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  • Bernie Sanders on Trump: ‘This guy is a fraud’

    02/06/2017 4:54:46 PM PST · by detective · 40 replies
    Yahoo News ^ | February 5, 2017 | Dylan Stableford
    Bernie Sanders says he was willing to give President Trump the benefit of the doubt when it came to taking on Wall Street — one issue both populist candidates were in agreement on during the 2016 campaign. But the Vermont senator says Trump hasn’t lived up to his part of the bargain. “I have to say this,” Sanders told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union” Sunday. “I don’t mean to be disrespectful. This guy is a fraud.”
  • Bernie Sanders: ‘I Don’t Mean To Be Disrespectful, But’ Trump ‘Is A Fraud’ [VIDEO]

    02/05/2017 4:02:01 PM PST · by ColdOne · 61 replies
    dailycaller.com ^ | 2/5/17 | Christian Datoc
    Bernie Sanders called Donald Trump a “fraud” on CNN’s Sunday broadcast of “State of the Union.” The Vermont Senator, when prompted by host Jake Tapper, said it’s “hard not to laugh to see President Trump along with these Wall Street guys.” I have to say this, Jake,” Sanders continued. “And I don’t mean to be disrespectful, but this guy is a fraud.” “This guy ran for president of the United States saying ‘I, Donald Trump, am going to take on Wall Street. These guys are getting away with murder,'” he added, really picking up steam at this point. “Then suddenly...
  • Police: Man sought in city's 1st murder in almost 100 years

    01/24/2017 10:16:06 AM PST · by BronzePencil · 38 replies
    Killeen Daily Herald ^ | January 23, 2017 | Associated Press
    MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A man has been shot dead outside an apartment complex in what police say is the first murder in the nation's smallest capital city in almost a century. An arrest warrant was issued for Jayveon Caballero on a murder charge following the Sunday morning shooting in Montpelier, police said. Police were seeking Caballero in the killing of Markus Austin, whose body was found in the apartment complex's parking lot.
  • Democratic Senator Touts Debunked WaPo Power Grid Story In DHS Confirmation Hearing

    01/11/2017 2:28:43 PM PST · by Red Badger · 27 replies
    dailycaller.com ^ | 6:20 PM 01/10/2017 | Chuck Ross
    New Hampshire Sen. Maggie Hassan appeared to be unaware during a Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday that a Washington Post story about Russian hacking into the Vermont power grid has been completely debunked and retracted. “Two weeks ago The Washington Post reported that a hacking group connected with the Russian government managed to infiltrate the Burlington Electric power company in Vermont,” Hassan said to retired Marine Gen. John Kelley during his confirmation hearing to head the Department of Homeland Security. Hassan, who took office this month after serving as governor of New Hampshire, showed no indication during the questioning that...
  • Washington Post Corrects Story of Russian Hack of Vermont Utility

    01/02/2017 2:24:09 PM PST · by VitacoreVision · 16 replies
    The New American ^ | 02 January 2017 | Bob Adelmann
    Assuming that the story was true — that Russian hackers had gained access to a Vermont utility’s software — members of the mainstream media piped its echoes across the Internet:ABC News: Russian Hacking Malware Found on Vermont Utility Computer International Business Times: Vermont Electric Grid Targeted by Russian Hackers Chicago Tribune: Russian hack of Vermont utility shows risk to power grid Each of these stories is now between one and two days old, with no follow-up once the Washington Post edited its original article:An earlier version of this story incorrectly said that Russian hackers had penetrated the U.S. electric grid. Authorities...
  • Vermont Residents Don’t Want To ‘Foot The Bill’ For Syrian Refugees

    01/02/2017 10:04:02 AM PST · by kevcol · 87 replies
    The Daily Caller News Foundation ^ | January 2, 2017 | Saagar Enjeti
    Some small-town residents of Rutland, Vt. are upset at their mayor’s decision to resettle 100 Syrian refugees throughout 2017 in the area. Rutland Mayor Christopher Louras defended his decision, saying the town’s demographics are declining, and they are having trouble recruiting younger workers. He also thinks refugees will bring cultural diversity. . . . Louras’s decision sparked outrage among some residents who say they had little say in the mayor’s decision, which would effect them all.
  • Geraldine Ferraro's son pardoned for 1988 cocaine conviction

