John Balentine employs an inanimate object (Magic 8-Ball) to put forth his typical Republican Party-centered propaganda (“Predictions from the all-knowing Magic 8-Ball,” Jan. 1). Utilizing this device (it is actually a prism which converts truth into fiction), Balentine asks: “Regarding national politics, will Republicans resist President-elect Joe Biden as Democrats resisted President Trump?” His “prism” […]
Election 2020
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Trump leads attack on democracy itself
The president’s stream of lies has turned millions of his supporters into enemies of their own country.
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Commentary: 2005 election challenge was bad – 2021 is much worse
Republican senators who refuse to certify Biden’s victory are inflaming doubts they helped kindle. That’s poison for democracy.
Posted inNation & World, News
Four people die as mob incited by Trump storms Capitol in attempt to stop confirmation of Biden’s election
The rioters sent members of Congress scrambling to crouch under desks while police futilely tried to barricade the building, in one of the most jarring scenes ever in a seat of American political power.
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Unmasked Trump supporters descend on D.C. to protest election results
Throughout Tuesday, speakers repeated election conspiracy theories, closed their eyes to pray and shared discount codes for MyPillow, a company owned by a Trump ally.
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Dividing party, Trump’s Republican allies poised to challenge Biden’s win
The president sees Wednesday’s joint session of Congress as one of his final attempts to overturn his loss, even though there is no credible path for that to happen.
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Georgia counting votes in tight runoffs that will determine who controls Senate
The pivotal runoffs transformed Georgia, once a solidly Republican state, into one of the nation’s battlegrounds in the final days of the Trump presidency.
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Maine Voices: Our state has far to go to live up to voter-friendly reputation
Innovation is lagging, common-sense laws seen elsewhere are not in place here, and too many municipalities don’t enforce the inclusive statutes that Maine has.
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Our View: Trump’s election denial damages democracy
There’s only one truth about the 2020 presidential election: Biden won.
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Trump’s ‘futile and sorry’ fight to overturn election creates deep rift in Republican Party
Lawmakers are essentially forced to choose between appeasing a wounded president and certifying the results of an election determined by their constituents.