Parody ad shows what guv’s mail might really sound like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis‘ first ad for re-election is kinda boring, but it doesn’t mean it was easy. You know how far and wide they had to look to find that many happy “thank you” letters? The 60-second spot quotes six or seven alleged letters […]
A week after banning two sex ed books, the board approves them In a striking reversal, Miami-Dade School Board Chairwoman Perla Tabares Hantman — who has been forced into retirement by a GOP-backed challenge — restored two sexual education books to the middle and high school curriculum only one week after she had voted to […]
Agriculture Commissioner and gubernatorial candidate Nikki Fried, the only statewide elected Democrat, has seized on to what some predict will be a wedge issue in this competitive election: Affordable housing and skyrocketing rental rates. Fried is promoting her first real policy plan called “Lower Costs, Higher Standards,” with a statewide tour of six cities that […]
Miami’s big GOP fundraiser goes to ultra blue Miami Beach This year’s Lincoln Day Dinner, the Miami-Dade Republican Party’s largest fundraiser, will feature a double header: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Sen. Marco Rubio are both scheduled to speak. And it’s going to be in the middle of one of the bluest zones of the […]
What ‘free state of Florida’ is he talking about? So much talk about the free state of Florida and parental choice for months, and this week Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis proved it was all political fodder for his base. He doesn’t really care about parental choice. That is why DeSastre the bully berated and shamed […]
It’s not that it’s an attack against Congressman Charlie Crist that has people riled up. We expect that. Heck, we like it. It’s more like the tacit endorsement of guardianship programs that often target and abuse the elderly that is rubbing people the wrong way. And it’s a blatant dis to our querida Britney Spears. […]
The 2022 State of the State delivered by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was more a continued tour for his national profile than a report on the Sunshine State. All state-of addresses are really craftily disguised campaign speeches. But DeSantis seemed adamant to let his White House ambitions show. The guv said some form of the […]
¡Pero por supuesto! Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis had to know that his stance against mask mandates in public schools — and his threat to defund schools and take away the salaries of school officials who defy him — would become campaign fodder for the 2022 election. He didn’t have to wait long. Congressman and former […]
By GUEST COLUMNIST George Volsky Statistics daunt. Early this month, more than 200 million cases of Covid-19 and 614,000 deaths, were recorded in 182 countries. These totals, believed to be considerably undercounted, unequivocally confirm that the pandemic that appeared to have stabilized at the beginning of the year, has surged anew. This is due mainly […]
Can you imagine 30 people in a room today without masks? The governor can. If those people are children. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — who has repeatedly failed to act responsibly on the COVID-19 emergency — has come under intense fire for his executive order forbidding local governments from making mask mandates. This came after […]