What happened on Jan. 6 demands a reckoning from people like syndicated columnist Marc A. Thiessen.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Why I’m quitting the Republican Party after more than 40 years
The party’s nearly universal support of Donald Trump is a betrayal of every principle of truth, honor, decency and morality I believe in.
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Posted inNation & World, Politics
In fight over Republican Party, state committees stand as firewall for Trump
Trump critics have been pushed out or marginalized, leaving loyalists among their ranks.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Republican Party to stay neutral should Trump seek White House again
‘I’m not telling anybody to run or not to run in 2024,’ RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel says.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Leonard Pitts: Imposter behind the curtain is gone, but Republicans still lost in Land of Oz
Neither a violent attack on the government itself nor a direct threat to their own lives is enough to get a groundswell of lawmakers in the party to do the right thing.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Forecaster Opinion, Lakes Region Weekly
Here’s Something: What’s a conservative to do?
With Democrats and their liberal/progressive/socialist ideological adherents installed in high political offices in Maine and the nation, conservative Republicans might be feeling a little low as we find ourselves in the opening days of a Biden administration that promises to change America as we’ve known it. Have no fear; all hope is not lost for […]
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Commentary: The Republican paralysis
Here’s why the GOP can’t protect the country right now.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Early warning signs emerge for Republican Party after Capitol riot
The Republican Party is losing voters. Some may be rejecting politics altogether while others may be leaving a Republican Party they fear will be less loyal to Trump.
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Sheldon Adelson, casino mogul and Republican power broker, dies
Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire mogul and power broker who built a casino empire spanning from Las Vegas to China and became a singular force in domestic and international politics has died after a long illness.
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Murkowski becomes first Republican senator to say Trump should resign
The Alaska senator tells an Anchorage newspaper that if the GOP doesn’t cut ties with the president, she might leave the party.