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Rep. Meg Weinberger (R-Palm Beach Gardens) has formally endorsed Republican Jon Maples in his bid for Florida House District 87, the Maples campaign announced on Wednesday. Maples, a career financial planner, outlined his plans if elected to the seat in an interview with The Floridian back in May. Like Weinberger, Maples has described himself as […]
The rumor that Lt. Governor Jay Collins is mulling over running for the U.S. Congress in Florida 14th District has been panned. The rumor that has circulating around a small political echo chamber in Florida raised eyebrows but according to two sources close to Lt. Collins have dismissed the rumor as being "categorically false," adding […]
Florida Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) Chairman Evan Power is fully supporting Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier after the state charged illegal alien truck driver Harjinder Singh with three counts of vehicular homicide and manslaughter days ago. Power, speaking to Newsmax, agreed with Uthmeier that calls to deport Singh needed to wait as the state […]
When 17-year-old Clayton Emerson’s motorcycle slammed into a pickup truck illegally pulled into oncoming traffic, he was killed almost instantly. But Gainesville police never checked whether the driver was under the influence. Instead, the driver received a traffic ticket. “Clayton’s Law” would change that. Crafted by Emerson’s mother, a single mom and office manager at […]
Florida Representative Kathy Castor (D) released a statement pressing the Trump administration to release a Palestinian-born Floridian held captive on Israeli soil. “I urge the Trump Administration to do everything in its power to obtain the release of Mohammed Ibrahim - a child, an American citizen, and Floridian,” she said. I am deeply concerned about […]
Cracker Barrel Cracks Under Pressure Cracker Barrel and the marketing team that decided to change their traditional, long-standing logo, have cracked under immense public pressure...READ MORE Attorney General Pam Bondi— Always great to spend time with our law enforcement officers making a positive difference in our nation’s capital. We will continue to support you […]
Cracker Barrel and the marketing team that decided to change their traditional, long-standing logo, have cracked under immense public pressure. Also, it didn't help the embattle restaurant chain that President Donald Trump also chimed in and that the company's stock lost $94 million in one day. "Cracker Barrel should go back to the old logo, […]
Florida Senator Rick Scott (R) praised President Donald Trump for removing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook while criticizing the current Fed Chairman Jerome Powell. “After years of no accountability under Jerome Powell’s tenure at the [Federal Reserve], [President Trump] is doing the right thing to hold people accountable, protect American families, and restore trust in […]
DeSantis: Florida Didn't Initially Have Probable Cause to Arrest Harjinder Singh When undocumented truck driver Harjinder Singh killed three Floridians in a traffic accident, highway troopers didn't immediately arrest him because they didn't have probable...READ MORE Gov. Ron DeSantis: "Today, I was proud to announce significant progress on two critical infrastructure projects in the Tampa […]
Representative Carlos Gimenez (R-FL) wrote to President Donald Trump, urging action against the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) due to its role in trafficking Cuban doctors. As Rep. Gimenez explained, PAHO is enabling the travel of Cuban medical professionals under the island dictatorship's Mais Medicos program to foreign countries such as Brazil, in conditions that the United […]
This week marks 20 years since Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, leaving behind not just wrecked homes and businesses but entire communities struggling to survive. In Mississippi and Louisiana, the scale of the destruction was overwhelming. Whole cities lost their financial records. Recovery programs had to be built from scratch. Billions of dollars in […]
Democratic gubernatorial candidate David Jolly criticized six GOP governors on Tuesday for their recent decision to send National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., to assist in the Trump administration's crackdown on crime in the nation's capital. "No Governor should deploy their state's National Guard to support Trump's armed patrols of American cities," Jolly said. "Instead, […]
When undocumented truck driver Harjinder Singh killed three Floridians in a traffic accident, highway troopers didn't immediately arrest him because they didn't have probable cause, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Tuesday. Florida Highway Patrol had to conduct an investigation to determine what actually occurred because all of the witnesses were dead, DeSantis said at a Tampa […]
Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D) commented on the ruling ordering the South Florida Detention Facility, also referred to as Alligator Alcatraz, calling the "internment camp" as being "cruel." “This Everglades internment camp was a cruel, wasteful, destructive stunt from start to finish,” she said. “The judge made the right call to shut it down. […]
Politicians Channel Their inner Wannabee Arnold, Bench Press Politics at its Worst Miami Mayor Francis Suarez seemingly mocked New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani for "attempting" to bench press at the annual Men’s Day event in Brooklyn over the weekend. Mamdani, 33, a self-proclaimed Democratic socialist, is looking to become the Big Apple's next mayor in […]
Representative Carlos Gimenez (R-FL) warned Colombian President Gustavo Petro that he could be charged as an accomplice of the Cartel de los Soles in recent posts to X (formerly Twitter). For additional context, Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro's second-in-command, Diosdado Cabello, recently announced the deployment of troops along Venezuela's border with Colombia, supposedly to defend the […]
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez seemingly mocked New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani for "attempting" to bench press at the annual Men’s Day event in Brooklyn over the weekend. Mamdani, 33, a self-proclaimed Democratic socialist, is looking to become the Big Apple's next mayor in November. "Socialism vs Capitalism," Suarez said. In the video, Mamdani […]
Trump Signs Executive Order Banning Flag Burning, Includes One-Year in Jail President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to prosecute individuals who burn the American flag. The order, which includes a one-year prison sentence for an offense, defies decades...READ MORE Gov. Ron DeSantis: "Today, I had the honor of accepting the James V. Day […]
