Guess who's running for re-election after resigning: un-freaking believable

What follows is stranger, and certainly funnier, than fiction.

Former Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), who resigned from Congress before she was officially kicked out, is doing something so shameless, so typical of D.C., and I hate to admit it, something quite funny: she is running for re-election to her old seat. 

It creates another headache for Democrats, as Sheila was engulfed in a scandal where she reportedly stole millions in relief aid from FEMA. It was a lengthy investigation by the House Ethics Committee, and it became clear she was done when the most vocal left-wingers on the Hill were calling for her removal (via NOTUS):

Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, the embattled, now-former congresswoman who resigned from Congress this week ahead of potential expulsion, plans to defiantly run for reelection. Cherfilus-McCormick filed on April 17 to run again for her seat, and a campaign aide confirmed to NOTUS she is running — as a Democrat.

Cherfilus-McCormick stepped down from office Tuesday, a half hour before the House Ethics Committee was scheduled to recommend punishment on an array of charges. The panel had previously found her guilty of 25 ethics violations, including allegedly stealing $5 million dollars in federal disaster-aid funds used to bolster her 2021 campaign as well as campaign-finance violations.

The committee had been investigating Cherfilus-McCormick for two years, issuing 58 subpoenas, interviewing 28 witnesses and reviewing over 33,000 documents.

Cherfilus-McCormick also faces criminal charges regarding the federal relief funds she received during the COVID-19 pandemic. Earlier this month, a judge granted her a trial-date extension to February 2027.

In the meantime, she is running for the south Florida seat. 

Her resignation left the 20th Congressional District seat vacant and it is unclear when Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis plans to fill the vacancy. The Republican-led Legislature is also debating whether to redraw district maps in the state.

Look, only in the swamp does a politician get caught with her hand in the FEMA cookie jar for millions, get chased out by her own side, and immediately decide the voters deserve another shot at her. The Democrats must be thrilled to have this walking ethics indictment on the ballot again. Nothing says "we've learned our lesson" like running the same scandal-plagued candidate right back out there. South Florida is in for quite the show.

Who does she thinks she is anyway; a Somali businesswoman from Minnesota?

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DeSantis Drops Epic Burn on NYC's Potential Refugee Crisis: 'Gonna Have to Charge an Entry Tax'

Oh, the drama in the Big Apple. As New Yorkers had braced for what could be the ultimate "get me outta here" moment in the mayoral race, the chatter's a mix of eye-rolls, escape plans, and, let's be real, a whole lot of schadenfreude from the rest of us thankfully living elsewhere.

Now that comrade Zohran Mamdani pulled off the win, we're talking biblical-level exodus. A Daily Mail poll drops the bomb: 765,000 folks would bolt for the hills "definitely," with another 2 million mulling it over like finding out your Tinder date was not the gender you though they were.

"The departure of at least 765,000 citizens would be one of the biggest mass exoduses in American history, with a population equivalent in size to Washington DC, Las Vegas or Seattle leaving the Big Apple," the outlet helpfully reminds us. 

Yes, nothing says "progress" like turning the city that never sleeps into the city that never stops hemorrhaging residents. So, where do all these freedom-seekers scatter? Straight to the red-state promised lands, baby. Places with sane taxes, actual beaches, and governors who don't treat businesses like piñatas at a Castro family reunion. So Florida's at the top of the list, now that Mamdani beat the two narcissists, Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa.

Ron DeSantis, the Sunshine State's unflappable boss, has been fielding this refugee roulette like a pro for months. Back in early July, right after Mamdani snagged the Dem primary like it was free kale at a Bernie rally, DeSantis unloaded on Fox News with Sean Hannity:

"We've absorbed a lot of people over the years," DeSantis told Fox News' Sean Hannity on Tuesday evening. "I think this guy's policies, soup to nuts, are probably the most radical left that I've ever seen of a major party candidate in a big jurisdiction." 

"I'm telling you, I think I'm going to have to charge an entry tax or something because of this guy, because I don't know if we're going to be able to absorb everyone that's going to flee his poor rule if he gets in." 

Classic DeSantis: part policy wonk, part stand-up comic. He doubled down on Election Day because why not troll the coastal elites when they're handing you the mic? He even joked (perhaps only half jokingly?) with one X user that he'd consider sending the NYC refugees to southern Connecticut if necessary. 

Now, let's get real for a second, because this isn't just DeSantis' problem, it's the eternal gripe of every red-state conservative who's watched their quiet slice of paradise get "Californicated."

You know the drill: Blue-city refugees flood south, wallets fat from remote work, griping about the old regime... only to start voting for rent control, bike lanes that go nowhere, and school boards that prioritize pronouns over phonics. Suddenly, your affordable suburb's got avocado toast prices and drag queen story hours on speed dial.

Don't get me wrong, Florida has the room, and DeSantis is the guy you'd want manning the border (irony noted). But here's my hot take, unfiltered: If you're ditching a blue hellhole because it's too pricey, too regulated, too everything, do us all a solid and leave the socialism at the Holland Tunnel. Don't waltz into Raleigh, Austin, or Miami preaching the gospel of "tax the rich" that turned your old zip code into a ghost town.

