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Readers’ Turn to Write: I’m glad my US Marine father isn’t alive to see Trump support

JOYCE ERMER Special to Olean Times Herald

Oct 17, 2024

I was born in 1951 and lived the first 18 years of my life in a small housing development near Albany. I attended the local Catholic school from kinde...

Commentary, Nation World, New York

Trump flipped on EVs, but he still loathes windmills

DOYLE McMANUS Los Angeles Times

Oct 14, 2024

WASHINGTON (TNS) — For a long time, Donald Trump derided electric vehicles as expensive and impractical. “Nobody wants them,” he charged, even though ...

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UPDATED: Trump supporters turn out for rally in Lincoln Park

Jim Eckstrom jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com

Oct 14, 2024

Speaker after speaker in Olean’s Lincoln Park addressed what they believe is the urgency regarding the presidential election that will be decided in a...

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RTW: Harris will protect our democracy, constitution

MARTHA TILLINGER Special to Olean Times Herald

Oct 11, 2024

This is a very crucial election, with two candidates as opposites. Kamala Harris has demonstrated a long-standing career of integrity, honesty and com...

Commentary, Nation World

Passive aggressive Biden wants Harris to lose

VICTOR JOECKS Las Vegas Review-Journal

Oct 11, 2024

LAS VEGAS (TNS) — PresidentJoe Bidenmay have endorsedKamala Harris, but it’s increasingly obvious he wants her to lose. On Monday, Vice President Harr...

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Longtime McKean County judge: ‘This election is about character’

Jim Eckstrom jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com

Oct 10, 2024

LEWIS RUN, Pa. — In his long and distinguished career on the bench, retired McKean County Judge John M. Cleland, in his words, “absolutely avoided pol...

Commentary, Nation World

America in the Age of Nero

J. PEDER ZANE RealClearPolitics

Oct 09, 2024

Americans are like members of a quarrelsome family, so intent on arguing their petty grievances around the kitchen table that they don’t smell the ris...

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Pro-Trump rally planned for Oct. 12 in Olean

Oct 04, 2024

OLEAN — Right Thinkers is planning a local rally for former President Donald Trump on Oct. 12, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Lincoln Park. Several speakers will...

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Bush’s decision not to endorse is principled

CYNTHIA M. ALLEN Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Oct 04, 2024

FORT WORTH, Texas (TNS) — During every election cycle, cross-party endorsements snag a few headlines. There is something oddly satisfying about the on...

Commentary, Nation World

Veep debate at least gave us some insights

Oct 03, 2024

On Tuesday, the American people got to see and hear the vice presidential picks of the two major parties outline their visions for the country. The de...

Commentary, Nation World

One governor’s responsible leadership rebukes poisonous partisanship

LYNN SCHMIDT St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Oct 02, 2024

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (TNS) — Bad actors, both foreign and domestic, continue to try to weaken America by stoking the flames of division and the embers of fe...

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Walz and Vance go in depth on policy while attacking each other’s running mates in VP debate

MICHELLE L. PRICE, CHRIS MEGERIAN and JILL COLVIN Associated Press

Oct 02, 2024

NEW YORK — Tim Walz and JD Vance on Tuesday went after each other’s running mates in a vice presidential debate that opened with a discussion of burge...

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Harris, Trump make their cases on economy

DOYLE McMANUS Los Angeles Times

Sep 30, 2024

WASHINGTON (TNS) — The presidential campaign produced plenty of noise last week, but the race still appears mired in a virtual electoral-college tie. ...

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Indicted New York City mayor adopts familiar defense: He was targeted for his politics

ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ?I watched about a year ago when he talked about how the illegal migrants are hurting our city, and the federal government should pay us, and we shouldn?t have to take them,? said Trump. ?And I said, ?You know what? He?ll be indicted within a year.? And I was exactly right.?

Sep 28, 2024

For months, New York City Mayor Eric Adams — a former cop — refused to criticize the federal authorities investigating his administration. Not anymore...

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Trump voters who disdain him say they like his policies?

JACKIE CALMES Los Angeles Times

Sep 27, 2024

WASHINGTON (TNS) — You’ve heard it many times: A voter says they don’t like Donald Trump; they cite his nasty personality, divisiveness or penchant fo...

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Kamala Harris’ impossible challenge

J. PEDER ZANE RealClearPolitics

Sep 27, 2024

Kamala Harris is roundly criticized for feeding America a steady diet of word salads. But what else can she do, given her impossible task of making th...

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NY appeals court seems open to altering Trump’s ‘troubling’ civil fraud penalty

JILL COLVIN and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press

Sep 26, 2024

NEW YORK — Some judges in a New York appeals court appeared receptive Thursday to possibly reversing or reducing a civil fraud judgment that stands to...

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A call to ‘none-of-the-above’ conservatives

GUY CIARROCHI RealClearPolitics

Sep 26, 2024

Forget the “Never Trumpers” supporting Kamala Harris. Most are caught up in ego, appeasing their new-found progressive donors or so busy protecting a ...

Commentary, New York

New York’s Jewish voters may have moved toward Trump

CHRIS CHURCHILL Times Union, Albany

Sep 25, 2024

ALBANY (TNS) — The latest Siena College Research Institute poll of New York voters was a decent one for Kamala Harris, showing the Democratic presiden...

Gov. Hochul’s rating falls below Trump in New York

CHRISTIAN WADE The Center Square

Sep 22, 2024

ALBANY — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s favorability among voters has hit a new low, according to a poll, which shows the Democrat is less popular than ...