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EDITORIALS
Security failures that led to Trump assassination attempt need to be fixed immediately
“This year’s presidential election is less than four months away. Donald Trump and President Joe Biden will be campaigning and speaking to thousands of people before then. Their safety, and the safety of all presidential candidates, must be assured.”
CONTRIBUTORS
DANBY INK. CARTOONS
Election year
“Wake me up in mid-November.”
Headlines
Headlines 2024.
Trump support
Trump thinks his best chance of winning is against Biden.
Letter: US is a constitutional republic, not a democracy
“Someone may not be pleased that the country is a constitutional republic but that displeasure doesn’t convert the country to a democracy.”
Letter: Everyone needs to discourage violence
“If we citizens don’t lead the way in moving away from violence, it is likely to get worse.”
Letter: We need more answers from Jared Golden
“We need more answers from Golden, and we need them now.”
Political violence in America is not unusual
“Violence plays a considerably larger role in American politics than it does in other developed countries.”
Bronny James is seeing the downsides of being a nepo baby
“This is the other side of nepotism. The side that doesn’t get talked about and few think about unless they go through the fire themselves.”
Only locals should be allowed to attend the Olympics
“According to Olympic organizers, around a quarter of the carbon emissions associated with holding the world’s biggest sporting event will be generated by spectator travel.”
Veterans are working to make democracy more representative
“Many of these exhausted, reasonable Americans are exactly the voices we need to hear the most in our dangerously divided public arena.”
Letter: Jared Golden should focus closer to home
“I think Golden needs to keep his focus closer to home, and not capitulate on the election long before it’s been held.”
Letter: Fourth of July kindness shined as bright as the fireworks
“Human kindness is not bygone; it is alive and well and displayed itself big time in Brewer on July Fourth!”
Joe Biden did OK during Thursday’s press conference. OK is not good enough.
“I am not equating Biden with Trump. Biden, for all his faults, is a decent human being who has dedicated his life to public service.”
The debate, the political duopoly and the future of American democracy
“In the near term, the best chance for presidential election change in the United States is the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact.”
Project 2025 is the new Agenda 21
“The mundane reality is that Project 2025 is pretty standard fare from right-leaning academics and policy wonks. It isn’t a secret charter for the Hunger Games or the foretelling of some American Holocaust.”
Letter: Still not sure if Jared Golden supports Joe Biden
“This is the same Jared Golden who has mostly stood with Joe Biden for the last three and a half years.”
Letter: Let Joe Biden finish the job
“He has accomplished much good as president despite substantial opposition from Congress and Trump.”
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