For regular people, fuel economy is one of the most important factors when it comes to deciding what new car to buy, right up there with price, reliability and whether or not Apple CarPlay is available. And it makes sense. If one car gets 20 mpg and the other gets 25 mpg, fueling the latter … Read more
Florida’s Republican Governor Ron DeSantis declared a so-called Freedom Summer for the state kicking off May 27 and running through September 2. Freedom, as I understand it, means that a people can act, speak, or think as they want without the restraint of a governing body. So that must mean DeSantis is killing some long-unnecessary … Read more
In 2023, water off the coast of Florida reached over 90 degrees Fahrenheit. The same year, Hurricane Idalia caused approximately $3.6 billion in damages and 12 fatalities across the US. The year before that, Hurricane Ian caused an estimated $115 billion in damages and killed nearly 150 people. Meanwhile, the state is literally sinking. Numerous … Read more
Shortly after Ron DeSantis dropped out of the GOP primary, he reportedly told supporters that he had no interest in being Donald Trump’s VP, claimed Trump effectively accomplished nothing of importance as president, lamented the support Trump gained after each indictment, and castigated the conservative media for not running critical stories about his opponent. In … Read more
On Monday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law. This bill prohibits children under the age of 14 from accessing social media platforms within the state. The recently signed bill also requires those aged 14 or 15 to obtain parental consent before joining any social media platform. HB3, the bill in question, instructs … Read more
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida will have one of the country’s most restrictive social media bans for minors — if it withstands expected legal challenges — under a bill signed by Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday. The bill will ban social media accounts for children under 14 and require parental permission for 15- and … Read more
State Sen. Lydia Edwards is backing Allison Cartwright for clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court, announcing her support in a social media post that appeared to take a shot at her former colleague on the Boston City Council, Erin Murphy. Edwards made it clear in two separate posts on X this month that she prefers … Read more
Please, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, don’t let Martha’s Vineyard have all the fun with illegal aliens. You must remember, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has more than 300 communities. And at least 20 or 30 of them are as deeply in need of a good, hard celebration of diversity as Martha’s Vineyard no doubt is. Governor, … Read more
One of the major criticisms of Ron DeSantisâs campaign for the GOP nomination was that he went far too easy on his biggest competition, a.k.a. Donald Trump. Yet since dropping out of the race, the Florida governor has fully trashed the ex-president, saying Trump accomplished virtually nothing of note while in office and preemptively rejecting … Read more
In 2021, Ron DeSantis appointed Joseph Ladapo the surgeon general of Florida, after Ladapoâs op-eds questioning mask-wearing, COVID-19 vaccines, and other public health measures caught the governorâs eye. In the ensuing years, Ladapo has recommended children should not receive the COVID vaccine, has âweaponize[d] bad science to spread anti-vaccine disinformation as official policy,â and has personally … Read more
