Tag: Louisiana
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The Jay Jones Effect
by David Shephard, ©2026 (Jun. 4, 2026) — Years ago, when I was young and just getting into politics, I remember a colorful, (and crooked) Louisiana Democratic politician named Edwin Edwards. He became known to me because he was running in a nationally profiled Gubernatorial race. Edwards served as a member of Congress in the…
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America’s Best Governor is Ron DeSantis
by Jeff Crouere, ©2026 (May 3, 2026) — No Governor has done a better job than Ron DeSantis in Florida. His state is growing, luring people fleeing high-tax states such as New York. DeSantis offers bold, conservative leadership on a host of important issues. During the COVID-19 pandemic, many states imposed draconian mandates on their…
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Trump and Kennedy are Placing Patients First
by Jeff Crouere, ©2025 (Sep. 8, 2025) — In 2019, President Donald Trump issued a sweeping Executive Order, 13877, that placed the needs of patients first. It called for hospitals to provide price transparency for patients. This was the type of healthcare cost reform that was needed for decades, as prices were often hidden from patients. Pursuant…
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How The Big Beautiful Bill Will Keep Louisiana’s Energy Industry Strong
by Jeff Crouere, ©2025 (Jun. 29, 2025) — Louisiana knows energy. From offshore oil rigs in the Gulf of America to the refineries along the Mississippi River, we have been fueling America for generations. Energy is not just what we do; it is who we are. Nationwide, Louisiana ranks third in natural gas production with approximately 10% of the…
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Trump Supports Ten Commandments in Schools, “Many Other Places”
by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 21, 2024) — In response to a new Louisiana law mandating the posting of the Ten Commandments in public schools by January 1 next year, 2024 Republican presumptive nominee Donald J. Trump opined on TruthSocial that he approves of the measure “in public schools, private schools and many other places, for…
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No Satisfaction with Stone-Age Celebrities Jagger and De Niro
by Jeff Crouere, Ringside Politics, ©2024 (May 5, 2024) — Why can’t singers just sing and actors just act? Why do they always have to enter the realm of politics? It is an area very few celebrities are knowledgeable about, and most just spew ridiculous left-wing talking points. Sadly, almost all the top Hollywood celebrities…
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A Road Trip to the Deep South
by Allan Wall, Border Hawk, ©2024 (Apr. 29, 2024) — During Spring Break, I accompanied my younger son, a university student, to Louisiana and Mississippi. The trip was his idea and he planned it. A road trip is an opportunity to see our country at ground level. You drive through part of the U.S.A, you…
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The National Anthem is More Important than Any Game
by Jeff Crouere, Ringside Politics, ©2024 (Apr. 7, 2024) — Caitlin Clark, the Iowa basketball superstar, has broken a multitude of scoring records this year. Her success has also led to record-breaking viewership for women’s college basketball on ESPN. In fact, Iowa’s victory against the University of Connecticut in the Final Four semi-final was the…
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Louisiana Trumps the WHO: No Pandemic Treaty in our State!
