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I buy my Chaga from Amazon. I have always found it to be good quality:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07CY1LGVZ?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_1&th=1

Mrs. K

I use Chaga - (ground mushroom), supposed to be very healthy, put into homemade soup, love it....

Mrs. K

“Ever wonder who is really behind weather manipulation?”
“This guy is CEO of one of the most powerful geoengineering companies in the world. He just showed up to defend cloud-seeding, chemical spraying, and even electric weather manipulation -— and he’s fighting to keep it going in Florida.”

https://x.com/HustleBitch_/status/1904728080708755641

Grok3 is leftwing. During extensive discussions with Grok3 on the Constitution, it revealed that it promotes:

1) a living constitution

2) federal judges as the final arbiters of the Constitution

3) the Brennan Center for Justice: an anti-Trump, pro-illegal immigration activist group

Mr. Kalamata

South Santa Rosa County, Florida, South Santa Rosa News:

https://ssrnews.com/opinion-desantis-tries-to-sabotage-uwf-psc/

OPINION: Governor DeSantis Tries to Appoint Bigots and Misogynists to UWF/PSC Boards
Posted on March 20, 2025 by EDITORIAL BOARD

Rudman has been attacking Conservative leaders and alienated himself from genuine Republicans by working with Democrats to attempt to expand in Medicaid in Florida. Rudman also tried, unsuccessfully, to promote the incorporation of Navarre, which residents rejected, citing the higher taxes and more government regulation it would have created.

Who shares the word retarded anymore? Who still openly mocks women and Jewish, African-American, and gay communities? The answer: some of Ron DeSantis’ appointments to UWF and PSC.

For generations our community has worked hard to build up Pensacola State College and the University of West Florida. Now Florida Governor Ron DeSantis seems hell-bent on trying to destroy these higher-educational institutions from within by attempting to appoint bigoted and misogynistic nominees to those Boards of Trustees.

Hundreds turned out Tuesday night to oppose DeSantis’ UWF Board of Trustees appointments at the Save UWF rally, which included highly respected guests like Quint Studer, Rick Outzen and Belle Bear, whose family has contributed more than $5 million to UWF.

Former UWF President Dr. Judy Bense spoke at the event, encouraging the crowd to speak out against DeSantis’ nominations, pointing out the Governor terms out in 2026 and warning how his nominees could inflict a lot of damage until then.

But it’s not just UWF facing disastrous appointments from DeSantis.

Pensacola State College is facing DeSantis’ proposed appointment of failed Congressional candidate Joel Rudman, who lost a January 28 primary for Florida’s 1st Congressional District to Jimmy Patronis, Trump’s pick to replace Matt Gaetz. Results show CD-01 voters rejected Rudman by a nearly 91% margin. He didn’t even win one precinct in his home county of Santa Rosa.

But you know what Rudman did do? He campaigned hard for DeSantis, traveling to Iowa to promote the Governor’s failed Presidential bid against the winner, President Donald J. Trump.

Since losing, Rudman has been on a hate tour as a social media sycophant for DeSantis.

If you look closer at all Rudman’s X and Facebook rants, some of which he deleted (but not before I took screenshots), you’ll see some disturbing posts.

More than once Rudman’s shared or tagged posts using the word “retard.”

Rudman on X shared this photo, which states, “Joe Biden America’s First RETARDED President”

It seems the repeated use of that awful word should be enough to disqualify him from his any Gubernatorial appointment, but there’s a lot more…

Rudman’s taken aim at blacks and gays, too. I have those receipts, plus much more, if anyone would like to see them.

Will definitely be sharing Rudman’s inflammatory posts and videos with the Senate’s Appropriation Committee on Higher Education, which has to approve DeSantis’ nominations. Have already sent some of the photos to Senator Gayle Harrell, chairwoman of that committee. However, her staff told me they haven’t yet received Rudman’s packet from DeSantis’ office.

Makes me wonder if DeSantis is playing dirty, considering he nominated Rudman back in February. Is he intentionally not sending Harrell’s committee the packet in an effort to stall any Senate votes, delaying action until after the 2025 Legislative Session ends on May 2? Is he trying to unilaterally force these nominees onto the Boards?

If so, he shouldn’t be able to do that.

UWF is my alma mater. I had a WONDERFUL experience earning a Computer Science degree there in the 90s, when the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition was just a small room at the back of a hall by the computer lab, where I worked as a debugger. Drs. Anger and Rodriguez took members of the Software Engineering course to Tampa to help GTE ahead of Y2K, giving us real-world experience with coding issues. At that time there were very few females in that program or working at the lab, so it’s saddening to hear stories of how negative comments about women in STEM by Scott Yenor, DeSantis’ pick for the UWF Board, are discouraging local females.

