Florida GOP Goes Full McCarthy—Joe, That Is—With Proposed School Change

And Vice President Kamala Harris offered her own aggressive defense of the president Friday, calling for the special counsel to have a “higher level of integrity” after the report accused the 81-year-old president of having a memory with “significant limitations.” Continue reading Florida GOP Goes Full McCarthy—Joe, That Is—With Proposed School Change

Florida Republicans May Get Smoked on Another Abortion Fight

The Florida Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday about a proposed ballot initiative to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution—and it wasn’t looking good for the amendment’s opponents. Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody had asked the high court to strike Continue reading Florida Republicans May Get Smoked on Another Abortion Fight

Moms for Liberty Bullies Florida District Over Goblin Butt in Children’s Book

Targeting Carroll specifically is what ultimately landed Trump in legal trouble, Kaplan explained. In her deposition, Carroll alleged she had also been assaulted by television executive Les Moonves in Los Angeles in the mid-1990s. In 2018, multiple other women accused Continue reading Moms for Liberty Bullies Florida District Over Goblin Butt in Children’s Book

DeSantis Will Now Return to What He Does Best: Terrorizing LGBTQ People in Florida

The country as a whole may have been spared that kind of power, but Florida is for now stuck with him. And nationally, too, there may be  no coming back from what his campaign has normalized. 88 percent or Republican Continue reading DeSantis Will Now Return to What He Does Best: Terrorizing LGBTQ People in Florida

Now Florida Is Banning Flags—and You Can Probably Guess Which Ones

Florida state Republicans have advanced a bill that would ban schools and government buildings from displaying Pride flags, Black Lives Matter flags, and the Palestinian flag. H.B. 901 passed the state House Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Continue reading Now Florida Is Banning Flags—and You Can Probably Guess Which Ones

Florida Democrats Just Proved They Can Make a Comeback in 2024

As of this weekend, at least 24,100 Palestinians, including more than 9,600 children, have been killed since the war began, along with some 61,000 Palestinians injured, according to Palestine’s mission to the United Nations. Gazans are also suffering from the Continue reading Florida Democrats Just Proved They Can Make a Comeback in 2024

Florida GOP Just Can’t Stop: New Bill Would Ban Virtually All Abortions

Just a month later, accounts for people including Dean Baker, the senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research, and Andrew Lawrence, founder of the left-wing blog Media Matters, were temporarily suspended. Both men have been critical of Continue reading Florida GOP Just Can’t Stop: New Bill Would Ban Virtually All Abortions

Florida Republican Party Implodes as Chairman Removed for Rape Allegation

The Florida Republican Party overwhelmingly voted on Monday to remove its chairman, Christian Ziegler, as police investigate him for a rape allegation. More than 200 members attended the meeting, and almost all voted to oust Ziegler, according to multiple reporters Continue reading Florida Republican Party Implodes as Chairman Removed for Rape Allegation

You Could Soon Be Fined For Defamation for Calling Someone Racist in Florida

As the situation grew worse, Scavino said he printed out potential tweets Trump could post to urge the rioters not to get violent. At 2:38 p.m., after many protesters had already breached the Capitol, Trump finally let Scavino post a Continue reading You Could Soon Be Fined For Defamation for Calling Someone Racist in Florida

Florida Officially Has the Signatures to Put Abortion on the Ballot

Florida abortion advocates got one step closer on Friday to putting access to the procedure on the state’s ballot in November, even as Republicans continue to try and block them. Advocates needed to collect at least 891,523 valid signatures before Continue reading Florida Officially Has the Signatures to Put Abortion on the Ballot