A video reveals a Gulf Cartel (Cartel Del Golfo, CDG) militant donning their insignia while carrying a U.S.-manufactured anti-tank missile launcher that were recently given to Ukraine.
U.S. Javelin missile given to Ukraine lands in Gulf Cartel militant’s arsenal
ANOTHER new school building proposed in Burlington
A private school just down the road from Burlington High School also wants a new campus.
Wheat, weed, milk and meat: How the Feds control our food supplies
Expanded federal powers over food under the Commerce Clause have too often favored large corporate interests over local and individual liberties. That is surely not what the founding fathers intended.
State of Vermont advertises for permanent bureaucrats to plan, implement S.5
A help wanted ad placed by the State of Vermont says, “The recently enacted S. 5 requires the establishment of a clean heat credit evaluation program, a technical advisory group, an equity advisory group, a credit tracking and trading system, and a registration system.”
VT Headlines: “Beetlejuice 2” begins production in East Corinth
Autopsy results released in double homicide in Franklin; Enosburg Falls Hosts 67th VT Dairy Festival; Child hit by car in Colchester; Vermont WWII veteran receives high school diploma
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to speak in South Burlington June 21
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. will speak on the topic “Climate, Markets, and Economic Fairness” June 21 at the Doubletree in South Burlington.
Gervais: Child trafficking supported by U.S. government
In this article, I will distill global and national efforts that set up what we are seeing in Vermont and how these efforts lean towards grooming of our precious children at a very young age.
Roper: Scott veto calls out tone deaf legislative pay raise
The Democrats may have the votes to override Phil Scott’s vetoes, but at least the governor is going to extract maximum embarrassment when they do.
Koch: What can Vermont do with its homeless?
We need to remember that which is too often forgotten—that just throwing money at a problem has never solved the problem it was intended to solve and has often created new and unforeseen problems.
Fernandez: Vermont Celtics fans lament lost season
This reporter/fan has been watching the Celtics since Bill Russell became the first African-American to coach in the NBA in 1966.
Vermont agrees to pay $125K to Randolph family punished for speaking out in trans student locker room incident
The State of Vermont has agreed to pay the Allens $125,000, reinstate Travis Allen as coach and remove Blake Allen’s disciplinary record – and change some pro-trans messaging in schools.
UPDATE: Spray painting at lawmaker’s residence says, “It must be nice to have a home”
A South Burlington lawmaker appears to have been targeted with spray-paint vandalism for not doing more for the homeless.
700 households forced to leave homeless hotels
On Checkout Day, as with any other long-ignored day of reckoning, the fear and heartbreak were all too real.
Taylor: Abenaki in support of trapping
A considered response to “Rohit Sharma: Trapping is not a management tool. Let nature take its course.” published in VT Digger.
VT Headlines: Gas tanker explodes on Rt. 7 in Ferrisburgh
Vermont State Police investigating hit and run in Waterbury; Suspect in 2022 Bennington shooting arrested in Mass.; Revitalization efforts focus on Roaring Branch floodplain
Act Like Men, Part III: Compromise or Courage
Jordan Peterson is a man who doesn’t just wear the uniform but fulfills the duty.
Video: Bernie Sanders, ‘race’ books, and Jesus Loves Me, This I Know
A Cherokee and U.S. senator from Oklahoma takes issue with a children’s book blaming white people for creating the concept of race.
Thieves steal truck and ATM, set both on fire
Police are looking for thieves who broke into a restaurant, stole an ATM, and then set the machine on fire.
Interstate compact bills signed
Legislation signed by Gov. Scott should make it easier for out of state health care workers to treat Vermont patients.
Man under firearms ban jailed after found with loaded AR-15
St. J firearms incident at 2:50 AM.
Scott vetoes juvenile crime bill
“This bill would make it more difficult to investigate and prosecute young adult perpetrators involved in serious crimes, such as narcotics trafficking, sex offenses, including sexual assaults that happen on college campuses and child sex abuse cases, and internet crimes against children,” Scott said.
Fires and swimming are prohibited at fishing access areas
Regulations prohibit uses of fishing access areas including swimming, littering, camping, picnicking, making a fire, parking of vehicles not related to priority uses, and commercial activity.
Sanders: No on Congress budget deal – Biden should invoke 14th Amendment
“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.
Traffic deaths at five-year high
“We are seeing a lack of seat belt usage; speeding; and driver inattention as contributary factors in a large number of these incidents,” VSP spokesperson Adam Silverman said today.
McClaughry: of electrification and freezing pipes
What these Vermont legislators cannot grasp is that relying on electric heat is just not feasible in a Vermont winter.
