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That Kamala Harris is so tinny and unpersuasive on the border is, in large part, not a product of poor communications skills; rather it is part and parcel of a strategic choice to try to muddy the waters instead of admitting how and why the administration created an utterly avoidable debacle.
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Decisions about what to promote on his businesses are Mark Zuckerberg’s First Amendment right to make. But his users deserve transparency about what topics are limited — and how the social network determines what’s over the line.
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October 20The tricks Donald Trump tried to play on the recent hurricane victims were beyond depraved.
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The need to topple the theocratic regime in Tehran has become more critical as Iran nears the ability to produce and launch nuclear weapons against Israel and possibly the United States.
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Throughout October, domestic violence programs across Maine have been and will be hosting various events and campaigns, honoring survivors and encouraging communities to move beyond awareness and act to end domestic abuse. But the work to end domestic violence doesn’t belong to October alone.
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For over two decades, often-hysterical opposition from the American political left stalled deployment of an operational missile shield. Their hysteria was a fossil rite drawing on their Cold War opposition to President Ronald Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative.
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Elon Musk's support of the man who tried to overthrow this country's elected government does not speak of any strong attachment to American tradition, namely, the U.S. Constitution.
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Barack Obama’s chiding of young Black men is not likely to sit well with them. That Democrats have taken the Black vote for granted is a given, but more are starting to ask “what have you done for us?”
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We have yet to see former President Trump, the apparent source of much of this disinformation, take steps to become part of the solution, rather than add to the problems in episodes like these.
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Voters are entitled to honesty about these looming choices. Although they’re unlikely to get it, no one should be deceived about the true costs of campaign proposals.
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Israel has an intense communal, can-do spirit that keeps the country united and its economy innovative
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For most of the night, the more polished and media savvy Sen. JD Vance seemed to be winning the debate, in my view. But when Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz challenged him to say who won the 2020 election, Vance’s discomfort with his running mate's growing web of half-truths, fabrications and outright lies seemed to show itself.
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Florida is no stranger to the occasional big "blow," but climate change may have completely rewritten the meteorological future, and it's not sunny.
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Her answers are not likely to help her with the few voters who say they are still “undecided.”
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Commonsense Mainers should think long and hard about whether this is the direction we should move our state.
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Rep. Kathy Shaw: House candidate Damien shares Auburn people’s values
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Kryston Chapman: Quentin Chapman aims for fiscal responsibility in Augusta
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Kevin Murphy: Rep. Libby advocates common sense, lower taxes
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Mary Hughes: Rep. Libby fights for a better tomorrow
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Misty Edgecomb: ‘Our future is in capable hands’ with Rep. Lee
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Brandon Pelletier: Cormier is the leader Sabattus needs
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Cayden Childs: Rep. Libby opposes tax hikes on Maine workers
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Steve Bien: JD Vance for prime minister
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Peter Lasagna: ‘Choose positive progress,’ vote for Sheats
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Paul Carignan: Webb ‘the best candidate’ for House District 98
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Randy Corey: Rep. Libby supports policies that benefit Maine families
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Michael Webber: Take the time to vote
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Alan Whitman: The perfect storm is coming
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Norm Gellatly: Trump’s rants are disturbingly critical
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Patrick Munsell: Rep. Libby embraces ‘an excellent education for Maine children’
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Thomas Shields: Rep. Libby is ‘one of the stalwarts in our Legislature’
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Sandra Doctoroff: Trump disregarded humane immigration policies
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Richard Fortier: Voters shouldn’t believe ‘dismal economy’ narrative
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Marti Chabot: ‘Never forget, be strong’ one year after Lewiston shootings
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Shirley Davis: Rep. Libby ‘will bring sanity back to our state’
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Carol Bailey: Rep. Libby has shown decisive leadership
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Tom Fallon: Bryant understands need for change, growth in Oxford County
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