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The Florida Department of Health announced 9,007 new cases of COVID-19 in the state on Friday, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the state to 470,386 since the pandemic began. For the fourth day, the number of reported deaths of Florida residents broke a record. On Friday 257 new deaths were reported, surpassing Thursday’s single-day record increase. It’s the third day in a row with more than 200 new deaths. COVID-19 deaths in Florida are at 6,843 for Florida residents since the pandemic began. Manatee County had six new deaths reported, to bring total deaths to 182. One...

BRADENTON — GOP candidate for governor Adam Putnam portrayed his primary opponent as President Donald Trump’s puppet during a campaign stop in Bradenton on Tuesday, saying Ron DeSantis doesn’t have his own plan to lead the state. “You can’t afford to have a governor who calls the White House every morning and says ‘What are we going to do today, boss?’” Putnam said during a breakfast event at Theresa’s Restaurant. “No, if you want to help our president make America great, the third-largest state has to be hitting on all cylinders.” “I know Florida best,” Putnam added. “I have a...

MOSCOW (AFP) – The United States and Russia will sign a military cooperation agreement when US President Barack Obama visits in July, Moscow's top military commander said Friday after meeting his US counterpart. The announcement reflects warming ties between Moscow and Washington and would have been unthinkable last August when the Georgia crisis pushed their relations to the lowest point since the Cold War. *snip* "We reached an absolutely identical understanding that in the world there are many more threats and challenges that we should solve on the political and military levels," he said, quoted by all three major Russian...

See for example this thread first. The MSM is in a snit (I'll tell you in a little bit.) Unaware he was heard Bush used the "S-word" We'll never hear the end of it!

FORUMS »  Forum for this topic As if she doesn't already have enough stress in her life defending the sexual orientation of Ken, Barbie will soon be saddled with a pair of grandparents. The dolls, who have yet to be named (I'm partial to Doc and Bunny), will be on toy-store shelves by the fall, according to a story in the New York Daily News. About all we know at this point is that grandpa will be dressed in a woolly jumper and grandma will wear a floral blouse. (We assume -- no, make that we pray -- that...

FORUMS »  Forum for this topic As if she doesn't already have enough stress in her life defending the sexual orientation of Ken, Barbie will soon be saddled with a pair of grandparents. The dolls, who have yet to be named (I'm partial to Doc and Bunny), will be on toy-store shelves by the fall, according to a story in the New York Daily News. About all we know at this point is that grandpa will be dressed in a woolly jumper and grandma will wear a floral blouse. (We assume -- no, make that we pray -- that...