The Maine Republican says she remains undecided on whether she would vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh, who she says agreed that the Roe v. Wade decision is ‘settled law.’
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Doctor who was disciplined had clashes with patients over Trump
Dr. Cathleen London, who has said she plans to run against Sen. Susan Collins in 2020, had conflicts with patients who were Trump supporters, according to a consent agreement that also spelled out flaws in her prescribing and record-keeping practices.
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Letter to the editor: Column misled readers on Sen. Collins’ votes related to Trump agenda
Readers might have been understandably confused by a misleading July 29 column by Greg Kesich headlined “Republicans stand firmly on Team Trump,” which suggests that Sen. Susan Collins serves as a rubber stamp for President Trump’s agenda. The column cites a tally from the fivethirtyeight.com website, which shows Sen. Collins has voted with President Trump […]
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Letter to the editor: Sen. Collins has chance to help fix broken process on court nominees
Consider the damage to the court’s legitimacy caused by the political maneuvering of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, whose party has had a slim majority in the Senate. McConnell claimed it was too close to an election to hold a nomination hearing for Merrick Garland, by all accounts a relatively moderate jurist selected as someone […]
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Bill Nemitz: Russian trolling story’s commenters suspecting each other
That’s exactly the kind of distrust the trollers of Maine politicians are looking to sow.
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Letter to the editor: Delegation won’t hold Trump’s feet to the fire
The legislative branch hasn’t lived up to its role of being a check on the president, whose border crisis continues to inflict misery.
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Maine women lobby Sens. Collins and King to vote against Trump’s high court nominee
The women are part of a lobbying effort by Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, which sees Brett Kavenaugh’s nomination as a threat to legal abortion.
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Russian-backed troll Twitter accounts targeted Maine politicians
Sen. Collins came under fire particularly for her Affordable Care Act vote in 2017, when she was blasted with hundreds of critical tweets from a right-wing perspective.
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Sen. Collins says it’s ‘unbelievable’ that Trump wants to stop Russia probe
The president called on Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Wednesday to halt Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Posted inGreg Kesich, Op-eds, Opinion
Greg Kesich: Republicans stand firmly on Team Trump
The president may not look or talk much like a traditional Republican, but the whole party is on board with his policies.