Sound Off: February 14, 2026
Sun Herald readers weigh in on local and national topics.
Trump’s personal Attorney (General)
Attorney General Pam Bondi recently appeared before the House Judiciary Committee Hearing about the Epstein files. During the hearing, she posed the question, “Have you apologized to President Trump? You sit here and you attack the president, and I am not going to have it.” However, it was noticeable that there was no apology extended to the Epstein victims who were present in the room. It is important to remember that the Department of Justice is not meant to serve as the president’s personal legal strike force, even though it operates within the Executive Branch. The moment law enforcement starts answering to political loyalty instead of facts and due process, justice turns into a tool of intimidation. This is how democracies don’t die in coups; they rot quietly behind official seals and press briefings.
Terrible performance
Pam Bondi, who completely botched the Epstein investigation, appeared before Congress, but she did not testify. She was completely combative and obnoxious and when asked tough questions she resorted to the much-used President Trump tactic of personal attacks on lawmakers. She spent some of her time informing them of the greatness of Trump. You don’t get that defensive unless you have something to hide.
The other side
I do not object to President Trump apprehending and deporting people who are here illegally. The law is the law. I do object to how indiscriminately and abusively his troops are doing that. Very few illegal immigrants are terrorists, rapists, or murderers, but Trump portrays them that way to make the indiscriminate, threatening behavior of his troops seem warranted.
Not enough arrests
There are only two problems with the arrests of immigrants here illegally: First, there haven’t been enough arrests. If you are here illegally, you are breaking the law. Send them all home. Second, the business owners who are making money by hiring these illegal immigrants should also be arrested.
ICE out
Well, Minnesota, I guess you’re getting what you want. Apparently if you are in the country illegally, that’s the place you’ll want to be.
The law and immigration
Speeding laws and immigration laws have different consequences. The point of comparison is to suggest proportionality and a possible change to the law that would enable long-term, law-abiding, and economically productive people to realize the dream of a better life that the USA represents for oppressed people. As a nation, we should be proud of a tradition that welcomes hard-working people to live better lives. Current estimates of 11-14 million undocumented people are obviously not all rapists, criminals, thrown out from jails, the “worst of the worst,” and shouldn’t be treated as such.
Pro-life hypocrisy
We are having more babies being born, but very few options for their delivery and for infant care. Pro-life is not actually about life, just control of women’s bodies.
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