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No Kings protests are useless and ineffective. They are largely performative and lacking in concrete policy demands. These demonstrations are simply a way to “blow off steam” rather than a strategic campaign with specific goals. Trump is still president and continues to make America great again! — Struthers In response to last week’s Sound Off: No, Democrats do not want to give illegal aliens the right to vote! This is just another “alternate fact” that the Lying King and his propaganda cable news enablers promote to deflect from his crimes and power grabs. This man ...

Confronting the financial extraction of community healthcare in the Mahoning Valley

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Policy Statement White Paper The Community Hospital Stabilization Act How Financial Engineering Gutted Mahoning Valley Hospitals — And What Washington Must Do About It The collapse of our regional hospital system was not mismanagement or bad luck. It was a deliberate financial strategy that stripped value from community healthcare infrastructure while leaving local families, workers, and taxpayers to absorb the consequences. This did not just happen in our district, but across the country. Introduction: What I See Every Morning Each morning when I wake up in Warren, Ohio, I look ...

Speed cameras’ purpose is to help generate income

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DEAR EDITOR: Per the Trib article, March 26, speed cameras are an ancillary service, meaning their sole purpose is to generate additional income, says Chief John Freeman, Girard. The chief further says while the camera program does help slow down traffic, doing that is not as important as being on the road patrolling (stopping speeders) and responding to calls and vehicle crashes (caused by speeders). Let’s think this through. If speed cameras were effective at slowing traffic there would be fewer vehicle crashes and less need to road patrol? If they truly are for safety, speed ...

Why won’t Congress push back against President Trump?

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DEAR EDITOR: I have always been a never Trumper but not just because of dislike. I have voted Republican or Democrat depending on the leadership I see in the candidate and the times our country is going through. Donald Trump has never shown any effort to promote anyone but himself and his adolescent views of the world. He rules by edict, which is evident by his ongoing list of executive orders. He can’t even convince his stacked Congress and Supreme Court to get a law passed. This has extended to his lack of international policy. He has ignored and insulted world leaders because he ...

Why the Social Security system doesn’t work now

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DEAR EDITOR: As a person who was born in 1935, raised during the beginnings of Social Security, let me explain how it worked. In the wake of the Depression, a group of people trying to survive got together, worked and paid their dues, then the next generation worked and paid their dues, therefore providing the money for the last generation. The reason that Social Security is failing is because of automation and isolation. These later generations no longer bond together for the good of everyone; now it’s everyone for themselves. This original work method no longer exists. ...

Strive to behave as ‘Easter People’ throughout year

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For Christians, Sunday is the holiest day of the year — Easter. It is a day of celebration, commemorating the resurrection of the Son. For millennia, this season also has been a time to celebrate the return of the sun, when our minds are on a kind of rebirth and living again in the light. Easter brings us joy, yes. It also teaches us about sacrifice and love; and gives us a brightly colored reminder that we are supposed to love one another, too. For many, it is a day of dressing up, perhaps attending church, having a meal with family and then giving in to modern traditions ...