Help me understand. A student can walk out of school without parental permission, leave school property, and walk through the streets of Pottstown, and the principal and superintendent are OK with this? In the future, any student can leave school at any time for any reason, and there can be no consequences. Many kids walked out and went home rather than protest. Many kids did not return to school after the protest. And this is acceptable?
There you go again, Diana, because there are fewer victims of people here illegally, we should keep illegal immigrants here. No, we shouldn’t. We should deport them, and then we will have less crime. As many have said, every illegal immigrant has broken our laws. Diana, you have proven our point; we have enough crime of our own. We don’t need foreign nationals killing us, too.
Betty
Was it really necessary for The Mercury to gaslight its readers with a front-page article accompanied by 12 photographs of Pottstown HS kids protesting ICE? Did these kids even know what they were protesting, or was it just a good way to get a day off from school? Statistics show that many of these protestors are probably not proficient in reading, writing, or basic math, but on this day, they learned how to protest!
Greg Levengood
Top donors to Freedom 250, a new group allied with President Trump that is planning events around the U.S.’s 250th birthday this summer, are being promised access to Trump. Those who give $1 million or more will get invites to a private reception hosted by Trump, with a “historic photo opportunity.” This is just another example of illegal presidential grift, AKA fraud. This is the corruption that MAGA has always complained about.
RealAmerica
Two illegal immigrants arrested in Norristown for attempted murder, human trafficking (women), involuntary servitude (slavery), recklessly endangering others, and firearms not to be carried without a license. One was also driving a stolen car. Where is the outrage that these people were released into our country? If these two criminals were arrested by ICE, there would be uproar from radical leftists protesting, impeding ICE, and news media headlines about ICE arresting their loving neighbors.
RO in NHT
After reading the article about the students protesting ICE, I would think it is time to teach them about the real Nazi party and how it came to power by taking the youth under its wings. It seems like most of the youth are just following the leader to have some fun. Parents, give it some thought. This is not a Trump thing.
What was Kash Patel’s official business at the Olympics? Drinking beer with the hockey team? That stunt cost taxpayers $75,000, just for the flight. He always calls it official business on flights to concerts with his girlfriend, golf outings in foreign countries, and hunting trips. FBI business is in the U.S. In an earlier video, he accuses past FBI directors of abusing their flying privileges, saying the plane should be taken away from them.
To MendaciousD, your sarcasm is not funny. The only reason that 3,000 ice agents were needed in Minnesota is that the crazy protesters and some residents would not allow them to enforce the laws of our land. Ice had no issues with many fewer agents doing what they were hired to do in Texas, Georgia, etc. You fail to remember who allowed the illegals into our country. Ice has to clean up the mess!
Cover-up continues! Four US citizens were killed by an illegal alien in Indiana while driving a tractor-trailer. CDL issued July 3, 2025, in Philadelphia under Gov. Josh Shapiro’s PennDOT regulations. As expected, Pennsylvania media keep the story buried! Doing their part to advance Shapiro’s political future! No apology by Gov. Shapiro or public announcement to change Shapiro’s DOT licensing regulations! Students protesting ICE, knowing nothing, should be protesting Shapiro!
Just the facts!
As the Supreme Court rules against the illegal tariffs, the manchild called the justices disloyal and fools. He further accused them of taking direction or bribes from foreign governments. He said he will maneuver around the decision through another illegal tactic. Corruption, your name is Trump.
Jay Miller
I’ll wager no Sound Off contributor could name a police officer who was killed in the line of duty. In 2024, 64 cops were feloniously killed. But most of us could name at least one person killed by a police officer. Most would agree that every police officer killed in the line of duty was wrongly killed, but at the very least, for the protesters, there is some doubt. Very sad we don’t know their names.
Michael Stern
Billy G, time for a history lesson — everyone in the United States, except for the indigenous peoples (the American Indians), is living on stolen land. Long before the Mayflower’s arrival, the natives lived here. We stole their land, herded them onto reservations, and tried to eliminate them with smallpox-infused blankets. Your deed is worthless; we are all immigrants, from the first Mayflower landing to today.
