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Dec 11, 2023
Florida falls to #46 in average SAT scores
An in-depth analysis of the data and contributing factors. By Rebekah Jones Florida’s continued failures in K-12 education hit a new low...
Dec 6, 2023
Florida Reps Wanted Santos to Stay
by David Silverberg The United States House of Representatives voted this morning to expel Rep. George Santos (R-3-NY) from the body for...
Dec 1, 2023
Rainbow Bridge, Dublin viral extremism
By Rebekah Jones If you’re a self-respecting person who took a social media break over the holiday, you might have missed two viral...
Nov 21, 2023
Southwest Florida Reps vote for government shutdown
by David Silverberg Southwest Florida’s congressional representatives split yesterday, Nov. 14, when voting for a measure to fund the...
Nov 15, 2023
A friend went viral for her comments on Gaza
By Rebekah Jones The online violence I've observed during the last month by those on either side of the Israel-Gaza conflict has begun...
Nov 14, 2023
2023 Blue Wave Takeaways
by David Silverberg It wasn’t a tsunami but the wave of election victories for Democrats and abortion rights supporters that occurred...
Nov 8, 2023
Marking one month since the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel
By Rebekah Jones It's been one month since Hamas attacked Israel, killing 1,400 people - men, women, children. It's now the third...
Nov 6, 2023
Elon Musk and the alt-right lying about election case
Ruling on Bridgeport, CT Democratic Primary became fodder for election deniers By Rebekah Jones A judge in Connecticut ordered an...
Oct 23, 2023
The life, times and responses of Bibi Netanyahu
By David Silverberg Benjamin Netanyahu was a like a car with the brakes set—but with the pedal to the metal and the engine racing at 90...
Oct 16, 2023
Hamas' evil lie about murdering babies
By Rebekah Jones After this, I'm done fact-checking the disinformation coming out of the Middle East. No one is interested in truth....
Oct 13, 2023
Florida Congressman invokes anti-semitic trope for fundraising
by David Silverberg Even as he expresses support for Israel and denounces President Joe Biden, Rep. Byron Donalds (R-19-Fla.) is using...
Oct 10, 2023
Political Winners and Losers of Hurricane Idalia
by David Silverberg Natural disasters create political winners and losers. As a general rule, disasters favor incumbents—but only if they...
Sep 29, 2023
Three Florida Men and the death march to a shutdown
by David Silverberg It is extraordinary that a congressional impasse that could bring the world’s richest and most powerful government to...
Sep 26, 2023
Everyone will feel the impact of a government shutdown
by David Silverberg A federal government shutdown starting at the first minute of Sunday, Oct. 1 now seems highly likely. As of this...
Sep 12, 2023
Shutdown threat hurts hurricane victims
by David Silverberg On Saturday, Sept. 2, President Joe Biden came to Live Oaks, Fla., to see the damage from Hurricane Idalia for...
Aug 31, 2023
Did Collier County Just Secede?
By David Silverberg Beginning this month, the nation baked in relentless, climate change-induced heat; wildfires and storms took lives...
Aug 23, 2023
Where are we going to live?
By Cindy Banyai, Ph.D. The cost of houses and rent across Southwest Florida and US have been skyrocketing recently. The real estate boom...
Aug 16, 2023
Dwindling rights of women in Florida
By Cindy Banyai, Ph.D. We as Americans, love and enjoy our freedom. Many have fought for these freedoms in the battlefields, the streets,...
Aug 8, 2023
Climate Change Rundown
By Cindy Banyai, Ph.D. Whether politicians want to believe it or not, we are experiencing climate change and human activity is behind it....
Jul 31, 2023
Will Donalds condemn anti-Semitism at home in Southwest Florida?
by David Silverberg Hypocrisy in politics is as old as human interaction itself. People have become inured to blatant hypocrisy, which...
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