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The House passed a resolution introduced by Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) that condemns Vice President Kamala Harris’s “failure” as what they referred to as “border czar” with support from all Republicans and six Democrats. On Thursday, 214 House Republicans as well as six House Democrats voted to condemn Harris’s “failure” in the role given to her by President Joe Biden in March 2021, when he asked her to help stem “the migration to our southern border.” ------------ Vice President Kamala Harris agreed on Thursday to debate former President Donald Trump. It appears the campaigns have not yet agreed upon a date and network. “…[Trump] previously agreed upon [a] September 10 debate,” Harris claimed. “Now it appears he’s backpedaling, but I’m ready, and I think the voters deserve to see the split screen that exists in this race on a debate stage, and, so, I’m ready; let’s go.”

Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday that even though Republicans wanted to run against President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris can still be defeated by former President Donald Trump and Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance. Asked about his thoughts on the Democratic ticket being Harris and whoever her running mate ends up being, DeSantis said regardless of who she picks, Trump and Vance are positioned to win. “I think that they can beat whoever comes,” he said. “If I had to pick someone [to run against after Biden dropped out], I would probably pick Harris.” ---------- Gov. Ron DeSantis has a +9% net approval rating according to recent data by Morning Consult. Two Democratic governors, Tina Kotek of Oregon and Daniel Mckee of Rhode Island, got a net negative approval rating. Additionally, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul received a +4% net approval rating.

Representative Maxwell Frost (D-FL) said Tuesday on CNN’s “Newsroom” that Republicans like Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN), who say Vice President Kamala Harris is a DEI hire, are essentially using the N-word. Frost said, “He is going to continue to use all these racist dog whistles throughout the campaign. We’re going to see it from Trump. We’re going to see it from J.D. Vance. So we’re going to see it from a lot of their surrogates. In fact, just yesterday, one of the surrogates was saying if we don’t win, we’re going to have to have a civil war to get our agenda through– a civil war. ----------- Former President Donald Trump and Florida officials commented on U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle’s resignation following a Monday hearing where she testified. “The Biden/Harris Administration did not properly protect me, and I was forced to take a bullet for Democracy,” Trump said on social media. “IT WAS MY GREAT HONOR TO DO SO!” DeSantis argued that Cheatle should have “resigned immediately” following the shooting. “Biden should have fired her anyways. After her disastrous testimony, she had no other option, but this is only the beginning of what needs to be sweeping accountability for the agency,” he said.

3:04 Vice President Kamala Harris has been coasting toward the Democrat Party nomination in the wake of President Joe Biden dropping from the race, earning enough delegates to shore up support. Biden exited the race on Sunday and immediately endorsed Harris, which prompted waves of support and endorsements from top Democrat officials and fundraisers. According to an Associated Press (AP) survey, several delegations met late on Monday to “confirm their support for Harris, including Texas and her home state of California.” -------------- In an obvious effort to protect impeached Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Director Alejandro Mayorkas, Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle pretended to testify Monday before the House Oversight Committee about the shooting of former President Donald Trump. Her obvious assignment was to stonewall, hide behind “ongoing investigations,” and simply refuse to answer questions she had the answers to.

When President Biden dropped out of the 2024 presidential race, he set up the possibility of an open convention to choose his successor as the Democratic nominee. But time is running out for any candidate not named Kamala Harris — whom Biden endorsed shortly after making the announcement Sunday. If Democrats want to get a nominee on the ballot in all 50 states, they have to start putting forward names by Aug. 7 — the deadline in Ohio, the earliest in the country.

In addition to former President Donald Trump, tonight’s line-up includes Tucker Carlson, Eric Trump, retired wrestler Hulk Hogan, UFC President Dana White, Rev. Franklin Graham, and a performance by Kid Rock. But the main event will be Trump himself, who will be addressing the nation for the first time since surviving an assassination attempt last Saturday. His speech will take place just two blocks away from the site where President Teddy Roosevelt survived an assassin’s bullet in 1912. Trump’s now iconic raised fist in the face of a killer calls to mind the manly swagger of that earlier Republican populist president from New York who famously said, “It takes more than that to kill a Bull Moose.” The former president—who since Saturday is being called an “American lion” rather than a “Bull Moose”—has reportedly re-written his convention speech since his brush with death because—as he told the Washington Examiner—he sees what happened as “a chance to bring the country together. I was given that chance.”

