Scott and Senate Republicans Waste No Time After SCOTUS Ruling, Form Group to Scale Back Bureaucracy

Scott and Senate Republicans Waste No Time After SCOTUS Ruling, Form Group to Scale Back Bureaucracy

Mateo Guillamont
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July 15, 2024
Conservative Senators are hurriedly capitalizing on the US Supreme Court’s recent ruling curtailing bureaucratic rule making authority in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo. Loper overruled Chevron v Natural Resources Defense Council, a keystone case for the expansion of federal agencies’ authority subsequently known as Chevron deference. Chevron created legal precedent dictating that federal agencies had […]
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Congressional Pressure Grows for Investigation Into Attempted Trump Assassination

Congressional Pressure Grows for Investigation Into Attempted Trump Assassination

Mateo Guillamont
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July 15, 2024
US lawmakers are calling for full congressional investigations into the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. As reported by The Floridian’s Javier Manjarres, President Trump was shot in the right ear during Saturday's rally. The shot came from the right side of the stage, and Secret Service whisked away the former president. Trump pumped […]
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Trump Recounts Assassination Attempt, Claims he was Saved “By Luck or by God”

Trump Recounts Assassination Attempt, Claims he was Saved “By Luck or by God”

Mateo Guillamont
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July 15, 2024
Former President Donald Trump is claiming his surviving Saturday’s attempt against his life is due to either fateful fortune or divine intervention. In an exclusive interview with the New York Post (NYP), President Trump underscored his shock at having survived, stating he’s “supposed to be dead.” According to the NYP, President Trump recognized that a […]
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Florida Legislator Leads National Effort to Award NATO Secretary General

Florida Legislator Leads National Effort to Award NATO Secretary General

Mateo Guillamont
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July 13, 2024
US Representative Neal Dunn (R-FL) is leading a bipartisan and bicameral bill to recognize North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. Secretary General Stoltenberg has served NATO since 2014 and has guided the alliance through a tumultuous period plagued with international crises, wars, and internal disputes. Nonetheless, a bipartisan group of Representatives and […]
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Rubio Bent on Expanding Healthcare Support for Military Moms

Rubio Bent on Expanding Healthcare Support for Military Moms

Mateo Guillamont
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July 13, 2024
US Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) has filed legislation aimed at improving military maternal healthcare vis-a-vis access and quality. The bill would statutorily redefine pregnancy and loss of pregnancy as ‘qualifying life events’ (QLE) under TRICARE to allow mothers to change their TRICARE plan. TRICARE is the military’s healthcare system. Under TRICARE, QLEs enable military personnel […]
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Lawmakers Aim to End Chinese Critical Minerals Monopoly

Lawmakers Aim to End Chinese Critical Minerals Monopoly

Mateo Guillamont
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July 12, 2024
A bipartisan effort to terminate China’s grip on the critical minerals sector is underway in the US Senate. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL), Mark Warner (D-VA), and colleagues introduced the Global Strategy for Securing Critical Minerals Act of 2024 to combat China’s dominance in the field. Currently, China is the largest producer of processed critical minerals, […]
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Rubio Proposes Frontal Assault on Chinese Mineral Exports

Rubio Proposes Frontal Assault on Chinese Mineral Exports

Mateo Guillamont
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July 12, 2024
US Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) has submitted legislation that would crush China’s critical minerals exports with stiff tariffs. The move comes amidst growing concern for China’s critical mineral monopoly. Senator Rubio’s bill, the Critical Mineral Supply Chain Realignment Act of 2024, would impose astronomical tariffs on manufactured goods for which critical minerals are essential. Exports […]
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Proposed Law Would Punish Social Media Sites Allowing ‘Deepfake’ Porn Publications

Proposed Law Would Punish Social Media Sites Allowing ‘Deepfake’ Porn Publications

Mateo Guillamont
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July 12, 2024
A recently introduced bipartisan bill in the House of Representatives would criminalize ‘deepfake’ pornographic s ‘revenge porn’ publications. Revenge porn, also known as non-consensual intimate imagery (NCII), has grown since the popularization of generative artificial intelligence (AI). In response, a bipartisan group of legislators filed the Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes […]
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Florida Legislators Mourn Death of Oklahoma Senator

Florida Legislators Mourn Death of Oklahoma Senator

Mateo Guillamont
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July 11, 2024
Florida’s US Senators are mourning the recent passing of former Senator Jim Inhofe, a leading Republican Senator representing Oklahoma for almost 30 years. Florida Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Rick Scott (R-FL) both released statements celebrating Senator Inhofe’s life, commending his public service, and mourning his death. “Ann and I are keeping Kay, the Inhofe […]
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Bipartisan Senate Support for Argentina Jewish Massacre Victims in 30 Year Anniversary