Call it gatekeeping if you want, or call it tough love. But in a world where the left's "compassion" means funding open borders and defunding cops, red states are the last bulwark against the madness.  Vote wisely. And maybe leave the DSA membership card behind.

Let's wait and watch what happens next in the newly elected blue cities.

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Ron DeSantis orders investigation into FEMA's Disaster Relief Discrimination

As I wrote  yesterday, a FEMA supervisor Marn'i Washington ordered her workers, both in writing and verbally, to skip houses effected by Hurricane Milton if the houses displayed Trump campaign signs.

Now we know the GOP is on the case and may actually do something about this disgusting discrimination, but Florida's Governor Ron DeSantis is also on the case.

He posted this on X:

At my direction, the Division of Emergency Management is launching an investigation into the federal government’s targeted discrimination of Floridians who support Donald Trump.

New leadership is on the way in DC, and I’m optimistic that these partisan bureaucrats will be fired.

Not all Republicans are RINOs and certainly DeSantis would never be accused of being one.

Marn'i Washington

People need to be held accountable for their action--or, in this case, inaction. Imagine, you believe President-elect Donald Trump will do a better job than Kamala Harris, and for that belief, a government agency decides you don't deserve disaster relief and don't care if you die waiting for help.

People need to be fired, but not only Washington, and Trump is the man to do the job.

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Biden makes a pack with the devil over abortion

President Joe Biden of Scranton has allegedly made a pack with Beelzebub regarding the issue of abortion, aka depriving people the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness by killing them before passing through their mother's birth canal or soon thereafter. 

Biden's cover story is that he's a Catholic, a Jew, a Puerto Rican and had attended a Black church as a young man in the Scranton 'hood' where he had a run-in with the now famous Cornpop. 

But mostly he tells the nation that he's a devout Catholic even when he advocates for abortion, which is clearly against basic Catholic teaching, as well as the teaching of many other religions except for those that favor human sacrifices, such as the religion of liberalism. 

The alleged President spoke about abortion (if you call mumbling speech) in Tampa, Florida on Tuesday where he attempted to whip up the crowd. The barely sentient POTUS made the Sign of the Cross while pushing for the killing of innocent babies in the womb while criticizing Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) for calling for more restrictions on the number one cause of death to Americans.

Yes, Biden made the Sign of the Cross! Can it get more sacrilegious than that? 

If Democrats say that Biden knows what he's saying, and is not a babbling, senile old fart, then he has to be making a deal with the devil.

You cannot be Catholic and be pro-abortion. Period!

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GOP candidates give their positions on Israel

The five Republican presidential candidates gave their positions regarding Israel on Wednesday night's third debate and the role the U.S. should play in the Israel-Hamas war. 

The debate was hosted by NBC News and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was first to reply about the strategy he would take against Hamas, who on October 7th killed 1,400 Israelis, wounded over 5,000, and took 241 hostages of all ages in a brutal and sadistic attack. 

“I would be telling [Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu], finish the job once and for all with these butchers, Hamas,” he said. “They’re terrorists, they’re massacring innocent people, they would wipe every Jew off the globe if they could — he cannot live with that threat right by his country — that Hamas should release every hostage and they should unconditionally surrender.”

“I’m sick of hearing the media, I’m sick of hearing other people blame Israel just for defending itself,” he continued. “We will stand with Israel in word and in deed, in public and in private. And I can tell you, as governor, I actually did something about it. Biden’s neglect has been atrocious. We had Floridians that were over there after the attack. He left them stranded. They couldn’t get flights out. So I scrambled resources in Florida. I sent planes over to Israel, and I brought back over 700 people to safety. There could have been more hostages had we not acted.”

Former U.S. Ambassador to the UN and South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley answered next as she is the second ranked presidential candidate for the GOP [not including former President Trump, who is first].

“The first thing I said to him when it happened was I said, ‘finish them, finish them,'” Haley said. “And the reason is, I worked on this every day when I was at the United Nations. And we have to remember that they have to one, eliminate Hamas, two, support Israel with whatever they need whenever they need it, and three, make sure we bring our hostages home.”

“We need to be very clear-eyed to know there would be no Hamas without Iran, there would be no Hezbollah without Iran, there would not be the Houthis without Iran,” she continued. “And there wouldn’t be the Iranian militias in Syria and Iraq that are trying to hit our military men and women if it hadn’t been for Iran — and who is funding Iran right now? China is buying oil from Iran; Russia is getting drones and missiles from Iran; and there is an unholy alliance. We need to be clear-eyed, the last thing we need to do is to tell Israel what to do; the only thing we should be doing is supporting them in eliminating Hamas. It is not that Israel needs America. America needs Israel. They are the tip of the spear when it comes to this Islamic terrorism. And we need to make sure that we have their backs in that process.”

Vivek Ramaswamy was the next candidate to answer the question. He said that he would not provide support for Israel's war effort as he wanted to “avoid making the mistakes” of spending money in foreign wars, which is not the typical way to treat allies. This writer believes that it's a mistake not to support our allies in foreign wars, especially Israel, as the Jewish State is our closest ally and is strategically located in the Middle East where Islamic nations hope to eventually destroy the West and create a world caliphate. All one needs to do is consider the UK and France as bellwethers. 

