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Sound Off: November 21, 2025

By Sun Herald

November 21, 2025 3:00 AM

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 23: Acting Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) David Richardson testifies before the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management in the Rayburn House Office Building on July 23, 2025 in Washington, DC. The subcommittee met to hear testimony on improvements to FEMA's disaster response and preparedness. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) — Acting Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator David Richardson, shown on July 23, has resigned, injecting even greater uncertainty into the Trump administration’s plans to overhaul the federal role in disaster response. Kevin Dietsch Getty Images

Sun Herald readers weigh in on local and national topics.

Imagine that

The Acting Chief of FEMA has resigned amongst complaints that he has been inaccessible and had no disaster experience.

Incitement

Democratic congressmen advising military members to disobey orders from the president are treading on thin ice, bordering insurrection. The Department of Justice should investigate and file charges.

Unbelievable

After 20-plus years in the military, I couldn’t believe that Democratic politicians would get on TV and tell our troops to disobey general orders. It’s an outright call for insurrection.

Will it matter?

Kudos to the Republican Congress for finding moral character and voting for release of the Epstein files. But here’s the problem: The Department of Justice and President Trump’s handpicked groupie, Pam Bondi, can redact names. Given her lack of integrity and morals, will the truth ever see the light of day?

TDS

The Trump Derangement Syndrome issue is far more than a simple inconvenience — it follows people into their homes, their work, and even into the way they think about themselves. For those who are living with it, the effects can be exhausting, isolating, and deeply discouraging. We can’t ignore it or minimize it, because the people already struggling are the ones being hurt the most. They deserve real solutions, real support, and real understanding.

Thank California

I have got some news for MAGAs who like to complain about California and other blue states. If it wasn’t for the money that the blue states put into the federal coffers, taker states like Mississippi couldn’t pave a sidewalk.

California expenses

You do realize that people in California make many times more in wages as the people in Mississippi? Many things cost much more. Businesses pay their workers a wage that allows the employees to live a decent life. Your cost and theirs is comparable if you compare wages and cost of goods.

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