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No one is ever held accountable in Biden’s war on gunsMultiple civil rights violations go unnoticed, unpunished.The Gun WriterLee Willaims6/13/2023A secret cabal of unelected bureaucrats operating in the bowels of the White House is the real architect of Joe Biden’s war on our guns, and none are ever held accountable.Susan Rice, Barack Obama’s former national security advisor, played a leading role in this Star Chamber of civil rights abuse, until she abruptly left the White House last month. Rice, who served as Joe Biden’s domestic policy advisor, didn’t even bother to hide her frequent meetings with members of the gun-ban...

Ron DeSantis is right to fight back against woke capitalismCorporate meddling in politics is out of control. Pushback is needed.SpikedBrendan O'Neill4/27/2023Some top Republicans are getting cold feet over Ron DeSantis’s fight with Disney. The Florida governor has been locking horns with the Walt Disney Company for more than a year. His beef is with Disney’s arrogant decree that it would use its economic clout to wound and ideally kill off his House Bill 1557, branded the ‘Don’t Say Gay Bill’ by some commentators. Now passed into law, as the Florida Parental Rights in Education Act, HB1557 limits what schoolteachers can...

The Painful Reality of Trump the CandidateTrump’s pathway to winning the general election in 2024 looks almost impossible.American GreatnessRodThompson4/9/2023Everyone fighting to save America from the destruction of the Democratic Left needs to face up to some realities. Realities that will be hard to swallow. They are for me, after voting for President Trump twice and believing, as I do, that the 2020 election was at least rigged, and possibly stolen.But that was then. Whatever happened—and considering how much has been destroyed now by statute, we will never know—Joe Biden is catastrophically doddering around the White House. If the nation has...

House committee advances disapproval resolution on gun ruleRepublicans look to block a Biden administration rule to strengthen regulations on firearms with stabilizing bracesRoll CallRyan Tarinelli4/20/2023The House Judiciary Committee advanced a joint resolution Thursday that would block a Biden administration rule to strengthen regulations on firearms with stabilizing braces.The 23-15 vote along party lines on the measure is the latest confrontation between GOP lawmakers and the administration over actions to address gun violence and mass shootings.The rule from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives would require gun owners before June to register pistols with stabilizing braces that turn them...

A New Prison Near Walt Disney World? Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Turns Up The Heat On Reedy CreekDeadlineJill Goldsmith4/17/2023Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis insisted again today that he and the state legislature can and will overturn any Disney development deal and retake control of the acreage that’s home to Walt Disney World and was administered by the company in what’s called the Reedy Creek Improvement District.He called the recently discovered Disney contracts legally unsound but said that even if they weren’t, “Florida statutes provide the legislature with the authority to revoke development agreements in this exact kind of instance.” He told...

Untangling DeSantis-Disney legal dispute could take yearsOrlando SentinelSkyler Swisher3/30/2023If they go to court, Disney and Gov. Ron DeSantis’ hand-picked oversight board might be in for a multimillion-dollar legal slugfest that could last years.On one side, the Reedy Creek Improvement District is hiring four law firms, including a politically connected conservative Washington, D.C., firm that counts U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz and Tom Cotton as alumni.On the other, Disney is a nearly $180 billion corporation with a top lawyer who earned about $15.2 million in compensation in 2022, according to a recent financial filing.Legal bills would pile up in a protracted court...

Vice Chair of FL GOP Christian Ziegler: Only 17,000 of the Net 1 Million Moving to the State Registered DemocratBreitbartHannah Bleau2/3/2023Christian Ziegler, the vice chair of the Republican Party of Florida, who is running for the chairmanship, told Breitbart News Saturday about the successes the Sunshine State has seen over the past four years, noting that Republicans are in a strong position politically, particularly in terms of voter registration in Florida.Florida will be electing its state chairman in a matter of weeks, Ziegler said, noting that his challenger is the chairman and lobbyist in Leon County. Ziegler also highlighted how...

In the Sunshine State, the voting is easy and the results are quick.The day after the 2020 general election, Florida governor Ron DeSantis crowed about his state’s performance. While vote-counting in other states was slow going and the results in several key races were still in doubt, Florida’s elections had seemingly gone off without a hitch. Of course, it wasn’t always that way. Two decades earlier, Florida had become the national poster child for mismanaged elections. In the razor-thin race between George W. Bush and Al Gore, images of Florida vote-counters with magnifying glasses eyeing so-called pregnant, dimpled, and hanging...

Howdy, folks. Just a quick vanity to see if anyone here knows what happened to FReeper 'PROCON'. He last posted here on 9/29/22 and not a word since. I ask because I bequeathed to him my private RKBA (2nd Amendment) list to I could focus on Florida issues, but if he has disappeared I will have have to resume that duty. I hope he's OK. If anyone knows what the story with PROCON is, please let me know. Thanks in advance.

