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DeSantis’ assaults
on state don’t sway
Re: “DeSantis degrades San Francisco in new advert” (Web page A1, June 22).
It was painful to see Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis take low-cost photographs at San Francisco and California. In fact, it’s anticipated of all radical, right-wing governors who nonetheless assist Donald Trump and are hesitant to sentence Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
DeSantis has to do not forget that California: believes in science and vaccines; doesn’t take away all references to slavery from historical past books, as a result of we will rewrite historical past books, however can’t change historical past; doesn’t deny well being care to trans folks; doesn’t ban abortions, however welcomes pregnant ladies looking for one; doesn’t kidnap migrants from far-away states and bus or fly them to different states at taxpayers’ expense; doesn’t deny world warming and is taking steps to attenuate its trigger and results.
California could also be woke-y, however crimson states are wacky.
M. R. Pamidi
San Jose
GOP should cease treating
politics as leisure
Should you’re baffled how Donald Trump remains to be a viable candidate for president, begin viewing him as an entertainer who has gained the hearts of what we now name the MAGA Republicans through the years.
Terrific because the irreverent, no-nonsense boss on “The Apprentice,” he later turned the presidency right into a political model of “The Workplace.” So humorous watching him mock the Structure, turning the GOP right into a wacky cult. And the way he legitimized tyrants whereas undermining our allies, my goodness, so humorous my sides are hurting. After getting “canceled” in 2020, you might need thought the present was over, however then he created a spin-off enjoying the identical character operating once more, including revolt as leisure for his loyal followers.
Appears absurd but it surely’s not. Until Trump’s viewers stops treating politics as leisure, we might as soon as once more find yourself with the Donald Trump comedy present in the actual world.
Todd Lowenstein
San Jose
Purchase natural produce
to assist farmworkers
Please take into consideration those that harvest our meals if you go to the grocery retailer.
Based on Ann Lopez, director of the Heart for Farmworker Households, 60% of those people are undocumented and weak to having their wages stolen, to sexual harassment and even to rape with no authorized recourse as a consequence of their standing. They’re uncovered to poisonous chemical compounds that trigger numerous types of most cancers, together with mind most cancers and childhood leukemia, beginning defects and a excessive incidence of ADHD. These chemical compounds finally find yourself within the bloodstreams of all of us.
Contact your congressional representatives to ask why these chemical compounds are allowed and why farmworkers usually are not protected. Purchase natural produce for the advantage of your well being, the well being of the farmworkers and the well being of the environment.
Sharon Jackson
San Jose
Phrases matter in
composting effort
Re: “Composting natural waste helps us in combating local weather change” (Web page A6, June 16).
I’m a longtime reader of your newspaper.
I consider that utilizing phrases like rubbish, because the Frog Hole Farm proprietor did when referring to compostable supplies similar to meals scraps and food-soiled paper, considerably diminishes their inherent worth from the attitude of residents and companies.
I consider that businesses accountable for implementing applications to individually accumulate meals scraps and food-soiled paper should emphasize the significance of respecting these worthwhile supplies and their very important function in combating local weather change.
Vera Dahle-Lacaze
Fremont
Local weather struggle wants
respect, not panic
Re: “International warmth information falling — panic is perhaps so as“ (Web page A7, June 21).
Mark Gongloff thinks {that a} smidgen of panic is useful to deal with local weather change. I feel purposeful respect is an applicable response.