“The founding vision of Israel was based on the idea that they don’t want to depend on anybody else’s sympathy or direction in defending themselves,” Ramaswamy falsely claimed. “So what I would tell Bibi is that Israel has the right and the responsibility to defend itself. I would tell him to smoke those terrorists on his southern border. … That’s his responsibility.”

Yes, he's correct in part, but while Iran provides weapons to the enemies of the little nation of Israel, the United States, as an ally, has at the very least, a moral responsibility. Ramaswamy is a smooth talker but he's not presidential material in my humble opinion.

Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) said that Netanyahu has a responsibility to wipe Hamas off the map and that the U.S. would support Israel in its efforts. He added that alleged President Biden must be willing to strike Iran to stop the attacks from its terrorist proxies on U.S. forces in the region. However, while his idea makes sense, this might ignite an all-out World War 3 and that's a problem for me.

“If you want to make a difference, you cannot just continue to have strikes in Syria on warehouses, you actually have to cut off the head of the snake, and the head of the snake is Iran, and not simply their proxies,” he said. “In order for us to have a powerful response from America, we have to be in a position of strength. As President of the United States, my foreign policy is simple: you cannot negotiate with evil, you have to destroy it.”

Former New Jersey Governor and Trump-hater, Chris Christie said that he would provide any level of support that Israel needed to preserve its sovereignty. Good answer but he has as much chance winning the GOP nomination as a Rachel Levine would have as a fan dancer in Gaza. 

“Remember that Hamas’ main goal is to get rid of Israel, is to get Israel absolutely off the map,” the big guy said. “Now, there are three things I think I would say to him when he asked for advice. The first I would say is that it is absolutely your obligation to protect the territorial integrity of Israel. Secondly, to make sure you protect the security and the safety of your people. Every time something happens to compromise either one of those things, it creates greater unrest in the entire region.”

He said that Netanyahu must make sure that Hamas can never do this again and that he needs to be focused on Iran and working with Western nations and the Gulf States to isolate Iran “so their only friends in the world are part of the evil foursome of China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea.”

I agree with Christie but would never support him for the nomination because I don't trust him.

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DeSantis admin orders state universities to disband pro-Palestinian student groups: it basically backs Hamas

Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis's administration has linked a pro-Palestinian student organization to terrorism and ordering their state universities to ban this group from campuses. They say the organization backs the terrorist organization Hamas, and that's illegal.

Since the October 7th sneak attack by Hamas, Israel is fighting back with a ferocity, and this upsets Hamasshole supporters, such as the members oft he so called Squad and anti-Semites everywhere. A significant number of college students have expressed support of the terrorists, which resulted in an immediate censure from several Jewish academics and prospective employers who don't want to hire racist scumcrumpets.

Florida however, has taken the issue further and took a giant step of saying that Students for Justice in Palestine is supporting a "terrorist organization," which is saying the obvious out loud.

State university system Chancellor Ray Rodrigues wrote to university presidents on Tuesday at Gov. Ron DeSantis’ urging. The Chancellor directed them to disband chapters of SJP after the national group took the position that “Palestinian students in exile are PART of this movement, not in solidarity with this movement.”

“It is a felony under Florida law to ‘knowingly provide material support ... to a designated foreign terrorist organization,’” Rodrigues wrote. Hamas has been designated a terrorist group by the U.S. State Department since 1997.

DeSantis sent planes loaded with supplies and with the plan of returning Floridians in Israel who wanted to return to Florida. He didn't only limit the transportation of Floridians, but anyone who needed to return.

The Governor supported a special legislative session to impose new and tighter sanctions on the world's number one sponsor of terrorist along with Hamas: Iran. DeSantis expressed his support for Israel.

Thus far there is no clear proof that Iran was directly involved in the attacks, but it's obvious they approve of the slaughter of unarmed, innocent Jewish babies, children and their parents.

Students for Justice in Palestine has been on U.S. campuses for decades, with frequent protests calling for the liberation of Palestinians and boycotts against Israel. The loosely connected network says it has more than 200 chapters across the United States, because the people of the USA are naive, much like the idiots who belong to "Queers for Palestine," who are clueless about what would be done to them if they lived in Palestine.

Palestine Legal, a group that provides legal support for pro-Palestinian groups, said the ban on SJP is part of a broader effort by DeSantis to suppress freedom of speech on campuses. 

What DeSantis is banning is not free speech, but a group that suppresses the free speech of Jews, and is known to assault them.

SJP has played a central role in a campus movement known as BDS, calling for the boycott, divestment and sanction of Israel over its treatment of Palestinians. They chant "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free." This is a slightly covert call for the annihilation of all the Jews in Israel, and potentially the rest of the world.

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Trump blames abortion issue for GOP midterm losses

Former President Donald Trump (R?) blamed the abortion issues for the poor overall showing in the November midterm elections across the nation. 

