There are certain people who don’t simply become part of a community’s history. They help create it.
On August 6, a date that’s been called “a day of infamy,” construction began on Trump’s border wall through Big Bend National Park.
Local businesses are the backbone of our community, but attracting new customers has never been more expensive. Between social media advertising, search marketing, direct mail and traditional media, businesses can spend thousands of dollars before knowing whether a single new customer will walk through the door.
According to the Federal Reserve, the share of wealth owned by the top 1% in the US recently hit a record, the highest since tracking began. The top 1% today holds $55 trillion in wealth, roughly the same amount held by the entire bottom 90% of all Americans. Today’s uber rich enjoy staggering wealth, and they wield control of traditional and online media outlets to keep it that way.
On July 20, 2022, Ricky Green walked into what he believed would be just another court-ordered treatment program—another obligation to complete, another box to check before returning to the life he knew.
Heading into midterm season, voters are experiencing Trump’s economic illiteracy first hand, even as Trump, embarrassingly, keeps blaming Biden. If he hadn’t elevated personal loyalty over professional competence when choosing his cabinet, staff would advise him that blaming a long gone predecessor makes Trump look weak, but he did, so they don’t, and here we are.
There are pioneers who build businesses, and then there are pioneers who build communities. John Castelli was one of those rare visionaries whose impact reached far beyond the walls of the clubs, restaurants, hotels, and businesses he helped create. His passing marks the end of an extraordinary chapter in LGBTQ history, but his legacy will continue to shape South Florida for generations to come.
On Tuesday, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine appeared before the Senate Appropriations Committee, hats in hand. The war in Iran has depleted key weapons stockpiles, reducing U.S. inventories of interceptor missiles and stealth cruise missiles to less than half and costing over $37 billion to date. To the naked eye, these costs reflect disastrous mismanagement of an unauthorized and escalating war.
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