It is no small irony that Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth changed the name of the Department of Defense to the Department of War. Our peacetime military is a wartime military. This allows them to be aggressive vs. being passive. It gives them cover to be warring against anyone that they choose. For example, they attacked […]
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the editor of the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Trump gets richer, we get poorer | Letter
Does it make us feel all warm and fuzzy inside that, since returning to office, our president has added $3 billion to his wealth? And that 10 of the richest Americans have made over $700 billion? Yeah, he really cares about us — those who need SNAP, those who need affordable medical insurance, those who […]
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Other motives are behind Gardiner schools uproar | Letter
Culture war issues continue to be used to divert our attention from the economic forces at the heart of the country’s turmoil. The excellent piece regarding the Gardiner School District uproar over a proposed school-based health clinic that would serve basic heath needs of children without access to care left me wondering why Leonard Leo and other wealthy contributors […]
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Be angry at Angus King if you want, but don’t let Republicans off the hook | Letter
I can only imagine how hard it was for Sen. Angus King and the other senators to decide to end the government shutdown. They gave up the chance to restore some of the budget cuts in order to end the very real suffering of unpaid federal workers and people depending on SNAP. I can understand […]
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Maine must unmask ICE | Letter
Where laws don’t make it, we can help each other.
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Work to help Mainers in need was not on GOP menu | Letter
During our nation’s recent government shutdown, over 170,000 Mainers were at risk of losing SNAP funds to put food on their tables. Not only were they close to losing needed food, they also struggled emotionally and mentally about how to feed their families, including children. During this looming food crisis, several Maine lawmakers and advocates […]
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Dwelling on CMP’s spending practices | Letter
Could its money have been better spent lowering customers’ bills than paying for political advertising?
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Alarmed by Susan Collins’ support of hateful petition | Letter
Sen. Susan Collins’ recent announcement that she had signed a petition in support of a state referendum effort pushing to ban transgender students from sports and private spaces, based on their gender identity, was not a one-off — as it may be seen. The announcement was part of Collins’ reelection strategy, financed and supported by […]
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President Trump has lost touch with reality | Letter
As I sweep the dismal news events of the past week out of my mind so I can get some sleep, I’m assailed by one film clip that won’t leave me alone. It features Donald Trump casually remarking on the Saudis’ hideous murder and dismemberment of a respected journalist, saying, “The man had a lot […]
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Progressive thinking has moved America forward | Letter
Some proclaim that America is a conservative-leaning country. Yet the most progressive governing documents in world history were written and adopted here: The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States. Those documents formed a government unlike any in the history of humankind. It created three coequal branches of government with the Founders’ […]