Florida House Votes in Favor of Election Integrity Bill SB 90

Florida House Votes in Favor of Election Integrity Bill SB 90

Javier Manjarres
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April 28, 2021
The Republican-led House of Representatives has taken up the controversial SB 90 election integrity law —the measure that prohibits ballot drop boxes and ballot harvesting —and House Democrats have responded in the debate by painting the measure as racist and a retread of segregation-era Jim Crow Laws.
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Florida House Votes Against Vaccine Passports

Florida House Votes Against Vaccine Passports

Javier Manjarres
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April 28, 2021
Republican lawmakers in Tallahassee have voted 76-40 in favor of a House measure that bans vaccine passports, a measure the Democratic lawmakers opposed, accused Republicans of trying to push through an overt power grab bill that would take limit powers from municipalities.
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GOP Conspiracist Questions DeSantis' COVID Motives : 'What's up, Bro?'

GOP Conspiracist Questions DeSantis' COVID Motives : 'What's up, Bro?'

Javier Manjarres
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April 28, 2021
Just as Florida Democrats continue their efforts to tear down Gov. Ron DeSantis over his response to the COVID-19 pandemic, there are some “challenged” Republican activists that have joined with Democrats to express their disapproval with DeSantis, in particular his extension of the COVID state of emergency edict he just signed, questioning DeSantis' COVID motives.
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JUICE — Florida Politics' Juicy Read — 4.28.2021 — DeSantis Losing His GOP Edge? — Border Crisis 'Self-Inflicted Disaster'— More...

JUICE — Florida Politics' Juicy Read — 4.28.2021 — DeSantis Losing His GOP Edge? — Border Crisis 'Self-Inflicted Disaster'— More...

Javier Manjarres
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April 28, 2021
Some Conservative activists appear to be turning on Gov. Ron DeSantis over his push to sign Big Tech legislation that according to them, lacks teeth to really make a difference.
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Rep. Ingoglia and GOP Legislature  Called 'incompetent, malicious, and sinister RINO's'

Rep. Ingoglia and GOP Legislature Called 'incompetent, malicious, and sinister RINO's'

Javier Manjarres
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April 27, 2021
With the legislative session in Tallahassee coming to a close, Conservative activists took to the streets, specifically “Trump corner” in Palm Beach County, to call out  Gov. Ron DeSantis and State Rep. Blaise Ingoglia as "incompetent and "malicious," and demanded that they and other state legislators, “get off their asses and do the right thing” regarding the Big Tech bill...
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Conservatives Rally Against DeSantis Big Tech Legislation

Conservatives Rally Against DeSantis Big Tech Legislation

Javier Manjarres
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April 27, 2021
With Florida’s legislative session just days away from concluding, Conservative activists Laura Loomer, Michele Malkin, Nick Fuentes, and others, will gather at famed “Trump corner” near Mar-A-Lago to rally against DeSantis' Big Tech legislation put forth by the Republican-led state legislature.
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JUICE — Florida Politics' Juicy Read — 4.27.2021 — Redistricting in Florida — Demings Defends Cops — Jones, Moody, Book – More...

JUICE — Florida Politics' Juicy Read — 4.27.2021 — Redistricting in Florida — Demings Defends Cops — Jones, Moody, Book – More...

Javier Manjarres
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April 27, 2021
  Drawing the Congressional Lines in the Sand Well, so much for Florida getting two new congressional seats after the Census dust settled. Florida is only getting one new seat, and while that will bring tip the scales in favor of Republicans, it won’t have the impact that two congressional seats would have. Now those […]
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Redistricting in Florida Will Benefit Republicans, but not by Much

Redistricting in Florida Will Benefit Republicans, but not by Much

Javier Manjarres
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April 27, 2021
Well, so much for Florida getting two new congressional seats after the Census dust settled. The Sunshine State is only getting one new seat, and while that will help tip the scales in favor of Republicans, it won’t have the impact that two congressional seats would've had after redistricting in Florida occurs.
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Wasserman Schultz Finally Receives COVID-19 Vaccine

