The Other McCain

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Election Results 2024: Trump Wins Pennsylvania, Will Be 47th U.S. President

UPDATE 1:30 a.m. ET Wednesday: TRUMP JUST WON IT! BREAKING NEWS: The Fox News Decision Desk projects that former President Trump will win Pennsylvania. pic.twitter.com/assv0ANYj6 — Fox News (@FoxNews) November 6, 2024 Per NYT Trump is likely to win the popular vote. We did it! — Katya Sedgwick (@KatyaSedgwick) November 6, 2024 .@DecisionDeskHQ Calls it […]

Crazy People Are Dangerous: Deranged Florida Family Murders Deputy

“She was talking about how she was . . . God’s wife, and we were all demons, and our dogs were hell hounds and all of this, and it was just a crazy and insane moment.” — witness interviewed by WESH-TV This story broke over the weekend, but I didn’t report on it immediately because […]

Aspiring Rapper Update

Say hello to Charles Andrew Jones II, a/k/a “Julio Foolio” and, while you’re at it, go ahead and say good-bye, because Mr. Jones died last month in a hail of gunfire in the parking lot of a Tampa hotel. Because it’s been more than a month since our last Aspiring Rapper Update, I’ll remind you […]

Another #NeverTrump Embarrassment: ‘Lewd and Lascivious Behavior’

“The people who drafted McMullin to be the ‘Never Trump’ independent candidate are some of the Republican establishment’s most well-known operatives: Bill Kristol, John Kingston, Joel Searby, Rick Wilson. McMullin is an unknown congressional staffer who worked for the CIA, including 10 years undercover, and has no political experience whatsoever.” — Washington Post, Aug. 22, […]

‘I’m Saying He’s Whacked Out’

The term “Florida man” has become a sort of punchline, but you probably won’t be laughing when you learn the details about this one. Before proceeding to the gruesome crimes for which Wade Wilson was recently convicted by a jury in Lee County, Florida, let me ask, what’s the first thing you notice about Wade […]

Crazy People Are Dangerous

Say hello to Delroy Thomas of Riviera Beach, Florida, who has a lot of problems, including gunshot wounds: Just two days before an encounter with a police officer that resulted in a Riviera Beach man being shot and wounded on the campus of Suncoast High School, his family sought to get him help. Delroy Thomas […]

Quashawn, Rashan, and ‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’ in Polk County

Say hello to Quashawn Burgess Jr. and, while you’re at it, you can go ahead and say good-bye, because Quashawn joined the choir invisible last week, bleeding out in the driveway of a Florida home: Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd called on the public for information after a 15-year-old who may have been a gang […]

NAACP: ‘Stay Out of Florida, Negroes’

That’s the real message, if you don’t mind me paraphrasing: Today, the NAACP Board of Directors issued a formal travel advisory for the state of Florida. The travel advisory comes in direct response to Governor Ron DeSantis’ aggressive attempts to erase Black history and to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in Florida schools. The […]

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