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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has said that he will sue the federal government if they try to implement the Democrat-created HB 1 election bill were it to pass in the U.S. Senate and then signed into law by President Joe Biden.
It appears as if Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott are following in the footsteps of their predecessors, former Governors Rick Scott and Rick Perry, by jabbing at each over whose state had the business edge, and whose sports teams did the best.
Rep. Charlie Crist (D), the former Republican-turned-Democrat Governor of Florida, is expected to announce a 2022 Democratic gubernatorial primary run, and in doing so, Crist has taken a shot at Gov. Ron DeSantis and Rep. Matt Gaetz by appearing to infer that DeSantis may have taken ill-advised liberties by possibly taking private plane rides with Gaetz.
As the Florida legislative session comes to a close, many Republicans and Conservative activists are disappointed with the underwhelming Big Tech bill that has recently passed in the Florida legislature, including President Donald Trump (R), who is said to be concerned over the bill that as just passed.
During a recent Zoom call with Sarasota Democrats, Rep. Charlie Crist (D), who is mulling over a challenge to Gov. Ron DeSantis in 2022, spoke candidly and praised efforts by Democrats to defeat former President Donald Trump during the 2020 presidential election. Rep. Crist that because President Joe Biden won his race by so many votes, that he didn't think...
Freshman Florida Rep. Kat Cammack (R) did so, criticizing the President, saying that Biden “glazed over” the “crisis” at the border, and going after Vice President Kamala Harris (D).
Republicans in the Florida Legislature press the nuclear button on Wednesday and nuked Democrats' hopes that ballot drop boxes would continue to be used in future elections.
Because there was limited seating at President Joe Biden’s (D) State of the Union address, some Florida lawmakers were not able to attend. In turn, freshman Florida Rep. Byron Donald's (R) live-tweeted during the President’s address and criticized Biden's agenda, questioning the choices he has made in guiding the United States into the future.
All eyes were on the Joint Address to Congress President Joe Biden (D) made Wednesday night where he discussed what his administration has accomplished and the work that lies ahead. While Senator Tim Scott (R) provided the Republican response to Biden’s address, Florida Senator Rick Scott (R) issued a response, criticizing the Biden administration in much the same way that...
The Republican-led House of Representatives has taken up the controversial SB 90 election integrity law —the measure that prohibits ballot drop boxes and ballot harvesting —and House Democrats have responded in the debate by painting the measure as racist and a retread of segregation-era Jim Crow Laws.
Florida State Rep. Omari Hardy (D-88) has announced his "Bold Progressive" congressional candidacy in the special election in the heavily Democratic 20th congressional district 20 to replace the late Rep. Alcee Hastings. The "unapologetic progressive" Hardy, who says he lost his home in "Th Great Recession," embraces the Green New Deal and Social Justice issues […]
Republican lawmakers in Tallahassee have voted 76-40 in favor of a House measure that bans vaccine passports, a measure the Democratic lawmakers opposed, accused Republicans of trying to push through an overt power grab bill that would take limit powers from municipalities.
Just as Florida Democrats continue their efforts to tear down Gov. Ron DeSantis over his response to the COVID-19 pandemic, there are some “challenged” Republican activists that have joined with Democrats to express their disapproval with DeSantis, in particular his extension of the COVID state of emergency edict he just signed, questioning DeSantis' COVID motives.
This week, the Anti-Defamation League announced that “U.S. antisemitic incidents remained at a historic high in 2020.”
State Senator Joe Gruters (R), who is also serving as the Chairman of the Florida Republican Party, and Florida Republicans are cheering today as the Chairman’s legislation regarding the 2nd Amendment passed the Senate this Tuesday.
Rick Scott (R) has issued a statement to the Biden administration, urging it to keep the sanctions currently in place while also asking the administration to focus on ending the Maduro regime.
Some Conservative activists appear to be turning on Gov. Ron DeSantis over his push to sign Big Tech legislation that according to them, lacks teeth to really make a difference.
In response to the countless sex offender loopholes in state statutes, Senator Lauren Book (D-Plantation) offered SB 234 due to inherently flawed state laws that allow sex offenders to avoid registration by failing to pay fines. This bill was unanimously passed and was one of many of Book's bills to hit the governor's desk for […]
