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Democratic congressional candidate confronts DeSantis about gun violence

ORLANDO, Fla. — Democratic congressional candidate Maxwell Frost confronted Gov. Ron DeSantis about gun violence at an event in Orlando Thursday night, but the governor said, “Nobody wants to hear from you” as security removed Frost.

Orlando Sentinel

Can a Post-'Takeover' Libertarian Party Improve on Its Historical Run of 2012–20?

After winning its two highest-ever presidential vote percentages in 2016 and 2020, the Libertarian Party was taken over by activists embarrassed by those campaigns. Will they attract more votes?

Reason

Florida Gov Ron DeSantis moves to ban transgender youth and Medicaid recipients from all transition care

LGBT+ advocates condemn Florida’s latest measures as politically motivated, ‘deeply biased and anti-science’

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Blasting Biden on Latin America, Trump caters to familiar audience in Miami TV interview

MIAMI — Former President Donald Trump bragged about his gains with Hispanic voters in Miami in the 2020 election and slammed the Biden administration over its recent policy shifts in Cuba and Venezuela, during a prime-time interview with the Miami Spanish-language station, MegaTV.

Miami Herald

Freedom-loving Florida man Ron DeSantis is on quite a roll this week

The pettiest bitch in politics has set his sights on the Special Olympics and America's national pastime.

Mic

Tropical storm warning for parts of Florida, Cuba, Bahamas

Much of the Florida peninsula, along with parts of Cuba and the Bahamas, are under a tropical storm warning as a system that battered Mexico moves through the Gulf of Mexico, bringing threats of heavy rain and wind for the weekend

The Independent UK

Special Olympics drops COVID vaccine mandate after Florida threatens $27.5 million fine

ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida threatened to fine the Special Olympics $27.5 million for requiring 5,500 participants at this weekend’s USA Games in Orlando to be vaccinated against COVID, prompting the organization to drop the mandate.

Orlando Sentinel

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DeSantis bullies Special Olympics on vax

Special Olympics dropped vaccine requirement after state Health Department threatened massive penalties

Salon

GOP okays trans bans, genital inspectors

"It's unconstitutional," critics cry as Republicans ramp up attack on trans children

Salon

Florida supreme court declines to rule gerrymandered voting map unconstitutional

Governor Ron DeSantis’ gerrymandered map dismantles the state’s largely Black fifth congressional district into four new ones

The Guardian - US

Democrats, Republicans fight to a redistricting stalemate

The once-a-decade congressional redistricting cycle is ending in a draw

The Independent UK

Gay Days Returns To Disney's Orlando Venues

After a two-year pandemic-induced hiatus, the Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) has reintroduced the Gay Days festivities at its Orlando theme parks, with events beginning today and running through June 5.

Benzinga

Gay Days returns to Disney World amid ‘don’t say gay’ controversy

ORLANDO, Fla. — After a three-year coronavirus-induced hiatus, Gay Days returns to Orlando today as Pride Month begins nationwide and debate continues over the Florida’s so-called “don’t say gay” law.

Orlando Sentinel

Anti-LGBT Panics Are Bad for Everyone's Liberty

Politicians respond to often unfounded fears with aggressive laws that interfere with individual and family choices.

Reason

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Abortion providers and advocates sue Florida over state’s ‘dangerous’ 15-week ban

Legal battle for abortion rights heads to state court as US Supreme Court weighs imminent decision on Roe v Wade

Reason

The Death of Walt Disney's Private Dream City?

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wants to end a wildly successful half-century experiment in municipal governance.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Trump-appointed judge slams Florida’s attack on the First Amendment. That’s a relief

In their frenzy to protect Donald Trump’s “free speech” rights to spread falsehoods on social media, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Republicans appear to have misunderstood — or flat-out ignored — the First Amendment.

Orlando Sentinel

'God’s gift to lawyers': DeSantis' culture war laws get him sued a lot

ORLANDO, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis hasn’t had any problem pushing his firebrand conservative agenda through the Florida Legislature, scoring national headlines that have propelled him to the top of potential GOP contenders for president in 2024.

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Salon

Now the far right is coming for college

Republicans are channeling tax dollars to right-wing institutes at colleges across the nation. What's the endgame?

Tribune News Service

Poll finds Floridians divided over new ‘parental rights,’ ‘don’t say gay’ law

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Floridians are roughly evenly divided over the new state law restricting lessons on sexual orientation and gender identity, according to results of a Florida Atlantic University poll.

Miami Herald

Report: ‘Insufficient evidence’ to prove whistleblower’s claim Florida manipulated COVID data

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A claim by data expert Rebekah Jones that her bosses at the Florida Department of Health intentionally falsified COVID case data as Gov. Ron DeSantis was attempting to reopen the state is unfounded, according to an internal inspector general’s report conducted by her former agency.

Financial Times

The war on ‘woke capitalism’

Rightwing populists and industry sceptics are mounting a backlash against a vision for business that looks beyond profits

Benzinga

Disney Cited In Anaheim Corruption Probe: Report

Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) has found itself in a new political scandal, this time involving an influence peddling scheme that forced the mayor of Anaheim, California, to resign earlier this week.

Salon

Ron DeSantis backed by billionaires

DeSantis, seeking a second term this November, is receiving support from the wealthiest private donors in the U.S.

Tribune News Service

Condo safety bill clears Legislature, heads to governor’s desk

Aging high-rise condos will have to undergo safety inspections while condo boards will have to save money for structural repairs if the governor signs a new condo safety bill that cleared the Legislature on Wednesday.

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