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What’s Quickly? It’s where readers sound off on the issues of the day. Have a quote, question or quip? Call Quickly at 312-222-2426 or email quickly@post-trib. com. Let’s get this straight, the Republican­s packed the Supreme Court with 50 votes, but we need 60 votes to protect voting rights? We need to end the filibuster. There is no such thing as reaching across the aisle when one political party has become a cult.

A person died from an accidental prop gun shooting on a movie

set and it’s on the news constantly. Yet innocent children die in school shootings daily and it’s forgotten in a day. That’s what has happened to this country because of ease of gun accessibil­ity and uncaring lawmakers.

Why would there even be a live round on the movie set when Alec Baldwin fired the shot?

Someone had to be in charge of obtaining the weapon and should be held responsibl­e for killing someone. People must be held accountabl­e for their actions.

I know, I know, it sounds ridiculous that someone has brought a class-action suit against Kellogg’s because their strawberry Pop-Tarts

don’t contain enough strawberri­es. To be precise, they contain hardly any strawberri­es at all. And how else other than with a lawsuit is the public to call out these huge corporatio­ns for scamming us if the Food and Drug Administra­tion won’t do its job? Big Tech isn’t canceling Indiana Rep Jim Banks, they are trying to rein him in. No one has the right to post misleading and outrageous content, no matter who you are. He is a complete embarrassm­ent to our state.

His right-wing views are dangerous and insulting to his constituen­ts. We obviously need much better representa­tion than Hoosiers currently have because it is severely lacking in common sense and the common good. Alabama’s Republican governor signed an executive order directing state agencies to not enforce federal vaccine mandates — in the middle of a pandemic. How much more informatio­n do you need to never vote for a Republican ever again?

The unvaccinat­ed are in it for the money.

They figure as long as the pandemic goes on they will continue to receive free money from the government.

If you are so proud of the vaccine, it should not matter if anyone else is vaccinated, right? Because you are protected, right?

As a health care worker, I’m tired. Tired of telling you that you have to be vaccinated. Tired of certain media lying about a pandemic. Tired of working long hours trying to comfort people who are extremely sick from a preventabl­e virus. Tired of trying to get us back to normal with no end in sight from this virus just because people are brainwashe­d and lied to. What happens when my colleagues and I finally give up caring and just surrender?

Now it’s come to this. A South Carolina Republican congressma­n is spotted wearing a face

mask on the floor of the House with a coded “(Expletive) Joe Biden” message. Can Republican­s sink any lower? They have absolutely no interest in governing. It’s all about riling up their rabid base.

Trump is outraged that Biden is denying him

“executive privilege.” Of course he is. This spoiled brat of a man-child has enjoyed privilege of one sort or another his entire life. He believes he is of a different order of being than anyone else, and accountabl­e for nothing. Sadly and disgusting­ly, tens of millions of people think the same thing.

The number one killer of police isn’t gunfire,

it’s COVID. Yet they are protesting against a life-saving vaccine. Now you understand what the lies of right wing media has done to our country.

 ?? GETTY ?? Photos of cinematogr­apher Halyna Hutchins are displayed before a vigil held to honor her at Albuquerqu­e Civic Plaza on Saturday in Albuquerqu­e, New Mexico.
GETTY Photos of cinematogr­apher Halyna Hutchins are displayed before a vigil held to honor her at Albuquerqu­e Civic Plaza on Saturday in Albuquerqu­e, New Mexico.

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