The third night of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, will formally introduce the nation to former President Donald Trump’s running mate, Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance. Vance is scheduled to speak last tonight, and the Rust Belt populist will be introduced by his wife, Usha Chilukuri Vance, who met the Ohio senator and Marine veteran when they both were students at Yale Law School. Chilukuri Vance, a trial lawyer and native of San Diego, California, was a law clerk for Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh when he served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. -------------- Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., took to social media on Wednesday emphasizing the need for former President Donald Trump to return to the White House to combat illegal immigration. The call came after a 20-year-old migrant who allegedly illegally entered the country was charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl, as well as burglary, in Fort Walton Beach.

The second night of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, centers on the theme of securing America with an obvious emphasis on securing the border – an issue that has been a centerpiece of former President Donald Trump’s agenda ever since he descended the golden escalator in 2015. --------------- United States officials reportedly received information about a potential Iranian assassination plot against former President Donald Trump before the failed assassination attempt against him on Saturday, and, in response, Trump’s security detail was reportedly increased.

The first night of the Republican National Convention begins in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with an emphasis on “unity” in the aftermath of Saturday’s assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump. This afternoon, Trump announced Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance as his running mate. The 39-year-old senator from the Rust Belt—whose bestselling memoir Hillbilly Elegy was viewed by many as a chronicle of the forgotten men and women that Trump’s 2016 campaign and MAGA movement championed—is tied as the youngest Republican nominee for vice president in history with Richard Nixon, who was also a 39-year-old first term U.S. senator when President Dwight Eisenhower picked him as his running mate in 1952. --------------- Former President Donald Trump announced Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) as his 2024 running mate on Monday. The much-anticipated moment occurred just as Trump was being formally nominated as the Republican presidential nominee at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Former President Donald Trump was injured and rushed off stage by the U.S. Secret Service on Saturday evening in Butler, Pennsylvania, after shots were fired and a bullet struck Trump’s upper right ear. The gunman who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, Saturday night has been identified and his background revealed. President Joe Biden will deliver a primetime address to the nation on Sunday, July 14, following the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday. Former President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he will travel to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for the Republican National Convention, believing that he cannot allow a “potential assassin” to change his plans.

The White House has confirmed that President Joe Biden was the fourth individual involved in a January 2024 meeting at the White House Residence Clinic, which also included a neurologist specializing in treating Parkinson’s disease from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. White House visitor logs revealed a meeting taking place at the White House Residence Clinic on January 17, 2024. Those in the meeting included Biden’s personal physician, Dr. Kevin O’Connor, as well as Walter Reed cardiologist Dr. John E. Atwood and Dr. Kevin Cannard, described as a neurologist specializing in Parkinson’s disease at Walter Reed.

President Joe Biden is seemingly vowing to block legislation, known as the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, that would require proof of American citizenship before an applicant is registered to vote in federal elections. The SAVE Act, introduced by Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) and co-sponsored by more than 100 House Republicans, would require state election officials to mandate voter registration applicants provide proof of American citizenship before they are added to the nation’s voter rolls. ------------ At a rally Tuesday night, former President Donald Trump is continuing his efforts to win back the White House at his Doral golf resort, with members of his family and prominent Florida Republicans present. During the rally, Trump challenged President Joe Biden not only to another debate this week, but to a charity golf match at his Doral golf course.

One of Joe Biden’s most loyal Hollywood fundraisers and cheerleaders has just stuck a knife in the president’s faltering re-election campaign. In a shocking announcement on Sunday, Rob Reiner declared “it’s time for Joe Biden to step down.” ------------ Two social service programs for migrants, created by President Joe Biden’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS), are also covertly serving as a deportation shield, a bombshell interim staff report from the House Judiciary Committee suggests. ------------ GOP Lee County Commission District 3 candidate Matthew Thornton has been embroiled in a local controversy surrounding his military service, and on Friday released his separation document to the public, known as a DD214, in an effort to put speculation to bed. The release comes after Florida’s Voice News Director Anita Padilla pressed Thornton for the documents to go public, as he had been claiming a year of service in the U.S. military.

