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Opinion: Trump’s Big Lie isn’t just a national scourge

by Mark Z. Barabak The Los Angeles Times July 6, 2024July 5, 2024

If the former president and his allies prevail in November, we’ll need principled local leaders to stand up against malevolence and chicanery.

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Commentary: The surgeon general acknowledged America’s gun violence emergency. Here’s why that matters

by Robin Abcarian July 5, 2024July 5, 2024

Hey, cheer up: The news is not all bad. The federal government acknowledged for the first time last week that gun violence is an urgent public health crisis. You already knew that, of course. We all knew it. But thanks to the gun lobby’s stranglehold on our political class, it’s been nearly impossible to focus […]

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Opinion: Maine needs to pass a red flag law – now

by Peggy McGehee Special to the Press Herald July 5, 2024July 4, 2024

Give families the right to seek emergency orders to remove guns from dangerous relatives. It’s that simple.

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Commentary: The supreme hubris of John Roberts

by Gary Simson July 5, 2024July 3, 2024

You don’t have to be a big fan of Chief Justice John Roberts to concede that he wouldn’t dream of jet-setting around the country at a conservative billionaire’s expense or hanging outside his home a favorite flag of 2020 election deniers or Christian nationalists. But then why, you must be wondering, was he so unwilling […]

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Douglas Rooks: Biden’s dilemma goes to the heart of democracy

by Douglas Rooks July 4, 2024July 3, 2024

Voters should ask themselves whose policies would most benefit the American people, and the world for which the United States is still a leading force, writes the columnist.

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Opinion: The Chevron doctrine is dead, long live the Chevron doctrine

by Kaitlin Caruso and Anthony Moffa Special to the Press Herald July 3, 2024July 3, 2024

Do we really want courts deciding complicated questions of science and medicine? We don’t – and Maine can do better.

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Maine Compass: This July 4, let’s celebrate our interdependence as well

by Rep. Sally Cluchey July 3, 2024July 2, 2024

In these days of division, it’s easy to forget how much we depend on each other, writes state Rep. Sally Cluchey of Bowdoinham.

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Commentary: Not much clarity in the Supreme Court’s immunity decision

by Stephen L. Carter July 3, 2024July 2, 2024

Anyone who expected the Supreme Court to give clear guidance on the extent to which former President Donald Trump can be tried (and tried and tried) for the crimes of which he has been accused must surely be disappointed with the complexity of what the justices decided in Trump v. United States. The case was […]