforts to... transform our democracy into an authoritarian regime.”

Connecticut U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal on the Tish James indictment: “The complicity of the Republican Party in Trump's abuses is shameful and disgusting.”

ON AIR: Mi gente Latina, it’s time to give to @ctpublic.bsky.social during our Fall Pledge Drive! When you do, you support reporting like mine on the Puerto Rican communities here in Connecticut, plus our many other beats, daily shows, digital folks, and more. ctpublic.org/give

Every once in a while Kevin Stitt surprises you

UConn is confirming it lost funding for a green energy project, as part of a recent $7.56 billion funding rollback by the Trump administration. The project would have helped Connecticut towns switch to solar energy and battery storage during power outages caused by extreme weather.

Vladdy: "DAAAAAA YANKEES LOSE!"

I've met friends and lovers, and gotten great story tips. But most importantly I tweeted a deep-cut song request before a band's show once and they actually played the thing

President Trump calling for the arrest of more political opponents as he deploys military troops on US streets against the wishes of locally elected officials. Please pay attention. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

President Donald Trump called for jailing Chicago's mayor and the governor of Illinois, both Democrats, as his administration prepared to deploy military troops to the streets of the third-largest US city reut.rs/4mSYMEc 1/6

"Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is authorizing the use of state funding to support the continued operations of Connecticut’s WIC program during the shutdown of the federal government. ...Connecticut will cover the $200,000 per day it costs to run the program."

Anyone here at David Byrne in Wallingford, Connecticut, last night? My friend and I who attended in the nosebleeds are desperate to know what he appeared to yank from the edge of the stage and chuck clear across the stage in the middle of the performance

Connecticut senior Sen. Richard Blumenthal:

“Every person facing the racist, cruel, violent actions of ICE enforcement that my tax dollars and yours are paying for is somebody's baby, as deserving of protection and love and care as mine. And every time somebody's baby is harmed, it breaks not only human hearts, it breaks God's heart, too.”

Update to something I shared earlier this week, another banner message on a U.S. Government website. This time, it’s the USDA.

"Senator McCrory called (ed department's budget chief) and would like the full $2 million released now" At least $250k of that went to a woman who federal investigators are looking into whether the senator is in a personal relationship with www.ctinsider.com/connecticut/...

Highland coo on the loose in Cow-nnecticut www.trumbulltimes.com/news/article...

Connecticut:

"This is only the beginning as additional cuts are expected to roll out over the coming months and year," says Riley. Some recent examples of where operations are winding down:

Today marks the first day in the 55-year history of PBS and 54-year history of NPR that public media has broadcast to its audiences without federal funding. But even though lots of local outlets are at risk, PBS and NPR are still here, providing fair, accurate news coverage and will not be silenced.

I donate to my local public radio station @ctpublic.bsky.social. Do you?

"ICE agents assaulted amNewYork’s own Dean Moses, and allegedly attacked another journalist, on Tuesday morning as they were documenting the ongoing arrests of individuals attending immigration court proceedings at 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan." -- www.amny.com/immigration/...

Via the Hartford Courant: UConn reconsidering Anti-Black Racism course requirement after Trump decree www.courant.com/2025/09/30/u...

17 people are dead from US strikes in the Caribbean this month and we still don't really know who they are and so far the president and VP have made jokes about scared fishermen.

Got a date with JD tonight

The Trump admin cancelled a $5.7M grant for the Naugatuck River Greenway, stalling a long-planned trail linking 11 Connecticut towns. Advocates call it a blow to safety, mobility, and communities. #Transportation #Infrastructure #Mobility usa.streetsblog.org/2025/09/22/h...

I was camping and playing baseball in Cooperstown all weekend so I missed the final Mets series. Probably for the best.

JD Vance Jokes About Killing Innocent Fishermen in International Waters

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

via @ctnewsjunkie.bsky.social: Connecticut Vaccine Access Panel Disrupted By Hostile Crowd ctnewsjunkie.com/2025/09/24/c...

"They're cutting bodies from what's supposed to be an independent adjudicatory agency at a time when the caseload is crushing. And it's getting even more urgent as they put more and more people into jail." Hartford immigration judge Ted Doolittle removed in wave of Trump administration firings

My employer New York Public Radio just announced that it is offering @onthemedia.bsky.social, @radiolab.bsky.social, and other programs to at-risk public radio stations for free! More info: current.org/2025/09/wnyc...

Gary Cohen wasn't sold on how the Cubs and Matt Shaw handled his absence to attend Charlie Kirk's memorial. "I don't want to talk about any of the politics of it, but the thought of leaving your team in the middle of a race for any reason other than a family emergency, really strikes me as weird."

NJ PBS shutting down next summer. “15yrs ago Gov. Christie ended 4 decades of state funding for public TV, forcing them to find a new funder. The state cut $750k in funding this yr, but that was hardly the fatal blow; that came from the end of federal funds.” newjerseyglobe.com/media/new-je...

My phone algorithm made a sentimental album of pictures of Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont

Of the Connecticut U.S. House delegation, Joe Courtney, Rosa DeLauro, Jim Himes and John Larson all voted for a resolution honoring the life of Charlie Kirk. Only Jahana Hayes voted against. clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025282

Of the Connecticut U.S. House delegation, Joe Courtney, Rosa DeLauro, Jim Himes and John Larson all voted for a resolution honoring the life of Charlie Kirk. Only Jahana Hayes voted against. clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025282

Headlines on the Bloomberg Terminal from Air Force One: *TRUMP: TV LICENSES SHOULD BE TAKEN AWAY IF BAD PUBLICITY FOR ME *TRUMP: IF TV SHOWS 'HIT TRUMP' SHOULD BE DISCUSSED ON LICENSES *TRUMP ON TV SHOWS CRITICIZING HIM: THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO

Connecticut Health Commissioner Dr. Manisha Juthani: “We are confident that we will preserve and protect core public health principles and services as we navigate current changes together.”

What happens when a camel races a zebra and an ostrich? You can find out in Virginia City, Nevada

It takes an awful lot to get me to think a sandwich is too big but this five-cutlet chicken parm grinder will do it

"Black people faced a disproportionately high rate of use-of-force incidents, a finding that wasn’t evident in other racial groups." CT researchers studied 1,500 police use-of-force incidents. Here's what they found www.ctpublic.org/news/investi...

Connecticut officials have announced a policy prohibiting "warrantless arrests in the public spaces of our courthouses" and the wearing of masks by law enforcement in courthouses. ct-n.com/ctnplayer.as...