Montgomery County receives $9 million for IDA storm relief. First statement by Commissioner Makhija is that global warming is real. Instead of listing what will be done for homeowners, article mentioned building a new park. Next is to upgrade a sewer system for one locality. How does that help people whose insurance did not cover their losses? Montco commissioners are really good at spending. How about helping all the homeowners who lost property, not a new park?
A Democrat judge in New Mexico was arrested this week for harboring an illegal immigrant criminal. Another Democrat judge was arrested in Wisconsin for misdirecting ICE agents and hiding an illegal immigrant in her jury room. These judges should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
S. Light
Women are helpless damsels in distress, per Rep. Madeleine Dean. Dean says women can’t prove we are citizens like men because we can’t get our birth certificates. To get a passport, I had to get my birth certificate. Madeleine Dean, you are wrong; women are smart, capable, and intelligent — at least Republican women are.
Jane “The Real Moderate” Batdorf
The Democrats’ new buzzword is “due process.” I am wondering when I, as an American citizen, am going to get due process. These illegal immigrants broke the USA law when coming here, and, as an American citizen, I am demanding that they be hauled into court and be subject to our laws that have severe penalties for someone breaking and entering our country.
Craig
Colleges are suing Trump for government overreach by telling them to protect Jewish students. The government used financial tools to punish colleges for pushing ROTC programs off campus during Vietnam. The government threatened states with the loss of highway dollars if they didn’t drop the speed limit to 55 mph. So the government has used financial leverage in the past.
Phil
Kudos to Jim Atlas for pointing out that Social Security requires proof of citizenship to collect Social Security. In fact, they require marriage licenses, too, when collecting spousal benefits upon a spousal death. The Democrats voted for these rules. The hypocrisy of Madeleine Dean and Chrissy Houlahan concerning the SAVE Act and proof of citizenship is infinite.
Michael Stern
It appears that a lot of elected Democrats are working very hard to earn the votes of their constituents. They are flying off to El Salvador, appearing on every Sunday morning show, and holding rallies to complain about the deportation of illegal immigrants. I thought illegal immigrants couldn’t vote. Or do they?
“Dutch”
JR, to you and others raging over tariffs, here’s a thought: Why don’t you all try and buy something made in the USA? I guess you all like buying junk from China with slave labor, like your Nike sneakers. All furniture, washer, dryer, mixer, space heater, shoes, boots, sandals, sneakers, all made in the USA! Lastly, stop spreading lies about MAGA hats and China. Yours must be fake, you’re too cheap to buy the real thing!
Gigi
I was shocked to see the article, “Report: Unions gave $33M to elect Democrats” on the front page of The Mercury. Not that it isn’t true; most informed people know that 95% of the political contributions from unions go to Democrats. I’m just not accustomed to seeing the truth about Democrats so prominently displayed! Of course, this article didn’t come from the Associated Press either. Kudos to The Mercury for making it front-page news.
Greg Levengood
During the past 3 months, fatal drug overdoses fell to the lowest level in more than a decade. Gee, I wonder what else happened 3 months ago that could explain this? We didn’t need Congress or new legislation to solve the border crisis, we just needed a new President.
The Real Moderate
Another Democrat congressperson urged Americans to carry out acts of violence against Trump and his supporters. This time it’s the vulgar millennial lowlife Squad-wannabe Texas representative Jasmine Crockett who, after making fun of Texas Republican Gov. Abbott being paralyzed and confined to a wheelchair, said punching MAGA’s in the face is necessary. This is the left’s political poster child. Another day, and another disaster for the Democrat Party.
Biggly
I chuckled at the political cartoon today, a big bottle of relief aid from current leadership! I, for one, compare Biden to Trump, and at least Trump is doing things and talking and meeting with the press. How many days was it that Biden didn’t have a press conference, and when he did had to look at his list on who the handlers said he could ask! No comparison! Who was running the previous administration?
Dot
Well, I was having a great Easter Sunday, and then I saw Will Wood had another nonsense article. He starts out by saying what the top 3 items were for voters this past election, which Trump has already addressed and taken care of in his first 90 days. Then he starts telling lies about the U.S. turning its back on Ukraine, etc. Typical left-wing B.S.
A liberal federal judge in Maryland continues to block Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) read-only access to Social Security data. She won’t allow the DOGE team to determine if payments are going to the millions of people in the Social Security database who are over 120 years old.
Robert Minninger
On Feb 9, 1990, U.S. Secretary of State James Baker assured Russian Premier Mikhail Gorbachev that NATO expansion would not extend “one inch eastward” beyond a unified Germany. In 2014, 16 additional NATO members later, a democratically elected Ukrainian government was overthrown with U.S. support during what was known as the Maidan Revolution. Subsequent “cleansing” of ethnic Russians in Eastern Ukraine brought the region to where it is today.
M. Furlong
The old saying “what goes around comes around” is about to hit Democrat AG Letitia James of NY right between the eyes. She is being referred to the DOJ for mortgage fraud. Seems she lied on two separate mortgage applications to get lower interest rates. That got Baltimore AG Marilyn Mosby a year of confinement. (prosecuted by the Democrat DOJ)
Joe
Republican voters: Your concerns with the Federal government are valid, but even conservative politicians, economists, and news outlets are questioning Trump’s incoherent actions. Awaiting the 2026 elections will be too late to stop the destruction of American institutions and freedoms. Only a veto-proof GOP Congress will be able to rein Trump in now. It’s on you to pressure your representatives, quickly, to put aside their cowardice, and work for you, not Trump, Musk or MAGA.
