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The Latest Breaking News from Ron DeSantis

Threatened with suspension, Florida high school student leads classmates on walkout to protest DeSantis

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Eric Franzblau started by asking the school for permission. It was denied, he said.

Tribune News Service

Florida Democrats elect Fried as party chair after dismal 2022 election

ORLANDO, Fla. — Former agriculture secretary Nikki Fried will be in charge of the state party as Florida Democrats attempt to pull themselves out of their worst political position in years.

Orlando Sentinel

Florida death row inmate Donald Dillbeck uses last words to slam Ron DeSantis

Donald Dillbeck claimed the Florida governor “put his foot on our necks” as he was executed by lethal injection for the 1990 murder of mother of two Faye Vann

The Independent UK

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Bills would let transgender people seal name-change requests

Legislators in at least two states are trying to allow transgender people to keep records of their name change out of the public record

The Independent UK

Florida Democrats to pick party chair after tough midterms

Florida Democrats are set to choose a new party leader after a disastrous midterm performance in the onetime presidential battleground state

The Independent UK

Florida asks schools for details about diversity, sex ed and other hot topics

The Florida Department of Education this week told school districts to produce detailed information about the programs and materials they use to address some of the state’s most hotly debated subjects.

Tribune News Service

Pence urges Ukraine support as GOP hopefuls split on US aid

Former Vice President Mike Pence says the U.S. should step up support for Ukraine, marking the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion with calls for faster military aid that put him out of step with some of his likely 2024 presidential rivals

The Independent UK

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Ron DeSantis Wants To Cultivate 'Viewpoint Diversity' by Censoring Universities

Florida's H.B. 999 claims to support "viewpoint diversity" and "intellectual rigor." It does just the opposite.

Reason

22 migrants land at Dry Tortugas National Park as Florida officials ask federal government to act

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A group of Cuban migrants landed at the Dry Tortugas National Park Thursday, on the same morning Gov. Ron DeSantis blamed the federal government for the border crisis and announced legislation cracking down on illegal immigration.

Tribune News Service

Picture Chicago: 16 must-see photos from the last week

Campaign efforts, protests and more highlight our photographers’ best photos from the last week.

Chicago Sun-Times

DeSantis meets with Iowa influencer ahead of book release as 2024 hopefuls make moves

The release of Ron DeSantis’ new book Tuesday is sure to spark a fresh round of speculation about the Florida governor’s political future, furthering the widely held belief that — no matter what the Republican leader says publicly — he’ll soon become a candidate for president.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Florida death row inmate slams Ron DeSantis with his last words: ‘He has done a lot worse’

Donald Dillbeck claimed the Florida governor “put his foot on our necks” as he was executed by lethal injection for the 1990 murder of mother of two Faye Vann

The Independent UK

The American right has gone to war with 'woke capitalism' – here's what they get wrong

Ron DeSantis, Florida’s Republican governor and likely future presidential contender, has opened up a new front in his party’s war on “woke capitalism”. He is proposing to change the rules around how public bodies within Florida borrow from the markets by issuing bonds.

The Conversation

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

The Independent UK

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Los Angeles Times

DeSantis leads Trump by wide margin in California as primary race starts, poll finds

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has surged to a lead among California Republicans over former President Donald Trump for the party's 2024 presidential nomination, a poll released Friday found.

Salon

Will Trump fans dump him to win?

Donald Trump's biggest supporters are not sure he can win because people's minds have been poisoned against him

The Independent UK

Praise of ‘savvy’ Putin, attacks on aid and a 2024 campaign pillar: Why Trump’s comments on Ukraine matter

On the eve of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Donald Trump made clear his admiration for Vladimir Putin. A year on, the former president is honing his attacks on the Biden administration’s Ukraine policy as he readies for 2024, Richard Hall writes

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Nikki Haley's thankless task

Nikki Haley’s announcement that she was entering the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination should have evoked cheers among party leaders. Here was a non-white woman just over 50, the daughter of immigrants with a compelling, up-by-the-bootstraps life story, who had become the United States’ first female Asian American…

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Robert A. George: Nikki Haley and Tim Scott may be too nice to win

Fittingly, the first shots in this year’s Republican Party civil war are coming from South Carolina. Former Governor and U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley officially declared her campaign for the Republican presidential nomination last week, the first person not named Donald Trump to announce. And the state’s junior senator, Tim Scott,…

Chicago Tribune

Editorial: Governor, Ron DeSantis had the right to speak in Elmhurst

Gov. J.B. Pritzker, who could become a presidential candidate in 2028, if not 2024, went on the offensive against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a possible rival for the highest office in the land.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Progressives have a First Amendment problem

To hear progressives tell it, attacks on free speech come almost exclusively from right-wing book burners eager to control the contents of public school libraries. In particular, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his assaults on woke pedagogy tickle their neck hairs.

Daily Mirror

Death row killer Donald Dillbeck has fried shrimp and ice cream in final meal

Cop killer Donald Dillbeck who was sentenced to death after slashing the throat of a woman during a prison escape had his last meal before his execution in Florida

Daily Mirror

Donald Dillbeck who slit woman's throat tells governor 'suck our d***s' before execution

Cop killer Donald Dillbeck, 59, gave a foul-mouthed attack on Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in his final words before he was executed for slitting the throat of a woman after escaping jail

Tribune News Service

DeSantis wants to remove ‘enticement of employment,’ increase criminal charges for illegal immigration

Standing before a podium displaying the words “Biden’s Border Crisis,” Gov. Ron DeSantis announced legislation Thursday that will increase the penalties for human smuggling while cracking down on paths to employment, education and obtaining legal identification for undocumented immigrants.

Miami Herald

‘We only teach facts’: FIU students, faculty protest against DeSantis’ higher ed tactics

MIAMI — Holding signs with phrases like “We only teach facts” and chanting “Hey DeSantis we’re no fools, we won’t let you run our schools,” at least 100 students, faculty and others marched around the main campus of Florida International University Thursday afternoon to protest Gov. Ron DeSantis’ education agenda.

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