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Governor DeSantis’ state continues to succeed in education The latest U.S. News & World Report concluded that Florida is the best state for higher education. The rankings look at “the share of citizens in each state holding college degrees, as well as college graduation rates, the cost of in-state tuition and fees, and the burden of debt that college graduates carry,” according to the publication. The publication also ranked Florida high in 2-year college graduation rate, 4-year college graduation rate and for its students graduating with minimal debt.

I've turned off Fox News completely, like many here, and in the aftermath, I've watched a couple of Megyn Kelly's Shows. NOW HOLD OFF, I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING..."I WOULDN'T WATCH BLANKETLY BLANK OR HER BLANKETY BLANK BLANK SHOW ETC.!!!!!" Like just about everyone on this forum, she pis*ed me off with her chicken shit questioning of Trump during the 2016 debates, but She really upset me more, when she remarked on her Fox Show one night, that she had received a "creepy letter" from Donald Trump congratulating her on her new promotion at Fox. I thought what an ungratefully...

Established in 1968, the Club of Rome quickly set up branches across the Western world with members whom all agreed that society’s best form of governance was a scientific dictatorship.

VIDEOWhen the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell starts sounding like Jim Cramer then you know the American banking system is in deep deep trouble.

Geraldo Rivera’s appearances on the Fox News program The Five were abruptly canceled this week, RadarOnline.com has learned, causing concerns that the veteran host may be the next victim to be axed from the conservative news network. In a sudden development to come just days after Tucker Carlson was abruptly fired from Fox News last week, Rivera took to Twitter to announce his scheduled appearances on The Five for both Thursday and Friday had been canceled. “My appearances today and tomorrow on The Five have been canceled,” he wrote on Thursday. “I’m sure there’s a good reason.” “Never fear, I’ll...

A San Francisco Board of Supervisors meeting was thrown into chaos after a pro-trans activist began screaming in protest over the death of a transgender 'thief'. Banko Brown, 24, was killed last month by a security guard after allegedly trying to steal from a local Walgreens store. Brown was found with gunshot wounds and taken to a nearby hospital where he later died following the incident. At a meeting of the city's board of supervisors on Tuesday, protestors held up signs reading 'Justice for Banko Brown'. A video clip taken of the public comment section of the meeting shows one...

A new study just obliterated any doubts that Microsoft’s Bing is just as leftist and radical as its top competitor Google. Media solutions company AllSides conducted a new analysis over a two-week period (March 9-22, 2023) finding that a whopping 83 percent of the news articles displayed on Bing News’ homepage “were from media outlets on the left.” But here’s the kicker: “Bing’s homepage displayed zero news sources rated Right or Lean Right by AllSides,” and only 13 percent of the sources displayed were from the “center.” The top 6 outlets that Bing comnmonly curated were sources that AllSides rated...

The Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville takes center stage on Saturday afternoon. The meeting has been overshadowed by an investigation into the death of four horses. Then on Thursday, trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. was suspended indefinitely after the sudden death of two of his horses. The event gets underway later on Friday but all eyes will be on the track at 6.57pm for the $3million race Saturday. Here, DailyMail.com takes you through everything you need to know, including the favorites and the all important post positions - as well as how to watch the Kentucky Derby... RUNNERS AND...

A deep slumber might help buffer against memory loss for older adults facing a heightened burden of Alzheimer's disease, research suggests. Deep sleep, also known as non-REM slow-wave sleep, can act as a "cognitive reserve factor" that may increase resilience against a protein in the brain called beta-amyloid that is linked to memory loss caused by dementia. The new research reveals that superior amounts of deep, slow-wave sleep can act as a protective factor against memory decline in those with existing high amounts of Alzheimer's disease pathology—a potentially significant advance. The researchers recruited 62 older adults from the Berkeley Aging...

As Ronald Reagan might say — there they go again. The “they” this time around is the Never Trump chorus insisting that not only can’t former President Donald Trump win the 2024 election, but he shouldn’t even be trying. Whether it’s Bush-cheerleader Karl Rove in the Wall Street Journal, or, in the same place, Ruth R. Wisse, a professor emerita at Harvard University, or the esteemed Andrew C. McCarthy over at National Review, or more scattered over the political landscape, the Trump naysayers are out in force, predicting, of course, that the former president’s reelection bid is dead in the...

