Geoff Battista

This is Lewis, Vermont, a town of zero residents in the northeast of the state. It is inside a federal wildlife refuge.

Vermont: Let’s have a bad risk pool and shove all the downstream effects to a dwindling share of young residents.

Non-peer-reviewed paper from UVM CDAE argues that building more homes won’t lower prices. Looking forward to the half-assed editorials by the Better (Not Bigger) Vermont folks. Thanks, ⁦@sevendaysvt⁩. sevendaysvt.com/home-design/re…

BREAKING: Ninety percent chance that Phil Scott will say the word "fairness" at his next weekly press briefing, according to Polymarket.

@DrOzCMS Rick Scott wouldn’t have been happy with this.

It’s time for a nationwide audit of Medicaid. Every governor can be part of the solution or part of the problem.

I’ve got an idea:

In development: "The Vermont Trolley Problem"

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Personally, I think it’s funny that JD Vance has to go to Pakistan every week for no real reason.

Tonight is the 251st anniversary of Paul Revere’s midnight ride. If he were to make the same journey from Boston to Lexington today, he could stop at 7 Dunkin locations. (via Reddit)

What a beautiful afternoon.

New polling from the Vermont-NEA suggests that both lawmakers and the governor are at odds with voters on the issue of education reform. Watch the latest episode of Vermont This Week: vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-t…

@vtdigger Ali Dieng’s brave letter to the editor didn’t score him a seat? Darn.

Governor appoints Burlington rep, bypassing Dems’ recommendations buff.ly/J4UagCb

@vtdigger How could they do this? How could they not do this? Where are the reps who’ll speak for Vermonters?

House lawmakers narrowly approved an education reform proposal Friday, advancing legislation destined for more political wrangling that could stretch well into the summer. #vtpoli buff.ly/X1CFAQy

@vermontpublic If only there were Vermonters who actually stood up for Vermonters…

House lawmakers gave final approval Friday to legislation that puts Democrats on a collision course with Republican Gov. Phil Scott over the most controversial aspect of education reform — forced school district mergers. vermontpublic.org/local-news/202…

@DFANewHaven Brenford, Uallingford, Bridzhport in Konnektikut oblast

A few people have joked about New Haven's vast fossil fuel infrastructure making it a potential target like Kharg Island. In fact, declassified Soviet military maps from the 1970s and 1980s seem to show lots of targets in the New Haven area 😳🚀💣

Going to a fast food restaurant outside Vermont and seeing actual families with children. Crazy.

retvrn to longnecticut

@meganmesserly What is this, late-medieval Italy?

NEW: President Trump goes on a tirade against Pope Leo, saying that “if I wasn’t in the White House, Leo wouldn’t be in the Vatican.” “He wasn’t on any list to be Pope, and was only put there by the Church because he was an American, and they thought that would be the best way to deal with President Donald J. Trump,” Trump says. The president’s comments come amid the pope’s continued criticism of the administration and, recently, the war in Iran.

@StephenM Actually yes, that was on the agenda at last week’s county meeting.

The Democrat Party exists now to make America into a third world country. It is the mass looting of a civilization.

Local control? Have you met the locals?