I thoroughly enjoyed watching the recent Netflix documentary, “Miracle – The Boys of 80,” the story of our USA hockey team which miraculously defeated Russia 45 years ago in Lake Placid, N.Y.

It reminded me that intense pride in America is an emotion I’ve totally lost under Trump’s unbridled, authoritarian presidency. I can’t sing the National Anthem in a public gathering any more. If I chose to fly the stars and stripes in front of my home, I’d feel compelled to unfurl Old Glory upside down because of the distress of incompetent, corrupt leadership we experience daily.

The mere mention of the America 250 celebration turns my stomach. Trump has ruined that as well. Had someone suggested during our glorious Sesquicentennial that July 4th festivities 50 years later would feature a mixed martial arts fight on the White House lawn, with the remnants of the East Wing as a backdrop, I would have refused to believe that could ever happen.

With that being said, I’m incredibly proud of everyday citizens who are speaking out and standing up to the tyranny displayed daily by Vance, Bondi, Hegseth, Kennedy and the rest of Trump’s mob. The people of Minnesota have given us a shining example to follow. They refused to capitulate and have achieved impressive results.

God help us.

Thomas M. Bradley

Emmaus, formerly of Blair County