Details of what DeSantis is proposing for Florida property taxes:
$250,000: The initial exemption limit proposed for everyone’s homestead, up from the current $50,000.
60%: The percentage of Floridians who would become property tax-free under a $250,000 exemption.
$500,000: The future exemption limit the governor wants lawmakers to push for eventually.
92%: The percentage of Florida residents who would be tax-free if the limit reaches $500,000.
Anyone who has lived in Florida for under five years would be required to pay the full tax amount until they reach the five-year residency mark.
Maryland’s Democrat Governor Just Signed a Law Banning the Most Popular Handgun in the United States
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/05/marylands-democrat-governor-just-signed-law-banning-most/
“She’s Lying” – Former Biden Official Reacts to Jill Biden’s Claims She “Never” Saw Joe Biden Stroke Out Before Or After the 2024 Debate
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AOC Appears in Hijab at Eid Event as Zohran Mamdani Wears Arsenal Soccer Shirt (VIDEO)
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Nicotine is known to have some exciting health benefits. Among other things, it reduces inflammation, fights Alzheimer’s and Depression, improves mental clarity, fights ADHD, promotes tissue healing, and contributes to a lower incidence of a number of conditions and diseases,
https://open.substack.com/pub/nanostructuresinus/p/nicotine-nanotechnology-and-health?r=4tjdnk&utm_medium=ios
I can scarcely believe this sentence in a story I just read - “[interviewed expert] said airport workers generally do not undergo the same level of security screening as passengers, opening up vulnerabilities that organized crime groups may seek to exploit.”
The story reported that, over the past year, at least 17 innocent Canadians have been accused of drug trafficking after their baggage tags were allegedly switched onto suitcases filled with illegal drugs, including one bag stuffed with 20 kilograms of methamphetamine, according to a recent investigation by CTV’s “W5” investigative program.
The scheme is straightforward, according to W5: A corrupt airport worker takes the luggage tag off a checked bag and puts it on a suitcase containing drugs. The passenger’s luggage is then retagged as “rush,” noting it as delayed or mishandled.
If the suitcase containing drugs gets through customs at its destination, a tracking device put inside leads a waiting drug trafficker to the drugs. If the bag is flagged, the passenger whose tag is on it gets a visit from police.
At least six baggage and ramp workers at Pearson have been arrested in the past year in relation to the alleged tag switching incidents, according to Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree.
The cases uncovered by W5 involved flights departing Canada for destinations including the Philippines, South Korea, France, Germany, Morocco, Bermuda, and the Dominican Republic. Several of the travellers were handcuffed, detained, or jailed while authorities investigated the drugs. All were eventually released.
I had imagined that airport workers passed through the same screening that passengers do since, in theory, they can do a lot more damage in one successful attack than a passenger can. One poorly-screened passenger can bring down a plane with 300 people, while one unscreened worker can take out the whole airport and the surrounding neighborhood. Who comes up with these dumbass policies? It appears to me that those in charge of creating the policies might not be the best and the brightest and are missing a bigger picture when it comes to safety.