Wasserman Schultz Finally Receives COVID-19 Vaccine

Javier Manjarres
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April 26, 2021
With CDC and Biden administration officials mulling over whether to start easing COVID-19 mask and social distancing restrictions, millions of more Americans, including legislators (myself) like Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D), are getting the COVID -19 vaccine.
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Lazy POLITICO Reporters Skip Google, Make False Claim About First Black Republicans in Florida

Lazy POLITICO Reporters Skip Google, Make False Claim About First Black Republicans in Florida

Javier Manjarres
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April 26, 2021
Call it laziness for refusing to conduct simple research, or call it being just plain disconnected with Americans Politics, but POLITICO may need to educate their reporters about former Congressman Allen West and Congressman Josiah Thomas Walls— “Florida's first Black Republicans in Congress”
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JUICE — Florida Politics' Juicy Read — 4.26.2021 —

JUICE — Florida Politics' Juicy Read — 4.26.2021 — "Unholy Alliance" to "Sexually Indoctrinate" Florida Students — Roach, Giallombardo, Smith, Murphy — More...

Javier Manjarres
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April 26, 2021
It’s the final week of the 2021 legislative session in Florida and would you believe me if I told you that the week is starting off in an uneventful way?
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Murphy Hopes For Bipartisan Congressional Infrastructure Agreement

Murphy Hopes For Bipartisan Congressional Infrastructure Agreement

Javier Manjarres
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April 26, 2021
Appearing on MSNBC’s “Live with Alex Witt” this past Sunday, Florida Congresswoman Stephanie Murphy (D) addressed the recent $2 trillion “infrastructure” proposal President Joe Biden has put forward, as well as the Senate Republican counterproposal that falls far short of the amount Democrats have recently been pushing for.
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Rick Scott Demands Biden Visit the 'Border Crisis'

Rick Scott Demands Biden Visit the 'Border Crisis'

Javier Manjarres
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April 25, 2021
Senator Rick Scott (R) and congressional Republicans continue to criticize President Joe Biden over his perceived failure to act on the growing illegal immigration “border crisis” that the president himself has now acknowledged as being “a border crisis.
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Rep. Roach Defends Transgender House Aide Outed by Blogger Jacob Ogles

Rep. Roach Defends Transgender House Aide Outed by Blogger Jacob Ogles

Javier Manjarres
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April 25, 2021
Freshman Democratic lawmaker Kristen Arrington (D) may have violated both HIPAA policy as well as House HR rules by publicly outing her transgender House aide as transgender via Twitter.  
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Republicans Warn of

Republicans Warn of "Unholy Alliance" to "Sexually Indoctrinate" School Kids in Florida

Javier Manjarres
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April 25, 2021
After the Florida House of Representatives passed HB 1475, the measure prohibiting transgender “biological males” from competing in women’s sports, and after the same measure stalled in the Florida Senate, the Lee County School District has quietly approved “radical” transgender policies without allowing for public debate or consultation. The move is widely seen by Republicans as a Democratic Party move...
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DeSantis Signs Historic Gambling Deal in Florida

DeSantis Signs Historic Gambling Deal in Florida

Javier Manjarres
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April 23, 2021
The worst kept secret in Tallahassee this legislative cycle was that Gov. Ron DeSantis was negotiated a gambling deal with steakholders behind closed doors in hopes to strike a deal between the state of Florida and the Seminole Tribe of Florida.
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Donalds Calls Washington Post 'Bigoted & Ignorant' Over 'Unreliable' Fact-Checker' Story

Donalds Calls Washington Post 'Bigoted & Ignorant' Over 'Unreliable' Fact-Checker' Story

Javier Manjarres
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April 23, 2021
Florida Congressman Byron Donalds (R) is a little peeved over a recent Washington Post “Fact-checker” analysis story that appears to miss the mark in “fact-checking” what they were actually analyzing: Senator Tim Scott’s story of his grandfather’s land ownership.
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Firebrand Val Demings' 2022 Election Year Challenge Could be Herself

Firebrand Val Demings' 2022 Election Year Challenge Could be Herself

Javier Manjarres
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April 23, 2021
After months of keeping silent since speculation first arose that she could be leaving her congressional seat to run for statewide office, Rep. Val Demings (D) has told POLITICO,  echoing Rep. Stephanie Murphy that she is “seriously considering” a run for governor against Gov. Ron DeSantis, or against Senator Marco Rubio for the Senate in 2022.
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