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President Joe Biden (D) has issued a proclamation on National Black History Month to kick off the month of February.
By Jim Saunders TALLAHASSEE — In a move that could refuel fights about election fraud and voter suppression, Florida senators Tuesday will consider a proposal that would require local supervisors to scour voter rolls each year, add steps for voting by mail and create a state office to probe alleged election irregularities. The Senate Ethics […]
Last year brought America waves of crises of proportions we have not seen in ages. Now, US Rep. Kat Cammack (R-FL) thinks it is all but over and claims that America's food supply shortage is the next big national security issue the Biden Administration will have to take on. "As a Floridian, and serving as […]
Hey Amigo! Where did you Come From? As Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Republican-led Florida Legislature try to ban the state from doing business with companies that transport illegal immigrants into Florida, four busloads of illegals were dumped off in Maitland, Florida this weekend at an Extended Stay America hotel. It is not clear if […]
Florida Senator Marco Rubio (R) released a video on social media over the weekend, discussing the Supreme Court vacancy and sharing his thoughts on what a Supreme Court Justice should do.
Florida senators next week will start considering a proposal that would prevent physicians from performing abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, one of the most-controversial issues of the 2022 legislative session. The Senate Health Policy Committee is scheduled Wednesday to take up the proposal (SB 146), filed by Sen. Kelli Stargel, R-Lakeland. The proposal is […]
Anna Goes to Washington...Maybe The always perky and progressive Rep. Anna Eskamani says that she is not running the U.S. Congress in Orlando, but did she just hedge by saying that she didn’t know if she would or not? If the current proposed congressional maps stick, Rep. Eskamani should run for Congress. Why not? Well, […]
It's Marxism I tell you! Florida Democrats call the Republican commitment to completely ban Critical Race Theory from the state and county education curriculums racist against Black Americans. Republicans contend that Critical Race Theory pits kids against each other and that the controversial education concept is un-American and Communist. State Sen. Manny Diaz, Jr. is […]
A House panel is scheduled Thursday to consider a controversial proposal that would prohibit doctors from performing abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The proposal (HB 5), sponsored by Rep. Erin Grall, R-Vero Beach, and Rep. Jenna Persons-Mulicka, R-Fort Myers, will go before the House Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee after passing the Judiciary Committee last […]
On top of Pre-K reform and Medicaid expansion, State Senator Annette Taddeo (D-40) has an ambitious legislative agenda on her hands, including battling DeSantis' hypothetical redistricting map. Recently, Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) released his own redistricting map in Florida, causing a stir among Democrats and Republicans. However, not everybody thinks this mapping was exactly fair, […]
DeSantis vs. Trump? Florida Democrats are quick to say that Gov. Ron DeSantis is only governing to be able to put himself into a position to run for president in 2024. Now, his detractors want Republicans to believe that he and President Trump are at odds with each other, but DeSantis has put those rumors […]
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) is declaring that a “red wave” will overtake the 2022 midterm election, and his own gubernatorial position is at stake.
Both legislative chambers are moving ahead with a measure that would require professional sports teams to agree they’ll play the national anthem before games and events if they want to receive state or local government funding. The House Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee voted 12-4 --- with four Democrats opposed — on Tuesday to […]
Show me the Maps After Gov. Ron DeSantis threw a curveball into the redistricting process by submitting his own map, Florida legislators must now find a balance that will include the “soft” State Senate map with the aggressive House map without bucking the most prominent and influential governor in the entire country. No pressure, of […]
Can I have Some Café con Leche to go with that Arroz con Pollo? We (I) have always described the unique political landscape of Miami Dade County as being Arroz con Pollo/Miami Mafia politics, with all of its seemingly non-kosher campaigning and questionable backroom dealings. We are not saying that illegal things occur in Miami, […]
The Florida Republican has long commented on foreign threats against the nation, and now he’s warning that the United States is facing a national security ‘crisis’ under the Biden Administration.
By Dara Kam TALLAHASSEE --- With the future of mobile sports betting in Florida at stake, the federal government this week took the first step in appealing a judge’s decision that scrapped a deal that gave the Seminole Tribe control over sports wagering in the state. The U.S. Department of the Interior, which oversees tribal […]
By Jim Turner TALLAHASSEE --- Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday waved off a decision by the state Senate to not consider a controversial redistricting plan that his administration proposed. The Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly approved new congressional and Senate maps in the once-a-decade redistricting process. It did not take up a congressional map that DeSantis’ […]
