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Trump has always failed To the editor: In 2016, I went to a pop-up museum in the Mall of America. It was the Museum of Failure. One display was the evolution of viewing movies. First, we could see a movie at a theatre; when it was done showing, no more options to view it. Later, on tv, we could watch it, but only when it was being shown. Then we could rent a VHS movie and watch at home, when we wanted to watch it. There were also laser disc movies. The public chose VHS over laser discs, the laser discs died out. Next came DVDs, we loved them by the millions, doing away with our VHS ...

It's not a christian theocracy people should be worried about

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Wall Street Apes is a popular account on X with 1.4 million followers. Among other issues, the author frequently posts about threats to the United States and other Western nations from Islamic migration and uses interviews with Muslims (and ex-Muslims) themselves to bolster his ...

A culture of death

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"It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.”— Voltaire (1694-1778) A government that claims the authority to kill persons after they have been subdued, disarmed, tried, convicted and confined in prison has ...

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Jerome Niss endorsement Letter to the editor: I am writing to endorse Jerome Niss for Mayor of Fairmont. I believe he can provide the leadership Fairmont needs. I worked with Jerome for many years at Harsco Rail. He demonstrated the ability to work with others to meet objectives. He always maintained a positive attitude and brought people together as a team. Fairmont needs a leader who can work with the city council to achieve positive outcomes for the citizens of Fairmont. I wholeheartedly endorse Jerome Niss in the upcoming election for Mayor. Thomas Wickham Fairmont, Minn.

Guilfoyle never mastered the art of the shakedown

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About three weeks before Republicans expect an electoral beating, Donald Trump had to get rid of Kimberly Guilfoyle, his ambassador to Greece. He simply had to. Trump's money-grabbing corruption was wearing thin even on devoted fans, but the president knew how to wrap his mob-like patter in ...

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Vote for common sense Letter to the editor: The upcoming mid-term election boils down to either voting for common sense or nonsense. Republicans want: a closed border; deportation of illegal criminal aliens; tough-on-crime Judges and District Attorneys; lower taxes and fewer regulations; no sanctuary cities where illegal criminals are allowed to roam about (New York, Chicago, L.A., San Francisco, just to name a few), all Democrat run cities; voter ID (an issue that 80 percent of the people want); no transgender men in women's sports (another 80-20 issue); no partial-birth abortions; ...