10 Major Florida Hospitals Using Rented Coolers as Morgues as COVID Deaths Overflow
Ten major hospitals under the Central Florida Division of AdventHealth are turning to rented coolers to house patients who have passed away from COVID-19.On Thursday, AdventHealth, a healthcare system in Central Florida, announced that they have reached capacity at their hospital morgues due to an increase of patients with COVID-19. In an email to local…
10 Florida School Districts Now Defying DeSantis’ Mask Mandate Ban
Topline Ten school districts in Florida—including those covering most of the state’s largest cities—now have mask mandates in place after two more districts approved masks Tuesday night, as schools continue to revolt against Florida’s ban on mask orders even as state officials punish those who do. Students arrive on the first day of the school…
Ending Enhanced Unemployment Benefits Is a Cruel Form of Pandemic Amnesia
On September 6, the federal government’s enhanced unemployment benefits will end. That’s the $300 (formerly $600) additional weekly boost to unemployment payments, which were also extended to millions of workers previously excluded from accessing unemployment, like freelancers, independent contractors, and gig workers. According to Labor Secretary Marty Walsh and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, this lifeline…
Josh Gottheimer Tried to Derail the Democratic Agenda. The Press Rewarded Him.
For 10 days, nine opportunistic House Democrats puffed out their chests and tried to derail not only their party’s agenda, but its best chance of passing a transformative budget in decades. They claimed, again and again, to be driven by conviction. New Jersey Representative Josh Gottheimer told The Washington Post that he and his confederates…
Final Florida County Returned Unspent Zuckerberg Funding
Palm Beach County, just one of many Florida counties to receive an election grant from the Mark Zuckerberg-funded Center for Tech and Civic Life, has returned its unspent funds following passing of the state’s election integrity bill. According to Just the News, Center for Tech and Civil Life made grants to municipalities to administer elections…
She had COVID in a Florida hospital. Back home, she found her husband dead — of COVID
Lisa Steadman spent more than a week inside Winter Haven Hospital battling COVID-19.She felt awful.“I thought I was going to die. I couldn’t breathe. I couldn’t stop throwing up. It is like you don’t have no bones in your body,” she told Fox 13.But then the 58-year-old Polk County, Florida, woman faced the worst experience…
Is Gov. DeSantis ‘paying the political price’ for battling mask mandates?
IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.More than half of Florida’s students are now enrolled in public school districts with mask mandates despite threats of sanctions from the administration of Gov. Ron DeSantis, according to new Washington Post reporting. The panel discusses.Aug. 26, 2021Read More
Winning the PFL belt would mean more to Brendan Loughnane than the $1 million tournament prize
Looking back on his 2021 PFL season, featherweight Brandon Loughnane can’t complain with how things have been going. While not perfect, Loughnane picked up wins in his two regular season bouts and earned himself top seeding in his post-season bracket. “So far so good, two wins (in two fights),” Loughnane told MMAWeekly.com. “The first one…
Maskless dad assaulted student who confronted him, police say
Florida police have arrested a man for assaulting a high school student who approached him over not complying with the local school district’s mask mandate, CBS Miami reported.Fort Lauderdale police arrested Dan Bauman after he pushed the student in the shoulder then twisted her arm aggressively, CBS Miami reported, citing a police report.Bauman is the father…
Man protecting his baby fatally shot in Florida restaurant
National By Associated Press August 25, 2021 MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A gunman fatally shot a tourist eating dinner with his family at a Miami Beach restaurant as the man protected his 1-year-old son, police and a family member said. Tamarius Blair Davis Jr., 22, of Norcross, Georgia, told investigators he shot Dustin Wakefield,…