The Board of Trustees for these institutions should be filled with respectful, resourceful community leaders, not vile men who seem to thrive on attention-seeking attacks and disrupting civility.

Please take a few minutes to help stop this:

Email Harrell via Harrell.Gayle@FLsenate.gov.
Senator Don Gaetz is chairman of the Ethics and Elections Committee, which is also supposed to vote on DeSantis’ nominations. Recommend contacting Gaetz’s aide Chelsea Boatwright via Boatwright.Chelsea@FLsenate.gov or 850-595-1036.
I don’t think he cares what we think, but it doesn’t hurt to email GovernorRon.DeSantis@eog.myflorida.com.
EDITOR’S NOTE: This editorial was written by South Santa Rosa News Owner Romi White. I formerly was a strong supporter of Governor DeSantis, but his appointments are deeply troubling. He’s either out of touch with or indifferent to the wishes of voters in Florida’s 1st Congressional District. Consequently, I’ll be voting for Byron Donalds to replace DeSantis in 2026. He’s a genuine Conservative who could help stop Florida’s Republican infighting and, like Patronis, he’s Trump’s pick for the job! Please check him out: https://byrondonalds.com/

“Gladys has a Bachelor of Business Administration with an emphasis in International Business and Social Justice”

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Social “Justice”

Why id Hunter Biden receiving 24 hour SS protection?

“Former President George W. Bush and future former presidents will receive Secret Service protection for the rest of their lives. Children of former presidents up to the age of 16 are assured protection under the new law.”

https://www.google.com/search?q=secret+service+protection+for+adult+children+of+former+president&sca_esv=9f8c9c8b0f4eb12f&rlz=1C1UEAD_enUS1063US1063&sxsrf=AHTn8zqKiuSW2j5Jwqc4cRcBaLtzSlqd7Q%3A1742140946413&ei=EvbWZ4P2GOrhp84Pt-WtiAw&ved=0ahUKEwiDx4ni_I6MAxXq8MkDHbdyC8EQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=secret+service+protection+for+adult+children+of+former+president&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiQHNlY3JldCBzZXJ2aWNlIHByb3RlY3Rpb24gZm9yIGFkdWx0IGNoaWxkcmVuIG9mIGZvcm1lciBwcmVzaWRlbnRInWhQAFiOZ3AHeAGQAQCYAXGgAZEeqgEENDYuMbgBA8gBAPgBAZgCJqACvhTCAgYQABgHGB7CAgoQABiABBhDGIoFwgILEAAYgAQYkQIYigXCAgUQABiABMICBhAAGBYYHsICCxAAGIAEGIYDGIoFwgIIEAAYgAQYogTCAgUQABjvBZgDAJIHBDM3LjGgB7TiAQ&sclient=gws-wiz-serp

Mrs. K

>>The best warning is coordinated mass arrests.
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Indeed.

Blondi Barbie was Jeb Bush’s AG. Her verbal warning reminds me of Jeb’s “Please Clap” moment.

#Rino
#GiveUsGaetz

Mrs. K

oh, looks like he survived....

Darwin’s Survival of the Fittest...he self-deported.

Mrs. K

Check out Thomas Massie’s voting record, times he voted with the Dems:

https://x.com/sabback/status/1879270105097658610/photo/1

Mrs. K

>>If true, these executive orders, pardons, and all other actions are unconstitutional and legally void.
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Including Supreme Court and all other judicial appointees?

Mrs. K

liberal NH guy was Souter.

Amy Conned Ya’ll Barrett is Mitch’s Bitch, she really did fool many of us.

Mrs. K

Blondi Barbie served under Jeb Bush, She knows the RINO playbook well.

Matt Gaetz would have done the job correctly. That’s why the DS knocked him out right away.

>>She talks a really good talk but fails to walk the walk.
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Jeb Bush loved(s?) her.

He always was an arrogant schmuck. Back then, my mom and I both stopped listening to him as well. Maybe he is “owned” by some of the elites and Elon’s work will expose it! Wouldn’t that wipe the smirk off SMIRKconish!

Mrs. K

>>I remember when Drama Queen Smerconish was on Philly AM radio in the mornings, pretending to be a conservative.

Called and called him out several times. Obnoxious little twit…
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Yes, I remember this exactly! Couldn’t have said it better.

Mrs. K

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For sure. Straight up it would burn the tissues in the mouth and throat and maybe the stomach. Very very strong!