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Fishkill, N.Y.: It was another bad week for conspiracy theorists, as the much-anticipated Durham report blew up in their faces. The report concluded that the FBI did not generate a politically motivated investigation to “get” Trump over his ties to Russia. In short, Trump’s whining about a “deep state” conspiracy to get him was diversionary nonsense. If only Trump’s conspiracy-loving gang could ever be humbled by facts, the Durham report should have added to their embarrassment.

Brooklyn: We New Yorkers are being outclassed by our New Jersey neighbors. In 2019, New Jersey joined several other progressive and compassionate states across the country in establishing the right of terminally ill individuals to work freely with their doctors to minimize end-of-life suffering.

Fishkill, N.Y.: McCarthyism was a tragic era in our history. Bullying and lies intimidated the normally responsible Republican leaders into silence. The Second Red Scare’s fever broke when Joseph McCarthy’s ugly tactics became obvious to the general public as they watched, in horror, the televised Army-McCarthy hearings.

Fishkill, N.Y.: Public shaming used to work to modify behavior and bring about reforms. It ended Sen. Joseph McCarthy’s bullying tactics during the Red Scare. Publicity from the Watergate hearings brought the criminals from the Richard Nixon administration to justice. Legislative reforms followed.

Fishkill, N.Y.: Hats off to the Justice Department for enforcing a search warrant at Donald Trump’s castle at Mar-a-Lago! It was obvious that he broke the Presidential Records Act, but wow!