Tag Archives: Florida

DeSantis: My SCOTUS Picks Will Be Better Than Trump’s

Florida Politics reports: Ron DeSantis says he can do better than the three jurists former President Donald Trump picked for the U.S. Supreme Court. “Well, actually, I would say we’ll do better than that. I mean, I respect the three appointees he did, but none of those three are at the same level of Justice (Clarence) Thomas and Justice (Samuel) …

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Tony Awards Presenter Calls DeSantis “Grand Wizard”

Variety reports: Actor Denée Benton took aim at Florida Governor Ron DeSantis during Sunday’s Tony Awards telecast, referring to the Republican presidential hopeful as a “Grand Wizard” as she presented an award for theater education. On CBS’ live telecast, Benton saluted the 2023 recipient of the excellence in theater education award, Jason Zembuch Young of South Plantation High School in …

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Migrants: FL Contractors Tricked Us To Board Planes

The Los Angeles Times reports: “She said I should go, that there were people there to receive us who would give us lodging, that they would help us… get our [immigration] papers in order,” said María, who asked to be identified only by her first name, out of fear of potential repercussions from the woman who approached her. What María …

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Nazis Wave Swastika, DeSantis Flags Outside Disney

Florida Politics reports: Gov. Ron DeSantis is in Oklahoma delivering a political speech, but that doesn’t mean disturbing news isn’t happening closer to home. Rep. Anna V. Eskamani tweeted on Saturday video of Nazi demonstrators outside of Disney World. A second image, from Twitter user Shannon Watts, contends that “two dozen white supremacists are outside the main Disney World entrance …

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DeSantis: DOJ Has Been Weaponized Against Trump

“Our Founding Fathers would have absolutely predicted the weaponization that we’ve seen with these agencies, particularly Justice and FBI, because when you don’t have constitutional accountability, human nature is such that they will abuse their power, and that’s what’s happened. Nobody has held them accountable. “When I was in Congress, I remember, you know, Hillary had the emails that were …

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Florida Republicans Beg Migrant Workers Not To Leave

Florida Politics reports: Republican state Representatives urged a group of Hispanic religious leaders to counsel their flocks not to abandon their jobs in Florida — even if they are not in the country legally. Video clips now making the rounds on social media show Republican Reps. Alina Garcia and Rick Roth speaking to those assembled at a Hialeah meeting with …

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FL Admits It Was Behind Latest Dumping Of Migrants

Sacramento’s NBC affiliate reports: The administration of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday confirmed its involvement in migrant relocations by flights to Sacramento and released video that it argued shows they were not “kidnapped” or treated poorly. The video provided by Florida’s Division of Emergency Management shows 2 minutes and 21 seconds of short video clips and photos of migrants …

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Judge Rules Against DeSantis On Trans Youth Health

The New York Times reports: A federal judge in Florida ruled on Tuesday that three transgender children can be prescribed puberty blockers, despite a new state law that prohibits gender transition care for minors and adds new hurdles for adults who seek similar care. Though the ruling applied narrowly only to the three families that requested it, the judge wrote …

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FL Officials Silent After Latest Migrant Dumping Flights

Politico reports: A second plane full of migrants from the Texas border landed in Sacramento on Monday, leading California officials to escalate allegations that the DeSantis administration has resumed its controversial relocation program. Although the flights are receiving national attention, Florida officials, by and large, are staying silent about any potential involvement while Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has been campaigning …

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Second Private Jet Dumps Migrants In Sacramento

The Associated Press reports: About 20 people ranging in age from 21 to 30 were flown by private jet to Sacramento on Monday, California Attorney General Rob Bonta said. It was the second such flight in four days. Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg and faith-based groups who have been assisting the migrants scheduled a news conference Tuesday morning. Bonta, who met …

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Charges Filed In Migrant Flight To Martha’s Vineyard

The Texas Tribune reports: The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office says it has completed its investigation into the transport of 49 migrants from San Antonio to Martha’s Vineyard last September by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration and filed criminal charges with the local district attorney. A statement from the sheriff’s office says it has filed several counts of unlawful restraint, both …

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CA Gov Threatens To Charge “Small, Pathetic” DeSantis

The Hill reports: California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Monday escalated his war of words with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican presidential candidate, calling him a “small, pathetic man” and floating kidnapping charges over a flight of migrants sent to his state. The Democratic governor lobbed the barbs on Twitter after California’s attorney general said Florida’s government appeared to …

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GOP FL Prosecutor Didn’t Pursue Six Voter Fraud Cases In Red County, Unlike Those Charged In Blue Counties

The Orlando Sentinel reports: A Republican state attorney last May declined to prosecute six voter fraud cases that involved circumstances strikingly similar to the cases later brought against 20 ex-felons by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ election police unit and statewide prosecutors. The office of State Attorney Bill Gladson confirmed six convicted sex offenders in Lake County had voted in the 2020 …

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CA Gov Orders Probe Into Latest Dumping Of Migrants

From California Gov. Gavin Newsom: Today, Attorney General Rob Bonta and I met with over a dozen migrants in Sacramento. These individuals were transported from Texas to New Mexico before being flown by private chartered jet to Sacramento and dumped on the doorstep of a local church without any advance warning. We are working closely with the Mayor’s office, along …

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Federalist Society Leader Named To FL’s Disney Board

The Orlando Sentinel reports: A Tampa lawyer and “Jeopardy!” champion will join Gov. Ron DeSantis’ Disney World oversight board, which is at the center of his nationally watched battle with the world-famous attraction. DeSantis named Charbel Barakat to the five-member Central Florida Tourism Oversight District’s Board of Supervisors on Thursday. He will replace Michael Sasso, an Orlando attorney who resigned …

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CA AG: Private Jet Dumped Migrants In Sacramento

CNN reports: An investigation is underway after over a dozen migrants arrived in Sacramento, California, by private jet “with no prior arrangement or care in place,” Gov. Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta said Saturday. California state officials on Saturday met with the group, who had documentation “purporting to be from the government of the State of Florida,” Bonta …

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Dem Rep On DC Stage: “Fuck DeSantis! Fuck Fascism!”

The Daily Beast reports: Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-FL), perhaps best known for being the first Gen Z member of Congress, joined the band Paramore on stage at a Washington, D.C. show Friday night and shared this message with his state’s governor: “Fuck Ron DeSantis! Fuck fascism!” After inviting the congressman up to join her, Paramore’s lead singer Hayley Williams asked …

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DeSantis Takes Credit For GOP Majority In US House

Florida Politics reports: On the 2024 campaign trail, Gov. Ron DeSantis is taking credit for delivering a Republican Congressional majority. The presidential candidate told a crowd in Greenville, South Carolina that by “leading a ticket,” he had a “responsibility to help the other candidates who are running.” And that help included redistricting, apparently, which ultimately changed the contours of the …

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Moms For Liberty Harasses Florida High School Into Reprinting Yearbook Without Pages On LGBTQ Students

The Orlando Sentinel reports: Seminole County Public Schools is offering to reprint this year’s Lyman High School yearbook and remove two pages for parents upset about LGBTQ+ content, prompting criticism that the district isn’t standing up to bigotry. The pages highlight the school’s LGBTQ+ community and provide definitions of terms such as genderfluid and pansexual. A few parents and students …

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FL Judge Recuses Himself From DeSantis/Disney Suit

Courthouse News reports: A Florida judge has recused himself from the federal case brought by Disney against Republican Governor Ron DeSantis and a state oversight board. In court documents filed on Thursday, Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker denied DeSantis’ motion to disqualify, finding that his prior comments in another state retaliation case does not show he is predisposed to …

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