Presidential hopeful and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy’s recent statements and campaign operations have incited rumors of his potential endorsement of former President Donald Trump. Ramaswamy’s campaign recently announced it would halt all TV advertisements and stated funds would be diverted towards alternate ad channels. “Presidential TV ad spending is idiotic, low-ROI & a trick that political […]
US Senator Rick Scott (R-Fl) has announced he will be donating a portion of his Senate salary to the Holocaust Museum & Cohen Education Center in Naples, Florida. The museum, established in 2001, evolved from a middle school classroom exhibit called “Out of the Ashes” that sought to educate pupils on the horrors of the […]
Florida Representative Joe Casello (D-90) has filed a bill to preempt mass shootings by prohibiting behaviors typically antecedent to the shootings. The bill would prohibit individuals from planning to conduct a mass shooting or an act of terrorism. Per the bill, planning to conduct a mass shooting entails taking two or more actions with the […]
US Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fl) is asking President Joe Biden take action to prevent Chinese semiconductor firm ‘Brite’ from accessing US technology and capital markets. A report published last week exposed how Brite has been able to purchase US software and obtain financing from American investors. Brite services at least six Chinese military suppliers and […]
The Florida legislature is considering creating an investment fund to support the development of counties that have been swarmed with pari-mutuel (gaming) facilities. Senator Blaise Ingoglia (R-11) filed a bill , that would create the ‘Prospect Del Vista Incorporation to create and administer an investment fund to support ‘gaming concentrated counties’. Per the bill, gaming-concentrated […]
US Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fl) has written a letter to President Joe Biden’s U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen urging her to prevent US Steel Corporation (US Steel) from being acquired. Earlier this week, US Steel announced Nippon Steel Corporation (NSC), a global steel manufacturer and Japan’s largest steelmaker, would be acquiring the company. According to […]
Florida Representative Adam Anderson (R-57) has filed a bill that would strengthen Florida’s Driving Under the Influence (DUI) laws. If passed, Representative Anderson’s bill would expand the scope of circumstances in which an individual could be charged with a DUI. Currently, an individual can be charged with a DUI if he is driving or in […]
US Representative Maria Elvira-Salazar (R-Fl) has filed a bill to establish free trade between the US and Uruguay and streamline bureaucratic travel regulations between the two countries. Representative Salazar’s Uruguay Economic Partnership Act would add Uruguay to the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA). CBERA, initially codified in 1983, was created to provide certain Caribbean […]
Florida House Representative Stan McClain (R-27) has filed a bill that would allow school districts and charter schools to enact policies to allow volunteer school chaplains. Chaplains are individuals who provide religious counseling services. While usually belonging to a certain religion, chaplains can also be non-denominational. In Florida, chaplains are generally present in private schools […]
Senators Rick Scott (R-Fl) and Mike Lee (R-UT) have filed the Protect American Gun Exporter Act to nullify President Joe Biden’s recent ban on gun exports. Last October 27, 2023, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced a 90-day ban on the export of firearms, ammunition, and component parts. The BIS explained it would […]
A new Harvard Harris Poll recently published is reporting striking support for Hamas by US college-aged individuals. In late November, The Floridian reported similar overwhelming support for Hamas amongst civilians in Gaza. According to recent polls, 74.7% of Palestinians wish to see the reinstatement of Palestine ‘from the river to the sea’, i.e., the eradication […]
U.S. Congressman Mike Waltz (FL-6) introduced bicameral legislation to establish national security councils for each of the Compacts of Free Association (COF) Indo-Pacific nations. The national security councils would surveil and counter malign foreign influence from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and other hostile states. COF states include the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, and Palau, but […]
Florida Senator Joe Gruters (R) has filed a bill that would create an ‘Artificial Intelligence Advisory Council’ within Florida’s state government. The AI council would be lodged in the Department of Management Services and surveil the development and use of AI systems across Florida. Some of the council’s responsibilities would include recommending administrative and legislative […]
Congresswomen Maria Elvira Salazar (R-Fl) and Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-FL) have jointly reintroduced the Venezuela Emergency Relief, Democracy Assistance, and Development (VERDAD) Act. The VERDAD Act, passed in 2019 and set to expire in 2023, imposes sanctions against Dictator Nicolas Maduro’s regime and outlines US strategy towards supporting a democratic transition in Venezuela. Congresswoman Salazar claimed […]
The Florida Legislature is considering whether to pass recently proposed laws that would deregulate some aspects of minor employment in Florida. Florida Representative Linda Chaney (R) filed legislation that would, among other things, enable all those 16 and up to work the same hours as adults. Yesterday, Representative Chaney’s bill was approved in the Regulatory […]
US Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fl) has introduced a bill that would expand a biological father’s child support duties throughout the course of a pregnancy. The legislation would amend the Social Security act to compel participating states to include language establishing increased support obligations for biological fathers. Biological fathers would now be responsible for covering 50 […]
US Representative Vern Buchanan (R-Fl) has filed legislation to expand public healthcare options for lung cancer screenings. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in America, with about 136,000 people dying from it yearly. According to the University of Florida, early detection can increase the […]
Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) and some of his colleagues are pushing for the passage of the American Investment Accountability Act. The act would direct the US Secretaries of Commerce and Treasury, as well as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), to publish a report on American capital flows to China once every 90 days. According […]
