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Trump supporters are getting what they deserve

DEAR EDITOR: Trump has lost working-class white voters. There are always enough brain-dead voters to keep his dictatorship going if enough voter suppression happens, and it will happen in the fascist state. It’s endlessly impossible to me that people deny the political realities of all this. And I’m talking about the people on this side of the fence who won’t accept the reality that this is bad politics. They’re still OK with becoming a fascist nation; they just wish it was more affordable. They enjoyed the hell out of tearing up our government institutions and national ...

Help to preserve the history of Social Security

DEAR EDITOR: Donald Trump doesn’t believe in Social Security nor care about what it means to millions of Americans. He showed that when he had Elon Musk spending 2025 taking a figurative wrecking ball to the Social Security Administration. He’d destroy it if he could. So, it’s no wonder he wants to erase its history. The Wilbur Cohen Federal Building was built to be the Social Security Administration’s headquarters and was filled with art to inspire all who entered it. The most famous piece, “The Meaning of Social Security,” depicts the program’s many benefits, ...

The real cost of Trump’s war for Americans

DEAR EDITOR: Trump attacks Iran, you pay. A $100,000 retirement fund invested to mirror the S&P 500 has lost $5,000 since Trump’s attack. If you had $200,000 invested you’ve lost $10,000 ... in 3 weeks. But wait, there’s more. The Pentagon wants a fresh $200 BILLION to keep fighting Trump’s war. That’s money you’ll be paying. Hold on, we’re not finished. Gas is up 30+%. So if you drive 1,000 miles a month and buy 30 gallons of gas, that’s about $30 more a month or $360 a year — more if you drive more or get under 33 miles per gallon. BILL ADAMS Austintown

Sound off!

Rumor has it Liberty trustee and Judge candidate Devon Stanley does not live in Liberty Township. Enough of the theft from the residents of Liberty Township. How can this guy be trusted as a judge? Voter Beware. — Warren Many white Americans want to kill Muslims. Muslims are “too strange, not Christian, unwilling to assimilate.” They won’t just lie there and let their children be murdered by foreign bombs. Islam itself isn’t evil. What’s evil is another American president using fake intelligence as an excuse to deploy bombs, waging an immoral war to distract us from his ...

We are defenseless against stupidity

DEAR EDITOR: Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German Lutheran pastor, theologian, and anti-Nazi dissident, died for his beliefs in 1945, shortly before the end of World War II. Bonhoeffer wrote that there is a difference between ignorance and stupidity. Ignorance is simply not knowing, whereas stupidity is knowing, yet choosing to believe what the collective deems to be truth. He saw this firsthand as Nazi propaganda portrayed all Jews as evil, and much of the German population accepted the narrative without questioning the validity of the accusations. Against stupidity we are defenseless. We ...

Belmont Park Cemetery needs help

DEAR EDITOR: Thank you to the Tribune and Vindicator for recent coverage of Belmont Park Cemetery. The story drew needed attention to the cemetery’s need for assistance — most urgently the preservation of the historic mausoleum. About a year ago, state law required Liberty Township to assume responsibility for the cemetery after the association could no longer afford maintenance. The township is committed to caring for the grounds, but trust earnings and minimal burial fees don’t cover major capital projects. The mausoleum (about 4,500 square feet, roughly 500 vaults and a ...