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Study shows huge cost of Sanders’ ‘Medicare for All’ plan

In a new cost analysis, Charles Blahous, formerly a member of the Medicare board of trustees, concludes that Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ “Medicare for All” bill would cost a breathtaking $32.6 trillion over 10 years.

August 1, 2018 in U.S..
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Roper: Vermont off track for greenhouse gas goal — so what?

Even if Vermont reached the goal of 50 percent below 1990, what impact would that have on global climate change? None. If we scrapped the whole plan tomorrow would the world be worse off? No.

August 1, 2018 in Commentary.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Spakovsky: ‘Undocumented immigrant’ a made-up term that ignores the law

The U.S. Justice Department has reminded its lawyers that the legally correct term they should be using in their briefs is “illegal alien,” not the euphemism “undocumented immigrant.” The Justice Department leadership is correct. Illegal alien is the correct legal term that should be used.

August 1, 2018 in Commentary.
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What impact will the individual mandate repeal have on premiums?

A comparison of the CAP “sabotage” estimates with preliminary 2019 rate filings in cities in 17 states compiled by the Kaiser Family Foundation suggests CAP vastly overestimated the effects of these policy changes on premiums.

August 1, 2018 in Commentary.
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Northern neighbors’ green-energy blues bad omen for Vermont

“The high cost of power has driven manufacturing jobs out and away and down by 300,000 in 15 years or less. Ontario, in short, should be a cautionary tale for Vermont and everywhere — a complete disaster,” Lange said.

July 31, 2018 in TNR News.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

Soros-backed group joins ranks with Planned Parenthood, NARAL to stop Kavanaugh confirmation

The group’s latest addition, Demand Justice, has pledged $5 million to stop Kavanaugh from being confirmed to the Supreme Court. The group was established in the spring of 2018 and is financed by the Sixteen Thirty Fund, a 501(c)(4).

July 31, 2018 in U.S..
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Vermont asks court to dismiss racism complaint by black Shumlin inauguration protester

The Vermont Attorney General’s Office, which is representing the defendants, contends the suit should be dismissed because the defendants are protected by sovereign immunity and Linton’s failure to state a constitutional violation.

July 31, 2018 in TNR News.
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What Jeff Sessions’ new task force will do to defend religious freedom

Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced a task force on religious liberty Monday to build on President Donald Trump’s earlier executive action to provide protections for what some call Americans’ “first freedom” under the First Amendment.

July 31, 2018 in U.S..
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Protesters knock health insurance rate increases, tout health care as ‘a right’

The Green Mountain Care Board took heat from protesters and members of the public last week, as health care consumers reacted negatively to potential rate increases from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont and MVP.

July 30, 2018 in TNR News.
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Roper: Howard Dean commits act of candor, says tax increases for all

Squeezing just “the rich” won’t be enough to satisfy the progressives’ thirst for other people’s money. Everybody will be squeezed, and squeezed hard.

July 30, 2018 in Commentary.
Williston Police Department

Windham County residents and former Burlington city councilor arrested in ICE protest

Six Windham County adults were among 11 protesters arrested for blocking traffic during a demonstration outside an office for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Chittenden County on Saturday, Williston Police said.

July 30, 2018 in TNR News.
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Therapists seeing patients with Trump Derangement Syndrome

Urban Dictionary defines Trump Derangement Syndrome as “a mental condition in which a person has been driven effectively insane due to their dislike of Donald Trump, to the point at which they will abandon all logic and reason.”

July 30, 2018 in U.S..

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