Sound Off: July 8, 2025

Sun Herald readers weigh in on local and national topics.

So sad

Now that Elon Musk and President Trump have divorced, who gets custody of the country? Will they split custody of Sec. Hegseth, or will he go back to living with his friends at FOX News?

Billionaire spat

Our government needs to be run by the people, not a concentrated group of billionaires whose petty arguments, such as between President Trump and Elon Musk, affect our national objectives, like the space station or our international communications. Their childish behavior is putting personal interests before those of our country. What else can you make of Elon’s comment, “Go ahead, make my day,” in response to Trump’s disparaging remarks?

There’s your answer

Guess all the MAGAs who were frothing at the mouth about the Epstein List will quiet down now that Rocket Boy has pointed the finger at President Taco.

Some gratitude

Before President Trump, Elon Musk was a guy getting government handouts, blowing up rockets and running Twitter into the ground. Sad that he would turn on our president like that.

He’s for us

Guess we found out who is really concerned about the country. The second Elon Musk’s wealth was remotely at risk, he turned on the president. It’s President Trump who is concerned about our country, not Elon Musk.

Trump’s parade

Since it doesn’t have anything to do with tariffs, can we be confident that President Trump is going to hold his $25-million (at least) parade? Or is he going to chicken out on that, too?

Unite

Democrats circle the wagons, remain silent and loyal, even when ghosting the nation over a decrepit, declining President Biden for four years. Republicans will degenerate into nitpicking and infighting over important legislation, personalities, egos and side issues, snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. They’ve done so over decades. It’s stupid, wearisome and self-defeating. For the Mississippi GOP delegation of lawmakers on the Hill, please demand of your GOP colleagues and the White House a cease and desist before you ignorantly lose the remit voters gave you last fall. If you squander these four years, you’ll be forever getting a similar chance again.

No tax on tips

I favor lower taxes for all, and not just those in certain jobs that receive a portion of their wage base in tips.. Because the welder and the plumber and the fireman’s wages are not tips, we tax all their wages.

It’s your job

Some GOP Representatives have admitted that they hadn’t read all the contents in the budget bill they just passed. They just signed it because the House Speaker and President Trump told them to. Now they are using ignorance as an excuse for supporting specific measures that hurt their constituents.

Too much to ask

Sadly, it’s apparently too much to ask of our lawmakers to actually read the bills they vote on. You or I would be fired for not doing our work. Our children would receive failing grades for such effort. But let’s keep electing them.

Good luck, Gulfport

Hugh Keating’s first thoughts and words after ostensibly winning Tuesday night were, “this energized the conservatives point of view.” In a red city, in a red county, in a red state, Gulfport had less than 25% of registered voters vote. But the roughly 13K votes were statistically split between the 2 parties. So, let the notion of a mandate quickly fade. Good luck to Keating, but he has been part of the problems Gulfport has, and has not fixed, for at least the last decade and a half. And his campaign’s caustic rhetoric, ads, mailings and homer-mouthpieces did nothing whatsoever to show anything will change. Still, Let’s hope good ol’ boy Gulfport politics die a much-needed death.

Free lunch

Guess the next Gulfport candidate will have to offer something more than a free lunch.

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