Sound Off: July 8, 2026
Sun Herald readers weigh in on local and national topics.
See you in four years
So I watched my first soccer game in four years on Monday night. Guess I’m done for another four years. What a dud.
World Cup
The World Cup spent weeks giving us amazing games and just when a huge part of the country finally got hooked and watched, the U.S. Men’s National Team laid a giant egg in front of the world. What a missed opportunity.
ETTD
I never really believed in the idea that everything Trump touches dies, but he sure seems to have done a number on our soccer team. Thanks for the help, Mr. President. We haven’t looked this bad in years.
For what?
You mean to tell me we got a giant gift from FIFA when they made seemingly the entire world mad by postponing the suspension of one of our best players, only to go out and get slaughtered by Belgium?
Maybe one day
We’ve got kids paying thousands of dollars a year to play travel soccer. Meanwhile, Cabo Verde just walked out there and gave Argentina everything it could handle and more. Maybe one day we’ll be as good as Cabo Verde.
Stay away
Call it jinxing, bad juju or just plain coincidence, Donald Trump should steer clear of all of our sporting events from now on. I wonder if he called his compadre at FIFA to overturn our loss to Belgium at the World Cup.
Held accountable
Judicial sanity prevailed as the pipe bomber of Jan. 6 was refused dismissal of his case under Trump’s blanket pardon of all the other 1,500 lawbreakers. Trump’s blanket pardon of all the others continues to show his priority of personal retribution over respect for law and order, and the abuse that we all witnessed Capitol police suffer that day.
Looks familiar
The Trump crime family is making the Biden crime family look like a bunch of amateurs. Trump has the all-consuming need to be perceived as the best at everything he does, and when it comes to corruption, he is succeeding.
Big tent?
Isn’t it obvious that those who claim to be moderate Democrats are actually are not. The Virginia governor pledged to work with Republicans, only to have her gun ban rejected by the state Supreme Court. Biden ran on bringing America together, this also turned out to be anything but. Present day, no more hiding the objective, socialism is the only way forward for Democrats. I’ll give credit here, Democrats do stick together, even if it’s right off the cliff at high speed.
Our visitors
Yes, God Bless America. Yes, the international visitors have been welcomed and love Walmart, BBQ, ranch dressing and big TV’s. The thing is that they haven’t lived here for the last few years and had to watch the prices of these things skyrocket to the point where they are unaffordable for many, and are now a once in a while luxury instead of an everyday purchase.
Disgusting
I hope karma is real as I read some of the filth that is being written on social media about the tragic death of Nolan Wells.
Conspiracy
Sometimes, the correct answer is the simplest one. Not every tragedy is the result of some sinister plot.
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