DeSantis, Florida Lawmakers Target Unanimous Jury Recommendations in Death Cases

DeSantis, Florida Lawmakers Target Unanimous Jury Recommendations in Death Cases

Javier Manjarres
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January 31, 2023
TALLAHASSEE — With backing from Gov. Ron DeSantis, Florida lawmakers could scrap a requirement that unanimous jury recommendations are needed before death sentences can be imposed. Rep. Berny Jacques, R-Seminole, filed a bill (HB 555) on Tuesday that would allow judges to sentence defendants to death based on the recommendations of eight out of 12 […]
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JUICE—Florida Politics' Juicy Read —1.31.2023 —Trump vs. DeSantis—Constitutional Carry in Florida—Collins, Waltz, Frost, Moody—More...

JUICE—Florida Politics' Juicy Read —1.31.2023 —Trump vs. DeSantis—Constitutional Carry in Florida—Collins, Waltz, Frost, Moody—More...

Javier Manjarres
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January 31, 2023
  Have a tip, story, new job, or announcement for The JUICE?  Reach out: [email protected] Florida is all the buzz right now over the proposed Constitutional Carry bill Senator Jay Collins introduced this week. Sen. Collins called Constitutional Carry a "God-given right." This is not breaking news. Well, it is considering how many gun violence activists […]
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Last Squeeze —1.30.2023 — DeSantis Scores Big Legal Win Regarding Illegal Immigrant Flights— Border Crisis, Trump, Moskowitz—More...

Last Squeeze —1.30.2023 — DeSantis Scores Big Legal Win Regarding Illegal Immigrant Flights— Border Crisis, Trump, Moskowitz—More...

Javier Manjarres
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January 30, 2023
  Have a tip, story, new job, or announcement for The JUICE?  Reach out: [email protected]   DeSantis Scores Another Court Victory Regarding Illegal Immigrant Flights A Leon County circuit judge has dismissed a lawsuit alleging that the Florida Department of Transportation and a contractor did not fully comply with public records requests about controversial state-funded flights […]
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Florida Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against DeSantis Administration over Illegal Immigrant Flights

Florida Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against DeSantis Administration over Illegal Immigrant Flights

Javier Manjarres
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January 30, 2023
TALLAHASSEE — A Leon County circuit judge has dismissed a lawsuit alleging that the Florida Department of Transportation and a contractor did not fully comply with public-records requests about controversial state-funded flights of illegal migrants to Martha’s Vinyard in Massachusetts. Judge Angela Dempsey last week issued two similar decisions rejecting the lawsuit that the non-profit […]
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Florida Lawmaker Reasserts That Criminal Justice System is Built on Racism

Florida Lawmaker Reasserts That Criminal Justice System is Built on Racism

Javier Manjarres
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January 30, 2023
When Tyre Nichols was pulled over by five Memphis Police officers and brutally beaten and killed, Americans were rightfully disgusted by the police brutality, but was the tragic incident anchored in racism? Nichols was black, as were the five officers that have now been charged with his murder, but some lawmakers, specifically freshman Rep. Maxwell […]
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JUICE—Florida Politics' Juicy Read —1.30.2023 — Miami-Dade County vs Fmr. State Legislators?—Accusing DeSantis, Again—Driskill, Wasserman Schultz, Frost—More...

JUICE—Florida Politics' Juicy Read —1.30.2023 — Miami-Dade County vs Fmr. State Legislators?—Accusing DeSantis, Again—Driskill, Wasserman Schultz, Frost—More...

Javier Manjarres
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January 30, 2023
  Have a tip, story, new job, or announcement for The JUICE?  Reach out: [email protected] It's Just Miami-Dade, as Usual Politics in Miami-Dade County is never business as usual. It seems as if this county’s usual political cronyism ends where the county meets the state. Apparently, Miami-Dade County Commission Chairman Oliver G. Gilbert, III, has decided […]
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Miami-Dade County Commission Chairman Shuns Former State Legislators

Miami-Dade County Commission Chairman Shuns Former State Legislators

Javier Manjarres
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January 30, 2023
Politics in Miami-Dade County, or as we like to call it, ”Arroz Con Pollo” politics, is not business as usual as is the case in other Florida counties. Things in the Miami boogie down are done a lot differently. Cronyism runs rampant in Florida’s largest county, and it appears as if a longstanding, unspoken rule […]
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Last Squeeze —1.27.2023 — DeSantis Spokesperson Shreds Media Reporter— Donalds, Gaetz, Frost , Moskowitz—More...

Last Squeeze —1.27.2023 — DeSantis Spokesperson Shreds Media Reporter— Donalds, Gaetz, Frost , Moskowitz—More...

Javier Manjarres
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January 27, 2023
  Have a tip, story, new job, or announcement for The JUICE?  Reach out: [email protected]   DeSantis Spox Smacks Down Media Reporter Over Loaded Question It's no secret that many left-leaning media or "legacy media" outlets, as he has dubbed them, continue to target Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL). and his legislative and political agendas. Earlier this week, the […]
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JUICE—Florida Politics' Juicy Read —1.27.2023 — Blowing up Washington, D.C.—Rubio, Mills, Frost, Castor—More...

JUICE—Florida Politics' Juicy Read —1.27.2023 — Blowing up Washington, D.C.—Rubio, Mills, Frost, Castor—More...

Javier Manjarres
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January 27, 2023
  Have a tip, story, new job, or announcement for The JUICE?  Reach out: [email protected]   DC Lawmakers Mock Each Other With Actual Legislation Shortly after freshman, New York Congressman George Santos (R) was caught in an avalanche of lies regarding his entire life history, Democratic lawmakers in Washington introduced the SANTOS Act, which stands for […]
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Last Squeeze —1.26.2023 — BREAKING—Rubio Threatens Biden Administration— Top Lawmaker Gives out Grenades in Congress—More...

