WASHINGTON — With his interference in the 2016 election, Russian President Vladimir Putin achieved something that none of his murderous Soviet predecessors were able to accomplish: He has turned Democrats into Russia hawks. A few months after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Ronald Reagan addressed the 1992 Republican National Convention and said: “I heard […]
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Democrats take note: ‘Normal’ isn’t coming back
Smack them with their own bat. That was the gist of, “Hey Democrats, Fighting Fair is for Suckers,” a provocative jeremiad that Politico ran on Independence Day. In it, writer Rob Goodman argued that, after Republicans have killed all the old political norms — denying a Supreme Court nominee a hearing, for example — it’s […]
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Democrats ignore truth to grab some votes
San Francisco is permitting “undocumented immigrants,” as political correctness demands we label them, to register to vote this November in local school board elections. Who doubts this is the first step by the left and Democrats toward full voting rights in state and eventually in federal elections? The claim by lawyers will be that it […]
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Trump 'very concerned' Russians will meddle to help Dems
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he’s “very concerned” that Russia will try to meddle in November’s midterm elections to help Democrats win. Trump says in a tweet he’s “very concerned that Russia will be fighting very hard to have an impact on the upcoming Election,” but says: “they will be pushing very hard […]
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Issues important to Democrats
I have some ideas I would like to see incorporated into the Democratic Party platform. They are issues that many people are concerned about. They include: • Affordable health care for all; • Protecting Social Security and Medicare; • Clean air and water; • Affordable education; • Repair and maintaining the nation’s infrastructure (roads, parks, […]
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Shame on Democrats
I watched as FBI agent Peter Strzok was being interviewed by members of Congress. The Democrats acting like spoiled brats. They were ridiculous in their tactics trying to stop the interview. I watched the news media questioning of Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump. I believe Putin when he said he had nothing to do […]
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Historic ranked-choice vote may have changed perceptions, but not election outcomes
AUGUSTA — After all of the anticipation and waiting, ranked-choice voting did not change the final outcome of any of the primary elections that served as test pilots during Maine’s historic use of the alternate ballot-casting system. Yet preliminary results show one candidate experienced a surge in support during Wednesday night’s vote retabulations, although not […]
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State still collecting ballots to conduct ranked-choice vote counts
AUGUSTA – Maine Secretary of State Matt Dunlap said ranked-choice voting calculations for the Democratic gubernatorial primary will likely happen Tuesday. “Everything would have to snap into place pretty neatly to be done today,” Dunlap said Monday morning. “We are anticipating really being done tomorrow to be able to run the tabulation.” As of Friday […]
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Mills or Cote will emerge as Democratic primary victor, but not before Friday
Either Janet Mills or Adam Cote will be on the ballot for governor in November, but it will be days before Mainers know which of the two represents the Democratic Party this fall. With 80 percent of precincts statewide reporting, Mills continued to lead Cote by just under 5,000 votes on Wednesday morning. But Mills’ […]
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Androscoggin County Democrats to meet
LEWISTON — The monthly meeting of the Androscoggin County Democratic Committee will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 28, at the Democratic Coordinated Campaign Office, 124 Lisbon St., Lewiston. Guest speaker will be Secretary of State Matt Dunlap, who will talk about his efforts to counteract voter suppression, and what the public can do […]