House passes bipartisan McCarthy-Biden debt ceiling deal
The bill passed in a 314-117 vote that saw majorities in both parties support the agreement, which also meets the GOP demand of cutting non-defense discretionary spending over the next two years.
Balint: Yes on Congress budget deal – abolish the debt ceiling
“America should pay what it owes and stop allowing our economy to be held hostage to an extreme right-wing agenda.”
Underage, non-citizen voting vetos face override
Gov. Scott has said non-citizen voting should be allowed statewide, or not at all.
VT Headlines: Citing high cost, Newport officials opt to appoint replacement mayor
Police: Six people hospitalized after drunk driving crash; Slate Ridge owner sues Pawlet and judge as enforcement looms; Burlington reaches settlement in 2018 use-of-force case
Voluntary paid family leave begins Phase One July 1
The benefits of the voluntary program will provide up to six weeks of paid family and medical leave benefits at 60% of an employee’s average weekly wage.
Klar: Globalists seek to further industrialize American farms
John Kerry announces controlling farms is needed to prevent climate change…
Heat, Canadian wildfires combine to cause air pollution
Smoke and heat will create hazy air pollution over New England today.
Vermont has second-highest per-capita rate of new melanoma cases in U.S.
Skin cancer is the most prevalent cancer in Vermont, and the state has the second-highest per-capita rate of new melanoma cases in the nation, according to the National Cancer Institute.
My questions for George Will
Having spent more than a half-century writing and speaking on current affairs, the longtime Washington Post and syndicated columnist has heard and answered every question ever asked a pundit by his lesser-known brethren.
Scott vetoes legislative pay hike: “it doesn’t seem fair”
“This year, the General Assembly passed several pieces of legislation that will significantly increase costs for Vermonters through new and higher taxes, fees, and penalties. In my opinion, it does not seem fair for legislators to insulate themselves from the very costs they are imposing on their constituents by doubling their own future pay,” Scott said.
Police qualified immunity safe for another year
The Vermont Legislature passed plenty of public safety-related bills this year. But removing police officers’ legal immunity was not among them.
Mayor Miro: Burlington has more homes and solar arrays than when I took office
Burlington has more solar power than any city east of the Mississippi, Mayor Miro Weinberger listed as one of his tenure’s accomplishments.
Warner: Act Like Men, Part II
Despite their numerous denominational, doctrinal and stylistic differences, one thing churches in the Upper Valley seem to agree on is avoiding politics in the pulpit. Why is that?
Bobolinks, turtles need your help
Many turtles killed on Vermont roads are nesting females.
VT Headlines: Bringing cell towers to VT towns
Suspect wanted for gun incident arrested; Ben & Jerry’s scoopers vote to form union; Essex man facing court after DUI crash that injured 6 people; Killington opens for bonus day of skiing
Two Vermont towns have more EV charging stations than some states
A small college town and a central Vermont city boast more EV charging stations than either North Dakota or Wyoming.
McClaughry: Burlington’s homeless problem
The one clear fact is that Vermont cannot forever spend millions of dollars a month supporting a homeless population, that doesn’t care to do anything in return.
Warner: Act like men
The very nature of womanhood is under attack yet again, and by proxy so is manhood.
House Speaker urges another State of Emergency after Scott vetoes budget
Suddenly both Scott and the Democratic leaders of the Legislature were fighting to be seen by the ‘Gang of 17’ as champions of beneficiaries of a program they were responsible for defunding.
Evslin: Is AI Dangerous?
Forget the hype on either side. AI is a tool that can and will be used both for good and evil. Evslin thinks the potential outweighs the risk.
Charity Clark hindsight on charging police “will have a dangerous and chilling effect”
The bar for charging police officers with a crime is now so low the expectation is that any use of force could be twisted into a criminal case, the former Director of the Vermont State Police says.
Beware June jump in bear conflict, Fish & Wildlife warns
Last year, Fish & Wildlife saw reported bear incidents spike from 206 in May to 473 in June.
Woman jumps to her death from Mt. Pisgah / 7-year-old girl dies in collision
A popular scenic overlook was the scene of a Connecticut woman’s intentional leap to her death.
VT Headlines: Crews battle Northfield wildfire
2 kids rescued from Malletts Bay; Vermont in need of more foster parents; AARP says state needs more ‘missing middle’ homes for aging Vermonters; VT schools continue to address teen vaping epidemic
Franklin County woman charged with kidnapping is missing
An arrest warrant has been issued for a woman ordered to not leave her Bakersfield home following a May 11 charge of kidnapping.
Baker: Something for nothing dehumanizes homeless people
When you give something to people and require no payback of any sort, you dehumanize them. You create an imbalanced relationship. People must have a measure of responsibility and investment in their own lives.
Klar: Is the Randolph locker room dispute settled?
