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After more than 20 states have banned Critical Race Theory education, some have remained critical of Florida's decision to ban CRT like state Senator Shevrin Jones (D-35) who called the move an attempt to "whitewash" children. However, State Representative Spencer Roach (R-79) has fired back in a newly released ad, calling CRT "bulls***." Rep. Roach has […]
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) doubled down his commitment to ensuring that nobody fined for COVID-19 related offenses has to pay any fines.
Florida Rep. Rick Scott (R) is joining the conversation by filing legislation to block the federal government from having a mask mandate on public transportation.
It took a full day for Openly-gay Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis to attempt to walk back the unbelievably irresponsible and false statements he made about this past weekend's tragic car accident at the Stonewall Gay Pride parade in Wilton Manors that resulted in the death of one person and left two others injured.
Like President Donald Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis keeps winning, and according to a straw poll of 500 surveyed at the Western Conservative Summit in Denver, Colorado, Gov. DeSantis beats President Trump 74.12% to 71.43.
In what appears to be a pre-mediated hate crime, A white man driving a white pickup truck has been arrested after allegedly running over several individuals moments before the 2021 Stonewall Gay Pride Parade was to begin.
With the 2022 election cycle heating up, everyone will be watching the races in Florida especially State Rep. Anthony Sabatini (R-32) and his attempt to beat out incumbent Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D-FL) in District 7. The Sabatini campaign however just picked up a crucial endorsement today from Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL). As per a Twitter […]
As we recover from the COVID-19 pandemic that has left over 600,000 Americans dead, media outlets appear to have changed their tune on the virus and have begun to question the origins of COVID-19. Public figures like Sen. Tom Cotton (AR) have been on this for a while now, but today Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz […]
During a CNN interview with Poppy Harlow, Agriculture Commissioner and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Nikki Fried stood her ground and refused to give Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis credit for the outcome of the COVID pandemic. Instead, Commissioner Freid, who supported a statewide lockdown, credited local government for doing the heavy lift of keeping the virus from spreading but failed to give...
Wasn’t sending law enforcement officers to Texas and Arizona to help deal with the border crisis a good thing?
The Governor signed a bill that would rename a conservation area after Florida Rep. Kristin Jacobs (D), who passed away last year from cancer.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) announced that he would be sending law enforcement to help secure the border.
For more than a week now, the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS), and two large food banks – Feeding South Florida and Farm Share – have been embroiled in an unusually public and nasty political food fight. The dispute is over the award of a contract for The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) in Broward County, set...
State Senator Lauren Book (D-32) continues to add to her long list of achievements this past session as Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) signed Senate Bill 1532 to further modify the child support program in the state of Florida. Senator Book, who has a long track record of fighting for women and families in Florida and […]
After the Democrat voting bill, For the People Act, stirred up headlines with proposed drastic changes to US elections, the Republican Party is promising a response, especially US Congressman Byron Donalds (R-FL) who told The Floridian that he intends to introduce and help pass the "Vote Act." Rep. Donalds informed The Floridian that the GOP-backed […]
The ground shook yesterday on Capitol Hill after Gov. Ron DeSantis announced that he was sending Florida Law Enforcement to Texas and Arizona to help out with the border crisis.
With President Joe Biden having announced that the U.S. military would be completely moved out of Afghanistan by September 11, 2021, current and former military leaders like U.S. Army Green Beret Rep. Michael Waltz (R), continue expressing their concern about the thousands of Afghan translators that will be left behind to fend for themselves against […]
Florida Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R) joined a bipartisan effort in the House to introduce the Reinforcing Nicaragua’s Adherence to Conditions for Electoral Reform Act (Renacer Act).
