In defense of the decision, Scott points to an “unacceptable disparity” in the pace of vaccination for Vermonters who are BIPOC. What Scott fails to acknowledge is that the disparity is the direct result of his own policies.
Estimates put Catherine’s estate value at somewhere between $50,000 and $75,000 (over $2 million today), according to the New England Historical Society. Not a bad legacy by a fiery redhead who flouted the law during her brief 45 years around the sun.
President Joe Biden is creating a commission to study the impact of expanding the Supreme Court. During the 2020 presidential election, Biden refused to address whether he would pack the court, insisting that he would not provide such an answer until at least 180 days after he became president.
Crenshaw’s words should serve as a warning to those of us who recognize the essential nature of free speech to a healthy republic. Authoritarians have recognized the power and reach of social media and Big Tech, and will use the language of “social good” to try and curtail ideas they don’t like.
What do the three states with the highest COVID-19 cases per capita over the last week have in common? None of them are governed by Republicans. What do the three states with the lowest unemployment rates have in common? None of them are governed by Democrats.
Since President Joe Biden was sworn into office, Republican states have waged war on his agenda, suing the administration on climate change, energy, immigration and taxation policy. But the conservative attorneys general who started filing the lawsuits in March said they aren’t done yet.
Public employees across America are growing weary of unions that do not represent their interests, says Elisabeth Kines, the national executive director of Americans for Fair Treatment.
Democrats have repeatedly denounced the new Georgia election integrity law that requires IDs for absentee ballots, but seldom criticize blue states that have comparable laws on their books — or in some cases, laws making it more difficult to vote than in Georgia.
Vermonters’ liberties have been compromised in numerous ways because of COVID: mask mandates, business and school closures, freedom of worship, assembly, speech, and travel — and now a vaccination identification card? Vermonters will gather May 1 at the Vermont State House to discuss these many encroachments on freedom.
The Excelsior Pass, launched in early April, is the nation’s first state-sponsored COVID-19 vaccine passport program. The program enables private venues such as concert halls and arenas to scan a QR code on New Yorkers’ phones to verify their vaccine status prior to granting entry.
Here are just some of the problems with the new spending proposal: a $2.75 trillion tax hike would stunt post-pandemic economic recovery, less than 5% of spending goes to roads and bridges, and there’s $400 billion in welfare and health spending and $174 billion in subsidies for electric vehicles.
“They’re too young to be doing these procedures,” Walt Heyer said of young people who go through gender transitions. “They end up mutilating their bodies and destroying their lives, and by the time they’re 21 or 22 years old, they wish they’d never done it.”