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Letters for Tuesday, January 13, 2026

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16.01.2026

Americans need to stand up to tyranny

What is tyranny? Tyranny is masked, roving gangs trying to remove a lone, frightened 37-year-old mother of a 6-year-old from her car, and shooting her dead when she tries to drive away.

Tyranny is these same type of gangs descending from helicopters on ropes in the middle of a cold night, breaking down doors and dragging terrified people from their beds, some of them naked, zip-tying them together on a cold street, arresting some, both citizens and non-citizens, and taking them away.

Tyranny is governmental sanction of these actions.

In her book, “Boleyn Traitor,” published in 2025, author Phillipa Gregory, in the last paragraph of her afterward, warns us to, “Say no to tyranny,” wherever and whenever it occurs. If we ignore it, we will be sorry in the end.

How is it that we are allowing actions like these to take place in our country? Where is Congress in all........

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