Bipartisan Senate Support for Argentina Jewish Massacre Victims in 30 Year Anniversary

Mateo Guillamont
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July 11, 2024
Democrat and Republican Senators have united to commemorate the thirty year anniversary of tragic car bomb terrorist attacks on July 18, 1994, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The terror attacks were aimed at the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association (AMIA) Jewish Community Center, killing 85 and wounding more than 300 people. The attacks remain the deadliest terror […]
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Scott and Colleagues Commemorate Three Year Anniversary of Historic Cuban Protests

Scott and Colleagues Commemorate Three Year Anniversary of Historic Cuban Protests

Mateo Guillamont
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July 10, 2024
On July 11, 2021, thousands of Cubans took to the streets to protest the island’s civil, political, and economic decay at the hands of the Communist Castro Regime. The regime quashed the protests with brute force, arbitrary detentions, and internet and cell service blackouts. Now, Florida Senator Rick Scott (R), supported by Senators Marco Rubio […]
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Florida Congressman Aims to Diminish Airplane Regulations for Children

Florida Congressman Aims to Diminish Airplane Regulations for Children

Mateo Guillamont
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July 10, 2024
US Representative Bill Posey (R-FL) introduced legislation to liberalize air-travel regulations for lap held children. Currently, children under two years of age are permitted to fly while held by their caretakers. Otherwise, they must fly in lap held child restraint systems (CRS) in their own independent seat. According to the FAA, using a CRS is […]
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Donalds Proposes Expanded Exemptions for Tip Taxes

Donalds Proposes Expanded Exemptions for Tip Taxes

Mateo Guillamont
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July 10, 2024
Tips could soon be exempt from taxation thanks to a new initiative by US Representative Byron Donalds (R-FL). Representative Donalds’ No Tax on Tips Act would enable workers to request a tax deduction on their taxable income equal to their reported tipped wages. Donalds’ bill is the corollary to Senator Ted Cruz’s (R-TX) own tax […]
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Salazar Denounces Socialism While Addressing Trump Supporters

Salazar Denounces Socialism While Addressing Trump Supporters

Mateo Guillamont
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July 10, 2024
US Representative Maria Elvira-Salazar (R-FL) charged against far-left socialists while addressing Trump supporters gathered at a rally in Doral, Florida. Representative Salazar’s comments were made during former President Donald Trump’s major campaign and fundraising rally this afternoon. Salazar, who is the daughter of Cuban exiles fleeing communism, claimed socialism is eroding American society. “God has […]
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Florida Conservatives Rally for Trump in Major Campaign Event

Florida Conservatives Rally for Trump in Major Campaign Event

Mateo Guillamont
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July 10, 2024
Florida’s Republican political class rallied around former President Donald Trump during a major campaign event in Doral, Florida. Lawmakers attending included  Senators Rick Scott (R-FL) and Marco Rubio(R-FL) and Representatives Carlos Gimenez (R-FL) and Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL). Each legislator outlined their reasons for supporting President Trump while criticizing President Joe Biden’s presidential performance. Senator […]
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Venezuelan Presidential Campaigns Begin in Highly Anticipated Contest

Venezuelan Presidential Campaigns Begin in Highly Anticipated Contest

Mateo Guillamont
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July 9, 2024
Venezuela’s Presidential campaigns for the upcoming July elections began this week. The elections follow failed negotiations between Venezuela’s government and President Joe Biden’s administration over electoral assurances in exchange for sanctions relief. Despite promises of allowing free and fair elections, the Venezuelan regime barred opposition leader Maria Corina Machado from participating in the same.  However, […]
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Rubio Could Become VP Nominee as Major Trump Rally is Held in Florida

Rubio Could Become VP Nominee as Major Trump Rally is Held in Florida

Mateo Guillamont
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July 9, 2024
US Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) is increasingly expected to become former President Donald Trump’s Vice Presidential nominee. Senator Rubio has supported President Trump throughout the latter’s campaign. However, Rubio amplified his pro-Trump messaging after the latter secured the Republican presidential nomination. Now, political insiders are predicting Trump will select Rubio as his VP for the […]
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Congressional Pushback Against New Biden ‘EV’ Rules Continues

Congressional Pushback Against New Biden ‘EV’ Rules Continues

Mateo Guillamont
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July 9, 2024
A group of over 150 conservative Congressional lawmakers have rejected President Joe Biden’s recently published Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Heavy-Duty Vehicles – Phase 3. The rules, published last April, target greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from large trucks and heavy-duty vehicles. According to the rules, such vehicles must dramatically reduce their GHG emissions by fiscal […]
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