“It wasn’t my fault that the Republicans didn’t live up to expectations in the MidTerms,” Trum said in a Sunday statement on Truth Social. “I was 233-20! It was the ‘abortion issue,’ poorly handled by many Republicans, especially those that firmly insisted on No Exceptions, even in the case of Rape, Incest, or Life of the Mother, that lost large numbers of Voters.”

I'm not sure where he got the idea that pro-lifers firmly insisted on 'No Exceptions even in the case of Rape, Incest, or Life of the Mother' because pro-life advocates do not insist on that. Sure, some of us believe an unborn baby should not have to pay with his or her life because of rape, but with issues regarding the life of the mother and even incest where deformities are common, pro-lifers totally agree that the life of the mother should be the first consideration.

Trump added that “the people that pushed so hard, for decades, against abortion, got their wish from the U.S. Supreme Court, & just plain disappeared, not to be seen again. Plus, Mitch stupid $’s!”

Doesn't he understand what the Supreme Court did when they ended Roe v. Wade? All they did was relinquish the federal government's authority over abortion and put it into the hands of the individual states. That's what states rights is all about and it allows for the differences among the states in how they view life and morality.

“First, not a single candidate Trump endorsed who lost backed his fictional ‘no exceptions even in the case of rape incest or life of the mother,’” tweeted conservative commentator and husband of Meghan McCain, Ben Domenech. “Literally zero Republican candidates think abortion should be banned when a mother’s life is at risk.”

He predicted the ex-president’s blast would come back to haunt him in the 2024 Republican presidential primary, when Trump will be 78 years old on Inauguration Day 2025, just about the same age Biden was when he was inaugurated. He was just a few weeks shy of that age.

Ben Domenesch continued: “Trump betraying the pro-life cause on Dobbs has been telegraphed for a long time and is a huge opening to bash him in the 2024 stakes which I expect several candidates to seize. Finally, think how stupid it is for Trump to run left on the pro-life issue. This is the biggest win of his presidency. Huge vested goodwill from pro-lifers. And what does he do? Call them quislings and say they’re too radical! Very dumb.”

Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, which spent a record $78 million during the 2022 campaign with the Women Speak Out PAC, reiterated its position that Republicans should have done more to contrast their abortion stances with those of Democrats, instead of ignoring the issue.

“The approach to winning on abortion in federal races, proven for a decade is this: state clearly the ambitious consensus pro-life position and contrast that with the extreme view of Democrat opponents,” the group said in a Monday statement. “We look forward to hearing that position fully articulated by Mr. Trump and all presidential candidates.”

Conservatives pointed out that Trump endorsed a ton of GOP candidates who took a hard line on abortion and lost. These include Michigan gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon, Wisconsin gubernatorial nominee Tim Michels, and Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano.

However, there were GOP governors who signed legislation limiting abortion access and kicked butt in November, including Ron DeSantis of Florida, Mike DeWine of Ohio, Greg Abbott of Texas, and Brian Kemp of Georgia. Trump wasn't "a fan" of any of these folks.

Let's remember that Trump was pro-abortion before he was pro-life. And it looks like he shot himself in the foot on this issue with conservatives. But if Donald Trump should win the GOP nomination for the next presidential election, I would vote for him in a heartbeat over any Democrat, however, I'd like to see some younger person carry the torch for us this time.

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Sun Sentinel calls FL a "crimson hellscape" after GOP kicks butt, then stealth edits

The day after Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) won a second term along with fellow GOPers kicking butt in their individual midterm elections, the left-wing paper known as the Sun Sentinel, vilified the state as a "crimson hellscape." 

Then the cowards walked their condemnation back after realizing who reads Florida's most circulated rag.

"Nice knowing you, Florida," the Sun Sentinel editorial board wrote the day after the midterm elections. 

"After Tuesday’s stunning election results, the state’s political transformation is now nearly complete, from deep purple battleground to crimson hellscape, an ideal launch pad for Gov. Ron DeSantis’ presidential aspirations," the newspaper said. Then they removed their collective heads and changed the word 'hellscape' with 'landscape' without explaining the change. 

The Sun Sentinel has not responded to requests by Brain Flushings or other lesser publications for comment.

The editorial continued, "We now await a second-term agenda that may feature an open-carry gun law, tighter abortion restrictions, new strategies to suppress the vote and more charter flights for out-of-state migrants, presented with even more of the governor’s trademark hubris."

In other words, Gov. DeSantis' second term just might relax restrictions the Left has placed upon the Second Amendment ,while allowing more babies to avoid being killed, voters to vote only once per election, and send illegal aliens to sanctuary cities that claim to welcome them.

The outlet followed by reluctantly giving due credit to DeSantis for a "19-point blowout victory" that was "historic and nothing short of astounding." The governor "carried 62 of 67 counties," establishing "a sea of red reflecting an epic Democratic collapse" in Florida.

DeSantis beat the crap out of former Gov. Charlie Crist, earning 1.5 million more votes than his opponent. In 2018, DeSantis won by just 33,000 votes over illegal substance abuser Andrew Gillum.

Sen. Marco Rubio, (R-FL), also cruised to a double-digit win over Democratic challenger comrade Val Demings (she, her) on Tuesday.

