Feinstein, who pushed for nationwide mask mandate, seen mask-less in public
Democratic California Sen. Dianne Feinstein chatted with her aides maskless in the corridors of a government building before entering a Tuesday hearing, video showed.
33% of independents, 16% of Democrats say election was ‘rigged’
A total of 28% of respondents said the presidential victor was declared through “illegal voting or election rigging,” which is nearly a two-fold increase from the 16% of Americans who said the same in 2016, Reuters reported.
Don’t send violent criminals to jail, Chittenden County State’s Attorney says
Should people arrested for committing violent crimes be sent to jail? Sarah George, Chittenden County State’s Attorney, doesn’t think so. Most violent perpetrators need mental health services instead, she said Friday.
Average age of death from COVID-19 about same as normal life expectancy
The average age of Americans who die from COVID-19 is approximately the same as the general life expectancy for the entire U.S. population, according to health data gathered from various sources.
Deputy Secretary of State Chris Winters defends Dominion vote tabulator machines
Vermont uses vote tabulation machines manufactured by Dominion, Deputy Secretary of State Chris Winters told Vermont Daily on Monday. However they are older models than the machines now under scrutiny in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, he said.
Stan Greer: Will a shakedown artist be rewarded with a cabinet post?
If the former vice president prevails in the ongoing fight over vote counts in the 2020 presidential election, a “lot of speculation has focused on Biden nominating” Weingarten or her partner in perpetuating school closures, just-retired NEA President Lily Eskelsen Garcia, to be his education secretary.
New Hampshire Gov. Sununu moving ahead with police reforms
The order calls for requiring body cameras for state police and mandates training for police officers on bias, racial profiling and de-escalation tactics. It also calls for improving records on police misconduct and creates a new unit within the state Department of Justice.
John Klar: Why a mandatory COVID vaccine is unconstitutional
COVID is now rampant, increasing herd immunity well ahead of a government-imposed pharmaceutical rescue. It is also less deadly, and a very far cry from the menaces of ebola, yellow fever, smallpox, or cholera that would justify government power to forcibly stick a needle in a child’s arm.
Canine cops fight out-of-state drug crime
Police dogs in recent, separate incidents on both sides of Vermont helped apprehend out-of-staters with illegal drug connections who were fleeing human police, police say.
11 defensive uses of guns that reveal ignorance of Biden, Harris on Second Amendment
Neither Democratic nominee Joe Biden, nor his running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris of California, believe that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to keep and bear arms. In other words, according to them, the government may restrict law-abiding citizens’ ability to possess any firearm, and for any reason.
Municipal voters in Vermont can prevent retail marijuana sales; cultivation can be restricted by zoning
Retail sales will only be allowed in communities that vote to opt-in. In other words: No marijuana retail store can open unless town voters affirmatively decide, at a warned meeting, to allow retail operations.
New Hampshire nearing another round of relief funding for businesses impacted by COVID-19
Similar to the first allocation, businesses must have experienced or anticipate losses due to COVID-19 to be eligible and must have received less than the $350,000 cap on grant money in the previous handout.