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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 […]
Florida Lieutenant Governor Jay Collins (R-FL) discussed the arrest of Harjinder Singh, an illegal alien truck driver, in a recent appearance on Fox News while further blasting California, where Singh obtained his commercial driver's license, as a "blue state idiocracy." Host Martha MacCallum began noting that another illegal alien driver had recently been arrested, asking […]
Miami mayoral candidate Emilio T. Gonzalez is looking to reduce the cost of raising children, support seniors on fixed incomes, and ensure city residents can live in the Magic City for years to come as part of his "Miami Families First" initiative, he announced today. The agenda is one of three pillars of Gonzalez's campaign […]
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier asked the federal government Monday to ban California and Washington from issuing commercial licenses if these states have encouraged undocumented migrants to drive commercially. Uthmeier's call comes weeks after an undocumented Indian national with a California-issued CDL made an illegal U-turn, killing three Floridians. Mass public outrage led the federal […]
Representative Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) has written to State Secretary Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, demanding an investigation into South Florida companies that are potentially evading sanctions placed on Cuba. For instance, many of these companies offer "tourism packages," "logistics," car sales, and door-to-door shipping, despite the United States prohibiting tourism to Cuba. […]
Lt. Gov. Collins Faces Heavy Political Lift if he Runs Against Donalds in 2026 With Rep. Byron Donalds having already raised over $20 million and is continuing to pile up key political campaign endorsements since announcing his 2026 gubernatorial run, has the fat lady begun to sing for anyone thinking about entering the Republican gubernatorial primary...READ […]
With Rep. Byron Donalds having already raised over $20 million and is continuing to pile up key political campaign endorsements since announcing his 2026 gubernatorial run, has the fat lady begun to sing for anyone thinking about entering the Republican gubernatorial primary sweepstakes? Politicos standing around just about every single political water cooler from Tallahassee […]
Senators Rick Scott (R-FL) and Katie Britt (R-AL) wrote a recent letter to Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick demanding action to counter illegal Chinese fishing. As Sen. Scott explained, China's illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing is highly unethical on multiple fronts. For instance, ships' crews are "notorious for their gross human rights abuses, including […]
Florida Democratic Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz released a statement demanding the release of Cuban protestors arrested by the Cuban regime and urging the U.S. to take action to free the protestors. “It's up to us to sound the alarm for the 1,000+ peaceful Cuban activists unjustly imprisoned. We must demand their freedom,” she said. “Oppression […]
Joe Gruters Unanimously Elected Chair of Republican National Committee State Sen. Joe Gruters was unanimously elected chairman of the Republican National Committee during the GOP's summer meeting in Atlanta on Friday. Sen. Gruters, a Trump ally, will take...READ MORE FL Sen. Keith Truenow: "A good friend, a tremendous public servant, and an exceptional leader. […]
State Sen. Joe Gruters (R-Sarasota) was unanimously elected chairman of the Republican National Committee during the GOP's summer meeting in Atlanta on Friday. Sen. Gruters, a Trump ally, will take over for Michael Whatley, who stepped down from the position to run for Senate in North Carolina. "Thank you all so much. Now the party […]
Speaking on behalf of Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, Communications Director Jeremy Redfern said the state plans to appeal a federal judge's decision to shut down Florida's illegal alien detention center in the Everglades, widely known as "Alligator Alcatraz." "Just this week, a judge in the same district as Judge Williams refused to hear a […]
Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Friday that an ongoing multi-agency operation in the Florida Panhandle has yielded over 200 arrests of undocumented migrants, with more expected by the end of the day. 45 Florida Highway Patrol officers worked with 20 federal authorities—from agencies like the Department of Homeland Security, Border Patrol, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement—to […]
Representative Byron Donalds (R-FL) is endorsing Representative Chip Roy (R-TX) in his run for Texas Attorney General in a post to X (formerly Twitter). Rep. Roy announced his campaign in a press release earlier Thursday afternoon, saying, "It has been my honor to represent the 21st Congressional District of Texas – the best part of […]
Representative Maxwell Frost (D-FL) is announcing that a new passport application office is being built in Orlando after years of demanding a second location in Florida. As we covered last May, Rep. Frost described how the Miami Passport Agency in Miami is the sole passport application office in the entire state, putting it too far […]
Rep. Fabian Basabe (R-Miami Beach) responded in a lengthy exchange to The Floridan regarding a recent state directive to remove Miami Beach's LGBTQ rainbow crosswalk located on Ocean Drive. Rep. Basabe, while cognizant of the LGBTQ community's concern regarding the removal, broadened the scope of the issue as a larger problem with the city's lack […]
Florida's Real Estate Woes: Miami Beach Among Worst Real Estate Markets in America Miami Beach might be a good place for its restaurants and nightlife, but not a good place if you're looking to buy a home. According to a WalletHub report, the city ranked near the bottom of the barrel of America's best real estate […]
