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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 […]
With the legislative session in Tallahassee coming to a close, Conservative activists took to the streets, specifically “Trump corner” in Palm Beach County, to call out Gov. Ron DeSantis and State Rep. Blaise Ingoglia as "incompetent and "malicious," and demanded that they and other state legislators, “get off their asses and do the right thing” regarding the Big Tech bill...
With Florida’s legislative session just days away from concluding, Conservative activists Laura Loomer, Michele Malkin, Nick Fuentes, and others, will gather at famed “Trump corner” near Mar-A-Lago to rally against DeSantis' Big Tech legislation put forth by the Republican-led state legislature.
Demings continues to fire back at Republican leadership, slamming Republicans for spreading "untruths" while also praising the controversial Green New Deal that has faced opposition from both sides of the aisle.
As the GOP continues to pressure the Biden administration over the mounting border crisis, Rep. Scott Franklin (R-FL) spoke before the US Congress to reveal some staggering data on the current state of the border, in what he calls a "First-hand account." Last week, Franklin and 9 other Republicans from the House Oversight Committee visited the border that Franklin described as...
One critic has been Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D) who directed verbal jabs over Twitter, asking for Governor DeSantis to "make an earnest effort" to ensure that vaccines are accessible to minority communities.
Drawing the Congressional Lines in the Sand Well, so much for Florida getting two new congressional seats after the Census dust settled. Florida is only getting one new seat, and while that will bring tip the scales in favor of Republicans, it won’t have the impact that two congressional seats would have. Now those […]
Well, so much for Florida getting two new congressional seats after the Census dust settled. The Sunshine State is only getting one new seat, and while that will help tip the scales in favor of Republicans, it won’t have the impact that two congressional seats would've had after redistricting in Florida occurs.
Attorney General Ashley Moody (R-FL) has been backed the ever-important and influential senior population in Florida, and today AG Moody gets to brag that the senior protection legislation she endorsed, HB 1041, passed the Senate and will make its way for a probably signature from Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL). Moody worked closely with bill sponsors, […]
Florida Rep. Shevrin Jones (D) shared his thoughts regarding the bill, discussing saying that it would only further “blatant voter suppression.”
The state of Florida has received much praise today, as a new Fox News reporting has officially announced red states like Florida have fewer COVID cases than blue states. Just last month, President Biden (D) criticized Texas and Florida for opening up their functions again, calling it, "neanderthal thinking" and irresponsible for those states' respective […]
