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Editorials are opinions of The Boston Globe's Editorial Board.

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It’s gut-check time for Republicans. That means you, Governor Baker

The Massachusetts GOP needs moderation if it’s going to survive in a mostly blue state. And it has to come from the top.
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It’s time lawmakers support an ‘open’ House

Rules reforms can cut through the go-along to get-along complacency in a branch dominated by a network of good ol' boys.
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Biden must champion a new Civil Rights Act

The Trump administration spent four years rolling back civil rights. The Biden administration will have to push for sweeping reforms.
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Trump’s global games-playing needs fast undoing

Only swift confirmation of Joe Biden’s foreign policy team can help undo the harm done by this administration. The Senate should hold expedited hearings for Biden nominees, as it did for President Trump’s, before Inauguration Day.

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Police departments must take a hard line on insurrectionist and white supremacist cops
By failing to root out officers who espouse hateful views — and to set standards and educate their forces — municipalities have given a green light to extremism.

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One red hot mayoral race is enough
If Marty Walsh goes to Washington before March 5, Boston should cancel the special election.

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Mitch, please

Don’t wait until next week. Don’t play games. Bring the Senate back now and hold a trial on the impeachment of President Trump.

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Sign the climate bill, governor

Charlie Baker could pocket-veto an urgent, pathbreaking climate bill passed by the Legislature. He shouldn’t.

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The rush of pre-inaugural executions must stop

A new Department of Justice policy that makes it easier to conduct federal executions should be reversed.

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Move fast and break things

Facebook, Google, and Twitter currently pose a danger to democracy. The government must break up the big companies, and philanthropies and public agencies should invest in new online public squares.

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Anatomy of an insurrection

The American people are entitled to know how the Capitol was breached and why law enforcement failed to protect the seat of government.

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Will federal law enforcement finally take the right-wing terror threat seriously?

The Capitol siege was the foreseeable consequence of an America where white supremacists and radical conspiracy theorists are given wide latitude to wreak havoc.

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Impeach Trump again. Now

The president should resign immediately. But even if he does, Congress must hold him accountable for sedition.

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American carnage

Republicans should not be surprised that a dangerous monster was unleashed on the Capitol. They created it.