The editors accused DeSantis of "racial gerrymandering" and warned that it would be "impossible for Democrats to slow down an extremist GOP agenda for the next couple of years."

That's because the GOP's 'extremist agenda' does not include genital mutilation of children and excludes teaching critical race theory in the schools. It also allows parents to be the parents of their child and not hand over that responsibility to educators.

The editorial board noted how the Florida GOP has not only kept their territory, but expanded it to historic levels. "For the first time since after the Civil War, not a single Democrat holds a statewide office," the board warned, saying Florida Democrats face an uphill battle to regain "relevance" in the state. [They also failed to mention who the slave owners were that the Republicans fought against in the Civil War.]

"After this midterm meltdown, Florida Democrats have dug themselves such a deep hole that it’s impossible to see a path to relevance," the board wrote before urging the party "not to point fingers or seek scapegoats," but instead develop "a long-term strategy to engage young people and Hispanics, register voters and recruit stronger candidates."

DeSantis' top campaign staffer Christina Pushaw posted a screenshot of the Sentinel's article on Twitter, highlighting the use of the phrase "crimson hellscape," before it was covertly changed.

She later taunted the newspaper with a picture of Florida's "beautiful map."

Florida State Board of Education member Ryan Petty tweeted, "Crimson hellscape. That’s a strange way to spell freedom."

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Author and commentator Josh Steimle offered what appeared to be a sarcastic appraisal of the Sentinel's writing, "Seems objective and professional."

The Sun Sentinel has about as much professionalism and class as the brain trusts of "The View."

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FL prosecutor DeSantis fired lost bid for reinstatement

Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) fired State Attorney Andrew Warren from his job because he refused to enforce Florida laws. That was his job and he refused to do it and the governor initially suspended Warren [no relation to that famous Indian squaw Elizabeth Warren] and now the useless State Attorney is trying to get reinstated. 

Among the laws Warren refused to enforce that the Florida legislature wrote into law was, for example, abortion restrictions and child sex surgeries.

“We are suspending Soros-backed 13th circuit state attorney Andrew Warren for neglecting his duties as he pledges not to uphold the laws of the state,” DeSantis’ office said in a statement obtained by Fox News.

“The constitution of Florida has vested the veto power in the governor, not in state attorneys,” DeSantis said. “We are not going to allow this pathogen of ignoring the law get a foothold in the state of Florida.”

The Soros-backed Warren cried foul, but DeSantis showed didn't care and ordered the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office to assist with the removal of Warren and his personal belongings from the Office of the State Attorney for the 13th Judicial Circuit of Florida.

Warren, who sees himself as woke as Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), filed suit against DeSantis and sought a preliminary injunction to have him reinstated. On Monday, U.S. District Judge Robert L. Hinkle denied Warren’s request for preliminary injunction — which means his suit will proceed on the merits, but he will not be reinstated at this time.

As you see, this isn’t the end of the case. It will now proceed on the merits and the fact that the preliminary injunction was denied does not mean the judge will not ultimately rule in Warren’s favor. The trial date has not yet been set.  

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It seems that Warren's refusal to fulfill his sworn duties to the Florida State Constitution and the people of Florida should work in DeSantis' favor, but even judges have become political tools of the Democrats.

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Martha kicks migrants out of her vineyard as residents remove lawn signs welcoming them to US

It took less than 2 days for the upper crusty residents of Martha's Vineyard to get rid of the migrant "riff-raff" and send them anyplace else. There are videos of the exodus that show the 50 illegal immigrants being removed from the island after they were flown to the so-called sanctuary location in Massachusetts by Florida's Republican Governor Ron DeSantis. 

When it came to putting their "money where their mouth is" they exhibited poverty of character.

It's ironic how the Left claimed DeSantis' move was akin to human trafficking and/or kidnapping. They never said that about the cartel's human traffickers who brought them to the US southern border in the first place, and had no comment about the migrants who died and continue dying as they come here.

And when the rubber meets the road and push comes to shove and excrement hits the fan, they cannot handle the comparable microscopic number of illegal immigrants in their tony town of Martha's Vineyard.

Governor Greg Abbott (R-TX) initiated the idea of sending illegal immigrants to sanctuary cities but Ron DeSantis perfected it and made it this week's top national news item as hypocrisy seethes out of every pore of the Martha's Vineyard elite.

The illegal immigrants boarded two busses and were sent off to Joint Base Cape Cod, where they will be met by 125 National Guard troops who were activated to assist in their removal from Martha's Vineyard.

Buses have arrived in Edgartown to transport migrants from St. Andrew’s Parish House.

There is one big bus and two shorter buses to transport folks off the island. People with bags are taking selfies and hugging volunteers goodbye pic.twitter.com/wuauiZM4Y3

HAPPENING NOW: Migrants, flown into Martha’s Vineyard by Fl’s governor, are boarding buses. They’ll be heading to Joint Base Cape Cod, according to officials. 125 Mass National Guard members are being activated to assist. @NBCNews pic.twitter.com/RLwxNPu8GM

— Emilie Ikeda (@EmilieIkedaNBC) September 16, 2022

“DeSantis really exposed these hypocrites,” popular YouTuber Tim Pool commented.

