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DeSantis signs bills penalizing Florida judges and lawmakers who lobby within six years after term
The Governor would make the final decision on what the penalty would be.
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DeSantis trailing Kamala Harris in new poll about 2024 presidential election
Trump beats DeSantis in the poll, too.
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Florida Sen. Rick Scott admits Biden won 2020 election, but Republicans ‘still want the facts to come out’
“They want to know what happened. Why it happened.”
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New poll: Florida Sen. Rick Scott is virtually unpopular across all demographics
All age groups registered net disapproval, even senior citizens.
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Rick Scott, ‘a business guy,’ says Biden has a problem with ‘incompetent people’ in the White House
‘You would never, ever in your wildest dreams hire these people.’
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‘They’re doing to him what they did to Trump’: Nikki Fried says media ‘created’ Ron DeSantis
Fried concedes she is “behind him in the polls.”
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‘He’s going to do a really, really good job’: Florida Gov. DeSantis defends QAnon-adjacent Secretary of State appointment
DeSantis will have a “strong” ally overseeing election administration.
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Florida Gov. DeSantis appoints Cord Byrd as Secretary of State
Secretary of State Laurel Lee, who is rumored to be eyeing a congressional bid, will step down Monday.
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Lincoln Project’s new ‘Crazy Ones’ ad spotlights Florida’s Ron DeSantis, Rick Scott, Matt Gaetz
‘They hate the rules and have no respect for you.’
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Florida congressional candidate, who owns a tear gas company, promises to help media ‘shed some real tears’
“If the media wants to shed some real tears, I can help them out with that,” he said, grinning at the camera.
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‘Worst Governor in modern history’: Charlie Crist rips Florida Gov. DeSantis in campaign anniversary speech
He said DeSantis might be inspired by Russian President Vladimir Putin, who would approve of how the Governor was running Florida.
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Florida Gov. DeSantis calls SCOTUS leak a ‘judicial insurrection’
DeSantis lambasted the leak as an “unprecedented” and politically-motivated “attack.”
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He’s turning Florida into ‘California or New York’: Nikki Fried makes anti-Ron DeSantis case on Fox News
She also vowed to “declare a state of emergency” about rent prices if elected.
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Florida Sen. Rick Scott says he opposes student loan forgiveness because it’s not ‘fair’ to people like him
‘If they’re going to run up (this) debt, they need to have a plan to pay it back.’
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Florida Sen. Marco Rubio says an American version of Vladimir Putin would be impeached
The Senator also said the war isn’t “going well” and that Putin “knows the truth about it.”
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Florida Gov. DeSantis says Elon Musk’s Twitter buyout offer is a ‘good deal’
The Governor says Musk may end ‘narrative enforcement’ on the platform.
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Florida Gov. DeSantis praises Elon Musk Twitter plan for advancing free speech, ‘regime’ opposition
‘They rejected it because they know they can’t control Elon Musk.’
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Disney donated $125K to Florida GOP at the start of the Legislative Session
Disney’s contributions to the RPOF accounted for more than half of the company’s donations in Florida during the first quarter of 2022.
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Florida officials have begun the rule development process to allow public swim-up pool bars
Poolside bars have long been prohibited in Florida due to a Department of Health rule against serving food or beverages in or near public pools.
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Desantis signs bill allowing Florida to pay for donor breast milk bank services as an optional Medicaid service
Dubbed ‘liquid gold’ by advocates, breast milk is considered by the CDC and Prevention as the best source of nutrition for most infants.