In her well-researched opinion [“A Mom’s Research: Why Are Many Elites Leftists?” in the May 5–11 edition], Jean Chen spotlights much of the corruption extant in American politics circa 2021, and historically, what was directly responsible for the plight of what remains of the American Republic—from the radical Woodrow Wilson “Progressive” era that foisted the bogus Federal Reserve act on sovereign American citizens; made individual income tax the law of the land; and destroyed states’ (legislatures’) rights by enacting direct elections of federal senators. Woodrow Wilson made no bones about his intense dislike of the U.S. Constitution. And as Chen relates, “American” so-called “elites” have been providing ongoing (generational) largesse (MUCH of it via rank-and-file U.S. TAXPAYERS) directly to communist/socialist/Bolshevik totalitarian regimes. For example, the FDR administration was infested with outright Soviet “players” such as Harry Hopkins, whom Franklin D. Roosevelt made “lend-lease czar” as WWII erupted. Hopkins (darling of …