A farmer from the islands and a retired doctor in Derby show how citizen advocacy is done.
A farmer from the islands and a retired doctor in Derby show how citizen advocacy is done.
A young Milton man decides to run for his local school board, amid concerns about educators – not parents or school boards – deciding what shall be taught.
Patriotism and propaganda can and will blind even intelligent people.
The House holdouts won out against the tyranny of the one and tyranny of the many.
Two former candidates from opposite ends of the Vermont political spectrum address Jan. 6 and climate change.
It’s a serious national security problem when a majority of the people dislike this country.
If Republican candidates were influenced positively by social media censorship and Justice/FBI departments, it would be front page news and scourged for weeks.
Top National Security officials say China is a serious threat, but Joe Biden’s doing little about it.
Donald Trump will make you sick, but he is the only thing powerful enough to rid us of this cancer.
Now THAT would be atonement.
Vermont, the “Reproductive Surgery” State.
The #4 finisher in the race for Congress offers grateful reflections.
I met so many great people on the campaign trail. The joy this brings me far outweighs any sadness.
They weren’t elected, but they were still successful.
Life is full of disappointments and the result of this election is one of them. But the journey continues….
A candidate who finished third in a two-seat district offers thoughts about renewable power, Article 22, and good government.
Vermonters say – Jim Condos knows about a Progressive manipulating the unlawful opening of ballot bags – Phil Scott ignores the will of the people – Dem/Progs should be voted out for botching affordable childcare and energy
A pro-choice reader from Newfane is waiting for a correction from Bernie Sanders and/or Becca Balint after Sanders publicly called Madden ‘anti-choice.’
A voter from tiny Williamsville says he’s done voting for Peter Welch on autopilot.
As Election Day nears, candidates and other citizens weigh in.
Supporters of freedom from government vax mandates, take note.
My experience with Bernie Sanders’ office is that English is the second or third language therein.
Joe Biden has made another inexcusable verbal blunder. But his spoken errors are nothing compared to policy mistakes.
A retired businessman from Lyndon, Charles Wilson wants to go to Montpelier to fight the climate emergency agenda.
Yep, it really can cost $29,000 to replace an old EV battery with a new one.
A new kind of Chittenden County senator for a new, suburban Chittenden County senate district.
People are now afraid to speak the truth against lawlessness, socialism and current immoral behavior for fear of losing their job or being falsely accused of racism.
The anti-fossil fuel agenda is pushing poor people back into poverty, letter writer says.
Why can’t Democratic presidents promote prosperity? And will Barre City Council agree to fly Old Glory on 9/11?
News flash: the era of big government is over – not.
Letter writers react to primary results (or lack thereof) and the confusing upcoming statewide referendum.
GOP Lt. Gov. nominee Joe Benning: “Yesterday, we sent a message that the Vermont Republican Party is not a party of divisive rhetoric or extremist ideology.”
Greg Thayer, who lost his bid for the GOP nomination for lieutenant governor, writes: “Tammy and I are very humbled by this experience visiting many communities in our beautiful State, meeting many of you and your family, visiting your businesses and listening to your hopes, goals, concerns and fears. I heard you. I will continue to speak out for you in the years to come.”
So the question becomes, what is the best strategy to defeat this Article 22 in November?
Another crippling casualty of Bidenflation: mortgage payments.
We need a steady hand on the gavel in the Senate, someone who knows and loves this chamber, Paul Cook of Barre says.
Senate candidate Myers Mermel’s plan for satellite-based internet will deliver connectivity sooner and cheaper than laying fiber-optic cable.
A Montpelier resident lets his imagination run free on solutions for the ongoing problem of semi drivers getting their rigs stuck in scenic, tortuous Smugglers’ Notch.
As it turns out, we’re not as free as we thought we were.
As the 2022 primary balloting begins today, a longtime moderate Vermont Republican asks his local community newspaper to cover the campaign fully and fairly.
A former Vermont Secretary of Agriculture says farm-raised Molly Gray is the best pick for Congress.
Washington pols have taken Big Pharma blood money, and look out for the Biden Blackout!
In the Northeast Kingdom we have seen hasty green energy policy push subsidies for industrial wind turbines, and it has given us much pause before enacting further policies that are unclear and undefined.
