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A Tallahassee woman was arrested and charged with battery on an elected official Saturday evening at the South Walton Beaches Wine & Food Festival. According to an arrest affidavit by the Walton County Sheriff’s Office, around 6 p.m. at the 500 block of Grand Boulevard, in Miramar Beach, deputies received a call that Selena Chambers, 41, threw a drink that struck the left shoulder of current U.S. Representative Matthew Gaetz and the right shoulder of Blaine Odom. Gaetz told investigators that Chambers and another female had been walking past him and his family, cursing at them. According to records, Odom...

Bud Light is in "serious trouble" and could lose the title of bestselling beer in America as backlash to the infamous promo with transgender activist Dylan Mulvaney continues to haunt the company, according to a report in its hometown paper. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch published a scathing story, "Bud Light sales continue to plummet after transgender marketing controversy," that put a spotlight on the massive decline. Bud Light in-store sales have dropped 26% during the week that ended April 22, the Post-Dispatch reported, citing data from Connecticut-based Bump Williams Consulting, which specializes in the beverage alcohol industry. The Post-Dispatch noted...

Update from Ukraine | Ukraine will start the counterattack soon | New Goodwill gesture is coming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYZdwNUnsSc ****NEW SUMMARY Military MAPS & COMMENTS here: Invasion Day 428 – Summary April 27, 2023 Jerome News The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the last 48 hours, as of 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time). https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-428-summary/ *** Greatly appreciate the viewer controlled Map magnification tool to use on each Front map!

SC Republicans have a bad habit of saying one thing in election season but acting quite differently once in office. Most run on a bold platform of transparency, accountability, and fiscal conservatism, but always fail to deliver. Worse yet, some actively oppose conservative policies and constantly promote liberal ones. An excellent example of this inconsistent behavior occurred a few weeks ago when SCFC Chairman Adam Morgan proposed a common sense amendment to the American Rescue Plan (aptly nicknamed “Biden Bucks”) funding bill. The amendment was simple and straightforward. It prohibited members of the Legislature from profiting off the infrastructure projects...

Controversial director Roman Polanski reunited with Samantha Geimer, the woman he pled guilty to having unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor more than 40 years ago. Geimer was 13 years old at the time Polanski – who was in his 40s – was arrested and charged with rape by use of drugs, perversion, sodomy, providing controlled substances to a minor, and lewd and lascivious acts upon a child under 14. Following his guilty plea in 1977, Polanski fled the country and became a fugitive, first finding refuge in London and then settling in France. While Polanski has never stepped foot...

Black drivers received almost 37% of the tickets, despite Black people making up only about 16% of Florida's driving-eligible population. 'Stop being racists,' says man ticketed 5 times for loud music Carven Exantus, 34, of Miami has been ticketed five times for loud music – at $129 each – by police in Miami Beach, including twice the same day 90 minutes apart in October. Exantus, who is Black, beat four of the tickets in court, so far. His most recent ticket was the afternoon of March 9 along Ocean Drive. He has pleaded not guilty. He urged police and the...

His father, Ken Limper, initially brought his son to urgent care for back pain after Kyle played basketball before taking him to Jefferson Hospital. “They told me in a couple of days, if he doesn’t get better, to bring him back. Well, in a couple of days he couldn’t even stand up,” the grieving dad said. “He couldn’t even get out of bed and I had to help him up and stand him up, then he fell right back down on the bed.” Limper was eventually rushed to St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, where doctors said the multi-sport athlete’s organs...

A chilling video threat from Islamic Jihad in Gaza, showing them readying rockets to be launched against Israeli civilians. The terrorists posted the video and threatened, “We haven’t started yet.” This after dozens of rockets launched from Gaza by Hamas and Islamic Jihad Terrorists hit Israeli targets earlier today and over the past several days. Israeli Defense Forces have responded to defend Israelis with attacks hitting inside Gaza. The bottom line: The Islamic radicals don’t recognize Israel’s right to exist. . . .

Archeologists have found the remains of a 19th century quarantine hospital and cemetery on a submerged island in Florida's Dry Tortugas National Park in the Gulf of Mexico. While only one grave has been identified, historical records indicate dozens of people — mostly U.S. soldiers stationed at Fort Jefferson — may have been buried at the site in waters west of Key West, Florida, park officials said in a news release Monday. A group that included park cultural resources staff, the National Park Service’s Submerged Resources Center, the Southeast Archeological Center, and a University of Miami graduate student, made the...