John 14:1-6 Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus says, “I am the way and the truth and the life.” Either Jesus is who he says he is (in which case we are obliged to give our whole lives to him), or he is a madman (in which case we should be against him).What does not remain, as C.S. Lewis saw so clearly, is the bland middle position that, though he isn’t divine, he is a good, kind, and wise ethical teacher. If he isn’t who he says he is, then he isn’t admirable at all.Thus Jesus compels a choice in a...

Hundreds of locals in one of San Francisco's wealthiest counties have been forced to pack up their lives into RVs and trailers after being pushed out of the housing market. Shocking photos show the ever-growing line of trucks and other vehicles along 101 Highway – which now stretches over two miles in one of the largest encampments in the country. Cities in Marin County, where on average homes cost $1.4million, are pushing for the line along the highway to end after the number of residents living in their cars ballooned during the pandemic. Photos and video taken by DailyMail.com show...

CV NEWS FEED // Chelsea Clinton this week defended a list of books marketed toward minors, claiming they are “vital” for children and that “attempted book bans” against the LGBTQ content are “harmful.” “Over 50% of the attempted book bans last year involved books with LGBTQ+ characters & themes,” tweeted Clinton, who is the daughter of former President Bill Clinton and 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. “Books are a vital way that children, adolescents and adults learn about themselves and our world. Bans such as these are nothing but harmful.” Clinton also shared a write-up on the topic from NBC...

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky is leaving her post in June. Walensky's departure was announced by President Biden, according to several news reports. Walensky has led the agency for roughly two-and-a-half years and has led the country through a series of major health matters including the COVID-19 pandemic. The administration is set to end the public health emergency on the pandemic next week.

The World Health Organization said Friday that COVID-19 no longer qualifies as a global emergency, marking a symbolic end to the devastating coronavirus pandemic that triggered once-unthinkable lockdowns, upended economies and killed at least 7 million people worldwide. WHO first declared COVID-19 to be an emergency more than three years ago. The U.N. health agency's officials said that even though the emergency phase was over, the pandemic hasn't come to an end, noting recent spikes in cases in Southeast Asia and the Middle East... Tedros said the pandemic had been on a downward trend for more than a year, acknowledging...

Former President Donald Trump is garnering majority support in the hypothetical North Carolina 2024 Republican primary race, a John Locke Foundation survey released this week found. Like virtually every national survey, this state-level survey found Trump leading the Republican primary field with majority support, garnering support from 55 percent of likely GOP voters in North Carolina. No other potential challenger came close, as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis fell 33 points behind, with 22 percent support. Former Vice President Mike Pence placed third with eight percent, followed by former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley — who officially declared her candidacy in...

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) released a statement Thursday pushing back on suggestions that her absence has stalled President Joe Biden’s judicial nominations and made no mention of when she might return to the Senate. The 89-year-old senator, who has been absent from the Senate since March when she was hospitalized with shingles, said in a statement “there has been no slowdown” on judicial confirmations with her gone. “The Senate continues to swiftly confirm highly qualified individuals to the federal judiciary, including seven more judicial nominees who were confirmed this week,” she said in the statement. Feinstein sits on the Senate...

What’s the issue with this new interest on reserves tool the Fed is using? Let's take a look. think the average American does not know that the US Federal Reserve currently pays 4.90% interest to banks on people’s checking and savings deposits—this includes the cash in the drawer! I just checked my personal savings account and I am currently getting .01% on my savings account. My hard-earned money is earning my bank 4.89% interest—this is not right. How much is your bank making off your deposits? Additionally, did you know that your deposits no longer get loaned out to small...

The next time you're sipping your favorite hot beverage, consider what it Dr. Lisa Zhuoting Zhu has found a positive link between coffee and tea consumption and the thickness of our macular retinal nerve fiber layer. The macula is the central part of the retina at the back of the eye that gives us sharp central vision. The retinal nerve fiber layer is a thin layer of nerve cells that transmit visual information from the eye to the brain. "Our findings indicate if we consume two to three cups of coffee or more than four cups of tea per day,...

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — Eighty-three-year-old Louise has been receiving a phone call around the same time every morning for 20 years. "If something happened to me that night, the next morning, someone would be calling again," Louise, who lives in Palm Beach County, told WPBF 25 News. She signed up for free 211 Sunshine Daily calls, which check in on the well-being of seniors and isolated caregivers. "I have made friends, but it’s not been easy. And I rely on 211 immensely," she said. She said she wanted to receive these daily calls to make sure that her Dobermanns...