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Ballotpedia · Jun 28, 2023

DeSantis wants Disney trial held after presidential election

ORLANDO, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis’ legal team wants the trial date for a high-stakes battle with Disney to be in August 2025, well after the presidential election.

Orlando Sentinel · Jun 28, 2023

DeSantis supporter blames Trump camp for leaking racist and antisemitic messages

Right-wing writer says messages leaked because he’s ‘become most effective critic of Trump since jumping off Trump train’

The Independent UK · Jun 28, 2023

Trump Can't Decide Whether To Free Drug Dealers or Kill Them

His bloody rhetoric undermines his defense of the sentencing reforms he proudly embraced as president.

Reason · Jun 28, 2023

Republican senator warns people with left-wing political views not to travel to Florida

Rick Scott repeats a stunt from May

The Independent UK · Jun 28, 2023

Free or execute drug dealers? Trump can’t make us his mind

Trump seems determined to show, by re-upping his kill-them-all proposal, that he can be even more mindlessly punitive than Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 28, 2023

Florida Supreme Court justice should recuse himself on key abortion case, says ex-chief justice

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Barbara Pariente, a former chief justice of the Florida Supreme Court, said Tuesday that one of the current justices, Charles Canady, should recuse himself from the case before the court that will decide if state efforts to sharply reduce access to abortion are constitutional.

Tribune News Service · Jun 28, 2023

Complaint: DeSantis got illegal donation

"As this complaint shows, foreign money may already be influencing the 2024 presidential election," expert warns

Salon · Jun 27, 2023

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says he doesn’t know if Trump is best candidate to beat Biden

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Tuesday that he’s not sure if former President Donald Trump is the best Republican candidate to take on President Joe Biden — then quickly flip-flopped to praise the GOP’s most powerful leader.

Tribune News Service · Jun 27, 2023

Watchdog alleges Canadian hedge fund gave illegal contributions to DeSantis campaign

MIAMI — An election watchdog organization has filed a second complaint against Gov. Ron DeSantis’ political campaign, alleging a Canadian hedge fund made more than $167,000 in illegal contributions to his operation.

Miami Herald · Jun 27, 2023