Judge Juan Merchan, who oversaw former President Donald Trump’s business records trial, delayed sentencing for the former president until September. In a letter on Tuesday, Merchan wrote that Trump’s sentencing date of July 11, was “vacated,” and rescheduled for September 18, 2024. This came after Trump’s lawyers sent a letter to Merchan requesting that his guilty verdict from a Manhattan jury on May 30 be tossed in light of the Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity. -------------- Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller Joseph Abruzzo released sealed grand jury documents Monday related to the Jeffrey Epstein case under the jurisdiction of 15th Judicial Circuit Judge Louis Delgado. The landmark decision follows the approval of HB 117, which was sponsored by Rep. Peggy Gossett-Seidman, R-Highland Beach. Signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, the bill provides opening to the Jeffrey Epstein files sealed in Palm Beach County.

Democrats implied Monday that former President Donald Trump could pursue his political opponents, legally, if he returns to the White House, following the Supreme Court’s decision on presidential immunity in Trump v. U.S. -------------- The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously sided with Florida in a case where NetChoice, a “Big Tech” company, challenged a Florida social media law aimed at protecting an individual’s freedom of speech. “We are pleased that SCOTUS agreed with Florida and rejected the lower court’s flawed reasoning—invalidating our social media law,” Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody said. “While there are aspects of the decision we disagree with, we look forward to continuing to defend state law.”

Hunter Biden was “one of the strongest voices” in the Biden family who reportedly encouraged President Joe Biden to remain in the presidential race after his performance at the presidential debate. President Joe Biden was previously reported to be meeting with several members of the Biden family at Camp David to discuss the future of his presidential campaign after he appeared to look confused, froze, had trouble getting through his prepared closing statement, and referenced several false claims. ------------ Steve Crim, founder of Common Sense America, spoke with Florida’s Voice about his urgent call for Florida to address Chinese Communist influences in the state. He mentioned the concern of Bowen Kou, a state Senate candidate, potentially having connections and being funded by the foreign power. He explained that they came across the issue when the director of national intelligence determined China was working to infiltrate and influence state and local governments since it was an easier avenue compared to infiltrating the U.S. Congress. --------------- he U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a decision on Friday to side with cities and states like Florida that have made an effort to combat overnight camping in public spaces like parks. In the 6-3 decision, Supreme Court justices overturned a previous decision by a San Francisco-based appellate court’s ruling that said bans on public sleeping and encampments are a violation of the Cruel and Unusual Punishment Clause of the Eighth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Justice Neil Gorsuch provided the opinion of the court.

Two presidents will face off on the debate stage on Thursday evening in Atlanta, Georgia, where current President Joe Biden, a Democrat, will seek to destabilize the significant advantage his general election opponent, Republican former President Donald Trump, has built in recent months in a contest moderated by CNN’s Jake Tapper and Dana Bash.

Social media companies like Facebook are free to continue censoring conservatives according to a divided Supreme Court, over a vigorous conservative dissent. “During the 2020 election season and the COVID–19 pandemic, social-media platforms frequently removed, demoted, or fact checked posts containing allegedly false or misleading information,” Justice Amy Coney Barrett began for the majority. “At the same time, federal officials, concerned about the spread of “misinformation” on social media, communicated extensively with the platforms about their content-moderation efforts.” ------------- Gov. Ron DeSantis vowed the Sunshine State won’t abide by potential bureaucratic restrictions on Second Amendment rights after the U.S. surgeon general declared firearm violence a “public health crisis.” The Biden administration’s surgeon general, Dr. Vivek Murthy, said guns “[pose] a serious threat to the health and well-being of our country.”

Rep. Jamaal Bowman’s (D-NY) career in Congress will end after a single term following a series of antisemitic controversies and a Capitol stunt resulting in his criminal conviction. Westchester County Executive George Latimer defeated Bowman Tuesday night in the most expensive House race in history. AdImpact estimated the two camps spent a total of $23 million on the Democrat primary, according to filings compiled by OpenSecrets. ----------- A federal court found that Florida, along with six other states are “likely to succeed” in their claims against President Joe Biden Administration’s student loan forgiveness program and denied the administration’s attempt to dismiss the case. “A federal court just granted the State of Florida an injunction against Biden’s unlawful student loan forgiveness plan,” Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody said. “Working class Americans should not be paying for other peoples’ student loans, and Biden’s attempt to defy the Supreme Court was rightly rejected.”

