“This brazen violation of international law gives a green light to any nation on earth that may wish to attack another country to seize their resources or change their governments.”
“This brazen violation of international law gives a green light to any nation on earth that may wish to attack another country to seize their resources or change their governments.”
You know, all of us have heard how “Zoram Mamdani’s opponents have called the agenda he campaigned on radical — communistic — and absolutely unachievable. Really? That’s not what we believe.”
The U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to vote as early as Tuesday on H.R. 3492, titled the Protect Children’s Innocence Act, legislation that would prohibit gender-related medical interventions for minors.
Bondi Beach mass shooting despite even tighter restrictions throws doubt on this idea.
At stake is more than bureaucratic transparency. Vermont is appealing the Trump administration’s denial of disaster relief for a July 2025 storm that caused $1.8 million in verified damage to roads and infrastructure in the Northeast Kingdom—damage that exceeded federal thresholds but was nonetheless rejected in November.
The legislation seeks to establish a standardized system where airlines must pay passengers for delays and cancellations that are deemed within the airline’s control.
There are many angles from which to view the “Scandalous Saga of the Seditious Six,” the recent Video-Gate story of six Democrat congresspeople who went public to admonish serving military personnel that they don’t need to follow orders they deem illegal.
The situation Vermonters are being warned about is not just a story of one spending bill or one vote. It is the product of a deeper policy design choice: treating a major subsidy as a temporary “emergency” measure, extending it in short increments, and allowing that structure to create a recurring policy cliff that repeatedly hangs over consumers and taxpayers.
They cite several incidents in which cisgender girls were subjected to investigations or public accusations after being perceived as not looking “feminine enough.”
About 30,000 residents of Vermont get their health insurance via the state’s Affordable Care Act marketplace. The Public Assets Institute reports that Vermonters would experience the most substantial premium hikes if the federal healthcare premium tax credits are not extended, given that Vermont already has the highest premiums nationwide.
Democrat senators willing to work with the GOP included Jean Shaheen and Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire and Angus King of Maine.
Who said this? “If you don’t have any borders, you don’t have a nation.” The speaker went on, “Trump did a better job. I don’t like Trump, but we should have a secure border. It ain’t that hard to do. Biden didn’t do it.” It was Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, in characteristic candor. If, as Milton Friedman argued, you can’t have open borders and a generous welfare state, Sanders, as a self-described socialist, prefers the welfare state.
According to testimony cited by the report, White House advisors discouraged cognitive testing and influenced medical assessments to protect Biden’s political prospects.
Simply put, there is no real-world evidence to back up the Senator’s claims. It also appears he is using fear about AI to jump-start his socialist economic agenda.
Before President Trump warned pregnant women to avoid taking Tylenol, three members of Congress dumped stock in the Fortune 500 company that makes the popular painkiller — sell-offs that saved them from incurring sizable losses, an investigation by The Center Square found.
All three members of Vermont’s congressional delegation blame Republicans for the ongoing Federal government shutdown, citing cuts in subsidized healthcare coverage and other government programs they say Americans depend on.
A federal ban would override Vermont’s carefully crafted state system. The “total THC” rule could make much of the hemp grown by Vermont farmers illegal overnight.
Currently, Wyoming’s delegation is ranked first nationally with a 90.65% alignment, while Vermont’s delegation is ranked the worst with just 0.66% alignment.
“We are now witnessing a full blown war on science, public health, and on truth itself,” said Sanders at the joint press conference.
The former Democrat says Sanders, AOC, Mamdani are threatening to tear apart or take over the Democratic Party, promoting “neo-Socialism.” “To be a member of their club, you have to have contempt for America.”
The House drafts a bill that riles up MAHA moms and environmental advocates.
The Dignity Act and the Big Beautiful Bill collide.
Opponents of the latest version of the SAFER (Secure And Fair Enforcement Regulation) banking legislation, long sought by the marijuana industry, say it could lead to higher THC levels and money laundering by cartels.
In a post on X late Thursday, Rep. Balint accused the Trump administration of attempting to bury the issue, sharing vintage photos of Trump alongside Epstein and others, including Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s former associate now serving a prison sentence.
This morning in Barre, Welch plans to listen to flood survivors, local officials, and emergency responders share their frustrations with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and long delays in receiving critical recovery assistance.
The OBBB now returns to the House, where the lower chamber will consider Senate changes to the bill it passed on May 22.
$45 billion for adult alien detention capacity and family residential centers. $2.5 billion for surface water storage. A 10% transfer tax on silencers. Funding prohibited for “specified gender transition procedures.”
Among other recipients, Bolton Valley Water and Community Development Co. will also receive $3 million to modernize wastewater facilities and construct new roadways to support housing and economic growth in Chittenden County.