The dishonesty displayed by Vermont’s extremist Woke-ists has been on full, possibly libelous display in the Blake Allen case.
Roper: Higher home heating fuel prices are just the beginning
Vermont’s supermajority just put Vermont on the path to significantly higher home heating fuel, despite the veto of Governor Phil Scott. But don’t expect the controversy to end there.
Help for homeless will have recipient requirements, Scott administration says
Gov. Scott outlines a path forward from the ‘homeless hotel’ era.
Native Americans praise school board for keeping Chieftain name
The Native American Guardian’s Association (NAGA), based in North Dakota, has congratulated the Green Mountain School Board for reinstating the Chieftain team name for Green Mountain High School in Chester.
For second time, Burlington mayor to seek City Council OK of police chief
“Burlington needs and deserves a strong and reliable leader in our Police Department and we have been fortunate to have one in Chief Jon Murad for the last three years,” said Mayor Miro Weinberger.
New Haven man charged with first-degree arson of home / Another highway death
Arson of a New Haven home has led to the arrest of a New Haven man. And another highway death brings the 2023 total to at least 24 – well above the 10-year average.
Gassett: Will Brattleboro elected officials enable Vermont’s lawless lawmakers?
Vermont Bill H-386 is seeking to reduce the Vermont Constitutional Requirements of the voting age in Brattleboro.
VT Headlines: Welch outlines cost of national default for Vermonters
Balint calls decision to send lawmakers home ‘dangerous’; Deadline looming for those in emergency hotel program; Newport community members rally behind recently resigned mayor
Memorial Day mural to be unveiled Saturday in Fair Haven
The tribute mural in Fair Haven comes after a yearlong planning process with input and support of local community members, veterans, businesses, historical societies, including Marine Corps veteran Kevin Durkee of Fair Haven.
One Orange County copper mine cleanup gets batty, another gets potty
Expect the unexpected in the copper mine cleanup business. If it’s not bats, it’s knocked over port-a-potties.
St. J woman bought Glock for Hartford, CT gang member charged in two killings, police say
The drug-gun crime connection is apparent in this report of a Vermont woman buying two handguns for a Hartford, CT man with an arrest history of shooting people.
Joe Biden Doubles Down on Globalism at G7: U.S. Will ‘Not…Decouple From China’
Oversight Chair Comer prepared to hold FBI Director Wray in contempt over Biden bribery document; U.S. officials believe Ukrainians attacked Kremlin; The Woke Cartel and Twitter’s New CEO
Roper: Analyzing the media bias in Clean Heat Standard coverage
An in depth look at how reporters mislead citizens to promote a political agenda.
Judge finds no probable cause for state trooper beanbag assault charge
State troopers didn’t commit assault on a drug-addled man waving a saw when they fired a beanbag at him, a judge said. But it still might have been reckless endangerment.
Mayor wants Murad as permanent Burlington police chief
Five years of police chief limbo is long enough, Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger has decided.
Finnie: Hunters, anglers led historic restoration of Vermont wildlife
Sportsmen, and women, and the Fish and Wildlife Department have brought this renewable resource to where it is today, since it was all almost wiped out by land clearing for farming in the mid to late 1800s.
VT Headlines: Hard frost threatens crops and the farmworkers
Barre City officials prepare for end of hotel housing program; Foodbank celebrates upgrades with open house; Green Mountain Transit to resume fare collection next year
Highway deaths 50% over 10-year average following three deadly crashes
The three fatalities bring the number of Vermont highway fatalities this year to at least 23. The 10-year average is 15, state police say.
As budget battle looms, Scott administration says revenues are down
The Legislature wants to spend $8.5 billion next year. The Scott administration says revenues have fallen two months in a row.
Fairbanks Museum demos ‘mass timber’-built addition
The new addition at the Fairbanks Museum is the first in the world to use regional hemlock in cross-laminated timber construction.
Justice Gorsuch: Thoughts About the Response to COVID-19
Since March 2020, we may have experienced the greatest intrusions on civil liberties in the peacetime history of this country.
Vermont National Guard welcomes Senegalese recruit
Mbengue will serve part-time in the Air National Guard while pursuing a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering at UVM.
DeSantis hits Trump over ‘Warp Speed’ COVID-19 vaccine mandates
New Evidence FDA, CDC Hid Early Data on Myocarditis Spurs Questions of ‘Criminal Coverup’; New IRS whistleblower letter suggests DOJ interference in Hunter Biden probe dates back years
Newport mayor resigns after 75 days, citing hostility
The unhappy 75-day tenure of Newport’s mayor came to an end Monday night.
Roll Call!
How did YOUR legislator vote on the big bills in Montpelier this year?
