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A Sun Sentinel reader, himself a former Marine, criticizes President Trump's support for sending in the Marines to quiet L.A. trib.al/IRNOD8v

James Gaddis should pursue his whistleblower lawsuit against the state of Florida, which he says fired him for exposing a secret plan to commercialize state parks. Many Floridians have praised Gaddis online, donating to a fund to defray his legal expenses. trib.al/JE7eQCO

The former chief operating officer of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives writes that, all too often, shady vape shops have become vectors for criminal enterprise. trib.al/HptzsHp

A reader sizes up the candidacy for governor of Democrat David Jolly, a former Republican congressman, TV commentator and former campaign consultant. He is, for now, the Democrats' best hope. trib.al/QhfKARp

With the rest of South Florida, the Sun Sentinel celebrates the Florida Panthers as the world champions of hockey for the second year in a row. trib.al/icNT6qE

A reader sees flagrant violations of our constitutional rights and asks where are all the politicians who swore to uphold them? trib.al/vknrMcz

A former speechwriter for failed University of Florida presidential nominee Santa Ono writes that Ono tried to please all the people all the time and instead pleased none. trib.al/gnAadAG

An attorney general who flouts a judge's orders as willfully and arrogantly as James Uthmeier has cannot be allowed to remain in office. Voters should remember that in 2026 and send him packing. trib.al/thxom5Q

For the privilege of accepting the effluent of the billionaires of Indian Creek Village, Surfside asked for $10 million for the sewage hookup. The billionaires had a better idea, writes columnist Pat Beall. trib.al/rfUMxcr

A reader is deeply troubled by what President Trump is doing to important national agencies such as FEMA and the U.S. Department of Education. trib.al/bm523Mr

Naming part of Southern Blvd. after Trump, as a new state law would do, is apropos. From improverished Glades residents soon to be stripped of Medicaid to fearful immigrants working in West Palm Beach, Southern ably reflects the administration's cruelty. trib.al/w93yYBz

Sun Sentinel columnist Steve Bousquet looks back at the long life of R. Emmett McTigue, who died on June 13 at the age of 92. trib.al/XECWsZ5

Palm Beach County commissioners took the easy way out by hiring a partisan political figure to be the next county administrator. It looks short-sighted, but it might just work out. If it does, it will be a pleasant surprise for everyone. trib.al/yI6njFk

A reader who's a state university trustee defends Gov. Ron DeSantis and his oversight of Florida's higher education system. trib.al/naiRKnr

A professor at Florida Atlantic University explains why federal funding is so important to public and private institutions and why schools with massive endowments, like Harvard, can't readily substitute those funds for federal dollars. trib.al/wzKZOy2

The president and CEO of the National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals writes that a provision in the new budget bill that requires permanently disabled Americans to re-register their disability every six months is cruel and unnecessary red tape. trib.al/XMsIxxi

Some readers defend President Trump's military parade, while others take exception to his castigating "violent" protesters in Los Angeles after pardoning the rioters of Jan. 6, 2021. trib.al/PKrEyDl

The chief strategy officer of a Florida-based clean-energy financing company writes that the budget bill being debated in Congress would end solar tax credits outright, which would decimate the clean-energy industry. trib.al/3sI61jQ

A reader offers words of support for Florida House Speaker Daniel Perez of Miami. trib.al/DJ7gHYw

An odd theme is cropping up in which death row inmates Gov. DeSantis chooses to execute next: Why are many of them represented by the same attorney? It could be strange coincidence; DeSantis being less secretive about how the process works would help. trib.al/x477q78