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We asked DeSantis campaign Communications Director Stephen Lawson to straighten out the Dee/Deh conundrum. It had become the source of debate in our newsroom. "It's also been a little controversial for us on the campaign trail," Lawson confessed. "He uses Dee-Santis." But Casey Dee-Santis, seems to use Deh-Santis, right? Pause. "Yes," Lawson allowed. And added, "He prefers Dee-Santis." Whoa. So this is a giant source of great friction between Mr. Dee-Santis and Mrs. Deh-Santis, then? "I wouldn't go that far," Lawson deadpanned. The mystery lingers.

A growing number of prominent Republicans are warning that former President Trump should not run again in 2024 or that he will lose if he does, previewing rifts in the GOP that are likely to come into full view after the midterms. Former Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) and former Vice President Mike Pence in recent days each indicated they’d rather see someone else on the ballot in the next presidential election. .... Snip.... Joe O’Dea, the GOP Senate candidate in Colorado, has found traction with voters in what has been an increasingly blue state...

Link to New California website The state of New California took another giant step towards statehood last week. Americans in the state of California have had enough of the corrupt anti-American actions the unconstitutional leaders of the state continue to take. These patriots are tired of policies that the leadership in the state takes to help China and the cartels while destroying the state and the country. They’ve had enough. These multiple unconstitutional anti-American actions taken by the far-left and now communist acting leaders of the state are too much. The state cannot continue with policies of open borders, high...

Facebook is down, and not in a minor way. The Big Tech mammoth is down worldwide in a way in which they will not be able to easily recover as the DNS A and AAA records have been deleted. Technically speaking, facebook.com is now for sale. They’re not alone. Instagram, WhatsApp, and others have also been affected in the same way. It’s clearly a coordinated attack on a massive scale, though it’s unclear how it was pulled off. We’re not talking about a simple DDoS attack. This is catastrophic and would have required high-level access to certain protocols that one...