Teen regrets his ‘Frankenstein hack job’ 1 year after sex change
Less than a year after having gender surgery, Nathaniel now says, “This whole thing was a bad idea. I am 19 years old, and I feel as though I have ruined my life.”
McClaughry: Achieving net-zero CO2 emissions by 2050
It’s generally harmless when politicians make extravagant promises about things they say they can make happen 30 years from now, when most of them will be dead. But let’s examine just what steps the nations of the world would have to take to achieve that global 2050 net-zero target.
Daily Chronicle: Cannabis bribery, ‘scromiting’ front-page news in Massachusetts
Municipal officials are being investigated for soliciting and receiving big bribes from legal marijuana companies. Also, more people are visiting hospital emergency rooms for treatment for “scromiting.”
Nina Turner says Bernie Sanders’ agenda is ‘radical if ‘you’re already wealthy’
Democratic Ohio state Sen. Nina Turner said 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders’s agenda is “radical” for those who are “already wealthy” at a Tuesday campaign event.
Liberal pundits, activists strike back after Obama suggests Democrats not move too far left
Liberal pundits and activists criticized former President Barack Obama on Saturday morning after he suggested the Democratic Party should avoid leaning “too far left” ahead of the 2020 election.
6 key moments from day 2 of the public impeachment hearings
Marie Yovanovitch, a career foreign service officer first assigned to Ukraine about two months before Trump’s election, testified for five hours before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Here are six of the big moments from day two.
TNR Video Series: ‘Travels With Charlie – Vermont Politics in Real Life’ (Episode 11)
In the 11th episode of “Travels With Charlie – Vermont Politics in Real Life,” host Charlie Papillo leads a spin class with Mayor Miro Weinberger and City Council President Kurt Wright while discussing Burlington’s Great Streets project and how it’s impacting both car and pedestrian access to the city.
Lynn Edmunds: The structure of omission is controlling Vermonters
We must choose a path of liberty that preserves our constitutional republic or resign ourselves to the fact that, by the acceptance of our omission from participating in our self governance, we must be content living under a more communist-style rule.
Trump’s America: Stock market reaches 20th-record breaking high this year
The new mark came two days after Trump delivered a speech to the Economic Club of New York. Trump told Wall St. executives and economists that a Democratic victory in 2020 would endanger the stock market gains made under his presidency.
Daily Chronicle: Governor says time to wean Vermont solar power industry off of price supports
“There comes a time you have to wean yourself off. When you’re paying out more than you are receiving. It’s not a good market approach,” Gov. Scott said. “It was a great incentive to jumpstart the renewable sector.”
Poll: Nearly half of likely US voters oppose Medicare For All
The poll found 46% of likely U.S. voters oppose the universal health care plan similar to those proposed by 2020 Democratic candidates like Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, while 39% are in favor of such a program, the poll shows.
Ocasio-Cortez, Sanders introduce a new version of their Green New Deal
The new version calls for a $180 billion investment to retrofit public housing to eliminate all carbon emissions, The Hill reported Thursday. The housing units would use solar panels and other green energy resources to meet those goals.