by Cherie Zaslawsky, Truth Be Told, ©2024 (Mar. 30, 2024) — One of the scariest swords of Damocles hanging over our heads is the World Health Organization’s “Pandemic Treaty,” which gives the WHO carte blanche in dictating “health” policy and more to every nation fool enough to sign it. Of course Biden is chomping at…
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Newest Supreme Court Justice Trends on “X”
by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 18, 2024) — During oral argument Monday in Murthy v. Missouri, formerly Missouri v. Biden, regarding government censorship of online speech, Biden-nominated Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson remarked to the plaintiffs’ attorney and Louisiana Solicitor General Benjamin Aguinaga that his position could “hamstring the government in significant ways,” which caught the…
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Good Riddance to Lousiana’s Leftwing Governor
by Jeff Crouere, Ringside Politics, ©2023 (Dec. 24, 2023) — On January 8, the red state of Louisiana is finally going to be led by a conservative Republican as Governor. In the October gubernatorial primary, Attorney General Jeff Landry defeated fifteen other candidates. He will be inheriting a state with massive problems, made worse by…
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The Louisiana Comeback Starts Now
by Jeff Crouere, Ringside Politics, ©2023 (Oct. 15, 2023) — The state of Louisiana is blessed with an abundance of natural resources and attractions. The state’s largest city, New Orleans, is the birthplace of Jazz, a 305-year-old gem with a rich history. It is the home of the French Quarter, Mardi Gras, countless festivals, beautiful…
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Democrats are Destroying Louisiana
by Jeff Crouere, Ringside Politics, ©2023 (Jan. 22, 2023) — As other Southern states, such as Texas and Florida, continue to enjoy explosive economic growth, Louisiana is suffering from the impact of misguided policies. While other states flourished during the pandemic and embraced freedom, Louisiana enforced lockdown policies and COVID mandates pushed by liberal Democrat…
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Republicans Have a Great Opportunity in Louisiana
WILL DEMOCRAT GOVERNOR WIN RE-ELECTION IN THIS DEEPLY CONSERVATIVE STATE? by JeffCrouere, ©2019 (Aug. 17, 2019) — In 2016, President Donald Trump carried Louisiana with 58% of the vote. Every Louisiana statewide elected official, except one, is a Republican. The Louisiana Legislature has a strong Republican majority and the state’s six-member congressional delegation has only…
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President Trump Learned Lessons of Katrina
MAKES SECOND TRIP TO STORM-RAVAGED AREAS ON SATURDAY by Jeff Crouere, ©2017 (Sep. 1, 2017) — On August 29, 2005, monster Hurricane Katrina slammed into Louisiana and Mississippi. In the catastrophe that resulted, over 80% of New Orleans was flooded and 1,836 people in Louisiana and Mississippi died. The storm caused over $150 billion in…
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Fore: Obama Hits It Outside of Bounds in LA Flood Response
“ACTING PRESIDENTIAL” by Jeff Crouere, ©2016 (Aug. 19, 2016) — The Great Flood of 2016 has devastated 40,000 homes across the state of Louisiana. Sadly, 13 people have lost their lives in this historic storm, which produced up to 31 inches of rainfall in some areas over the course of four days. This is more rainfall…
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P&E to CPAC Organizer: “natural born Citizen” and Obama Forgeries Unaddressed
WHAT DO “CONSERVATIVES” STAND FOR? by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 6, 2016) — On Sunday morning, Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) organizer Matt Schlapp tweeted that “someone from Texas got a big cpac bounce” in an obvious reference to presidential candidate Ted Cruz’s win of the Kansas and Maine caucuses on Saturday. Donald Trump won the…
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Trump on Cruz: “He Should Do Well in Maine Because It’s Very Close to Canada”
CRUZ WINS MAINE AND KANSAS CAUCUSES; TRUMP WINS LOUISIANA PRIMARY AND KENTUCKY CAUCUS by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 5, 2016) — In a speech given on Saturday night in Florida following the day’s Republican caucuses in four states, presidential candidate Donald Trump thanked Kentucky and Louisiana for his victories there and congratulated his closest primary contender,…
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Report: Audit Says Tennessee Prisons “Smoothly Operating”
ARE THEY IN THEIR OWN WORLD? by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 8, 2015) — Following a request for an external audit of Tennessee’s prison system by Department of Corrections Commissioner Derrick Schofield, the American Correctional Assocation (ACA) reportedly found that while a new system to figure overtime pay for corrections officers was troublesome and assaults could…
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Louisiana Passes School Gun Safety Education Bill with Ease pb
NO DEFENSE OR SELF-DEFENSE? by New York State Grassroots Groups (Jun. 19, 2015) — Opening Note: Louisiana has learned a lesson. Instead of stripping people of self-defense, they now realize enabling the people for self-defense is the best way to fight crime, save lives and make the community safer. The New York SAFE Act –…