Mash Notes, Hate Mail & Other Correspondence

By Patrick Rosenstiel I think most people agree that our presidential election system needs to be reformed. In New Hampshire, S.B.43 is a bill to replace the state’s winner-take-all system of awarding electoral votes with a system that allocates electors by congressional district. It mimics Maine and Nebraska’s system and does not require a constitutional amendment to be enacted. The sponsors of S.B.43 and I agree that the shortcomings of the current system present a clear threat to the future of American democracy. The idea of battleground states versus flyover states delivers chaos, instability, and tribalism, and it shakes the very foundation of trust in …

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To the Editor: December 7, 1941 and January 6, 2021 are days that will “Live in Infamy.” One was a clear sneak attack by a foreign power; one was a home-grown attack on our democracy by a delusional, misguided group of domestic terrorists trying to discount and nullify the votes of millions of Americans in numerous states and overthrow our government. As I write this, Washington, D.C. has become an armed camp of thousands of National Guard troops and police sent to protect the peaceful transfer of power when Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are sworn in on January 20, 2021. How did America get …

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“The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line.” – W. E. B. Du Bois, at the Pan-African conference in London, 1900.

To the Editor: Call it treason; call it Sedition; call it illegal (a breaking of laws); call it an Impeachable Offense…but don’t call it “just Trump being Trump”! The widely-publicized extortion call President Trump made to Georgia’s Secretary of State and other Georgia election officials (his 19th attempt to reach and threaten them to “find 11,780 votes” to overturn the election) was/is a clear abuse of Presidential authority and power; end of story! If you do believe it is a case of “Just T being T,” then you must not believe any of President Trump’s efforts, behaviors, or actions are to subvert and undermine our …

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Senator Susan Collins: I join millions of New Englanders and hundreds of thousands of your Maine constituents in calling on you to demand the removal of President Donald Trump by the provisions of the Twenty-fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution. This man is guilty of sedition, pathological dishonesty, hate speech and insurrection against the United States government and his people. Donald J. Trump has violated his oath of office in countless ways. It is time for you to uphold yours. Reread the Preamble to the Constitution, madam Senator. Do what is your duty: to establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, …

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