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Opinion: Who’s controlling these protesters?
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About 85 people gather Wednesday, June 17, 2020 in downtown Gainesville to protest the Confederate monument Old Joe. - photo by Scott Rogers
Letter to the editor
Published: Jul 7, 2020, 3:00 PM
Regarding recent demands to remove Civil War statues and monuments, readers need to understand this protest movement is not just a U.S. phenomenon. Simultaneous demonstrations are happening in Canada, Britain, France and Belgium. Protesters in Britain are demanding removal of statues of Winston Churchill and Mahatma Gandhi because someone called them racists.
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Opinion: The so-called president continues showing he’s not fit
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President Donald Trump speaks with reporters Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019, before departing on Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. - photo by Associated Press
Letters to the editor
Published: Mar 13, 2025, 9:46 PM
On Feb. 27 in the Oval Office with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the so-called president and his vice president produced high drama. Rather than conducting diplomacy behind closed doors the way a competent, intelligent president would, the so-called president met with President Zelenskyy in public to agree to enhance a relationship between our country and Ukraine.
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