Only Congress has the right to take the U.S. to war, said Sanders, Welch and Balint.
Rep. Becca Balint took to Facebook recently and warned that VA doctors can now refuse care to Democrats — a claim that must have caused fear and concern to her Vermont constituents and veterans. But the troubling part isn’t just the claim itself: it’s that a sitting member of Congress, with access to primary documents and official statements, fell for a debunked narrative without pausing to verify the facts.
The bill follows Israeli military strikes on Iranian nuclear and military targets on Friday, June 13.
Balint calls gender reassignment treatments “necessary to keep [children] alive”
VDC estimates our clip has been viewed 2.5 million times on X alone and millions more on national television.
All the while, Tulsi Gabbard, and many other Americans, were placed on the Silent Partners’ Quiet Skies list with little to no visibility, awareness, explanation, or oversight.
Last week, Vermont’s sole Congresswoman, Rep. Becca Balint, held a town hall where she stated that if we don’t increase immigration, “we’re not gonna have anyone around to wipe our asses.”
Congress has passed a measure to overturn California’s phased-in 2035 ban on the sale of new gas cars.
Reconciliation bills are considered by Congress using expedited legislative procedures that prevent a filibuster and restrict amendments in the Senate.
This disruption by Ben Cohen and others at the hearing is yet another example of what some are calling a ‘Heckler’s Veto’ – also exercised bytrans activists at a State House seminar in March.
A teachable moment (for others, not Bernie, who will never learn).
President Donald Trump signed an executive order yesterday (5/12) implementing a “Most Favored Nation” policy that aims to align U.S. prescription drug prices. Sen. Bernie Sanders immediately promised he would work with Trump to turn the EO into a law and challenged the president to get onboard when he introduces legislation.
Balint’s defense of constitutional rights appears to be based on the political or ideological identity of those affected, rather than on a consistent belief in protecting the rights of all individuals.
Vermont does not have a traditional “national park” under the National Park Service, like the Grand Canyon or Yosemite. However, it does have federally protected areas that are influenced by federal policies.
The state is actively fighting fentanyl deaths, yet Welch voted against a bill designed to stop the source of the problem—traffickers distributing the fentanyl.
Advocates believe that an Article V Convention of States is a crucial step toward ensuring lasting change in Washington, D.C., and empowering state legislatures to take a more active role in governance.
The speech, part of the so-called “S–t That Ain’t True” campaign, primarily attacked the president on economic policy, citing the rising cost of eggs.
Demanding Bobby Kennedy cancels others’ messaging is absurd!
RFK to Bernie: “In 2020 you were the single largest receiver of pharmaceutical money.”
“Under President Trump’s direction, Kennedy will reform America’s food system by taking strong action against ultra-processed foods and harmful food additives. Food safety, nutrition, and public health will be at the forefront of his efforts to ensure foods are safe, wholesome, and properly labeled,” Klar’s letter states.
All 45 Democrats and the two independents, Sens. Angus King of Maine and Bernie Sanders of Vermont, caucusing with them opposed the nomination.
Schools that allow “a person whose sex is male to participate in an athletic program or activity that is designated for women or girls” could lose Fed. funding.
51 Democrats joined Republicans in voting to protect their constituents. But Becca Balint stood with 158 Democrats who voted “nay.”
Editor’s note: The holidays are a particularly lonely time of year for many people. Rep. Balint’s bill addresses a real problem.
Funding will support flood control, water infrastructure, and the Town of Vernon.
Welch also would restrict deporting Palestinians, impose Supreme Court term limits, and shut down offshore oil and gas rigs
Sanders wants to help Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency, which is co-led by Tesla CEO Elon Musk and tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy.
Reduced hours harm local economies, public safety, and cross-border workers in towns like Alburgh, Canaan, Derby Line, North Troy, and West Berkshire, Vermont’s three members of Congress said.
Biden proposes Medicare, Medicaid cover weight-loss drugs.
Republicans have a 97% chance of winning control of the House.
The Balint campaign took $1 million from a PAC set up by disgraced crypto financier Sam Bankman-Fried.
Most ceremonial photo-op checks do not portray the name of the elected official in the upper left hand corner, where the name of the account owner typically appears.
Balint voted against 51 Democrats in voting against a bill that “establishes that domestic violence crimes and sex offenses shall be grounds for making a non-U.S. national (alien under federal law) inadmissible and deportable.”
Invaded by Hamas, Israel will lack offensive weapons from the U.S., if Bernie Sanders gets his way.
“Let America Vote Act of 2024”: Noncitizen cannot vote in ANY taxpayer-funded elections in the US, held by or in any State, nor permitted locally.
