Gubernatorial Polling Update: Can Anyone Stop DeSantis?

Gubernatorial Polling Update: Can Anyone Stop DeSantis?

Jackson Bakich
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May 19, 2022
We are 172 days from the midterm elections. That is 4,138 hours, or 248,319 minutes, or 14,899,150 seconds until Americans have yet another say in the representative republic (not that anyone is counting). That means it is the perfect time to showcase the current polling in the Florida gubernatorial race. On the Democratic side, the […]
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JUICE—Florida Politics' Juicy Read — 5.18.2022 —First Lady Casey DeSantis Loves on Gov. Ron DeSantis

JUICE—Florida Politics' Juicy Read — 5.18.2022 —First Lady Casey DeSantis Loves on Gov. Ron DeSantis

Javier Manjarres
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May 18, 2022
Florida First Lady Casey DeSantis held back tears as she addressed the media and attendees at a press conference at the University of Miami to announce $100 million in news cancer treatment funding for institutions around the state.
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DeSantis Says Democrats 'Have a Soft Spot for Dictatorships Like in Cuba' [Video]

DeSantis Says Democrats 'Have a Soft Spot for Dictatorships Like in Cuba' [Video]

Javier Manjarres
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May 17, 2022
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 […]
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DeSantis Endorses Bryan Avila for State Senate

DeSantis Endorses Bryan Avila for State Senate

Javier Manjarres
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May 16, 2022
If there was any chance that Rep. Bryan Avila was going to face a Republican primary challenge in his State Senate District 39 race, Gov. Ron DeSantis just stuck a fork into any potential primary challenge by endorsing Rep. Avila for the seat. “I am deeply honored and grateful to receive Governor Ron DeSantis’ endorsement […]
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Ron DeSantis Takes Victory Tour, Highlights of His First Term

Ron DeSantis Takes Victory Tour, Highlights of His First Term

Jim McCool
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May 16, 2022
With his re-election on the horizon, Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) has just completed visiting all 67 counties in the state of Florida.  Now, some people are branding it as his victory tour, as he has signed legislation and visited Floridians in all corners of the state. The governor posted a video on Twitter yesterday that […]
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Scott Appointed Judge Blocks DeSantis’ map

Scott Appointed Judge Blocks DeSantis’ map

Daniel Molina
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May 11, 2022
It appears there’s trouble in paradise for the DeSantis administration as a Florida state trial judge has blocked the DeSantis map in North Florida for 2022.
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Progressives Still Believe

Progressives Still Believe "Abortion is Healthcare" After Leaked Supreme Court Opinion

Jackson Bakich
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May 9, 2022
In response to the leaked Roe V. Wade decision, Florida Democrats held a rally over Mother’s Day weekend in support of safeguarding abortion at the federal courthouse in Fort Lauderdale. Democrats in favor of upholding the 50-year judicial precedent are worried that Republicans will completely ban abortion statewide if the Supreme Court decision in the […]
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DeSantis Signs Visit Florida Extension

DeSantis Signs Visit Florida Extension

Javier Manjarres
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May 8, 2022
Florida’s tourism-marketing agency can continue to plan advertising campaigns for the next five years, under a bill signed into law Friday by Gov. Ron DeSantis. The measure (SB 434), which was one of 11 bills signed, extends the authorization of Visit Florida from Oct. 1, 2023, to Oct. 1, 2028.
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Dennis Ross Vows to Tackle Border Crisis in Congress

Dennis Ross Vows to Tackle Border Crisis in Congress

Jim McCool
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May 8, 2022
Recently former Congressman Dennis Ross (R-FL) announced that he is throwing his hat in the ring once again and running for Congress in Florida's new 15th congressional district.  Now, Ross is laser-focused on tackling the Border Crisis if elected. In an interview with the Floridian, Publisher Javier Manjarres asked Rep. Dennis Ross what his main concerns […]
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DeSantis Approves Biggest Tax Relief in Florida History

DeSantis Approves Biggest Tax Relief in Florida History

Jim McCool
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May 6, 2022
Ocala— Florida Governor Ron Desantis (R-FL) held a press conference where he bashed the policies of the Biden Administration, but also signed the biggest tax relief bill in the history of Florida into law. Gov. DeSantis began by paralleling Florida with the rest of the nation, claiming, "We actually beat New York for foreign tourism every […]
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Tax Package Teed Up for DeSantis

Tax Package Teed Up for DeSantis

Javier Manjarres
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May 6, 2022
A wide-ranging tax package topped by sales-tax “holidays” and a gas-tax break was one of 17 bills that the Legislature formally sent to Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday. The package includes holiday periods when people will not have to pay sales taxes on such things as hurricane supplies and back-to-school items. Also, it includes suspending […]
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Crist: DeSantis is the ‘Worst Governor in… Florida History’

Crist: DeSantis is the ‘Worst Governor in… Florida History’

Daniel Molina
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May 4, 2022
Crist, who’s amassed numerous endorsements in recent weeks, outlined numerous reasons as to why Governor DeSantis could be considered the “worst.”
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DeSantis Will 'Look at' Banning Abortion in Florida After Supreme Court Decision

DeSantis Will 'Look at' Banning Abortion in Florida After Supreme Court Decision

Javier Manjarres
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May 4, 2022
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis did not give the media or Pro-Life advocates what they wanted to hear when asked if he would squeeze a measure to ban abortion if the Supreme Court struck down the long-standing Roe vs. Wade decision. “I would just caution people, you know, you can leak stuff out of a court, […]
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Florida Dept. of Education Removes 'Woke content' From Textbooks

Florida Dept. of Education Removes 'Woke content' From Textbooks

Jim McCool
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May 4, 2022
While many opponents to Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) think the Florida governor is all talk and no action in this "culture war," detractors are in for a rude awakening.  The Florida Department of Education has reportedly started removing "woke content" from Florida public school textbooks. In the state of Florida, and nationally, schooling and parental rights […]
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Charlie Crist Will Bring Back Mask Mandates

Charlie Crist Will Bring Back Mask Mandates

Jim McCool
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May 3, 2022
It has been almost a full year since the state of Florida canned COVID-19 mandates under the DeSantis Administration.  Now, gubernatorial candidate, US Rep. Charlie Crist (D-FL) promised to bring back mask mandates if he is elected and the COVID-19 situation worsens. One year ago today, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) lifted all local COVID-19 mandates […]
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DeSantis: Disinformation Bureau Will ‘Suppress Speech’

DeSantis: Disinformation Bureau Will ‘Suppress Speech’

Daniel Molina
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May 2, 2022
DeSantis once again criticized the bureau, calling it an effort “to suppress the speech of those who dissent from the Regime.”
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Wasserman Schultz Goes Scorched Earth on DeSantis, GOP

Wasserman Schultz Goes Scorched Earth on DeSantis, GOP

Jackson Bakich
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May 2, 2022
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) went on MSNBC’s PoliticsNation with Rev. Al Sharpton to discuss Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R-FL) latest moves before the midterm. Rep. Wasserman Schultz said that Republicans have an obsession with “The Big Lie,” and that it is “their litmus test.”
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Fried Vows DeSantis Will be 'a one-Term Governor'

Fried Vows DeSantis Will be 'a one-Term Governor'

Daniel Molina
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May 2, 2022
From suing the Biden administration over a federal requirement to criticizing the DeSantis administration over its feud with Disney, Fried vowed that her campaign will “Make Ron DeSantis a one-term governor.”
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