On my evening walk I saw a political yard sign that at first shocked me, but then just turned my stomach. It read "Democrats for Mike Rogers." Think for a moment about this so-called Democrat. He or she proclaims to be a Democrat, but is willing to vote for Mike Rogers, and basically President Donald Trump, presumably because Abdul El-Sayed is just too much for them. Too much what? Too liberal? El-Sayed’s policies are liberal policies that Democrats have championed for years. All of Rogers' policies are lockstep with Trump, and are things that this person has probably marched against in the street.
A person with this sign is a Democrat who is willing to sacrifice women’s health, labor rights, the environment and affordable health care. They are a Democrat who is fine
with the increasing wealth gap, rampant government corruption, the restriction of voting rights and the assault on education. They are willing to compromise all of their ideals to keep a Muslim out of the Senate. A Muslim who, by the way, in my estimation does not let his faith influence his politics, unlike Rogers. A Muslim whose policies will more than likely help the Israelis and all people in the Middle East more than his opponent’s blind allegiance to Netanyahu will.
Democrats are generally known as the party of inclusion, not of hate. These "Democrats" are abandoning nearly all of their own values.
David Cash
Detroit
A movie that feels a little too real
Anybody noticed that this summer was hot?
I missed the heat dome in Michigan. I was in Washington D.C. on July 3 listening to all the sirens picking up collapsing Mall of America visitors. The next day I was in Philadelphia on July 4, where they cancelled the city's Independence Day parade.
Meanwhile, there is one national political party that insists climate change is a hoax and the opposition party that doesn’t want to talk about it. I feel I am an extra in a redo of the movie "Don't Look Up," except instead of a giant asteroid representing the climate crisis, the climate crisis is playing itself.
Jim Rine
Grosse Pointe Woods
Heat waves, wildfires, flash floods ... what's next?
Heat waves in Europe, wildfires in Ontario, flash floods in Nepal … if you thought this summer was bad in terms of extreme weather, this may be merely a warmup for 2027 and every year after for the rest of your life.
According to a report by the United Nations weather agency, there is a near 100% likelihood that El Nino will persist until February 2027 due to warmer Pacific Ocean temperatures driven by El Nino. Although this is a naturally occurring phenomenon, it can (and is) being intensified by the burning of fossil fuels.
Beyond severe weather events getting worse, it affects us in less dramatic ways. A severe drought in Central America’s Dry Corridor has resulted in abysmal corn and bean harvests. For all we know, this could cause instability in the affected countries, prompting a new wave of migration north.
Turning up the A/C won’t save us.
Luke Daniels
Rochester
Another threat to humanity: AI
Let me get this straight.
Artificial intelligence just may make future generations vulnerable or ‒ worst case scenario ‒ extinct.
But GOP U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers is suggesting that high school football and shop class will give those generations an edge of some sort?
Nostalgia has its place, but this is dangerous.
Robert del Valle
Ferndale
Election promises
As the November election draws near, the fabrications by our 47th president are getting more urgent and outrageous.
President Donald Trump has promised his base that the Iran war will end “immediately after the election.” It is almost as if Trump is all seeing, all knowing and all powerful.
In addition, $5,000 checks will go flying out of Washington D.C. to every adult in America if the president’s party maintains control of both houses of Congress.
Not content with proffering these super-exciting election bribes to his American fan base, the president has also promised his Euro-Asian hegemon buddy that U.S.-Russia ties will be “fully restored” once Putin ends the Ukraine war.
Trump wants himself, the darling hegemon of the Western hemisphere, to be hailed as a prophet of peace ... before the election if possible.
Kimball Shinkoskey
Woods Cross, Utah
Thoughts on a consequential ballot proposal
Proposal 1 gives voters the opportunity to decide whether or not Michigan should hold a Constitutional Convention.
I had been thinking it was a good idea until I did more reading. Holding a convention opens up every part of the constitution for review or removal.
The last three amendments to our constitution were overwhelmingly approved by Michigan voters, and all three could disappear. They set term limits, require early voting and drop boxes and protect reproductive rights.
I don't think it's worth the risk.
Marilynn Bachorik
Dearborn
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