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Kentucky’s governor appeared twice on television screens across the nation on Monday. After calling for Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's firing on ABC’s “The View,” Gov. Andy Beshear (D-Ky.) joined late-night host Jon Stewart on “The Daily Show.” During his nearly 20-minute interview with Stewart, Beshear faced questions about his political future as he has been considered a potential contender for the Democratic party’s presidential nomination in 2028. Beshear has previously said the next president should be a governor, so Stewart asked directly which governor would be the best. As Beshear threw his hands up to look at the audience,...

At the end of this year, Gov. DeSantis will be term-limited out of his job. What better way to spend his time than by traveling the country, promoting a Balanced Budget Amendment using Article V? He wouldn’t be running against Vance, or Rubio, or Newsom or any Democrat. He’d be running against Congress. If we get five more states, for a total of 32, Congress may propose an amendment itself.

🚨 JUST IN: Gov. Ron DeSantis PUMMELS Gavin Newsom as a traitor to America "He's frolicking in Davos attacking the president, URGING foreign leaders to rally against Trump while he's on FOREIGN SOIL!" 💯 "That picture of him with Alex Soros, I thought was very fitting because this governor has Soros'd California!" "It used to be the place everyone wanted to go, and now they're losing population and continue to do so because they have enacted those left-wing policies that have FAILED." Gavin is a national EMBARRASSMENT!

Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) spoke with Breitbart News Daily SiriusXM host Alex Marlow as the House prepares to vote on a tax reform bill Thursday. He also discussed the prospect of Attorney General Sessions launching an investigation into Hillary Clinton and Uranium One. As for doing away with the Obamacare individual mandate in a tax bill, DeSantis said, “The reason that we’ve been given is that it complicates tax reform in the House, that there are certain members who think that adding an Obamacare mandate repeal is, quote ‘a bridge too far.'” “But here’s the problem with that,” he continued....

Christina Pushaw is a top DeSantis administration official who rose to prominence in political influencer circles in the 2024 GOP presidential primary race when she commanded a legion of “influencers” on DeSantis’s behalf in the race that saw him get blown out by Trump on his path back to the White House. Now, Pushaw works for the governor’s office and apparently has been moonlighting as an informal adviser to a man named James Fishback who is running for the GOP nomination for governor. Fishback has come under serious scrutiny over reports he lived with an underage girl for some time...

The New York Times rolled out another installment of its favorite genre — Ron DeSantis, Destroyer of All That Is Good™ — this time lamenting that New College of Florida, long a leftist sandbox where grades were optional, and gender theory reigned, has been rudely interrupted by a governor who thinks college should actually teach … well … college. “At the state school, gender studies is out. ‘The Odyssey’ is required reading. A Charlie Kirk statue is coming. Has one ideological bubble replaced another?” the Times hyperventilated. The Times paints the picture with a heavy brush: gender studies out, Homer’s...

Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration diverted more than $35 million in taxpayer funds — an amount far greater than previously known — as part of a brazen agenda last year to defeat two ballot amendments he staunchly opposed, a Miami Herald/Tampa Bay Times investigation has found. Much of the state money was intended to assist needy Floridians, including children. Instead, it paid for political consultants, lawyers and thousands of advertisements that helped DeSantis and his supporters win at the ballot box. The ads purchased with the diverted money blanketed TV, social media and radio stations in the weeks before the election....

DeSantis designates CAIR, Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist entities. Florida Governor designates CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood as foreign terrorist organizations, directing agencies to block support and prevent unlawful activities.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Deputy Director Madison Sheahan speaks during a press conference to discuss Operation Criminal Return at the South Florida office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Enforcement and Removal Operations on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025, in Miramar, Fla. State and federal authorities in Florida have arrested over 200 people convicted of sex crimes who were unlawfully in the United States — the latest collaboration between the Trump and DeSantis administrations on immigration enforcement. During a press conference at the Miramar office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Tuesday morning, officials announced “Operation Criminal Return,” also...

