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Florida is second only to Texas in banning school books, most of which involved LGTBQ or non-white issues, says report

‘Censorious movement is turning our public schools into political battlegrounds,’ free speech group says.

by Anne Geggis and Florida Politics September 19, 2022December 24, 2023

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Charlie Crist demands all info behind Florida Gov. DeSantis’ Martha’s Vineyard ‘political stunt’

The gubernatorial candidate filed a public information request under Florida’s Sunshine Law for all communication regarding the re-location effort.

by Jacob Ogles and Florida Politics September 16, 2022March 11, 2025

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‘Disgusting and vile’: Charlie Crist slams Florida Gov. DeSantis for treating Martha’s Vineyard refugees like ‘cattle’

“When you are this inhumane in how you treat human beings, you’re not qualified to be Governor of anything.”

by Renzo Downey and Florida Politics September 15, 2022August 3, 2023

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Florida Sen. Marco Rubio ’embarrassed’ for James Taylor after White House performance

“I’m going to be honest, I don’t know a lot about James Taylor. I guess he’s won some awards and sold a lot of records…”

by A.G. Gancarski and Florida Politics September 14, 2022January 8, 2024

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Val Demings says Marco Rubio is ‘not comfortable’ talking with diverse communities

‘He goes into very scripted environments.’

by Jesse Scheckner and Florida Politics September 9, 2022August 10, 2023

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Florida Sen. Rick Scott doesn’t know why Mar-a-Lago raid happened

“We don’t know why they did it.”

by A.G. Gancarski and Florida Politics September 8, 2022May 7, 2024

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says ‘newcomers’ are often bad boaters

“They’ll learn, that’s fine,” DeSantis added.

by A.G. Gancarski and Florida Politics September 7, 2022August 30, 2023

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Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried calls for inquiry into election police over voter fraud arrests

State election police should’ve scrutinized the system, not the illegal voters, Fried says.

by Renzo Downey and Florida Politics September 6, 2022March 15, 2025

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Grand jury that shook up Broward school board has eyes on four more Florida districts

Four Broward School Board members were suspended by the governor last week.

by Anne Geggis and Florida Politics September 2, 2022May 13, 2025

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Florida Sen. Marco Rubio says Democrats are ‘criminalizing and dehumanizing’ Republicans

”If you criticize them, they will claim that you are putting them in danger.”

by A.G. Gancarski and Florida Politics September 1, 2022October 22, 2023

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Florida Sen. Rick Scott rebukes Mitch McConnell: ‘No! We’ve got great candidates’

“We are going to win, but we’ve got to raise our money. When we raise our money, we win.”

by A.G. Gancarski and Florida Politics August 30, 2022August 3, 2023

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Florida Sen. Marco Rubio bashes student loan ‘bailout’, pushes reform bill

“There are better ways to help borrowers with surging interest rates and staggering debt.”

by A.G. Gancarski and Florida Politics August 24, 2022August 3, 2023

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Florida Gov. DeSantis predicts Fried will lose primary because she used her time in office ‘to smear me on a daily basis’

DeSantis expects to face U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist in the General Election.

by Gray Rohrer and Florida Politics August 23, 2022August 3, 2023

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Twitter suspends Florida Republican candidate after he advocates shooting federal agents

HD 20s Luis Miguel is still on Instagram though.

by A.G. Gancarski and Florida Politics August 19, 2022August 20, 2024

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Democrats dog Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for courting ‘MAGA Extremists’

‘Is the Governor ‘palling around with fellow MAGA extremists to increase his national profile?’

by A.G. Gancarski and Florida Politics August 18, 2022August 3, 2023

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Nikki Fried once again says she’s no longer friends with Matt Gaetz

“I’m speechless because he has turned into a direction that is dangerous for our country.”

by Renzo Downey and Florida Politics August 17, 2022June 26, 2025

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Marjorie Taylor Greene will campaign for Florida congressional hopefuls Anthony Sabatini and Anna Paulina Luna

Both Sabatini and Greene brand themselves as Donald Trump-style Christian nationalists.

by Jacob Ogles and Florida Politics August 15, 2022September 15, 2024

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Sen. Marco Rubio says historians who met with Joe Biden are ‘snobs’

‘These are elitists completely insulated from the consequences of the things they support.’

by A.G. Gancarski and Florida Politics August 12, 2022August 1, 2025

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Florida Democratic lawmakers call for Attorney General investigation into FPL

“The corruption, influence peddling, and breaches of the public trust by FPL and its senior executives should be of grave concern.”

by Renzo Downey and Florida Politics August 11, 2022August 3, 2023

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Florida Gov. DeSantis says he’ll ‘take a Marine every day of the week’ over someone with an education degree

“You’ve got some people in the media or whatever who are criticizing this.”

by A.G. Gancarski and Florida Politics August 3, 2022August 5, 2025