By Matthew Vadum The last of three Florida counties that took grant monies from a left-wing activist group funded by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to help administer the 2020 elections has returned the remaining funds to the group after a new state law banned such grants, according to the Public Interest Legal Foundation. Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, […]
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CDC Updates Florida COVID-19 Numbers After State Health Department’s Dispute
By Jack Phillips The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed it will adjust Florida’s COVID-19 case numbers after the state’s department of health said the agency rolled several days’ worth of cases into one day. A spokesperson for the CDC told Fox News that it’ll correct the information and work with the Florida Department of Health. […]
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Florida Health Department: CDC’s COVID Count for State Is Wrong, Seeks Correction
By Jack Phillips The Florida Health Department on Monday disputed the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) release of COVID-19 case numbers, claiming that the agency rolled multiple days worth of data into one day to make it appear Florida is reporting a record number of cases per day. Responding to a tweet from the […]
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DeSantis: Disrespected Police Officers Can Relocate to Florida
By Jack Phillips Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said on July 12 that police officers from around the United States are welcome to relocate to Florida for a better workplace “culture” if they feel disenchanted. “I do think you will see; I think you’ve already seen. But there are people in these police departments in various other […]
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‘Can’t Let a Human Being Walk Around With No Shoes’: Florida Deputies Help Man in Need
By Louise Bevan After responding to a call about a person loitering behind a gas station, Florida sheriff’s deputies saw there was more to the story: the man had no shoes, and he was hungry. Thus the kindhearted officers went above and beyond their call of duty to offer a solution. In the bodycam footage shot in the Trinity area […]
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Florida Judge Blocks Biden’s Debt Relief Program for Non-White Farmers
By Jack Phillips A federal judge in Florida temporarily halted the White House’s $4 billion debt relief program that targeted farmers on the basis of race, saying Wednesday that it was discriminatory. U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard ruled in favor of Florida-based farmer Scott Wynn, who is white, and who filed a lawsuit to block the program in […]
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New Law Requires Florida Students to Be Taught About ‘The Evils of Communism’
By Mimi Nguyen Ly High school students in Florida will be required to learn about “the evils of communism” under one of three bills Gov. Ron DeSantis signed on Tuesday. DeSantis signed the bills at a news conference at Three Oaks Middle School in Fort Myers. Two of the bills—HB 5 and SB 1108—focus on civics education, and the third—HB […]
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Florida’s ‘Cavalry’ Helps Secure the Border: ‘You’ve Got a Storm and We’re Coming to Help You’
By Patricia Tolson At a June 16 press conference, Florida’s Ron DeSantis became the first governor to answer the plea for help from fellow Republican governors—Doug Ducey of Arizona and Greg Abbott of Texas—by authorizing the deployment of law enforcement resources to help secure the border. “It’s undeniable that the border crisis is out of control,” Christina Pushaw, […]
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DeSantis: People Moving to Florida ‘Overwhelmingly’ Registering as Republicans, Including Democrats
By Jack Phillips Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said that people moving to Florida from other states are “overwhelmingly” registering as Republicans, and that includes Democrats who fled their states due to COVID-19 restrictions. “The media at the beginning of this said Florida’s bad and I think it’s because they want to damage [former President Donald] Trump […]
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Florida Becomes 23rd State to End $300 Unemployment Benefit Boost to Ease Business Hiring Woes
By Tom Ozimek Florida officials announced an end to the $300 weekly federal pandemic unemployment compensation supplement on May 24, making the Sunshine State the 23rd state to opt out of the jobless boost in a bid to encourage people to get back to work amid a labor shortage and a booming economy. The Florida Department of […]
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Florida House Approves GOP-Backed Election Integrity Bill
By Jack Phillips The Republican-controlled Florida House of Representatives approved a voting measure that Republicans say would enhance election integrity in the state. The bill passed in a 77–40 vote on April 28 and will go back to the Senate for approval. The measure (pdf) would require signature verification for voters, provided by a “wet signature” physically […]
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Florida Governor Signs Executive Order Banning ‘Vaccine Passports’
By Jack Phillips Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed an executive order that bars the usage of CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus “vaccine passports,” becoming the first governor in the United States to take action against what civil liberties groups say is a potential privacy nightmare. The Republican governor’s order comes after unconfirmed reports that the Biden […]
