Vermonters…rank 2nd in the U.S. for engaging with neighbors in frequent discussions about political,
social, or local issues. Vermont [also] ranks 2nd in the country for working with neighbors to do something positive for the neighborhood or community [and] 2nd in the county for donations to political organizations.— 2025 Vermont Civic Health Index, an initiative sponsored by Vermont’s Secretary of State
A Skeptic’s View of the President’s Actions
In January, I tried to track Trump’s executive actions, but a handy website beat me to it. But with a new authoritarian at the helm, banal summaries don’t cut it. So now I’ve set up a ChatGPT task to do the heavy lifting: provide a brief analysis of each week’s presidential orders from a radical left perspective. No blind trust, no propaganda—just a bullshit detector for the modern age.