Juice🍊—1.8.2024—Ziegler to be Ousted, Power to Take Over Florida GOP— DeSantis Continues Pounding at Trump—More...

Juice🍊—1.8.2024—Ziegler to be Ousted, Power to Take Over Florida GOP— DeSantis Continues Pounding at Trump—More...

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Javier Manjarres
Javier Manjarres
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January 8, 2024

Florida GOP to Boot Chairman Ziegler Today, Vote in Vice Chairman Power

The day has finally come when the Republican Party of Florida will vote to officially oust Chairman Christian Ziegler after he was accused of rape.

Gov. Ron DeSantis and a slew of other Republican lawmakers have all backed Vice Chairman Evan Power's candidacy to fill the soon-to-be vacant position.

Power narrowly lost to Ziegler in early 2023, but now it appears as if Power will coast along and win the chairmanship.

All Eyes Are on DeSantis With 7 Days Before Iowa Caucus

Florida's 2024 Legislative Session begins tomorrow and Gov. Ron DeSantis will be delivering his yearly State of the State address before the Republican-led state legislature.

Yeah, and?

Lawmakers, political pundits, and media types around the country are only concerned about how well or bad Gov. DeSantis will do after Iowans cast their presidential preference votes next Monday night.

The polls are polls, but even though it looks as if DeSantis is going to lose Iowa, historically, American politics have shown us that anything can happen in a highly contested presidential primary election.

DeSantis has an impressive ground game in Iowa and has tens of thousands of committed supporters, but so does Trump.

With all that said, DeSantis has gone scorched earth against Trump, and has even knocked the former president for supporting controversial immigration reform legislation he supported.

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Both DeSantis and Trump supported a bill that welcomed DACA amnesty back in 2018.

In addition, both Trump and DeSantis support cutting of humanitarian aid to the Hamas-supporting Palestinians in both the Gaza Strip and The West Bank.

Trump cut the aid while president and now DeSantis says that he would as well if he sat in The White House.

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Florida International University

Squeezers

Debbie Wasserman Schultz-While GOP leaders cave to Big Pharma, Democrats fight to lower Rx costs so you, your parents & children stay healthy. Here's medicines @JoeBiden

is working to cut costs on right now:

Eliquis

Jardiance

Xarelto

Januvia

Farxiga

Entresto

Enbrel

Imbruvica

Stelara

Fiasp

Other insulins

Shevrin “Shev” Jones-Taking back FL means every hand on deck! A beautiful day in Orlando, walking to support @KeenForFL for the January 16th Special election, joined by @CarlosGSmith and @OrangeDemsFL. Let’s make it happen! #TakeBackFL

Evan Power-Big day today! Let’s #KeepFloridaWinning

Rick Scott-It’s been 3 months since Iran-back Hamas terrorists took hundreds hostage, including Americans.

That’s 3 months of innocent men, women and children being abused because they are Jewish. Today, I am once again begging @POTUS

to DO HIS JOB and stand with Israel and work to #BringThemAllHome.

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florida capitol

DeSantis Voted for Obama-era DACA Amnesty in 2018, Slams Trump for Also Supporting the Immigration Measure—By The Floridian's Javier Manjarres —As the border crisis continues, Gov. Ron DeSantis continues his no-holds-bar presidential campaign against former President Donald Trump...

Mast Shares Personal Message After Visit with Amputees in Israel—By The Floridian's Jackson Bakich —Representative Brian Mast (R-FL) shared a picture of himself with an Israeli amputee after visiting Israel following the Oct. 7 Hamas attack that left approximately 1,000 Israelis dead...

DeSantis Vows to Cut All Humanitarian Aid to 'Terror-Supporting' Palestinians—By The Floridian's Javier Manjarres —While former President Donald Trump and Governor Ron DeSantis continue trading barbs in the contentious 2024 Republican presidential primary race...

Lauren Book, Pro-Choice Coalition Celebrate Abortion Returning to Ballot in 2024 Election—By The Floridian's Jackson Bakich —State Senate Minority Leader Lauren Book (D-FL) has announced that the legality of abortion will be on the ballot in the 2024 election...

Hunter Biden Held in Contempt of Congress, Donalds Confirms—By The Floridian's Jackson Bakich —The House Oversight Committee has announced they will be holding President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden in contempt of Congress. Representative Byron Donalds...

Scott Demands Transparency as SHEIN Seeks US Stock Entry—By The Floridian's Grayson Bakich —You may have seen those annoying Youtbe ads for SHEIN, a Chinese fashion retailer. At the end of November, the company filed for a US Initial Public Offering (IPO...

