Feb. 4, 2026 8 AM PT
To the editor: After studying Gustavo Arellano’s glorious column, I used to be initially prepared to write down a glowing letter of reward, however my pleasure rapidly become sorrow (“Trump says he wants to get rid of ‘the worst of the worst.’ Start with Stephen Miller,” Jan. 29). I noticed that whereas Arellano was oh-so proper, he uncared for to say different necessary information.
In September 2024, then-candidate Donald Trump informed America he has “nothing to do with Challenge 2025,” had not learn it and didn’t plan to. However by some miracle or coincidence, Stephen Miller and various his Challenge 2025 co-writers or contributors had been named to key positions in his administration. Whereas I’d recommend that Miller is much worse than a “hate-filled ghoul,” I’d be personally very challenged to call him because the worst.
Whereas I learn each day information tales within the Los Angeles Instances about fellow Challenge 2025 contributors — border czar Tom Homan, Workplace of Administration and Price range Director Russell Vought, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, CIA Director John Ratcliffe and Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt — it nearly appears an not possible activity to call the worst. When one considers Well being and Human Companies Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Homeland Safety Secretary Kristi Noem, FBI Director Kash Patel and Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth (with dishonorable point out to Elon Musk), it turns into much more tough.
I’d welcome a Sunday complement part spelling out the unbelievable choices and actions of the above so we may make an clever alternative for who deserves the doubtful title.
Karen Oliver, Santa Paula
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To the editor: Amen to Arellano’s plea to rid the nation of the influential Miller, Southern California’s claim-to-shame native son. In contrast to Homan and Noem, the Machiavellian Miller has masterfully sucked as much as Trump and consolidated energy.
His deadly flaw lies in his boastful lack of ability to learn the nation. In contrast to him, most People have empathy. Video of masked ICE agent troops killing and maiming People on public streets repulses us. These actions stem straight from Miller’s out-of-touch dystopian imaginative and prescient of an America beset by violent crime perpetrated by unhealthy international actors — at a time when violent crime is declining.
Miller’s insurance policies have turn into political kryptonite, and Republicans are lastly starting to take discover. These insurance policies haven’t any place within the White Home and he deserves to be banished.
Sharon Rosen Leib, Solana Seashore
