Sound Off: October 18, 2025

Sun Herald readers weigh in on local and national topics.

No Kings

Are there going to be No Kings rallies every month now? I’ve got some bad news for you: You’ll need to be planning them for at least another three and a half years. Maybe seven or 11 and a half if you can’t find any candidates better than Kamala Harris.

Healthcare

Let’s clear up a common misunderstanding. Ronald Reagan signed a bill to Congress to deny any kind of government financial assistance or healthcare to undocumented immigrants. However, Reagan did offer free critical emergency care to these immigrants if they will die without it. He did this out of compassion. No doctor or nurse wants to stand around the bed of a critically ill human being and watch them die for lack of care. Nor should the rest of us.

Hostages

While I’m very happy that all the hostages have been released, these are not the first. Under President Biden, there were 105 released during the cease-fire in 2023.

Swear her in

Why are the Republicans not swearing in the elected Congresswoman from Arizona? Answer: Speaker Johnson knows she is the deciding vote to force a Congressional vote to make Epstein files public.

No longer ‘United’

Our president has gone out of his way to divide the country. He says that he hates Democrats. He says he will cut funding for programs in blue states, and he has. He says he will fire employees that work for programs that Democrats favor, and he has. In effect, he acts as the president of red states and Republicans, and the enemy of blue states and Democrats.

More federal troops

The only problem with President Trump’s distribution of federal troops to crime-laden cities is that he needs to send more troops to more cities.

Shutdown negotiations

All the talking and meetings with photo-ops and still nothing is actually accomplished. It’s like getting a mortgage. You are not done until you get the keys.

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