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What has happened to America's humanity and compassion toward itself and others?
Every day I wake up to one headline or another that breaks my heart.
It could be the entire population in Gaza starving and terrorized or one immigrant who is lawfully here torn from his family and illegally deported with no due process.
It could be the thousands of deaths that have resulted from the halting of USAID funds to mitigate HIV infections or the lives torn asunder from massive federal employee firings and layoffs across multiple government agencies.
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It could be students shut out from financial aid, ending their dreams of a college education or women who suffer physically and emotionally from the lack of available reproductive health care. Where do we draw the line on cruelty?
Barbara Markoff, Milwaukee
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It saddens me every day that our government is disappearing in the face of the self-interest of a few.
An entire generation of Americans, including my parents, fought in World War II alongside Great Britain and even the Soviet Union, and then when the war was over formed an alliance with European nations, NATO. Now these European allies are being discarded and shunned by the current administration.
Veterans in this country also fought in the Korean War, and we have troops stationed in South Korea as a deterrent to North Korea, who is being supplied with nuclear weapons from Russia. The administration wants South Korea to pay more for the troops stationed there. It seems our history and the wars we fought in are being forgotten.
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USAID, the organization for providing aid to third world countries, has been decimated and countless people are dying. Immigrants who have been living here for years are being persecuted and deported.
What has happened to our country that was founded by "we the people, for the people?" What has happened to our humanity and compassion toward others?
I don't think our country is being made great again. I'm afraid our greatness is behind us.
Maureen Burke, Milwaukee
Once upon a time Republicans were right. Republican President Abraham Lincoln abolished slavery in the United States and put his party on the right side of history.
But being right no longer means being correct. Republicans are currently working to destroy progressive ideas such as equal rights, due process, voting rights and democracy. They recently convinced working class voters that Donald Trump would work for them. Claiming to understand the plight of everyday citizens, Trump pledged to decrease grocery prices and create better paying jobs for American workers.
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Once in office, he began raising tariffs, firing workers, creating chaos and seeking revenge on his perceived enemies. Caring for the less fortunate, once viewed as 'Christian' behavior, is now 'Socialist.' Trump's cruelty has become Republican policy.
Today Democrats firmly stand on history's correct side, but they hold a minority in all three branches of our federal government. They need our assistance to hold the president accountable. Republicans in Congress, fearing retaliation, refuse to challenge Trump's missteps.
There are two ways to remedy this problem. First, demand that frightened Republicans in Congress grow a spine. Second, if we are still holding elections, vote to give Democrats a majority in Congress. Trump requires guardrails.
Susan Swoboda, Whitewater
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