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Say it isn't so, Carlitos. Controversial and outspoken Florida Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith (D), who earlier this year defended Socialism on the floor of the Florida House of Representatives, appears to have abandoned his long-standing, and self-described "Latinx" label he place on himself. Rep. Smith stated in his Twitter bio that he was "FL's first […]
Florida's Abortion Bill Introduced Outside of the usual over-the-top butt-kissing and check disbursements to elected officials that occur in the first committee week of the upcoming legislative cycle, not much happened this week in Tallahassee. Well, there was this Texas-style Abortion bill that was introduced by Rep. Webster Barnaby (R). Is this even a big issue? […]
While Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) might make all the headlines in terms of the 2024 presidential buzz, his chances may not be as high as national Republicans hope. A new poll shows that former VP Mike Pence (R) is leading DeSantis by double digits in presidential favorability. "Without former President Donald Trump in the race, […]
Florida Rep. Michael Waltz (R) and South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham (R) issued a joint statement this week after meeting with the leader of the Afghan National Resistance Front.
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried (D) celebrated the number of vaccinations in Florida.
Commenting that Elvira Salazar has “taken on some of the world’s most brutal dictators,” Haley also mentioned that Elvira Salazar is qualified to take on “AOC and the squad.”
Ocala, Florida may be one of the fastest-growing areas in the state, but this year's city elections showed that the small town was not ready to change its leadership. In the city-wide elections, Mayor Kent Guinn (R) crushed challenger, Dr. Manal Fakhoury in his re-election bid. Mayor Kent Guinn has been Ocala's Mayor since 2011 […]
In a Rasmussen Poll conducted this week, the polling firm found that the vast majority of Americans (60%) oppose this new effort to allow transgender Americans to use the bathroom they identify with. One would think with time comes progress, but these numbers are actually up from 49% in 2017, jumping 11% in just 4 […]
It wasn’t long for a Florida State Legislator to file a “Texas-style” Abortion ban bill, as Rep. Webster Barnaby (R) just filed the third rail piece of legislation that several Republican lawmakers, including Conservative Rep. Anthony Sabatini, said would be filed after Texas’s anti-abortion measure to effect last month. The bill is straightforward in that […]
Florida’s home affordability crisis is real, and it’s especially brutal for South Floridians. In fact, unless you’re earning six figures, you may not be able to afford to rent a home here – much less think about owning. Affordable housing is in crisis. According to a new report from Realtor.com, rent costs in the Miami-Fort […]
Rumble in the Tallahassee Jungle: Sprowls vs. Sabatini Legislators were back in Tallahassee for the first committee week of the 2022 legislative session. The Republican-led Florida House of Representatives voted on and picked Rep. Paul Renner (R) to be its next Speaker, and Gov. Ron DeSantis tapped Dr. Joseph Lapado to be the state’s Surgeon General. But with […]
Florida Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R) gave a speech on the House floor this week, accusing President Joe Biden (D) of only providing “empty words” in response to the crisis in Cuba.
State Senator Annette Taddeo (D), who’s been rumored to announce a 2022 gubernatorial run, is throwing her support behind Janelle Perez (D) in her Senate District 27 candidacy.
"under Governor Ron DeSantis, Covid deaths in Florida will surpass American deaths" during the entirety of the Vietnam war.
The most intense back-and-forth political fighting in the Florida Capitol isn't between Republicans and Democrats, or even Gov. Ron DeSantis and Commissioner Nikki Fried, but between House Speaker Chris Sprowls (R-FL) and Rep. Anthony Sabatini (R-32), who claims Speaker Sprowls has, "Sabatini Derangement Syndrome." Sabatini recently attacked Sprowls on Twitter, accusing him of being a […]
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has tapped Dr. Joseph A. Ladapo to replace Dr. Scott Rivkees as the new acting Surgeon General. During an introductory press conference in the State Capitol on Tuesday, Dr. Ladapo, who recently worked at UCLA Health in Los Angeles, California, opened his remarks by stating, “Florida will completely reject fear as […]
Florida has recently been the epicenter of national politics, in particular, because of the state's controversial monoclonal treatment that President Biden (D) has now cut shipments of. Today at a press conference Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) responded to the controversy, expressing he was confident that "Biden hates Florida." Monoclonal treatments up until this point, have […]
I Pledge Allegiance To the BLM and Gay Pride Flag The ‘Woke’ agenda continues to use Academia to indoctrinate young Americans into buying the ideology and propaganda it is peddling. A Florida high school is the latest example of how a ‘woke’ schoolteacher is trying to impress upon his students his extreme ideology. MUST READ […]
