Tag Archives: Florida

DeSantis Predicts SCOTUS Will Give “Relief” From OSHA Mandate, Says He Hasn’t Gotten Booster Shot [VIDEO]

Florida Politics reports: “Well, first of all, on the OSHA mandate, I thought it was a terrible decision. This is just a three-judge panel. I thought the whole Circuit in the 6th would have certainly struck this down. “I do think we’re going to get positive relief from the U.S. Supreme Court on that,” DeSantis said on the Fox News …

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Florida Is Hunting Down Double-Voting Snowbirds

The Orlando Sentinel reports: Florida election officials are hunting for snowbird voter fraud in the 2020 election, combing through records to uncover people who cast ballots in multiple states. So far three residents of the sprawling Villages retirement community have been charged with voting more than once in last year’s presidential election. Lake County has turned over another six possible …

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DeSantis Shares Stage With Anti-Vax QAnon Activist

Politico reports: A Miami activist Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office handpicked to amplify his criticism of critical race theory has espoused views aligned with QAnon conspiracy theories and appears to support those who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. Eulalia Maria Jimenez, the chair of the Miami chapter of Moms for Liberty, stood with DeSantis earlier this week as he …

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Ron DeSantis Dominates Trump-Less 2024 GOP Poll

Florida Politics reports: DeSantis is the choice of 30% of those surveyed in a field not including the 45th President, up four points from the same survey in November. Other candidates were far behind. Former Vice President Mike Pence is in an increasingly distant second place, down three points to 12%. Donald Trump Jr. and U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of …

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FL Bill Would Let Parents Sue Schools That Teach CRT

Orlando’s NBC News affiliate reports: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) rolled out legislation Wednesday that would allow parents to sue schools that teach critical race theory. DeSantis announced the Stop the Wrongs to Our Kids and Employees (W.O.K.E.) Act, which he said in a statement would be “the strongest legislation of its kind in the nation and will take on …

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DeSantis Fundraises Off NYC Non-Citizen Voting

Florida Politics reports: “Democrats want non-citizens to vote.” That’s the latest missive from Gov. Ron DeSantis in a fundraising pitch Tuesday claiming “non-citizens” are being allowed to vote in New York City municipal elections. For DeSantis, that’s a non-starter. DeSantis warned that New York is allowing “upwards of 800,000 non-citizens” to cast ballots in elections for Mayor and City Council. …

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More Florida Trump Cultists Arrested For Voter Fraud

Click Orlando reports: Three residents of The Villages have recently been arrested as part of an ongoing investigation into voter fraud, court records show. Jay Ketcik, Joan Halstead and John Rider are each charged with casting more than one ballot in an election, a third-degree felony punishable by up to five years in prison. Ketcik, 63, is accused of voting …

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FL Rejects Complaint Against Anti-Vax Surgeon General

The Tallahassee Democrat reports: The Florida Department of Health rejected a complaint alleging that Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo violated state medical laws by publicly casting doubts about the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines and promoting unproven treatments against the disease. “We have determined from our review that we can take no further action because the healthcare provider has not violated any …

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DeSantis Threatens To Ship Migrants To Delaware

Florida Politics reports: Gov. Ron DeSantis continued Monday to float ideas about where he might send undocumented immigrants if the federal government sent them to Florida. The Governor was on the Ingraham Angle Monday, again asserting the state’s position that they should be sent to other places. DeSantis is putting his money where his mouth is: his proposed budget includes …

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Dem AGs Intervene In FL Voter Suppression Suit

Florida Politics reports: Democratic state attorneys general in 16 states and the District of Columbia who have intervened in litigation challenging Florida’s new law making it harder to vote argue in a legal brief that the state has mounted bogus arguments that the measure fights fraud and boosts voter confidence. That’s because there is no evidence of widespread voter fraud …

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FL College Opens Probe Into Destroyed COVID Data

CNN reports: A formal investigation has been launched by the University of Florida after an internal report detailed a culture of fear among faculty members claiming political influence on campus as well as instances of Covid-19 research data being destroyed and delayed. Vice President of UF Research David Norton announced the investigation in an email to faculty and staff Friday …

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Biden And Harris Both Top DeSantis In 2024 Matchups

Florida Politics reports: New polling shows Gov. Ron DeSantis would lose the popular vote to either President Joe Biden or Vice President Kamala Harris if they squared off in 2024. A Harvard/Harris Poll asked: “If the 2024 election for President were held today and it was between Ron DeSantis, the Republican, and Joe Biden, the Democrat, who would you vote …

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Florida Police Thwart Potential University Mass Shooting

Click Orlando reports: Daytona Beach Police Chief Jakari Young said police were able to stop a potential mass shooting at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University on Thursday. Police arrested John Hagins, 19, Thursday morning outside of his home at Andros Isles Apartments, which is about three and a half miles from the university. Hagins now faces charges of written threats to injure …

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REPORT: Florida COVID Researchers Were Pressured To Destroy Data And Warned Not To Criticize DeSantis

The Hill reports: Researchers at the University of Florida allegedly felt pressured to delete COVID-19 data while working on a study for an undisclosed state entity, according to a report released on Monday by the Faculty Senate committee. The report stated that staff felt “external pressure to destroy” data, and “barriers to accessing and analyzing” data in a timely manner. Other …

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DeSantis Condemns “Global Warming” As “Left Wing” Term, Announces $270M Project To Raise FL Sea Walls

The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports: Gov. Ron DeSantis announced a series of steps to defend Florida against rising sea levels Tuesday, even as he denounced the use of the term “global warming” as a “pretext to do a bunch of left-wing things.” The governor submitted 76 projects to the state Legislature to improve drainage, raise sea walls and take other …

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FL Axes Anti-LGBTQ Bullying Portal From Its Website

Florida Politics reports: The Florida Department of Education has removed an anti-bullying portal from its website, including links to LGBTQ advocacy groups. The removal comes following changes to the DOE webpage for the Office of Safe Schools, created under the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act. According to the Florida Capital Star, DOE removed the anti-bullying page …

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DeSantis Seeks To Reestablish Civilian Military Force

CNN reports: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wants to reestablish a World War II-era civilian military force that he, not the Pentagon, would control. DeSantis pitched the idea Thursday as a way to further support the Florida National Guard during emergencies, like hurricanes. DeSantis is proposing bringing it back with a volunteer force of 200 civilians, and he is seeking $3.5 …

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DeSantis Wants To Pay Anti-Vaxxers With COVID Funds

CNN reports: As Florida Republicans, led by Gov. Ron DeSantis, escalate their fight against President Joe Biden’s coronavirus vaccine mandate, they are testing a new method to support resisters: giving taxpayer money to the unvaccinated. Florida is one of a handful of states that now ensures people who refuse the shot remain eligible for unemployment benefits if they lose their …

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Florida Utility Funded GOP “Ghost Candidates” Scheme

The Orlando Sentinel reports: Top executives at utility giant Florida Power & Light worked closely with the political consultants who orchestrated a scheme to promote spoiler candidates in three key state Senate elections last year, according to documents obtained by the Orlando Sentinel. The records show that the consultants who controlled Grow United Inc., the dark-money nonprofit at the center …

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Florida GOP Chairman Has Dinner With The Kraken

Florida Politics reports: Republican Party of Florida Chairman Joe Gruters met last week with controversial lawyer Sidney Powell in Sarasota. While not embracing specific accusations Powell has made against election officials around the country, he characterized his conversation as informative. “It’s important to listen to every side and she brought up a lot of good points,” Gruters told Florida Politics. …

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