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A federal court has dismissed Disney’s lawsuit against Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, which claimed his administration violated the company’s First Amendment rights by removing Disney World’s special district status in retaliation for the company attacking the state’s law barring teachers from discussing sexuality with pre-teen minors. -------------------- Florida International University disbanded its Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in light of a new rule approved by the Florida Board of Governors. The university, FIU, is a member of the State University System. “In keeping with State of Florida legislation, the Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) has been eliminated,” the school’s webpage says. “FIU remains committed to cultivating an environment of accessibility and equal opportunity, where all are welcomed to learn, earn, and thrive.”

Former President Donald Trump has a towering 35-point lead over his last remaining Republican primary opponent, former Gov. Nikki Haley (R-SC), in South Carolina, according to a Fabrizio, Lee & Associates poll conducted for the pro-Trump MAGA Inc. PAC. The poll, first published by the Messenger on Tuesday, shows Trump garnering 66 percent of support among likely South Carolina Republican primary voters. He more than doubles Haley’s 31 percent. ------------------- Harvard University Chief Diversity Officer Sherri Ann Charleston has been accused of plagiarism in a new complaint, which alleges that Charleston claimed credit for her husband’s work. Harvard has received a complaint claiming that its chief diversity and inclusion officer has plagiarized some of her academic works, lifting large portions of text from without including quotation marks, and even taking credit for a study conducted by her own husband, according to a report by the Washington Free Beacon. ---------------- A Florida bill that would lower the age for purchasing firearms passed 11-5 through its first House committee Tuesday. The legislation amends the law to reduce the minimum age requirement to purchase a firearm from 21 to 18, which applies to purchases from either a federal firearms licensee, also known as an FFL, or a private seller, according to the bill’s analysis.

Republicans blasted President Joe Biden after the U.S. military announced three American troops were killed and 25 injured in a drone attack in Jordan on Sunday. “Joe Biden emboldened Iran for years by tolerating attacks on our troops, bribing the ayatollahs with billions of dollars, and appeasing them to no end. He left our troops as sitting ducks and now three are dead and dozens wounded, sadly as I’ve predicted would happen for months,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) said in a statement. ---------------------- Former President Donald Trump’s legal team plans to appeal the $83.3 million decision in the defamation lawsuit from E. Jean Carroll due to an alleged “insane” conflict of interest with the presiding judge. As Breitbart News reported Friday, a jury awarded “an additional $83.3 million to former advice columnist E. Jean Carroll, who says former President Donald Trump damaged her reputation by calling her a liar after she accused him of sexual assault.” ----------------- The My Hollywood Pride street festival event on Jan. 28 will include a Drag Queen Story Hour for kids, “teen chat,” “banned books” from the Hollywood Branch Library, and more. My Hollywood Pride Street Festival is “open to all with entertainment, food, and lots of activities for adults and kids alike.”

Nancy Pelosi suffers meltdown after the pro-Hamas crowd takes over her driveway, leading to a shouting match. Nancy screams 'go back to China where you came from!' ----------------- Monday on MSNBC’s “The ReidOut,” anchor Joy Reid said, “starting another fucking war” on a hot mic during a clip of President Joe Biden. Reid said, “Congressional Republicans love to latch on to President Biden and Democrats’ successful policies and take credit for things they didn’t do while tying themselves into pretzels to do nothing for the American people for the sake of Donald Trump. Case in point, fixing what they say is a crisis at the border with congressional negotiators continuing work on a bipartisan deal to tie border policies to funding for Ukraine. Over the weekend President Biden said he’s ready to take action if Congress is serious about solving the issue.” ----------------- A bill unanimously passed through a Florida House committee that would mandate disclaimers on political ads that contain certain content generated through AI, or artificial intelligence. The bill, HB 919, carried by Rep. Alex Rizo, R-Hialeah, passed 12-0 in the Justice Appropriations Subcommittee Monday and has one more committee stop before being voted on by the full House. Rizo explained the disclaimer must state that the ad was created “in whole” or “in part” with the use of “generative artificial intelligence.”

