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Florida Surgeon General’s Call to Halt Use of the Vaccines Sparks Debate

Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo's call for a halt in mRNA COVID-19 vaccines has sparked a debate, with FDA adviser Paul Offit attempting a rebuttal that others have said "fundamentally misunderstands" the problem.
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The Attack Against the Freedom to Read and What to Do About It

During the past three years, the country has seen a dramatic increase in book bans at public and K-12 school libraries and in rightwing pro-censorship activism, usually targeting books that address race, gender identity, or sexuality. In Texas, Suzette Baker was fired from her job as director of a rural public library for refusing to […]

Janet Reno Is No Hero

Reason Magazine, January 2024 Janet Reno Is No Hero A new biography by Judith Hicks Stiehm ignores Janet Reno’s many failures as attorney general. James Bovard | From the January 2024 issue Janet Reno: A Life, by Judith Hicks Stiehm, University Press of Florida, 224 pages, $35\ In April 24, 2000, a day after Easter […]
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Ron DeSantis vs Gavin Newsom is the Debate That Really Matters

When Gavin Newsom debates Ron DeSantis Thursday night on Fox News, voters might finally hear a serious discussion of an issue that most politicians have wanted to forget: the disastrous mistakes of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Lockdown Was Necessary to Prevent “Extraordinarily High Loss of Life”, Chris Whitty Tells Covid Inquiry – Despite Sweden

Lockdown was necessary to prevent an "extraordinarily high loss of life", Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty told the Covid Inquiry today, despite Sweden long ago exposing such a claim as palpable nonsense.
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How Ron Desantis puts Israel first and assaults the speech rights of American citizens

While posing as a defender of free speech, Florida’s Ron DeSantis has played point man on the Israel lobby’s crusade to criminalize American citizens for their exercising their constitutionally-protected right to boycott Israel. Florida Governor and Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis has spent his career as an elected official pushing an array of laws attacking the free speech of American citizens who exercise their constitutionally-protected right to boycott Israel. One anti-boycott bill DeSantis championed sought to send violators to prison […]

Boiling Ocean Update: Florida Sea Temperature ‘Record’ Drops 15°F in just 48 Hours

Last week, the BBC reported that seawater in Florida had reached 100°F, with much talk of records being broken. But if failed to note that just 48 hours later the water temperature had fallen to 85°F.
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Florida Provides the Latest Proof That the Covid Vaccines Did Not Save Lives

If the vaccines saved lives, why were Florida's Covid waves no smaller after the rollout than before? The same can be said for Israel and Bahrain, while low-vaccination comparators often fared better.
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