Letters: Conditional unity | Empty phrases | Go away grief | Dreadful future | Media narrative

Poultry, meat recalla testomony to waste

Re: “Poultry, meat are subjected to recall” (Web page A2, Oct. 11).

I’m wondering what number of animals led a tortured life after which have been needlessly killed to whole 10 million kilos of meat? How a lot land was wasted rising their thousands and thousands of kilos of feed? How a lot water and gas was wasted, and air and water air pollution created — needlessly?

A slap on the wrist for BrucePac doesn’t serve justice for the four-month “lapse” that allowed such waste and disrespect for public well being and security. Maybe the one saving grace is that the announcement to the general public was so delayed that a lot of these animals have been really eaten earlier than customers knew there was an issue and there have been no stories of sickness.

Elizabeth FisherPleasant Hill

Newsom’s calls forunity are conditional

It solely took him a day to announce he was planning to “resist” the upcoming Trump administration.

Mike HellerWalnut Creek

Harris misplaced as a result of sheran on empty phrases

Kamala Harris deserved to lose as a result of she did nothing to excite tens of thousands and thousands of individuals hungering for actual change. Donald Trump, nevertheless, didn’t need to win. Solely in a morally bankrupt, corrupt, vicious world might a always mendacity, narcissistic, authoritarian, convicted felon need to win. Maybe such is our world.

It’s demoralizing how cowardly and conceited the Democratic Social gathering is. To supply individuals nothing however (deserved) criticism of the opposite candidate, after which count on their votes, is dumb. Had Harris strongly supported taxing the wealthy, reducing the army funds, reducing arms to Israel, Medicare-for-All, she would have received decisively. As a substitute, she spent a billion {dollars} working a smiley-face, empty phrases, say-nothing-meaningful marketing campaign, and emphatically misplaced.

The Democratic Social gathering needs to be put out of its distress. As a substitute, in an imitation-is-the-sincerest-form-of-flattery mode, it more than likely will jerk additional proper and hasten the nation’s downward spiral.

Keith NakataniOakland

Go away grief behindand resist Trump

Re: “Trump’s second term could realign US diplomacy toward authoritarian leaders” (Nov. 7).

It’s onerous to imagine that half of our nation voted for an authoritarian, misogynistic, racist, sickeningly incompetent and morally corrupt individual as a result of they assume the value of meals would possibly go down.

This isn’t solely about Donald Trump or what his hateful and harsh rhetoric has unleashed. It’s about our nation: a perception {that a} girl shouldn’t be president; it’s about fear-mongering race-based hatred, and deeply rooted dehumanization of immigrants.

This vote is a backlash in opposition to being a multicultural society, in opposition to ladies having management over their our bodies, in opposition to LGBTQ rights, in opposition to the rules which might be in place to fight international warming and a lot extra.

Though we’re fearful and full of grief, despair is a privilege we are able to’t afford for too lengthy. We want to withstand deportations and extra to come back that can try to erode our fragile experiment in democracy.

Micky DuxburyBerkeley

American is facinga dreadful future

Right here is how I see post-election America.

Now we have a president-elect who regards himself above every little thing else. He doesn’t recognize democracy and brazenly idolizes despots.

He seems consumed with retribution and has already signaled his intent to make use of the Justice Division as a weapon.

He’ll have a majority in each homes of Congress, full of sycophants and others afraid to disagree with him. He’ll take pleasure in immunity from prosecution that no president ever had or wanted, which looks as if it was tailored for him.

We have already got a Supreme Courtroom that doesn’t appear to care in regards to the look of graft and malfeasance.

I’ve a sense of dread about America’s future that I’ve by no means felt earlier than. I hope I’m unsuitable.

Jim PetersonWalnut Creek

Will media narrativechange to Dems’ doom?

For years media-anointed consultants, teachers and editorial writers have been writing that if Republicans continued to embrace Donald Trump it could destroy the Republican Social gathering and scale back it to everlasting minority standing.

Now, in 2024, there are extra registered Republicans than registered Democrats, Donald Trump is president-elect once more, Republicans will management the Senate, and can most likely management the Home. There are additionally six conservative Supreme Courtroom justices. So I’ve to marvel what else these consultants have been unsuitable about.

If these consultants need to regain a shred of credibility, they’ll begin writing articles about how, if the Democrats proceed to embrace left-wing progressive insurance policies it would destroy the Democratic Social gathering and scale back it to everlasting minority standing. However I doubt they’ll.

Invoice McGregorBerkeley