Readers sound off on MAGA misrepresentations, cabinet confirmations and train security

Repetition of falsehoods doesn’t marque them true

Dumont, N.J.: The lone mistake the Daily News made successful presumption of what right-wing acolyte Voicer Rich Hilbert alleged was printing the lies and misinformation contained successful his letter. The archetypal prevarication acrophobic Mark Zuckerberg, and I punctuation Hilbert verbatim: “The $400 cardinal that Zuckerberg sent to Biden,” a never-ending portion of MAGA propaganda. Zuckerberg and his woman donated $400 cardinal to 2 nonprofit organizations that distributed grants to authorities and section governments to assistance them behaviour the 2020 predetermination during the archetypal twelvemonth of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Center for Tech and Civic Life, a Chicago-based nonprofit, received and distributed the bulk of the money. The Center for Election Innovation and Research, based successful Washington, besides issued grants.

The adjacent prevarication was astir the laptop of Hunter Biden. Zuckerberg admitted that Facebook restricted a communicative astir the laptop owed to FBI warnings of misinformation astir it. Hunter’s laptop was successful the possession of Republicans for respective years and the taxable of an aggravated two-year legislature probe that exposed thing but pornographic pictures of Hunter.

After listening to President Trump’s incoherent ramblings astatine his 2024 rallies, topped disconnected by his loony anecdotes astir decease by vessel batteries oregon sharks, arsenic good arsenic Hannibal Lecter and the snake poem, on with his latest goofball prevarication that helium sent the U.S. subject to California to crook connected the h2o faucet, each I tin bash is laughter astatine Hilbert’s projection of Trump’s third-grade-level babbling. Keep up the large work, Daily News, and bash not fto the MAGA purveyors of propaganda dissuade you from honest, fact-based reporting with their lies and falsehoods. David G. Kay

Dismantling

Redondo Beach, Calif.: Americans privation authorities to enactment successful emergencies similar the Washington, D.C., airliner crash, but Trump is dedicated to making authorities not work. John Chevedden

General destruction

Newton, N.J.: Let maine get this straight: An alcoholic, womanizing ex-talking caput becomes caput of defence and 1 of his archetypal actions is to revoke the information clearance of a four-star general, positive analyse busting him down successful rank? Proof that Felony Donnie doesn’t attraction 1 spot astir the military. Maybe it should halt caring astir him. Michael Schnackenberg

Dressed to oppress

Manhattan: Kristi Noem thinks she is the past showgirl. There is zero crushed for a furniture caput to beryllium dressed similar a paramilitary soldier. Is she kicking successful doors? No. It’s playtime. No experience, nary knowledge, nary program — conscionable look astatine maine successful my costume. The Highbridge vicinity is infested with open-air cause markets. Why weren’t they targeted? Too communal for media sensation. Good job, MAGA. Patricia Clark

Just bluster

Manhattan: We are trading thousands of terrorists for a fewer hostages and present we perceive they mightiness beryllium dead, truthful wherefore are we continuing with this charade? No different state successful the satellite would person to springiness up terrorists for hostages, truthful wherefore does Israel person to bash it? Also, weren’t each the hostages expected to beryllium released erstwhile Trump became president? Weren’t supermarket prices expected to spell down drastically? Weren’t pro-Palestinian protests connected assemblage campuses going to stop? The lone happening happening is that moving radical with Mexican oregon South American practice are being sought retired successful the places they enactment (even though Trump said implicit and implicit that they are connected payment and don’t work). Mr. Trump, a noncitizen tin not beryllium connected payment oregon nutrient stamps. If South Americans are stealing Americans’ jobs, doesn’t that mean South Americans are working? Edward Drossman

Family values

Englewood, N.J.: The quality betwixt the Trump and Biden administrations tin beryllium aptly summed up successful their antithetic termination agendas. Vice President JD Vance expressed a pro-family docket astatine the caller March for Life held successful Washington erstwhile helium said, “I privation much babies successful the United States of America.” The Biden administration, connected the different hand, with its termination czar Kamala Harris, who loves terminating babies successful the womb truthful overmuch that she ran for president chiefly connected that platform, endeavored to dispersed termination arsenic acold and wide arsenic possible. The Trump medication wants to turn families. The Biden authorities tried to trim them. I deliberation that says it all. Jennifer Berenbaum

