House Republicans want answers over deployed national guard troops

House Republicans want answers over deployed national guard troops

Javier Manjarres
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January 27, 2021
Florida Congressman Michael Waltz (R) and several other members of the U.S. House of Representatives have penned a letter to the Acting Secretary of the Army John Whitley, asking for a “threat assessment briefing” as to why 7,000+ National Guard soldiers are still being kept deployed throughout the Capitol.
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Eskamani files bill to end Orlando-area business tax break

Eskamani files bill to end Orlando-area business tax break

Javier Manjarres
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January 27, 2021
Progressive Florida State Rep. Anna Eskamani (D-Orlando) has announced that her office had filed legislation to “repeal” the Urban High-Crime Area Job Tax Credit, a tax break put in place to incentivize businesses “within designated urban areas to create new jobs.”
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Rick Wilson, the Democratic Party's Confederate Flag Guy

Rick Wilson, the Democratic Party's Confederate Flag Guy

Javier Manjarres
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January 27, 2021
 If there is one term to best describe The Lincoln Project and its founders like Floridian Rick Wilson, it’s disingenuous.
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JUICE — Florida Politics' Juicy Read — 1.27.20 — Nikki Fried Welcomes Biden's Job-Killing Mandates — Term Limits! — DeSantis, Scott, Rubio, Wasserman Schultz, Book — More...

JUICE — Florida Politics' Juicy Read — 1.27.20 — Nikki Fried Welcomes Biden's Job-Killing Mandates — Term Limits! — DeSantis, Scott, Rubio, Wasserman Schultz, Book — More...

Javier Manjarres
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January 27, 2021
Florida’s Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried is praising President Joe Biden’s recent executive order mandating the federal government to “Buy American” by purchasing more U.S.-manufactured goods and services.
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Fried praises Biden's job creation edict after he kills off 11,000 American Oil Jobs

Fried praises Biden's job creation edict after he kills off 11,000 American Oil Jobs

Javier Manjarres
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January 26, 2021
Florida’s Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried is praising President Joe Biden’s recent executive order mandating the federal government to “Buy American” by purchasing more U.S.-manufactured goods and services, hoping to help American workers.
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Scott votes against Biden nominee who's open to re-join Iran nuke deal

Scott votes against Biden nominee who's open to re-join Iran nuke deal

Javier Manjarres
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January 26, 2021
Florida Senators Rick Scott and Marco Rubio usually see eye-to-eye on the issues, but when it came down to voting to confirm an Obama administration retread to be Secretary of State who backed the Iran nuclear deal, Sen. Scott voted against the nomination while Rubio supported it.
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JUICE — Florida Politics' Juicy Read — 1.26.20 — DeSantis Fires Back At Biden Over Vaccines — FL Dems Push To Oust Republicans Over Capitol Riot — Nilda Pedrosa, Rubio, Scott, Cruz, Gaetz — More...

JUICE — Florida Politics' Juicy Read — 1.26.20 — DeSantis Fires Back At Biden Over Vaccines — FL Dems Push To Oust Republicans Over Capitol Riot — Nilda Pedrosa, Rubio, Scott, Cruz, Gaetz — More...

Javier Manjarres
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January 26, 2021
With Florida Democrats pulling out all the stops to blame Gov. Ron DeSantis for just about any woe that happens in Florida as it pertains to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was only a matter of time before the Biden Administration began to weigh in and take a pot shot or two against the popular first-term governor.
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Demings still pushing for full GOP riot accountability

Demings still pushing for full GOP riot accountability

Javier Manjarres
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January 26, 2021
Rep. Val Demings (D) continues to call for full accountability for those she says were involved in the Capitol riot, those who "lied" about the election results and "tried to overturn our democracy."
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Biden Lifts Transgender Military Ban, Opens Door For Taxpayer-Funded Sex-Change Operations

Biden Lifts Transgender Military Ban, Opens Door For Taxpayer-Funded Sex-Change Operations

Javier Manjarres
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January 25, 2021
President Joe Biden continues his unprecedented power push to undo many Trump-era executive orders, signing 19 edicts in three days, including the lifting of the controversial ban of transgender individuals allowed to serve in the military.
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DeSantis Fires Back At Biden's Spokeswoman's Covid-Related 'Political Talking Point'

DeSantis Fires Back At Biden's Spokeswoman's Covid-Related 'Political Talking Point'

Javier Manjarres
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January 25, 2021
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ executive office has quickly shot back at White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki’s questionable COVID-related "facts" claim that Florida has “only distributed about 50% of the vaccines that they have been given in Florida.”
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Supreme Court strikes down emoluments lawsuits Against President Trump

Supreme Court strikes down emoluments lawsuits Against President Trump

Javier Manjarres
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January 25, 2021
The U.S. Supreme Court has struck down emoluments lawsuits filed against former President Donald Trump over whether he profited off of his position as president when his Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. accepted payments for hotel room rentals by both domestic and foreign officials.
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Patronis wants 2021 Olympics moved from Tokyo to Florida

Patronis wants 2021 Olympics moved from Tokyo to Florida

Javier Manjarres
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January 25, 2021
With a new poll showing that Japanese citizens would like to see the 2021 Olympics and Paralympics be delayed or canceled, Florida CFO Jimmy Patronis tweeted a “very informal” interview request to the Olympic committee about pitching Florida as an alternative to Tokyo.
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Rubio will not vote to convict President Trump

Rubio will not vote to convict President Trump

Javier Manjarres
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January 24, 2021
Appearing on Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace, Senator Marco Rubio stated that if there is an impeachment trial against President Donald Trump, he would vote to end the trial at the “first chance” he got.
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CAIR Executive Shibly Beats Wife, Resigns, and Could Get Disbarred

CAIR Executive Shibly Beats Wife, Resigns, and Could Get Disbarred

Javier Manjarres
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January 24, 2021
Former Executive Director of the Council for American Islamic Relations (CAIR) in Florida, Hassan Shibly has literally taken what the Qur’an says about beating your wife and applied it to his own family.
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Wasserman Schultz Wants Trump Convicted, Barred From Running For President Again

Wasserman Schultz Wants Trump Convicted, Barred From Running For President Again

Javier Manjarres
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January 24, 2021
With the House Article of Impeachment expected to reach the U.S. Senate this week, Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D) says she wants former President Donald Trump banished into “obscurity,” but only after he is convicted in the Senate.
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Rubio reintroduces anti-Supreme Packing Constitutional Amendment

Rubio reintroduces anti-Supreme Packing Constitutional Amendment

Javier Manjarres
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January 23, 2021
When Progressives in the U.S. Congress, including Vice President Kamala Harris, first threatened to pack the Supreme Court after Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died, Florida Senator Marco Rubio introduced a constitutional amendment to keep the number of Justices on the Supreme Court at nine.
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Rubio and Scott Praise President Trump for Banning Offshore Oil Drilling

Rubio and Scott Praise President Trump for Banning Offshore Oil Drilling

Javier Manjarres
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January 23, 2021
Florida’s congressional delegation is 100% in agreement with banning offshore oil drilling off of the state’s coast, and the two legislators pushing the ban are Republican Senators Marco Rubio and Rick Scott.
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'Pro-Life' Charlie Crist

'Pro-Life' Charlie Crist "Proud' to Support Abortion or 'Reproductive Freedom'

Javier Manjarres
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January 22, 2021
This week marks the 48th anniversary of the historic and controversial Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision and Democrats across the country are once again celebrating that court decision, including one-time pro-Lifer Rep. Charlie Crist.
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