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To answer Trump’s question of whether we are better off than four years ago depends on whom you listen to. Trump’s media has made it clear: We are worse off. According to normal metrics, we are in a better place. And I credit President Biden. But that is almost inconsequential because Trump is perpetrating great […]
I testified in front of the Maine Judiciary Committee in favor of L.D. 780, a law that would amend the Maine State Constitution to enshrine the right to reproductive autonomy. Here is a truth: I am the author of my life. That is most profoundly true with my health care. It is my body, my […]
Focusing on mental health and yellow flag laws is too limited a solution for gun violence. Guns are a problem because they are tools whose designed purpose is to kill. What we should have are procedures for how guns are obtained. Except, the Second Amendment greatly complicates regulating guns. The Founding Fathers put guns in […]
Responses to a guest essay about addressing the divide between Republicans and Democrats. Also: Defending Rudy Giuliani; antidepressants on shirts.
I was in Augusta on June 16 to represent support for L.D. 1619. The Capitol was filled with pro-life conservatives. I wonder how old a child must be for them to end their advocacy. On the national level, Republicans have voted against the child tax credit and affordable child care. Conservative states are getting rid […]