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Has Trump’s Republican Party become a criminal enterprise?

Editorials

Last Saturday, Trump took revenge on Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy for Cassidy’s vote five years ago to convict Trump, in his second impeachment, for instigating an attack on the U.S. Capitol. Cassidy thereby became the first GOP senator defeated by a Trump-endorsed candidate in a Republican primary. (Other Republican senators who have stood up to Trump — such as North Carolina’s Thom Tillis and Utah’s Mitt Romney — saw the writing on the wall and didn’t seek reelection.) Trump’s purge of Cassidy comes in the wake of Trump’s purges of House Republicans who stood up to ...

Letters to the editor

Letters to the Editor

Supreme Court has betrayed the American people DEAR EDITOR: Our leaders, whether elected or appointed, are entrusted to carry out the will of the people — not seize power, take bribes and rule over us. But the MAGA justices on the Roberts court have once again betrayed the American people, destroying the Voting Rights Act in a bid to lock themselves into power. With their latest decision, the Roberts court is handing MAGA politicians the power to prevent black and brown people’s votes from counting so that their billionaire backers can control the outcome of our elections and ...

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Letters to the Editor

I removed my Tribune paper box. No more morning deliveries. No Sunday paper. I wished they stopped the Tuesday paper instead. Nothing happens on Tuesdays. The paper is now delivered by mail in the afternoon. I delivered the Tribune back in the ’60s and ’70s. Back then, a paperboy was also expected to collect the money from the customers. My neighbor says he is cancelling. The news will be old by then. Is this the end of an era in Warren? — Warren Councilman Brian Kropp on Linkedin lists his position as a Newton Falls Councilman of 4 years and 10 months. However Mr. Kropp was ...

Add muscle to Ohio laws on sexual assault

Editorials

Most Ohioans likely will find little solace in knowing the official scope of rape and sexual violence in the Buckeye State has declined ever so slightly in recent years. According to a recent report from the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services, the statewide sexual assault crime rate dropped 4.3% between 2016 and 2023 in Ohio. That slight ray of hope, however, is completely overshadowed by other data that clearly illustrates sexual violence remains a painful, powerful and destructive cancer on our state. Consider: ● The Incident-Based Reporting System within the Ohio Office ...

Orchids & onions

Editorials

ORCHID: To the Ohio Department of Development’s Brownfield Remediation Program for awarding the Trumbull County Land Reutilization Corp. (Land Bank) a $635,000 grant to renovate the former downtown Warren YMCA. The project to transform the 1928 YMCA building into a mixed-use development facility rises as a key component in the city’s mammoth $150 million downtown redevelopment plan. When completed, the renovated space will feature 43 residential units, seven townhomes, commercial space and a fitness center. That project, which already has received about $5.5 million in historic tax ...

More changes coming soon for Trumbull Republicans

David Skolnick

There’s going to be yet another change at the top of the Trumbull County Republican Party. Despite the tremendous success Republican candidates have recently experienced in Trumbull County — winning every contested race on the 2022 and 2024 ballots — the party is plagued by political infighting. Part of the problem is there are a lot of newer Republicans — several are either former Democrats or weren’t politically involved — who want to do things a certain way with established Republicans not agreeing. Part of the problem is personalities, as some people simply dislike ...