GOP-led Florida House committee advances Ron DeSantis' anti-child agenda

A 12-year-old Latino child pleaded with a Florida House committee last week to stop Gov. Ron DeSantis’ agenda targeting vulnerable asylum-seeking children and other migrants. The bill, HB 1355, would …

Republicans have ripped a hole in reality, and it threatens to suck us all in

On Tuesday, one Republican candidate in Florida held a “welcome home” for the leader of the Proud Boys as part of a “MAGA Revenge Tour” event that also included a Trump rapper and a conservative …

DeSantis’ Black History Month essay contest had options; anti-vaxx surgeon general, Big Lie MAGA nut

The fact that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis even knows that Black History Month is an actual thing is surprising, but that he ran a statewide essay contest about it contradicts everything he’s been …

Dem lawmakers launch investigation after elderly Dems have party registration changed to GOP

When a guy in a red hat arrives to knock on the doors of senior citizens in Miami-Dade County, Florida, living in a low-income building, suspicions are rightly raised. Fast forward to months later, …

Florida Republicans are trying to paint a 15-week abortion ban as 'generous'

The Texas abortion vigilante law isn’t just dodging the oversight of the courts, it’s helping Republicans redefine what’s a “moderate” abortion ban. Case in point: Florida. Florida is one of at least …

Scandals and more scandals: Rep. Matt Gaetz’s campaign lost about $100,000 last year

If you haven’t heard, Florida Man Rep. Matt Gaetz continues to be the focus of speculation that he has done some real dirtbag criminal stuff. Since one of his best buds, Joel Greenberg, has cut a plea …

Iowa GOP bill threatens to slash teachers’ pay if they don’t allow classrooms to be livestreamed

The Iowa GOP is actually pushing proposed legislation filed on Tuesday in the state House to livestream from public school classrooms, allowing parents to watch children in class—a virtual …

Neo-Nazis rally in Florida; Atlanta DA calls FBI over Trump threats; six HBCUs receive bomb threats

After about 20 members of a neo-Nazi organization gathered in Orlando, Florida, on Saturday, the news broke Monday that six Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) received bomb threats. …

Republicans see masks and vaccines as stifling freedom, but it's actually the best way to restore it

A lot of people have been talking, often quite loudly, about vaccine mandates and freedom. Most of those voices have come from the right, and have attacked mandates as restricting freedom. A few …

Florida Republicans advance anti-immigrant bill targeting asylum-seeking children

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ ongoing war on children got a thumbs-up in the state’s senate this week, when a committee approved an anti-immigrant bill that includes a provision that blocks …

Gaetz sex probe gaining more steam

Another person has agreed to cooperate in the sex crimes probe involving U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida. Cutting a deal this time is Joseph Ellicott, best friend to Joel Greenberg, the disgraced tax …

Republican 'critical race theory' bans are actually bans on the teaching of U.S. history

A whopping 71 bills trying to limit what schools can teach, in particular about race and U.S. history, have been introduced in state legislatures over the last three weeks alone, according to a new …

'Rona DeSantis outraged after feds revise authorizations for COVID-19 treatments that don't work

Gov. Ron DeSantis can’t seem to understand that just saying something doesn’t make it right or true. And on no topic is that more true than his unwavering commitment to advocating for COVID-19 …

Ron DeSantis once again bet on a miracle COVID-19 cure that doesn't work—and vows to use it, anyway

Florida’s Gov. Ron DeSantis has been trying to make a name for himself as a Republican willing to be a Worse Donald Trump, and he hasn’t been missing a single beat lately in trying to …

Florida Man wants to force all sports teams to play the national anthem, because 'Merica!

The hair-on-fire emergency in the quaggy swamplands of Florida Man’s brain these days isn’t COVID-19—it’s the ghastly thought that somewhere within the sea-buffeted borders of America’s enormous …

Florida bill aims to ban elementary schools from talking about LGBTQ people in the classroom

Another day, another queer person discussing their identity, journey, and humanity in an appeal to lawmakers in hopes of preventing them from doing harm. At this point, this scenario feels like it …

DeSantis giddy over giving people with COVID a treatment that doctors say is equivalent to a placebo

I must admit, it confounds me that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is so openly ignorant. And it infuriates me that his ignorance is costing so many people their lives. His desire for power in the …

This is not satire: Florida Republicans actually trying to codify white supremacy

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is so toxic we could really have a DeSantis section at Daily Kos, and it still likely wouldn’t be enough coverage of how he’s failing taxpayers. In one of his …

DeSantis out-Orwells Orwell with proposed $6 million police ‘election integrity unit’

Today, as the Senate debates two of the most important bills in the nation’s history on voting rights, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is planning some kind of militarized police force to monitor voting in …

Indigenous advocates in Florida say oil drilling in Big Cypress will destroy sacred sites

This story was originally published at Prism.

On an early April morning last year, Betty Osceola, a member of the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians, led a group of 50 people through the marshy swamp of …