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Executive Order 14159: The Way of the Gun

To the editor: On July 4, 2026 we might be 250 years old. In 1814, John Adams, the sixth President of the United States wrote, “Remember. Democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts and murders itself. There never was a Democracy Yet, that did not commit suicide.” What do you plan to do to celebrate? For starters, Minneapolis has been again selected as a lightning rod for injustice. How do you get over 2,000 ICE agents to come to Minnesota? You don’t. DHS reassigned 14,500 government employees from other agencies and gave them minimal training. Also 8,500 state or ...

What is happening to our America?

To the editor: When I was in high school and college, I remember reading about the KGB breaking into the homes of Russian families in the middle of the night, guns drawn, ransacking possessions, and terrorizing families. I remember being horrified when I read that a parent could be violently dragged off by armed KGB officers while the children of that parent screamed and cried. I remember reading that many of those children never saw or heard from that parent again. I remember being enraged when I read that KGB officers would go into workplaces and arrest people who had dared to speak ...

Show up to Republican caucuses to stand up and be heard

To the editor: On Tuesday, Feb. 3, Republicans across Minnesota will be gathering in their neighborhoods for precinct caucuses. The future of our Party and the nation belongs to those who show up. If you wish to see a change in our party or our candidates, precinct caucuses are your chance to stand up and be heard. Don’t miss your chance to make a difference. Attend your caucuses: • Grace Life Church in Marshall 7 p.m.: Clifton, Coon Creek, Cottonwood, Fairview, Lake Marshall, Lucas, Lynd, Lynd Township, Lyons, Marshall W-1, W- 2 and W-3, Russell, Sodus, Stanley •Tracy Public ...

Trump not putting America first

To the editor: Donald Trump ran for president of the U.S. saying he was not going to get the U.S. into anymore endless wars. In 2025 alone, U.S. military forces have carried out 622 air and drone strikes across seven countries, including Syria, Yemen, Nigeria, Iran, Iraq, Somalia, Afghanistan. Now the latest, an unprovoked attack against Venezuela, which he authorized the kidnapping of President Maduro and his wife. Maduro might be a bad guy, but so is Putin and Trump rolled out the red carpet for him. Now Trump says the U.S. is going to govern Venezuela. How many American troops are ...

Trump putting Trump family first

To the editor: As a 24-year-old Naval petty officer serving as a DIA (Defense Intelligence Agency) courier in the Pentagon, I was often required to be into brief contact with some of the individuals in appointed positions from the private sector. In dealing with an individual on a casual basis on one occasion shortly before my discharge, I recall a conversation in which this person, David Packard, the deputy secretary of defense, was bemoaning the fact that he would have to forfeit some very sizable ($100,000 or more) gains in the stock market from the preceding day due to a conflict ...

Trump will never give up the throne

To the editor: I never thought I would agree with anything conservative syndicated columnist Cal Thomas wrote, but then I never thought an egomaniac would be elected president of the United States. Thomas has called Trump a narcissist among other things, particularly now that Trump has had the audacity to finagle getting the JF Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts renamed after him, henceforth, the Trump Kennedy Center. Instead of naming buildings, possibly football stadiums and Mount Rushmore, after himself, bombing Nigeria and Venezuelan fishing boats, engaging in a direct ...