Cover the powerful, but cover people movements
Butler, N.J.: Regarding your editorial on March 24 (“Giving in to presidential bullying“), I couldn’t agree more. Sadly, the Republican Party also rolled over and is now entirely the MAGA Party. And there was never a “mandate,” as this administration likes to shout. The 2024 election results were MAGA 49.8%, Democrats 48.3%, Republicans 0% and Elon Musk 0% — a less than 1.5% spread.
Lacking from mainstream media are all the grassroots demonstrations supporting we the people, from the AFL-CIO to Indivisible to the 50501 movement (50 states, 50 protests, one movement). These grassroots efforts are growing and include many individuals who are marching in support of the U.S. Constitution, veterans, seniors, the National Park Service, National Institutes of Health, etc. to protest the ugly, unproductive and unconstitutional activities of DOGE (Dangerous Oligarchs Grab Everything).
DOGE exists for one purpose only: to privatize/transfer government services to Musk and other such grabbers. Privatization only costs the U.S. taxpayer more money since we also have to fund a privateer’s profit margin. I’d rather fund NASA directly than the $22 billion to SpaceX, as reported by Gwynne Shotwell (SpaceX’s CEO) in February 2025 to Reuters.
Perhaps your paper can find a reporter or two to come out on April 5 and provide some old-fashioned coverage for various marches scheduled around New York, New Jersey and the rest of the country. We can not sit back and watch 2025-2028 be the timeframe in which the world’s oldest democracy dies. Anne Mickens
Partisan enforcement
Manalapan, N.J.: Set fire to a few cars and you’re a “domestic terrorist” pursued by every resource of the federal government. Storm the Capitol, cause extensive damage, not to mention injuring and causing the deaths of members of law enforcement, and the president declares you patriots. Something’s not right here. Joe Fontanelli
Car-shaming
Glendale: Taking a page from the backseat driver’s manual, Leonard Greene sideswipes the issues surrounding Tesla cars (“U.S. hero: G’bye, Tesla,” column, March 30). The once-posh driving vehicles have become fodder for those people easily manipulated into believing they’re trendy elites with a penchant for saving the planet. In an effort to further their rebellion against all things Trump-related, modern-day hypocrisy is on display in America. Rather than admitting we have been driven off a cliff by corruption, scandals and lies by the prior administration, the embarrassment of owning a car once hailed as the best thing since sliced bread is now being touted as a symbol of radicalization. Leave it to liberals to run through red lights in an effort to make themselves look more like idiots. Blaming car drivers for the cars they own is akin to watching a tornado and thinking it will offer a nice breeze. Jonathan Kiddrane
Never mind
Howard Beach: What did Elise Stefanik get for her years of loyalty to President Trump? She was thrown under the bus by him because he wanted to make sure her seat in the House of Representatives was safe for Republicans. Stefanik was about to be UN ambassador when Trump pulled back her nomination because for Trump, loyalty is a one-way street. Barbara Berg
Goal-oriented
Manhattan: The new White House task force on the FIFA World Cup 2026 is welcome news. It evidences Trump’s commitment to safety for the hundreds of thousands attending from all over the world. The tournament will create thousands of jobs in the host cities, generate hundreds of millions of dollars in spending and raise massive tax revenues. A successful tournament will also attract future investment for sports and tourism. We should develop a plan to maximize that investment, perhaps through an advisory board of businesspeople working in conjunction with the task force. Or the task force could add a few public members intimately familiar with business aspects of major sports and the workings of local governments to ensure fan expectations are met. National prestige will be at stake, and much of the press will be anxious to pin anything negative on the Trump administration while attributing success to FIFA. Jonathan A. Balan
Don’t be duped
Matawan, N.J.: Only 59% of people polled think that the Orange Wizard isn’t handling the economy well. Well, MAGAs and his other supporters, when have you been shopping lately? Do you know how tariffs work? I learned that 65 years ago in school. A tariff will be passed on to you when you buy imported goods that cost you more. Or did you forget Trump’s philosophy of deny and deflect? He will deny that your cost of living will go up, and when you realize it will, he’ll try to turn your attention to another ridiculous policy, like trying to annex Greenland or make Canada our 51st state. Robert Wyshynski
Worrying trajectory
Commack, L.I.: Trump said he wants to make Canada our 51st state and take over Greenland and the Panama Canal. Isn’t that how Adolf Hitler began his conquests? Germany first invaded Poland on Sept. 1, 1939 — after demanding the return of the city of Danzig and the Polish Corridor, which Poland refused. Then came the invasion of Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and France starting in May 1940. Trump told us he’d be a dictator on day one. Don’t believe him? He’s already been dismantling our government. Yvonne Fitzner
Little boy energy
La Jolla, Calif.: During cabinet meetings, why isn’t JD Vance seated at the children’s table? Jeff Prescott
Tip the scales
Hewitt, N.J.: Hurrah! Congratulations to James Malone, a Democrat from Pennsylvania, for his victory in capturing a state Senate seat last week. The 36th District he represents has been dominated by Republicans for more than a century. Now we need the Florida voters to circle the wagons in two congressional districts, #1 (Gay Valimont) and #6 (Josh Weil), scheduled for today. Perhaps your support for these candidates will help balance out democracy and restore some sanity. Let it be known to everyone how critical casting their ballot is right now. Rally our respected veterans in The Villages to help fight this battle. Call them. Better yet, offer them a ride to the polls. You can make this happen. Floridians, we need you and we trust that you can get this deed done for America. Elaine Young
Can’t compare
Bayville, L.I.: To Voicer John Brindisi: Really? Andrew Cuomo? Tarnished? Have you forgotten who’s sitting in the White House — a 34-count convicted felon, a liable sexual assaulter and a liar? Cuomo saved my sanity during COVID, and I know the devastation of loss: My brother lost his only son. And my 94-year-old great aunt was spraying her feet with bleach until they turned purple. The one sitting in the White House back then said one thing and did another, and lied about everything that came out of his mouth, not caring about anything or anyone, and you want to talk about “heavily tarnished”? Dina S. Abdelkader
Invalidated
Davis, Calif.: In April of last year, Columbia University then-President Minouche Shafik requested that NYC send police to clear the encampment she said violated a long list of Columbia’s rules and policies. The lead negotiator for the illegal encampment was Mahmoud Khalil. This was not a free-speech issue. Khalil chose to represent people who were violating university policies and disrupting learning on campus and who said they had no plans to leave until their demands were met. Khalil’s decision to support people who were willing to interfere with an American educational institution’s core mission set in motion due process to determine if he violated the conditions of his green card. Again, this is not a free-speech issue, despite efforts to provide this excuse to deflect from engaging in political activity that would place a green card under threat of revocation. Julia Lutch
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New Rochelle, N.Y.: It’s sad enough that this once-fine newspaper has to use supersized photos instead of sharp reporting to fill space, but you’ve hit a new low when you have an identical paragraph under the bylines of two reporters covering the same story (” ‘They never got it wrong,’ says DNA pro in case vs. Heuermann,” March 29, and “Rex divorce from wife finalized two years after his serial slay arrest,” March 29). Richard Rodrigue
