LoudisGood

A smorgasborg of Tweets. I like dandelions & believe facebook (Meta) is evil. Get involved in your community. Civil Service is our duty.

[Jessica Hallett @JHallettPhoto]

Kirsten Proctor dressed He’s A Ladies Man with 17 roses, one for each of the horses that lost their lives at Saratoga on June 16.

This horse and her stable were actually in barn 22, the barn where the horses were released, saving their lives from that heat and smoke.

[Olivia Reingold @Olivia_Reingold]

The most progressive state in the country is now "hostile territory" for Jews.

The Jews I interviewed for this story told me they moved to Vermont because of its inclusive, anything goes attitude. Then October 7th came.

“It’s like all these liberal hippies want to kill me,” said Denise Gebroe, a Jew whose fitness studio was recently targeted with anti-Israel graffiti.

Nearly every Jewish Vermonter I spoke with said they'd bought weapons, installed security cameras, or even adopted guard dogs over the past few years. A man told me that while his wife gave birth at a local hospital it had occurred to him: What if they realize I'm Jewish—will they treat us differently?

There are two main reasons for why Vermont:

1: Vermont is ground zero for the "Apartheid-Free Communities" movement.

This is the most impressive and organized BDS campaign I've encountered yet in my reporting—and hardly anyone knows about it. Anti-Israel organizers are targeting towns with as few as 800 people to get them enraged over Israel's "genocide" and "apartheid regime." The end goal is to push the town into passing an "apartheid-free" pledge. The boilerplate language comes from Quaker leaders and is just four sentences:

WE AFFIRM our commitment to freedom, justice, and equality for the Palestinian people and all people;

WE OPPOSE all forms of racism, bigotry, discrimination, and oppression; and

WE DECLARE ourselves an apartheid-free community and to that end,

WE PLEDGE to join others in working to end all support to Israel's apartheid regime, settler colonialism, and military occupation.

12 towns have passed these pledges so far—10 are in Vermont.

On paper, the pledge does almost nothing. It's non-binding and contains exactly zero policies. The entire idea—according to public and internal materials I reviewed—is to turn Vermonters against the Jewish state. Activists are willing to play a long-game here. They're willing to go town by town, county by county, state by state, until it's BDS as far as the eye can see.

2. Look at who's in Congress: two out of Vermont's 3 congressional delegates are Jews critical of Israel. And Bernie Sanders is not just any politician—he is a moral compass for many in the state. So when he accuses Israel of "genocide," many in the state run with that.

“People want someone to look up to, and Bernie is that person for a lot of Vermonters," said Rachel Felman, who co-founded pro-Israel group Shalom Alliance.

She added that Vermont was "fertile ground to be convinced that Jews are the oppressors" because it “takes seriously the concepts of institutionalized racism."

The groups behind the campaign to spread these "anti-apartheid" pledges may claim their project is not antisemitic, but the Jews I spoke to say the impact is clear: they no longer feel safe or welcome in their state.

Mark Treinkman, a Jewish father near Newfane, told me he thinks about moving to Israel everyday.

"The irony is that they hate Israel but they’re leaving us with exactly one option: Move to Israel."

He’s grown only more worried watching the pledges spread throughout Vermont.

“People in Germany one day didn’t wake up and ship people to gas chambers. It started with boycotts in academia, in the arts,” he said. “The future is bleak.”

[LoudisGood @creinis]

@bluelivesmtr @AnnapolisPD Won’t go back there til she’s gone

[LoudisGood @creinis]

Weak churches produce weak men. Weak men produce weak families. Weak families produce weak communities. And weak communities eventually create a weak nation.
-Jeffry Vega

[Dean Abbott @DeanAbbott]

You'll never mature into the best version of you if you aren't willing to reject what this culture teaches you.

[Senator Rand Paul @SenRandPaul]

A reminder that the Constitution was not written to restrain the citizens' behavior.

It was written to restrain the government's behavior.

[LoudisGood @creinis]

@garonnevik Humane society won’t let someone who hunts, adopt a dog either. Dumb

[LoudisGood @creinis]

@WesternLensman That is what they do…spend other peoples hard earned money. ..grr

[LoudisGood @creinis]

@elonmusk Just ordered it

[LoudisGood @creinis]

Setting boundaries and distancing yourself from people who treat you poorly because you have self worth. Protect your peace.

[LoudisGood @creinis]

@ColeHefnerTX May his memory be a blessing. My condolences to his family and community he served.

[Kevin Kijewski @KevinKijewski]

Screwing Michigan: Sell 13 Michigan dams to a Wall Street private equity firm for $1 each, then force 1.9 MILLION ratepayers to buy the power back at DOUBLE the market price for 30 years, and hand the utility a $270 million profit on top.

That is the deal Consumers Energy is fighting for right now.

The out-of-state buyer's plan? Split the dams into 13 separate LLCs so it can pocket the profits and dodge the liability when these century-old structures need repairs. And when a state judge called the deal 'highly problematic' and 'unreasonable,' Consumers' answer was a threat: approve it as-is, or we tear all 13 dams down.

Your rivers. Your money. Your safety. Sold to Maryland financiers and handed back to you with a bigger bill.

The Whitmer-appointed Public Service Commission decides by September. They work for you, not for Consumers. Make sure they hear it.

Let's make Michigan safe, normal, and responsible again! 🇺🇸

@realDonaldTrump @JDVance @MIGOP @MI_Republicans @Th_Midwesterner @stevegrubershow @MrJustinBarclay @gatewaypundit @Rescue_Michigan @HarmeetKDhillon @elonmusk @timlovesann @mifairelections @TruckerRandy @DonnieDetroit19 @downi75

[LoudisGood @creinis]

I’m proud of you today. You showed up for your life today. Good job

[LoudisGood @creinis]

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[LoudisGood @creinis]

Teen biking from Jacksonville to Florida Keys is missing, sheriff’s office says - Miami Herald https://t.co/aelL1Vcx4E

[LoudisGood @creinis]

Don't Fund Antisemitism: No Kanye Concert at Raymond James Stadium - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/eYGCxTLHkd via @Change

[NizNellie3 @NizNellie3]

🚨 Domenico Grasso is the president of the University of Michigan.

He makes a whopping salary of $1.3 million with perks that would make you throw up.

Last week, the FBI arrested 8 domestic terrorists from his campus. They unleashed a campaign of violence against university officials and Jewish students.

Despite being under the microscope of the FBI, 48 hours before arrests were made, Grasso allowed a graduation ceremony for students who honored Hamas martyrs and participated in radical campus riots.

The ceremony celebrated the acts of these domestic terrorists.

One of the students who was arrested for throwing chemical agents into the home of a Board Regent was in attendance.

U of M fleeced taxpayers for $1.3 BILLION last year in federal funding. Your tax dollars funded what you’re seeing in the video.

[LoudisGood @creinis]

@KevinEspiritu May her memory be a blessing to you and all who love her.

[LoudisGood @creinis]

Wayne County homeowners with delinquent property taxes can enroll in an assistance program that reduces the interest rate on delinquent taxes from 18% to 6% for eligible taxpayers.

There is a catch, though. You need to apply before the program expires on June 30.

[Jessica Hallett @JHallettPhoto]

T shirts for sale to support the horsemen affected by today’s immense tragedy at Saratoga

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