Day: March 8, 2024

Florida road rage shooting between truck drivers stemmed from thrown water bottle: sheriff’s office

7:38 am March 8, 2024

A truck driver from Virginia is behind bars in Florida after police say he fired a gun multiple times at another trucker while the two were driving on the interstate. The Marion County Sheriff’s Office said Dylan Belleastin, 43, was arrested Wednesday and charged with shooting a missile into a vehicle, aggravated assault, criminal mischief […]

Biden’s State of the Union speech answered one big question

7:38 am March 8, 2024

In Thursday night’s State of the Union address, President Joe Biden spoke principally to Democrats and answered one question and one question only: is he, at this point, able to be a candidate for reelection? His answer, as evidenced by his fiery, combative, and extremely partisan speech, is yes, he is, but only for those […]

Republicans blast Biden State of the Union as campaign ‘stump speech,’ Dems tout ‘strong’ address

6:47 am March 8, 2024

Republican and Democratic lawmakers walked away from President Biden’s State of the Union address with very different impressions on Thursday night — as expected. GOP legislators in the House and Senate called the 81-year-old president an “old man” while blasting his speech as a political campaign speech ahead of the November election. Democrats, meanwhile, praised […]

Biden gave ‘speech of his life’ at SOTU. Here are 3 things he did right and 3 things he got wrong

6:41 am March 8, 2024

President Joe Biden gave the speech of his life on Thursday night, belting out what was in effect a Democratic convention speech under the guise of the State of the Union, carefully timed after Super Tuesday to frame the presidential race as a progressive future against “a predecessor” of hate and revenge. Here are some […]

Biden’s State of the Union speech reinforced mental acuity and age concerns, Republicans say

6:40 am March 8, 2024

Congressional Republicans slammed President Joe Biden’s “angry” State of the Union address on Thursday night, claiming it furthered concerns over both his age, at 81 years old, and his mental acuity. Biden spoke to a joint session of Congress for the final SOTU address of his term, emphasizing the threat he said his predecessor, former […]