"Don't Say Gay" author guilty of fraud Former Republican state Rep. Joseph Harding admitted he fraudulently obtained $150,000 in Covid relief funds Salon · Mar 22, 2023
DeSantis to expand law critics call 'Don't Say Gay' into HS The administration of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is moving to forbid classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in all grades The Independent UK · Mar 22, 2023
Ron DeSantis earns a ‘dismissive’ new nickname thanks to a Trump email typo ‘Maybe it was a typo but this is the winner. Trump MUST commit to ‘Rob DeSantis’’ The Independent UK · Mar 22, 2023
Trump Hearing In NYC Sparks Bomb Threat After Lindsey Graham Calls Indictment ‘B.S. That Will Blow Up Country’ New York City law enforcement is on high alert due to two separate legal cases involving former President Donald Trump Zenger · Mar 22, 2023
Ron DeSantis proposed a bill to ban CBDCs. A trade policy professor calls that 'a little ludicrous' With his eyes on the 2024 presidential election, the Florida governor's proposal "is largely a political gesture." Fortune · Mar 22, 2023
DeSantis increases lead in PredictIt’s 2024 Republican presidential primary market As of March 20, 2023, PredictIt’s 2024 presidential market shows President Joe Biden (D) leading at $0.42, followed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) at $0.28, and former President Donald Trump (R) at $0.25. Biden has held the lead in this market since Jan. 22, 2023. No other candidate has… Ballotpedia · Mar 22, 2023
DeSantis says he would have fired Dr Fauci in dig at Trump ‘I would have fired somebody like Fauci. I think he got way too big for his britches, and I think he did a lot of damage,’ Florida governor says The Independent UK · Mar 22, 2023
Ron DeSantis’ interview with Piers Morgan has left the internet with one burning question: ‘How tall is he?’ ‘Like, how tall is DeSantis? Morgan is confirmed to be more than 6ft’ The Independent UK · Mar 22, 2023
Trump v DeSantis: how the two Republican presidential heavy-hitters compare In an episode of HBO’s Real Time in March 2023, comedian Bill Maher hit the nail on the head when describing the current debate over Donald Trump v Ron DeSantis for the Republican presidential nomination. The Conversation · Mar 22, 2023
Presidential waiting game: GOP hopefuls hold off campaigns At this point during the last presidential election in 2020, more than 15 Democrats had jumped into their party’s open presidential race The Independent UK · Mar 22, 2023
After DeSantis tussle, Disney World will host a major summit on gay rights The Walt Disney Company will host a major conference promoting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights in the workplace in Central Florida this September, gathering executives and professionals from the world’s largest companies in a defiant display of the limits of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ campaign against diversity training. Miami Herald · Mar 22, 2023
DeSantis takes direct shot at Trump ahead of potential indictment "It's not important for me to be fighting with people on social media." Axios · Mar 22, 2023
Kevin McCarthy's farcical "energy bill" The new speaker's signature bill is a wasteful giveaway to fossil-fuel companies — that will only drive prices up Salon · Mar 22, 2023
Carl P. Leubsdorf: GOP disagreement over Ukraine echoes isolationists of WWII The pointed exchanges among Republican presidential candidates and lawmakers about the U.S. commitment to Ukraine is a reminder that some policy debates never end. Like the one over U.S. overseas commitments. Tribune News Service · Mar 22, 2023
Axios · Mar 22, 2023 Republicans' COVID vaccine tightrope Experts say there's a fine line between responsibly scrutinizing policy and fueling misinformation.
Tribune News Service · Mar 22, 2023 Melinda Henneberger: Govs. Newsom and DeSantis both believe in the state’s power to tell us how to live The two governors who are most successfully hawking their competing worldviews on the national stage right now both have big ideas, big egos and — as they love to point out — big hair.
Boston Herald · Mar 22, 2023 Joe Battenfeld: Trumped up charges could become rallying cry for Republicans The likely indictment of former President Donald Trump is a bold – some would say foolhardy – political gambit and could simply become a rallying cry for Trump’s presidential campaign.
The Independent UK · Mar 22, 2023 Could Ron DeSantis stop Trump’s arrest? Despite what Trump’s MAGA allies say, the Florida governor likely has little authority to stop the former president’s extradition from their mutual home state. Eric Garcia and Andrew Feinberg write
The Independent UK · Mar 22, 2023 Will Donald Trump be arrested today? The former president’s moving indictment timeline Trump said he expected to be arrested on Tuesday but he was wrong. Now he waits in Mar-a-Lago
The Guardian - US · Mar 22, 2023 DeSantis hits Republican poll low as Trump tightens grip on primary Florida governor repeats criticism of Trump in Fox Nation interview as he attempts delicate balancing act
Salon · Mar 22, 2023 Ron DeSantis caught in leaked video DeSantis spoke to the Teneo Network, a secretive well-funded group run by SCOTUS takeover architect Leonard Leo
Axios · Mar 22, 2023 DeSantis doubles down on Trump criticism in rare Piers Morgan interview The Florida governor is finally punching back.
Tribune News Service · Mar 21, 2023 News briefs White House aims to stop China, Russia from using chip funding
The Independent UK · Mar 21, 2023 Pence seeks 'common sense' Social Security, Medicare reform Former Vice President Mike Pence is calling for “common sense and compassionate solutions” to reform entitlement programs and the nation’s debt burden
Orlando Sentinel · Mar 21, 2023 Florida rule would expand so-called ‘don’t say gay’ to 12th grade ORLANDO, Fla. — The DeSantis administration next month could effectively bar all public school teachers from providing classroom instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity, a move that would expand Florida’s controversial 2022 law and go even further than the legislation Republican lawmakers are pushing in Tallahassee this spring.