In the 26th episode of “Travels With Charlie — Vermont Politics in Real Life,” host Charlie Papillo moderates a “gubernatorial debate” between Democratic candidate for governor Rebecca Holcombe and Republican candidate John Klar.
How have identity politics, victimhood, and identitarian division contributed to the destruction of America? How can this ideology be rebuffed?
A debate is raging over how elections are to be held in the fall. Is a pandemic reason to hold an election by mail? Would widespread mail-in voting lead to voter fraud and skew election results? Hans von Spakovsky joins the podcast to discuss.
This short 5-minute video shows some of the events that took place on the Statehouse lawn on the Fourth of July in Montpelier.
In the 25th episode of “Travels With Charlie — Vermont Politics in Real Life,” host Charlie Papillo discusses controversial vote-by-mail elections with Vermont Secretary of State Jim Condos and former state Rep. Paul Dame.
In the 24th episode of “Travels With Charlie — Vermont Politics in Real Life,” host Charlie Papillo discusses campaigning with Republican Party Chair Deb Billado and Democratic Party Executive Director Scott McNeil.
With the cancel culture in full swing across America, political commentator Tucker Carlson asks, “What American holiday should be canceled next?”
In the 23rd episode of “Travels With Charlie — Vermont Politics in Real Life,” host Charlie Papillo discusses the benefit cliffs and safety-net programs with former legislator Oliver Olsen and John Badgewick as they build a bird house.
In the 22nd episode of “Travels With Charlie — Vermont Politics in Real Life,” host Charlie Papillo discusses the Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI) with Sen. Dick Mazza and Rep. Mike McCarthy.
“Most Americans are cordial to their neighbors. They work cross aisles, racially and ethically, on projects at work and other places. So we need to not buy into the narrative that we’re hearing from on high now … that America is systemically racist. This is not true.”
“Something terrifying has descended on America. Terrible ideas suddenly have free reign. And why? Because no one pushes back.”