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I am certain that I lost consciousness, so, no way could I have called an ambulance.
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“Sleeping is a biological necessity. It’s sort of like breathing,” U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan said during a hearing on the case. “You can say breathing is conduct, too, but presumably you would not think that it’s okay to criminalize breathing in public. And for a homeless person who has no place to go, sleeping in public is kind of like breathing in public.”
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Regulators are adding a new regulation to Title IX that “prohibits discrimination and harassment based on sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex characteristics in federally funded education programs …” said the Education Department fact sheet.
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Ukraine has certainly defeated Russia in the Battle of the Black Sea. Free Europe believes it can on land.
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We don't pretend here to have an answer for the homeless problem. Because the population is diverse, the answers must also be diverse. But one answer can't be to strip away the public's right to use the public spaces that ultimately belong to them.
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Major public works are important, no doubt. But what we gain shouldn’t obscure what we lose. The displaced communities — and people — aren’t just collateral damage.
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Self-made billionaire businessmen are typically characterized by ruthless ambition, narcissism, and an all-consuming will to dominate, and Gates is no exception
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The upper-middle class, in the form of college students, threatens to withhold votes from Biden while also riling up millions of moderate voters with their protests of the war in the Gaza Strip.
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It's Columbia 1968 — the antisemitic version.
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Lesser prosecutors would have been daunted by the prospect of creating a national melodrama and a norm-breaking prosecution of a former president over what is, in essence, a misdemeanor business-records charge.
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We have entered a new social media hell, where online creeps run sadistic schemes targeting high school kids. Since late 2021, their ruses have driven at least 20 young people, mostly boys, to take their lives.
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April 26
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The Jewish people are part of our America and deserve our respect and our protection. We should not tolerate what is taking place on American campuses, and we should demand that the influencers who are teaching this new Marxist garbage be terminated.
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Let’s hope that others follow the lead of Columbia’s president and Google management, and we stop wet nursing kids who for too long have demonstrated their ignorance and in some cases denounced America while reaping its benefits.
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It’s reasonable to assume that in 2024, the number of churchgoing Republicans has declined even further. Significantly so. And thus, they matter less to the ever-expedient Donald Trump’s campaign for president.
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Tim McCloskey: Rep. Libby works to lower taxes for the wealthy
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Debra Phillips: Sheats offers skills, expertise to Senate District 20
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Art Wing: ‘Rep. Libby understands the need to limit the government’
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Margaret McCloskey: Campbell would serve House District 90 with integrity
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Michael Boom: How should God’s chosen people be defined?
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Judy Green: Theriault offers background, values to U.S. Congress
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In rebuttal: Glenn Chateauvert: In Biden vs. Trump, these numbers matter
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Faith Barker: Campell offers work ethic, compassion, dedication to state House
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Lawrence Small: Fining homeless people would be a bad idea
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Brittany Hemond: Rep. Libby ‘advocates for personal responsibility’
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William LaRochelle: Trump is ‘a clear and present danger to the whole free world’
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Susan Fesenmaier: ‘Let’s put our energy toward solutions, not lies’
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Randy Hotham: Martin a high-caliber candidate for state Senate
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Ellen Field: Republicans vs. Democrats on handling the economy
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Norm Gellatly: Winning presidential candidate needs a conscience
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Toby and Mike Haber-Giasson: Sheats is ‘the model public servant’
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Lou Giard: ‘I don’t trust the Electoral College’
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Peter Zanoni: Why are military weapons available for sale?
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Joseph Pickering Jr.: Maine lacks vision in addressing mental health
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Jane Burns: Thank you, CMP
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In rebuttal: Frank Kieliszek: Candidate with most votes should win presidency
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Carole Richards: Maine needs an enforced red flag law
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Margaret Matthews: National popular vote could result in chaos
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Richard Hatch: Don’t blame climate for power outages
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Mark Wood: CMP’s tree-trimming program is inadequate
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