Rigging, there you go. Millions voted for a ghost with a whitened smile. They had no idea who this man was or what he might do if he got elected. At the urging of the media, they voted for him anyway. Now the rest of us get to find out what they voted for. Joe biden is assembling his cabinet. We will go by his choices to let us know what to expect. Whats emerging as of tonight looks a lot like the h. R. Department at a large leftwing multinational. Heaps of woke authoritarian social policy mixed with a corporatist economic agenda. The rest of us will get stern lectures about our moral failings. Those never end. A small group of highly connected people will get even richer. Indoes that sound familiar to yr if jeff bezos and the google guys took over the entire u. S. Government, and effectively they have, this is what it would look like. Steve is the archetype to theli new biden aid, one of joe bidens closest advisors. Hes spent years as a lobbyist representing Companies Like general mot
You talk about election rigging, there you go. They voted for a ghost with a smile. They had no idea who this man was or what he might do if he got elected. At the urging of the media, they voted for him anyway. Now the rest of us get to find out what they voted for. Joe biden is assembling his cabinet. We will go by his choices to let us know what to expect. It looks like an Hr Department in a liberal company. The rest of us will get stearn lectures about our moral failings and a group of people will get richer. If jeff bezos took over the government this is what it would being like. This is now one of joe bidens closest advisors. He spent years as a lobbyist representing General Motors and eli lilly and pfizer. He is one of the people who helped lead the alignment of big business for joe biden as president. He shares their goals and their world view. Particularly on the question of china. 20 years ago steve was the department chief of staff to bill clinton. In that role he helped lea
Idea of small independent families following their own cheerful customs away from central control, who knows but whatever it is the impulse has been around for a long time. Hundred years ago america faced another global pandemic, the spanish flu. Then as now there was never any evidence christian holidays played a significant factor in the transmission of the virus. In 1918 it was the First World War that did it, troop movements around the world but the authorities attacked christmas anyway. Beware the mistletoe, wrote the director of the Ohio State Health department in december of 1918. You will show your love for dad and mother, brother and sister and the rest by sticking to your own home instead of paying annual christmas visits, no celebrating, they said. Science has spoken but people celebrated anyway, the human spirit persisted, the human need for fellowship and warmth and the familiar touch of other human beings, stores in 1918 remained packed with christmas shoppers. One newspa
General election debate. Today is the third in our series of debates ahead of the 2022 Midterm Election on november 8. Though you do not have to wait until then to vote, ballots have already gone out to all registered vermont rotors. Todays debate is between the Major Party Candidates running for governor of vermont. Joining me live in a vermont public studio is the republican nominee for the office, incumbent phil scott of berlin. He was first elected governor in 2016 and is now seeking a fourth term. Welcome. Governor scott thank you very much for having us on. Also in the studio is Brenda Siegel, who has worked as a teacher and choreographer. Welcome. Ms. Siegel thanks for having me. In the first segment, i will ask common questions to both candidates. They will each have 60 seconds to answer. Then the candidates will ask each other questions. They will have 30 seconds to ask a question. Next, we will turn to a series of questions submitted by vermonters. Candidates will have 30 sec
Questions focus on climate change, party affiliation, opioids, and dairy farming. This is just under an hour. Welcome to the vermont public general election debate. Today is the third in our series of debates ahead of the 2022 Midterm Election on november 8. Though you do not have to wait until then to vote, ballots have already gone out to all registered vermont rotors. Todays debate is between the Major Party Candidates running for governor of vermont. Joining me live in a vermont public studio is the republican nominee for the office, incumbent phil scott of berlin. He was first elected governor in 2016 and is now seeking a fourth term. Welcome. Governor scott thank you very much for having us on. Also in the studio is Brenda Siegel, who has worked as a teacher and choreographer. Welcome. Ms. Siegel thanks for having me. In the first segment, i will ask common questions to both candidates. They will each have 60 seconds to answer. Then the candidates will ask each other questions. T