Isaac Evans-Frantz
@iefrantz.bsky.social
Vermonter. Humanitarian. Coalition builder. Elected to the Brattleboro Selectboard on March 4, 2025. Posts are my opinions alone.
The admin has deployed Vermont National Guard members with F-35 fighter jets to support the war of aggression in Venezuela. When the Guard is sent to fight unconstitutional foreign wars like this one, they aren’t here for our communities. Take action: actionnetwork.org/letters/recl... #VTpoli
Reclaim the National Guard for Peace + Survival
“Donald Trump is president now, and I imagine you might not want him to have unchecked power over sending our troops into war without an act of Congress.” – former Maine Sen. Eric Brakey The White Ho...
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January 4, 2026 at 12:42 AM
The admin has deployed Vermont National Guard members with F-35 fighter jets to support the war of aggression in Venezuela. When the Guard is sent to fight unconstitutional foreign wars like this one, they aren’t here for our communities. Take action: actionnetwork.org/letters/recl... #VTpoli
As this year ends, we’re carrying forward people-powered resistance to war, militarism, and starvation.
If you believe everyday people can still change U.S. policy, consider supporting Action Corps’ organizing going into the new year: fnd.us/ActionCorps2...
If you believe everyday people can still change U.S. policy, consider supporting Action Corps’ organizing going into the new year: fnd.us/ActionCorps2...
Support Action Corps' Work for Democracy and Humanity into 2026!
Action Corps’ volunteer team campaigns for U.S. policies to save the lives of people around the world who are most affected by climate disasters and violent conflict.
fnd.us
December 31, 2025 at 10:22 PM
As this year ends, we’re carrying forward people-powered resistance to war, militarism, and starvation.
If you believe everyday people can still change U.S. policy, consider supporting Action Corps’ organizing going into the new year: fnd.us/ActionCorps2...
If you believe everyday people can still change U.S. policy, consider supporting Action Corps’ organizing going into the new year: fnd.us/ActionCorps2...
#DefendTheGuard
Vermont Legislature’s National Guard Caucus must act after Guard’s unconstitutional deployment for Venezuela
www.reformer.com/opinion/colu... #VTpoli
Vermont Legislature’s National Guard Caucus must act after Guard’s unconstitutional deployment for Venezuela
www.reformer.com/opinion/colu... #VTpoli
Vermont Legislature’s National Guard Caucus must act after Guard’s unconstitutional deployment for Venezuela
It’s time to pass the Defend the Guard Act to protect the Vermont Guard — and its critical work for Vermonters.
www.reformer.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
#DefendTheGuard
Vermont Legislature’s National Guard Caucus must act after Guard’s unconstitutional deployment for Venezuela
www.reformer.com/opinion/colu... #VTpoli
Vermont Legislature’s National Guard Caucus must act after Guard’s unconstitutional deployment for Venezuela
www.reformer.com/opinion/colu... #VTpoli
This year I’ve posted about all sorts of crises. Tonight I share my gratitude. And a wish for you:
May you be at peace.
May you feel love.
May you see and share light.
You can help Action Corps spread the light with a contribution at give.socialgoodfund.org/campaigns/Ac...
May you be at peace.
May you feel love.
May you see and share light.
You can help Action Corps spread the light with a contribution at give.socialgoodfund.org/campaigns/Ac...
December 25, 2025 at 12:09 AM
This year I’ve posted about all sorts of crises. Tonight I share my gratitude. And a wish for you:
May you be at peace.
May you feel love.
May you see and share light.
You can help Action Corps spread the light with a contribution at give.socialgoodfund.org/campaigns/Ac...
May you be at peace.
May you feel love.
May you see and share light.
You can help Action Corps spread the light with a contribution at give.socialgoodfund.org/campaigns/Ac...
Excerpt: “A commissioned officer has every right to say, ‘this is wrong,’ and shouldn’t be expected to quietly and silently walk away just because they’re given a free pass to do so,” said a former senior defense official who left the Pentagon earlier this year.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/19/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/19/p...
Exclusive: Top lawyer for military joint chiefs told chairman that officers should retire if faced with an unlawful order | CNN Politics
How should a military commander respond if they determine they have received an unlawful order?
www.cnn.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Excerpt: “A commissioned officer has every right to say, ‘this is wrong,’ and shouldn’t be expected to quietly and silently walk away just because they’re given a free pass to do so,” said a former senior defense official who left the Pentagon earlier this year.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/19/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/19/p...