    12/31/2016 5:17:43 PM PST · by Olog-hai · 18 replies
    Associated Press ^ | Dec 31, 2016 1:50 PM EST
    … John Zaccaro Jr. was a Middlebury College student when he was arrested in 1986 and accused of selling $25 worth of cocaine to an undercover state police officer. He was convicted in 1988 and served four months under house arrest. At the time, Ferraro accused prosecutors of unfairly targeting her son because of her high profile after becoming the Democratic vice presidential nominee in 1984. Outgoing Gov. Peter Shumlin, a Democrat, pardoned Zaccaro and nine others Saturday. …
  • Russia Hysteria Infects WashPost Again: False Story About Hacking U.S. Electric Grid

    12/31/2016 10:22:28 AM PST · by Brad from Tennessee · 33 replies
    The Intercept ^ | December 31, 2016 | By Glenn Greenwald
    The Washington Post on Friday reported a genuinely alarming event: Russian hackers have penetrated the U.S. power system through an electrical grid in Vermont. The Post headline conveyed the seriousness of the threat: Russian Hackers Penetrated U.S. Electricity Grid Through A Utility In Vermont, Officials Say The first sentence of the article directly linked this cyber-attack to alleged Russian hacking of the email accounts of the DNC and John Podesta – what is now routinely referred to as “Russian hacking of our election” – by referencing the code name revealed on Wednesday by the Obama administration when it announced sanctions...
  • Leahy Reaction On Russian Hacking Of A Vermont Electric Utility

    12/31/2016 6:49:41 AM PST · by Skepolitic · 46 replies
    Senate Office ^ | 12/30/2016 | Patrick Leahy
    Press Release 12.30.16 Leahy Reaction On Russian Hacking Of A Vermont Electric Utility Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy On Russian Hacking Friday, December 30, 2016 State-sponsored Russian hacking is a serious threat, and the attempts to penetrate the electric grid through a Vermont utility are the latest example. My staff and I were briefed by Vermont State Police Colonel Matthew Brimingham this evening. This is beyond hackers having electronic joy rides – this is now about trying to access utilities to potentially manipulate the grid and shut it down in the middle of winter. That is a direct threat to...
  • Russians breach Vermont utility

    12/30/2016 8:13:46 PM PST · by Brad from Tennessee · 111 replies
    The Hill ^ | December 30, 2016 | By Evelyn Rupert
    Russian hackers tied to recent cyberattacks on U.S. political organizations breached a Vermont utility, the Washington Post reported Friday. A code associated with the Russian hacking operation aimed at the U.S. presidential election, which the intelligence community has named “Grizzly Steppe,” was detected within the Vermont system. The Russians did not disrupt electrical operations, officials told the Post. According to the Burlington Free Press, the city-owned Burlington Electric was the target of the hack. Vermont Public Service Commissioner Christopher Recchia said malware was discovered on a laptop that was not connected to the grid's operations. "The grid is not in...
  • Stop calling almond, soy and rice milks 'milk,' 25 members of Congress say

    12/24/2016 5:05:30 AM PST · by Trump20162020 · 141 replies
    The Los Angeles Times ^ | December 23, 2016 | Associated Press
    Got milk? Twenty-five members of Congress say if it's from soybeans, almond or rice, it should not be labeled as milk. Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Rep. Mike Simpson (R-Idaho), leading the bipartisan charge against “fake milk,” signed a letter along with other congressional members, asking the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to investigate and take action against manufacturers of “milk” that doesn't come from cows.
  • Taxpayers Foot Bill for ‘Doggie Hamlet’

    12/20/2016 4:28:51 AM PST · by kevcol · 16 replies
    Washington Free Beacon ^ | December 20, 2016 | Elizabeth Harrington
    The National Endowment for the Arts is spending $30,000 for a series of dance performances, including Doggie Hamlet. The “conceptual art” features actors yelling and running at sheep in a field in Vermont. Dartmouth College received the funding in the latest round of NEA grants released this month. . . . “Doggie Hamlet recalls the bucolic impression of a landscape painting or a 3D pastoral poem,” the group said. “The sheep, the dogs, the human performers, and the earth’s surface are at once performing as themselves and as living symbols in this work.”
  • Senate Dems Pen Letter Indicating Fight Against Jeff Sessions’ AG Nomination

    11/30/2016 7:57:13 AM PST · by COUNTrecount · 105 replies
    Breitbart ^ | November 30, 2016 | Adelle Nazarian
    Senate Democrats are making it clear that Sen. Jeff Sessions will not have an easy time being confirmed as President-elect Donald J. Trump’s first attorney general. In a letter addressed to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Democrats on the committee pushed for extensive confirmation hearings, indicating that they plan resistance, despite the fact that they referred to him as “a colleague” with whom they “have a personal and cordial relationship.” The senators also requested that Grassley allow for outside witnesses to testify on Sessions’ track record on immigration, civil and voting rights, women’s rights, and government oversight due...
  • ELECTION THROWS US PLANS FOR SYRIAN REFUGEES INTO QUESTION

