Carolyn Crowley | Designer + Photographer

Photographing to keep myself sane.

Bristol, Vermont tonight

He’s my inspiration! I’ll keep trying!

Stand with science. Always.

While democracy and my cat’s health falls apart, I draw hearts with cat heads. Because why not. Love your cats!! ❤️

Looking for owls in my feed? Like really Superb Owls. Got any? Here I’ll start.

CONSTITUTIONAL STANDOFF *Special Alert from The Contrarian*

contrarian.substack.com/p/constituti...

Jeffries Works With N.Y. Democrats to Weaken G.O.P. Control of the House New York lawmakers may give Gov. Kathy Hochul more time to schedule special elections, a move backed by the House Democratic leader that could keep a key seat vacant for months.

Many were at the USAID protest.

Check out Bernie’s address on YouTube this weekend.

Also this: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/n...

And more.

Many gave press conferences and will give more press conferences. (Check out YouTube)

Many are holding town halls.

The Dem committee of oversight wrote demands: oversightdemocrats.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

Hakeem Jeffries lays out 10-part war plan for Democrats to take on Trump Jeffries previewed plans to use the government funding process as leverage to reverse some of Trump's moves.

Dems have been speaking out all day and telling everyone what they are doing. You have to go to each rep directly-their website + social media channels.

Some highlights:
Ken Martin is on Rachel Maddow tonight at 9 pm

Hakeem Jeffries is filing lawsuits against Musk:
www.axios.com/2025/02/03/h...

The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Government Takeover Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure.

www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

Moon and Venus last night in Vermont.

Musk’s team has access to all our bank info and social security info. The news is not covering this. Please call (not email) your reps.

Democrats Are Having A Very Good Week Of Blocking Trump Democrats are pushing back against Trump's agenda in the courts and they are having a lot of success.

Follow your reps directly. Keep calling. We can’t count on mainstream media.

This is how you resist.

I appreciate and respect the content you share. But constantly saying the dems aren’t doing anything—feeds into the MAGA narrative and helps their cause. We can’t count on mainstream media. We all need to follow reps directly, elevate their voices, and call our reps daily about our concerns.

Vermont Orgs Announce Layoffs, Cutbacks After Funding Freeze About 50 people participated in a virtual roundtable hosted by U.S. Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) on Friday to discuss the local ramifications of a chaotic week.

Vermont nonprofits still don’t have access to crucial federal funds to operate. Including Vermont Family Network, our main org that supports families worh disabilities: m.sevendaysvt.com/news/vermont...?

Why is this guy so popular here in Vermont.

A Learjet crashed in northeast Philadelphia with at least two people on board, while en route to Springfield-Branson National Airport in Missouri, according to the Federal Aviation Administration https://www.wsj.com/us-news/small-plane-crashes-in-northeast-philadelphia-201f57af?mod=bluesky

Musk pushes out top Treasury official over effort to access US government payment system: report Musk reportedly sought to access the system responsible for paying Social Security benefits and federal contracts

It keeps getting worse.

I asked to be added but never heard back.

Trump's FCC chief opens investigation into NPR and PBS Brendan Carr, the new head of the Federal Communications Commission under President Trump, says the public broadcasters are being investigated for allegedly running commercials.

President Donald Trump's new head of the Federal Communications Commission has ordered an investigation of NPR and PBS, with an eye toward unraveling federal funding for all public broadcasting.

Omg make the insanity of this psycho stop

Comparing Crime Rates Between Undocumented Immigrants, Legal Immigrants, and Native-born US Citizens in Texas | Office of Justice Programs This study used uniquely comprehensive arrest data from the Texas Department of Public Safety to compare the criminality of undocumented immigrants to legal immigrants and native-born U.S. citizens be...

Read this quick, before the administration takes it down. A 2020 paper on a study conducted with NFS and NIJ grants, which found that undocumented immigrants commit significantly fewer felonies per capita than either native-born citizens or legal immigrants. 🧵

Trump rescinds freeze on federal funding The development follows a federal judge's order Tuesday that temporarily blocked the effort to pause federal payments for grants and other programs.

The Office of Management and Budget has rescinded its call for a pause on federal assistance, according to the agency's memo shared by Democracy Forward, which led a legal challenge over the effort.

Video from the sunset last night.

#LakeChamplain #Vermont #PhotographersUnited #BurlingtonVT

Federal student loans, Pell Grants not tied up in funding pause, but will be reviewed The Education Department said Tuesday that federal student loans and Pell Grants won't stop flowing to students amid a broader federal funding pause.

It seems funding for colleges are not being targeted in this latest pause. BUT instead colleges have until Feb 7 to answer questions confirming that they will comply w/MAGA directives and ideology, or they DO risk losing all federal financial aid and funding. WTF www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...

Totally effing unqualified

Fantastic!

The sky was ablaze tonight in Burlington, Vermont. What did the sunset look like where you are tonight?

#Vermont #PhotographersUnited