As one member of our GMO team correctly predicted :-) (BUD) - Facebook has extended the ban on Trump. We'll talk about it, have Trump's statement...hear from conservatives in Congress demanding Facebook be broken up...and the danger these tech giants pose to the free exchange of ideas in this country.
*He's using COVID relief $ to give every FL first responder, police, EMT's, and firefighters, $1,000 bonuses for their performance and sacrifice during the pandemic. Do they deserve it? Is this the best use of the money?
https://www.wesh.com/article/gov-desantis-press-conference-in-brevard-county/36341019
*He's again demanding the CDC allow cruise ships to sail from Florida ports immediately, and doesn't want being vaccinated a requirement for being a passenger. Right call or wrong call?
https://floridapolitics.com/archives/426983-desantis-cdc-cruise/
With the GOP rushing head long toward stripping Liz Cheney of her leadership position in the party, I'm worried that if the GOP wants to win elections, they need to have a place for traditional conservatives like Cheney. In political parlance....they need a "big tent"....and cannot just be a party for those who support Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/05/05/us/joe-biden-news
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/is-there-no-place-for-liz-cheney-in-the-modern-gop/
A decision has just been made in Altamonte Springs to cancel the big Red, Hot & Boom 4th of July event....for the second year in a row! With the vaccines offering protection, I think the celebration should go on and people should make their own decision about whether to go. We'll talk with an equally disappointed Brian Mack from our sister station and main Red, Hot & Boom Radio sponsor, XL 1067 and ask, What do you think?
New stats show a steadily declining birthdate in the U.S. has fallen sharply during the pandemic. Why is that? Fear of close physical contact, fear of an uncertain future, fear about finances....or what? A good politics free topic for us to kick around and for listeners to chime in.
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