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DeSantis hosts COVID Grand Jury Roundtable
Governor DeSantis hosted one of his famous scientific roundtables, this time to discuss the Covid Grand Jury’s First Interim Report. The panel included expert scientists like Dr. Joseph Fraiman, Dr. Steven Templeton, Dr. Brett Weinstein, Dr. Martin Kulldorf, and Dr. Jay Bhattacharya. There’s a ton of good stuff in the program, which runs just over…
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DeSantis wins again: Election law challenge
The Orlando Sentinel ran an uplifting election-law story yesterday headlined, “Federal judge grudgingly rules for DeSantis in elections law challenge.” Grudgingly is one way of putting it. In 2021, Florida passed a package of election-law reforms designed to prevent cheating. After a legal challenge in 2022, a federal Judge (an Obama appointee) ruled large parts…
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Housing homeless in St. Johns
Ambitious plans to help homeless people in St. Johns County seem to face an uphill battle. According to a story in Jax Today, the Emergency Services and Homeless Coalition of St Johns County, Inc. hopes to redirect funds from a state grant into building new homes, even though the director admits such plans rarely are…