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November 1, 2019 - 6:00am
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This week the Senate will be debating the second of the 12 appropriations bills that together make up the full funding of our federal government.
Napoleon is supposed to have said that the quality he most valued in his generals was luck. In the current race for the Republican presidential nomination, Napoleon's favorite would clearly be Mitt Romney.
WASHINGTON -- By the time Steve Jobs' Wikipedia page had been adjusted to past tense, eulogists had added a footnote to his biography of success. Failure.
WASHINGTON -- What do you do if you can't run on your record -- on 9 percent unemployment, stagnant growth and ruinous deficits as far as the eye can see?
Dead. Kaput. Through. Finished. Washed up. Gone-zo.
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By Kevin Derby
Former U.S. Rep. Allen West spent the Labor Day weekend attacking President Barack Obamas handling of the Middle East and questioning whether the U.S. needs to take military action in Syria.
West weighed in on Monday, taking to Facebook to take aim at Republicans -- namely U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. -- who are backing Obamas call for military action.
By Kevin Derby
U.S. Rep. Dennis Ross attended a classified briefing on the situation in Syria on Sunday and said on Monday that he continued to oppose American military action against that nations regime.
"Yesterday, I attended a classified briefing for members of Congress on the assessment of Syria, Ross said on Monday. I join President Obama in strongly condemning the regime's use of chemical weapons against their people. However, the decision to use military force against Bashar al-Assad is one that the president of the United States must seek approval first from Congress.
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A Ramussen Reports poll, released Monday, showed 47 percent of likely voters gave the president a "poor" rating on government spending, while an additional 19 percent gave him a "fair" rating. Only 14 percent gave Obama an "excellent" rating on government spending, while 19 percent gave him a "good" rating.
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A team of anthropological researchers from the University of South Florida began the exhumation process Saturday to uncover bodies at the Dozier School for Boys in Marianna, and have since been working tirelessly throughout the holiday weekend to shed light on what really happened at Dozier so many years ago.
Human remains were found at the school in a shallow hole about 30 yards north of a set of white crosses at the school. Dr. Erin Kimmerle, who has been leading the research team, said the hardware put the grave in the 1940s or later.
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U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., spoke out Friday on the possibility of President Barack Obama using military action against Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria, saying that any military action needs to go through Congress first.
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ESPN columnist Scoop Jackson won't be writing about anything involving Florida sports anytime soon. Jackson announced Friday that he's boycotting all Florida sports in response to the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.
Zimmerman was found not guilty over a month ago.
By Kevin Derby
Former U.S. Rep. Allen West ripped civil rights leaders late on Thursday, insisting they turned the 50th anniversary celebration of the March on Washington to a partisan event.
Yesterday on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, head of the National Urban League, Marc Morial, stated that white sheets had been turned into white button-down collar shirts, West posted on Facebook. And Jesse Jackson compared the constitutional conservative grassroots movement, the tea party, to the Confederacy. Really?
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Rep. Ray Pilon, R-Sarasota, has added his name to a long list of supporters for state representative hopeful Blaise Ingoglia. Ingoglia has his sights set on the House District 35 seat, which covers most of Hernando County.
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Three teenagers who brutally beat a 13-year-old boy on a school bus pleaded guilty to aggravated battery in juvenile court on Thursday. A third teenager also pleaded guilty to robbery.
The victim in the case was attending summer school at Lealman Intermediate School when he was approached by two of the boys, who asked him if he wanted to buy marijuana. The victim told a teacher, and was later beaten by the two boys who were sitting behind him on the school bus.
By Kevin Derby
From his perch on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, U.S. Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., expressed his opposition to military action against the Syrian regime.
The recent news of the White Houses announcement to possibly take military action in Syria has sent waves throughout our nation, Yoho said on Thursday. While the president aims to intervene in Syrias internal conflict, I maintain that it is neither the role of the United States federal government to do so nor the responsibility of the American taxpayer to fund such an unconstitutional act.
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