Dozens of electoral college members have asked for an intelligence briefing on the president-elect’s ties to Russia before they cast their votes on December 19.
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Slaughter, Schumer brace for war
Anytime Democrats or Republicans get whupped in a big national election, the pundits and chattering classes inevitably pose some existential questions: What went wrong? Does the party have a future? What is it? The 2016 presidential campaign was so ugly that reporters and TV talking heads are autopsying both parties. But there’s a different, practical […]
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Keep Bello, Slaughter
Louise Slaughter and Adam Bello have earned our endorsement in their races for Congress and Monroe County clerk, respectively.
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Poison rhetoric trickles down
In Donald Trump, America has a presidential candidate who’s called Mexican immigrants rapists who bring drugs and crime into the country. He talks about Islam only in the context of terrorism. And he once said that Muslim refugees or immigrants should be blocked from entering the US; now he says that they should undergo “extreme […]
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Beyond Clinton and Trump
Third-party candidates are in a weird spot. They’re blamed for “siphoning” votes from the major parties and possibly altering an election — Bush-Gore-Nader comes to mind. But people who vote for a third-party candidate are often told they’re throwing their votes away. This utterly peculiar presidential election is yielding a common complaint: “Why do I […]
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Nojay’s life, and death, made an impression
Bill Nojay was one of the Rochester area’s leading conservative voices, and with good reason: the man left an impression, whether you agreed with him or not. Nojay, a State Assembly member, talk radio host, and former head of the Rochester Genesee Regional Transit Authority, killed himself last week. The 59-year-old stunned the community by […]
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Feedback 9/7
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A depressing campaign nears its bitter end
Americans need to find a way to heal the divisions in this diverse and bitterly divided country.