Officials in Davis, California, have lifted an overnight shelter-in-place order after they were unable to find a suspect in a knife attack late Monday – the third such incident following two fatal stabbings in less than a week near the campus of the University of California, Davis. The startling order not to venture out followed Monday’s stabbing, which left a woman in critical condition. That attack was preceded by the killings Saturday evening of UC Davis senior Karim Abou Najm and Thursday of 50-year-old David Breaux at different parks near campus. A police officer patrols a park in Davis, California,...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York state is banning natural gas stoves and heating systems in most new buildings, a policy that’s part of a national movement aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The law negotiated by Gov. Kathy Hochul and her fellow Democrats in the Legislature is part of the state budget and puts New York in the forefront of states targeting emissions from buildings. When the phase-in starts in 2026, newly constructed buildings will have to forego fossil fuel equipment in favor of devices like induction ranges and heat pumps that run on electricity. The state mandate applies...

The Biden administration thinks Americans have too many jobs available. The Biden administration thinks Americans have too many jobs available. Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley pressed Interior Secretary Deb Haaland on a leaked memo from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Tuesday that shows the Biden administration prioritizing climate change over energy security. In March, internal records from the Department of the Interior revealed the administration sacrificing proactive resource development with higher royalties on leases to promote a left-wing climate agenda. After outlining China’s dominance in refining critical minerals, the Missouri senator charged the pre-eminent federal lands agency of choking...

More leaks coming out of Fox News to the far-left Media Matters prove Tucker Carlson is awesome. Since Fox News took Carlson off the air last week (he’s still officially employed), the hit squad at Media Matters has enjoyed all kinds of leaks from Fox. Could it be that Fox is once again betraying its viewers? Instead of calling Arizona early, is Fox doing business with Media Matters? Well, after learning Donald Trump is betraying his followers by doing business with CNN, everything feels possible. Media Matters released its first set of videos on Monday, proving Carlson is awesome. He’s...

DETROIT (AP) — Ford Motor Co. made $1.76 billion last quarter, swinging into the black from a $3.1 billion net loss for the same period a year ago. Most of the profit came from Ford Blue, the company's internal-combustion engine vehicle unit, which made $2.62 billion before taxes during the quarter. Ford Pro, the commercial vehicle unit, added $1.37 billion. But Model e, Ford's electric vehicle unit, lost $722 million before taxes. The Dearborn, Michigan, automaker is seeing its fortunes improve, and reiterated its earlier pretax profit guidance for the full year of $9 billion to $11 billion.

Joe Biden has hitched his 2024 reelection aspirations to a curious theme- he wants to "finish the job."Every generation has a moment where they have had to stand up for democracy. To stand up for their fundamental freedoms. I believe this is ours. That’s why I’m running for reelection as President of the United States. Join us. Let’s finish the job. https://t.co/V9Mzpw8Sqy pic.twitter.com/Y4NXR6B8ly — Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) April 25, 2023It sounds like a threat. "Finish the job?" Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., asked. "Based on Biden's record, this sounds like a threat." "The job @joebiden is trying to finish is the...

[Catholic Caucus] The Life and Times of App. John R. Quinn & Friends-Part IIIA Study of the West Coast Homosexual Network Part III – Archbishop Quinn Undermines Church Teachings Introduction It is a common myth among Catholic pew sitters that the harm caused by habituated clerical sodomites only affects the moral sphere, but do not affect their actions in other areas of ecclesiastical life, that is, you can be an active homosexual and still be a good bishop or a good religious superior. This segment on Quinn’s theological and political opinions and actions demonstrates just the opposite and it support...

Nordstrom is planning to close both of its Downtown San Francisco stores, choosing not to renew its lease obligations at its location in the Westfield Mall. It will also close a second nearby Downtown Nordstrom Rack. The retailer confirmed the closures on Tuesday. In an email to employees, the company's chief stores officer wrote that "the dynamics of the downtown San Francisco market have changed dramatically over the past several years, impacting customer foot traffic to our stores and our ability to operate successfully." The two planned closures represent about 357,500 square feet of retail space, according to the San...

Putin's Intel Officer Reveals New HUGE Problems For Russia Putin is terrified for his life- this is the claim by a former FSB officer who has now defected to the west and brought startling intelligence with him that could shape the course of the Ukraine war. Since the war in Ukraine started, Russia has experienced a mass exodus of people from its country- most notably young, military age men. An estimated 1 million Russians- or around .6% of the total population, have fled the country since the start of Putin's disastrous invasion of Ukraine.This mass exodus has been disastrous...

The president of Thomas Jefferson University, Mark Tykocinski, was publicly rebuked after he "liked" tweets that called transgender surgery for minors "child mutilation" and also cast doubt on the COVID-19 vaccines, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer. "At his level, he is held to a higher standard and should have known better," Thomas Jefferson University CEO Joseph G. Cacchione reportedly wrote in a message Sunday to Jefferson faculty, employees and students. Tykocinski is a Yale-trained molecular immunologist who has worked at Jefferson University for 16 years. Cacchione is a physician and health care executive. The Inquirer also indicated that Cacchione’s email...