End antidemocratic debanking and more: Letters to the Editor Oct. 25, 2026

End ‘debanking’The Post’s editorial rightly raises concerns about debanking (“ ‘Debanking’ Will Be Back,” Oct.18). But the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s findings reveal an important irony: Federal regulators are now complaining about a problem the government itself created.Under “Operation Chokepoint,” regulators weaponized vague “reputation risk” standards to coerce banks into dropping lawful, politically disfavored clients.

Government pressure — not free markets — drove debanking.The Trump administration made progress by removing the “reputational risk” regulation. Congress must now enact durable reforms such as the FIRM Act and modernize outdated Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money-laundering rules that force defensive compliance.Public support is overwhelming: 91% of voters favor objective standards over political considerations. David IbsenManhattanWho’s watching?To better understand concerns over Flock cameras, compare them to a closed-loop system like the one used by the NYPD (“Public-safety desk: First Cameras, Then Cops,” Fast Takes, Oct.

19). That system is highly regulated and the data collected stays in house.Flock, however, shares data with law enforcement and private companies. As a retired police detective, I know the benefits of surveillance cameras.

They’re not my concern.My concern is: Who else receives this data — and why? John FlemingPunta Gorda, Fla.Applegate’s agonyIt upset me that Christina Applegate’s doctors broke the news of her multiple sclerosis misdiagnosis by exclaiming, “Congratulations, you don’t have M.S.” (“Christina M(I)S-LED,” Oct.

21).Just because you no longer have the same disease label doesn’t make the symptoms go away.Worse, now she’s left back at square one with no clear path to pursue next.Gary SteinManhattanDrilling won’t doCarl Campanile’s story references the Council for a Secure America poll which found that 53% of American adults ...