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California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis have been poking at each over in the media over the past several months, with Florida’s Governor appearing to get the best of Newsom and his gel-laden and coiffed hair. The mic drop: "So the Governor of California sent a letter to the Department of Justice […]

President Barack Obama (D) is now signaling that he won’t be hitting the campaign trail as much as Democrats would like him to.

In his bid for reelection, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis releases a touching new campaign ad featuring First Lady Casey DeSantis. Titled "That is Who Ron DeSantis Is," Mrs. DeSantis describes how her husband stood with her as she battles breast cancer since her diagnosis in October 2021. Accordingly, the YouTube description says "she knows who he […]

Republican voters and many political pundits say that winning reelection for Gov. Ron DeSantis is all but in the bag. But which bag are they referring to? Whenever he travels around the state, whether it’s to announce the signing of a bill into law, or other legislative or executive measures for his overall Florida First […]

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 […]

In the letter, Waltz expresses his concern with the Thousand Talent Program.

Both Republicans and Democrats are denying the outcome of the past two presidential elections. Florida Republicans like Rep. Matt Gaetz and other state and federal officials contend that the 202o presidential election was stolen away from former President Donald Trump. "I believe that Donald Trump won the 2020 election," said Rep. Gaetz to news station […]

TALLAHASSEE — After pushing a congressional redistricting plan through the Legislature this spring, Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration is fighting to prevent the release of documents to plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging the plan. Attorneys for the plaintiffs this week asked a Leon County circuit judge to reject a DeSantis administration request to shield it from […]

Hurricane Ivan left widespread damage throughout the Caribbean and along the gulf states when it made landfall on September 16, 2004, so someone should tell Charlie Crist and Florida Democrats that his gubernatorial campaign is campaigning off of Hurricane Ivan and not  “Hurrican Ian,” (Sic) which hit Florida a week ago. In yet another campaign […]

Recovery in Southwest Florida after Hurricane Ian has crossed a major milestone today. Wednesday, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) held a press conference in Matlacha announcing the building of a temporary bridge to Pine Island ahead of schedule. While some final inspections remain necessary, the speed at which the bridge was built is nothing short of […]

This week, Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) activated the Florida small business emergency bridge loan program, which has made $50 million avaliable to small businesses in the state of Florida. The move to activate the program is in response to Hurricane Ian and is available to many South Florida counties.  This region of the state that […]

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" […]

As hurricane recovery efforts continue across much of the state of Florida, a new Mason-Dixon public opinion poll released this morning shows that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is beating the Democratic gubernatorial nominee by 11 percentage points. Considering that Florida is seen as a swing or purple state, this lead Gov. DeSantis holds over Crist […]

With Governor Ron DeSantis (R) visiting various Florida towns hit hard by Hurricane Ian, critics have formed a new narrative. Allegations of recovery operations stalling while DeSantis is present have surfaced. The claim of operations halting comes from a statement by Arcadia resident Leslie Nelson last weekend. In an interview with ABC News, Nelson implies […]

With Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) still participating and facilitating the clean-up and rescue efforts following Hurricane Ian, Rep. Val Demings (D-FL) is looking to help the state of Florida in a different way. Despite currently holding a seat as a Congresswoman in the United States House of Representatives and running for the Senate against incumbent […]

As water levels continue to rise throughout Florida as a result of Hurricane Ian, Florida Democrats have not missed any opportunity to politicize the natural disaster and push the apparent false narrative that Gov. Ron DeSantis had rescue operations paused because he was on the ground accessing the damage in Arcadia, Florida. The Florida Democratic […]

With gas prices still well above 3 dollars a gallon ($3.255 on average in Florida), many Floridians are still feeling the effects of the national fuel hike in their wallets. However, it just so happens that during the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state of Florida enacted a gas tax holiday […]

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) has been running around the state at a break-neck speed since Hurricane Ian hit the state last week.  Yesterday, The Floridian was able to receive comments from DeSantis about operations in Arcadia, including the POD program's effectiveness. While in Fort Myers, CNN correspondent Nadia Romero asked DeSantis about the mandatory […]