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An open letter to Vice President J.D. Vance

DEAR EDITOR: An Open Letter to J. D. Vance: So vance, you criticize the Europeans for condoning their “enemy within” and stifling free speech while supporting pardoning of the justifiably criminal sentences of 1,600 mostly violent, American seditionists by the same malignant narcissist that set Jan. 6, 2021, in motion. You support the ultra-right wing German, neo-nazi, AfD party! You deport illegal, brown immigrants but encourage the immigration of white, male Afrikaners like fellow EM. Your boss approves of white nationalists and may be one himself. You support the malignant ...

How far is too far for America to go?

DEAR EDITOR: Seeing ALL that is happening in the world today, and hitting a wall, I just thought I would put my twp cents in, and question, “How far is too far?” We are now officially a third-world country! Along with Bibles, tennis shoes, playing cards, coins not to mention Trumpland with the golden calf in Gaza, how far is the U.S. willing to go? We’ll just take Greenland, Canada, the Panama Canal or whatever grabs our eyes, while the Wizard is gutting every program he can to help the poor or needy! God knows Ukraine has lost lives, buildings, territory, displacement and ...

Please, no cuts to Medicaid or SNAP

DEAR EDITOR: Congress recently passed a budget resolution calling for a $2 trillion reduction in federal spending, with sights set on Medicaid and SNAP, or food stamps. Cutting these programs would be disastrous for the Valley. Around 3 million Ohioans, roughly 25% of the population, use Medicaid to help pay for essential healthcare, including the disabled, veterans, and retirees: those who can’t work, need temporary support to get back to work, or who have worked their whole lives but can’t afford private insurance. Medicaid supports local hospitals, clinics, and nursing homes, ...

America simply must stand with Ukraine

DEAR EDITOR: I believe it would be a great mistake if our present administration gives any Ukrainian lands to the Russians. They were the invaders and we should help the people of Ukraine get their land back. Putin should not be dividing up their land and attempting to take over. I can’t believe that our support isn’t with the brave people of Ukraine, including women and children — who are doing their schoolwork in basements of blown-out buildings. If anyone thinks Putin will stop with Ukraine, they need to go back and review history over the past hundreds of years. If we ...

Sound off! Readers share their thoughts

“$1 billion was stolen from FEMA to use for illegal migrants,” Trump said.Trump’s claim is inaccurate. FEMA did not give money directly to New York hotels; it did give money to New York City. That move was neither illegal nor secretive. It was part of a program that Congress created and funded using money from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, not FEMA’s Disaster Relief Fund, which is primarily used after natural disasters. The money did not fund luxury hotel rooms for immigrants. — Cortland As a taxpayer and parent, what does the Trumbull County Board of Developmental ...

Sound off!

As I read Sound Off last week, again the newspaper ran mostly anti-Trump letters, I couldn’t help to notice how hateful the anti Trump people were. I have never seen how one man could occupy a person’s whole life. These writers sound so unhappy. I didn’t agree with anything Biden did but it didn’t affect my whole being. I can’t imagine how bad my life would be acting like these people. It would be laughable if it wasn’t so sad. The other sad thing is most of what they say is just radical left talking points that are proven to be untrue. Just live your life and try to be ...