Sound Off: July 12, 2025

Sun Herald readers weigh in on local and national topics.

Epstein list

If a list is on my desk, then I set fire to it, then there is no list. Simple enough, if I have something to hide.

About the list

A Sound Off writer has missed the background. The Epstein list was in earlier court documents, which were barred from being made public. Now why would that be? Despite President Trump’s denials of knowing Epstein, there are numerous pictures of him with Epstein side by side, their recorded discussions, and even flight records listing Trump as he traveled numerous times on Epstein’s jet. So Pam Bondi is just another Republican word-picking attorney protecting Trump for personal benefit.

What Bondi said

You need to use your ears. In an interview, asked if the Department of Justice would be releasing a list of Epstein’s clients, Pam Bondi said on Friday, February 21: “It’s sitting on my desk right now to review. That’s been a directive by President Trump.” She only indicated that she was referring to the “file” rather than the list later when she tried to walk back this comment during damage control.

Biden’s doctor

Joe Biden’s doctor on Capitol Hill took the Fifth. Was he in mental decline? The results are the same, he’s destroyed America, regardless.

Oh, really

Suddenly, Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas is very much against the politicizing of natural disasters. Which is comical only in the sense that he was leading the charge in politicizing the wildfires that struck California.

Enough

If I hear a call for “thoughts and prayers” from another phony Christian politician, I think I will be sick.

California raid

Yes, arrest all the illegal immigrants working at the farm. And, yes, arrest the business owner responsible for hiring them.

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