It is “shocking” how “triggering the truth is to CNN,” Trump campaign national press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Monday after CNN abruptly cut her microphone off mid-interview. CNN’s Kasie Hunt could not tolerate Leavitt briefly highlighting Jake Tapper’s long history of criticizing former President Donald Trump. ------------ Senate Democrats have added a provision to a yearly defense bill that would require women to sign up for the draft, prompting opposition from Republicans. The yearly bill, known as the National Defense Authorization Act, authorizes the fiscal year budget for the Pentagon, but it also authorizes policies and programs at the Pentagon. The House and Senate each pass a version that gets meshed together into one.

A poster-sized copy of the Ten Commandments is required to be displayed in every public school classroom in Louisiana under a bill signed into law on Wednesday. Louisiana is the first state to successfully pass legislation requiring the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms, including state-funded universities, since the Supreme Court voted 5-4 to banish the tenets from America’s classrooms in 1980. Efforts to restore the commandments to public schools are active in other states, including Texas, Oklahoma, and Utah, although none so far have been successful. ---------------- Florida Education Commissioner Manny Diaz Jr. recommended sanctions against parent and coach Jessica Norton’s educator certificate for facilitating her son’s participation on girls’ high school sports teams. Diaz “found probable cause” to sanction Norton’s education certificate, which covers the area of athletic coaching, according to a May 28 letter from Diaz to Norton, which was obtained by Florida’s Voice.

House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green (R-TN) says President Joe Biden is rolling out “a welcome mat” at the United States-Mexico border with an executive amnesty for more than half a million illegal aliens in the U.S. “By allowing otherwise inadmissible aliens to remain in the country indefinitely through a ‘parole-in-place’ sleight of hand, and to receive generous, taxpayer-funded benefits, this president is sending a loud and clear message to any would-be border crosser that the door is not only wide open — there’s a welcome mat,” Green said in a statement. ------------ According to a new study, St. Petersburg was found to be the best-run city in Florida and 36th nationwide. Followed by St. Pete was Jacksonville at 42nd, the second Florida city on WalletHub‘s “Best- & Worst-Run Cities in America (2024)” list. WalletHub considered criteria for the ranking such as financial stability, education, health, safety, economy, and infrastructure and pollution. After St. Pete and Jacksonville was Hialeah at 58th in the nation, Miami at 62nd, Tallahassee at 66th, Tampa at 82nd, Orlando at 87th, and Fort Lauderdale at 121st.

Videos exposing President Joe Biden’s age, gaffes, and recent awkwardness in public are “cheap fakes” and published in “bad faith,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre claimed Monday. During the first press conference in about three weeks, reporters asked Jean-Pierre if the White House was “worried” about Biden’s curious behavior that “appears to be a pattern.” ----------- CNN issued several controversial presidential debate rules over the weekend that will govern the encounter between former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden on June 27. The new rules come after Trump said in March he would debate Biden anywhere, anytime, and anyplace, putting pressure on Biden to participate in the event. ------------- Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody and a host of other Republican states filed a lawsuit Sunday disputing the legality of special counsel Jack Smith’s effort to obtain a gag order on former President Donald Trump in his classified documents case. The federal case is taking place in Florida, arguing the former president illegally mishandled classified documents at his estate. The case’s publicity blew open with a raid of Mar-a-Lago in 2022.

President Joe Biden appeared to freeze while on stage during a star-studded fundraiser on Saturday night and was seen being led off the stage by former President Barack Obama. Biden and Obama attended the Los Angeles fundraiser, along with celebrities such as George Clooney, Julia Roberts, late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel, Jack Black, and Jason Bateman, among many others. Before the fundraiser, it was reported that the Biden campaign had raised more than $28 million. ------------ The Republican Party of Florida wants its supporters to make sure they’ll receive a mail-in ballot ahead of the coming election. Chairman Evan Power is spearheading a new state GOP website titled “Republican Renewal,” which allows users to pick their county of residence, directing them to a page where they can request a ballot. Power called on voters to not “wait” until the last minute. Floridians eligible to vote have until Thursday, Oct. 24 at 5 p.m. to request a mail-in ballot.