Oct. 10, 2025 9:30 AM PT
To the editor: There has not been sufficient stated in regards to the myriad unpopular and irritating modifications that People have been going through this 12 months and the super influence they’ve had on our livelihood and our freedom. Significantly excellent among the many modifications have been the looming cuts to healthcare and the assaults on freedom of speech. Nothing is extra sacred than the latter.
We could be hopeful that the result of the current authorities shutdown will convey enhancements to the healthcare modifications made by the “Huge Stunning Invoice.” In the course of the negotiations, too few folks realized what was transpiring. Even Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), who voted for the invoice, admitted that she hadn’t learn it absolutely and expressed remorse.
The federal government’s most up-to-date actions have been crystallizing into primary assaults on our freedom of speech and meeting. We have now seen many courageous People step ahead to satisfy this problem, from authorities officers to on a regular basis residents. However most noteworthy amongst them at this second are two governors, Gov. Gavin Newsom and Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois. President Trump is presently attempting to ship federal troops to Illinois, describing what he’s attempting to cease as “bombed-out cities” and “bombed-out folks” (“Trump says Chicago mayor, Illinois governor should be jailed amid militarized campaign,” Oct. 8).
Pritzker’s response is that Trump’s depiction of Chicago is “deranged.” Each Pritzker and Newsom have stepped ahead and are every defiantly suing Trump’s administration over the deployment of Nationwide Guard troops with out their consent. Every of those victories over particular person and states’ rights brings hope to a majority of People.
Lynn Lorenz, Newport Seaside