Logical Lady
Yo there, JR, are you illiterate or what? Didn’t I call the January 6 protesters who attacked police and property, criminals? Just like Alex Pretti and Renee Good, and other BLM protesters, Antifa, and Summer of Love protesters who destroyed property and attacked police? But like most Democrats, you are a World Champion Hypocrite because you won’t call violent Democrat protesters criminals.
Grant W.
Unnamed, Trump opened permits for drilling, what happened? Not much. Releasing from the strategic oil reserves is a temporary fix, and you have to replace it. Price went down, but the cold snap is driving prices back up. This was basic high school economics. I guess you were sleeping.
The Moderate
In Georgia, an elementary teacher, Dr. Linda Davis, was killed by an illegal immigrant running a red light. The beloved Dr. Davis happened to be African-American. Vasquez Lopez, a Guatemalan, had a few minor injuries. To the anti-ICE protesters, is she dead enough for you? Perhaps anti-ICE can demand his release?
Ruth Mutter
Nothing has brought people together, for a very long time, like the outrage over the idiots who are protesting ICE. Masked, armed thugs attacking law enforcement, paid protesters trying to run over ICE agents as they execute warrants, childlike blowing of whistles and holding up cell phones, and the expectation of no accountability. Then the democrat politicians and mainstream media lie. This is America and lawlessness will not be tolerated. Lock these thugs up!
Captain Dudley Bradstreet
Laken Riley died a horrible death at the hands of an illegal immigrant. Not one of those anti-ICE protesters cared enough to protest her death. Why is the death of Renee Good more important? Renee Good could have obeyed commands and not tried to run over an officer. She would be alive today. Laken Riley had no such choice.
“Dutch”
Did Pottstown Ward Leader Josh Kogi use local taxpayer funds to pay for his 1960’s 1960s-style anti-government protest pilgrimage to Blue State Sanctuary Mecca of Minneapolis? Enquiring minds want to know.
Hurst
Jacquan Tenasse, 19, and Tristan Zawick, 23, pleaded guilty in Lehigh County Court to charges of Rape, Conspiracy to Commit Rape, False Imprisonment, and Conspiracy to False Imprisonment. Yes indeed, these two are some of those wonderful neighbors that Anti-ICE protesters love.
I can’t comprehend why liberals don’t support ICE and their quest to make us safer. Just go to DHS.gov, Worst of the Worst. They have mug shots and a brief description of the illegal criminals ICE has rounded up and the horrendous crimes they’ve been convicted of. Libs, please explain to us why you protest this and want all these criminals loose in our country?
Roger M
Public high schools should be teaching their walkout students that during the Biden era, 8% of the entire population of Nicaragua illegally entered the US. This is in addition to 7% of Cuba, 6% of Haiti, and 5% of Honduras. The total number of illegal migrants from the various countries is in the millions. Public schools should be teaching that the Biden administration turned America into a dumping ground for criminals from the third world.
President Trump let Chuck Schumer know that he’ll release the money already appropriated by Congress for the Gateway tunnel project as soon as Penn Station and Dulles Airport are renamed Trump Station and Trump Airport. This is a president who knows how to get things done.
MendaciousD
Oh boy! I see Billy G is vying to be the top funny guy on Sound Off. Little Billy seems a little nastier than Jimmy Fitch, but equally corny. That’s a tough choice to make for Sound Off. Bill Wilson was always funnier as well as classier.
Lefty, I Know Funny
The Epstein Files are getting downright scary. Whoopi Goldberg is found in the Epstein Files. The question is, was she a victim (doubtful), a punishment, a reward, or a predator? I told you it was scary.
Billy G.
I’m not saying some people are dense, but a lady told me she keeps an empty milk container in her fridge in case someone wants black coffee!
Jim Fitch
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