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When The Floridian first reported that State Rep. Michael Grieco (D) has dropped out of his State Senate race against Republican Senator Ileana Garcia, it left politicos around the state scratching their heads as to why Rep. Grieco would bail out of the race this late in the cycle. The bottom line is Florida Democrats have a big money problem...
The Rubio campaign is disregarding her candidacy, calling her “a far-left radical” that will not become a Florida Senator.
This week, the feud continues as DeSantis further accuses “Brandon” of being “America’s most unpopular president.”
In the middle of March, The Floridian wrote multiple stories on the rising gas prices, inflation, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and how all three are intertwined. Some politicians, some experts, and statistics themselves tried to warn us about the devastating effects that would occur in the weeks to come. But it appears our […]
Between the leaked SCOTUS draft opinion to throw out Roe v. Wade, and Florida proposing even more legislation to crack down on the practice, abortion has made its way back to center stage for plenty of Floridians. While the state is leaning more red than ever, a recent poll suggests that a majority of Florida […]
Florida State Rep. Michael Grieco has announced he is dropping out of the race in State Senate District 36 against Republican State Senator Ileana Garcia. The popular and outspoken Rep. Grieco made the announcement on Twitter Wednesday morning. “ Today I am announcing that I will no longer seek the Democratic nomination for Florida State […]
Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office is advertising for a director of the revived Florida State Guard.
Record fuel prices could make many Floridians less willing to evacuate if they are threatened by hurricanes, the AAA auto club said. With the average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gas in Florida at a near-record $4.57 on Tuesday, AAA released survey results that said 42 percent of Floridians might be hesitant about […]
Taking a one-day break from her relentless attacks against Gov. Ron DeSantis and Rep. Charlie Crist, AG Commissioner Nikki Fried Spent the last day of May doing what all candidates should have been doing— pressing supporters to donate cash to their campaigns.
The former Republican governor and current gubernatorial candidate, Rep. Charlie Crist (D-FL) has a reminder to Floridians about Gov. Ron DeSantis and his pro-gun policies. Rep. Crist has been pro-gun in the past before becoming a Democrat in the early 2010s and ended up unsuccessfully challenging former Governor and now Sen. Rick Scott in 2014. […]
If you are a golf fan, you’ve likely heard about the PGA Tour’s ongoing battle with competing circuits like Greg Norman’s newly launched LIV Golf series or the proposed Premier Golf League, both of which have positioned themselves as upstart disruptors to the PGA Tour’s status quo. As anticipated, the PGA Tour has taken a […]
The Iran Deal, or as it’s formally known, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), was originally brought about in the later stages of the Obama administration (Joe Biden was Vice President at the time). It was struck down by former President Donald Trump (R) early on in his presidency. Since the transition, President Joe […]
Since the horrific day that was February 14th, 2018, in Parkland, Florida, lives have been changed forever. Parents lost children, siblings lost siblings, and friends lost friends. The shooting that occurred at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School understandably devastated the South Florida community, the state of Florida, and the United States as a whole. Immediately […]
Republicans are poised to take control of the U.S. Senate in 2022 as Americans continue to reject the foreign and domestic policies that congressional Democrats and President Joe Biden have put forward since taking control of the U.S. Congress and White House in 2020.
It has been one week since the tragic attack on the Uvalde, TX elementary school that left 19 children and adults dead. Now, the recent awareness has spiked the public interest on the subject of school shootings, so much so that a Lee County 10-year-old was arrested for making a school shooting threat. The fifth-grade […]
Banning Firearms in America The unfortunate school shooting in Texas has once again galvanized Democratic legislators and anti-gun activists around the country to call for stricter gun laws, specifically the banning of rifles like the AR-15 and “high capacity” magazines. Florida lawmakers like Reps. Ted Deutch and Debbie Wasserman Schultz, to name a couple, […]
President Joe Biden has come out and suggested that banning "high caliber" 9mm handguns could be on the table after the tragic shooting at Robb Elementary school in Uvalde, Texas that left 19 children and teachers dead last week.
As advertised on the header of his Twitter account, Rep. Michael Waltz (R-FL) became the first Green Beret elected to Congress when he won the Florida's District 6 seat in 2018. Since 2019, he’s been one of the more prominent Floridian Republican voices in the House, such as making appearances on Fox News regularly, such […]
