A “fair and impartial policing” executive order issued by Gov. Phil Scott gives the Vermont Department of Public Safety sweeping new powers in the hiring, training and oversight of local and state police agencies.
I’ve seen time and again how voters are being intentionally kept in the dark by the Vermont blue supermajority in the House and Senate. Here are three-plus things you should know in order to make an informed decision come election time.
Critical theory is an unremitting attack on all the norms, traditions, and institutions of American society. It is now all the rage at universities, from critical legal theory in the law schools to critical race theory in the humanities departments. From there, it has infected the rest of society.
As of late August, the deficit for the year has surpassed the $4 trillion mark and the national debt is nearing an astounding $27 trillion. In other words, that’s $200,000 for each and every household across America.
Led by a president who is a self-described Antifa supporter, the 10,000-member umbrella group for smaller private and public sector unions fulfilled a 2019 promise to choose the Progressive Party over the Democratic Party.
The current Black Lives Matter “movement” — loosely organized, vague of message, quick to commit violence and silence others — is much more akin to the Malcolm X than the Martin Luther King philosophy. Indeed, BLM activists would likely call MLK an “Uncle Tom.”
“Let me be clear: this is reckless behavior and the kind of behavior that undermines our planning and will lead to us switching to a fully remote mode,” James Dean Jr., the university president, said in a statement.
President Donald Trump said in a tweet Sunday that the Department of Education would stop funding public schools if they teach the New York Times’ 1619 Project.
A federal court decided last week that schools can’t ban students from using the restroom that matches their desired gender identity, in what BuzzFeed News called “a significant legal win for transgender rights.”
This week the House will accept the minor Senate amendments and vote to send the bill to the governor. He can sign it, let it become law without his signature, or veto it. Gov. Scott has powerful grounds for a veto.
A newly appointed panel of unelected “stakeholders” will design a plan to meet the GHG reduction mandates and give it to the unelected bureaucrats at Agency of Natural Resources (ANR), who will then create, implement, and enforce rules impacting the lives and livelihoods of Vermonters based on that plan.
Twice as many people have died in car crashes so far this year compared to 2019. Opioid overdoses are up 50%. In both cases state officials say the pandemic is at least partly to blame.