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Who elected Elon Musk?

In the 2024 U.S. presidential election, Donald Trump received 77 million votes. Kamala Harris got 75 million votes. Elon Musk wasn’t even on the ballot. Musk hasn’t been nominated for a cabinet position, but he holds court in the Oval Office while cabinet members sit in meek silence. He hasn’t run for the House or Senate, yet he is more powerful than every member of Congress combined. He’s not the VP, but he’s sidelined JD Vance to become Trump’s #2. Unelected Musk wields sweeping power, firing tens of thousands of government workers, often without specific approval from ...

You’re fired

Our Criminal in Chief has been nothing but a treacherous autocrat with his Jonestown-like cult of MAGA supporters. He’s a convicted felon yet these Christians have no problem with it. He is a very cruel man a misogynist and a very poor businessman to boot. I hope all you Republicans are happy now that we are stuck with this toddler till his term ends or hopefully he gets impeached. As an American citizen I’m personally firing Donald Trump from the office of President. I will not support him in anyway — I hope that immigrant wife of his gets deported and Trump Tower gets ...

More on tariffs

I keep hearing that Trump is going to start a trade war with the tariffs he’s imposing on other countries. It’s said to be especially egregious that he is imposing them even on our friends and allies. Let’s take the two statements in order. It would be impossible for Trump to start a trade war, because the truth of the matter is that the trade war has been raging for decades. The fact that the U.S. has chosen not to defend itself does not mean there wasn’t a war. Saying that Trump is starting a trade war would be like saying that Ukraine started a war when they shot back at ...

Manufactured mayhem

Before Trump took office the economy was in decent shape. Shocking I know, but true. In typical Trump fashion, he whipped his supporters into a frenzy by insisting that the economy was disintegrating. And that got him elected. Once elected, Trump declared another emergency, the size of the Federal Government. Once again, his supporters cheered him on. Using his “sky is falling” approach, Trump and Musk have succeeded in creating chaos on an unprecedented scale using DOGE as a smokescreen. His next target was the trade imbalance issue. That imbalance has existed for ...

Ill-informed speakers

The story about a Williamsport meeting really missed the mark. It promoted the use of automated enforcement cameras for traffic violations. There will soon be a state legislative bill to ban all forms of automated enforcement. Better talk to the prime sponsor. It was also said there would be a speed camera pilot in Centre County. That is totally wrong, as the assembly never enacted a law for this. Talked about yes, did not happen. Then we have municipal radar, which nobody ever wants to enact. What the meeting never brought up is why traffic engineering in the state does not ...

Solar farm in our neighborhood

The Sun-Gazette article, “Solar Farm Owners Sue Old Lycoming Township Supervisors…”, told part of the story — but it left out the voices of residents who objected to this commercial solar farm in our neighborhood. It also failed to mention that several residents felt the Township Supervisors made a genuine effort to protect the interests of their community. Although our township is zoned agricultural/rural, the proposed site is surrounded by approximately 20 homes, either adjoining or in close proximity. The Supervisors’ decision to approve the conditional use included ...