To the editor: I’m 82 years previous and have all the time thought elected officers served their constituents pursuits’ first and all the United States in the end. (“Fate of Trump’s Cabinet picks unclear as Republicans prepare to take power in Senate,” Dec. 25)
The stress and threats being utilized by the president-elect to get his controversial nominees by Senate affirmation are heinous. If our elected officers in Congress wilt beneath these pressures now, the place are we going to be one month from now? One yr from now?
The dystopian future is being touted as the best way of life. I’m glad I’m 82.
Rachelle Kusari, Sherman Oaks
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To the editor: The “honest and balanced” Related Press article you revealed on President-elect Donald Trump’s Cupboard picks incorporates the next astonishing assertion: “Hegseth, a Fox Information host and veteran whom some see as inexperienced….”
If Pete Hegseth met with senators sporting no footwear and socks, would you report that some noticed the Protection secretary nominee as barefoot?
Many people, myself included, worry the approaching loss of life of impartial journalism as a significant part of our nation’s descent into autocracy. Our media present frequent and distinct proof of a gradual capitulation by lots of our information organizations.
I don’t suppose it’s quixotic to counsel that resistance is preferable to give up. I ask you to be extra brave than I’m and to double down on reporting information as distinct from “some see.”
Hegseth is inexperienced.
Elliott Rothman, Santa Monica