Fox News’ Jacqui Heinrich challenged White House national security spokesman John Kirby on Monday in the wake of an attack by an Iranian-backed militia that killed three U.S. soldiers. -------------- A bill unanimously passed through a Florida House committee that would mandate disclaimers on political ads that contain certain content generated through AI, or artificial intelligence. The bill, HB 919, carried by Rep. Alex Rizo, R-Hialeah, passed 12-0 in the Justice Appropriations Subcommittee Monday and has one more committee stop before being voted on by the full House. -------------- Gov. Ron DeSantis called for reforms to the U.S. Constitution through the passage of resolutions seeking a constitutional convention during a press conference on Monday. “[The] incentives are designed to produce poor outcomes,” DeSantis said. “The incentives are designed for more debt. The incentives are designed for politicians to put themselves first. The incentives are designed to have a separate ruling class.”

Republicans blasted President Joe Biden after the U.S. military announced three American troops were killed and 25 injured in a drone attack in Jordan on Sunday. “Joe Biden emboldened Iran for years by tolerating attacks on our troops, bribing the ayatollahs with billions of dollars, and appeasing them to no end. He left our troops as sitting ducks and now three are dead and dozens wounded, sadly as I’ve predicted would happen for months,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) said in a statement. ---------------------- Former President Donald Trump’s legal team plans to appeal the $83.3 million decision in the defamation lawsuit from E. Jean Carroll due to an alleged “insane” conflict of interest with the presiding judge. As Breitbart News reported Friday, a jury awarded “an additional $83.3 million to former advice columnist E. Jean Carroll, who says former President Donald Trump damaged her reputation by calling her a liar after she accused him of sexual assault.” ----------------- The My Hollywood Pride street festival event on Jan. 28 will include a Drag Queen Story Hour for kids, “teen chat,” “banned books” from the Hollywood Branch Library, and more. My Hollywood Pride Street Festival is “open to all with entertainment, food, and lots of activities for adults and kids alike.”

Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) has called for the Biden administration to secure the southern border now that he faces a tough reelection battle after doing nothing for years. Pro-migration Republican senators are trying to revive the border giveaway plan amid GOP splits, establishment finger-pointing, and growing public opposition. The establishment backlash on Thursday morning came after the Wednesday admission by Republican Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell that GOP voters and swing voters are increasingly alarmed by President Joe Biden’s ruthless pro-migration economic policy. --------------- A flag hanging in a Fort Myers classroom violates the Stop Woke Act and promotes "woke indoctrination," the Lee GOP claims and is planning a protest at an upcoming Lee County School Board meeting.

Jeff DeWit, chair of the Arizona Republican Party who is at the center of controversial leaked audio allegedly attempting to “bribe” Kari Lake into backing down — which even alludes to veiled threats from “powerful people” — is resigning from his position, citing an ultimatum from Lake’s team, which is threatening to release more audio of private conversations. ------------------ Apple has announced a 2028 release date for its much-anticipated electric vehicle, codenamed Project Titan, which has been developing since 2015. -------------- A bill that would enact term limits for county commissioners is moving forward to the next House committee stop after passing through the Ethics, Elections & Open Government Subcommittee by a vote of 9-6 on Wednesday. The bill, HB 57, would limit county commissioners to a maximum time served of 12 years.

Former President Donald Trump seeks to end it on Tuesday and formally become the Republican Party’s presumptive presidential nominee for the third straight election as New Hampshire primary voters decide between Trump and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley. Haley, the last remaining challenger to Trump in the GOP primary, is showing sheer desperation in her flailing presidential bid as she tries to project a pathway beyond New Hampshire into her home state of South Carolina and further out on Super Tuesday. Polls ahead of New Hampshire’s primary show Trump far eclipsing majority support in the Granite State and Haley trailing well into double digits. ---------------------- A bill that would ensure protection and preservation for all historical monuments and memorials in Florida passed through a Senate committee Monday. Sen. Jonathan Martin, R-Fort Myers, filed the bill, SB 1122, entitled the “Historical Monuments and Memorials Protection Act.” Reps. Dean Black, R-Jacksonville, and Webster Barnaby, R-Deltona, filed a similar bill in the House, HB 395. “Accurate history belongs to all Floridians in perpetuity,” Martin said. “And accurate and factual history belongs to all Floridians and future generations.”

