What Fox News did was inflame the mob with lies it knew were lies. This included the thugs who attacked the Capitol, killed police and threatened to hang the vice president. Its phony challenges to the sanctity of the electoral system came close to bringing the democracy down.
Alex Lear
A Maine native and Colby College graduate, Alex has been covering coastal communities since 2001. He lives in the Portland area with his wife Lauren, 4-year-old daughter Alaina, and 7-year-old bulldog Walter. He has released four CDs of original music and does occasional research work for Marvel Comics' collected editions.
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Cal Thomas: Who(m) do you trust?
With respect to just the latest lies about the origin, prevention and treatment for the virus that causes COVID-19, the misinformation and disinformation are now being uncovered.
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Rich Lowry: Donald Trump’s enduring strength
Trump may indeed be beatable, but the latest polling shows him squarely in the way of anyone who wants to take over the party he’s dominated for years.
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Normand Saucier: Franco Center board should retain heritage-reflecting name
I understand that the Franco Center is changing its name to Riverfront Performing Arts & Events. If that is the case, I am deeply offended. And whoever is making this decision should be removed from their position. I am a Lewiston native who spoke only French growing up, and which eventually led to my living […]
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Caleb Roebuck: Lewiston councilors wrong to censure mayor for unsent letter
The majority of the Lewiston City Council has, once again, shown that they are more concerned with punishing those who disagree with them than with actually governing. Their Feb. 21 censure of Mayor Carl Sheline for something that was never even done was nothing more than flexing their political muscle to try to show that […]
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Sen. Jeff Timberlake: Maine took a stand against habitual offenders, yet some are still trying to undo it
If LD 429 is passed, it will undo the progress achieved in the past 16 years. While some of the bill aims to clear a backlogged judicial system, the bottom line is Democrats risk reversing a solid record of results and endangering the lives of Mainers.
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Bob Neal: The Countryman: Can the party of government make it work?
Republicans have painted Democrats as the “party of government.” When anything goes wrong, count on Republicans to say, “See, government just can’t do everything.” Count on Democrats, when anything goes wrong, to say, “We need a program (regulation, staff, etc.) to fix it.”
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Rich Lowry: Don’t rewrite books
There’s a reason that everyone naturally recoils from Winston Smith’s work in “1984” in the Records Department of the Ministry of Truth, changing old newspaper articles and photographs to update them in keeping with the dictates of the party. The falsity, the thoroughness, and the need for control, extending all the way to the past, are all disturbing hallmarks of totalitarian politics.