President Coolidge quote #1 – “… The men and women of this country who toil are the ones who bear the cost of government. Every dollar that we carelessly waste means that their life will be so much more meager. Every dollar that we prudently save means that their life will be so much more abundant. Economy is idealism in its most practical terms.”
Dennis A. Biggs
God, I miss Bill Wilson. He was a beacon of frivolity on this otherwise bleak Sound Off page. Please come back and throw in an occasional quip to calm these people. Fitchy ain’t helping either!
Lefty, Trump For El Salvador Prison
Planned Parenthood is not a healthcare provider. They are a political machine profiting from death. They are the largest pro-abortion lobbying force in America and they certainly don’t need any of our tax dollars. This is corruption at every level — morally, financially, and politically, so we must not let Congress reward Planned Parenthood’s blood-stained hands from receiving our tax money ever again.
Info Depot
So, how do you like the “Tariff Charge” on your bill? Neither do I. You voted for “lower prices on groceries and all other goods. Trump lied to you. Didn’t you see that coming? Trump lied to you. Again. When will you wake up? Trump cares about Trump. Period.
With all the lying the Democrats did during the Biden administration, I think Dean had a lot of nerve preaching about the Republicans lying. Clean up your own house first.
Moderate, I regularly hear political speech with lots of content. As one obvious example, try President Trump’s speech announcing DOGE and tariffs. Huge content. Of course, there are speeches absent content. e.g., anything Harris said during any press conference.
Cato
Every day, Sound Off is filled with comments from Republicans calling out the factual achievements and successes coming out of the Trump administration. Conversely, the only thing Democrats can post are childlike comments, conspiracy theories, fake news talking points, and outright lies against Donald Trump. Everyone understands the Democrat Party has gone off the rails and no longer has anything to offer normal Americans, but their sheeple are interminably embarrassing themselves.
Montco MAGA Mom
This man-child leader is breaking the law, ignoring the court decision, disappearing college students, kidnapping legal immigrants, and threatening gulags for American citizens. It is time for SCOTUS to shut him down.
Jay Miller
Reading the unhinged posts by RealAmerica, one would think Trump appointed himself President rather than winning a free election by a landslide. Trump isn’t a tyrant. He isn’t controlling anyone through fear and intimidation. His is not an authoritarian regime that needs to be stood up to. America stood up to that on November 5, 2024. Trump was overwhelmingly elected to make America great again — and he’s doing just that. Consider yourself blessed.
Holly Hill
The most developed countries on the planet are those where people respect the law, where people know that if they break the law, there will be consequences. Trump and Musk would rather lie, threaten law-abiding citizens, and make up stories to dissuade our uneducated public. The lies they told are all coming undone. The only deep state is Trump; the rigged election was Trump and he admitted it at his MSG rally. Wake Up!
#True American
Many people come from the Congo, but I don’t know what that is. LOL. A quote from Felony Don the Lying Con in the Oval Office. Yes, folks, this is MAGA — Morons Are Governing America? Do you know where it is?
JR
April 15 Mercury headline: “Evil Intentions. Shapiro Decries Violence after Arson Fire at Residence.” I sure wish Gov. Josh Shapiro showed as much outrage when Presidential candidate Donald J. Trump was nearly assassinated right in Shapiro’s own backyard, which Shapiro was supposed to have secured. A few ruined davenports are nothing to worry about. But attempting to take the life of the US President is pure evil.
The key to navigating the current financial crisis is not to get anxious and to stay the course — whatever it turns out to be.
MendaciousD
Wait, the Dems want to take back control, so says Jeffries, of what the people? That’s all you did while you had the control, you freaks, your party has done nothing but destroy our nation and the people in it. Why would we vote to keep any of you in office ever again?
Trump has dropped over 100 enforcement actions against corporations. That includes 10 corporations that have donated to or allied with him — like SpaceX, crypto corporation Coinbase, and private prison corporation GEO Group. This is corruption of the highest degree.
RealAmerica
MAGA: “Trump doesn’t take a salary!” ($400K annually. Chump change to him.) The cost of a weekend trip by Trump and staff to Mar-A-Lago is around $1 million. Security costs in Palm Beach County add additional expenses reaching $240,000 daily. (All paid by taxpayers.) Do you think this might qualify as “waste, fraud, and abuse”?
Control the news media, control the people, a fact supported by history, and you only need to buy certain people.
Star Light
That’s right, Jay Miller, LOL, Denmark has kept Russia at bay for 75 years. Denmark is the lynchpin of NATO, LOL. Denmark’s military budget in 2022 was $5.47 billion. Biden spent that much on office furniture in Washington, DC, last year. Jay, you could be the court jester for Kamala Harris.
Mr. Democracy
The 2026 midterms are quickly approaching. And while the Democrat Party may have lost (barely) in the 2024 races, we are positioned to dominate in 2026 and again in 2028. Trust us, we’re different now.
David M
Hey Jay Miller, also according to the WSJ, if we expose and save just 2% of all government waste, fraud, and corruption this year, we could restock all soup, kitchens, provide tuition free education at all public colleges, provide universal childcare, remove lead pipes in all schools, eliminate America’s deficit, cut our national debt by 50%, and make America great again.
Otis
My daughter said she can cackle and cook, and then asked me if she should run for president.
Billy G.
Your life will be remembered as two dates and a dash. (birth-death). Try to live your life so folks will remember the “dash” as well as the day you were born and the day you died.
Jim Fitch
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