Donald Trump will be a dictator "on day one"- Trumpzism is a danger to democracy

Echo The New York Times opinion letter to the editorial board:

A monumental “thank you!” to The New York Times editorial board for spelling out in detail how uniquely dangerous Donald Trump is.

There was no misguided nod to both-sides-ism here. This was the full-throated condemnation of Donald Trump that the facts demand. The actions that Mr. Trump is openly pledging to carry out would create political and social disaster.

Therefore, the editorial board needs to repeat this unvarnished message regularly, matching Mr. Trump’s constant repetition of his lies and provocations to violence.

The editorial board must also include in future condemnations that our country cannot afford four years of climate inaction. 

Mr. Trump would give the fossil fuel industry a free hand and totally squander four years that are crucial to accelerate reductions in air pollution and carbon emissions, and create clean energy infrastructure across the nation.

The horrendous results of a complete standstill in climate action that a Trump presidency guarantees are too horrific to imagine.

From:  Gary Stewart in Laguna Beach, California

Physician warns about the Roe v Wade dangerous impact on women

Echo opinion letter published the Los Angeles Times (scroll down).

"We are entering an era not just of unsafe abortions but of the widespread criminalization of pregnancy", Jia Tolentino in The New Yorker.

To the editor: In 1960, I was a 24-year-old intern at L.A. County hospital in Boyle Heights. I chose this hospital because interns there got to do many essential medical procedures.

One of my first rotations was on the infected abortion ward. Most of my patients had very high fevers; some battled potentially fatal septic shock. Many were screaming in pain and anguish. Most were women of color.

These women were seriously infected by their own hand with the aid of a coat hanger, knitting needle or toxic substance like drain cleaner or by an illegal abortionist. At the time, every large city had an infected abortion unit.

Studies of women who carry unwanted pregnancies to term show a high incidence of maternal depression, poor or no prenatal care, greater use of alcohol and illicit drugs, and less likelihood of breast feeding. Children born to these mothers have more psychiatric problems throughout their lives.

When Roe vs. Wade is repealed and abortions are banned in many states, there will again be hospital beds with dying women, and many more disturbed women and children in America. Codify into law the freedom provided by Roe vs. Wade. It is urgent for the Supreme Court's wrong minded decision to be permanently reversed so reproductive freedom is protected.

Edward Kaufman, Laguna Beach, California

Cassidy Hutchinson went to the American people and bravely raised her right hand

Opinion echo letters published in The New York Times:

‘Thank You, Cassidy Hutchinson’: Drama at the January 6 Hearings. Reactions to the White House aide’s testimony before the House committee's important investigation about the insurrectionists that attacked on the US Capitol.

Cassidy Hutchinson, former aide to Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, is sworn in to testify as the House select committee investigating the January 6, attack on the U.S. Capitol continues to reveal its findings of the year-long investigation, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

To the Editor: Re “Enraged Trump Encouraged Violence and Sought to Join Mob, Aide Testifies” (front page, June 29):

Thank you, Cassidy Hutchinson, for testifying before the January 6 House committee. History will remember you just as it has the former White House counsel John Dean, whose testimony rightly helped to bring down Richard Nixon, nearly 50 years ago.

If only your former boss, the White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, as well as (slime bag!) Rudy Giuliani and John Eastman — all of whom reportedly sought presidential pardons for their roles leading up to the insurrection at the Capitol — had your guts! Americans who believe in the rule of law and the Constitution are indebted to you, Ms. Hutchinson.

From Denny Freidenrich, in Laguna Beach, California

To the New York Times Editor: Remember the women, especially the (seemingly) invisible ones hear and see everything. Their bosses often think that loyalty is their only quality, along with efficiency. It turns out many of them have brains, a conscience, integrity and courage.

It was true during the Watergate scandal. The secretaries and bookkeepers spilled crucial beans to reporters and prosecutors.

Likewise, it was also true on Tuesday, at the January 6 hearing in the testimony given under oath by Cassidy Hutchinson, who told the House committee: "The president wanted to eliminate security so his followers’ weapons would not be detected as they went to the Capitol to defend his Big Lie. The president reportedly tried to grab the steering wheel of the car driven by a Secret Service agent in effort to be driven to the Capitol".

#TrumpInPrison  #CassidyHutchinsonSpokeTruthToPower