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Editor: President Trump commented recently that targeting California farming and hospitality workers for deportation left these industries “hurt badly” by the loss of reliable workers. He felt the workers had been mostly taken, because they don’t have “maybe what they’re supposed to have,” and he feared their replacements would be criminals. To solve this, Trump […]

Editor: This federal government is aggressively destroying our medical infrastructure: Funds for Medicaid are being shrunk, grants for medical research have been canceled and the federal organizations that physicians rely on are being decimated by firings, funding cuts and inappropriate personnel substitutions. What this means for you, our patients, is that your physicians and medical […]

Dear Editor: Collin Yeo’s most excellently written “Computer World” (June 19) damnation of AI resonated with me. I had a very similar, but not as well worded, email discussion on the topic this past week. My correspondent replied with an option that has altered my perspective: His friend’s son, a longtime activist/co-founder of Occupy Wallstreet, […]

Editor: Dear community members, I have been a pediatrician in this community for over 30 years but no matter which political party was in charge, I have never seen the federal government actively trying to destroy our medical system (“Feds Impact in Humboldt,” May 29). The actions taken by this administration are unconscionable. Our ability […]

Editor: The discredited Steele Dossier, implicating Putin’s manipulation of Trump, was brought forward by the Clinton campaign in 2016. Christopher Steele, a former British intelligence officer, would not disclose his sources (to protect them?), questioning the authenticity of its content. Nine years later, it appears that it could be very credible. A 1962 film, The […]

Editor: Kristi Noem said something outrageous at a press conference, so Sen. Alex Padilla tried to ask her a question and got pushed out of the room, onto the ground, and handcuffed by federal agents. The treatment of Padilla got the press coverage, but Noem’s statement deserves more attention. She said: “The Department of Homeland […]

Editor: We’re living through a slow-burning constitutional collapse, and too many Americans are watching as though it were a television drama instead of a national emergency. Donald Trump has made his intentions clear — he admires dictators, threatens the press, promises revenge, and incites violence without shame. Why are we pretending this is normal political […]

Editor: Several thousand people attended the “No Kings” demonstration in Eureka, on Saturday. It was truly awesome! Over a thousand also attended the rally at Madaket Square. At 12:30 p.m., the crowd began marching to the courthouse, instructed to stay on the sidewalks and observe signals. My granddaughter and I were near the front of […]

Editor: On June 14, we, along with the rest of the nation and many parts of the world got together and demonstrated our disgust for Trump and his Nazis. We did very good, but there is much more to be done and right now urgent attention must be given to the “big, beautiful bill” that […]

Editor: Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst took heat at a town hall meeting recently while defending the Medicaid cuts in Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” (“Feds Impact in Humboldt,” May 29). Out of frustration, she resorted to saying, “We all are going to die,” which is clearly a true statement. Unfortunately, for the many who face […]

Editor: Simply put, the council/city manager form of government in California intent is that the council and city manager work together as a team (“Rancor, Recalls and a Resignation,” June 5). The council carries out the will of the majority via the staff work of the city subject matter experts and the various commissions. The city […]

Editor: Who has huge expensive military parades? Only the dictators of China, Russia and North Korea — not democracies who spend their $83 million on improving the lives of service members, their families and veterans (Mailbox, June 5)! That’s pure waste. It is fraud to pretend the parade is to celebrate the birth of the […]