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Mail Slowdowns Started 50 Years Before Trump

American Institute on Economic Research, August 18, 2020 Mail Slowdowns Started 50 Years Before Trump by James Bovard Democrats and much of the media are screaming bloody murder over President Trump’s latest Postal Service reforms. Trump recently approved an extra $10 billion in federal credit for the floundering mail service. But because he is balking […]
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Some People See An Obstacle As The End Of The Road. For Florida Democrat Kathy Lewis Obstacles Have Always Been Challenges To Overcome

Kathy Lewis is a candidate for one of the most crucial of the Florida state Senate seats-- District 20, which covers parts of Hillsborough, Pasco and Polk counties in the greater Tampa Bay area. The election on November 3 will be a special election and the general election because right-wing Republican Tom Lee is retiring effective that day. The winner gets sworn in immediately, not in January.

If The GOP Continues To Block Aid, States Like Florida Will Start Going Bankrupt

NPR issued a depressing report yesterday: States Are Broke And Many Are Eyeing Massive Cuts. One of the sticking points in coming to an agreement over the pandemic rescue package is that the already passed House bill, the $3 trillion HEROES Act, contains around a trillion dollars for state and local governments.

COVID COPS: Police Arrest Florida Gym Owner for NOT Forcing Members to Wear Masks

The current hysteria around coronavirus in America is turning police into ‘COVID Cops.’ More crucially though, is the new license being taken by authorities and police to remove civil liberties; enforcing mandatory masks, social distancing and business closures – all based on a vague public threat or ‘state of emergency.’

Incidents like this one have left many people now wondering how long it will be before similar intrusions begin into their homes.

New Candidate Alert-- Jared West (D-FL)

Alan Grayson represented a big part of Polk County as part of his Orlando-metro congressional district. He's been very enthusiastic about the future of Polk Co. and has spoken with me for years about how well it has been developing politically. Now one of the best candidates running anywhere in Florida for the state House, is running in Polk County's 41st House district.

Ron DeSantis Thought He Could Cover-Up The Pandemic In Bullshit And Happy Talk-- Instead He killed Nearly 6,000 Floridians

Just after the video above was made by the Washington Post, Duval County authorities told Trump his disease-spreading convention would be too dangerous to hold in Jacksonville and Trump pretended he decided to pull all the live convention events there. Some time early this week, Florida will report enough new COVID cases to shoot ahead of New York in total cases, a grim milestone.