A small group of anti-Trump protesters are gathered outside the Statehouse in Concord to thank New Hampshire’s electors for backing Clinton.
Hillary Clinton
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Maine electors cast votes for Clinton, Trump – after protests inside and outside State House
Clinton gets three votes and Trump gets one on a historic day, but not before one elector breaks protocol and initially submits a protest ballot for Bernie Sanders.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: Winner-take-all election system means loser can win
The National Popular Vote interstate compact would ensure that the popular vote winner actually becomes president.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
M.D. Harmon: So-called progressive movement may grind to overdue halt
May there be a ‘rightward ratchet’ once the president-elect takes over.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Marginalizing Sanders supporters will hurt Democratic Party in Maine
The Maine Democratic State Committee re-elects the same officers who oversaw shocking failures.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Whether in war or politics, arrogance results in bad decisions
Both the Japanese in WWII and Hillary Clinton underestimated their opponents to their peril.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Charles Lawton: Trump’s ‘stay or be punished’ game won’t work in the long run
The effective way forward for Maine and the U.S. is not a new taxpayer-funded crony capitalism.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Rep. Lockman stokes division, promotes misunderstanding
As we move forward, I hope that Maine and our country can find common ground.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Garrison Keillor: Maybe a Trump presidency is what God intended, after all
If God could make a donkey talk, he might make this moose a halfway decent president.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
M.D. Harmon: Outpouring of fake news on the left deserves attention
Man-made climate change and Castro’s patriotism are two recent examples of intentionally false narratives.