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MEGAN FOX & SUSAN BASSI: The Posts, the Retractions, the Showdown
Richard Luthmann and Michael Volpe landed an interview with Florida Lieutenant Governor Jay Collins. Megan Fox challenged his decision to appear with them. Now the reporters are answering her criticism and examining another controversy: Susan Bassi’s removed Davis Vanguard articles and the correspondence that followed. This broadcast moves through interview clips, public posts, retraction notices,…
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Shadows from 9/11
Greg Maresca remembers the Twin Towers before they became a memorial, when their rising framework belonged to a New York childhood and a borrowed hard hat made construction feel personal. Twenty-five years after September 11, he returns to those memories while confronting another loss bound to that month: his mother’s death from cancer. Her lunches…
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The Price of Enough
A developer seeking land for a massive data center brought a staggering offer to rural Kentucky: more than $26 million for the adjoining farms of Ida Huddleston and her daughter, Delsia Bare. The women refused. Their combined 534 acres represent generations of labor, memory, family identity, and a way of life that no corporate check…
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Eligibility Gone Wild
College football’s revolving door now spins between campus and the NFL. Temporary court orders have given selected former professionals a route back into the collegiate ranks, provided they terminate their contracts and refund their earnings. LSU moved quickly, the SEC erected an emergency barricade, and lawyers responded with another barrage of filings. Dae’Quan Wright and…
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All-American Mayhem is Back
College football returned this weekend carrying all the familiar trappings: marching bands, packed stadiums, helmet collisions and national obsession. The machinery beneath the spectacle has changed beyond recognition. A new NCAA eligibility model triggered courtroom warfare. Schools can distribute approximately $21.3 million directly to athletes, while uncapped third-party NIL deals push some roster costs toward…
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Danesh’s Pyrrhic Victory: Judge Dudek’s Conspiracy Ruling
Danesh Noshirvan won the motion. Then Judge Kyle Dudek handed his enemies the language they may use to break his larger case. In dismissing Patrick Trainor’s remaining counterclaims, Dudek refused to infer a defamatory conspiracy from payments, frequent contact, shared enemies and offers to publish. That logic now shadows Noshirvan’s claims against Jennifer Couture, Dr.…
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Megan Fox Disgraced: Most Likely A Fraud
Megan Melissa Fox didn’t merely question weak sourcing. In July 2022, the PJ Media writer declared that the reported rape and pregnancy of an Ohio child were “most likely a fraud,” suggested the victim might not exist, and described the account as a political hit job. Then the record arrived. Gerson Fuentes confessed, DNA identified…
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THE PATIO-TABLE SUBPOENA IN NDFL BANKRUPTCY COURT
Jeremy Hales wanted information from Lisa Lee. What he received was a motion asking a bankruptcy judge to inspect the subpoena, the disputed service, and the sweep of his demands. On Two Lees in a Pod, Richard Luthmann joined Lee and Robbie Keszey to examine the papers allegedly left on a patio table, the difference…
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Revolution of Ideas: Faith, Covenants, and Courage
America’s Revolution did not begin with a musket crack at Lexington. It began much earlier, in covenants, pulpits, pamphlets, and the conviction that liberty rested on duties as well as rights. Greg Maresca reviews Lawrence W. Reed’s Born of Ideas, the inaugural title from Grove City College’s Faith & Freedom Press. Across 32 compact essays,…
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SWFL Election Night Results: Schwartzel Wins. Bergermann Loses. Byron Dominates.
Southwest Florida delivered three unmistakable election-night verdicts. Jim Schwartzel defeated Trump-endorsed Catalina Lauf for the FL-19 Republican nomination, proving that years of local trust could survive a national political rocket. Judge James Stewart crushed Vera Bergermann after her campaign ducked questions about statutory interpretation, courtroom preparation, and her online supporters’ smear tactics. Byron Donalds dominated…
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