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Biden Addresses Reporters On COVID, Migrants, and Re-Election
President Joe Biden took questions from members of the media at the White House on Thursday in what was the first press briefing of his presidency. [...]
GAO Acting on GOP Complaints About Biden Stopping the Wall, As More Republicans Sign-On
Federal watchdogs apparently got the message from Republicans in Congress, whose movement in support of funding the border wall is growing.
On Tue [...]
“I Don’t Get High” Florida Teacher Fired For Medical Marijuana, School Board Points To Federal Law
Florida’s most prominent lawyer, John Morgan, dumped millions of dollars out of his own pocket to make medical marijuana a thing in the Sunshine Stat [...]
Florida Gov. DeSantis: Ages 40 and Over Eligible For COVID Vaccine March 29th, Ages 18+ April 5th
Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced new eligibility guidelines for COVID-19 vaccinations in Florida.
Beginning Monday, March 29, all individual [...]
U.S. Democratic Senators’ Demand Shows Racism is Alive and Well Within Their Party
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was no Republican. But contemporary Democrats seem intent on making MLK a conservative icon.
King braved the mob, and e [...]
Florida House Speaker Sprowls, Senate President Simpson Plans To Invest in Florida’s Infrastructure
Today Florida House of Representatives Speaker Chris Sprowls and Senate President Wilton Simpson announced their plan to fund key infrastructure prog [...]
Protests On Reddit Sparked By Censorship, Leads to Charity Fundraising
On Wednesday, popular Reddit pages have gone private, in protest against censorship on the site. Subreddits ranging from r/Music to r/Conse [...]
S.D. Gov. Noem Criticized for Failing to Defend Women’s Sports
South Dakota’s Republican Gov. Kristi Noem was positioning herself as a tough challenger for 2024.
Noem emerged from last month’s Conservative Pol [...]
Canceled: Harry’s Cuts Conservative Podcaster Loose Because of One Tweet
One way that Harry’s, the razor company, sought to carve its mark in the personal grooming industry was to perpetually tout its factory – a $100 mill [...]
A Handful of Democrats Resist Pelosi’s Purge of Iowa House Republican
Four House Democrats out of 219 don’t amount to even 2 percent of Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s caucus.
But if they hang together, they might be enough t [...]