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Florida Republicans beat the gun lobby. Congress hasn’t followed. (WaPo)
Rational national gun legislation can easily be achieved if Republicans support what they achieved here in Florida in 2018 -- red flags, minimum age for purchase and proper background checks. Yet U.S....
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Memorial Day
On Memorial Day, we all remember the sacrifices of millions of Americans, 1775-date. Freedom is not free. The U.S. Capitol 1/6 insurrection taught us that freedom must be zealously guarded by all of...
View ArticleEthics office finds ‘substantial reason to believe’ Congressmen Rutherford,...
Is Rep. Rutherford a crook or just inept on ethics disclosures. (Rutherford's successor as Duval County Sheriff has moved to Nassau County, in violation of Charter.) From News4JAX: Ethics office finds...
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THE PRESS SINCE WATERGATE: GETTING BETTER AND WORSE AT THE SAME TIME. (By...
As a teenager, I was fascinated by Watergate, read the Post and Times coverage in their original format -- printed newspapers. I was often found, 1972-74, talking incessantly about Watergate, with...
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Biden Welcomes Pride Month Amid 'Unconscionable' State-Level Attacks....
Florida is one of the attacking states referred to by President Biden in his proclamation: Biden Welcomes Pride Month Amid 'Unconscionable' State-Level AttacksLGBTQ rights are human rights, the...
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President Joe Biden's 2022 LGBTQ Pride Proclamation
Here is the full text: A Proclamation on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, And Intersex Pride Month, 2022MAY 31, 2022•PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS During Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender,...
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DeSantis is ‘not a global warming person;’ his lack of action proves it. (By...
Governor RONALD DION DeSANTIS holds "no questions answered" press events -- "applaud me, I'm handing out money" events -- writes Florida Phoenix columnist Craig Pittman, while ducking the real issues...
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Lawbreaking Jacksonville Sheriff MICHAEL WILLIAMS Retiring After Moving to...
Congratulations to the reporters, citizens and officials who raised a ruckus about Jacksonville SHERIFF MICHAEL WILLIAMS moving outside of Duval County. It was announced this morning that Sheriff...
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How the Proud Boys Gripped the Miami-Dade Republican Party. (NY Times)
When Joe Biden, then our Vice President, visited St. Augustine in 2012, he spoke at Ketterlinus School gym. Vice President Biden was at his best campaigning -- vintage Democratic call-and-response...
View ArticleIN HAEC VERBA: Complete List of Governor DeSANTIS FY 2023 Appropriations Vetos
Complete list of Governor DeSantis FY 2023 vetos, June 2, 2022: 2022 Veto ListGeneral TrustLine # Project Title FTE Revenue Fund Total173Lake-Sumter State College - Emerging Media and Fine Arts Center...
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Glyphosate impairs collective thermoregulation in bumblebees. (SCIENCE...
Does promiscuous production of glyphosphates destroy honeybees and other pollinators? Latest peer-reviewed scientific journal article from SCIENCE Magazine: REPORTECOTOXICOLOGYShare onGlyphosate...
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St. Augustine restaurateurs say their workforce has been priced out of town....
Have greedy corporate landlords priced our tourism employees out of the monopolistic housing market in St. Augustine, Florida?Rent control laws are illegal in Florida, except in emergencies. Sounds to...
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Daughter of the black elite who brought down a gangster (WaPo book review by...
2018 book review of Stephen L. Carter's book about his grandmother, Eunice Carter, from The Washington Post:Daughter of the black elite who brought down a gangsterReview by Cinque HendersonDecember 7,...
View ArticleFlorida jury awards $77.5 million to veteran in 3M earplug case. (Reuters.WaPo)
For decades, American veterans were barred from seeking damages in tort cases against government contractors under a hoary legal defense called the Feres doctrine. That docttrine is a judicially...
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Report: 1 in 5 Florida corporations paid no income tax on 2020 revenue Jason...
"Free State of Florida?" Ha!That's one of Governor DeSANTIS's canards, one of is murkier malarkey lines. Apparently, Florida is "free" of equitable taxation of corporations. Earlier this year, St....
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Woodward and Bernstein thought Nixon defined corruption. Then came Trump. (By...
Nixon and Trump have a lot in common. From The Washington Post:Woodward and Bernstein thought Nixon defined corruption. Then came Trump.Perspective by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein June 5, 2022 at...
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June 6, 1944, Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, Nazi-occupied France
My dad was part of the 82nd Airborne 505th P.I.R., which parachuted in at 1 AM and swiftly took over the first Nazi-occupied European town before sunrise. It was 78 years ago, on D-Day, June 6, 1944....
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David Strathairn speaks for a Holocaust hero. It’s time to listen. (WaPo)
One of my favorite professors at Georgetown, portrayed by one of my favorite actors. The world ignored his warnings about the Holocaust, but Jan Karski's lessons live on.Hopefully, this play will...
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Governor Vetos $500,000 for redesign of St. Augustine Fire Station No. 2
Unadorned by a word of explanation, Governor RON DeSANTIS has vetoed $500,000 for City of St. Augustine Fire Station 2 Design (HB 4967)(Senate Form 2412). Wonder why?The small, two-person, 24/7 fire...
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"The Impact of Stigma and Discrimination against LGBT People in Florida."...
Waiting on oujr St. Johns County Commission to adopt Gay Pride Proclamation. Chairman Henry Dean's speech at County Commission this morning got their attention. From UCLA Law School: The Impact of...
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