This week, Mitch and Dawn discuss the Manatee County Commission's proposal to name a roadway after conservative podcaster and political organizer Charlie Kirk, local crackdowns on illegal casinos, the new editor at CBS News, President Trump's politically charged speech to Navy soldiers, and much more.
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FrstWordDr
Pat Neal has been trying to change the name of Moccasin Wallow Road ever since he started his development. Makes one wonder how it ended up on that list... I was able to gather over 700 signatures on a petition to not change the name. I can imagine how many I would get to not change the name to THAT!
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David Daniels
Re the CBS News discussion. Like Mitch, I do closely follow news about the media. I know who Bari Weiss is, I know who David and Larry Ellison are. I have followed David Zaslav's efforts to move CNN more to the right (see the annoying Scott Jennings). I am watching what happens from MSNBC being recently separated from NBC. There is fear of drastic cuts at MSNBC. The Washington Post has lost almost all of their most talented and well known opinion writers. I too watched the recent Bill Mahr show and was shocked and disappointed to hear Van Jones. He might as well be on Israel's payroll. But I disagree strongly that Thomas Friedman is a "hack." Thomas Friedman has won 3 Pulitzer prizes as a journalist. THREE!. He was on the ground reporting from Beirut, Jerusalem, and throughout the middle east during the Lebanon Civil war and has covered all of the region. He knows all sides of very complex relationships between the differing Arab states. He worked for news service UPI before joining the NY Times. He moved to the opinion page of the NY Times in 1994, where he then won a Pulitzer Prize for commentary. He has won the George Polk award for Foreign reporting. He has written numerous books on economics and international affairs. His book "From Beirut to Jerusalem", describing his experiences in the Middle East, won the U.S. National Book Award for Nonfiction. He believes in a two-state solution. Yes, he has supported some of Israel's wars, but he has also been a stark critic of Israel and especially Netanyahu. It is wrong to call Thomas Friedman a hack.
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