    11/27/2016 12:21:58 PM PST · by PROCON · 29 replies
    AP ^ | Nov. 27, 2016 | WILSON RING
    RUTLAND, Vt. (AP) -- Arabic language classes are drawing 25 to 30 people a week in preparation for the new arrivals in town. High school students are helping collect furniture and housewares for them, and employers have inquired about giving them jobs. For the past several months, Rutland has been getting ready to receive 100 mostly Syrian refugees beginning early next year. But with Donald Trump taking office in late January, Rutland's plans and those of other U.S. cities that have agreed to take in people fleeing the civil war have been thrown into question, given the incoming president's hostility...
  • Bernie Sanders Shuns Joining Democrats: "I Will Finish This Term As An Independent"

    11/17/2016 10:17:19 AM PST · by SeekAndFind · 19 replies
    Zero Hedge ^ | 11/17/2016
    In yet another slap in the face of the Democratic party, The Hill reports that Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) won’t officially join the Democratic Party even though he was appointed to a leadership position within the Senate Democratic caucus this week. "I was elected as an Independent and I will finish this term as an Independent,” Sanders said at a breakfast Thursday morning hosted by the Christian Science Monitor. Sanders has long caucused with Democrats as an independent. That has annoyed some Democrats as Sanders’s star has risen on the left. They are frustrated by his influence within a party...
  • Republicans governorships rise to highest mark since 1922

    11/09/2016 3:23:53 PM PST · by PROCON · 11 replies
    AP ^ | Nov. 9, 2016 | DAVID A. LIEB
    JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Republican power in state capitols will be at its strongest levels in nearly a century when several newly elected governors take office next year. A remarkable election that propelled Republican Donald Trump to the White House also resulted in Republican wins in a trio of governorships previously held by Democrats in Missouri, New Hampshire and Vermont. The only potential Republican setback came in North Carolina, where Democratic Attorney General Roy Cooper declared victory over Gov. Pat McCrory in a race that remained too close to call Wednesday.
  • Big Wind Tries Voter Payola in Vermont

    10/23/2016 3:50:54 PM PDT · by ameribbean expat · 11 replies
    A foreign wind-energy company is in such a hurry to collect the maximum possible amount of subsidies from the U.S. Treasury that it has taken an unprecedented step: It has promised to share the federal gravy with individual voters in two Vermont towns, Grafton and Windham. Earlier this month, Spanish energy company Iberdrola announced that it plans to distribute about $565,000 per year among 815 registered voters in the two towns. The payments would continue for 25 years.
  • Write-ins could propel Bernie Sanders in Vermont, even though he doesn’t want to win

    10/15/2016 8:06:36 AM PDT · by simpson96 · 16 replies
    McClatchy DC ^ | 10/14/2016 | Alex Daugherty
    WASHINGTON Bernie Sanders doesn’t want to be president, but he could snatch three electoral votes in Vermont. That’s because Vermont is one of seven states that allow voters to write in anyone for president, even if they have no intention of running for office. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are two of the most disliked presidential candidates ever, and Google searches for write-in ballots are skyrocketing. Vermont is one of the states asking Google about write-in votes the most. A write-in vote for Sanders in Vermont would be treated like a vote for Trump or Clinton. Only Vermont, Pennsylvania, New...
  • Is Watertown, NY next on the list of towns to be seeded with third worlders?

    10/15/2016 5:27:57 AM PDT · by george76 · 36 replies
    RRW ^ | October 13, 2016 | Ann Corcoran
    People ask me all the time: How do I find out if my town is targeted? Frankly there is no list put out by the federal government and its paid resettlement contractors. They are very secretive about the selection process. We heard recently that there are 47 new sites and we have only so far identified those listed below. But, this article from Watertown, NY is a prime example of how you get a hint that something is up! Usually a local newspaper writes a puffy piece like this one about how great it would be for Watertown to revitalize...
  • Quest to change Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day sails ahead

    10/10/2016 2:47:34 PM PDT · by Zakeet · 36 replies
    CNN ^ | October 10, 2016 | Marilia Brocchetto and Emanuella Grinberg
    The state of Vermont and the cities of Denver and Phoenix joined the growing list of places celebrating Native Americans on the federal holiday named for Christopher Columbus. Since Columbus Day 2015, at least 14 communities in the United States have passed measures designating the second Monday in October Indigenous Peoples Day.