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Easily said if you have money to spare. But I expect many Floridians will begin to push back against the new Florida law when they figure out how much it is stretching their already stretched grocery budgets.

The TV and Twitter Viewership Difference Explained This Newsweek article included helpful information about viewership. TV viewership is commonly gauged by ratings agencies like Nielsen. "When Carlson's Fox News show was axed in April it was pulling in around 3.3 million views per episode...

The Steep Decline of Tucker on Twitter is Confirmed Yesterday, Newsweek said, "Tucker Carlson's new Twitter show has seen its viewing figures fall dramatically, since it was first launched on June 6, according to data made publicly available by the social media giant." (Source) The view...

I have never once heard DeSantis say he's wondering how he can exit the campaign gracefully. It requires mind reading to arrive at that conclusion. I have heard Trump say, out loud and in writing, the things that are on his mind. No mind-reading required there. You need only take Trump at his...

That program is poorly administered. It is receiving a renewed focus in response to the new Florida law, but that does not mean it will change. Washington gets little done these days, even when it would make sense to do so. And when you pass a law that prompts illegal migrants to move out of the...

And as I said above, if higher wages and benefits were paid, our grocery costs would soar more than they are soaring now.

Your point?

We'll soon find out, won't we? The only way to get Florida high school graduates to work the fields in the summer heat would be at gunpoint or some other forced labor arrangement. A few might take $100/hour to do the work. Maybe quite a few. But your grocery costs would skyrocket. You're right...

US Army infantry soldier. Next herdest was section laborer with the Milwaukee Road railroad (a/k/a gandy dancer). That was a summer job between the Army and college; three months of brutal manual labor. Other jobs had their moments; Auto mechanic doing service calls and tow jobs in Minnesota...

If not $12.6 billion, then how much? How do you know how much it will cost in lost revenue?

Early Indicators While the new law only recently went into effect, anecdotal evidence is beginning to emerge: "We are hearing people are starting to leave," Yvette Cruz with the Farmworkers Association of Florida told CBS News of reports of migrant workers abandoning fields and construction...

And you know this how?

I was thinking it was DeSantis who wants DeSantis to stay in the race.

Fundraising: Trump and DeSantis both Strong, but DeSantis Crushes Trump Trump: Trump raised over $35 million in Q2, 2023. This is about double what he raised in Q1 ($18.8 million). This money is split between two entities (Trump's official campaign committee, and the Save America PAC). Funds...

Known by the Company You Keep Roger Stone accompanied Trump at an Iowa campaign stop on Friday and on board Trump's plane on a flight to Las Vegas. "In 2019, Stone was found guilty in federal court for interfering with the congressional investigation into Trump's 2016 campaign and its ties to...

Just for Fun News broke this week that META is launching "Threads," which may become a serious Twitter competitor. META also owns Instagram. Because of the Instagram connection and ease with which Instagram users can install and use the Threads app, tens of millions of people quickly adopted...

Disciplinary Panel Calls for Former Trump Attorney Giuliani's Disbarment The Big Lie continues to unravel. "The report, released Friday by a committee assembled to review his conduct, determine that Giuliani “seriously undermined the administration of justice” by bringing a suit “seeking to...

Convicted felons can get driver's licenses in all states. They're criminals too, are they not? In most cases, being a criminal does not disqualify you from obtaining a driver's license.

This is Different "Some Wisconsin Republican voters are losing faith in former President Trump as a new statewide poll showed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis beating him by 16 points in a head-to-head primary matchup."...

I'm not going to interpret an article, declare something to be "woke, evaluate it, and then have you say that's not. I'm done with this fruitless game unless you provide a SPECIFIC issue that YOU say is DeSantis's anti-woke agenda and his definition of woke.