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Florida businesswoman Susan Plasencia (R) who is pursuing House District 37 in this upcoming election cycle has just been endorsed by Speaker-Designate Paul Renner (R-24). Rep.Renner has been selected to take up the role of Speaker of the Florida House after current Speaker Chris Sprowls (R-66) finishes his service. It is safe to say that […]
Since the start of the pandemic just over two years ago, student debt payment has been delayed. For those two years, young people owing money back to the federal government have not been required to pay back their loans, but now that the pandemic is waning, people looking down the barrel of debt in front […]
Since the Elon Musk purchase of Twitter, there has been a national conversation about the limits of free speech and how they play a part in our society. Perhaps in response to the Musk purchase (who has promised to make Twitter less regulated in terms of censorship), within the Department of Homeland Security, President Joe […]
Gov. Ron DeSantis said Friday he expects to approve changing Florida gun laws to allow what is known as “constitutional carry,” though it is not clear when that could happen.
During a Health Subcommittee hearing, Bilirakis questioned Becerra over a number of topics, which included Becerra’s “failure to uphold the existing federal partial birth abortion ban.”
The U.S. Senate race between Senator Marco Rubio and Rep. Val Demings is arguably one of the most contentious contests in the country, as Senator Rubio continues to paint Rep. Demings as an “extremist” who sympathizes with the current Progressive ideology and Democratic Socialists in the U.S. Congress.
According to a press release from Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), the Florida Congresswoman is reaching across the aisle to sponsor a bill with Rep. Stephanie Luke (D-FL). The bill, titled the Iranian Nuclear and Venezuelan Energy, Sanctions, and Terrorism Government Accountability Report Act, or the INVESTIGAR Act for short. The bill forces the Biden […]
According to a recent Rep. Daniel Webster (R-FL) press release, the Congressman alongside Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Rick Scott (R-FL) have sent a letter advocating for the usage of Patrick Space Force Base and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station as the “permanent location for the U.S. Space Force’s (USSF) Space Training and Readiness Command […]
Pro-Life Charlie Meet Pro-Choice Charlie Because Rep. Charlie Crist’s gubernatorial campaign is finally catching steam going into May, a growing number of Florida’s political class are now counting AG Commissioner Nikki Fried out of the Democratic primary race, some are even giving her a standing eight count. But Fried isn’t throwing in the towel […]
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R), who’s been a vocal critic of both the Biden administration and Dr. Anthony Fauci, is now warning that “Fauci has emerged to take away your freedoms.”
With Rep. Charlie Crist appearing to surge early in the 2022 Democratic gubernatorial primary race, Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried is once again calling out the former Republican governor for “flip-flopping on abortion rights” over the course of his political career.
This week, Florida Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R) took part in a hearing, questioning Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Isabel Guzman.
The Progressive “Squad” in the U.S. House of Representatives appear to have their sights focused on Florida, as Reps. Cory Bush, Ilhan Omar, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have now targeted both Gov. Ron DeSantis and combat veteran and Republican congressional candidate Cory Mills.
Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) is calling out the Biden administration for their decision to send VA resources to the border to address the crisis that Donalds believes Biden holds responsibility for. Since the announcement that President Joe Biden (D) was going to end Title 42, Republicans have been hitting the border issue with consistency. Donalds […]
The Nikki Fried (D-FL) campaign has sent out a press release including excerpts from The Dispatch regarding former governor of Florida (as a Republican) Charlie Crist and his absence in person at Capitol Hill. The article states, “Over the course of four months and 125 recorded votes on the House floor this year, Rep. Charlie […]
When Gov. Ron DeSantis tapped State Senator Manny Diaz, Jr. to replace Richard Corcoran as the state’s new Commissioner of Education, State Rep. Bryan Avila (R) became the clear choice to fill Sen. Diaz’s shoes. The Floridian has learned from a source that Avila, who is currently a candidate for the Miami-Dade County Commission, appears […]
State Rep. Randy Fine (R-53) stirred the pot in the Florida House after attempting to strip Special Olympics funds. Now, State Rep. Angie Nixon (D-14) is paralleling the public's reaction to her pro-Black activism, to Rep. Fine's recent attempt to strip Special Olympics funding. Previously, after speaking at a pro-Black event outside of the Florida […]
Waltz's letter questioned whether the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) is reviewing the ongoing acquisition of Forbes Global Media Holdings (Forbes) by Magnus Opus Ltd (Magnus Opus), which is a China-based special purchase (SPAC).