Conservatives and liberals can come together around this call for #GlobalCrisisRelief in the form of international funds that don’t add to countries’ debt. Great to see high-profile Republicans taking a stand for this.
#SpecialDrawingRights #SDR
www.oklahoman.com/story/opinio...
#SpecialDrawingRights #SDR
www.oklahoman.com/story/opinio...
US can help struggling world without costing taxpayers a dime | Opinion
This Christmas, the U.S. can give the world a gift that actually meets a need.
A little-known tool called Special Drawing Rights makes that possible.
www.oklahoman.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Conservatives and liberals can come together around this call for #GlobalCrisisRelief in the form of international funds that don’t add to countries’ debt. Great to see high-profile Republicans taking a stand for this.
#SpecialDrawingRights #SDR
www.oklahoman.com/story/opinio...
#SpecialDrawingRights #SDR
www.oklahoman.com/story/opinio...
☎️Call 1-833-STOP-WAR (1-833-786-7927) TODAY to urge your reps to prevent another disastrous, endless war & vote YES for the bipartisan Venezuela War Powers Resolution (H.Con.Res.64), scheduled for House floor vote THIS THURSDAY. You can also take action at NoWarWithVenezuela(dot)com #WarPowers
December 16, 2025 at 7:23 PM
☎️Call 1-833-STOP-WAR (1-833-786-7927) TODAY to urge your reps to prevent another disastrous, endless war & vote YES for the bipartisan Venezuela War Powers Resolution (H.Con.Res.64), scheduled for House floor vote THIS THURSDAY. You can also take action at NoWarWithVenezuela(dot)com #WarPowers
Happy Thanksgiving from Brattleboro, Vermont! 🍁
November 27, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Happy Thanksgiving from Brattleboro, Vermont! 🍁
Heading to Washington State this week with Action Corps (actioncorps.org). If you’re there and interested in our organizing for global justice, let me know!
November 18, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Heading to Washington State this week with Action Corps (actioncorps.org). If you’re there and interested in our organizing for global justice, let me know!
[Sigh of relief] www.cnn.com/2025/11/10/p...
Supreme Court declines to revisit landmark same-sex marriage precedent | CNN Politics
The Supreme Court on Monday declined an opportunity to overturn its landmark precedent recognizing a constitutional right to same-sex marriage, tossing aside an appeal that had roiled LGBTQ advocates ...
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November 11, 2025 at 10:21 AM
[Sigh of relief] www.cnn.com/2025/11/10/p...
Vote forecast from Senate Cloakroom: At 5:00pm, on Thursday, November 6th, the Senate is expected to proceed to a roll call vote on the motion to discharge from Foreign Relations Committee S.J.Res.90, Kaine War Powers Resolution (Venezuela). Source: x.com/SenateCloakr...
Senate Cloakroom on X: "Vote forecast: At 5:00pm, on Thursday, November 6th, the Senate is expected to proceed to a roll call vote on the motion to discharge from Foreign Relations Committee S.J.Res.90, Kaine War Powers Resolution (Venezuela)." / X
Vote forecast: At 5:00pm, on Thursday, November 6th, the Senate is expected to proceed to a roll call vote on the motion to discharge from Foreign Relations Committee S.J.Res.90, Kaine War Powers Resolution (Venezuela).
x.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Vote forecast from Senate Cloakroom: At 5:00pm, on Thursday, November 6th, the Senate is expected to proceed to a roll call vote on the motion to discharge from Foreign Relations Committee S.J.Res.90, Kaine War Powers Resolution (Venezuela). Source: x.com/SenateCloakr...
This report cites the work of the coalition Action Corps (@actioncorps.org) led starting in 2020 that secured the release of massive IMF resources called #SDRs for the developing world. This is a critical option in light of decimation of #USAID. cepr.net/publications...
The United States, The IMF, and Special Drawing Rights
A new CEPR report projects that over a hundred thousand US jobs could be saved were the IMF to make a new major allocation of SDRs, like it did in 2021.
cepr.net
October 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
This report cites the work of the coalition Action Corps (@actioncorps.org) led starting in 2020 that secured the release of massive IMF resources called #SDRs for the developing world. This is a critical option in light of decimation of #USAID. cepr.net/publications...
So good to talk with a policy expert in DC who really values organizing around the country. @timhirschelburns.bsky.social understands the critical importance of people power when it comes to changing U.S. military and global economic policy. Check out his work!
