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Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) announced a growth rate in private sector jobs for January. Adding 37,900 jobs over the year (0.4%), Florida doubled the national private sector job growth average for the same period. The state4's labor force growth nearly tripled the national average over-the-year in January as it grew by 243,000 jobs (2.2%) compared […]
Florida Senator Marco Rubio (R) continues to warn Americans about the app, suggesting that TikTok's “algorithm” is dangerous.
US Representatives Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), Mario DĂaz-Balart (R-FL), and Carlos GimĂ©nez (R-FL) held a press conference to claim Cuba must remain on the US State Department’s State Sponsors of Terrorism list. The press conference comes at the heels of a recent trip to Cuba by some Democrat lawmakers. Last week, representatives Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) […]
President Donald Trump (R) has released a video on social media, calling out President Joe Biden (D).
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House of Representatives passed the Laken Riley Act on Thursday, hours before President Joe Biden’s (D) State of the Union address. The bill passed by a vote of 251-170. The crux of the legislation is that it requires Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to hold any illegal immigrant who has been […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Carlos GimĂ©nez (R-FL) spoke with The Floridian to discuss Democrats being open to reinstating the “Remain in Mexico” policy as well as President Biden’s State of the Union address, just hours away. When asked about the receptiveness of Democrats on the Trump immigration policy, Rep. GimĂ©nez said that “probably 70% of […]
Congressional Republicans are coming together to protect South Florida's Ecosystem Restoration efforts by requesting $725 million in funding from President Joe Biden (D). US Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL) and US Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) have put together a bipartisan letter to the White House to include funding for places like the Everglades in the president's […]
TALLAHASSEE, FL—On the last day of the Florida Session, the Legislature has decreed that strip clubs can no longer employ dancers under 21, due to a Republican-led bill that passed Friday morning. Democrats, however, claimed legislative inconsistencies: why should an 18-year-old be able to buy a gun, but not become a stripper? "We have to […]
US Senator Rick Scott’s (R-FL) Eradicating Narcotic Drugs and Formulating Effective New Tools to Address National Yearly Losses of Life (END FENTANYL) Act has unanimously passed through both the US Senate and House of Representatives. Senator Scott introduced the bill last year and the Senate subsequently approved the legislation in June 2023. The House had […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Joe Biden (D) delivered his third official State of the Union address (fourth if you include his 2021 Address to a Join Session) on Thursday night. Republicans did not receive the speech well. The 46th Commander-in-Chief immediately addressed issues such as the Russia-Ukraine War, abortion, and in vitro fertilization (IVF). Additionally, […]
In response to President Biden's SOTU Address, Florida Senator Marco Rubio (R) was left scratching his head, calling it "strange" and "bizarre."
One call came from a Gold Star Father who was quickly arrested for disrupting the SOTU Address.
In President Biden's State of the Union Address, he attempted to draw a distinction between his term in office and the term of his “predecessor.”
TALLAHASSEE, FL—In a rare break from Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, the Republican-led Senate has refused to confirm DeSantis-ally and Moms for Liberty co-founder, Tina Descovich, to the state ethics commission due to an unnamed Senator's concern of "lobbying the Legislature". Moms for Liberty is considered a right-wing, parental rights advocacy group that Descovich proudly co-founded […]
US Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) has filed a bill to fulfill compensation payments pledged to victims of the 1996 Khobar Towers attack. On June 25, 1996, a terrorist blast destroyed part of the Khobar Tower housing complex in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, where US forces had been temporarily housed. The bomb killed 19 American servicemen, with […]
TALLAHASSEE, FL—Florida public schools will soon have their doors open wide for religious officials of all denominations to provide counseling, even—Democrats worry—Satanists and Santeria sacrifices. If signed into law, school chaplains would be available beginning this Fall. The measure provides for volunteer clergymen in schools, charging these religious officials with providing mental health and spiritual counseling […]
Florida Rep. Kat Cammack (R) and Florida Senator Rick Scott (R) have introduced a resolution to back in vitro fertilization (IVF).
Over the past several years, many have heard the word "Bidenomics" thrown around. This has been used by the White House to describe President Biden's (D) economic philosophy. However, not everyone is happy with the president's economic performance. Americans for Prosperity (AFP) have given a rebuttal to Bidenomics in the most satirical way possible. Bidenomics.com […]
