On November 5, 2025, I drove by the Lederach Post Office and saw our American flag flying at half mast. This flag was so ragged and tattered that it was an insult to all American patriots, and yet, even worse, it was flying at a US government building. I immediately contacted Congresswoman Dean’s office for corrective action. Fly our American flags proudly.
Rusty Oister
Jay Miller, facts are pesky things. According to the Federal Highway Administration, Pennsylvania has 251,708 miles of roadway with a gas tax of 58.7 cents/gallon. Ohio has 262,492 miles of roadway with a gas tax of 38.5 cents/gallon. Florida has 275,376 miles of roads with a gas tax of 38.6 cents/gallon. Pennsylvania has squandered gas taxes on SEPTA and soon on an overpriced Reading-Philadelphia railroad that no one will ride.
Twenty-twenty
The Moyer Road repairs in New Hanover Township are as bad as the temporary repairs they replaced. Does anyone check this work?
The Moderate
I visited San Francisco a couple of years ago, and it was a mess, and I am tired of hearing from Gavin Newsom. His budget is a mess and is replete with money for illegal immigrants. California’s budget now has $10 billion for illegal immigrant healthcare, representing 28 times the $348 million allocated for law enforcement statewide. Imagine what Newsom would do to a Federal budget.
Michael Stern
How very spot on the Cartoonists Take on November 4th was. For those who didn’t pay attention- A woman walks up to the Meat counter and tells the butcher that she would like to put a pound of ground beef on layaway. It would be funny if it weren’t true. Felony Don the Lying Con said he would lower grocery prices, but the cost of meat is going up steadily. Winning yet?
JR
KC, you deserve credit; you keep trying! Elon’s companies have government contracts, wow! As do Bill Gates, Jamie Diamond, Jeff Bezos, every corporation in the Country! They also use natural resources, infrastructure, and roads! Ever hear of Amazon? Want a fair tax system, I do, call Madeline Dean and support a flat tax! Everyone pays the same percentage, no deductions or exceptions! That’s fair!
Just the facts!
Upper Pottsgrove should be happy that Taylor, Robinson and Leach won the township commissioner spots. The appeal of the Smola farm decision is just a waste of money, and the comments about the Gilbertsville suit brought by these 3 are ridiculous. Our current commissioners would have you believe it’s gonna cost taxpayers millions of dollars, but that’s just not true.
Diana
I couldn’t verify KC’s quote from Warren Buffett, but the premise is laughably inaccurate. 800 companies paying $5 billion each in taxes would generate only $4 trillion in tax revenue. Federal expenditures are $7 trillion! Additionally, the top 3,500 public companies in the U.S. only have $3 trillion in profits. Even if Warren and KC raise the corporate tax rate to 100%, it wouldn’t alleviate the need for taxes on individuals. Do the math.
Robert Minninger
My Democratic Party is valiant enough to shut the government down if the Orange Con refuses to fund healthcare for our poor undocumented immigrants and provide cost-free life-affirming gender transition surgeries for little children. Wow, talk about unapproachable high moral character and unflinching conviction towards doing what the world knows is just and good!
Lefty Lucy
New York City elected a socialist/communist to run its city. VA elected an AG who dreams of shooting his opponent’s wife and children. CA elected to make more Democrats in Congress and have it be legally changed. What has happened to mankind? You can’t live on everything free, violence in this man who won in VA, and when in the world will these representatives start working for us and not for their riches?
Dot
Trump claims to waive his presidential salary of $400,000 per year. Each golf trip to Mar-a-Lago costs the taxpayer $1.2 million in transportation and security. I would rather have a president who takes the salary and pays for his own vacation.
Jay Miller
The response from the left to the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel — and again after Charlie Kirk’s assassination — has been shocking. Many on campuses and in professional fields openly celebrated violence, harassed Jews, or expressed joy at a conservative’s death. For many, it’s been a disturbing revelation: this isn’t just disagreement; it’s a willingness to support or excuse hatred and violence against those with differing views. The mask has come off.
