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A desperate New York governor still holds on
Opinion, Сolumns
Jim Eckstrom jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
Aug 06, 2021
Once again there is a bipartisan chorus of calls — from throughout New York state and even from the White House — for Gov. Andrew Cuomo to resign afte...
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Perfected politics of ‘No!’
Opinion, Сolumns
DOYLE McMANUS Tribune News Service 
May 29, 2021
Groucho Marx isn’t often hailed as a political oracle. But you can’t tell me he wasn’t channeling the future Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky in 1932,...
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The Republican Party’s new McCarthyism
Сolumns
ROBERT A. GEORGE Bloomberg Opinion/ TNS 
May 27, 2021
Forgive Americans if they no longer remember that the elephant is the symbol of the Republican Party. Elephants are supposed to never forget, yet Repu...
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Purging the GOP past
Opinion, Сolumns
STEVEN ROBERTS 
May 07, 2021
In the nine elections between 1980 and 2012, candidates with one of three names — Bush, Cheney and Romney — appeared on the GOP’s national ticket nine...
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The voter suppression lie
Opinion, Сolumns
RICH LOWRY 
Mar 31, 2021
President Joe Biden is so committed to bipartisan cooperation and fact-based governance that he’s launched an ignorant and incendiary attack on the ne...
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Dems shouldn’t overrule Iowa vote
Opinion, Сolumns
Mar 27, 2021
A Democratic congressional candidate from Iowa who lost a close election last year is hoping that the House will overturn the state-certified result. ...
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Candidates announced for May 18 primary
Bradford, Local News, News
Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
Mar 11, 2021
Four candidates have filed petitions for the three vacancies on Bradford City Council for the May 18 primary election, according to the McKean County ...
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The good and the ugly of Trump
Opinion, Сolumns
JAY AMBROSE Tribune News Service 
Mar 05, 2021
He walked out on the stage and the crowd was cheering, the music was blasting “I’m proud to be an American,” and former President Donald Trump did loo...
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Mulling a new political party
Opinion, Сolumns
PAUL MUSCHICK The Morning Call 
Feb 20, 2021
ALLENTOWN (TNS) — Longtime Lehigh Valley Congressman Charlie Dent was among 120 Republican officials who participated in recent talks about forming a ...
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Senators are checking out
Opinion, Сolumns
Feb 01, 2021
The announcement by two moderate Republican senators — Rob Portman of Ohio and Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania — that they will not seek re-election is not...
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A call for peace in our nation
Opinion, Сolumns
Jan 09, 2021
Death and destruction did not stop Congress from its mission to certify the election of the next president of the United States. Shell-shocked by what...
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Compassion vs. the bottom line
Opinion, Сolumns
Dec 23, 2020
Pennsylvania Senate Democrats have unveiled a $4 billion plan to combat the effects of the coronavirus. The act would target small businesses, hospita...
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State rep keeps wasting time
Opinion, Сolumns
Dec 15, 2020
Nothing says Pennsylvania politics like pointless, partisan legislative proposals that have exactly zero chance of adoption. And when it comes to go-n...
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