As Dixville Notch goes, so goes New Hampshire? That’s what former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley will be hoping after the tiny village near the Canadian border carried on its five-decade-old tradition of midnight voting early Tuesday. All six eligible voters in the precinct — four registered Republicans and two undeclared voters — pulled the lever for Haley, 52, who is desperate for a shock victory in the Granite State to halt what many observers see as former President Donald Trump’s unstoppable march to the GOP nomination. -------------------------- Self-professed Catholic President Joe Biden marked the fifty-first anniversary of the Supreme Court’s now-defunct 1973 Roe v. Wade decision by pledging to fight for the supposed “right” to kill unborn babies via abortion. ------------------- A bill requiring a person identifies on their drivers license by their biological sex rather than their gender passed its first committee assignment on Monday. The legislation also requires Health care insurers provide a de-transition treatment option for people who have participated in sex-reassignment surgery.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, one of the two remaining challengers to former President Donald Trump, dropped out of the presidential race on Sunday, before the New Hampshire primary, and endorsed Trump. In a video DeSantis released from Florida on Sunday afternoon, he endorsed Trump over the last challenger—former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley—saying that while he has disagreements with Trump he thinks Trump is better than Haley and certainly better than Democrat President Joe Biden. ---------------- A male-born transgender golfer is one more step closer to winning membership as a Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) competitor after winning a woman’s tournament in Florida. Hailey Davidson, 30, won the NXXT Women’s Classic on Jan. 17 at the Mission Inn Resort and Club, near Orlando, Florida, with a one-over-73 score and finishing the three-round event at a +4, the New York Post reported. -------------- A bill sponsored by Reps. Taylor Yarkosky, R-Montverde, and Douglas Bankson, R-Apopka, creating offenses for lewd and lascivious grooming passed its first committee assignment on Friday. The legislation, HB 1135, passed the House Criminal Justice Subcommittee by a vote of 15-2. Reps. Michelle Rayner, D-St. Petersburg, and Lavon Bray Davis, D-Ocoee, voted against it. Sen. Jonathan Martin, R-Fort Myers, filed the senate version of the bill, SB 1238.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) once again rejected a deal to fund Biden’s continued border operations coupled with tens of billions in foreign aid on Wednesday. Johnson had shot down a deal on Saturday, tweeting “absolutely not” after details emerged of a draft deal crafted by Senate negotiators. ----------------- LGBTQ activists flooded a committee on Wednesday, demanding the board vote down a bill that would ban the display of political flags on government buildings. The legislation, HB 901, was sponsored by Rep. David Borerro, R-Sweetwater and Rep. Randy Fine, R-Melbourne Beach. It passed the House Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law and Government Operations by a vote of 9-5.

The overwhelming majority of Americans said on Tuesday they are unlikely to consider buying an electric vehicle (EV). The poll comes as EVs strand drivers at their homes and off the sides of roads amid a winter freeze sweeping the United States -------------- A Never Trumper who served in the Trump Department of Homeland Security is claiming that former President Donald Trump would assemble his own mercenary force if re-elected, according to a report.

