According to a complaint filed by the Rutland County GOP with the Secretary of State’s office, Progressive Rep. Robin Chesnut-Tangerman violated state election law by opening a ballot bag to search for a Progressive Party ballot vote for David Zuckerman.

Burlington protesters are getting training in tear gas management from Seattle protest leaders. The National Guard is outlining its role in the event of riots. And the president of the VT AFL-CIO says force will be a moral imperative if the president tries to steal the election.

If all Americans were as compliant with masks as Vermonters, there could be a nationwide mask mandate, White House coronavirus advisor Anthony Fauci told the Vermont press yesterday.

A WCAX camera crew recently reported that BLM protesters physically and verbally intervened when they sought to interview counter-protesters. Shouting down the opposition can’t be good for decision-making in America, Dave Flemming of the Ethan Allen Institute argues.

In response to Vermonters’ outrage over the killing of George Floyd, Gov. Scott has issued an executive order aimed at reducing systemic racism in policing. It also gives the Vermont Department of Public Safety sweeping new powers in the hiring, training and oversight of local police departments. In some circumstances, failure to comply can result in a loss of funding.

Vermont’s 10,000 member AFL-CIO has divorced itself from the Democratic Party and taken up with the Vermont Progressive Party, the Green New Deal, and “anti-facism”. President David Van Deusen is an unapologetic supporter of Antifa, and calls force “a moral imperative” if Trump loses and tries to stay in office.

He didn’t use the “deplorable” word like Hillary Clinton, but progressive writer and Middlebury College professor Bill McKibben is pleased that the “small number of soreheads and malcontents who monopolize such venues” no longer have a forum in VT Digger and Seven Days comments sections. Shutting down public discussion is a good thing - get it?

UVM should be a campus police free zone, students and profs demand.

Some voters are failing to read the detailed list of instructions that come with the mail-in ballots. And if they goof, their votes just don’t count.

Vermonters are doing lots of things differently now - work, shopping, travel. Rob Roper of the Ethan Allen Institute predicts schools will be next - and it won’t all necessarily be a bad thing, either.