Latonia Nelson, a 51-year-old teacher living in Miami Gardens, voted at the North Dade Regional Library on Monday. As an African-American woman, she knew the presidential candidate she marked on her ballot isn't the most popular in her community. The last time Nelson was at the polls, she voted for Barack Obama for the second time in 2012. This year, Nelson cast her ballot for former President Donald Trump. "If they're Black, they're voting Democrat ... Not this time," Nelson said. "I feel like I woke up." Nelson was one of thousands in Miami-Dade County to cast their ballots on the first day of early in-person voting for the 2024 general election in South Florida. In addition to choosing a president, voters will be able to decide on constitutional amendments to legalize recreational marijuana use for adults and end Florida's six-week abortion ban. Miami-Dade County will also be choosing the first sheriff in 60 years.
The owner of the Los Angeles Times has blocked the paper from endorsing a candidate for president this year. read more
WASHINGTON " The shooting and wounding of former President Donald Trump in an attempted assassination attempt was "preventable," a bipartisan House task force said Monday. The task force headed by Reps. Mike Kelly, R-Pa., and Jason Crow, D-Colo., echoed many of the findings from previous reviews by an independent Department of Homeland Security panel, a Senate inquiry and a Secret Service internal review. Trump was shot in the ear at a rally July 13 in Butler, Pennsylvania, and a spectator was killed before a Secret Service sniper shot the gunman. The task force findings based on 23 interviews with local law enforcement officials and a review of thousands of pages of documents included: read more
Savannah GA - Authorities said at least seven people were killed Saturday when part of a ferry dock collapsed on Georgia's Sapelo Island, where crowds had gathered for a fall celebration by the island's tiny Gullah-Geechee community of Black slave descendants. read more
Boeing and the leaders of its machinists union have reached a tentative deal that could end a damaging strike that has halted most of its production. The company is offering a 35% wage increase over four years in its latest proposal. That is up from its original offer of 25% that was overwhelmingly rejected by a union local representing machinists in the Pacific Northwest that build most of Boeing's jets. The strike, which began on Sept. 13, has halted production of most of the company's airplanes and triggered a large round of layoffs. The union announced the deal Saturday morning, saying, "it warrants presenting to the members and is worthy of your consideration." The union plans to vote on the deal on Wednesday. Nearly 95% of workers voted to reject the last tentative deal, which the union's leaders recommended. read more
Early voting in Miami Dade county leans red, first time in history! Hoping Danni takes the other left wingnuts with her when she sells her condo and moves from this G.D. red state.