Letters: One hopes Attorney General Rob Bonta suits protect our civil rights

Submit your letter to the editor via this form Read more Letters to the Editor One hopes AG s suits protect our civil rights Re State AG keeps up Trump battle Page A July Attorney General Rob Bonta has been suing the Trump administration on multiple fronts As fast as President Donald Trump is usurping the state s rights and funding he has been responding hurriedly with legal suits California has no racial or ethnic majority due to its diversity Latinos White Asian and Black The GDP for is projected to be trillion fourth in the world Over half of all people under years old are Latinos and half of all people over years old are White The tariffs will affect the financial system The Medicaid cuts will affect one in three Californians and will strain the state s budget Trump s birthright citizenship order is aimed at Latinos and other minorities Let us hope that the litigation with other states preserves the th Amendment Mohan Raj San Jose Care compassion are lacking in regime I am deeply concerned for the future of this country If I were to reference an article in the Mercury News that this letter relates to I d have to reference whole sections of the paper since January Every day seems to bring more and more egregious news about what our president is up to Now he s using the power of his office to threaten sports teams to create a smokescreen to cover up his lies about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein What country are we living in Where are the adults who were elected to run this country President Trump s policies are weakening our institutions costing us huge amounts of money and destroying the trust of the populace in science medicine and coaching When is this madness going to end Yes there are things in our federal regime that need to be pruned but let s do it with care and compassion Please Rosalie Arntzen Sunnyvale Americans are living under a pall of fear It is a horrible thing to live in fear When I was younger I felt sadness for the people who lived in fear but they were elsewhere in World War II Germany in the Middle East in Africa Fear was there Now fear is here Parents fear losing access to anatomical care and becoming food insecure Children fear losing their parents to ICE raids The media has fear of retribution from executive officials for stories that are critical of the current administration Universities fear the loss of funding for research if they do not bow to this administration s demands regarding DEI programs and international students We all fear the loss of respect for the rule of law a mainstay in our country for so long And we fear the direction of Donald Trump s Supreme Court becoming his enabler When will we regain our measure that being American has perpetually afforded us Lorraine D Ambruoso San Jose Trump s grip on power feels overwhelming Every dictator knows that the key to consolidating power is to control the flow of information To that end Donald Trump is using intimidation lawsuits and the withholding of funds to attack universities society training print media citizens broadcasting major law firms and peaceful demonstrations If getting all these entities in tow is not scary enough Trump has kneecapped every governmental agency that might otherwise thwart his wishes by replacing their leadership with his sycophants On a daily basis a number of popular right-wing news shows shout out his point of view while at night he hammers the airwaves with his opinions however deluded they might be on his media platform Truth Social The Trump drumbeat has been constant and loud For those who oppose him there is a feeling of frustration maybe even impotence Given his stranglehold on power how exactly are we going to save this democracy Bob Parker San Jose Congress s obedience fuels Trump s reign The only reason President Trump has the superpower to do whatever he wants is that the Republican majority in Congress is complacent and compliant not brave enough to use the kryptonite they hold in their hands They are terrified of retaliation but the power behind his retribution only exists in the minds of congressional members who are not willing to say Enough David Wilkins San Jose