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One of the things that make it hard for people outside Florida to keep track of what's happening with Rhonda Santis's state is that most of their major newspapers are behind paywalls. Fortunately for us, my friend West Palm Wendy keeps me informed, Yesterday she sent me this update: [] Also on Next Door this week, I'm seeing a bunch of neighbors posting about their massive homeowners insurance increases.

Ukraine’s government yesterday called for an emergency meeting of the U. N. Security Council to “counter the Kremlin’s nuclear blackmail” after Vladimir Putin revealed plans to station tactical atomic weapons in Belarus. Via the Associated Press: Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry condemned the move in a statement Sunday and demanded an emergency meeting of the U.

Joseph Tacopina, an attorney for Donald Trump, argued on Sunday that the former president had been "ill-advised" to post inflammatory rhetoric that could spur his supporters to violence. During an interview on Meet the Press, host Chuck Todd asked Tacopina about Trump's social media post where he is holding a baseball bat in connection to possible charges in Manhattan. "That was an ill-advised post that one of his social media people put up, and he quickly took it down when he realized the rhetoric and the photo that was attached to it," the attorney insisted. "He didn't take down the other rhetoric.

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In a very funny monologue on The Daily Show, guest host Al Franken began by sending up the TikTok hearings in Congress. That included wickedly spot-on impressions of Sens. Bernie Sanders, Mitch McConnell, Chuck Schumer, and Susan Collins. Then it was on to Gov. Ron DeSantis’ plan to expand his “Don’t Say Gay” law to all Florida students through high school. But Franken revealed a workaround: “Luckily, though, it doesn’t say you can’t sing about being gay,” he said, before breaking into a pertinent ditty. Franken continued by wishing Florida teens good luck.

Mrs. Betty Bowers, America's greatest Christian, gives a lesson on the proper way to follow the GOP campaign strategy - cover up the fact that there is no strategy by distracting people with red meat topics. These topics include things like wokeism, LGBTQ+ rights, drag queens, groomers and the modern day Benghazi - Hunter Biden!