The MAGA crowd believes inflation is a tax increase that deflates the value of their income, while Biden’s fiscal and energy policies have fueled the inflation spiral.
The Vermont GOP, in desperation for a quantity of members, has covered their eyes to the fact that Governor Phil Scott actively participates in the erosion of parental rights, gun rights, and the right to life: the essential principles of our country, our Constitution, and the platform of the Vermont GOP.
Progressives are all about storytelling, and the story isn’t true, a Burlington man says.
Biden policies created runaway inflation, the green agenda is crippled our energy independence, and a Vergennes Progressive promised he would not support a Vermont-only carbon tax.
For these two letter writers, abortion should be a non-starter in the Legislature and in the ‘clinics.’
A positive paradigm shift starts with electing school board members who will mandate the administration focus on math, science, literacy, and teach students to be critical thinkers.
Supporters of 16-17 year old voting should follow the science, a Ph.D. says.
The United States was once the leader of the free world. We’re now humiliated and ignored in just one year due to the election of Joe Biden as President.
Problems feeding 133 paper ballots into Barre City voting tabulators at last Tuesday’s City Meeting led the City Clerk to have them transcribed onto other pieces of paper and then tabulated. Brian Judd questions the transparency and integrity of transcribing ballots.
Letting parents choose how to spend their school taxes makes sense. And spending $16,000 per student doesn’t.
By withdrawing support from two key pipelines, Biden assures Russia’s war-making treasury will be full to overflowing.
A former lawmakers wonders why Congress won’t do more to stop the existential threat of the Chinese government. And the Vermont League of Women Voters wants Ranked Choice Voting.
A new Senate bill would intimidate Vermonters from expressing their views to their ‘public servants.’ How about prison for freedom-infringing lawmakers?
Jacqueline Brook writes how her own experiences with vaccine injury apply to the pandemic.
The old-fashioned cold remedies have worked well for Jacqueline Brook of Putney.
With Build Back Better in limbo, Democrats have a renewed focus to take control of state elections.
Political collectives of special interest are depriving humanity of its just priority.
One of Governor Scott’s most outspoken, implacable Republican critics is ‘patiently waiting’ for answers to seemingly unanswerable questions.
Former legislator Frank Mazur knows political pork when he sees it.
The state program to control the pandemic failed. Now it’s passing the buck to municipalities. Retail disaster predicted for Rutland Town.
Calling out the abuse of authority by representatives to continue the fear of the pandemic.
Donate to sponsor members in TPUSA’s Upstate Territory to attend Amerifest.
Senate Minority Leader Randy Brock implies the unvaccinated are prolonging and worsening COVID’s impact on the US.
Two weeks ago the Legislative Apportionment Board recommended single-seat districts ONLY in the Vermont House of Representatives. Will the House ignore the LAB recommendation? It’s happened before, Rep. Mark Higley says.
A woman’s lost sense of dignity is not restored when she is lying on her back with her feet in stirrups having the contents of her uterus sucked out.
A 15-year-old girls says she and others will sleep on the Vermont State House steps until the governor agrees to keep housing the state’s homeless.
There’s hope with the 2022 elections. The election can provide a roadblock to this socialistic destructive path and protect our borders. We get what we accept. Vote!
Vermont recyclables aren’t sent to China.
Since China got out of the recycling import business in 2018, is our recycling just going in the trash? A Florida mayor says yes.
A man thought the sore on his nose was just rubbing from the mask he had to wear at work. It wasn’t.
Cubans love freedom. Let’s give it to them.
You thought college was already expensive? The state wants to tax tuition.And aren’t we told that affordable childcare is already a problem?
Gasoline has increased 50 percent and building materials 100 percent. Food prices are increasing the fastest in history with no slow down. But Biden says our greatest threat is white racism.
It could be that in Vermont a new variant may surface that the vaccine will not protect against. It will take at least three months to know this statistically.
You would think the story about a lifeguard fired for expressing free speech would be all over the news, but did any of Vermont’s state-wide main-stream printed news media report it? Seven Days? – no. VTDigger? – no.
If you live in a suburban home that has a yard, scrubs, space between you and your neighbor and you work every day to pay your mortgage, you are the target of the Biden Infrastructure Plan.
