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Parents share fury at video of Ron DeSantis berating teens for wearing masks: ‘Stop bullying kids’

‘The governor has no right to tell no kid or no one that they can or can’t wear a mask’

The Independent UK

Will new abortion restrictions, long-sought goal of conservatives, produce a political backlash and help Democrats in 2022 elections?

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — As Republicans signaled months ago that 2022 would be the year they’d impose new restrictions on abortion access in Florida, Democrats had a warning: Limiting access would produce a political backlash, and a torrent of enraged voters would punish the GOP in this year’s elections.

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Editorial: Ron DeSantis blames Joe Biden for just about everything

The free world’s support of Ukraine in the immediate face of a Russian onslaught has been nothing short of inspiring and historic. In only days since Russia attacked, the West has authorized more than $850 million in military assistance to Ukraine. Poland and other border states have rushed to welcome…

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Ron DeSantis sparks outrage after suggesting the French would not have put up any resistance to a Russian invasion

Conservative governor’s statement is mocked for lack of geopolitical knowledge

The Independent UK

Gov. DeSantis chides students for wearing masks at his news conference

TAMPA, Fla. — At a news conference Wednesday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis expressed irritation that a group of high school students standing behind him were wearing masks and urged them to remove the face coverings.

Tribune News Service

Ron DeSantis suggests France would ‘fold’ if it was invaded by Russia

The 2024 presidential nominee contender also angrily chastised students on stage with him for wearing masks as ‘Covid theatre’

The Guardian - US

White House unveils new Covid strategy including ‘test to treat’ plan – as it happened

White House Covid team unveils plan for next phase of pandemic including model where people who test positive can easily get treatment

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Some fear ‘chilling effect’ as Florida advances ‘don’t say gay,’ ‘anti-woke’ laws

ORLANDO, Fla. — A short educational cartoon on civil rights upset a Seminole County mother, who complained it was “racially divisive” and its drawing of a gay pride flag wrongly introduced sex education to her son.

Orlando Sentinel

Trump ignores Farage – and risks midterm elections farrago – with insistence on big lie

Analysis: His British friend tried to help but the former president did not want to forget his voter fraud obsession and focus on the future. CPAC loved it but Republicans hoping to take Congress know they are courting disaster

The Guardian - US

CPAC attendees back Trump for president, DeSantis as 2nd choice

ORLANDO, Fla. — As the Conservative Political Action Committee conference wrapped up Sunday in Orlando, a straw poll revealed former President Donald Trump retained strong support among Republicans for another White House bid, and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is a clear second choice.

Orlando Sentinel

Trump wins CPAC presidential straw poll as his grip on conservative base remains strong

Former president still dominates conservative base and Ron DeSantis is a distant second

The Independent UK

The strange Republican world where the big lie lives on and Trump is fighting to save democracy

Welcome to the the grassroots CPAC summit, where conservatives see themselves not as dismantlers of democracy, but as saviours

The Guardian - US

GOP tests midterm message not focused on Trump grievances

The Republican Party’s leading conservatives have spent several days in Florida focused on the issues they believe will help the GOP retake control of Congress this fall — and perhaps the White House soon thereafter

The Independent UK

Ron DeSantis awards Barbara Nicklaus Florida Governor’s Medal of Freedom

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis highlighted Barbara Nicklaus' longtime support for children's healthcare.

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Florida House approves ‘don’t say gay’ and ‘anti-woke’ bills, backing DeSantis agenda

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida House signed off on culture war measures Thursday backed by Gov. Ron DeSantis that seek to combat “woke” ideology and limit instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in schools.

The Independent UK

Florida's new coronavirus guidance: 'Buck the CDC'

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo have announced new coronavirus policy recommendations that discourage mask wearing and push physicians to use off-label medications to treat the virus

The Guardian - US

Ron DeSantis fuels US presidential run speculation with CPAC speech

Florida governor lambasted Biden, media and ‘wokeism’ while claiming his state is a bastion of freedom that defeated ‘Faucism’

The Independent UK

Don’t mention the Donald: The Trump-DeSantis rivalry hits CPAC

Ron DeSantis has been closing on Trump in the polls, but can he really challenge his Florida neighbours grip on the Republican Party? Richard Hall reports from CPAC.

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Orlando Sentinel

‘Florida has defeated Fauci-ism,’ Gov. Ron DeSantis tells CPAC convention

ORLANDO, Fla. — Declaring that “Florida has defeated Fauci-ism” and condemning the “scientific and technical elite,” Gov. Ron DeSantis kicked off CPAC in Orlando on Thursday, where some of America’s most prominent conservatives gathered for four days of schmoozing and speeches.

Orlando Sentinel

CPAC Orlando: DeSantis to kick off 4-day conservative event today

ORLANDO, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis is set to kick off CPAC in Orlando today, as some of America’s most prominent conservatives gather for four days of schmoozing, discussions and speeches.

Miami Herald

Fabiola Santiago: Don’t dismiss DeSantis’ blows against immigrant children as rhetoric. It’s who he is

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, leader of a state heavily dependent on the labor of immigrants and dotted from one end of the peninsula to the other with their success stories, is hell-bent on vilifying us.

Tribune News Service

Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo confirmed by Florida Senate

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida Senate on Wednesday voted to confirm Dr. Joseph Ladapo, Gov. Ron DeSantis’ pick to be the state’s surgeon general.

Miami Herald

Florida House emotionally debates race, gender, sexual orientation in school settings

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — With culture wars heating up in an election year, the Florida House on Tuesday split along bitter partisan lines as members considered two Republican-sponsored education bills that target discussions of race and sexual orientation in public schools.

Tribune News Service

Can Democrats beat DeSantis next fall? A look at the odds, and what it would take

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The three Democratic candidates for Florida governor are talking to voters, offering optimistic sound bites to interviewers, and courting financial donors — selling themselves and the premise that they really, truly have a chance to defeat Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Florida's redistricting maps are all right; your ability to vote is not

There is mixed news from Tallahassee about the most important American principle: the right to vote. Redistricting is going a bit better than usual. Voting rights are going backward.

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