New on the Substack: How to organize on global justice.
Politicians say voters don't care abt foreign policy. Wonks just focus on their policy papers.
@iefrantz.bsky.social + Action Corps organize ordinary ppl for just foreign policy. I interviewed him
timhirschelburns.substack.com/p/how-to-org...
Politicians say voters don't care abt foreign policy. Wonks just focus on their policy papers.
@iefrantz.bsky.social + Action Corps organize ordinary ppl for just foreign policy. I interviewed him
timhirschelburns.substack.com/p/how-to-org...
How to organize for global justice
An interview with Isaac Evans-Frantz of Action Corps
timhirschelburns.substack.com
October 9, 2025 at 3:46 AM
So good to talk with a policy expert in DC who really values organizing around the country. @timhirschelburns.bsky.social understands the critical importance of people power when it comes to changing U.S. military and global economic policy. Check out his work!
Brattleboro Folks: I'd love to connect with you at one of these sessions at
69A Elliot St., Brattleboro, Vermont. I also welcome your ideas and invitations for other times and spaces to connect! #VTpoli
69A Elliot St., Brattleboro, Vermont. I also welcome your ideas and invitations for other times and spaces to connect! #VTpoli
October 2, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Brattleboro Folks: I'd love to connect with you at one of these sessions at
69A Elliot St., Brattleboro, Vermont. I also welcome your ideas and invitations for other times and spaces to connect! #VTpoli
69A Elliot St., Brattleboro, Vermont. I also welcome your ideas and invitations for other times and spaces to connect! #VTpoli
Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of atonement, has begun with sunset. Jews are taught to reflect on the ways that they have missed the mark this past year. This an opportunity for us all — Jews and non-Jews alike — to do that. Let us commit now to transform those wrongs in the months ahead.
October 2, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of atonement, has begun with sunset. Jews are taught to reflect on the ways that they have missed the mark this past year. This an opportunity for us all — Jews and non-Jews alike — to do that. Let us commit now to transform those wrongs in the months ahead.
How do we stop Gaza genocide? In this article I call on @senpeterwelch.govpeeps.us @sanders.senate.gov & @balint.house.gov to introduce res per Foreign Assistance Act & U.S. Constitution to compel Congress to debate &vote again on U.S. role in the genocide. #VTpoli
www.reformer.com/opinion/colu...
www.reformer.com/opinion/colu...
Commentary | Isaac Evans-Frantz: No country is above the law
On Sept. 16 the United Nations said that the State of Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. The next day Vermont’s members of Congress echoed this statement. All three used
www.reformer.com
September 23, 2025 at 6:36 PM
How do we stop Gaza genocide? In this article I call on @senpeterwelch.govpeeps.us @sanders.senate.gov & @balint.house.gov to introduce res per Foreign Assistance Act & U.S. Constitution to compel Congress to debate &vote again on U.S. role in the genocide. #VTpoli
www.reformer.com/opinion/colu...
www.reformer.com/opinion/colu...
Pleased to see our neighbors in Massachusetts are working to reclaim their National Guard and protect it from unconstitutional deployment to combat zones. We could do the same in Vermont. #VTpoli masspeaceaction.org/event/defend-the-guard/
Defend the Guard
2471/H.3829 upholds the framework of the U.S. Constitution by ensuring that the Massachusetts National Guard is only called upon for active federal military service when there has been an official…
masspeaceaction.org
September 12, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Pleased to see our neighbors in Massachusetts are working to reclaim their National Guard and protect it from unconstitutional deployment to combat zones. We could do the same in Vermont. #VTpoli masspeaceaction.org/event/defend-the-guard/
🚨 TONIGHT, Wednesday: Nationwide Activist Call 🚨
Action Corps activists & friends are coming together across the U.S. to connect, strategize, and take action to stop the U.S.' fueling genocide in Gaza.
🗓 Wed, Sept 3, 8:30pm ET / 5:30pm PT
📩 DM me for the join link.
#CeasefireNOW #StopArmingIsrael
Action Corps activists & friends are coming together across the U.S. to connect, strategize, and take action to stop the U.S.' fueling genocide in Gaza.
🗓 Wed, Sept 3, 8:30pm ET / 5:30pm PT
📩 DM me for the join link.
