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As Governor DeSantis continues to highlight his Senior First Agenda in the Sunshine State, the pressure is on the Biden Administration to deliver the necessary vaccines to states.
With a new report indicating that the CDC “misinterpreted” research on school reopenings, Florida Senator Marco Rubio (R) joined some of his Republican Senate colleagues in issuing a letter to Rochelle Walensy, the Centers of Disease Coltrol director.
Nothing Gov. Ron DeSantis does seem to do damage to his governorship or political brand. DeSantis seem indestructible, and all of the bills he backs and signs into law are seen as very home runs for Floridians, except to those rascally Democrats who just despise him.
State Rep. Spencer Roach (R-79) has become the latest social media meme victim because of his effort to lower the medicinal marijuana THC cap in the state. Here is a Twitter user below, taunting the Representative with his own last name, "Roach", saying, "We know where you live": pic.twitter.com/Oo2hfk3hIi — Lucha❔ (@YouKnowBunky) March 12, 2021 […]
Gov. Ron DeSantis has gone all-in on a legislative measure filed by Florida House Rep. Blaise Ingoglia (R) to penalize Big Tech companies, like Twitter and Facebook, if they “de-platform” a candidate for “statewide” office, but the bill doesn’t appear to protect potential federal candidates like President Donald Trump, Senator Marco Rubio, and Reps. Matt Gaetz Byron Donalds.
This week the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce hosted a candidate forum for the election being held on April 13th. The event featured the mayoral candidates and city commission candidates for Group 2 and Group 3.
"I don’t know, you’re running for the Senate?" asked President Donald Trump of Lara Trump, who was in attendance at a dog rescue fundraiser at Mar-a-Lago his past Friday.
Florida pharmacy advocacy group Small Business Pharmacies Aligned for Reform (SPAR) and national advocacy group Pharmacists United for Truth and Transparency (PUTT) counseled with Republican and Democrat state representatives to advocate for HB 1043's passage. HB 1043, titled, "Medicaid Pharmacy Benefit Savings" would require: "AHCA to select single pharmacy benefit administrator through competitive procurement process […]
Fried aimed "patently false" verbal jabs at DeSantis during a recent appearance on a podcast with Molly Jong-Fast.
The bill passed with some Republican support, and now commentators are questioning whether or not this could spell trouble by having those Republicans will face primary challengers when they’re up for reelection.
Unfortunately, extremism appears to have gripped both political parties, but now that Democrats control (barely) the U.S. Congress and President Joe Biden is running the White House (barely), Democrats are pushing Left-Wing extremism or Progressive Socialism, as the new normal in politics today.
Last year the city government of Key West inexplicably voted to ban large cruise ships from porting within their coastal area. This arose from wealthy residents not wanting to be burdened by 'cruise ship rift raft.' This decision proved to be faulty as this brought tourist ship traffic down by 95%, plenty of money to […]
Earlier today, State Senator Lori Berman (D-31) and freshman Rep. Omari Hardy (D-88) announced their joint plan to implement solar energy in a more equitable fashion in the Sunshine State. In the Florida House, Hardy is sponsoring HB 551, also called, "Solar Energy Systems Located on the Property of an Educational Facility." The bill is […]
In her endeavor to position herself as the most viable 2022 Democrat gubernatorial challenger to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), Florida’s Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried, who recently called for the FBI to investigate Gov. DeSantis' actions, has beefed up her attacks against the sitting governor by blurring the lines between what’s political and what’s strictly official.
Today, the House voted on H.R.8, a bill that Florida Rep. Brian Mast (R) calls “a political game” that both Republicans and Democrats like to play on Washington.
In response to the 1 year anniversary of COVID-19 being declared a pandemic, COVID-19 expert, Dr. Anthony Harris. hosted a press conference yesterday to discuss what has and will happen as COVID ensues. Dr. Harris has been a reputable name during the pandemic and is the Chief Innovation Officer & Medical Director of WorkCare, a […]
The controversial SB 90 measure introduced by State Senator Dennis Baxley (R-Ocala) that would ban election ballot drop boxes in Florida, has now caught the eye of members of the U.S. Congress.
As the extremist-driven “cancel culture” continues to plague the country, targeting everyone from President Donald Trump to your Abuela (grandma) next door because at one point in her life she may have said an off-color slur or chided someone because of how fat they were.
