Hudson Ranney

Sen. Jeff Merkley is taking a stand on the Senate floor, calling out the rise of authoritarianism in our great nation. Tune in now. #DemocracyMatters www.senate.gov/legislative/...

Election Season Comes Earlier and Earlier Every Year Well, that didn’t take very long. Less than a week after Senator Samuel Douglass (R-Orleans) resigned in disgrace following the leak of a national Young Republicans group chat, we have our fi…

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israel has already broken the ceasefire

5 Vermont legislators travel to Israel as scrutiny grows over Gaza war - VTDigger Three Democratic and two Republican members of the Vermont House were among hundreds of state legislators from the U.S. who visited Israel last week on a trip sponsored by the Israeli government.

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Incredibly poor judgment….

Senator Welch is someone whom I like very much, and I have a great relationship with him. However this is not a wise move.

Opinion — Sen. Joe Major: Gov. Phil Scott’s “measured approach” is the wrong approach for Vermont Here in Vermont, we pride ourselves on standing up for what’s right. We don’t sit on the sidelines when our values, our communities, and our democracy are under threat. We fight.

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Hudson Ranney (@hudsonranney) What has Governor Scott done for working families? Governor Phil Scott has long cultivated an image of being the calm, pragmatic leader in Vermont politics. In a Republican Party dominated by extremi...

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Scoop: Brown interviewing campaign managers for Ohio Senate race Brown would be another key candidate recruit win for Senate Democratic leaders.

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Yes- but I still think someone needs to not talk about national issues- local only, cough cough the property tax increase problem that was not solved by h.454

This is why it’s time for a new governor!

This wasn’t leadership. It was surrender. And unless they fix it next session, the damage to our public education system will be long-lasting.

Vermont’s students, educators, and small towns deserve better. #vtpoli

Today, I watched Vermont’s legislative leadership retreat into the governor’s corner and pass H.454—a bill that raises taxes on working families, paves the way for public school closures, and funnels more public money to private schools.

Phil Scott Doesn’t Give a Fuck About the Homeless I try to limit my use of bad language, I really do. But there are times, and this is one of them. Gov. Phil Scott, alleged “nice guy” and “moderate” who has insisted that pr…

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Selling a joint for 4.20?

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We need him to bankroll someone against Phil!

Trump’s efforts to deport migrant farm workers will only disrupt families, raise food prices and put more pressure on struggling family farms.

It is exactly the wrong approach.

The time is long overdue for real immigration reform and a path to citizenship for migrant workers.

Hegseth would have not been appointed by a president who cares about our country. He’s a disgrace to the people in uniform. Hegseth was appointed solely because he would bend his knee to whatever the president wants. It is critically important that a fascist dictator has control over the military.

How to support Mohsen Mahdawi - please share. If you are an upper valley community member who knows him PLEASE write a letter of support. We want Mohsen back in our community 🩷 this gofundme is for his mounting legal and living expenses gofund.me/975138c5

‘We are all afraid’: Murkowski says fear of retaliation from Trump administration is ‘real’ The senator said this week that she has been “just trying to listen as carefully as I can to what is happening."

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Come play a show in Vermont!

Palestinian Student Leader Was Called In for Citizenship Interview — Then Arrested by ICE Palestinian Columbia student leader Mohsen Mahdawi was called in for a citizenship interview. Instead, ICE arrested him for deportation.

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Peggy Flanagan for Minnesota | Democrat for U.S. Senate Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan's ready to take our Minnesota values to D.C. — to fight to rebuild the middle class, protect our rights, and hold the extremist billionaires trying to run off with our coun...

I’m making my choice clear: my campaign will not take money from giant corporations and never will. This is a people powered grassroots campaign by Minnesotans for Minnesotans. Will you join us? peggyflanagan.com

Truly embarrassing thing to promote. This is like putting out a press release about how there’s no definition of gullible in the dictionary

How peaceful

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Listening to John Lennon's "Walls And Bridges" album RS

First installment of the Defending Democracy VT analysis focusing on the April 1st elections.

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Do you have a copy of the letter?