Donald Trump Jr. responded, “It took less than 24 hours for the libs to kick these illegal immigrants out of Martha’s Vineyard, but Biden won’t lift a finger to deport the thousands of illegals pouring through the southern border daily out of the country.”

An actual Martha's Vineyard lawn sign

“I thought Martha’s Vineyard was a ‘sanctuary city’?” Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) mocked. “I thought they declared themselves a ‘haven’ for illegal immigrants?? Just 50 arrive, and the socialist billionaires send them away—to a military base, no less—in JUST 24 hours.”

Eric Schmitt, Missouri’s Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, wrote: “Something, something ‘In this house we believe…’ Something, something…Ukraine flag.”

“In the end, the Leftist liberal elite anthem is a word salad of virtue signaling defined by next level hypocrisy,” Schmitt added.

“Unfreakingbelievable,” attorney A.J. Delgado tweeted. “Are all the virtue-signaling posts, about how ‘we took them in, we stepped up and came together to help!’ going to be removed now?”

Is he putting it up or removing it? 

“The wealthy elites on the Vineyard couldn’t stand to have the undesirables there for more than 2 days, so they shipped them off to a military base,” former Trump official Monica Crowley wrote on Twitter. “Someone else’s problem now. Back to the Chardonnay!”

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New York Times “Women’s Work” writer Megan K. Stack wrote: “Whatever the surrounding circumstances, calling in the National Guard for 50 people really does look terrible. It’s also awful to see people marched past the cameras. This whole stunt is dehumanizing and humiliating.”

Ya think?

The liberals could not have done anything else to point out who they really are.

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Gov. Newsom's in-laws abandon Calif. in the pandemic and relocate: guess where

Gov. Newsom (D-CA) may have his eyes set on the  2024 presidential election as evidenced in an ad he began running in Florida in an attempt to convince Floridians to move to California. He bragged about the great schools in his state, not mentioning the Critical Race Theory thingy, however. He appeared to be going after Florida's Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, who looks to be a presidential campaign rival in the election. But it might also be a plea to his in-laws to come back to the Golden State because it looks bad for Newsom since they relocated to the Sunshine State.

There's no doubt that if DeSantis runs, he would mention that little tidbit of information.

It certainly seems that Newsom is worried as Fox News spoke with him this week.

Not only did the in-laws of Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom give money to DeSantis, one of his biggest political foes; they fled from California during the pandemic back in 2020.

Kenneth F. Siebel Jr. and Judith A. Siebel are the parents of Newsom’s wife Jennifer Siebel. They were longtime residents of California, but when the country, and particularly California, went nuts over the pandemic, the left the state and bought a $3.3 million home in Naples, FL in March of that year, as records show. They still own their home in northern San Francisco's suburb of Ross, but whether they return to it or not is not known. Newsom is hopeful.

Newsom’s in-laws, however, officially became registered voters in Florida as of June 2020. Kenneth Siebel is a registered Republican while Judith Siebel has no party affiliation.

So the Newsom anti-Florida come to California ad [below] seems feeble when you know the facts.

The voter registration shift of the Siebels occurred as their oily-hair son-in-law enacted some of the country’s strictest COVID lockdowns, [which he flouted himself when he attended the French Laundry restaurant with a dozen others went these establishments were supposed to be shuttered] which have widely been juxtaposed to the lack of stupid restrictions in red states like Florida.

Having picked this fight with Florida and making it personal, Newsom's family situation is fair game. Even his wife’s parents aren’t willing to put up with Newsom’s governance and this makes for a very uncomfortable situation for the Democrat.

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And worse, it makes a mockery of Newsom's political pitch as Californians are leaving the state in droves.

It appears that Newsom's chances in 2024 are as good as a mouse with a rattlesnake.

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FL Gov, DeSantis suspends attorney for not enforcing abortion law, trans surgeries for minors

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) said on Thursday that  “effective immediately,” he is suspending leftist State Attorney Andrew Warren for refusing to uphold the state’s laws.

“State Attorneys have a duty to prosecute crimes as defined in Florida law, not to pick and choose which laws to enforce based on his personal agenda,” DeSantis said in a statement. “It is my duty to hold Florida’s elected officials to the highest standards for the people of Florida. I have the utmost trust that Judge Susan Lopez will lead the office through this transition and faithfully uphold the rule of law.”

It's hammer time!

A release from his office said that he has the legal authority to suspend Warren under Article IV, Section 7 of the Constitution of the State of Florida. In the lefties place he has appointed Susan Lopez, a woman who knows that she's a woman and can even define what a woman is, to serve as State Attorney for the period of suspension, which will hopefully be forever.

Lopez is the state attorney of the 13th Judicial Circuit. She stated that she has the “utmost respect for our state laws” and understands “the important role that the State Attorney plays in ensuring the safety of our community and the enforcement of our laws.”

So Lopez will intervene when, for instance, a 13-year-old girl decides she's a boy and elects to have her breasts removed and a fake penis to be constructed from her forearm.

