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Crippled America,
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United,
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The Truths We Hold,
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Smart on Crime,
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Guide to Political Revolution,
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Where We Go From Here,
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Promise Me, Dad ,
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Conscience of a Conservative,
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Two Paths,
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Every Other Monday,
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Courage is Contagious,
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Shortest Way Home,
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The Book of Joe ,
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Becoming,
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Our Revolution,
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This Fight Is Our Fight,
by Elizabeth Warren (2017)
Higher Loyalty,
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The Making of Donald Trump,
by David Cay Johnston (2017)
Books by and about the 2016 presidential election
What Happened ,
by Hillary Clinton (2017)
Higher Loyalty ,
by James Comey (2018)
Trump vs. Hillary On The Issues ,
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Hard Choices,
by Hillary Clinton (2014)
Becoming ,
by Michelle Obama (2018)
Outsider in the White House,
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2014 Maine Senate debates


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    from 2014 ME Senate debate (number of quotes indicated):
  • Eliot Cutler (1) Maine Independent Challenger
  • Mike Michaud (1)
  • Shenna Bellows (18) Democratic Challenger
  • Susan Collins (7) Republican Sr Senator Maine
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    Maine Senate debates:
  • AARP Voter Guide (on Shenna Bellows), Aug. 31, 2014
  • Time magazine, "Marijuana and NSA Wedge Issues", by Alex Rogers, March 4, 2014
  • U.S.News & World Report, "National Security Drives Maine Race", by David Catanese, Feb. 27, 2014
  • Portland Press Herald, "Push To Legalize Marijuana Likely In More Maine Communities", by Kevin Miller, Jan. 21, 2014
  • Portland Press Herald, "Indiscriminate NSA spying", 1/4/2014
  • Hillary Savage in Machias Valley News Observer, "Bellows Visits", Dec. 4, 2013
  • Deirdre Fultin in The Portland Phoenix, "Takes shape", Dec. 12, 2013
  • Salon.com on 2014 Maine Senate race, "Edward Snowden" Oct 30, 2013
  • CNN "State of the Union" interview of Sen. Susan Collins, May 12 and Oct. 13, 2013

 OnTheIssues.org excerpts:  (click on issues for details)
Drugs
    Shenna Bellows: Supports marijuana legalization.
    Eliot Cutler: Legalizing marijuana sends message that drug use is OK.
    Mike Michaud: Real concerns about the impact of pot legalization on kids.
    Shenna Bellows: Three past presidents acknowledged use; legalize pot.
    Susan Collins: Declines to take sides in marijuana legalization petition.
Education
    Shenna Bellows: Voucher programs siphon public school money.
Energy & Oil
    Shenna Bellows: Green energy solutions instead of nuclear energy.
Free Trade
    Shenna Bellows: NAFTA damaged our manufacturing sector; so will TPP.
Government Reform
    Shenna Bellows: Funding her campaign $5 at a time from local events.
    Susan Collins: Outrageous for IRS to target Tea Party groups.
Gun Control
    Shenna Bellows: Was NRA member, but left because they became too extreme.
Health Care
    Shenna Bellows: Supports ObamaCare & universal health coverage.
Homeland Security
    Shenna Bellows: NSA should target only based on individualized suspicion.
    Susan Collins: Increase transparency of NSA but keep NSA programs.
    Susan Collins: Mass surveillance justified by national security.
    Susan Collins: Mass unwarranted surveillance is never justified.
    Shenna Bellows: We cannot afford to be the world's policemen.
    Shenna Bellows: No spying on foreign leaders NOR on ordinary Americans.
    Shenna Bellows: Snowden was a whistle-blower, not a criminal.
    Susan Collins: No justification for spying on Germany's chancellor.
    Susan Collins: Cuts in defense are very troubling to me personally.
Jobs
    Shenna Bellows: Increase minimum wage to make it a living wage.
Principles & Values
    Shenna Bellows: Calls herself a progressive libertarian.
Social Security
    Shenna Bellows: Scrap the Cap: highest-paid Americans pay their fair share.
    Shenna Bellows: Scrap the cap; apply payroll tax over $113,700.
Technology
    Shenna Bellows: "Total Information Awareness" undermines our democracy.
Welfare & Poverty
    Shenna Bellows: No one in Washington stands up for people who are hurting.


The above quotations are from 2014 Maine Senate debates.

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