The Iowa caucuses kick off the 2024 GOP presidential nominating process for Republicans as former President Donald Trump looks to pull off the greatest comeback in modern political history by retaking the Oval Office while fending off challenges from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley. ------------------ Sixty-eight percent of Iowan caucusgoers do not believe President Joe Biden legitimately won the 2020 election, while 30 percent think he did, a CNN entrance poll found Monday evening. The poll also asked respondents if former President Donald Trump is fit for the presidency, even if convicted of a crime. Sixty-four percent said he was, while 34 percent said “no.” The top issue for Republican caucusgoers was immigration (40 percent), followed by the economy (35 percent), foreign policy (11 percent), and abortion (11 percent) ---------------- MSNBC host Rachel Maddow said on her network’s election night coverage that she believed former President Donald Trump would be both the Republican presidential nominee and convicted of crimes.

The final poll from a definitive pollster before the Iowa caucuses on Monday shows former President Donald Trump way out in front of the GOP pack with all the momentum the day before the first votes are cast in the contest. In second place is former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, and down in third place is Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. -------------------- A tense exchange between Commissioners Joe Carolla and Miguel Gabela Thursday nearly ended in blows at the conclusion of the City of Miami Commission meeting. “A lot of nasty hateful people. That all they know to do is hate,” Carolla said. “The 8th street boys and Mr. Gabela,” he said before Gabela interjected. ------------ Heading into the 2024 Legislative Session, Florida Republican Senate President-Designate Ben Albritton told Florida’s Voice he is looking into helping the citrus industry recovery as part of the state’s budget. On Florida’s Voice with Brendon Leslie, Albritton said the citrus industry has been “pummeled by citrus greening over the last 15 or 17 years.” He said this year, the industry is expecting around 20 million citrus production boxes, when about 16-17 years ago, it produced 242 million boxes.

The ability of Iran proxy Houthi terrorists to threaten merchant shipping “has taken a blow”, the MOD said after a major strike against 60 targets in Yemen by the U.S. and UK by warships, aircraft, and a submarine. The United States and the United Kingdom made good on days of warnings that continued attacks on global trade in the Red Sea would incur “consequences” overnight into Friday morning with what had been described as a “massive retaliatory strike” on Houthi targets in Yemen. --------------------- A bill creating a health care innovation council within the Department of Health favorably passed the Senate’s Fiscal Policy committee on Thursday. The Health Policy committee sponsored the bill, SB 7018. It is part of the Live Healthy legislative package that Senate President Kathleen Passidomo, R-Naples, and others have championed through the 2024 session. “The goal of the bill is really to create a forum for innovators and developers and health care policymakers and stakeholders to harness the creativity and innovation and to improve health care in Florida,” Sen. Gayle Harrell, R-Stuart explained while the bill was still in committee.

Chris Christie, who dropped out of the GOP primary on Wednesday evening, was caught on a hot mic mocking “petrified” Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and former Gov. Nikki Haley about their slim chances of defeating former President Donald Trump. -------------- Republican lawmakers confronted Hunter Biden at Wednesday’s hearing to hold him in contempt of Congress for defying a congressional subpoena.

White House chief of staff Jeff Zients is launching a review of protocols for cabinet members delegating authority, after Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin hid an emergency hospitalization from President Joe Biden for several days last week, according to a report. Axios, which first obtained a memo outlining the parameters of the review, reported Tuesday that the Pentagon is under growing pressure from members of Congress to explain why he hid his January 1 hospitalization from them, Biden, and White House officials. ------------------ A man targeted by right-wing conspiracy theories about the U.S. Capitol riot was sentenced on Tuesday to a year of probation for joining the Jan. 6, 2021, attack by a mob of fellow Donald Trump supporters. Ray Epps, a former Arizona resident who was driven into hiding by death threats, pleaded guilty in September to a misdemeanor charge. He received no jail time, and there were no restrictions placed on his travel during his probation, but he will have to serve 100 hours of community service. He appeared remotely by video conference and wasn’t in the Washington, D.C., courtroom when Chief Judge James Boasberg sentenced him.

