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Hundreds of people run alongside a U.S. Air Force C-17 transport plane as it moves down a runway of the international airport, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug.16. 2021. Thousands of Afghans have rushed onto the tarmac of Kabul's international airport, some so desperate to escape the Taliban capture of their country that they held onto an American military jet as it took off and plunged to death. (AP Photo)

Talk of the County reader opinion: The retreat was perfect according to ‘your senile, arrogant, I-really-don’t-give-a-damn president’

September 13, 2021 at 9:44 a.m.

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A face mask is discarded on a sidewalk during the coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Talk of the County reader opinion: Unvaccinated and unmasked committing a crime when contaminating others with COVID

September 13, 2021 at 8:59 a.m.

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FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo insurrections loyal to President Donald Trump confront U.S. Capitol Police officers outside the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Talk of the County reader opinion: Democrats think conservatives are white supremacists because ‘about 500 Trump supporters got out of hand’ in D.C.

September 13, 2021 at 8:37 a.m.

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FILE - In this Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021 file photo, a U.S. Chinook helicopter flies near the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, as diplomatic vehicles leave the compound amid the Taliban advance on the capital. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Talk of the County reader opinion: ‘I have never in my life seen such a bunch of wimps and whiners, mostly right-wing nut cases’

September 7, 2021 at 9:54 a.m.

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President Joe Biden speaks about the end of the war in Afghanistan from the State Dining Room of the White House, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021, in Washington.

Talk of the County reader opinion: ‘He caused the death of 13 American soldiers, and he’s claiming a great victory?’

September 7, 2021 at 9:06 a.m.

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A discarded face mask and cigarette butt litter the sidewalk. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Talk of the County reader opinion: ‘We don’t want to infringe on your precious rights … (but) spread your fatal germs elsewhere’

September 7, 2021 at 8:49 a.m.

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President Joe Biden participates in a briefing about the response to damage caused by Hurricane Ida, at the St. John Parish Emergency Operations Center, Friday, Sept. 3, 2021, in LaPlace, La. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Talk of the County reader opinion: ‘It’s so refreshing to have a grown man in the White House’

September 7, 2021 at 7:47 a.m.

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In this image taken from video provided by ABC, Jacob Blake speaks during an interview broadcast on ABC News' Good Morning America on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. Blake, who was shot in the back Aug. 23, 2020, by a white police officer in Wisconsin, triggering several nights of violent protests, said he was prepared to surrender just before the officer opened fire.

Talk of the County reader opinion: Jacob Blake ‘will continue to play the victim, but you were a victim of your own stupidity’

September 1, 2021 at 7:16 a.m.

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Chicago Cubs fans celebrate a Cubs 5-2 win over the Colorado Rockies in the first game of a doubleheader at Wrigley Field on Aug. 25, 2021, in Chicago.

Talk of the County reader opinion: Since Cubs ‘gutted the team … shouldn’t they lower the ticket prices’

August 30, 2021 at 9:57 a.m.

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FILE - In this Nov. 21, 2020 file photo, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, head of the Taliban's peace negotiation team, amid talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government, in Doha, Qatar. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool, File)

Talk of the County reader opinion: ‘Did Trump and Pompeo set us up for failure?’

August 30, 2021 at 9:20 a.m.

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