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'It's not "environmental extremism," as President Trump's lackeys insist, to oppose an expensive, time-consuming, premature reevaluation of California's coastal management plan,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

'I can't imagine she felt she signed up for being part of a forsaken support staff that were eagerly used as decoys in Turkey along with the press corps,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

In Arkansas this weekend, President Clinton could continue his record of speaking out against racial injustice by highlighting what happened to a young Black woman when she was pulled over by a state trooper this month.

The Jones Act benefits a few special interests at the cost of all of us. So why won't it just die?

'The Union of Concerned Scientists urges us to tell Congress to stop this unnecessary, expensive and potentially dangerous expansion of U.S. nuclear weapons,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

'If you can't cope with driving without making the inside of your car soundproof against the outside, you need to turn in your license and stop driving,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

'The Valley needs to get these party houses under control. They are dangerous, disruptive and terrible for the entire community,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

'If low approval proves an institution is broken, [Sen. Adam] Schiff should begin with Congress: A recent Gallup survey found that 86% of Americans disapproved of the way it was handling its job,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

'The smart and honorable thing would have been to leave the plane secretly and fly off, while simultaneously having everyone else disembark from Air Force One so it would be clear he was no longer present,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

Recent legislation in Sacramento creates new obstacles to diversion, forcing judges to send more people to inappropriate settings where they won't get better.