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Sound Off: March 25, 2025

The U.S.-Mexico border wall is seen under construction in Quemado, Texas, on Jan. 24, 2025.
The U.S.-Mexico border wall is seen under construction in Quemado, Texas, on Jan. 24, 2025. TNS

Immigration

When the Biden administration cut down the fence and let whomever and whatever enter the country, it became a national security crisis.

They are there

Instead of a rant, a simple Google search would have told you that there are about 1.6 million individuals in the U.S. that identify as transgender. While transgender rights advocates say there are as many as 15,000 transgender service members in the 1.3 million active force, officials say the number is in the low thousands. The judge was right. It is in the thousands.

Confused

Why would anyone shoot a white turkey?

State income tax

Shame on the Governor, Lt. Gov. and Legislature for misleading the people with a law to eliminate the state income tax and increasing sale tax and adding to the cost of gasoline. Most low-income and retired citizens of Mississippi get no benefit from eliminating the state income tax but will feel the impact of sales and gasoline tax increase. To make matters worse the legislation had typos which the governor and legislators knew about but voted for and signed into law and then lied to the people about the impact. The 85% economic trigger to enact the income tax elimination was knowingly passed as .85%. They’ve lost my vote.

Nice math, guys

How in the world can our state Senate pass a bill full of typos? Are our legislators not reading what they’re voting on? Could someone show some fortitude and actually speak about what happened?

He’s in charge?

Elon Musk admitted he takes ketamine, so I looked it up. Ketamine is used for depression and PTSD. And this man advises the president of the United States!?

No anger

It’s my guess that white nationalists have nothing to do with burning Tesla dealerships. So where’s the outrage from Democrats who drive the electric future?

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