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On Monday, social media "influencer" and vocal Trump supporter Brandon Straka proclaimed victory in a January 6th-related civil case filed against him by several Capitol Police officers. Straka released this statement on X/Twitter:🚨VICTORY!!!🚨I have WON the J6 civil case against me by the corrupt, lying, leftist Soros-funded DC nonprofit lawfirm Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (@LawyersComm).Over 2 years ago I was served in a civil lawsuit by 8 black and brown Capitol Police officers whom I’ve never met, had no contact with on J6, and whom I was not even within proximity of. They sued me under the...

A Miami Lakes woman has been arrested on charges connected to the the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. Barbara Balmaseda, 23, is charged with a felony offense....

The U.S. Attorney's office announced Monday the arrest of another Californian for taking part in the Jan. 6 attacks on the U.S. Capitol in 2021. Kyle Travis Colton, of Citrus Heights, was arrested on Dec. 15 in connection with the breach of the Capitol during Congress' count of the electoral votes in the presidential election.

I'm reading a book about Florida called "For Sale —American Paradise: How Our Nation Was Sold an Impossible Dream in Florida" by Willie Drye. A lengthy title but a very good book, I am learning so much about how Florida went from a swampy backwater full of alligators where nobody wanted to live to our third most populous state (and perhaps someday to be our most populous state) and certainly the most air-conditioned state in the union. Willie Drye's book is very well researched and is full of very interesting stories about the early days of the Florida boom and...

Early yesterday I wrote about the current crisis in the U.S. Fiscal system in the areas of unemployment and our national debt, and how they are leading indicators towards a major financial collapse. Today, there are several pieces of news that add credence to that theory. First, the April retail sales and foreclosure numbers were released today, showing far worse performance than expected and leading to market declines. Second, Social Security and Medicare are now dangerously close to being insolvent.

U.S. consumer confidence fell to its lowest in more than a quarter century in early April, diving deeper into recessionary territory on heightened worries over inflation and jobs, a survey showed Friday. The Reuters/University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers said its preliminary index of confidence fell to 63.2 in April from 69.5 in March. This was well below economists' median expectation of a reading of 69.0, according to a Reuters poll. The April result is the lowest since March 1982's level of 62.0, when the "stagflationary" period of low growth and high inflation was still fresh in the memory of...