Outspoken anchor Tiffany Cross is out at MSNBC.
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Cross no loss
Very dissatisfied to learn the article about black leaders objecting to the firing of Tiffany Cross (“MSNBC in racial crosshairs,” Nov. 9).
I've been studying the essays in “Crimson, White and Black” and Cross is a 1619 Mission persona who thinks she is the trendy model of a civil-rights warrior. For Cross, genuine blackness requires everlasting opposition, bitter indignation and claims of being owed.
Whether or not all of that is rooted in actuality in a means that may create change for precise human beings is of much less concern than whether or not it’s expressed regularly.
It retains “The Wrestle” going, we're advised. But it surely’s the supply of the divisive and indignant racist nonsense that she spews.
A extra genuine particular person will be discovered to be on MSNBC, yet another consultant of the group (and never the most recent fad standard amongst its “leaders”).
Mark Zafrin
New York
Zany Pa. vote
It's unfathomable to me how 2.5 million voters noticed match to elect John Fetterman over Dr. Mehmet Oz (“Eyes on west in Senate,” Nov. 9).
The place does an thought like that come from? Would Democratic voters vote for anybody however a Republican candidate, regardless of how unqualified?
What have politics within the Keystone State come to?
Dennis Kerbis
Staten Island
Cornhole trickery
As a bocce evangelist, I’m one thing of an skilled in video games of leisure. So I examine “BagGate” with a substantial amount of disappointment (“Skilled cornhole world rocked by ‘BagGate’ dishonest scandal,” Nov. 2).
Skilled cornhole has clearly misplaced its means. Not due to unscrupulous gamers utilizing thinner, unsanctioned baggage. Much more sinister causes are in play. Cornhole needs to be performed in sandals and denim jorts, not athletic footwear or monitor pants. It needs to be outdoors, close to a fireplace pit or grill. It needs to be ignored by most individuals at a celebration, not televised on ESPN.
And your free hand ought to at all times have a beer in it.
Oliver Mosier
Queens
Congress coalition
Looks as if the Republicans will take over the Home of Representatives by a slim margin (“Gridlock’s an Enchancment,” Editorial, Nov. 9).
That is a gap for Democrats and reasonable Republicans to type a coalition authorities. The speaker of the Home is elected by all members doesn't essentially have to be the decide of his or her get together.
Home Democrats ought to search for an appropriate compromise speaker. In the event that they don’t have a majority of members, they shouldn’t waste their vote and may discover an appropriate Republican for speaker.
In return for all of the Democrats voting for a Republican speaker who would pledge to place the folks first (earlier than partisan gridlock), the brand new speaker would appoint some Democrats to chair committees.
There are in all probability sufficient impartial Republican members of Congress who could be prepared to interrupt ranks with their get together and type a coalition.
Paul Feiner
Greenburgh
Historical past repeating
Why do New Yorkers proceed to elect individuals who destroy their metropolis and state, like clueless Invoice de Blasio or silly legislators Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Carl Heastie? Voters elected Alvin Braggs as DA (“Zel: Staff received even when I misplaced,” Nov. 10).
Gov. Hochul is completely ineffectual. What sane folks vote for sure decline of their metropolis and state? There are such a lot of fantastic folks in New York, however let’s face it: They're now outnumbered by radicals and thugs, nitwits and buffoons. It is a sorry spectacle to look at.
Gary Layton
Interlaken, NJ
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