Public Forum on Democracy and Douglas County Politics
A letter replies to a July 3 piece urging voters to dismiss Republican candidates, arguing concerns about public safety, tax policy, and government efficiency cut across parties. It defends transparency and criticizes current leadership while addressing claims about Trump and democracy with listed facts and criticisms.
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Douglas County
Skepnek
Marianne Hoffman
Lawrence
Letters to the editor submit via email
The notice invites readers to send letters to the editor by emailing letters at ljworld com. It specifies submission through the newspaper's letters channel and provides a contact method for public input.
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Ljworld.com
Trump’s Project 2025 plan under scrutiny by critics
Clarence Page notes Trump denies knowledge of Project 2025 while Heritage Foundation ties and high profile ex‑officials shape the agenda. The piece traces the plan’s origins, supporters, and critics highlighting aims like immigration limits and federal staff restructuring. It contrasts Trump’s denials with the campaign’s Agenda47 and warns of potential shifts in power and policy if echoed in a second term.
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Donald Trump
Jimmy Kimmel
Trump
Truth Social
Washington, D.C
Casablanca
Heritage Foundation
Heritage
Paul Dans
Office of Personnel Management
Ben Carson
Housing and Urban Development
Ken Cuccinelli
Homeland Security
Peter Navarro
White House National Trade Council
Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy
Stephen Moore
Russell Vought
Office of Management and Budget
Brooks Tucker
Department of Veterans Affairs
Roger Severino
Office of Civil Rights
Department of Health and Human Services
Bernard McNamee
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Joe Biden
Biden
Oval Office
Agenda47
Departments of Commerce
Education
GOP
Clarence Page
Tribune Content Agency
Voters urged to focus on issues not memes in political debate
A reader urges addressing real concerns amid a Harvard CAPS Harris poll showing 28 percent undecided. They note Biden and Trump are familiar yet ideologically distinct and call for constructive dialogue over memes, emphasizing community issues and civil discourse.
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Harvard CAPS/Harris
Joe Biden
Donald Trump
Eleanor Roosevelt
Bonnie Jean Feldkamp urges focus on real issues and action
Bonnie Jean Feldkamp calls for discussion of public school systems housing, inflation, hunger, opioids and homelessness rather than personal attacks. She urges voters to vote and to listen to human stories, learn solutions, and actively participate in community betterment. Feldkamp writes as a Creators Syndicate columnist.
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Bonnie Jean Feldkamp
Creators Syndicate
Journal- World staff credits and masthead
The page lists Kim Callahan as Managing Editor and Allison Tait as Advertising Manager. It appears to be the masthead and staff roles for the Journal- World publication.
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Kim Callahan
Allison Tait
Lawrence Daily Journal 1899 notes oddities and events
Old hometown items from July 14 1899 include a dog rescue near Lawrence the Eldridge house ceiling work on the office updates on natural gas borings and civic rules about sidewalk bicycle riding KU scholars heading to Wyoming fossil fields a high river after rain and Edison motion pictures at the opera house with H G Barber arranging the show Lily season arrivals from the lake compiled by Sarah Parsons with online archive link.
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George Leon
Lawrence
Leonard
Eldridge
Williston
Bailey
Haworth
Kansas University
Wyoming Fossil Fields
Union Pacific Railroad
H. G. Barber
Edison American Co
Fitzsimmons-effries
Edison
Barber
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