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Democracy threatened by dark chapter

I have followed politics most of my adult life. Sometimes I have been pleasantly surprised by what they have completed, but more often disappointed. However, I never thought that our democracy itself was threatened until now. President Donald Trump claims he doesn't know if he must follow the Constitution. He acts and behaves like a fascist dictator. No one in his Cabinet of sycophants will stand up to him. They are afraid. He believes that he has the authority to schedule tariffs on imported goods from all countries without any input from Congress. Then he states that foreign ...

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Disingenuous citing of JEC report

This letter is in response to Luke Zastrow’s Jan. 30 letter in which he cited a U.S. Joint Economic Committee report. Mr. Zastrow stated that he was surprised by the information he found in the report. I agree, I also was surprised, so I decided to look into the report he cited. The specific report he cited was released by the Democrats on the JEC, not jointly by the Democrats and Republicans as he claimed. The JEC is indeed a joint committee made up of equal members of the Democratic and Republican parties. However, each party can produce reports and those reports will indicate which ...

Rebuttal: Keeping it ‘sixth-grade simple’

It is sad in the extreme to read a letter from a local resident confidently lecturing a board-certified OB/GYN after watching a viral clip rather than the hearing it came from. In Michael A. Glass’s letter, "Medical professionals shouldn’t need a biology lesson" from Jan. 29, he claims a medical professional “could not answer yes or no” when asked whether a man can have a baby. The physician in question is Dr. Nisha Verma, a board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist who works with Physicians for Reproductive Health and serves as a senior advisor on reproductive health policy for ...

When ‘sanctuary’ becomes obstruction of the law

The virulent actions in Minnesota render the traditional concept of “sanctuary” meaningless. Originally, sanctuary was for protection of vulnerable persons or populations from mob violence or unlawful pursuit. It involved religious institutions, such as churches. Sanctuary outside places of worship has never been recognized as providing protection from criminal apprehension or prosecution. Withholding persons from legitimate jurisdictions (federal) has been against U.S. law since before 1980, when large numbers of Latin Americans sought protection from war and persecution in their ...

Reforms needed after incidents in Minnesota

Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old U.S. citizen living in an open carry state, was shot 10 times and killed by a Border Patrol agent or agents Jan. 24 after being disarmed. Kristi Noem, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, offered a chilling defense of the agents’ actions, claiming they were acting in accordance with their training. A federal judge appointed by Ronald Reagan has found it necessary to issue an order forbidding the federal government from altering or destroying evidence related to Pretti’s death. Attorney General Pam Bondi has offered to withdraw federal ...