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Follow the money

To the Journal editor: Every day we are asked by President Trump to believe something that has no basis in fact. It puzzles me that seemingly bright people defy their own common sense to accept what the President says. He has said repeatedly and publicly that ICE is targeting the “worst of the worst,” which he defined as murderers and rapists. To my knowledge, if a crime like murder is committed, then the local police will investigate and a prosecuting attorney will bring charges against the perpetrator, who then goes to trial and, if convicted, goes to prison. I don’t know any ...

Who are we?

To the Journal editor: Before I begin, I want you to know that I worked for the federal government in the intelligence community for 30 years. Every day for 30 years I went to work being proud to be an American. Today, not so much. I just viewed the vile, despicable, disgusting, racist post from Donald Trump about President and First Lady Obama. At this moment I am in tears. I am totally disgusted by this horrible, juvenile display. As the Olympics are going on, I have to wonder what the rest of the world thinks of the United States of America as they see our outstanding athletes ...

Something’s happening here

So let us not grow weary in doing what is right, for we will reap at harvest time, if we do not give up. So then, whenever we have an opportunity, let us work for the good of all ... — Galatians 6: 9-10a Dear friends and neighbors, No doubt you have heard some or much of what is happening in Minnesota. And perhaps you have drawn some conclusions about who is to blame for the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. I write this in an effort to help you understand why Minnesotans are protesting the actions of ICE. It has been said that if you want to understand another person’s ...

Senators doing job

To the Journal editor: Many thanks to our two U.S. Sens. Gary Peters and Elissa Slotkin, for voting down the budget package (recently) that gave more money to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the U.S.Customs and Border Patrol and that did not add critical restrictions to those two agencies. The other five of six budgets were voted on separately and have been passed, so the rest of the government will be funded for the remainder of the year. The Department of Homeland Security budget, which includes funding for ICE and CBP, was given a two week extension and will be ...

Free, secure elections, 2026+: Promises made, promises kept?

John Voelker’s Hornstein’s Boy sets forth this epigram: “In a democracy those most gifted to govern are all too frequently those least gifted in the dark arts of ever getting to govern.” It’s clear, Judge Voelker aka Robert Traver would be amazed and delighted to join in the 2026 250th celebration honoring those brave Americans who signed the Declaration of Independence. He would second every one of the 26 complaints against the King, establishing a new Nation whose bedrock is freedom and liberty for all. That freedom depends on assuring free, secure State-run elections in ...

One outrage after another

To the Journal editor: It seems like every day the Trump administration gives us news of another outrage that takes our attention away from yesterday‘s outrage. One cruel, unconstitutional act after another. It’s hard to step back and think it all over. Did anyone vote for the president to make an enemy of Canada? Did anyone vote for the president to annex Greenland, of all places? Did anyone vote to have paramilitary agents kidnap people off the streets and deport them to Central American prisons without a hearing? To have those agents murder people? And then there’s the ...