Backed by numerous law enforcement and state officials, the governor argued in a Thursday press conference that Warren has repeatedly refused to enforce the state’s laws. [This seems to be a pattern with people having that surname.]

Governor Ron DeSantis makes an announcement about law enforcement. https://t.co/LfTJ4cUxMJ

— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis)

“The constitution of Florida has vested the veto power in the governor, not in state attorneys,” DeSantis said at the press conference. “We are not going to allow this pathogen of ignoring the law to get a foothold in the state of Florida.”

DeSantis' outspoken spokeswoman Christina Pushaw had teased the announcement on Wednesday evening, warning that the announcement would spark “the liberal media meltdown of the year.”

“Progressive prosecutors backed by Soros have refused to enforce laws across the country,” Pushaw said in a Thursday tweet. “They treat criminals with deference & victims with contempt. This dereliction of duty is why crime is surging. But @GovRonDeSantis won’t stand for this. He just suspended the one in Florida.”

Just yesterday, this writer was out on a boat with a liberal friend from Canada who only gets his news from CNN. He said he doesn't like DeSantis because he believes the governor is "crazy," to use his word. I  suspect that people who get their news from the Compromised News Network are clueless as to how levelheaded DeSantis really is. 

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If DeSantis is crazy, please explain how that's so, I asked him.

Crickets.


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Disney CEO could be canned as woke teaching will be banned

The Florida Senate just passed a bill revoking the special tax breaks and self-governance of Disney World, which they have enjoyed since 1967. The Florida House of Representatives followed up by also passing the bill with a vote of 68 to 38 and this is going to cost the Disney Corp. millions of dollars for their insistence of their "small woke world."

The state had created the "Reedy Creek Improvement District" in 1967 exempting the company from tons of regulations, taxes and fees, as well as their self-policing ability. In other words, Disney World was like the Vatican, except for the LBGTQ+1~ZRG-$F part. They were like a country inside a country, inside an enigma. 

Some estimate the now nonexempt property taxes that will be paid by the Mouse, will bring in an additional $200 million per year.

F**k with mothers and their kids, you get f***ed.

The bill now goes to Gov. Ron DeSantis' desk and he is expected to sign it. The change could go into effect in June of 2023.

There is also whispers by Hollywood Insider about Disney CEO Bob Chapek and that his head might be on the chopping block. Chapek is a weakling and a coward who originally had nothing to say about Florida's "Parental Rights in Education" bill, which banned pre-K to 3rd grade teachers from discussing gender theory and sexual identification issues in the classroom as opposed to, you know, teaching the subject matter they were assigned to teach. 

Chapek's silence angered the woke, so he quickly pledged to have the bill repealed, which then angered conservatives and even liberal mothers who don't want sexual and gender issues to be taught to their young children. 

Then conservatives uncharacteristically grew a pair of balls and wrote and passed a bill to take away Disney's special status. 

Having done this to the company, Insider has shown interest in bringing back former Disney CEO Bob Iger, who is now in his 70s. An anonymous source told the New York Post,  "I don’t think this would have happened under Iger. Disney now finds itself in the middle of a culture war and it shouldn’t have been there.”

Liberals and the media have lied to the public about what's in the bill. They intentionally mislabel it the "Don't Say Gay" bill and it has absolutely nothing to do with homosexuality, the word 'gay' isn't even mentioned. 

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The bill doesn't go far enough because it only applies to pre-K up to 3rd grade when it should apply across the board for teaching such things as sexual identity and gender issues. Those subjects are not academic--they're culture issues and that should be the role of the parents in all instances, not just for the very young.

Let's hope DeSantis has made it clear to companies, not just in Florida, but across the country, that businesses need to be non-partisan and serve the community or there will be serious consequences to their bottom line.

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Ron DeSantis goes after GoFundMe and confirms they're under investigation now

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is joined with a number of Republican attorneys general to investigate the crowdfunding "platform" GoFundMe after the company decided to cut off funding for Canada's Freedom Convoy. They initially said that they would take the money that was donated for the Freedom Convoy and give it to organizations that they preferred rather than to the one that the donors intended it for. 

GoFundMe claimed Friday that the protest aimed at ending Canada’s vaccine mandates was becoming violent and therefore the Freedom Convoy would not see a penny of the $9 million donated but not yet distributed to the group. This claim is a total lie--even the local police stated that there were no acts of violence [like BLM and Antifa] and there was no looting or arson [like BLM and Antifa]. 

Not surprisingly, GoFundMe did not cut off donations to BLM or Antifa even when it was obvious to anyone with a brain, that they were committing acts of violence, looting, arson and even murder.

In its initial announcement, GoFundMe’s wording indicated to lucid readers that the donations could instead be used by any group it chose. That's like donating to the Cancer Society and they take your donation and give it to Stacy Abrams' gubernatorial campaign, for example.

After getting caught, GoFundMe issued a statement saying it would simply refund money to all donors--as if they were doing anyone a favor.

Stopping the financial assistance to the protesters sparked Gov. DeSantis' reaction and attorneys general such as  Jeff Landry (R-LA) Patrick Morrisey (R-WV) and Dave Yost (R-OH).

