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Border Patrol Agents Find $43,000 Worth of Cocaine Washed Up on Florida Coastline

November 4, 2022
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U.S. Border Patrol agents in Florida discovered 3 pounds of cocaine that had washed up near the coastline of Cape Canaveral on Thursday. Officials said they found the drugs, which have an estimated street value of $43,000, inside a water-logged package that had washed up on the shore, Fox News reported. The drugs will now be processed for seizure,…

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Americans Won’t Vote for Candidates Who Support Youth Transgender Procedures: Poll

November 4, 2022
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The vast majority of Americans will not vote for candidates who support transgender procedures for minors, a recent survey finds. According to a recent national survey (pdf) from the Trafalgar Group, 72.7 percent of American voters say they are not likely to vote for a candidate who supports allowing minors to use puberty blockers or to…

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DeSantis Calls Out Chinese Firm’s Purchase of Florida Land for Primate Breeding Facility

November 3, 2022
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Gov. Ron DeSantis raised concern over the Chinese Communist Party’s growing influence in Florida amid scrutiny of a Chinese firm’s purchase of 1,400 acres of land in the state in the hopes of building a primate breeding facility. JOINN Laboratories CA Inc. purchased the land in Levy County, Florida, for about $5.5 million in July,…

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EXCLUSIVE: DeSantis Calls Out Chinese Firm’s Purchase of Florida Land for Primate Breeding Facility

November 3, 2022
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Gov. Ron DeSantis raised concern over the Chinese Communist Party’s growing influence in Florida amid scrutiny of a Chinese firm’s purchase of 1,400 acres of land in the state in the hopes of building a primate breeding facility. JOINN Laboratories CA Inc. purchased the land in Levy County, Florida, for about $5.5 million in July,…

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DeSantis Awards City of Marathon $1.3 Million Through Job Growth Grant Fund

November 2, 2022
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During an Oct. 28 press conference on Crawl Key in Marathon, Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced his award of $1.3 million for infrastructure improvements to U.S. Highway 1. Funding for the Marathon project will support widening U.S. 1, adding a turn lane, and installing utility infrastructure that will include nearly a mile of new sewer…

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Biden Blames Inflation on ‘War in Iraq,’ and Incorrectly Says ‘That’s Where My Son Died’

November 2, 2022
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President Joe Biden incorrectly stated during a speech on Tuesday that his son died while serving in Iraq as he also initially blamed global inflation on the “war in Iraq,” before correcting himself. Biden’s latest gaffe happened on Tuesday while speaking at an event in Hallandale Beach, Florida, discussing inflation, medicare, and social security. “They…

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Biden Calls DeSantis, His Potential 2024 Rival, ‘Trump Incarnate’

November 2, 2022
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President Joe Biden suggested on Nov. 1 that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis would be another version of former President Donald Trump, as Biden stumped for the state’s Democrat gubernatorial nominee Charlie Crist who is facing an increasing deficit in the polls days before the election day. “Charlie is running against Donald Trump incarnate,” Biden said…

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Florida Midterms: Republicans Surpass Democrats in Vote-By-Mail and Early Voting Numbers

November 1, 2022
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With only one week to go until the Nov. 8 midterm election, Republicans have surpassed Democrats in vote-by-mail and early voting numbers. According to reports, Republicans surpassed Democrats in the number of vote-by-mail ballots and in-person early votes cast, as of Oct. 29. Just five days before, Democrats were ahead. In the months leading to the Nov….

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Masked Man Kills Woman in ‘Targeted’ Hit at Florida Home

November 1, 2022
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NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla.—A woman who was in bed with her two young children was fatally shot early Tuesday during a home invasion that a Florida sheriff described as “targeted” hit. A man knocked on a door in New Port Richey, which is north of Tampa, sometime after 12:30 a.m., Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco…

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Florida Agency Reviewing Ballot Harvesting Complaint Referred by Election Investigation Office

October 31, 2022
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Florida Department of Law Enforcement is reviewing a complaint about ballot harvesting that happened in Fort Myers, the agency told The Epoch Times. The complaint (pdf) claimed Terolyn Watson, Fort Myers Democrat City Councilwoman for Ward 3, has been going through neighborhoods on a golf cart, asking residents to call the supervisor of elections office to request…

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