DeSantis Staffers Praise Florida Department for Canceling, Replacing Trans Person's License

DeSantis Staffers Praise Florida Department for Canceling, Replacing Trans Person's License

Liv Caputo
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January 8, 2025
Two top DeSantis staffers praised Florida's "dedicated" Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles Tuesday for canceling the driver's license of a transgender person who "improperly changed" the ID's sex marker from male to female. The individual, who runs a popular Tiktok account called Jamesissmiling, had their license canceled and replaced by the Florida DMV […]
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Eskamani Demands Answers on Foiled Parks Plan, Questions DeSantis Admin’s Role

Eskamani Demands Answers on Foiled Parks Plan, Questions DeSantis Admin’s Role

Liv Caputo
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September 3, 2024
TALLAHASSEE, FL—Top Florida Democrat Rep. Anna Eskamani wrote Monday to the Department of Environmental Protection demanding to know how a "destructive" proposal to construct pickleball courts, golf courses, and hotels in state parks came to fruition—and how involved Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration was in the foiled plot. "Florida's state parks are the envy of the […]
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Trump Ally Fine Calls for Investigation Into DeSantis 'Clown Show' Staffers After Harvard Jab

Trump Ally Fine Calls for Investigation Into DeSantis 'Clown Show' Staffers After Harvard Jab

Liv Caputo
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August 29, 2024
TALLAHASSEE, FL—Prompted by social media posts poking fun at his Harvard University degree, Trump ally Rep. Randy Fine is calling on the Senate President and Speaker of the House to investigate Gov. Ron DeSantis' communications team. This is only the latest chapter in the ever-lengthening Fine v. DeSantis saga, which was sparked after DeSantis flew […]
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Donalds Chides Pro-DeSantis Influencers After He Criticized FL Education Curriculum

Donalds Chides Pro-DeSantis Influencers After He Criticized FL Education Curriculum

Grayson Bakich
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July 28, 2023
Representative Byron Donalds (R-FL) has recently criticized a line in the new Florida Education curriculum suggesting slaves "developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit." Pro-DeSantis social media influencers retaliated by comparing him to Vice President Kamala Harris, who also criticized the curriculum. Rep. Donalds appeared on Fox Business defending […]
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Wasserman Schultz Claims DeSantis' New Immigration Laws Will 'Devastate' FL Economy

Wasserman Schultz Claims DeSantis' New Immigration Laws Will 'Devastate' FL Economy

Grayson Bakich
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May 17, 2023
Shortly after Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) signed laws strengthening penalties for human trafficking at the southern border and tightening E-Verify laws, Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) spoke against the bill on MSNBC, claiming reducing illegal immigration would "devastate" the economy. Daily Caller's Greg Price tweeted the clip, "Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL): "You're going to […]
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Associated Press Says Pine Island Bridge Not Rebuilt One Day After Its Rebuilding

Associated Press Says Pine Island Bridge Not Rebuilt One Day After Its Rebuilding

Grayson Bakich
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October 6, 2022
Recently, Gov. Ron DeSantis announces the Pine Island bridge being rebuilt in an extraordinarily fast three days. The next day, the Associated Press tweets a video about the damage to Pine Island that Hurricane Ian wrought. While the video focuses on the positive of Pine Island residents coming to each other's aid, the tweet and video […]
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PolitiFact's Yacob Reyes Continues Questionable Reporting Against DeSantis

PolitiFact's Yacob Reyes Continues Questionable Reporting Against DeSantis

Grayson Bakich
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October 5, 2022
Last week, The Floridian detailed Politico's attempt to politicize Hurricane Ian and the backlash on Twitter. One week later, it is PolitiFact that is in hot water. Yacob Reyes asserts that Gov. Ron DeSantis' claim of Lee County not being in the cone of the storm 72 hours before landfall is "mostly false." Reyes "proves" […]
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