Happy July 4! (Faux) Conservatives have claimed ownership of the term “patriotism” and the American flag. By shaping the debate they have made it virtually impossible for liberals and progressives to call themselves patriotic without being mocked. This is is especially odd as MAGA GOPers tend to oppose US interests abroad and the spread of […]
FIRST ATTEMPTED AMERICAN INVASION OF EAST FLORIDA In August 1776, Major General Charles Lee who was the Continental Army’s Military Commander in the South authorized an invasion of East Florida. The previous year the Continental Army under General Richard Montgomery had invaded British-held Quebec, but Montgomery had been killed and Benedict Arnold led a retreat […]
Contrary to popular belief, Florida played a major role in the American Revolution. In honor of July 4, the next few days we’re going to look at this role, starting with the Gulf Coast campaign. Spain officially entered the war on May 8, 1779 as an ally of the United States and France. The Governor […]
Happy 4th of July weekend folks! But it’s important to remind Floridians that our state stayed loyal to the British Crown during the war. Here are seven reasons why. Role of Catholicism in Florida staying loyal to the crown – Both East and West Florida had a far larger percentage of Catholics in 1775 than any […]
Unsurprisingly Southwest Airlines took advantage of the buzz right before the holiday weekend to announce several new and resuming routes to the Sunshine State effective in January. New nonstop service from Fort Lauderdale to Omaha is included. In additional the following Florida routes that were previously flown either before Covid or last winter (in the […]
Lovers of wildlife diversity have something to celebrate this week: an environmental effort led by noted author Jeff VanderMeer just secured a major grant to conserve ecologically sensitive Florida lands. The Fredman Family Foundation has awarded a $40,000 grant to the Sunshine State Biodiversity Group’s environmental 501(c)(3) nonprofit to acquire and conserve important habitat in […]
He has been praised by Steve Bannon and appeared in conversation with Dr. Jordan Peterson. He’s regularly appeared on Newsmax and can count Jack Dorsey among his supporters. He’s gotten a co-endorsement (with Ron DeSantis!) from David Sacks. He’s parroted Russian talking points in terms of US’ foreign policy while expressed a level vaccine skepticism […]
My colleague at the Florida Soccer Report, Johnathan Starling has penned a great column about some red flags he sees with Jacksonville’s Super League Announcement. On Thursday, June 22nd, the group surrounding the Jacksonville Women’s Super League team made their grand presentation for the city of Jacksonville to see. However, in watching the presentation I saw four […]
The Florida Squeeze 