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Brian Shelden

@shelden4vt.bsky.social

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Democratic activist in #vtpoli. City Councilor, Essex Junction (VT). Retired programmer, triathlete, and Diplomacy player

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Brian Shelden @shelden4vt.bsky.social · Apr 9

Thank you so much to the Essex Junction voters for trusting and believing in me. I am humbled and excited to get to work!

TY to all the volunteers that wrote postcards, honked and waved, knocked on doors, and donated time, money, and stamps. W/o you, none of this is possible.

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Tape from EJ election results Apr 8 2025

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TheRoadie. @roadie63.bsky.social · 14h

ANY ARRESTS? Among the millions upon millions of "violent leftist radicals" that took to the streets today I cannot find word of a single arrest. Even when everything is peaceful there is usually an overzealous cop or something. This is unheard of. We need to beat the media over the head with it.

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Brian Shelden @shelden4vt.bsky.social · 15h

Great (~1000) turnout in little Essex Junction VT #nokings

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3d

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Brian Shelden @shelden4vt.bsky.social · 2d

I’m supposed my corner in Essex Junction this weekend. Join us? Can I count you?

Acorn Baden @acornbaden.bsky.social · 3d

Volunteer Call Post
Join a nationwide team to help track the scale of the No Kings Day on Saturday, October 18! Interested?
Email [email protected] to reserve your time and platform! Training & support provided, no prior experience needed. Let’s make No Kings Day count, together

Brian Shelden @shelden4vt.bsky.social · 3d

I don't usually agree with Phil Scott, but, credit where due: I agree that Sen. Sam Douglass should step down.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 5d

Authoritarianism is a cancer. And it's growing, metastasizing. In America. Now.

YOU are the cure. Do your part and join us on Saturday.

Do it for your country. For the Constitution. For your freedoms.

While you still can.

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MFCarter @mfcarter.bsky.social · 6d

Happy Indigenous People's Day.

So today—October 13, 2025—is not just a Monday. It’s a day Vermont sets aside to honor Native history, resilience, and living cultures.

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Nick Covington @covingtonedu.bsky.social · 6d

"They want transgender for everybody"

Yeah, I don't know what to tell you? Nonchalant acceptance of transgender & gender non-conforming people of all kinds *should* be an American ideal of the highest order: You be you, live your life. We should all have the opportunity to be so free. 🤷🏼‍♂️

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A Republic If You Can Keep It @arepublicif.bsky.social · 5d

Everything we are suffering from is volitional.

Our entire population could be housed, fed, & have health care.

We could be meaningfully combating the climate crisis.

Instead we are zip-tying children, immolating our vaccine system, & doing everything to protect a child rapist.

#NoKings 10/18

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 6d

Be there. Saturday, October 18th.
www.nokings.org

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 5d

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day.

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Brian Shelden @shelden4vt.bsky.social · 5d

Vermonters: please Join us in Essex Jct

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 5d

"Authoritarianism, it's a cancer. The symptoms are here, today... We thought it couldn't happen here... and now the disease is growing, metastasizing in America. But there is a cure—it requires you. On October 18, Americans will stand up, peacefully, for what makes America, America." nokings.org

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 5d

It's time again as a notable Italian-American to note Christopher Columbus was an absolute piece of shit human who didn't land anywhere near this actual country so why the fuck should he stop the mail for the whole day

Anyway, Happy Indigenous People's Day, y'all

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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 6d

I don’t understand why we need a “Columbus Day” when this country celebrates incompetent white men failing up and taking what isn’t theirs all year round.

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Brian Shelden @shelden4vt.bsky.social · 6d

Ever ask what you would have done during the fight for abolition? Or in the 1930s? That time is now. Join us.

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No Kings | 5 Corners | Essex Junction | 3:00 pm

Event in Essex Junction, VT by Susan McCormack on Saturday, October 18 2025

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 7d

No Kings,
For the love of America.

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

nokings.org

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 8d

Just a reminder, the layoffs in govt were just done out of spite, not necessity

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 13d

As a retired journalism professor, I believe every newsroom in America must now develop Civil War Protocols: how it will conduct the profession of journalism when Donald Trump declares martial law and systematically ends our democracy. If your newsroom isn't prepared for this, it's rank malpractice.