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Gaetz (R) took to his podcast to comment on the deposition, suspecting that Pomerantz would be called back for further questioning.
House Republicans are demanding Democrats, including the Biden Administration, issue apologies for claiming the recently-passed Limit, Save, and Grow Act would cut veterans' benefits. Representative Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) summarized on Twitter, "The VA Secretary and some of my Democrat Congressional colleagues are spreading false information and fear-mongering to make up for their lack of viable […]
Representative Mike Waltz (R-FL) has introduced a bill prohibiting "woke" practices supposedly implemented in the U.S. Armed Forces. Named the Working to Address Recruiting and Retention to Improve Our Readiness (WARRIOR) Act, Rep. Waltz's bill would require the Department of Defense to audit Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs, bans the instruction of Critical Race Theory (CRT) […]
With Title 42 immigration order having officially expired, Americans around the nation are wondering how the federal government will respond to the influx in migrants coming across the southern border. Legislators such as Representative Cory Mills (R-FL) and his colleagues have issued a response. Just hours before the end of Title 42, the Republican-controlled House […]
With Americans focused on the recent expiration of Title 42 immigration order, Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) has stayed committed to issuing his monthly report on the nation’s economy numbers under President Joe Biden (D) since he took office in January of 2021. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its numbers for the months of […]
Governor Ron DeSantis signed first-in-the-nation laws today against the U.S. Government surveilling the personal finances of Floridians, including a ban on the use of a Central Bank digital currency. "We are excited to see the American people fight back for a change," said DeSantis at a press conference in Fort Myers this morning with the […]
With Title 42 officially ending, a new immigration bill has passed. House Resolution 2 (H.R. 2), also known as the Secure the Border Act, has passed the House and is on its way to the Senate. The new controversial legislation allows the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to resume activities to construct a wall along […]
Florida Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R) has threatened President Joe Biden (D) over Israel.
In the wake of the official end of Title 42, Texas Senator Ted Cruz (R) has taken aim at President Joe Biden’s (D) border policies. In a series of tweets, the Texas senator made his thoughts on the border crisis very clear. “I'm in Brownsville, seeing the #BidenBorderCrisis firsthand— this is his fault! We already […]
Fort Myers—Gov. Ron DeSantis continued his bill-signing tour throughout Florida today, this time signing SB 214—a measure that would ban financial institutions from generating detailed reports on Americans who purchase firearms, sales for arms dealers, and ammunition. Shortly after signing the bill into law, Gov. DeSantis addressed the end of the Trump-era Title 42 immigration […]
As Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) positions himself to run for President against former President Donald Trump (R), criticisms on a national stage from Democrats have been nothing but amplified as Florida Republicans have supposedly altered state laws to compensate for Gov. DeSantis' potential presidential run. After President Trump announced his comeback to the political scene […]
The relationship between the federal government and the state of Florida has been tense since Governor DeSantis (R-FL) amplified efforts to battle illegal immigration. Now Florida is suing the Department of Homeland Security over a new parole policy on immigration. In the lawsuit, the state of Florida asserts that DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Border […]
Governor Ron DeSantis signed a law today aimed at keeping Florida out of any World Health Organization "Pandemic Treaty". "In this bill we formally reject W.H.O. or any of these international organizations," said DeSantis before signing the law at Oceans Church in Destin earlier today. "If a county or someone in Florida wants to adopt […]
Today, Governor Ron DeSantis signed a law that will make protections against vaccine mandates, vaccine passports and forced masking permanent in the State of Florida. "First bill really goes back to the idea of prescribing freedom and it really does a lot of things. It makes all these protections permanent that we have done over […]
Representative Carlos Gimenez (R-FL) went on Fox Business and Fox News to discuss the end of Title 42 and the Republican approach to massive migration caravans. His main argument is that he is not opposed to immigration entirely, but illegal immigration. ?In Florida, we accept immigrants. In my own county, Miami-Dade, a majority of the […]
Governor Ron DeSantis signed a law today that will ban "Gain-of-Function" research in the State of Florida. "I'm really glad that our lawmakers have just banned it and put the kibosh on Gain of Function type research in Florida," said Florida Surgeon General Joe Ladapo. "It's not so much that the research in itself is […]
Despite numerous attempts to block it, US Rep. Rashida Talib (R-MN) hosted an antisemitic, anti-Israel event on Capitol Hill with the blessing of Senate leadership. US Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) has condemned Senate Majority Schumer for allowing the "Israel Catastrophe" event to take place. Rep. Talib hosted the event in Washington D.C. this week called, […]
Representative Kat Cammack (R-FL) recently discussed the Weaponization of the Federal Government subcommittee's investigation into the intelligence community suppressing information on Hunter Biden's laptop on Fox News's The Story with Martha MacCallum. After the Wednesday hearing, Rep. Cammack rejoined MacCallum to discuss further. "Let’s make one thing clear—after @Weaponization finishes its investigation of the extensive […]