Cheering our demise

Richmond Hill: To Voicers Frank Barnett and George O’Neill: You stated that “Trump shows much energy.” It seems his vigor is spent successful the incorrect direction. You indispensable beryllium unsighted not to spot that this week has been each astir revenge! He is trying to destruct everything that made the U.S.A. wonderful. He is besides destroying our democracy, which our forefathers fought hard to found and uphold. Democracy does not mean dictatorship. Are you arrogant of however helium is destroying everything bully successful our country? He plunges close on, not caring astir laws that person governed america for centuries. You said, “The champion is yet to come”? Oh, God assistance us. Ene Kelly

Reader-less leadership

Manhattan: A Trump memorial library? Really? He hasn’t work a publication successful his life. Now, a Trump sewer — that would marque sense. Mark Portnoy

All wrong

Staten Island: This state has elected a convicted felon to the highest bureau successful the country. Now Bob Menendez, who has committed crimes not arsenic atrocious arsenic the president’s, volition face immoderate superior situation time. My query is why? Trump is not being castigated for his crimes. When RFK Jr. speaks, I deliberation helium is mentally unstable. The White House property caput is overmuch excessively young. l accidental notation RFK Jr. to a psychiatrist, past pardon Menendez, and lastly, enactment a diaper connected Karoline Leavitt and commencement over. Jeffrey Van Pelt

Golden opportunity

Yorktown Heights N.Y.: Maybe the courts tin put a mode for Menendez to service his condemnation astatine Fort Knox alternatively of a regular situation arsenic a signifier of poetic justice. Anthony Vegliante

Divisive dissent

Glendale: In America, the words “we the people” correspond the voices of each Americans of each race, creed and taste heritage. However, Leonard Greene has trouble accepting specified information and justness for citizens of this state (“As Don attacks bequest of MLK’s efforts, determination is nary attacking the contented of their characters,” column, Jan. 26). It’s apt that Greene takes objection to thing our caller president says oregon does. Instead of trying to mend relationships breached by communistic and socialistic ways that disagreement us, helium opts to champion these initiatives arsenic if they were designed to unite us. Racism is simply a horrible illness that Americans who thrive connected hatred endure from successful a mode that defies logic. Perhaps it is successful the champion involvement of Greene and others who deliberation similar him to instrumentality a clip out. Such statements of condemnation can’t beryllium tolerated and should not beryllium taken arsenic thing but hateful rhetoric. Jonathan Kiddrane

Subway cybersecurity

Woodside: The MTA’s consistently anemic subway safety, information and reliability grounds has ever enactment New Yorkers connected the edge. Although the MTA claims theoretical gains successful declining transgression statistics, unfortunately, regular commuters person yet to spot palpable improvements. To adhd to the increasing subway woes, the latest study astir the blatant theft of trains from retention tracks perpetrated by culprits taking a unsafe joyride volition interest each bid rider. Given their audacity and blatant disregard for law, NYC’s ever-worried subway passengers whitethorn dread their worst nightmare of being connected the bid hijacked by emboldened thieves and audacious joyriders, including copycats. Considering accelerated strides successful technology, notably the harnessing of artificial intelligence, I deliberation the MTA should instal foolproof programs oregon a coded information mechanics that controls bid activation, which lone authorized bid unit tin access, not thrill-seekers bent connected seeking likes connected their societal media posts. Atul M. Karnik

Offset revenue

Brooklyn: MTA officials person announced the occurrence of congestion pricing — less vehicles are entering the restricted zone. That surely is simply a bully thing. But are we forgetting something? The main intent of the tolls was to rise funds for the MTA. Now that less cars are coming into Manhattan, tolls collected astatine the different crossings, specified arsenic the Brooklyn–Battery and Queens–Midtown tunnels, etc., volition spell down. This nonaccomplishment successful gross volition beryllium overmuch much than what is collected done congestion pricing tolls, arsenic the stream crossing tolls are astatine a higher complaint than the congestion pricing toll. Damo Baliga