#CeasefireNOW #StopArmingIsrael
September 3, 2025 at 1:40 PM
🚨 TONIGHT, Wednesday: Nationwide Activist Call 🚨
Action Corps activists & friends are coming together across the U.S. to connect, strategize, and take action to stop the U.S.' fueling genocide in Gaza.
🗓 Wed, Sept 3, 8:30pm ET / 5:30pm PT
📩 DM me for the join link.
#CeasefireNOW #StopArmingIsrael
Action Corps activists & friends are coming together across the U.S. to connect, strategize, and take action to stop the U.S.' fueling genocide in Gaza.
🗓 Wed, Sept 3, 8:30pm ET / 5:30pm PT
📩 DM me for the join link.
#CeasefireNOW #StopArmingIsrael
The Brattleboro Reformer has reported that the lockout of the bus drivers and monitors has been dropped, and that they are now allowed back to work. Good news for students, families, and the people who drive our young people to and from school! #VTpoli
September 2, 2025 at 2:53 AM
The Brattleboro Reformer has reported that the lockout of the bus drivers and monitors has been dropped, and that they are now allowed back to work. Good news for students, families, and the people who drive our young people to and from school! #VTpoli
Happy #LaborDay! As billionaires try to take over our country, this is a key moment to stand with working people. Will you join us tomorrow, Tuesday, September 2, outside Brattleboro Union High School at 7:30am to stand with our school bus drivers and monitors? 1/
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Teamsters Vermont Local 597 | Barre VT
Teamsters Vermont Local 597, Barre. 1,005 likes · 524 talking about this · 8 were here. Teamsters Local 597 represents workers in trades such as small package, fuel and freight delivery, dairy...
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September 1, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Happy #LaborDay! As billionaires try to take over our country, this is a key moment to stand with working people. Will you join us tomorrow, Tuesday, September 2, outside Brattleboro Union High School at 7:30am to stand with our school bus drivers and monitors? 1/
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Reposted by Isaac Evans-Frantz
Enough is enough. The health of the country is in danger. Read our resignation letters: insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...
Breaking News: Read three top CDC officials' resignation emails.
The end of an era.
insidemedicine.substack.com
August 28, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Enough is enough. The health of the country is in danger. Read our resignation letters: insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...
This month the President vowed to forcibly remove unhoused people from DC.
In Vermont, our state govt has removed families w/ young children and seniors w/ oxygen tanks from motels w/ no safe place to go.
Vermont must do better. Here’s my guidance. #VTpoli
www.commonsnews.org/issue/828/82...
In Vermont, our state govt has removed families w/ young children and seniors w/ oxygen tanks from motels w/ no safe place to go.
Vermont must do better. Here’s my guidance. #VTpoli
www.commonsnews.org/issue/828/82...
Residents want shelter for unhoused neighbors | Issue 828
Isaac Evans-Frantz serves as the executive director of a national nonpartisan organization that campaigns for U.S. policies to save lives around the world. He also serves on the Brattleboro Selectboar...
www.commonsnews.org
August 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
This month the President vowed to forcibly remove unhoused people from DC.
In Vermont, our state govt has removed families w/ young children and seniors w/ oxygen tanks from motels w/ no safe place to go.
Vermont must do better. Here’s my guidance. #VTpoli
www.commonsnews.org/issue/828/82...
In Vermont, our state govt has removed families w/ young children and seniors w/ oxygen tanks from motels w/ no safe place to go.
Vermont must do better. Here’s my guidance. #VTpoli
www.commonsnews.org/issue/828/82...
Introducing Cristian from our Action Corps community. (actioncorps.org)
August 21, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Introducing Cristian from our Action Corps community. (actioncorps.org)
📣ACTION ALERT TO STOP U.S./ISRAEL FROM STARVING GAZANS📣: TODAY, Wednesday please call Congress at 202-224-3121. Ask for your U.S. senator. Instructions below.
July 30, 2025 at 4:37 PM
📣ACTION ALERT TO STOP U.S./ISRAEL FROM STARVING GAZANS📣: TODAY, Wednesday please call Congress at 202-224-3121. Ask for your U.S. senator. Instructions below.
Good connecting with folks here in my hometown of Brattleboro, Vermont in the July 4th parade. Let’s hold out a vision for town and country that works for everyday people, not just the wealthy elite. #VTpoli
July 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Good connecting with folks here in my hometown of Brattleboro, Vermont in the July 4th parade. Let’s hold out a vision for town and country that works for everyday people, not just the wealthy elite. #VTpoli