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After the Tampa Bay Rays tweeted support for gun control measures, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Florida) vetoed funding for a baseball facility in Tampa, Florida that is used by the Rays for training. The funding bill, written by state Sen. Danny Burgess (R-Florida), was thought to be ready to be signed by the governor. The veto comes after activists and celebrities advocated for gun regulations following the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas. The New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays skipped the usual coverage of their game to share their condolences on Twitter. “The devastating events that have taken pla...
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A Florida health official has been placed on administrative leave while state officials determine whether or not he urged his employees to get vaccinated. Raul Pino, director of the Florida department of health in Orange County, emailed staff information about Covid-19 vaccination rates on January 4. “I have a hard time understanding how we can be in public health and not practice it,” he wrote. He went on to list statistics of the department’s vaccination statuses. “I am sorry but in the absence of reasonable and real reasons it is irresponsible not to be vaccinated,” Pino added. “We have bee...
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The ex-girlfriend of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Florida) testified in court on Wednesday. She is a key witness in an investigation into whether or not Gaetz had sexual relations for money with a woman who was just 17-years-old at the time back in 2017. He is also being investigated for violation of the Mann Act, for taking women across state lines to engage in prostitution and obstructing justice. Gaetz came under suspicion after his “wingman” Joel Greenberg pleaded guilty to a long list of crimes. Gaetz adamantly denies the claims and calls the investigation a DOJ “witch hunt.” He released a statemen...
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California added five more states to the state-sponsored travel ban list imposed due to newly enacted discriminatory laws against LGBT community members. The list now contains 17 different states – Florida, Montana, Arkansas, West Virginia and North Dakota being the newest additions – where California state employees are prohibited from traveling for work to unless specified as essential travel. These states recently passed legislation restricting the rights of people in the LGBT community. Laws passed in Florida, Montana, Arkansas and West Virginia prevent transgender females from athleticall...
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Rep. Val Demings (D) has officially announced her candidacy for a Florida U.S. Senate seat after months of speculation. The former Orlando police chief took to Twitter to announce the news. She will be facing off against Sen. Marco Rubio (R) who, in light of Demings’ impending announcement, went on Fox on Monday to begin his attacks on the Democrat. “None of them [Demings and other Democrats] will admit to being a socialist. She probably won’t. But she certainly has voted for socialist things.” Demings quickly responded to these attacks saying, “I am not [a socialist].” “I have dedicated my li...
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Florida lawmakers passed a bill Wednesday that could ease a path for former President Donald Trumpto pursue a casino license for his Doral golf resort. The bill, which cleared the state House in a 97 to 17 vote, also passed state Senate Tuesday in a 39 to 1 vote. The legislation includes a 30-year agreement between the Seminole Tribe of Florida and the state government. Once the bill is signed, it will ban the tribe from opposing if the state government gives a gambling license to a casino that is more than 15 miles away from the tribe’s Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood. Trump’s Doral resor...
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Aides for former President Donald Trump intervened to stop a meeting between him and Rep. Matt Gaetz, who is currently embroiled in sex trafficking allegations, CNN reports. Gaetz and his team have vehemently denied the claims. Gaetz quickly called the new developments “a total lie” in a tweet Sunday. Harlan Hill, a Gaetz spokesperson, quickly seconded the representative saying, “Rep. Gaetz arrived at Doral, gave a speech, and left. He has not solicited a meeting with President Trump anytime recently, as confirmed by President Trump’s own team in a public statement today. Rep. Gaetz has been s...
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Former South Florida tax collector Joel Greenberg, currently in police custody under a slew of charges including sex trafficking of a minor, stalking, bribery and defrauding the COVID-19 Paycheck Protection Program, has agreed to cooperate with the Justice Department. Greenberg was closely associated with Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Florida), who is the subject of a federal probe investigating allegations that the representative had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl. “I am sure Matt Gaetz is not feeling very comfortable today,” Greenberg’s defense lawyer Fritz Scheller, said to reporters af...
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said in a statement Friday that he would order all of his state’s flags to be lowered to half-staff in honor of radio host Rush Limbaugh, who died Wednesday of late stage lung cancer. “I know they’re still figuring out arrangements. But what we do when there’s things of this magnitude, once the date of internment for Rush is announced, we’re going to be lowering the flags to half-staff,” said DeSantis near Limbaugh’s home in Palm Beach. “But [DeSantis] had no words for Congressman John Lewis,” said Florida Agricultural Commissioner Nikki Fried (D), the state’s hig...
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Manatee County, Florida announced Tuesday that they would be hosting a vaccination center for 3,000 of the county’s residents. Vaccinations, however, are restricted to residents in Manatee’s zip codes 34202 and 34211, two of the most affluent neighborhoods in Florida. Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is now accused of choosing the zip codes due to political favoritism. “You’re taking the whitest demographic, the richest demographic in Manatee County and putting them ahead of everyone else. The optics are bad … very bad — I’m really disappointed,” said Misty Servia, Manatee County commissioner. Board of C...
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