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Can anybody tell me why this newspaper corporation insists on keeping Eugene Robinson and Cynthia Tucker in their paper? Nothing but left-wing propaganda. Are you afraid of being accused of being a racist because they are black? We are sick of their hate. There’s got to be somebody in the middle of the road who can do better than those two.
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The political cartoon targeting trans people using gender-appropriate bathrooms is ignorant, bigoted and hateful. Why would you publish such a fearmongering piece of filth?
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I am a proud American. I respect all people regardless of race or religion. What are the Democrats and Republicans? I thought they worked for the people, not against each other for revenge. I thought Mr. Schumer would do right when he took charge of the Democratic party. I’m ashamed of them all. Trump is right; we need change. Why can’t everyone work together to better America?
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Isn’t this the biggest joke? The guy’s been in office three weeks, and the Democrats want to impeach him. The knucklehead Pelosi, Chuckie Schumer and Gillibrand, three far-left wingnuts, it’s so laughable it’s embarrassing. The Democrats have no power, they’re a disgrace, and they’re holding the American people’s agenda up. Just remember this the next time they come up for election, because this is just carnage. They have no power.
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Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli recently released the median annual per-student spending for the state outside New York City. The average median per-pupil in upstate New York is $22,658. Are you kidding me? No wonder everyone is moving out of New York state in droves. How can anyone afford this outrageous school spending?
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Trump is a liar and, with his Republican cronies and billionaire Cabinet members, doesn’t care at all for working people. Wait until you lose your health care and they privatize Social Security and Medicare. All Trump is doing is turning you into intolerant and angry people. Wake up and join forces with the resistance.
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These Oscar shows, these actors sucked up to Obama for eight years because he’s a big liberal like they are. My heroes are my mom and dad who paid my way through school and worked hard to have a roof over my head. These people don’t care about you and me; they’re nothing but liberals who want to control your life and tell you what to do. Now that President Trump is in there they can’t stand it because he’s changing the way this country’s been, and it’s a breath of fresh air.
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It looks like Trump is going to be like any other lying politician, isn’t he? He said Medicare and Social Security aren’t going to be touched. Now the director of the Office of Management and Budget “did not deny cuts to entitlement programs such as Medicare and Social Security.” Every one of them goes after the seniors, yet they want to bring all these immigrants in this country, and the hardworking American is going to get the shaft as usual. I’m sick and tired of being a hardworking white American getting the shaft.
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My call is to all the people who use public bathrooms. Unless something has changed drastically over the years, I thought these bathrooms were to relieve our bodies of human waste, to use the mirrors to touch up makeup, or to wash our hands. What in the world do these transgender people do in a bathroom that they can’t use the same bathrooms everyone else uses? Make all bathrooms single-person only with a sink, mirror, toilet and urinal. Anyone can use whatever they choose.
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I’m so tired of listening to My Pillow commercials. Normally there are seven or eight commercials in a break from watching a movie or anything. Give me a break. I’m going to go to Time Warner and cancel. It’s stupid to watch TV. There’s nothing on anymore.
To the person who said the people getting the best health coverage in the country don’t work for a living, were they talking about Congress? Because they sure haven’t done anything for the last six years to improve the health coverage of anyone in this country except for themselves.
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I am so tired of reading about how all illegal immigrants are receiving all these government benefits. According to the Social Security administration in 2013 they paid $13 billion in payroll taxes for benefits they’ll never receive. They can receive school and emergency medical care but no welfare, food stamps or other government programs. Without immigrants Social Security won’t be able to pay full benefits after 2030. Legal immigrants can’t even apply for benefits for five years after they’ve been here.
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You know, if the press wasn’t so sarcastic reporting what President Trump and the other Cabinet members are doing, things wouldn’t be so bad. Obama had a handful starting all these riots. Now, let’s just stop it and let Trump be the guy he is. He’s a good American, let him do his job.