It is a fraud for @gofundme to commandeer $9M in donations sent to support truckers and give it to causes of their own choosing.

I will work with @AGAshleyMoody to investigate these deceptive practices — these donors should be given a refund.

— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) February 5, 2022

Then others soon joined in.

🚨It’s totally unacceptable for @gofundme to siphon over $9M in donations sent to support #TruckersForFreedom2020 & funnel it to causes it supports.

I will be investigating these deceptive practices. Donors should be given a refund.#TruckersConvoy2022 #TruckersForFreedom

— Eric Schmitt (@Eric_Schmitt) February 5, 2022

I share the concerns of @WestVirginiaAG. My office will be looking into whether or not #GoFundMe violated our state law. If you are a Louisiana donor to the #FreedomConvoy, please contact my #ConsumerProtection Section! #lagov https://t.co/lwCAvsbLrY

— AG Jeff Landry (@AGJeffLandry) February 5, 2022

Donald Trump Jr. called for a coordinated response.

All GOP Attorney Generals should be looking at this & helping to get people their $$$ back so it can be redirected to the truckers. Don’t let @gofundme scam you… call your AGs & let them know. GFM seems to have no problem finding BLM riots… peaceful truckers should be fine too. https://t.co/YYLpQDUYl1

— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) February 5, 2022

Yost said any Ohio residents impacted by this should contact him.

It is deeply troubling to me that a professional fundraiser like #GoFundMe thought they had a right to take donations they are holding in trust and simply “redirect” them.

We are going to get to the bottom of this.

— Attorney General Dave Yost (@DaveYostOH) February 5, 2022

Yost told WANE-TV that GoFundMe "isn't playing G_d with other people's money," and that simply because the money gets refunded does not mean the investigation is over.

“While that is a welcomed move, I am still interested in collecting information to make sure such things do not happen in the future,” Yost said. “Ohioans rely on their platform to do good, and their intentions and hopes should be honored.”

The crowdfunding website GiveandGo has since stepped in and was closing in on $2.8 million in donations for the Freedom Convoy as of early Sunday afternoon EST.

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So if you see a cause you want to donate to in the future, you might want to use GiveandGo and never use GoFundMe again. If the Left wants to play that game, conservatives, independents, and libertarians might want to do the same.

And if certain Republicans are too squishy to stand tall against the attacks on the U.S. Constitution, vote for someone who will--it's time to clean up after the party. 

Just don't vote for the fascist Left.

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FL's Gov. DeSantis signs anti-riot bill into law

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said that he will be signing a bill into law that is intended to increase penalties for those who riot.

The Florida House passed the Republican-controlled Senate 23 - 17 on Thursday and the bill will likely piss off BLM, Antifa and anyone who sees police shootings as an opportunity to go bopping and shopping for free--it is not about peaceful assembly.

“This legislation strikes the appropriate balance of safeguarding every Floridian’s constitutional right to peacefully assemble, while ensuring that those who hide behind peaceful protest to cause violence in our communities will be punished,” DeSantis said in a statement, NBC News reported.

“Further, this legislation ensures that no community in the state engages in defunding of their police,” DeSantis said, pissing off Rep. Alexandria Obviously-Commie [aka AOC], Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and the house plant we call our President, along with other Democrats who have private armed security.

The 61-page House Bill 1 codifies new crimes, including “mob intimidation,” thus making it “unlawful for a person, assembled with two or more other persons and acting with a common intent, to use force or threaten to use imminent force, to compel or induce, or attempt to compel or induce, another person to do or refrain from doing any act or to assume, abandon, or maintain a particular viewpoint against his or her will.”

Any a-hole who tears down a memorial dedicated to a historical person or event could face a second-degree felony charge, according to the new law. 

The law also pushes back at the riot tactic of blocking streets by granting civil legal immunity to anyone who drives through a protest that is trying to stop traffic on a road. So if you try to destroy my SUV, I'm hitting the gas.

The bill will keep those arrested for rioting in jail until their first court appearance and require a mandatory six-month sentence for battery on a police officer while a riot is in progress.

Further, the legislation requires that any community that moves to defund the police needs to have the plan approved by the state, and the chances of that being approved are about the same as getting hit by lightning at Times Square on a sunny day.

And among other measures, the bill stiffens penalties for crimes like theft, burglary, batter and assault when they occur during a riot.

Democrats and their allies opposed the bill because they enjoy a good riot every so often and they apparently hate law and order.

“This won’t stop anything, except those who are afraid. I’m not afraid,” Democratic state Sen. Daryl Rouson said, according to Fox News. “I just want to say to people, keep on knocking, keep on protesting, keep on rising in spite of an attempt to stifle voices.”

What an incredible schmuck.

“Unfortunately, what we didn’t hear a lot about today is the victims of the violence, the businesses, the jobs and the livelihoods that were lost because of the riots,” Republican Sen. Danny Burgess, who sponsored the bill, said Thursday. “That’s what the bill is about. It’s not about peaceful protest. It’s about law and order.”

“This bill is about preventing violence,” he added.

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