Sound Off: May 11, 2025

A good thing

An American Pope is good because America needs as much good as it can get to offset all this hatred and greed here.

Incredible

An American pope? I never thought we’d see the day.

Tattoos

I’ve seen some hilarious things in my life, but one of the funniest has to be the clearly doctored photo President Trump is attempting to pass off of Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s alleged MS-13 tattoos. Which were, apparently, added in MS Paint.

Much ado about nothing

Breaking news from the White House: Columbus Day will remain Columbus Day This also just in: Veterans Day will remain Veterans Day, and Canada is not for sale. Brilliant.

Not welcoming

President Trump welcomes World Cup fans, but warms them not to stay too long. He’s a real ambassador.

Lesson learned

While I tend to agree that the Maryland gentleman shouldn’t have been sent to El Salvador without due process, I also can’t help but think that an important message was sent. If you cross the border illegally, all bets are off.

Show the data

All this talk about how DOGE has done so much good. Says who? Where is the data? Economic growth is down and so are investments. I see no tangible proof in my earnings. You want us to be patient and wait. OK, not that we have a choice, but until then stop claiming success for made up achievements.

Where’s the list?

I’m old enough to remember when a bunch of Republican social media influencers came out of the White House with the alleged Epstein list. Which the administration promised would be released ASAP. And, yet, here we are ... still waiting.

They didn’t learn

Seeing all the stories about the decline of Democratic Sen. John Fetterman makes me think the Democrats didn’t learn anything from the reaction to the covering up of Joe Biden’s decline.

Receipts?

I continually see the president’s MAGA cult say how he is exposing deep rooted fraud, waste and abuse within the federal government. As of yet, I have not seen one piece of evidence to support those accusations.

The border

Good news continues to come from our southern border states, as the work of President Trump has clearly made a positive impact on the number of illegal crossings.

Talking heads

I have a question for the Biloxi City Council: How in the world can you waste 35 minutes at a night meeting discussing whether or not to approve a zoning map amendment to allow Papa John’s to have a drive through window? It’s a window for goodness sake. There really was no need for a discussion. You already knew how you were going to vote. Absolutely ridiculous.

Assault

What a disgrace. A retired police officer attacks a 74-year-old woman and another man who tried to help her, and only because she had a cardboard anti-Trump sign on her car. And I guarantee nothing will happen to that officer, as his good-ol’-boy MAGA friends will protect him. Where is your outrage, people?

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