Professor Potts
“No place on the planet has ever in history been better for white progressive women with BS college degrees than America in 2025, and there’s no place in time that they hate more.” – Margot Cleveland. “Super-rich ex-wives who hate their former spouse should be listed among the reasons that Western civilization died.” – Elon Musk
After the big Blue wins on Tuesday, I know how the Allies felt on June 7, 1944. “We haven’t won, we’ve got a long way to go, but at least we’ve established a beachhead in Normandy, and next we will vanquish these fascists.” The mid-term mandate has begun. America doesn’t want a king.
RealAmerica
Can you imagine the reaction if Joe Biden, Obama or Hillary Clinton had said they knew nothing about someone they’d pardoned after that person had helped their kid(s) and themselves make billions of dollars, doubling their wealth just a couple of months ago? Someone laundering money to terrorists? Yeah, I can too. Don’t whine about the Democrats not fixing it fast enough when they have to bail out the financial damage a third time.
KC
Hey MAGA! Will even one of you have the courage to admit that Trump lies when he claims tariffs are paid by foreign countries and companies? Trump has a Wharton School B.S. in Economics and should know tariffs (import taxes) are duties paid by the importer (consumer). The American “wealth” he claims is being created is the government treasury sucking money from your pocket. Do you understand he’s counting on your ignorance?
No Kings = No Self-awareness. Last year, the architects of today’s No Kings movement sued to keep 3rd party candidates, e.g., RFK Jr., off ballots and dispensed with a presidential primary. Such was consistent with a mindset that mandated experimental vaccines for public employees, gender-affirming “care” for minors(over parental objections) and violated First Amendment protections as witnessed in FBI targeting of Catholics for surveillance and news media for censorship. Who are the kings again?
M. Furlong
KC, our tax system is not supposed to have rich people pay more in taxes. That idea comes from the Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and has proven to promote class envy and the violent rhetoric we have today. Marx was a big proponent of the graduated income tax, yet when he died, he left his heirs $6.8 million. It’s always about taking other people’s money. Elon Musk should not pay any more taxes than anyone else.
Gerry
To the MAGA people in Sound Off who are all in for Trump’s gaudy ballroom, how many of you expect to be invited to an event there? Keep checking your mailbox for your invitation.
Hate Trump? Join us, knock down statues, loot at local big box stores, key or set Teslas on fire. You can have lots of fun. Throw things at Ice agents, run and riot with the local antifa. Protest about anything you want. You’re the victim. Support criminals and illegal immigrants. Tell anyone who will listen what a horrible country this is! Come join the Democratic Party. Don’t worry, we’ll be told what to hate next!
H John
Diana wrote about MAGA friends proudly hating Democrats, violence visited upon poll workers, governors, and judges and more, yet I constantly see the Democrats guilty of just that. It is common for many Democrats to project their meanness as coming from Republicans when, in fact, the opposite is true. Why do so many Democrats use the terms Nazi, racist, fascist, etc?
RO in NHT
Good grief! How many more times do we have to read “It wasn’t the East Wing — it was just a breezeway?!” Yes, it was the entire East Wing! Google it or watch something besides Fox News.
In 2025, President Trump deployed the National Guard to fight violent crime, signed a $350B “Tech Prosperity” deal with the UK, and secured a framework to keep TikTok operating in the U.S. He restored historical landmark names, pushed AI investment, and launched a commission on youth health and psychiatric drugs. He also reduced federal hiring to shrink bureaucracy. These efforts focus on security, technology, tradition, and government efficiency. Something Democrats know nothing about.
Righty Tighty
The voters in the Big Apple faced a dilemma: Vote for a former corrupt governor who is somewhat competent or a socialist, anti-Semitic, smiling, incompetent Communist. It is like biting into an apple and finding a worm in it, but it could be even worse, you could’ve bitten into the apple and found half a worm in it!
Billy G.
Our dog Rufus has been a terrific “therapy dog,” but still has one problem. Like many Golden Retrievers, he just can’t control his “licker!”
Jim Fitch
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