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If 8 million people protesting “No Kings” thought it was going to overthrow our government, they should think again. They crowned Obama when he was in office too and said, “No Kings.” We ignored them and are ignoring you now! To get people over 100 years old to protest, that must have been the most exercise they have gotten in years. Shame on these organizers on social media! — Niles The never-ending saga of Danny Lee Hill rears its ugly head again! The ongoing farce of appeal after appeal is ludicrous. He has been found guilty time and again, and appeal after appeal has ...

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After the LTTE heading: “Don’t be fooled by Trump’s tax numbers,” the submitter then wrote: “When will taxpayers realize that getting a refund is only getting back the money that they overpaid to the IRS?” I’d much rather get my own money back than have it go to some recipient of a wasteful government entitlement. — Hubbard AI data centers consume huge amounts of electricity compared to residential and small business needs. In addition, that need demands electrical infrastructure expansion that residents should not pay for. Here’s an example. When Copperweld Steel ...

Treating U.S. allies as losers is bad strategy

DEAR EDITOR: Back when presidents had advisers who were expected to give them advice rather than massage their egos by telling them what they wanted to hear, Gen. Colin Powell warned George W. Bush about the dangers of invading Middle Eastern countries by quoting the Pottery Barn rule. “You break it, you own it.” Twenty-four years later, no one around President Trump would have had the temerity to remind him of the rule. But it wouldn’t have mattered, because Trump has rewritten it to suit himself: I break it, you own it. Unlike other presidents, Trump did not consult with ...

Donald Trump has made America unrecognizable

DEAR EDITOR: Star Parker doesn’t get it. She thinks everything is political. It is not that Democrats don’t love the United States, we just don’t recognize it any more. Can you imagine Eisenhower or Kennedy hawking gold shoes or Bibles for sale on TV or selling them in the White House? None of the other presidents destroyed part of “the People’s House” to make it look like a gaudy casino. Don’t let him destroy the Kennedy Center! Did you have to hustle your kids out of the room when other presidents were on TV because they were making crude remarks about disabled ...

Stuck with a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde presidency

DEAR EDITOR: Mr. Donald Trump ran as Dr. Jekyll and morphed into a Mr. Hyde. We’ve been forewarned. In 2016, Hillary Clinton gave us a clue of what might come. Again in 2024, Kamala Harris predicted the outcome if Mr. Trump became president. Nevertheless, our testosterone-fueled nation disagreed. “What the heck do they know? They’re only women; their jobs are in the kitchen.” Today’s battle cry from our president is “Macho, Macho, Macho,” as well as the echoes of the Republican Party on the brink of insanity. Our president, Mr. Fabulous, introduced the so-called ...

YSU should practice due diligence as it expands

DEAR EDITOR: I am cautiously optimistic about YSU opening a satellite campus in Steubenville. Four members of my family are YSU graduates with six degrees in widely varied fields of study. We all faced challenges, but on-campus support services and dedicated faculty who truly wanted their students to succeed helped us complete our degrees and move into fulfilling careers. Our youngest child chose a program that is not available at YSU but could be completed at Kent State East Liverpool. Being neurodivergent, she was concerned about entering college, but hard work and ...