The Mercury’s Sound Off for Tuesday, August 15

Josh Shapiro and the Democrats are giving away your tax dollars. Free breakfast for all Pennsylvania public school students. Hey, why not! There’s a surplus in the treasury. Let’s spend it. Never crossed his mind to fix potholes or hire more cops or enforce shoplifting laws that raise prices at every store we shop in. Heck no. Spend, spend, spend, then when the money’s all gone, raise taxes.

Dan Fields

Anthony Fauci went before Congress and testified that he did not authorize gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute. That was a lie according to the current director of the NIH. What a coincidence that covid originated next to the Wuhan Institute. Fauci should be indicted for lying to Congress and then he should be indicted for helping to create the covid virus that killed millions around the world.

Craig

Democrats don’t give a darn about ethics or the law. On the same day, Jack Smith was in court seeking a protective order to prevent President Trump from talking about the government’s case, his office leaked portions of a memo to the NY Times. The leak was detrimental to President Trump of course. When will a criminal investigation be opened into these leaks: Answer — Not until there is a Republican in the White House.

Jason

We’ve had indications for a while that the DOJ is corrupt at the highest levels, but this week we got unquestionable proof. US Attorney David Weiss tried to let Hunter Biden skate on his charges with a get-out-of-jail-free deal. When that failed, AG Garland made him a Special Council with complete authority. The Bidens must have had a party.

Cato

The final act of Nancy Pelosi’s January 6th Show-trial was to destroy much of the “evidence” that it had collected, even though the incoming Congress requested that this information be preserved. This desperate act reinforces the belief that the J6 Committee selectively edited and distorted evidence. Not to worry. As we’ve seen with the Russian Collusion Hoax and the Biden family corruption, the truth will ultimately be revealed.

Robert Minninger

Trump plans to use the defense that he believed that the election had been stolen. The first election he ever ran in his life was the Iowa Caucuses in 2016. He came in 4th; Cruz won. Can any Trump supporter guess what he said afterward? Shocker: he said the election was rigged. He didn’t have any evidence in 2020; this is his Method Of Operation. If he did believe the election was stolen, he is either crazy or a liar. I say both.

RealAmerica

I never talked to my son about his business. Okay I talked, but not much. I didn’t meet his partners. Okay, we met but we didn’t talk business. Okay, we talked business, but only 20 or 100 times. I got that prosecutor fired but everyone wanted him gone. Okay, no one except the dude who owned Burisma wanted him fired, but I wasn’t paid. Okay, I got paid but it was a long time ago….

Brandon

I have to hand it to the Democrats. They are truly an ingenious basket of deplorables. They conceived and executed the most well-thought-out web of election irregularities for the 2020 election which ensured an 80-year-old unaccomplished DC reflect would win by a record number of votes without the need to even campaign. I’m excited to see what they have up their filthy sleeves in 2024!

Patriot45

When I see someone crying I always ask if it’s because of their haircut.

Bill Wilson

Jay Miller, the DOJ IS trying to stop Trump. And how do u know he’s running for office to avoid accountability? Where did u get that information? You make a lot of wild & ridiculous claims while providing zero detail on your sources. Sounds to me like you’re spewing your own twisted thoughts. And you’ve been saying since 2016 Trump was going to jail. One trick pony. Open your eyes, there’s so much more for you to see outside ur narrow mind.

Well Armed

Virtue signaling from the virtueless is fraught with peril. New York Mayor Eric Adams labeled concerns over unbridled illegal immigration the product of bigots. Now, overwhelmed by sheer numbers at a projected cost of $12 billion, his sanctuary city can’t ship those invitees elsewhere fast enough. Virtue signaling has also proven lethal. PSAs (Public Service Announcements) tying obesity to high Covid mortality rates were deemed insensitive and dispensed with.

M. Furlong

During the 2020 debates, Joe Biden lied over and over again. Yesterday, the Washington Post belatedly awarded Joe Biden 4 Pinocchios for his lie that “Hunter never made any money in China”. The source is Hunter Biden himself and he admitted to getting millions from China and Ukraine. All of this was known in 2020 and the Washington Post covered it up.

Jane Batdorf

Why is someone claiming he is worth 250 times his purported legal bills ($10 Billion vs. $ 40 Million) soliciting small donations from people he claims are suffering from his future opponent’s economy?

Day after day, Patriot45’s rants get angrier and angrier. My guess is it is finally dawning on them that their hero Trump will likely go down, or maybe just coming to realize their patron saint has been lying to them. So P45, how much have you donated to Trump’s defense fund, probably should have donated to veteran causes instead, an actual cause worth supporting.

Patriot54

Dot, in your delusional MAGA mind do you really believe a school district would allow any students let alone kindergarten and first-grade students to have books supplied by the district about men having sex with men? You have posted some really ludicrous things in the past but, this one takes the cake.

Jr.

Diesel fuel, heating oil, and gasoline prices are all up; I.R.A. and 401(k) are all down. Bidenomics at work for you. Joe thinks this will kill inflation. Lol.

Why does it seem that the DOJ and FBI are against Pro-lifers, Catholics, and Parents but they leave BLM and Antifa alone? Why is January 6th so important but the 2020 riots with 25 dead, 2,000 police injuries, and 2 billion dollars in damages are forgotten by our politicians and MSM? Why isn’t anyone concerned about making some sense of all of this?

H. John

Never-ending hype: Vaccines are safe and effective. But is it true? Regarding thousands of world athletes from everywhere who were vaccinated and then died suddenly while playing their sport, it sure seems evident to me, but anyone who questions it, you are ridiculed like a religious cult would label a heretic. Big Tech is colluding with Big Pharma, the media and gov’t to censor any and all who question vaccine safety. Why?

Info Depot

Capt. Dudley Bradstreet is incapable of creating his own submissions. How is the GOP working for all? “Influencing voters in election lines by giving them water is now illegal!” How is the GOP not trying to foist their values on everyone? “Everyone’s sexual/medical activity is now our business! We’re seizing your private medical records so we can prosecute you for doing something legal in another state.” Do you have original thoughts?

Sadly even foreign countries are recognizing that our Democrat-run cities are facing unprecedented violence. From the Washington Examiner: On Tuesday, July 25, the Mexican consulate tweeted out a warning about rising crime in Washington, D.C. It read: “Attention Mexican community: The city of Washington, D.C., is experiencing a significant increase in crime in areas previously considered safe. Take precautions.” God Save the Queen.

Ruth Mutter

Now that I’m a senior citizen, it’s become very easy to put off fulfilling my daily tasks. Because of that, my Bride has signed me up for a program called “Wait Watchers.”

Jim Fitch

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