Last Squeeze —1.26.2023 — BREAKING—Rubio Threatens Biden Administration— Top Lawmaker Gives out Grenades in Congress—More...

Javier Manjarres
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January 26, 2023
  Have a tip, story, new job, or announcement for The JUICE?  Reach out: [email protected]   Rubio Threatens to Withhold Funding for Biden Admin's Intel Groups After a recent closed-door Senate Intelligence Committee briefing with National Intelligence Director Avril Haines, where the entire committee of U.S. Senators in attendance was denied access to the classified documents […]
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Rubio Threatens Biden Administration for Denying Intelligence Committee Access to Secret Documents

Rubio Threatens Biden Administration for Denying Intelligence Committee Access to Secret Documents

Javier Manjarres
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January 26, 2023
After a recent closed-door Senate Intelligence Committee briefing with National Intelligence Director Avril Haines, where the entire committee of U.S. Senators in attendance was denied access to the classified documents recently found at President Joe Biden’s Delaware home and his old Vice Presidential office building, and at former President Donald Trump’s home in Palm Beach, […]
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House Republican Cory Mills Passes out Grenades to House Members

House Republican Cory Mills Passes out Grenades to House Members

Javier Manjarres
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January 26, 2023
When House Republicans took control of the U.S. House of Representatives earlier this month and vowed to thoroughly investigate the Biden administration, Democratic political heads began to blow up around the nation. Now, newly sworn-in Rep. Cory Mills has decided to take the exploding Democratic head gasket undertaking to a whole other level. Rep. Mills, […]
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JUICE—Florida Politics' Juicy Read —1.26.2023 — Another Political Food Fight in Congress—Steube, Moskowitz, Cammack, Wasserman Schultz—More...

JUICE—Florida Politics' Juicy Read —1.26.2023 — Another Political Food Fight in Congress—Steube, Moskowitz, Cammack, Wasserman Schultz—More...

Javier Manjarres
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January 26, 2023
  Have a tip, story, new job, or announcement for The JUICE?  Reach out: [email protected]   Can’t we all just get Along?   Democratic and Republican lawmakers in Congress are always at each other’s throats about something. For the past two weeks, House Republicans have been railing against how House Democrats want to keep Americans swimming […]
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Last Squeeze —1.25.2023 — DeSantis Dismisses Job Ask From State Attorney Warren— Medical Marijuana To Get Boost in FL—More...

Last Squeeze —1.25.2023 — DeSantis Dismisses Job Ask From State Attorney Warren— Medical Marijuana To Get Boost in FL—More...

Javier Manjarres
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January 25, 2023
  Have a tip, story, new job, or announcement for The JUICE?  Reach out: [email protected]   DeSantis Will Reinstate Former State Attorney Thanks, but no thanks. But nice try. That is what Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is all but saying after dismissing former Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren’s request to be reinstated to his old […]
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DeSantis Dismisses 'Woke' State Attorney's Request to Get Job Reinstated

DeSantis Dismisses 'Woke' State Attorney's Request to Get Job Reinstated

Javier Manjarres
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January 25, 2023
Thanks, but no thanks. But nice try. That is what Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is all but saying after dismissing former Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren’s request to be reinstated to his old job. The U.S. 11th Circuit Court ruled to uphold Gov. DeSantis’s suspension of Warren for neglect of duty and incompetence less […]
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JUICE—Florida Politics' Juicy Read —1.25.2023 — Lawmakers Push to Raise National Debt Ceiling—DeSantis's Abortion Battle—Cherfilus-McCormick, Rubio, Book—More...

JUICE—Florida Politics' Juicy Read —1.25.2023 — Lawmakers Push to Raise National Debt Ceiling—DeSantis's Abortion Battle—Cherfilus-McCormick, Rubio, Book—More...

Javier Manjarres
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January 25, 2023
  Have a tip, story, new job, or announcement for The JUICE?  Reach out: [email protected] Out-of-Control Spending in D.C. You’ve heard of the idiom “Raising the Roof,” right? While the term is used to describe the engagement of “unrestrained” or “boisterous behavior,” in the U.S. Congress, the roof in question is the national debt ceiling. Americans […]
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Last Squeeze —1.24.2023 — Defending Life in DeSantis's Florida— Roe v. Wade Remembered—More...

Last Squeeze —1.24.2023 — Defending Life in DeSantis's Florida— Roe v. Wade Remembered—More...

Javier Manjarres
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January 24, 2023
DeSantis Defending Life One Baby at a Time Governor Ron DeSantis's Florida: The Florida Supreme Court decided to not suspend the state’s 15-week abortion bill as organizations such as Planned Parenthood have questioned the legislation’s validity through the court system...READ MORE Save the Date Fort Lauderdale-based Tripp/Scott will be hosting Fox News Host Pete Hegseth on February […]
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JUICE—Florida Politics' Juicy Read —1.24.2023 — DeSantis Signs Death Warrant for Cop Killer—Supreme Court Refused to Strike 15-Week Abortion Law—More...

JUICE—Florida Politics' Juicy Read —1.24.2023 — DeSantis Signs Death Warrant for Cop Killer—Supreme Court Refused to Strike 15-Week Abortion Law—More...

Javier Manjarres
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January 24, 2023
  Have a tip, story, new job, or announcement for The JUICE?  Reach out: [email protected] DeSantis Signs Death Warrant of Cop Killer   Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a death warrant for a convicted murderer, Donald Dillbeck, who killed a police officer in 1979 and then killed a woman in 1990 after escaping from prison. […]
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