Author: Tom Laurent

Opinion

OPINION: Trump is creating a dictatorship

I believe that President Trump sees himself as our messiah. He is using Project 2025 as his roadmap to return America to its past conservative values.  In his first four days in office, nearly 66% of Trump’s executive actions duplicated or partially duplicated proposals outlined in Project 2025 (truthout.org, 1/22/2025).  […]

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OPINION: Is Trump a Russian Asset?

Fact or fiction: President Trump is a Russian asset. The following information will provide the facts you will need to make your own decision about Trump. The former head of Kazakhstan’s intelligence service, Alnur Mussayev, claimed on Facebook that Donald Trump was recruited by the KGB in 1987, during his […]

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Opinion: Elon Musk and the USAID Program

In 1961, Congress passed the Foreign Assistance Act to administer long-range economic and humanitarian assistance to developing countries. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) was then established as an independent federal agency, that Congress funds through specific directions in annual appropriation acts and other legislation. Trump has said that USAID has […]

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Opinion: How can we prevent the next school shooting?

Publishers note: Governor Newsom signed SB 1174 into law, which: prohibits local governments from requiring voters to present identification at polling places. California is now one of 14 states that do not require voter ID at polls. source: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/elon-musk-compares-newsom-to-the-joker-after-gov-banned-voter-id-requirements-in-california We, as a nation, did nothing after the April 20, 1999 […]

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Opinion: Climate change denier Doug LaMalfa

Our Congressman Doug LaMalfa is a member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. On Sept 20, 2023, this committee held a meeting in which Sec. of Transportation Pete Buttigieg was in attendance. Pete was discussing highspeed rail transportation and electric vehicles as ways to reduce carbon dioxide omissions.  […]