Representative Thomas Massie is one of the primary Alligator Emoji antagonists. His intended mission is always to undermine efforts by any MAGA policy or objective, and to sow division in order to maintain his purpose on behalf of people who do not have America’s interests in mind.Thomas Massie has been bad news for a long time and is ABSOLUTELY, UNDENIABLY a walking visible representation of the attitude, disposition and intents of the narrow-minded tribe that travels under the DeSantis banner.Yesterday, in his latest operation to divide the MAGA base, which is his primary mission – and has been for a...

President Trump gave an extensive interview to Laura Ingraham, one of the primary advocates for the Ron DeSantis alligator emoji tribe. Ingraham did her best passive aggressive routine, positioning herself to antagonize yet appeal to the base of the DeSantis voter. The resulting interview is transparent in the agenda it represents.There is currently a rather extensive political operation afoot that has been rolling out for the better part of this year. The objective of the coalition is to fracture the MAGA base in a similar fashion to how the Tea Party movement was compromised in 2012.In March 2016, the same...

Yet, the majority of *legal* immigrant households use taxpayer-financed welfare benefits. Illegal alien-headed households are even worse. Welfare used by...Native Born: 39%...Naturalized Citizens: 52%...Non-Citizens: 59%

While many on the right view Mamdani's rise to power and likely victory in the New York City mayoral race as a damning sign of what is to come for the Democratic Party, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has a more positive take, arguing that his victory will only be beneficial for Republicans. DeSantis retweeted an X post by Elon Musk about Mamdani, writing: Assuming he gets elected, Mamdani will be the most prominent Democrat in America the day he takes office. Voters across the country will be able to watch his leftist agenda in action and know that his path...

Well, here we go again. CNN tells us that a property tax revolt is spreading, with a nationwide movement to eliminate property taxes on the march.Most of us are familiar with the basic scenario of property taxation. Every state is replete with numerous political subdivisions commonly known as “municipal corporations.” These are counties, cities, school districts, fire districts, water districts, sewer districts, diking distraction, etc., etc. Each of these is known as a “taxing district” because state statute authorizes these districts’ legislative authority to adopt an annual budget and levy that budget as a tax on the property owners in...

Teachers in Florida FIRED for openly celebrating Charlie's death, despite warnings not to do so. DeSantis doesn't mess about. Who wants such evil teachers around their kids?

DeSantis really angry over the assassination of Charlie, Demands death penalty for assassin.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the launch of state Department of Government Efficiency audits on Tuesday for Broward County and the city of Gainesville that he says are the first in a series of examinations of local governments. The second-term Republican governor said the Gainesville and Broward County audits will start on July 31, with officials from several state agencies reviewing data systems and personnel and other data with the two local governments. Among those items in the crosshairs, DeSantis said, are an $800,000 Broward County float in this year's Parade of Roses in Pasadena, Calif., and "Green New Deal"...

Funding for the Division of Emergency Management in Governor DeSantis’ Focus on Fiscal Responsibility Budget proposal includes: $505 million and 15 FTE are provided to the Division of Emergency Management in the current year to ensure Florida stands ready to enforce President Trump’s Illegal Immigration policies. $1.24 billion in federal and state funding so that Florida communities and the state can respond to and recover from major disasters or emergencies and mitigate against future disasters or emergencies. $43 million for the Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) Swift Current Program to reduce or eliminate repetitive flood damage to buildings insured through the...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is sending a strong message to those opposing his “Alligator Alcatraz” project: don’t expect any sympathy. The governor recently announced the creation of a new detention center deep in the Everglades, designed to house illegal immigrants until deportation. The facility is strategically located in an area teeming with alligators and pythons, making escape nearly impossible without risking deadly encounters with the surrounding wildlife.As Alligator Alcatraz gears up for its expected opening on Tuesday, demonstrators flooded Florida’s streets to voice their opposition to Governor DeSantis’ controversial new facility.However, DeSantis issued a blunt warning to protesters: stay...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wants the state to take over some funding of government services for rural, thinly-populated fiscally constrained counties and allow them to eliminate their property taxes. (The cost) would be about $300 million per year, a drop in the bucket of the nearly $50 billion in general fund spending. “I’m just telling you that is budget dust, like, that’s easy for us to do,” DeSantis said. “And I’m not suggesting that, like, we have to just do that, but I’d be willing, of course, we’re going to help with that. You know, we want, we want homeowners...