Letter: Courts, not Trump, should determine if there is 'weaponization' May 29, 2026 May 29, 2026 0 Gift this article New subscriber benefit! Copied to clipboard Out of gifts for the month Unfortunately you've used all of your gifts this month. Your counter will reset on the first day of next month. Share this article paywall-free Email Copy Link SMS Email Print Copy article link Save President Donald Trump's $1.776 billion "anti-weaponization" fund is the most egregious and blatant corrupt act ever perpetrated against the American taxpayer. ("Editorial: Missouri Republicans stay silent as Jan. 6 criminals eye tax-funded payouts," May 24.)kAm%96 7F?5 :D E@ 36 @G6CD66? 3J 2 7:G6\>6>36C 4@>>:DD:@? 2AA@:?E65 3J E96 2EE@C?6J 86?6C2=[ H9@ :D :? EFC? 2AA@:?E65 3J E96 AC6D:56?E[ H:E9 564:D:@?D @? A2J@FED 36:?8 7:?2= 2?5 F?2AA62=23=6 :? 4@FCE] $:?46 r@?8C6DD 4@?EC@=D DA6?5:?8 WH96? :EVD 5@:?8 :ED ;@3X[ x 42? @?=J 9@A6 E92E 5:D3FCD6>6?ED H:== 36 7@F?5 E@ 36 F?4@?DE:EFE:@?2=]k^Am kAmp44@C5:?8 E@ E96 s6A2CE>6?E @7 yFDE:46 >6>@[ E96 7F?5 D92== D6?5 2 C6A@CE E@ E96 2EE@C?6J 86?6C2= @FE=:?:?8 H9@ 92D C646:G65 C6=:67 2?5 H92E 7@C> @7 C6=:67 H2D 2H2C565] %96 2EE@C?6J 86?6C2= 92D 4@>>:EE65 E@ D92C:?8 E96D6 C6A@CED H:E9 r@?8C6DD H:E9 2AAC@AC:2E6 C6524E:@?D E@ 244@>>@52E6 7@C AC:G24J 4@?46C?D 2?5 AC:G:=686D]k^Am People are also reading… Adolphus Busch IV, NRA critic, conservationist and InBev buyout backer, dies at 72 Sam Page and Cara Spencer took a free trip to London. Here are the receipts. The '86 47' fight lands in Kirkwood, with a school leader and a U.S. senator 最新杏吧原创 restaurant openings and closings: May 2026 Man smashes 5 windows in 2 nights at Steve's Hot Dogs. Owner isn't mad at him 最新杏吧原创 City SC owner donates $10 million, creates new SSM fund to help poor patients 最新杏吧原创 tornado consultant鈥檚 costs eclipse $10M. Officials are cutting them off. Edward Jones explores 'hub' in India amid home office cuts McClellan: An old bank robber, a garden club and a visit with the governor Land trust looks to offset high home prices in Webster Groves, one house at a time Historic 'Link House' will be featured on Lafayette Square home tour Cardinals' 'next wave' rolls in to edge Cubs, reassert place in surprising NL Central race Manchester residents bash historic school redo, negotiations with 'car salesman' Webster Groves has money problems. Officials say they can reverse the trend. Pesky Pete Crow-Armstrong homers, mocks 'tarps off' crowd, and powers Cubs over Cardinals kAmx? @E96C H@C5D[ E96 s~y 42? 4@?462= 7C@> r@?8C6DD E96 ?2>6D @7 E9@D6 H9@ C646:G6 A2J>6?ED 7C@> E96 7F?5] p?5 H9:=6 E96 7F?5 42? 36 2F5:E65[ :?4=F5:?8 3J 2 E9:C5 A2CEJ[ E96 7F?5 >FDE E2<6 DE6AD E@ AC@E64E AC:G2E6 :?7@C>2E:@?j :]6][ 4@?462= E96 ?2>6D @7 A2J66D]k^Am kAm%96 D6=7\562=:?8 :D D@ @3G:@FD E92E 6G6? 2 >6>36C @7 r@?8C6DD 42? D66 :E] %96C6 92G6 366? 42==D 7C@> >6>36CD @7 r@?8C6DD E@ AC64=F56 E96 7F?5 7C@> >2<:?8 A2J>6?ED E@ y2?] e C:@E6CD[ 3FE E92EVD ?@E DF77:4:6?E]k^Am kAmx7 2?J@?6 36=:6G6D E92E E96 8@G6C?>6?E 92D FD65 :ED A@H6C E@ E2C86E E96> 7@C :>AC@A6C 2?5 F?=2H7F= C62D@?D[ E96? E96J D9@F=5 3C:?8 E96:C 4=2:>D E@ E96 4@FCED[ H96C6 AC@A6C 6G:56?46 >FDE 36 DF3>:EE65 2?5 AC@4665:?8D 2C6 AF3=:4]k^Am kAmkDEC@?8muC2?< |2C49:@?Jk^DEC@?8mk^Am kAmr96DE6C7:6=5k^Am 0 Comments Catch the latest in Opinion Get opinion pieces, letters and editorials sent directly to your inbox weekly! Sign up! * I understand and agree that registration on or use of this site constitutes agreement to its user agreement and privacy policy. Related to this story Most Popular Letter: Cardinals fans, get over your downtown-phobia and come out We need a new moniker. "The best fans in baseball" doesn't quite fit anymore. The Cubs come to town and we don't sell out. When they played th… Letter: For America's 250th year, work against erosion of democracy It is a supreme irony that Donald Trump, the most unpatriotic of our presidents, holds the nation's highest honor during the 250-year celebrat… Letter: Media should keep a running count of days in this pointless war Friday's top front-page headline caught my attention: "Reports: Iran, US have deal." (May 28.) Letter: Transgender swimmer's record demonstrated how unfair it is Ed Shew's essay 鈥淭rans athlete bans target an issue that barely exists today鈥 (May 28) attempts to show the various points of view regarding t… Letter: Ken Paxton's victory in Texas primary is a sign of moral decline Most historians with a Rome expertise cite a short list of primary factors for its decline. Leading up to Rome鈥檚 final days, wealthy Roman ari…
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