To the editor: There has not been sufficient stated concerning the myriad unpopular and tense modifications that Individuals have been going through this 12 months and the super affect they’ve had on our livelihood and our freedom. Significantly excellent among the many modifications have been the looming cuts to healthcare and the assaults on freedom of speech. Nothing is extra sacred than the latter.
We might be hopeful that the end result of the current authorities shutdown will carry enhancements to the healthcare modifications made by the “Large Stunning Invoice.” Throughout the negotiations, too few folks realized what was transpiring. Even Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), who voted for the invoice, admitted that she hadn’t learn it absolutely and expressed remorse.
The federal government’s most up-to-date actions have been crystallizing into fundamental assaults on our freedom of speech and meeting. Now we have seen many courageous Individuals step ahead to fulfill this problem, from authorities officers to on a regular basis residents. However most noteworthy amongst them at this second are two governors, Gov. Gavin Newsom and Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois. President Trump is at the moment making an attempt to ship federal troops to Illinois, describing what he’s making an attempt to cease as “bombed-out cities” and “bombed-out folks” (“Trump says Chicago mayor, Illinois governor needs to be jailed amid militarized marketing campaign,” Oct. 8).
Pritzker’s response is that Trump’s depiction of Chicago is “deranged.” Each Pritzker and Newsom have stepped ahead and are every defiantly suing Trump’s administration over the deployment of Nationwide Guard troops with out their consent. Every of those victories over particular person and states’ rights brings hope to a majority of Individuals.
Lynn Lorenz, Newport Seashore