Media outlets buried the revelation that an accuser of the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein had retracted former President Donald Trump from her allegations. On Monday, multiple media outlets ran reports of Trump having been named in the latest Epstein documents, but failed to note in the lede of their articles that the accuser had actually retracted those allegations in 2019. --------------- Former President Donald Trump is leading President Joe Biden in several key swing states — including Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania — and more of these voters believe Trump would emerge as the victor in a head-to-head matchup than Biden, a Redfield & Wilton Strategies survey released Monday found.

A victim of Jeffrey Epstein’s claimed that the convicted pedophile told her that former President Bill Clinton “likes them young.” Released on Wednesday night, the document from May 2016 quotes Johanna Sjoberg when she testified about being recruited by Epstein to work as a massage therapist. “Sjoberg told the lawyers in 2016 that Epstein told her ‘Clinton likes them young, referring to girls,'” noted the Daily Mail. Clinton’s name has been mentioned as many as 50 times in the newly released documents. In response, a spokesperson for the former president told CNN that he knew nothing of Epstein’s “terrible crimes” when they met, asserting that it has “been nearly 20 years since Clinton last had contact with Epstein.”

Harvard President Claudine Gay resigned on Tuesday, following antisemitism scandals at the Ivy League university, a disastrous congressional testimony, and scores of plagiarism allegations being unearthed in recent months. Her six month tenure marks the shortest tenure in Harvard’s history. ----------------- In response to the news that former President Donald Trump won’t participate in CNN’s Jan. 10 Iowa GOP debate and rather participate in a Fox News town hall, Gov. Ron DeSantis’ campaign berated Trump for not defending his record on stage. ------------- Political commentator and host of the Rubin Report, Dave Rubin, said Tuesday that the growing list of conservative-pushed legislation in Florida for the upcoming legislative session is one more reason he wants Republicans to get behind Gov. Ron DeSantis in 2024.

Former President Bill Clinton will be identified as “John Doe 36” in a trove of court documents related to late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein which are expected to be released this week, according to a report. Clinton, 77, is mentioned more than 50 times across redacted documents related to a 2015 lawsuit from Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre, according to ABC News. ----------------- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., announced he is talking with law enforcement to consider what legislation can be put forth to combat “swatting” incidences, following his own personal experience over the Christmas season.

With no signs of slowing, the latest migrant surge into Texas’ busiest border sector forced the agency to suspend operations at highway checkpoints. Nearly all Border Patrol agents in the Del Rio Border Patrol Sector have been redirected from border enforcement duties to focus on processing, transporting, and providing humanitarian care for more than 7,000 migrants in custody at local facilities and at a temporary outdoor staging site near Eagle Pass, according to a source within CBP. --------------------- Gov. Ron DeSantis said he wants former President Donald Trump to tell supporters if he has publicly ruled out the former governor of South Carolina, Nikki Haley, as his pick for vice president if Trump wins the nomination in 2024. ------------- Sen. Corey Simon, R-Tallahassee, filed a bill that limits when citizen’s arrest can be used in Florida. SB 834 declares that it is the legislature’s intent to repeal any common-law remedy of citizen’s arrest. The proposal said a private person who is not a law enforcement officer may not arrest another person for violating Florida laws.

Former President Donald Trump is dominating the Republican primary polls with 69 percent support, up seven points from November, a Fox News survey released Sunday revealed. The Republican is the clear favorite among GOP voters, with his support having grown by a whopping 26 points since February. ------------------- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., joined calls for the resignation of Republican Party of Florida Chairman Christian Ziegler amidst an ongoing sexual assault investigation. According to a search warrant for Ziegler’s telephone, police said the investigation revealed the victim and Ziegler have known each other for 20 years and they agreed to have a sexual encounter that included Ziegler’s wife, Bridget. ---------------------- Three teachers filed a lawsuit against the Florida Department of Education over a new pronoun law. The Southern Poverty Law Center filed a lawsuit on behalf of the teachers challenging the law, which was signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis in May. The group is seeking an injunction preventing enforcement of subsection 3, which prevents employees from telling students that the employee uses preferred pronouns. One of the teachers is seeking damages from their employer, who fired them for violating the law.