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The average cost of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline in Florida dropped to $4.06 on Tuesday, as motorists get some relief from lower crude-oil prices, according to the AAA auto club.
Florida Rep. Channels his inner Miami Vice Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith (D) has been called many things, and now Floridians can say that the gay progressive activist could have a future on Broadway. Little Carlitos, who dressed up as a shorter Hispanic version of Detective Sonny Crocket from the 1980s television series “Miami Vice,” […]
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) signed HB7065, known as the Fatherhood bill.
Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL) is contradicting President Biden’s (D) claim that the rising inflation that America faces today is caused by war Putin’s war in Ukraine. By providing a chart in a tweet, Rep. Mast shows that the inflation problem was formulated prior to the war starting in late February. “Inflation keeps on rising and […]
Former Governor and now Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) called out President Biden (D) today in a press release regarding the nation’s record-level inflation. According to the CPI statistics, the price of food has gone up 8.8%, gas is up 48%, electricity is up 11.1%, meat is up 14.8%, milk is up 14.5%, baby food is […]
Florida Sen. Rick Scott (R) and Sen. Mike Braun (R) have introduced a bill to prohibit Amnesty International from receiving any funds from the United States Government after allegations of antisemitism. This initiative to defund the international Non-governmental organization (NGO) comes after the organization released a scathing report against Israel calling it an apartheid state […]
While a special session is being called in order to address congressional redistricting maps in the state of Florida, we may see a second special session this year in the coming weeks. Florida Senate Democrats are calling for a special session over property insurance laws. In a letter to Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL), Democrats described […]
TALLAHASSEE — An appeals court has rejected arguments that bars should receive money from the state and Orange County because they were forced to shut down or significantly scale back early in the COVID-19 pandemic. A panel of the 5th District Court of Appeal on Friday upheld an Orange County circuit judge’s dismissal of a […]
The Florida legislature has granted Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) the chance to provide a draft of the redistricting map, which has angered Democrats statewide.
Burning it all Down Florida Rep. Stephanie Murphy, a Democrat, is leaving Congress, but not before she burns it all down. The “moderate” congresswoman from the Orlando area continues to dress down Democratic leadership in the House of Representatives and Progressives for putting forth an unpopular legislative agenda that has all but compromised the […]
This week, Florida Rep. Charlie Crist (D) joined a number of House Democrats in denouncing $624 million in corporate tax refunds that he believes should be directed to address rising housing costs.
Fort Lauderdale – Florida State Rep. Chip LaMarca (R) appears set for another showdown against Linda Thompson Gonzalez (D) in defense of his District 93 state legislative seat. At a recent Broward county workshop breakfast where Rep. LaMarca gave a legislative update alongside Senate Minority Leader Lauren Book and State Sen. Shevrin Jones, The Floridian […]
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) signed HB 7065 on Monday, a measure that includes approximately $70 million in funding to promote involved fatherhood in the Sunshine State. The funding is allotted to the Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) and the Department of Children and Families (DCF). The bill includes “educational programs, mentorship programs, and one-on-one support […]
After dressing down her Democratic Party for abandoning “moderate” lawmakers like herself, subsequently pushing her out of office, Rep. Stephanie Murphy recently appears on Showtime’s “The Circus” to opine on the state of the House of Representatives, while accusing House Republicans of “dismantling Democracy” and House Progressives of trying to “dismantle Capitalism.”
Polls have never been the friend of a president going into the midterm election cycle, and the latest CBS poll finds President Biden (D) enduring one of his worst approval ratings ever for any sitting president. Just 3 years ago, Democrats boasted that former President Trump's (R) low approval ratings of around 40% were unprecedented. […]
Recently, US Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) gave his response to a group of Venezuelans who criticized him. Now, Florida Democrats are taking issue with his remarks, calling the Senator, "disgraceful." Venezuelan leaders called out Sen. Rubio for failing to support TPS recipients and being too weak to stand up to his party leaders, Rubio responded by, […]
Taking a page out of President Donald Trump and Sen. Rick Scott's political payday playbook, Combat Veteran and congressional candidates Cory Mills has just come out and said that he will donate his entire congressional salary (if he wins) to charity and will not invest, or allow his family or staff to invest in the stock market while he is in...
Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) recently co-sponsored the Real Emergencies Act, a measure that was introduced by Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV). This bill is in response to lawmakers on the left calling on President Joe Biden (D) to use a declaration of a national emergency for political purposes. According to the bill, the Real Emergencies […]