New Florida Bill Cracks Down on Youth Gun Crimes—By The Floridian's Jim McCool —New legislation has been filed to increase accountability for juveniles in the criminal justice system. HB 1181 and SB 1274 propose harsher restrictions that ensure youth comply with the terms and conditions of court-ordered sanctions for gun offenses.

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Governor Ron DeSantis
Governor Ron DeSantis campaigns in Iowa

AG Moody Comes to FSU's Aid in Legal Battle Against Atlantic Coast Conference—By The Floridian's Jackson Bakich—Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody (R-FL) has sent a public records request to the Atlantic Coast Conference (Florida State University plays in) as the school engages in a legal battle with the collegiate league.

DeSantis Calls out 'Phony' Haley—By The Floridian's Daniel Molina—Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) continues to unload on Ambassador Nikki Haley (R). During a joint interview with the Des Moines Register and NBC News...

Mills Not Confident in Biden's Warning to Houthis Raiding in Red Sea—By The Floridian's Grayson Bakich—For several months, Houthi rebels from Yemen have been attacking international shipping in the Red Sea. A coalition of the United States, the United Kingdom, and other countries...

Shevrin Jones Accuses FL GOP of 'Trolling' Kamala Harris with Slavery Bill—By The Floridian's Jackson Bakich—Republicans in both chambers of the Florida Legislature introduced the Kamala Harris Truth in Slavery Teaching Act, bringing some controversy alongside it. State Senator Shevrin Jones...

Data Finds Palm Bay-Melbourne Fastest Growing Region in Florida—By The Floridian's Jim McCool

Cammack Does Not Hold Back: 'Secure the Damn Border'—By The Floridian's Jackson Bakich

DeSantis Advertisement Dubs Haley ‘the new John Kerry’—By The Floridian's Daniel Molina—Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) has released a new advertisement, dubbing Ambassador Nikki Haley (R)“the new John Kerry...

Eskamani Questions January 6th GOP Celebration—By The Floridian's Daniel Molina—The beginning of 2024 comes with a lot of political baggage. The Iowa caucus is looming closer, and Americans have officially entered the election year. Before that however comes January 6th. Florida Rep. Anna V. Eskamani (D) is now calling an alleged celebration of January 6th a “joke,” questioning why Republicans would celebrate such a thing.

Florida Man Arrested Over Threats to Eric Swalwell—By The Floridian's Jim McCool

Rubio and Buchanan's Rachael Booth Act Signed into Law—By The Floridian's Jackson Bakich

President Donald Trump
President Donald Trump

Trump Wins Miami-Dade GOP Presidential Primary Straw POLL—By The Floridian's Javier Manjarres—Miami- The Miami-Dade Republican Executive Committee, which is lead by Rep. Alex Rizzo, a staunch supporter of Gov. Ron DeSantis...

Poll: Trump Leading Biden With Hispanics, Young VotersBy The Floridian's Christian Pitten

DeSantis Says He'll 'Turn the Country Around' as President—By The Floridian's Daniel Molina

Steube Predicts Contempt of Congress Charges for Hunter Biden—By The Floridian's Grayson Bakich—With Congress getting ready to go back into session, House Republicans will continue their impeachment inquiry of President Biden. Representative Greg Steube...

Scott Invokes Reagan in Reelection Campaign Ad, Says 'It's Time to Cowboy Up and Fight Like Hell'—By The Floridian's Grayson Bakich—Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) began the New Year with an ad for his 2024 reelection campaign, invoking former President Ronald Reagan and saying America must "cowboy up and fight like hell" to reclaim its values.

Mills Warns of Geopolitical Alliance Threatening the U.S.—By The Floridian's Daniel Molina

Harvard President Claudine Gay's Resignation Brings Vindication for Congress in the New Year—By The Floridian's Jackson Bakich—Harvard President Claudine Gay as resigned from her position. Her resignation comes just weeks after failing to share whether calling for the genocide of Jews would violate university standards.

DeSantis Asserts he is More Hawkish Than Trump on Illegal Immigration—By The Floridian's Daniel Molina

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Javier Manjarres

Javier Manjarres

Javier Manjarres is a nationally renowned award-winning political journalist and Publisher of Floridianpress.com, Hispolitica.com, shark-tank.com, and Texaspolitics.com He enjoys traveling, playing soccer, mixed martial arts, weight-lifting, swimming, and biking. Javier is also a political consultant and has also authored "BROWN PEOPLE," which is a book about Hispanic Politics. Follow on Twitter: @JavManjarres Email him at Diversenewmedia@gmail.com

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