“Nobody goes to Florida anymore. It’s too crowded.” —NBC News, unintentionally doing its best Yogi Berra impersonation. Citing “a perfect storm of soaring insurance costs, a hostile political environment, worsening traffic, and extreme weather,” a weekend report from NBC left the impression — totally accidentally, you can be sure — that things have never […]
Make no mistake about it: Florida is a red state now. Though it has historically been a bellwether battleground state ferociously fought over by both parties, thanks to Gov. Ron DeSantis, it leans predominantly Republican. The last Democrat to win the state was Barack Obama in 2012, and the Democratic Party has struggled there […]
One of the worst-kept secrets in the entertainment industry is that the once infallible Walt Disney Company is in genuinely dire straits, on a number of fronts. At a fiscal level, the Disney brand is obviously and presently tarnished after a particularly rough 2023 at the box office. On a human level, people have loudly […]
In what The Wall Street Journal called a “capitulation” by the Walt Disney Co., the entertainment giant is dropping its war with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis over control of development around its Florida resort. “Everything we’ve done has been in the best interests of the state of Florida, and we have been vindicated on all […]
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Wednesday to protect the rights of homeowners in the state against so-called “squatters.” That morning, DeSantis posted a video to X explaining the need for the new law. “Does your house belong to you?” the Republican governor asked rhetorically. “Or, if you are not using it, can someone […]
The courtroom battles between The Walt Disney Corporation and the state of Florida are finally over. Less than two months after a judge dismissed Disney’s federal lawsuit against the state and Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.), Disney has settled its state suit. “This dismissal is made with the understanding that […]
So who won the Reedy Creek War? We can expect all sides to remain cagey about the details while declaring wins, but only one side truly needed this to get set aside in the short run. And that side doesn’t work in Jacksonville. The Associated Press calls this a “settlement” between Disney and Gov. Ron […]
Just one day after former President Donald Trump invited “great MAGA Republicans” to mount a primary challenge against GOP Rep. Laurel Lee of Florida, pro-Trump firebrand Laura Loomer appears to be answering the call. On Sunday, the 45th president wrote on his Truth Social platform, “Any great MAGA Republicans looking to run against Laurel Lee […]
A law signed today by Gov. Ron DeSantis raises the age for teenagers to start social media accounts to 14-years-old. The law also requires parents to grant permission to anyone 14 and 15-years-old to open an account. The big change is that social media companies will now have to verify the information rather than just […]
A Florida man was arrested on Tuesday after an incident aboard an airliner that escalated after he refused to leave the plane when asked to do so. Shail Patel, 29, was eventually removed from an American Airlines plane as it sat on a Tampa runway, according to WFLA-TV. The plane was bound for Philadelphia. Patel […]
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