We have one healthy party
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We have one healthy party

Within minutes of President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the 2024 race, Sen. Tom Cotton leaped onto X to declare that “Joe Biden succumbed to a coup by Nancy Pelosi, Barack Obama, and Hollywood donors, ignoring millions of Democratic primary votes. Donald Trump took a bullet for democracy.” Radio host Erick Erickson was even more creative,…

Are we to believe anything the government tells us?
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Are we to believe anything the government tells us?

We have long known that Democrats are in favor of late-term abortions. But this Biden thing takes it to new limits. As the vultures circled last month, the Democratic Party devoured one of its own when Joe Biden sent a note to the country saying that he would not be running for re-election.  He did…

Island marina project could face new PUD rules
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Island marina project could face new PUD rules

At last week’s meeting of the Franklin County commission, they didn’t discuss the details of a revised proposal by the developers of the most high-profile project on St. George Island in many years. Instead, they debated what rules should apply. The Landing at SGI, LLC, a multi-faceted project first introduced last year, has revised the…

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Unemployment ticks upwards in Franklin, Gulf

While continuing to post jobless numbers that place it among the best in the state, unemployment along the Forgotten Coast rose slightly last month. According to preliminary data released Friday by the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, Gulf County unemployment rose by just one-tenth of 1 percentage point to 2.9 percent, as seven people joined…

We’re at a crossroads following Trump assassination attempt
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We’re at a crossroads following Trump assassination attempt

The political world was shaken over the weekend by the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. Footage from the event showed Trump clutch his right ear and go down after gunshots rang out. Quickly rising to his feet amid a phalanx of U.S. Secret Service agents, Trump pumped a fist at the crowd as…

After Saturday’s failed assassination on Trump, the RNC changes tone

After Saturday’s failed assassination on Trump, the RNC changes tone

MILWAUKEE — The Republican National Convention has turned into a kumbaya moment for the press corps and Team Trump. Donald Trump certainly has moderated his tone. I hear that Saturday’s brush with death has changed him. Maybe all will be as it was come Thursday night, but for now the pugilist has hung up his…

Dems call Trump ‘Hitler’ for years and act surprised
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Dems call Trump ‘Hitler’ for years and act surprised

Donald Trump happened to turn his ample head at exactly the right time to miss being gravely shot by less than an inch. That would have left America with only two guys, both brain damaged, to vote for president in November.  Call it Providence, luck, or just another failure of the Biden administration, but it…