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The Trump gift
The deal smacks of corruption and likely violates the Constitution’s Foreign Emoluments Clause.
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Medicaid is a lifeline for Maine communities
The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set news policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com Darcy Shargo is the...
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Letter: Trump right to cut federal programs
Letters submitted by BDN readers are verified by BDN Opinion Page staff. Send your letters to letters@bangordailynews.com The upcoming rescission package expected from President Donald Trump reflects...
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Letter: LePage election claims are an insult to Mainers
Letters submitted by BDN readers are verified by BDN Opinion Page staff. Send your letters to letters@bangordailynews.com Here we go again, Paul LePage playing from the Trump playbook by claiming the...
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Letter: Nature should be for all, not a few fishermen
Letters submitted by BDN readers are verified by BDN Opinion Page staff. Send your letters to letters@bangordailynews.com I am writing in response to the May 3 column by Chris Sargent, “It was my...
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Letter: Support transgender athlete bills
Letters submitted by BDN readers are verified by BDN Opinion Page staff. Send your letters to letters@bangordailynews.com From the beginning, we have to understand that transgender athletes being...
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Maine needs more affordable child care to secure its economic future
The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set news policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com Keith Bisson is...
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Real ID Name change documentation requirement is sexist and ageist
The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set news policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com Margaret Knapp, a...
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Letter: Yes, Democrats should nominate someone other than Jared Golden
Letters submitted by BDN readers are verified by BDN Opinion Page staff. Send your letters to letters@bangordailynews.com The question for a May 16 Bangor Daily News poll asked: “Should Democrats...
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Letter: Maine should find ways to avoid bias in social work licensing
Letters submitted by BDN readers are verified by BDN Opinion Page staff. Send your letters to letters@bangordailynews.com I am writing in support of LD 1298, An Act Establishing Alternate Pathways to...
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Letter: Bangor Mall is depressing
Letters submitted by BDN readers are verified by BDN Opinion Page staff. Send your letters to letters@bangordailynews.com On a recent road trip back from Northern Maine, I stopped in for a walk in the...
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Letter: Let elected officials know what you’re thinking
Letters submitted by BDN readers are verified by BDN Opinion Page staff. Send your letters to letters@bangordailynews.com The Mainers I grew up with in the 1980s and 1990s were very practical. They...
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Our mental health system fails families like mine
The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set news policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com Erin Descoteaux is a...
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Now is the time for Susan Collins’ own ‘Declaration of Conscience’
The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set news policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com Lily King is a writer...
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Letter: Banned substances, not transgender athletes, are a problem in sports
Letters submitted by BDN readers are verified by BDN Opinion Page staff. Send your letters to letters@bangordailynews.com I am 70 years old and have played or officiated in sports most of my life....
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Is it cruel to hunt deer?
The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set news policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com Jeffrey S. Barkin is a...
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Letter: Why a millionaire tax doesn’t make sense for Maine
Letters submitted by BDN readers are verified by BDN Opinion Page staff. Send your letters to letters@bangordailynews.com Millionaires and the top 10 percent of Americans pay more than 70 percent of...
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Letter: Trump a poor role model for young people
Letters submitted by BDN readers are verified by BDN Opinion Page staff. Send your letters to letters@bangordailynews.com Donald Trump’s return to power provides what I see as a distinctive model of...
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Letter: Cryptocurrency ATMs are a real problem
Letters submitted by BDN readers are verified by BDN Opinion Page staff. Send your letters to letters@bangordailynews.com I write in response to the May 14 column “Maine Lawmakers have wrong approach...
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Young people don’t need AI friends, they need real ones
The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set news policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com Don Carpenter is...
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