Tag Archives: Florida

Florida Politics reports: Days before the Aug. 23 Primary Election, former President Donald Trump has endorsed Congressman Matt Gaetz as the incumbent’s opponent has released ads suggesting Gaetz was “the informant” who led the FBI to raid Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate. Trump announced his endorsement on his Truth Social app. Gaetz tweeted a screenshot of Trump’s post but has yet to …

Florida Politics reports: In his final push before the Aug. 23 Primary Election, Mark Lombardo has come out with another attack ad against U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz. The 30-second spot is a “sequel” to the ad Lombardo released last week suggesting Gaetz was “the informant” who led authorities to raid former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate. “Trump rejected Gaetz’s pardon …

The Sarasota Herald-Tribune reports: Hundreds of dictionaries earmarked for donation from a Venice Rotary Club sit collecting dust, precluded from being given to Sarasota County students. Even dictionaries aren’t safe from the Sarasota Schools book freeze. Ahead of the 2022-23 school year, the Sarasota County School District stopped all donations and purchases of books for school libraries while it waits …

Florida Politics reports: A Republican candidate for the House from St. Augustine is banned from Twitter after advocating violence against the federal government. Republican Luis Miguel, running against incumbent Rep. Bobby Payne of Palatka in the redrawn House District 20, was suspended from Twitter after a tweet advocating that Floridians should be able to shoot federal agents on sight. “Under …

The Hill reports: A federal judge on Thursday blocked a Florida law restricting how workplaces and schools can discuss race during required training or instruction championed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R). U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida Chief Judge Mark Walker issued a preliminary injunction blocking the law, known as the “Stop WOKE Act,” saying it …

Fort Lauderdale’s CBS affiliate reports: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is speaking at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale and the “major announcement” he promised was that 20 people are being arrested for illegally voting. Thursday, DeSantis said the majority of the people who were charged and are being arrested voted illegally in Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade counties. He …

Law & Crime reports: The ACLU has filed a lawsuit on behalf of “instructors and students at Florida colleges and universities” who say that the “Stop WOKE Act” signed into law in April by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) amounts to unconstitutional “racially motivated censorship.” The Stop Wrongs Against Our Kids and Employees Act, plaintiffs allege, was supported by the Republican-controlled …

Florida Politics reports: The second-term Florida Republican believes fringe members of the GOP pose less of a threat to America than staffers for the Democratic Party, who he says “come from a different world.” “There are people throughout the American political spectrum that have all kinds of ideas, including people who claim to be Republicans, but I don’t agree with …

From the far-right Christian site Charisma News: Often when God answers a prayer, He does so in a way we are not expecting. Having a teacher shortage is not ideal and an extraordinary circumstance, so there needs to be unique ways to solve the problem. Some states have decided to just throw money at the problem and hope that fixes …

The Insider reports: Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz’s Republican primary opponent Mark Lombardo suggested in a new attack ad that the incumbent congressman is the possible informant involved in the FBI’s raid on former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate. The 30-second political ad called “The Informant?” suggests that Gaetz had something to do with last week’s unprecedented search of Trump’s Palm …

Politico reports: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is using his rising clout among conservatives to help candidates who have openly questioned President Joe Biden’s win — even if it’s something he doesn’t like to talk about. DeSantis on Friday will speak at a Pittsburgh rally for state Sen. Doug Mastriano, the Republican candidate for Pennsylvania governor who supported efforts to contest …

Fort Lauderdale’s ABC affiliate reports: A man was tackled outside a bar Tuesday in Wilton Manors after witnesses say he carried a grenade into the business. The incident happened at The Corner Pub, which is located at 1915 N. Andrews Ave. “He showed me a grenade. He said, ‘Don’t be scared.’ It kinda freaked me out a little bit,” bartender …

The Hill reports: Rep. Val Demings (D) leads Sen. Marco Rubio (R) by 4 percentage points in Florida’s Senate race, according to a poll released Tuesday. The poll, released by the University of North Florida’s Public Opinion Research Lab, shows Demings with the support of 48 percent of surveyed registered voters who said they would vote in the midterms. Rubio, …

Florida Politics reports: Gov. Ron DeSantis is rolling out new proposals intended to bring teachers to Florida, with shortages affecting districts throughout the state. One such proposal may take first responders, including former police officers, firefighters and EMTs, from those high-pressure environments and move them to K-12 classrooms. DeSantis said his proposed Governor’s Recruitment Program was “focusing on our heroes,” …

Yahoo News reports: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has joined a coalition of 16 attorneys general from across the country in filing an amicus brief opposing Florida’s “Parental Rights in Education Act,” otherwise known as the “Don’t Say Gay” law. Nessel, a Democrat who is Michigan’s first openly gay top statewide official, says that the law, which prevents classroom discussion …

Mediaite reports: The flame-throwing press secretary for Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) resigned on Friday to work on the governor’s re-election campaign. After 15 months in DeSantis’ office, Christina Pushaw will be the campaign’s director of rapid response. During her tenure, Pushaw was known for being combative with mainstream media outlets. On Wednesday, Pushaw blasted the Associated Press for not publishing …

The Fort Myers News-Press reports: GAC Contractors, a local company whose top executives include former House Speaker Allan Bense, bilked “millions of dollars” from local governments in 2018 when it was contracted to clean up debris caused by Hurricane Michael, newly released court documents from an ongoing federal investigation show. The company’s top executives, including Bense and its late CEO …

Politico reports: Florida’s Medicaid regulator has finalized new rules banning health care providers from billing the taxpayer-funded program for gender-affirming medical treatments, a move that comes as the state has sought to block such therapies for young people. The Florida Agency for Health Care Administration on Thursday added new language to the rules governing the state’s $36.2 billion Medicaid program. …

The Pensacola News-Journal reports: An Escambia County public school teacher resigned this week over what he characterized as racist behavior by a school district employee. The teacher, Michael James, emailed a letter to Gov. Ron DeSantis and Escambia County Superintendent Tim Smith in which he wrote that a district employee removed pictures of historic Black American heroes from his classroom …

Miami’s NBC affiliate reports: A Miami man paid to fly a banner reading “ha ha ha” over former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate Wednesday as Trump supporters there held large flags to protest the recent FBI raid. Thomas Kennedy, a self-professed Trump critic, told NBC 6 he paid for the banner that was spotted near the estate and around South …