To the editor: For more than a year now, I have studied, watched and paid close attention every day to what has been happening In Vermont, the USA and around the globe. […]
We acknowledge that racist people exist in the country, but explicitly reject the notion that the United States of America is a racist country. This is a subtle, but significant difference! We also denounce the idea that the country is guilty of systemic racism, white privilege and abhor the concept of identity politics and the promotion of victimhood in minority communities.
As a person with a proud native American heritage with both my paternal grandmother and my maternal grandfather’s families with direct Indian blood in the Mohawk nation removing the Raider name is a slap in their face.
Voters don’t need a larger federal government lusting for power by subverting our Constitution and undermining state election oversight. Local election officials take pride in the current process and work closely with state legislatures protecting election security and voter rights. Democrats thrive on power grabbing; don’t let them.
Many are speaking out about UFO sightings for over half a century. Senator Marco Rubio (R-Florida) inserted language in a bill recently for the classified UFO information be released by June. This may be the impetus for current revelations. It could also be the reason why retired military are also speaking out about their experiences.
s it ok that my 104 pound wife had to load me into the wheelbarrow after I had a seizure outside in the snow, to get me inside so that she could hike to the top of the neighbor’s field to call the doctor?
The vaccines are already causing death and harms. The vaccinated are getting fatal cases of Covid. This is not theory. Here are some studies from our Government in proof.
To the editor: Re: $2.7 billion in federal money for Vermont – this is not free money. This is a very heavy mortgage on our grandchildren, it is a slash at the […]
Surprise! I checked my bank account this morning and found my $1,400 stimulus check from Joe O’Biden. Guess what…I’m going to donate it all to the NRA-ILA, Judicial Watch, Vermont Daily, the Vermont Federation of Sportsmen’s Clubs, and buy a year subscription of Epoch Times.
If you feel the need to wear a mask and stand on a dot, feel free to do so. Those of us who know you quarantine sick and vulnerable people, and don’t punish healthy people, want our lives back. That’s the definition of Normal.
The children are largely in charge now – including Max and his band of comrades – with their cancerous form of postmodern, deconstructive, illiberal and authoritarian Social Justice Theory.
President Biden’s inaugural address called for unity to bring the country together. His speech of healing showed promise of moderation. We soon learned that his actions speak louder than his words.
There are many effects, and digging very deep into our psyche, and in ways from which we will never fully recover. What is the most severe punishment for the worst possible deadly criminal? A single month in solitary confinement.
Here in Vermont our bi-weekly briefings given by Governor Phil Scott are currently promoting vaccinations. Like it or not they are experimental at best and with no extensive track record or long-term data to support them.
Ms. Billado: There is no need for you to respond to my request for confirmation of certain FB posts. They have been exposed by the full force of John Walters’ Vermont Political Observer, who, like so many others, if not burning Hester Prynne (I mean Ellie Martin) at the stake for witchcraft, are forcing upon her, and those who dare associate with her, the Scarlet Letter R, for Republican.
What kind of future will we leave to our children and grandchildren? Right now we have a choice to fight back or not. By the way, Donald Trump rebuilt America’s military, uplifted the U.S. economy and strengthened the safety of Americans by constructing 450 miles of wall along the U.S.Southern border.
There will be Vermonters coming to Washington next week with others from across the nation to support you in the difficult task you face as President of the Senate. Others have shunned their sworn duties and much damage has been done. As a result, you will be standing alone at that moment to do your sworn duty to defend the United States against all foreign and domestic enemies by protecting our God given rights under the Constitution.
It wasn’t until late into the third hour that a delightful, seven-year-old boy, dressed in corduroys and a blue sweater over a white shirt, came up and asked the aging Santa, “Is there any hope that my mother and father could be together at my house on Christmas morning?”
Many of us know the songs or have seen the plays and pageants. We’ve driven by the nativities, admired the lights on both houses and trees. In a year where songs have all but stopped being sung and lights threaten to go out around every corner, the Jesus of Christmas is needed now more than ever.
THESE are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
Significantly, HHS’s notice of alleged violation against UVM Medical Center continues to raise serious constitutional concerns as an attack against the long-established, fundamental right to access abortion services. It also presents serious constitutional issues in light of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which forms the principle of separation of church and state.