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Bangor Daily News -- News | -- Politics | Business | Health | Outdoors | Homestead | Food | Events | Opinion Pollways Pollways Amy Fried Menu Skip to content Home Archives Maine Politics National Other Recommended Tool Kit Contact About Search for: Why Susan Collins’ evasion on support for Trump is political August 5, 2020 Columns , Maine Politics Donald Trump , Susan Collilns By Amy Fried Originally published in the Bangor Daily News on August 4, 2016. As voters consider whether to re-elect her, Sen. Susan Collins came clean about her refusal to tell them what she thinks about their biggest decision in November. She confessed that she wouldn’t say if she supports Donald Trump for re-election because the politics were […] Share this: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Google Email Print John Lewis taught us the importance of using political power to address racial injustice August 3, 2020 National , race John Lewis , protests , racism By Amy Fried Originally posted at the Bangor Daily News on July 21, 2020. In this summer of protests against systemic racism, a great leader in the struggle passed away. Congressman John Lewis, a sharecropper’s son, was part of a group of young people who organized nonviolent actions against segregation and for voting rights. In 1965, Lewis was […] Share this: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Google Email Print Susan Collins misrepresents Brett Kavanaugh on choice July 16, 2020 Maine Politics , National abortion , Angus King , Brett Kavanaugh , Supreme Court , Susan Collins By Amy Fried Originally published in the Bangor Daily News on July 7, 2020. Sen. Susan Collins’ support for Brett Kavanaugh was one of the most significant decisions of her career, both because of its political import and for what it says about the senator’s judgment and credibility. In light of last week’s abortion ruling, Collins’ rationale keeps looking bad. […] Share this: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Google Email Print Removing confederate statues does not go far enough June 23, 2020 Columns , National Civil Rights Act of 1875 , Confederate statuess , Corrupt bargain , German history , Jim Crow , Nazi , Nuremberg , slavery By Amy Fried Weeks before Nazi Germany surrendered to the Allies, the destruction of its regime’s symbols had already begun. In Nuremberg in late April 1945, the U.S. Army blew up a giant swastika looming over the Nazi rally grounds where Adolf Hitler had spoken to hundreds of thousands of chanting soldiers and party members. This was just […] Share this: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Google Email Print Transform our politics and the police June 9, 2020 National , race Angus King , Cory Booker , Ed Muskie , George Floyd , Kamala Harris , Mitt Romney , Police brutality , Qualified immunity By Amy Fried Fifty years ago on the eve of nationwide congressional elections, Maine Sen. Ed Muskie gave an influential address decrying the toxic politics of “law and order” and calling attention to the need for systemic change. Then, like now, there was unrest in the country. And, like now, from the White House came the claim that […] Share this: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Google Email Print Collins’ choices in the age of Trump have left her vulnerable this election year May 26, 2020 Columns , Maine Politics , National Big lesson , Bill Cohen , Bipartisan , Donald Trump , impeachment , Mitch McConnell , Susan Collins By Amy Fried What happened to the political standing of Sen. Susan Collins happened fast. Since Donald Trump became president, Collins’ job approval rating has plummeted in Maine and political analysts rate her re-election race a toss-up. When an incumbent hasn’t had a scandal but loses support so quickly, some might see that politician as a victim of […] Share this: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Google Email Print We’re not all in this together May 12, 2020 Columns , National coronavirus , COVID-19 , Donald Trump , Jared Golden , Jared Kushner , Paycheck Protection Program , Rick Bright , Robert Kadlec , Susan Collins By Amy Fried The pain of this pandemic is hitting everyone but not everyone equally. Going forward, there are better policies we can adopt to help average people. Americans have suffered in this pandemic due to corruption and incompetence, which go together because those who prize integrity pick experts over cronies. For example, a whistleblower complaint revealed the […] Share this: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Google Email Print Comfort food versus chaos in the presidential race April 28, 2020 Maine Politics China , coronavirus , COVID-19 , Disinfectant , Donald Trump , Elizabeth Warren , hydroxychloroquine , Joe Biden By Amy Fried While the economic and health damage from the COVID-19 pandemic continues, the presidential race carries on. Former Vice President Joe Biden can’t hold events in town squares and auditoriums, but he’s giving interviews and hosting virtual town halls. And Biden is currently leading President Donald Trump in national polls and in swing states like Michigan, […] Share this: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Google Email Print We need vibrant democratic politics during this pandemic April 14, 2020 Columns , Maine Politics , National COVID-19 , Janet Mills , Primary election , Sara Gideon , Susan Collins , Wisconsin By Amy Fried Even in the middle of a pandemic, we can’t stop, won’t stop, politics. Our fundamental democratic mechanism, voting, must continue. We are hurtling toward Nov. 3, 2020, the date of the general election designated in federal law. The Constitution itself sets the date and time for when the president’s and vice-presidents terms end — January […] Share this: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Google Email Print How Trump bungled the coronavirus response March 31, 2020 Columns , health care , Maine Politics , National Alex Azar , Chris Murphy , coronavirus , Donald Trump , Jared Kushner , Mike Pence , Pandemic , Republicans , Science By Amy Fried With a death toll from coronavirus steadily rising and an enormous spike in unemployment, recent news is grim indeed. While President Donald Trump isn’t responsible for the existence of this dangerous virus, his actions made the situation worse. Not long ago, Trump denied that coronavirus was going to be a problem and his allies claimed […] Share this: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Google Email Print Posts navigation ← Older posts Amy Fried Amy Fried loves Maine's sense of community and the wonderful mix of culture and outdoor recreation. She loves politics in three ways: as an analytical political scientist, a devoted political junkie and a citizen who believes politics matters for people's lives. Fried is Professor of Political Science at the University of Maine. Her views do not reflect those of her employer or any group to which she belongs. 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