Miami—A week after he announced that he would target hotels and transportation companies for facilitating the transport of illegal immigrants from the U.S. Southern border to Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis said that non-government agencies that are paying for transport, housing, living essentials for these immigrants would be held accountable. “What we are working on is […]
For the second straight fundraising quarter, conservative journalist and congressional candidate Laura Loomer has outraised her opponent, Rep. Daniel Webster (R) in the Republican primary race for Florida’s 11th congressional district. According to the latest Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings, Rep. Webster ended the last quarter of 2021 with $92,799.63 raised, while Loomer brought in […]
Dirty Politics…HELLO ELECTION SEASON! With The Floridian breaking the news that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, aka AOC, could be coming to Florida to help potential congressional candidate Rep. Anna Eskamani, Republican congressional candidates Cory Mills and Rep. Anthony Sabatini both used the news as a fundraising tool this past weekend. On the very same day the AOC news […]
Arizona State Senator Wendy Rogers just inserted herself into a hotly contested Republican primary race in Florida, calling her endorsed candidate's opponent, decorated Combat Veteran Cory Mills an "anti audit communist." Senator Rogers made her remark in a tweet this weekend after the American Conservative Union (ACU) gave Mills a full-throated endorsement over Florida State […]
State Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo is scheduled Tuesday to go before the Senate Ethics and Elections Committee for a confirmation hearing, after facing heavy criticism from Democrats during a similar hearing last month. Ladapo, who was appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis in September, has become a controversial figure because of his views on handling the […]
Florida Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D) was the sole Democrat to vote against the COMPETES Act, a measure House Democrats say will make the U.S. more competitive globally by bolstering supply chains and punishing China. “While I support the goals and many elements of the America COMPETES Act—especially its effort to manufacture more computer chips here […]
Bipartisanship in Congress Does Exist It might not appear so, but Congressional Democrats and Republicans do get along sometimes. Sometimes. The one issue that Florida’s Congressional Delegation is on the same page with is the environment. All of the members are against offshore oil drilling off of Florida and are also completely behind in making […]
After winning the Special Election in Florida’s 20th Congressional District to replace the late Rep. Alcee Hastings (R), newly-minted Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D) has hit the ground running in Washington and looks to work across the aisle with Republicans and won't doesn't appear as if she will join the House's Progressive "Squad." Moments after final […]
WASHINGTON— A day after the NFL's Washington Football Team announced its new name, the Washington Commanders, six former Washington Redskins employees testified before the House Oversight & Reform Committee about the sexual harassment they endure while employed by the team. Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D), who was visibly emotional, said that she would “stay […]
The Conservative heavyweight American Conservative Union (ACU) has weighed in one of Florida's most hotly contested Republican primary races of the 2022 midterm election cycle and has endorsed Combat Veteran Cory Mills for the U.S. Congress. The endorsement was released on the CPAC 2022 Twitter account. Mills, who recently rescued an American family in Afghanistan […]
WASHINGTON—Republicans members of Congress, including Florida Reps. Brian Mast, Mario Diaz-Balart, and Michael Waltz have been railing against the soon-to-be-voted-on COMPETES Act, accusing House Democrats of writing a bill to protect the U.S. against China, but actually helps the Chinese. The COMPETES Act was drafted to help the U.S. compete with China and other countries […]
Florida Democrats Just Soiled the Bed The latest Suffolk University/USA Today Network poll conducted in Florida is bad news for Florida Democrats. Remember, Republicans have already surpassed Democrats in voter registrations. On Election Day, Republicans could have a 200,000 voter registrati0n advantage. Now the Suffolk poll shows that President Biden’s approval ratings are in the […]
In a case involving a former Orange Park councilman, a Florida appeals-court judge Wednesday blasted a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the First Amendment. Judge Brad Thomas of the 1st District Court of Appeal wrote an 11-page concurring opinion that took aim at the Supreme Court’s 1964 New York Times v. Sullivan ruling, which, […]
MIAMI—Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, along with Florida House Speaker Chris Sprowls and other state officials announced that through the state’s Resilient Florida Grant Program, some 113 environment projects across the state would be receiving $404 million in funding. Gov. DeSantis’s efforts as the first “Green Governor” of Florida have been met with bipartisan support, just […]
Redistricting Process Stops Well, I am not going to say ‘I told you so,’ but I told you so. Gov. DeSantis has said that he was waiting to see what legal issues his and other Republican-friendly congressional redistricting maps could face before the process of drawing said maps came to a close. Yesterday in Miami, […]
In the era of COVID, Americans from all walks of life have endured extraordinary economic woes because of the U.S. economy practically shutting down with the spread of the pandemic, and now the Florida legislature may play a role in ending 'Corporate welfare.' The U.S. economy is still struggling to get back on track, mainly […]
The Republican congressional primary race to replace retiring Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D) in Florida’s 7th Congressional District is heating up, this as the top three contenders in the crowded primary race —Navy Seal Brady Duke, Rep. Anthony Sabatini, Combat Veteran Cory Mills—have all reported raising over $700,000 for their respective campaigns. Brady Duke—The former Navy […]
The Jackasses After Florida Democrats accused him of supporting antisemitic rhetoric for not openly condemning a group of Nazi “jackasses” demonstrating in Central Florida, a charged up Gov. Ron DeSantis smacked down Democrats and detractors he said were trying to smear him. "But I'm not going to have people trying to smear me that […]