VT Headlines: Incarcerated man alleges Springfield prison superintendent ignored report of sexual abuse by officer
Firefighters battle several blazes along train tracks in Northeast Kingdom; Lake Monsters return to Centennial Field for opening day; Vt. Fish and Wildlife asks hunters to share turkey hunting data
Eye gouger gets 7-15 years in prison
The victim’s eyes were swollen shut and gushing blood, family members reported.
Case dismissed! AG failed to produce records sought by state trooper on trial
Vermont Attorney’s General’s office was involved in misconduct by failing to turn over documents to the defense until the eve of the trial, a judge ruled.
Keelan: Let’s face it, we don’t care
Do we care what it takes to get us an EV or a kilowatt of electricity? Vermont has been in denial. The cost is too great for this to continue.
Flag kerfuffle ruffles village
An man who moved from Idaho to a tiny Orange County village is getting local pushback for his plan to beautify utility poles with American flags.
Bananas Goes To Bilderberg!
Sixty-nine dude! That’s how many of these awesome meetings of the uber elite have taken place in the last sixty-nine years and they finally had the good sense to invite yours truly – or not- I’m not supposed to say.
Mott: Not just Red States risk deep-sixing democracy
When a pro-choice leader announced “our autonomy over our bodies is not up for discussion,” it sent a clear signal: If you are pro-life in Vermont, your judgments do not matter. That’s a big mistake.
Krowinski sends budget without ‘homeless hotel’ $$ to Scott, blames him for failing to plan
It’s not the Legislature’s fault that the homeless hotel program is ending without a transition plan. Just ask the Speaker of the House.
VT Headlines: Demolition begins on former Burlington High School
Berlin tries to curb impacts of influx of unhoused individuals; Washington County sheriff’s deputy accused of leaving scene of accident; Police chase car across Burlington airport property
Attorney General orders State Police to cite two state troopers over ‘bean bag’ incident
Two state troopers have been cited for simple assault for their efforts to stop a severely disturbed man with non-lethal bean bag rounds.
Thayer: Truths, absolutes and facts about CO2
Did you know that fossil fuels are 100% organic? Made from the Earth and by the Earth.
McClaughry: the Representative and Senator interest group fared well this session
One interest group fared extraordinarily well during the just-completed legislative session. That’s the interest group comprised of Representatives and Senators.
Roper: The weird irony of school mascot controversies
Increasingly and oddly in these days of supposed inclusivity, Mascots of Color need not apply. And if one already has the job, prepare to be eliminated.
Vermont’s Summer Free Fishing Day is Saturday, June 10
“Vermont’s Free Fishing Day gives resident and nonresident anglers the opportunity to go fishing without a license for the day in Vermont lakes and streams,” said Commissioner Christopher Herrick.
Springfield, MA men busted in Barre on fentanyl trafficking charges
Josue Cordero, 32, and Carlos Inostroza, 30, both of Springfield, MA were taken into custody and lodged in lieu of $25,000 bail each.
State of Texas erects razor wire to stop illegal immigrants after feds lift Title 42
Texas soldiers helped install miles of additional razor wire along the border and continue to maintain a strong presence behind the barriers.
Deml, Levine: Deaths in prison show Vermont’s hidden healthcare crisis
Even as total inmate population declines,Vermont’s correctional system continues to grapple with the aftershocks of the pandemic.
Derby’s Dandelion Run celebrates spring
As is tradition, the event also celebrated the “Last One Back to the Barn,” a title given to the runner who demonstrates grit and determination.
Graham: NH Dem Rep Tells Voter to ‘Shut Up’ Over Parents Rights Bill
NH State Rep. Tommy Hoyt attacks parents, Catholic priest, and more to a constituent in confirmed email.
Video: Strange bedfellows in $8.5 billion budget veto battle
In addition to the budget, bills that (Cutler said) could be vetoed include underage voting in Brattleboro. ranked choice voting, the legislative pay hike, universal school meals, and a gun control bill.
Signing contracts an issue with Brattleboro underage voting bill
The proposed Brattleboro charter change explicitly gives teenagers the right to do on behalf of the Town something state law otherwise prohibits them: the right to enter into contracts.
Galfetti: Mighty Phil Scott had struck out
Folks in the State House cried and cheered with the override of Scott Veto. But what they did not do was listen to their constituents.
VT Headlines: Williston police identify suspect accused of planting smoke bombs in movie theater
UVMMC patient survives six-story fall; Child airlifted to hospital after crash in Belvidere; Charter change in Brattleboro heads to Governor’s desk
To help grads remember, UVM commencement speaker spells out V-E-R-M-O-N-T
The director of the U.S. National Science Foundation used an acrostic to help his fellow UVM grads remember his commencement speech.
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