Disney v. DeSantis: What’s next for Reedy Creek district?Orlando SentinelSkyler Swisher10/13/22Walt Disney Co.’s future in Florida is being shaped in secret as Gov. Ron DeSantis’ culture war battle with the entertainment giant fades from the national headlines.One key question has emerged: Who will control a new special district that is expected to replace the Reedy Creek Improvement District? Disney uses Reedy Creek to essentially self-govern its theme park properties in Florida.The details will likely be hammered out in the next state legislative session that starts in March. Reedy Creek is set to be abolished on June 1, but state leaders...

What Florida Needs to Recover From Hurricane IanReal Clear FloridaMarco Rubio10/13/22A few years ago, while visiting the National Hurricane Center, I asked the staff to describe a worst-case weather scenario for Florida. They described a high-category hurricane stalling off the coast and pummeling the western side of the state with storm surge. In other words, they described Hurricane Ian.Over the course of that storm, Florida suffered as much as $50 billion in property damage. Whole communities were destroyed. Islands were cut off. And the death toll, now exceeding 100, continues to rise. It’s the worst natural disaster to hit Florida...

Longtime NRA lobbyist Marion Hammer retiresFlorida politicsJacob Ogles6/16/2022The force behind the 'stand your ground' law and the Eddie Eagle Gun Safe program announced her retirement.One of the nation’s most prominent gun rights advocates will hang up her holsters — at least in the public realm. Marion Hammer, a former National Rifle Association President, announced her retirement as Florida’s top lobbyist for the NRA Institute for Legislative Action in the state.“It has been an honor to serve NRA members as state lobbyist in Florida,” Hammer said. “Above all, it’s been my privilege to serve and to fight alongside great warriors for...

ATF Requests Funding for Pistol Brace Amnesty Registration ProgramAmmoland Inc. September 2, 2022John CrumpWashington, DC – -(AmmoLand.com)- AmmoLand News has uncovered information showing that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) is planning to force gun owners to register firearms with pistol braces as a National Firearms Act (NFA) ATF Form 1 item.The document (embedded below) was uncovered in a budget justification from the ATF to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). This form confirms the leaked information AmmoLand News has heard for months from our inside sources at the ATF.The document reads: Due to the upcoming...

New Report Raises Serious Concerns Over Integrity of Florida ElectionsPosted on August 19, 2022 by Constitutional NobodyArticle from our premium news partners at The Epoch Times.Findings revealed in a recent report raise serious concerns regarding Florida’s level of election integrity.According to the “Pre-Election Observation Report” released by Floridians for Election Transparency (FFET) and obtained exclusively by The Epoch Times (pdf), there are numerous flaws, inconsistencies, and violations of Florida election laws that raise serious concerns about the election system.FFET contacted the supervisors of elections in 28 of the state’s 67 counties for the study, and 18 agreed to participate. Ten...

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I'm at work at the moment, so I only have time for an excerpt. For the whole article, please CLICK HERE.I note that the video in question may be unavailable; I don't know if that's due to censorship or server overload, but I pulled it off the web when it first appeared a few days ago, and have placed it here.***Florida school board member boasts 'woke' teachers are 'working from the inside'Cortney O'Brien, Fox News8/10/2022A Sarasota schools board member revealed at a recent talk that "woke" teachers are "working from the inside." "I just wanted to give a little reassurance...

GOP lesson: DeSantis deployed states’ rights, and his popularity soared.Rod Thomson4/21/2022Florida Governor Ron DeSantis won in 2018 over Andrew Gillum by 32,000 votes, or four-tenths of one percentage point. Very, very close in a big purple state. Since that victory, DeSantis has endured relentless attacks on every conceivable issue, non-issue and fake issue.National outlets such as 60 Minutes and state publications in every market gaslit and flat-out lied about DeSantis, from Covid deaths to transgenderism in schools to the fictional “don’t say gay” bill. Late-night former comedians, Hollywooders, corporate cowards and the White House have all singled out DeSantis for...

Nikki Fried Officially Running for Governor Against Ron DeSantisShe's finally in and we are off to the races.Javier Manjarres | June 1, 2021It’s official! Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has finally signed the controversial Transgender female sports ban into law today and has once again taken the media reigns for the day. Oh, wait, Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried filed paperwork to put herself on the ballot for governor in 2022.Commissioner Fried’s non-announcement fell on deaf ears and was overshadowed by DeSantis’s signing of the transgender bill in Jacksonville.Fried filed the paperwork but has not announced her actions on Twitter or any...

GOP leaders in the Florida state legislature reportedly helped revive and approve a controversial ban on transgender athletes participating in women's sports at the high school and college levels.Language was added as a late amendment in the state House to charter school legislation, the Herald Tribune reported Wednesday night.

Trudeau Liberals declare war on Canada’s law-abiding gun community FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 2, 2020 Oshawa, ON – On Friday, May 1, 2020, the Liberal government of Justin Trudeau launched an unwarranted attack against our community. With the stroke of a pen, 1500 guns were instantly banned. No reasons were given other than Trudeau’s usual warm and fuzzy platitudes and virtue signalling on a subject he knows absolutely nothing about. While this is hardly a new role for him, the evil minions that do his bidding even went so far as to disable the Firearms Reference Tables for an entire...