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Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 5.26.21 Heres your AM rundown of people, politics and policy in the Sunshine State. There may be no more competitive race for Congress anywhere next year than the one for Florida’s 10th Congressional District, where three vibrant criminal justice reform crusaders want to replace Rep. Val Demings. Natalie Jackson, who both announced their candidacies Tuesday, and former State Attorney Aramis Ayala, who’s an...

Sen. Tom Cotton saying the Associated Press has to account for working in the same building as Hamas and more round out todays top media headlines. CNN anchor Jake Tapper appears to have acknowledged the conspiracies that were pushed by Rebekah Jones, the fired Florida health official who claimed last year that the DeSantis administration urged her to alter the states coronavirus data, after he himself helped promote her falsehoods on his show.  Last week, National Review senior writer Charles...

… It became a tiresome narrative during the Trump years that he was in the back pocket of Vlad Putin and had basically ceded the White House to the Kremlin. Sure, there were all of the actions Trump took against the country, but that does nothing to prove he wasnt a tool of the Russians. Sure, that country floundered financially for years as the US gained energy independence, and Trump took sanctions against their oil industry, but still – Russian pawn!  This is why the move by President B...

AP Photo/Phil Sears, File We reported last week on how prominent Ron DeSantis critic Rebekah Jones was once and for all thoroughly discredited courtesy of an exhaustive investigative report done by NRO senior writer Charles C.W. Cooke. The report thoroughly nuked the fake “data scientist’s” most explosive claims and documented how viciously retaliating after rejection was one of Jones’ most notorious hallmarks. One big thing that should not be forgotten in the aftermath of Jones’ rath...

POLITICO Get the Florida Playbook Newsletter Email Sign Up By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Hello and welcome to Wednesday. Thunderstruck — Well, that was quite the unanticipated political thunderbolt. Shoot to thrill — Former Pr...

Ron DeSantis got caught lying at his bill signing. He blocked all media but Fox News at his next one Salon 1 day ago © Provided by Salon Ron DeSantis Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks during a press conference about the opening of a COVID-19 vaccination site at the Hard Rock Stadium on January 06, 2021 in Miami Gardens, Florida. The governor announced that the stadiums parking lot which offers COVID-19 tests will begin to offer COVID-19 vaccinations for residents 65 and older...

Gov. Ron DeSantis signs Florida voting bill in front of Trump fan club The event was nationally televised on Fox News. Florida reporters were excluded.     Hundreds gather in West Palm Beach to honor Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as he prepares to sign an elections overhaul bill that many say will make it harder for Floridians to vote. Updated 1 minute ago TALLAHASSEE — During a nationally televised event hosted by a fan club of former President Donald Trump, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursda...

ABC News Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? OffOn DeSantis defended the decision to give Fox News exclusive access to the signing. • 8 min read Florida election bill caught up in new controversy Gov. Ron DeSantis created new controversy around Floridas already controversial new election law Thursday, giving exclusive access to the signing ceremony to Fox News.(Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP Gov. Ron DeSantis created new controversy around Flor...

However, civil and voting rights groups promptly filed a complaint in federal court alleging the law violates the U.S. Constitution, the Voting Rights Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act. The NAACP, Disability Rights Florida and Common Cause argue that the law imposes burdensome identification requirements to vote by mail and severely limits drop boxes among other hurdles, provisions which will negatively impact voters of color and those with disabilities. "Im not a fan of drop boxes at...