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May 3 2020 By: Under My Bed Hiding As we are beginning our descent from fear of the Chinese coronavirus (COVID-19), and getting back to work, opening our beaches, parks, and retail, now news reports are mounting over a bee they call the Asian Murder…
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April 28, 2020 By Sarah McCormick Brady documents have officially been released to General Michael Flynn’s legal team, citing a major victory in his long and very much botched case. Stunning new documents have emerged into the hands of Lt. General Michael Flynn’s Attorney, Sidney…
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April 25, 2020 By Sarah McCormick Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, better known by her initials AOC, is a Bronx-born Democratic bartender somehow-turned-politician in New York. How she got there remains a bit of a mystery, and what exactly she does – aside from lie, evoke race…
Read More Opinion- Who is Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, and What Does She Even Do?
April 24, 2020 By Sarah McCormick If there’s anybody more entertaining and worthy of media attention during this non-contestable and quite honestly absurd Presidential race, it’s Joe Biden. Not only is Biden unfit to run for President of the United States – just look at…
Read More Opinion- Joe Biden Holding on For Dear Life as His Campaign Offers Unfruitful Embarrassment
April 22, 2020 By Sarah McCormick Imagine waking up in the morning, starting your day with a cup of coffee and opening Twitter, only to find yourself in receipt of numerous hateful messages, blatantly shaming, arguing, slandering, ridiculing, mocking, and verbally flogging every fiber of…
Read More Opinion-Trump: The Most Hated Man in America
April 19, 2020 By Sarah McCormick The Sheriff’s Office in Polk County normally has their work cut out for them on any given day of the year, but since COVID-19 hit the State, however, things have been looking a lot different for both the community…
Read More Sheriff Grady Judd and COVID-19 Response- “Help Your Neighbors”
April 17, 2020 By Sarah McCormick Sexual allegations are once again swirling around Democratic Presidential Candidate Joe Biden, who has found himself in this mess a time or two – or eight – before. A police report filed in Washington on Thursday, April 9th would…
Read More Opinion- Biden Finds Himself in Hot Water Over Sexual Assault Claims, Again
April 16th 2020 By: Sarah McCormick Hydroxychloroquine, less commonly known by its brand name Plaquenil, is the most controversial, talked about medication on the market in 2020. President Donald Trump has been known to tout its effectivity in treating the most severe complications and side…
Read More Opinion-Hydroxychloroquine: The Great Debate
April 14th, 2020 By: Sarah McCormick The closing of America, presumably the richest and most vivacious country in the world, has been a truly sobering experience for the majority of Americans. The mere thought of nearly all American states being ground to a screeching halt…
Read More America the Beautiful: Shuttered & Shackled, With Freedom Coming Soon