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Trump derangement syndrome in the opinion pages

Re: Sunday, May 4 Perspective section

After reading the Opinion section of The Denver Post last Sunday morning, I realized one thing is still evident. The Post continues to be sick with TDS. You haven’t learned a damn thing from years of biased reporting about President Donald Trump. Trump is terribly bad and the Democrats are always the innocent and brave.

In your compressed mind of deceit, you continue to fail. Democracy is in a crisis. Judges are being arrested. Citizens are disappearing. The Constitution is being shredded. It’s the same old headlines we have come to expect from the left-wing media. And what do you gain from your efforts to mislead the public? Looking at the polls, you gain nothing. The Democrats and the media are in a tight race for the lowest approval ratings ever. In the meantime, Joe Biden’s inflation continues to decrease, fuel prices are declining, eggs suddenly have become less expensive, illegal crossings of the open border ended without new immigration legislation, and Biden’s four years of embarrassment have ended.

The definition of insanity is doing things over and over the same way and expecting different results. You need a cure for your Trump derangement syndrome. Quitting smoking is easier than ending friendships with MAGA folks. Eventually you run out of friends. Always remember, if you change nothing, then nothing changes. Unfortunately, if nothing changes, your subscriptions and your credibility will continue to fade away. And what happened to those conservative friends you had before Trump took the stage? They are still enjoying life without you. God bless!

Ernie Cline, Great Falls, Mont.

Honor the oath at USAFA

Re: ” ‘Academic Excellence’ — Decimating the successful partnership of civilian and active-duty faculty who deliver on USAFA’s complex teaching mission unjustified,” May 4 commentary

I am a 1963 graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy who served 21 years on active duty before being forced to retire because I didn’t get promoted.

For at least the past 10 years, I have been a member of the “Polaris Society,” which means I give at least $1,000 a year to promote and support students there.

I will not be giving another cent until the MAGA takeover at USAFA has been flushed down the toilet from which it came.

Larry McLaughlin, Aurora 

If possible, please add my name as a co-signer.

Ted A. Carter (USAFA ‘74, RF-4C PIC, Delta Airlines ret, FAA senior AME), Atlanta

The focus on “voter fraud” is the real deceit

Re: “Memo says DOJ will switch its focus to prioritize voter fraud,” May 4 news story

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The Trump Justice Department is redefining its mission away from voting rights and toward investigating voter fraud.  This is a solution desperately in search of a problem.

In the past five years, numerous states across the country have formed statewide prosecution teams to ferret out voter fraud, only to find few, if any, actual culprits to charge, let alone any evidence of widespread or coordinated fraud. The Justice Department claims that it seeks to ensure that our elections are “unmarred by fraud, errors, or suspicion.” If it is true that our elections are suspect, at least in some quarters, it is only because Donald Trump and his acolytes have relentlessly repeated the evidence-free myth that the last three presidential elections were rigged and that the 2020 election was somehow stolen.

They are the real fraudsters. Let’s stop fear-mongering and wasting the taxpayers’ money chasing phantoms. Facts matter!

Jim Wascher, Lakewood

In the days leading to Donald Trump’s election, he made two statements: One being that if elected, he planned to be a dictator on Day 1, and the other being voters may never again have to worry about having to vote. Since his election, it seems that all our protections and safeguards have vanished. The only tool we have left to fight back against the total destruction of our country, democracy, institutions and way of life is our right to vote.

So it seems logical that Trump will focus on the one thing that might keep him from obtaining complete power: voter fraud. It never seemed to be an issue until after Trump claimed (without proof) that the election had been stolen from him. It now appears he plans to use voter fraud as a tool to do away with “we the people’s” right to vote. It is imperative that we are vigilant and prepared to fight back in the only way we can, and that is by mass protests. I encourage all concerned citizens to watch for organized rallies and make every attempt to attend.

Maybe, when seeing these mass rallies, spineless congressional Republicans might fear for their jobs more from the people than the dictator-in-chief. Nothing is fixed with a sledgehammer, only destroyed.

Steve Nash, Centennial

Medicaid needs cost-cutting measures

Re: “Inside the GOP’s secret plan to destroy Medicaid,” May 4 commentary

Medicaid is on a financial death spiral in its current form. It is simply unaffordable on a societal level. Colorado has 1.2 million participants at a cost of $16 billion, and that is a $13,333 annual cost per Colorado Medicaid participant.  As Medicaid is free to participants, someone else has to pay that amount via their federal and state income taxes, probably on top of them paying their own ever-rising medical premiums, co-pays and deductibles.

There are not enough millionaires and billionaires to tax to cover that kind of cost. Changes need to be made to Medicaid to share this cost burden at some level with those who are receiving the care, probably in the form of small premiums, co-pays, and/or deductibles. Even a very modest premium of $100 monthly and/or a modest co-pay of $10 per visit would appear to close the budget gap while giving participants some “skin in the game” on their health care costs.

Mike Conkey, Thornton

Massive cuts to Medicaid would be devastating to our families and communities and take away the ability for millions of people to access comprehensive, affordable health care.

Medicaid keeps our hospitals open, creates jobs in our communities, and strengthens our economy.

Medicaid covers over 40% of births in the United States, and it’s a lifeline for families before, during, and after pregnancy.

Medicaid covers 15 million Americans with disabilities nationwide, providing essential health coverage and life-changing support services that enable them to live independently and thrive in their communities.

School-based Medicaid programs provide many kids with their only access to the vital health services and care students need to ensure that they have the foundation to succeed in school and beyond. Children with Medicaid are also more likely than those who are uninsured to receive preventive care that keeps them healthy, including routine checkups.

A Congressional Budget Office study showed that children with just one more year of Medicaid coverage grow up to earn more and demonstrate increased productivity as adults, strengthening the broader economy.

Randi Rhoades, Arvada

Immigration path going from bad to worse

Many people believe the path to citizenship for our immigrant neighbors is simple and straightforward. Many believe that immigrants should just apply for citizenship and do it the “legal way.” At this point in our history, this “legal way” is anything but simple and straightforward. And any process that folks have relied on in recent years is changing by the minute due to the present administration’s chaotic efforts at mass deportation.

Due to an antiquated, insanely complex immigration policy, getting through the process is virtually impossible. Some immigrants are successful if they have access to legal counsel, but that can be very expensive and few can afford it. The agency that processes the applications is wildly backlogged, and there is a shortage of immigrant judges in general, particularly now that so many have been fired.

Many people wait years and even decades to gain legal status. The chances of being able to obtain a green card that allows permanent legal residence are absurdly low, as there are only 10,000 green cards allotted every year. Here’s to more humane, efficient and compassionate processes in the future crafted by politicians on both sides of the aisle.

Dana Miller, Denver

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