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Will a real leader please stand up?

DEAR EDITOR: From cowboys and Indians to corruptible sexual orientation immorality to cozying up with money gamers, Mike Rulli is posing as a congressman of the 6th District of Ohio. Rulli has gone from grocery produce to primary sponsor of Ohio Senate Bill 119 to backyard cowboys and Indians to money games in East Palestine. While still an Ohio senator, Rulli and his political party advancer from Columbiana County called everyone else a liar about his sponsorship of Senate Bill 119, which had at its core, immorality. Rulli and his promoter continue to deny and evade the fact that ...

‘You’re fired’ is no joke for most of us

DEAR EDITOR: I have never understood how someone who used the phrase “you’re fired” as a cheap punchline on TV came to be accepted as a champion of working folk. Getting fired is a life-changing experience — and not in a good way for most people. Nonetheless, “Celebrity Apprentice” star Donald Trump rode “you’re fired” to new visibility, and eventually, the presidency. And now, after virtually buying victory for Trump with a late-campaign infusion of $288 million, celebrity billionaire Elon Musk has become his real-life apprentice. And Musk has shown ...

Speaking against genocide in Gaza

DEAR EDITOR: By writing this letter of protest I am throwing away my good name and becoming a target of vilification. But the time for protest is slipping away fast. My conscience tells me, “Don’t be the good German who stayed silent during the Holocaust of WWII! Look at the reality, not the media deception and before this genocide is finalized!” We may be able to save a few of those Palestinian lives if we would rise up and shout our opposition before it is too late! Open your hearts and clear your consciences! For the Palestinians, freedom is so far away now that they can ...

Liberals seem to resent talk of God

DEAR EDITOR: In reference to a letter mocking and degrading President Trump saying he was saved by God in the assassination attempt: The writer also wrote “that belief implies that God directed Booth’s bullet into Lincoln’s brain.” Guess he hasn’t heard of free will, which God gives all of us (including Booth). Was that just a coincidence that Trump moved in the split second the bullet flew toward him? There are thousands of examples in history of “divine intervention and miracles.” The obvious-leftist writer brought up the First Amendment that the government ...

Rulli should not have hired Peppel

DEAR EDITOR: I am writing to express my deep concern regarding U.S. Rep. Michael Rulli’s (R-Salem) decision to hire Mike Peppel as the congressman’s new communications director. Peppel set up a charity, “Ohio Clean Water Fund” to raise funds for East Palestine residents affected by the train derailment pocketing more than $131,000 raised from over 3,000 caring donors. Peppel presented his “Ohio Clean Water Fund” as a nonprofit acting on behalf of the Second Harvest Food Bank of the Mahoning Valley to raise funds. Second Harvest Food Bank did not give permission to Peppel ...

Sound off! Readers share their thoughts

As a subscriber and reader of your newspaper for over 50 years, I really appreciated your Feb. 12 column by editor Ed Puskas. I will follow your information and analytical recommendation, and I sincerely hope that others will do the same, as you stated. Everyone must take a deep breath. — Youngstown What a shock to open today’s Vindicator and see a FULL half page photo of JD Vance staring back at me. Was that really necessary??? His boss is currently dismantling our government, Trump’s lackey Elon Musk, a private citizen, now has access to every American’s personal ...