The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee voted 13-7 on Thursday to advance the name of Attorney Mary Kay Lanthier of Orwell to serve as the next federal judge for Vermont.
“I vehemently object to giving the Prime Minister a platform when his failed leadership has brought so much death and destruction to Palestinians and Israelis,” Rep. Becca Balint said.
Vermont’s two U.S. senators expressed personal sympathies for Donald Trump after the assassination attempt on Saturday, just days after they called him a tyrant and ‘the most dangerous president’ in the nation’s history.
The SAVE bill, if it becomes federal law, would require the unregistration of non-citizens from voter rolls allowing them to potentially vote in a federal election.
Kremlin issues warning over US involvement in ‘barbaric’ Crimea attack; Senate Democrats put ‘Draft Women’ clause in National Defense Authorization Act
Welch chaired the whole hearing in the absence of Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Illinois, the regular chair, who missed a large part of the session.
Globalists want to tax the ultrawealthy.
Federal money ticketed for Wrightsville, East Barre and Waterbury dams, and more.
The FIrst Amendment reads, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press…” Does HR 6090 violate that right?
In a survey by the state after last summer’s flooding, 70% of farmers said they didn’t have crop or livestock insurance.
From affordable housing and infrastructure improvements to workforce development and clean water, these projects will help communities around the state thrive.
“By requiring federal agencies to use AI in proactive ways, such as boosting grid resiliency and improving weather forecasts, this bill will allow us to better predict and respond to extreme weather events and mitigate their impacts,” Welch said.
Paul Burns, the executive director of the Vermont Public Interest Research Group in Montpelier, Xusana Davis, executive director of Racial Equity for the state, and Barbara Prine, a staff attorney at Vermont Legal Aid in Burlington are all listed as have zero cases in federal court.
With other Republican governors are on Texas, Gov. Phil Scott has gone national with his support for the Border Bill.
Netanyahu says a Palestinian state would become a launching ground for further attacks against Israel.
The report also notes that anytime wages are raised, the cost of the goods or services will rise accordingly.
Welch calling on Biden to swiftly nominate candidates to fill upcoming vacancies on the USPS Board of Governors who will fight for our rural communities and hold Postmaster Louis DeJoy accountable.
Sanders also promotes prescription price controls reducing prescription prices over 50 percent.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Wednesday evening spoke on the floor of the U.S. Senate about Israel, Palestine, and the humanitarian disaster in Gaza.
Last week, a group of Progressive protesters demonstrated outside of his offices, urging him to call for a pause in the hostilities.
Mike Johnson is pro-life, taught at Liberty University, and led House Republicans seeking to overturn Donald Trump’s 2020 loss in court.
One Vermont state senator wants an end to the state of Israel, while another stands strong with the Jewish state.
Sanders accused of using the chairman’s gavel to “manipulate federal labor proceedings and send a signal of political support for one side in an ongoing labor strike.”
“I believe Speaker McCarthy did the best he could with the hand he was dealt,” VTGOP Chair Paul Dame said.
The Constitutionally-protected primacy of the Congress is clear, and all parties need to remember this.
Sen. Peter Welch wants a Democratic corruption-ridden Senate colleague to resign. He’s also thrilled that the IRS now has more money and staff to collect revenue from taxpayers.
Following the 50th anniversary of the bloody U.S.-backed coup d’état against democratically-elected Chilean President Salvador Allende, Congress might apologize.
Vermont’s Congressional delegation doesn’t ask their colleagues for a specific dollar amount for flood recovery and mitigation. But the wish list is long and expensive. Where’s Pat Leahy when you really need him?
This is not the first time that Vermont’s self-described democratic socialist has been in the spotlight for questionable financial decisions involving his family.
It pays to be family with Vermont’s socialist senior senator.
“There’s a lot of power in accepting, in acceptance,” Sen. Peter Welch said near the end of a Senate hearing in which swimmer Riley Gaines complained about having to share locker rooms with a biological male.
Vermont’s lone Congressperson has a minority seat on the influential House Judiciary Committee.
A Cherokee and U.S. senator from Oklahoma takes issue with a children’s book blaming white people for creating the concept of race.
“At a time when climate change is, by far, the most existential threat facing our country and the entire world I cannot, in good conscience, vote for a bill that makes it easier for fossil fuel companies to pollute and destroy the planet by fast-tracking the disastrous Mountain Valley Pipeline,” Sanders said.
“America should pay what it owes and stop allowing our economy to be held hostage to an extreme right-wing agenda.”
“It’s not taxpayer money, and it’s not a bailout,” Balint said on today’s Morning Drive program on WVMT.
“If there is a bailout of Silicon Valley Bank, it must be 100 percent financed by Wall Street and large financial institutions,” Sen. Bernie Sanders said.