To the editor: Californians actually recognize the reminder for us to carry on to some perspective throughout these dystopic occasions (“Possibly the Epstein case isn’t closed, nevertheless it’s not going to be political dynamite,” July 11). Let’s give the convicted felon occupying the White Home and his actuality TV present C
abinet a break from working so onerous to maintain the lid on the Jeffrey Epstein powder keg that haunts them incessantly.
In truth, I’ll inform my good friend, whose daughter simply dropped out of faculty for worry of being kidnapped by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, that he ought to pack up his cares and household and head to Disneyland this summer season. Or possibly my grocery retailer cashier, a DACA beneficiary, ought to maintain her annual household reunion in MacArthur Park?
Personally, I hope the subject of Epstein and its “tawdry cleaning soap opera drama” dominates the information cycle and this administration all through its evil reign. It appears to be the topic that the majority will get underneath the very skinny pores and skin of a person who locations cruelty and chaos above particular person rights and democracy.
Deborah Chinn, Torrance
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To the editor: So contributing author Josh Hammer thinks we must always cease worrying about who might need been concerned in Epstein’s vile circle and spend our time doing different issues. Simpler stated than performed. You can go to a nationwide park, besides the staffing for the parks has been severely decreased. You can learn a e-book, besides your native library might need been affected by the administration’s cuts. You can go to church, besides should you’re not white, you might need to fret about being harassed by ICE brokers. What might the administration do that will be an excessive amount of for Hammer?
Moira Waddell, Los Angeles
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To the editor: Hammer is totally right: We must always return to the essential issues and deal with what issues most. I simply want he’d written the identical type of column when Donald Trump was casting doubt on President Obama’s birthplace, when Trump was calling President Biden the top of a criminal offense household or when JD Vance was accusing immigrants in Ohio of consuming pets. Apparently, it didn’t happen to him to make the “log out social media” argument till Trump voters threatened to activate their very own sort.
Jeffrey Vaughn, Encino
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To the editor: It’s ironic that the identical weekend that each Hammer and President Trump inspired Individuals to neglect about Epstein, extremely revered legal professional and creator Marc Elias writes, “we might very properly pinpoint this weekend because the second [Trump’s] second time period spun uncontrolled.”
Robert Nicksin, Glendale
