A lose-lose for Trump

Trump supporters must stop rationalizing his outrageous conduct as a wily negotiating tactic.

The U.S. Forest Service announced Thursday it plans to close its research and development office in Burlington as part of a national reorganization.

The unusual, monthslong wait for this year’s federal Community Service Block Grant funds comes amid a push from the Trump administration to eliminate the program from the federal budget.

One hundred and fifty years ago, on April 14, 1876, at the dedication of the Freedman’s Memorial in Washington, D.C., and at a delicate moment of possibility for a nation in dire need of healing in the aftermath of the savageries of our Civil War, Frederi … (read more)

It’s not just the ketchup on the wall now; it’s the blood on the ground and on the hands of this administration. Christy Alger Orwell  

The current Commander in chief deceived his Draft Board and lied to his country. To serve would have been inconvenient and beneath his station.

Trump’s haphazard policy of chaos works for some MAGA supporters who have accepted his role as supreme leader. For everyone else, there’s reality.

Despite ongoing uncertainty over a new set of tariffs the White House announced over the weekend, Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., called the Supreme Court’s tariff ruling “good news.”

New federal work requirements limiting eligibility for the nation’s largest food assistance program will take effect for many in Vermont on March 1.

Balint told VTDigger’s The Vermont Conversation that Trump’s retribution can take many forms.

Yet another sign of fascism is “whitewashing” history. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, “whitewashing history” is “to distort (history, literature, a narrative) to exclude non-white people etc.

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt, tuned in virtually to a constituent lunch at the Mount Abraham Union High School cafeteria this past Saturday.

What’s different in politics, immigration, health care and social services, the economy, education and climate policy.

Vermont’s congressional delegation condemned the U.S. military’s attack on Venezuela over the weekend that led to the capture of the country’s leader, Nicolás Maduro.

Trump is not the most productive president in his first year; the more accurate claim is he’s done the most damage any president ever has. In one realm — mayhem — he’s a leader.