President Trump has instructed the Department of Commerce to initiate a new census that would exclude anybody who is in the country illegally. Since the census is used to determine congressional seats and Electoral College votes, it’s only common sense that illegal aliens should not be included in the census since they are not permitted to vote, and, allegedly, they are not receiving government benefits. What a shocker that Democrats want to keep them included….
Greg Levengood
Democrats claim MAGA voters regret their choice … Why would I regret my vote? Trump is doing what he promised. I continue to get what I voted for, and that’s better for all Americans. Enjoy the show for the next three and a half years, Democrats.
Above Average Joe
Helping someone you’ll never meet. Defending someone you don’t agree with. Caring when it’s not your problem. That’s what holds a society together.
RealAmerica
Will someone tell me how Jasmine Crockett became a spokesperson for the Democratic Party? Why does she talk street slang and swear? If this is all the party has to offer … the Dems are in for a big surprise! Keep on threatening and yelling, and you’ll talk yourself right out of a job!
Dot
Craig, on Aug. 10, you referenced Democrat candidates calling Trump voters deplorables and garbage, saying Trump never called Democrats names. Besides saying he hated them, here are just a few: un-American, treasonous, the enemy within, vermin, and wacko mob. GOP members call them pedophiles and human traffickers. That rhetoric is much more dangerous because it incites justifiable (in the minds of some twisted MAGA) violence against Democrats.
Diana
The job numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics have been revised downward every month in 2025 by an average of 47%. The numbers for May and June alone went from a combined 286,000 to 33,000. This was the largest revision in over a decade. You deserve to be fired if your data is wrong by almost a factor of 10.
Robert Minninger
As a Sound Off reader, I have been slow to write in, but I don’t see anyone writing in any longer with Democratic policy principles. Hopefully, I can do justice to them and expound on them periodically. First, Democrats are against school choice. All children should be going to public schools and learning the right way. Getting propaganda from non-public schools is wrong.
Adam
President Trump is a leader without peer in USA politics. He achieved that distinction by being open and transparent when he talks to America. He answers questions from the press virtually every day, something no other president has ever done. As he answers questions, he doesn’t worry about political fallout and is honest and truthful with his answers.
Bruce
This Dino guy, who uses the moniker The Moderate, is doing a farewell tour that is longer than an 80-year-old rock star’s. Enough already. Give it up and ride off into the sunset. Your letters are getting to be more like Patriot54 and Lefty than anything based in reality.
Sam Tasik
Rigged = The Trumpian definition of any truth or fact he doesn’t like. Trump fired the BLS chief over jobs numbers calculated the same way it’s always been done. I’m reading about economic fallout as he’s shattering the credibility of those reports by politicizing and pressuring. Just think MAGAs, BLS also calculates inflation numbers. If they start corrupting numbers for his ego, you’ll never get Social Security increases while paying more for everything. Go MAGA!
KC
It must be exhausting to be a liberal. All the pent-up rage and hate, combined with 24-7 derangement and denial that the other party is doing a great job following their overwhelming win with a massive national mandate, is enough to send anyone off the deep end. Especially if you’re a low-intelligence TDS leftist. Sound Off progressives, you have our prayers, along with our appreciation for showcasing the extent of your mental illness.
Missy Miss
After firing the head of the Labor Statistics Bureau and installing a bootlicker who will report exactly what he wants to hear, you can expect an extremely rosy report on the next Jobs Report. Maybe Trump will write the report himself, like he did with his medical examination. He only needs someone to sign it. Don’t believe a word of it.
Radio show host Charlamagne tha God noted that the ABC News program, “The View,” has had 102 liberal guests in a row and zero conservative guests. That is an astonishing record for an ABC News show. But that is ABC News for you.
Matt
Byron York in The Mercury: “Endless Democratic anger vs. Trump accomplishment”: Yes, Dems have lower approvals than Trump, but York implies Trump favorability (45% of all, 43% of Republicans) is more significant than the 52% of all, 54% of Republicans unfavorable view. (York’s numbers.) Plain fact: a majority of all disapprove of Trump, and it’s not getting better. It’s Orwell’s “1984”; York (Trump shill; “Big Brother”) wants you to believe “bad” is “good.” Propaganda.
Robert Minninger, you asked why The Mercury gives front-page coverage to a small, nonsensical Democrat rally. It is simple. Without free press coverage, the Democratic Party would wither away. Even with over 90% of the press stories being negative toward Trump and 80% being positive for the Democrats, the Democrats still lost in a landslide in 2024.
Mr. Democracy
To my fellow Democrats and independents – I don’t know about you, but I’m exhausted by trying to speak truth to MAGA — who hear nothing, believe nothing, except what Trump and Fox tell them. They call everything fake news because it allows them to close their eyes to the truth. His approval rates are in the toilet, but it’s still a losing battle. I’m tired of being called stupid by people who are so easily fooled.
Diana
Hey Joe Frank, I’ll agree to allow my “donated” tax dollars to go to NPR and PBS as long as you agree that equal taxpayer funding goes to FOX and Newsmax. No? I didn’t think you’d like that suggestion for the fair and balanced spending of taxpayer dollars. What a tool!
Joseph Francis
Oh, Patriot54, I will scream the rest of my life about what Biden did to this country by opening the borders! A president is supposed to keep you and your country safe. Biden should be held accountable for letting in child traffickers, criminals, people who weren’t vaccinated when Americans lost their jobs for not getting the shot, just the sheer number of people! Get your head out of the sand and MAGAt is not cute!
Dot
Little Mikey Stern was whining in his post of August 3 that he doesn’t want to see posts that he considers worthy from left-leaning readers. Mikey, you sound just like your hero Felony Don the Lying Con, who wants to censor those who have a different opinion than he does. Put on your big boy pants, Mikey, this is America land of free speech. LOL. This is MAGA — infecting your brain.
JR
This is a fantastic forum, but it is often abused with disrespectful words that we throw at each other. We don’t see eye to eye. That’s OK. Constructive arguments can facilitate good communication, supporting respectful, positive development. We behave childishly in Sound Off, much like the child in the White House. Perhaps not everyone, but collectively, we are all guilty. I agree with Star Light when she stated that “Sound Off is scary.”
Joe Frank
I sure wish that some of these “woke” people would just go back to sleep.
Billy G.
A helpful strategy when losing your job is to network with others in the same situation. I assume that’s why Kamala Harris appeared on Stephen Colbert’s late-night show, which could now be called, “Losers Like Company.”
Jim Fitch
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