#Vermonters join national movement to #ProtestTrump administration policies

Hundreds of protesters took to the Statehouse steps in #MontpelierVermont on Wednesday as part of nationwide efforts to resist the president’s recent actions.

by Erin Petenko February 5, 2025, 2:22 pm

"Hundreds of Vermonters joined a protest against the Trump administration on the steps of the Statehouse on Wednesday — part of a national movement to resist President Donald #Trump’s policies since he came into office two weeks ago.

"The #protest movement, titled 50501, is a decentralized initiative to bring protests to every state capitol in the nation. Vermonters arrived at the Statehouse in Montpelier with signs, flags and chants, despite the blustery 13-degree weather. [it was a balmy 24 degrees here in Maine.]

"The themes of attendees’ signs ranged from objections to #ElonMusk’s involvement in the administration to supporting #LGBTQ+ rights, #AbortionRights and the #Palestinian cause. If any thread unified the protesters, it was the desire to push back against what they said was Trump’s anti-democratic approach to his presidential power and harm to #marginalized people.

"Several state legislators attended the protest, joining in on chants and speaking to folks in the crowd. Among them were Rep. Mari Cordes, D-Lincoln; Rep. Saudia LaMont, D-Morristown; and Rep. Jubilee McGill, D-Bridport, who told VTDigger the Trump administration had been front-of-mind for them, not only as individuals but also as representatives of a small state likely to be heavily affected by Trump policies such as his proposed tariffs."

Source:
https://vtdigger.org/2025/02/05/vermonters-join-national-movement-to-protest-trump-administration-policies/
#50501Movement #50501Protests #ResistFascism #Resist

Vermonters join national movement to protest Trump administration policies

Hundreds of protesters took to the Statehouse steps in Montpelier on Wednesday as part of nationwide efforts to resist the president’s recent actions.

VTDigger

Will you join us, #Vermont?
#50501
🚨VIOLENCE OF ANY KIND WILL NOT BE TOLERATED🚨

#MontpelierVermont

"Join us in peaceful protests against #Project2025 the the #Trump Administration's extremist policies. Bring your signs, flags, and voices."

February 5th, 2025 12PM
Meet at the Vermont State Capitol

#RejectProject2025 #protest
#antifa #antifascism
#Democracy #50501movement #USpol

DJing a #goth #industrial night in #montpeliervermont tonight!

My secret? Being 15+ years older than the other DJs is instant credibility due to my closer proximity to death!

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Either a heck of a lot of people have lately fled Brattleboro or WorldAtlas has downsized our population.

Glad to see that Brattleboro is joined in this area by Bellows Falls and Wilmington. One of my all-time favorite baseball players was born in Bellows Falls: - Carlton Fisk. One of America's greatest marches, "The National Emblem," had its debut performance in Bellows Falls.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_-e0F4ednI

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Brattleboro is not the only place that does well in these surveys of Vermont towns. So do Manchester, Montpelier, Shelburne, and Stowe. This, though, is the first I remember seeing of Dorset. Dorset is historic in several ways I know of. One of the founders of a life-saving organization, Alcoholics Anonymous, was a Dorset native. In recent times, some degree of mirth was produced when his childhood home was crashed into by a drunk driver. Simeon Pease Cheney (1818-1890), a singer in the musical Cheney Family of Vermont, settled in Dorset. He is remembered still for promoting singing conventions.

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