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Sound Off: May 21, 2025

FILE -- A bloodied Donald Trump is escorted off by Secret Service agents after being shot in the ear, at a campaign rally in Butler, Pa, on Saturday, July 13, 2024. The photo was part of Doug Mill’s coverage of the shooting that earned the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)
FILE -- A bloodied Donald Trump is escorted off by Secret Service agents after being shot in the ear, at a campaign rally in Butler, Pa, on Saturday, July 13, 2024. The photo was part of Doug Mill’s coverage of the shooting that earned the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) NYT

8647

If you want to know what it means to “86” someone, ask Tony Soprano.

A new low

There can’t really be people defending the idea of prominent liberals posting “8647” on social media. Agianst a man who has already had at least one credible attempt made on his life.

Trump’s FAA

Oh, look, even more air-traffic control blackouts. Wonder whatever happened to “The Buck Stops Here”? I mean, this is the FAA that has been hammered by the Trump administration and DOGE, right?

I feel safe

How old am I? Old enough to remember being able to take a flight and not worry about hitting helicopters or having my pilot’s comms go dark.

President Biden

Would you look at that? Barely out of office and all of a sudden the shining light of good health that folks were making President Biden out to be seems to all have been a lie.

Cover up

Anyone and everyone with eyes that watched President Biden’s debate performance knew the man was long gone. How and why he was being propped up for so long is what I’d really like to know.

Boo!

The “deep state” is MAGA’s version of the child’s boogeyman under the bed. Grow up, people. Quit trying to scare us. Be specific.

More lies

We won’t touch Medicare or Medicaid. Good luck with that, fellow seniors.

Nice try

It’s nice to see an itty-bitty part of Pass Road in Biloxi paved. It must be time for the grand opening of the new road to the college. All of Pass Road and Popps Ferry Road needs to be paved. My street hasn’t been paved since 1972.

Reform needed

I’m not opposed to our government being reformed, but what’s happening now isn’t that. Burning it all down and looting is what I see.

Only the best

So we’ve now had presidential doctors try and convince us that President Biden was totally, completely OK and that President Trump is the size and weight of a healthy professional football player and was totally, really shot in the ear. And you wonder why we question the government.

Come on, people

Donald Trump himself posted the photo of Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s tattoos. Find his post, look at the ridiculousness and then honestly tell me that you think those look like tattoos. Either you are lying or I’ve got a bridge I’d like to sell you. It’s hard to take you seriously when you can’t call out at least the obvious lies.

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