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A year ago on Quora a concerned poster delicately seeking not to offend asked, “As a cis person, should I add my pronouns in my Twitter bio, or would it be offensive?” To which someone replied, “I can’t think of any occasion when declaring your pronouns…
Read More Georgia State University and “vir,” “zer,” or “yoself”
As each new dawn brings the sunrise from the east, the dawn of a new legislative session in Florida brings a gun-control bill from Democrats in the Legislature. On Tuesday, Senate Minority Leader Gary Farmer continued the pattern by introducing a measure to ban “assault”…
Read More Florida Senate Minority Leader Puts “Assault Weapons” Ban Back on the Table
Your tax dollars at work. A new series of exactly how wasteful your tax dollars are being spent. Just short clips on U.S. Government spending and exactly where your money is going, and how it’s being appropriated. As U.S. Lawmakers have spent months trying to…
Read More American Tax Dollars At Work: U.S. To Fund $500,000,000 For Border Security in Jordan
Back in April, as the coronavirus was tightening its grip on the nation, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy uttered one of the most mind-blowing statements a U.S. politician could offer. Asked by Tucker Carlson of Fox News what authority he had to restrict religious services,…
Read More Florida Sen. Rick Scott’s Push to Protect Religious Freedoms
Former Democratic presidential hopeful Andrew Yang was recently back in the news with a bizarre suggestion about the COVID-19 vaccine. “Is there a way for someone to easily show that they have been vaccinated – like a bar code they can download to their phone?”…
Read More Do Americans Need “Barcodes” to Track U.S. Vaccinations, Andrew Yang Thinks So
Panhandle Congressman Matt Gaetz is building a reputation as a renegade. In early December, the Fort Walton Beach Republican was a headline guest at a dinner hosted by a group of young Republicans from New York City. The event drew media attention because the club…
Read More Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz To Challenge Electoral College, Says “Stolen Election”
This letter was orignally sent and published on Nov 25th, but updated for today. ‘Let them eat cake’, government leaders to pass the second round of stimulus payments, at $600 for Americans. What a joke. Either don’t shut down the economy, like many states are…
Read More ‘Let Them Eat Cake’ The Joke of $600 Payments to Americans
Can you say insane? “This is just the normal pain associated with getting to a final solution,” Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, told reporters. Normal pain? My friend, this is not normal. In real life, you get shit done or you walk. Who the hell has…
Read More U.S. Stimulus Stalled, Government Shutdown Avoided For Now
by Dorothy Lenz This will be a special educational series of writing, on the Constitution to help folks better understand the articles and what they mean to us each day. Now, more than ever, Americans need to know what the Constitution is all about and…
Read More The Importance of Knowing and Understanding the U.S. Constitution
Former South Bend mayor and opponent in the presidential primaries, Pete Buttigieg, has been picked to lead the US Transportation Department. If confirmed, the 38-year-old will be Biden’s youngest pick and the first openly gay person for a Cabinet position. Buttigieg dropped out of the…
Read More Biden Picks Pete Buttigieg as U.S. Transportation Secretary