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NYT interview made me a Platner supporter | Letter

I recently watched a lengthy interview with Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Graham Platner by the New York Times’ Lulu Garcia-Navarro. I have been a supporter of Gov. Mills for this seat and reluctant to get on the Platner bandwagon. After the Times interview, I am convinced he is the correct choice for Maine. Platner […]

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A Republican president is expensive for America | Letter

The last two Republican presidents — George W. Bush and the current occupant of the White House — have down four things: cut taxes for the morbidly wealthy; blow our country’s debt into the stratosphere with the same unnecessary tax cuts for people who don’t need them; start a completely unnecessary and insanely expensive war in the […]

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Trump’s IRS deal is a new low | Letter

Arguably, President Trump is the most corrupt president in U.S. history. He certainly is the most corrupt president in my 74 years. In addition to his sale of White House memorabilia, his cryptocurrency corruption, his “reallocation” of $1.25 billion of our money for his Board of Peace, the “pay to play” oligarchs who surround him, […]

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Susan Collins no longer represents Maine | Letter

Why is Sen. Susan Collins so silent? President Trump has established an unconstitutional slush fund to pay supporters; he takes gifts from Qataris and others; he has enriched himself by $4 billion; he enables his sons and son-in-law to profit on government contracts; he obstructs the release of the full Epstein file trove as required by […]

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Moderate Republicans have been made politically homeless | Letter

As a longtime Mainer, I have become increasingly discouraged watching what has happened to the Republican Party and to many elected officials who once claimed to value institutional integrity, accountability and independent leadership. What concerns me most is not only President Trump’s behavior, but how normalized so much of it has become within today’s political […]