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It wasn’t that long ago when liberals could smell blood at the National Rifle Association, the group they most love to hate. The NRA’s longtime director, Wayne LaPierre, was under fire from his own side for malfeasance. The IRS also was investigating LaPierre for tax…
Read More Biden, Dems Call for Crackdown on Guns As Sales Surge
Hand it to the wokesters in San Francisco: At least they’re trying to make Cancel Culture a bipartisan thing. The city school board voted 5-2 on Thursday to strip Vice President Allison Collins of her title, and the community is ramping up efforts to recall…
Read More Canceled: San Fran School Board Votes to Strip Woke Member of Her Title
One more prominent voice is now suggesting that the coronavirus may have started as a Chinese biological experiment gone wrong. Dr. Robert Redfield, the head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under President Donald Trump, told CNN that he is not among…
Read More Former CDC Head Says He Believes COVID-19 Came From a Chinese Lab
Former President Donald Trump is reportedly working on a new social media platform, according to his spokesman, a way to overcome the bans imposed by Twitter and Facebook. If that’s the case, then Florida’s chief financial regulator wants Trump to launch that start-up in the…
Read More Florida’s Chief Financial Regulator Lobbies Trump to Launch Tech Start-Up in Florida
Florida House members voted 76-37 to approve HB 259, sponsored by Rep. Jayer Williamson, R-Pace, and Rep. Cord Byrd, R-Neptune Beach, that would allow people, with concealed carry permits, to carry guns at churches that share locations with schools. The bill states (HB 259), “Notwithstanding…
Read More Florida House Passes House Bill 259, To Allow Guns at Churches With Schools
The Florida House passed House Bill 1 Friday, with 76 Yeas and 39 Nays, to increase penalties for crimes committed during a riot or protests. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ drafted the bill in November 2020, that expands the list of “forcible felonies” under Florida’s self-defense…
Read More Florida House Passes Anti-Riot Bill Friday, Lawmakers React
The COVID-19 data makes clear that states that tried to remain open and functioning as the virus spread has fared no worse than those that went utterly paralytic. In many cases, they actually did better. Yet the vocal and influential ”follow the science” crowd who…
Read More Texas Offers More Evidence That The “Science” Crowd Puts Politics Above All Else
Today, Governor Ron DeSantis, Attorney General Ashley Moody, and Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) Secretary Kevin J. Thibault, P.E. held a roundtable discussion with cruise industry executives and employees to highlight the importance of this critical industry to Florida’s economy. At the roundtable, Governor DeSantis…
Read More Florida Gov. DeSantis Highlights Florida’s Vital Cruise Industry, Calls on CDC to Rescind No-Sail Order
Will Amazon move deeper into the jungle of woke politics? One liberal outlet is calling for just that: a ban on selling another book that lefties disagree with. The backdrop emerged a month ago, as The Free Press readers may recall, when the world’s largest…
Read More Canceled?: Amazon Asked to Oust Climate-Change Skeptic’s Book From Its InventoryNew York’s Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo is the gift that keeps on giving – for Empire State Republicans. Cuomo has been taking fire for weeks for the scandal of COVID-19 nursing home deaths, although the national media ignored the story until it was no longer…
Read More Cuomo’s Heap of Scandals Gets a Little Higher