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In one of Florida’s most competitive swing State House seats in the 2020 midterm election (HD 37), Progressive Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith (D) has come out swinging against his Republican opponent Susan Placensia over accusations she has made against him in a campaign mailer. On Tik Tok, Rep. Smith told followers that he was recording […]

Republican State House nominee Susan Plasencia could be on the verge of pulling off one of the biggest upsets in Florida politics this midterm election cycle by defeating arguably the most Progressive state lawmaker, Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith (D). If Plasencia defeats Rep. Smith, the loudest anti-Parental Rights in Education legislator and defender of Democratic […]

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL— At a campaign speech featuring 100 pastors and faith leaders on Thursday, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) highlights the threat today's "insane" and "woke" culture poses against the American family. "The battle we have now is not that. This is not between the left and the right. This is not between conservatives and […]

Florida Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith (D) endorses Crist while Fried took to social media to make a distinction between her and her rival.

The month of June is known to the Gay community around the world as "Pride Month" and it was only a matter of time before outspoken Progressive Florida Democrats like Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith (Florida's FIRST LGBTQ Latino legislator) became unhinged or triggered over something  Gov. Ron DeSantis's press secretary Christina Pushaw said to counter or question the narratives coming...

Miami—Shortly after concluding his remarks at the University of Miami’s Don Soffer Clinical Research Center, where he announced a $100 million budget carve for cancer research, Gov. Ron DeSantis criticized the Biden administration’s lifting of sanctions against Communist Cuba. Gov. DeSantis said Biden has done “next to nothing” to counter Cuba’s crackdown against peaceful demonstrations […]

Conservative Florida State Rep. Randy Fine (R)  has taken issue with Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith (D) for his grandstanding on the controversial Reedy Creek issue, his bashing of Gov. DeSantis, and above all, personalizing issues that “don’t have anything to do with him.” Rep. Guillermo Smith, who is arguably the most outspoken LGBTQ activist in […]

TALLAHASSEE—During debate on Rep. Anna Eskamani’s “Florida’s People Lose Act” (FPL), Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith (D) took the floor to rail against Florida energy giant Florida Power & Light's (FPL) alleged power grab around the state, but at the same took a big swipe at President Joe Biden’s energy initiative. According to Rep. Smith, President […]

Florida Democrats are rallying against the bill, arguing that it’s “not enough.”

With the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Center for Disease Control (CDC), and other state and local health agencies announcing that Florida has the lowest COVID rate in the nation, Gov. Ron DeSantis appeared to take a victory lap over the announced statistics, a move that flipped out Progressive Democrats like Rep. […]

Say it isn't so, Carlitos. Controversial and outspoken Florida Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith (D), who earlier this year defended Socialism on the floor of the Florida House of Representatives, appears to have abandoned his long-standing, and self-described "Latinx" label he place on himself. Rep. Smith stated in his Twitter bio that he was "FL's first […]

It seems like COVID-19 Déjà vu, as the deadly disease continues to spike and with more and more children coming down with the virus and being admitted to hospital pediatric wards, Florida Democrats are once again blaming Gov. Ron DeSantis for the skyrocketing infection rate and are calling him to implement restrictions, measures that many […]

Months after the first bill of the 2021 legislative session, For the People Act, failed all but failed in the U.S. Congress with the measure stalling in the Senate, Democrats across the country are not ready to give up on the bill.  As Republicans rev up "election integrity" measures and audit in state legislatures across […]

On the 5 year anniversary of the terrorist attack that targeted the gay community at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida, leaving 49 innocent people dead, Gov. Ron DeSantis declared that June 12 as “Pulse Remembrance Day” and asked Floridians to acknowledge a moment of silence at 9 am Saturday morning, and order all State flags lowered to half-staff until...

After signing the controversial transgender sports ban this week, Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) has been blasted for stripping all funding for LGBT programs from the newly-signed state budget. Gov. DeSantissigned SB 1028, effectively banned transgender children from competing in women's sports, which has been criticized for taking place on the first day of pride month. […]

In what could be perceived as another attempt to reference Florida Governor Ron DeSantis as a despot from Communist Cuba who runs a “regime” rather than an administration, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D) took umbrage over Gov. DeSantis’ decision to sign a transgender sports ban bill into law on the very first day of Gay Pride month, calling the move...

Florida’s unemployment system is broken, but a new bill (HB 1463) sponsored by Rep. Chip LaMarca would overhaul the embattled process run by the Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO), updating the antiquated system to a cloud-based system and streamline claims and accountability.

Progressive Florida State Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith’s floor remark denouncing Republican Rep. Tom Fabricio’s statement that “many people have died as a result of Socialism, is being met by strong bipartisan opposition, including a rebuffing by Senator Marco Rubio, who called on Democrats to denounce Rep. Smith's "ill-informed comments" on socialism.