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President Joe Biden, who has yet to officially announce he is running for reelection, is reportedly going to rely on an “army” of online “influencers” for his reelection campaign and they could have their own “briefing room” at the White House. ------------------- A group of U.S. intelligence documents dealing with the Ukraine war and other global matters apparently leaked through online gaming forums has been dismissed as fake by some in both Ukraine and Russia, but is apparently being taken seriously elsewhere. -------------- Gov. Ron DeSantis said the quiet agreement between Disney and the former Reedy Creek board, which gave Disney development rights, would be nullified. DeSantis said there are state statutes where the legislature and the new board can “void” the agreement. Officials in the governor’s office pointed to growth management laws. The previous Reedy Creek district board, hand-picked by Disney, quickly slipped through an agreement to give Disney 30-year vested rights and control over all development rights throughout the entire district – not just on Disney’s property.

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A left-wing organization dispatched volunteers to reach out to young voters on dating apps ahead of the Wisconsin Supreme Court election on Tuesday, NPR reported. Around 20 volunteer daters with NextGen America, a leftist Super PAC funded by billionaire Tom Steyer, “swiped their way right across the badger state” using Hinge, a dating app that allows users to change their locations for free. The volunteers set their locations to different places in Wisconsin, but mainly in Democrat-heavy cities such as Milwaukee, Green Bay, and Madison, according to local media reports. ---------------- Democrat Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has pledged to challenge President Joe Biden in his 2024 reelection bid, joining Marianne Williamson as one of the few Democrats to do so. --------------- Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is edging out former President Donald Trump in Florida, according to a recently released Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy, Inc. survey. The survey shows neither Trump nor his potential challenger garnering 50 percent of the GOP vote. Rather, DeSantis leads in the Sunshine State with less than half — 44 percent — backing him. Trump trails by five points with 39 percent support, and no other potential candidate listed came close.

Former President Donald Trump delivered remarks from Mar-a-Lago in Florida following his historic arraignment in New York City on Tuesday. “They can’t beat us at the ballot box, so they try and beat us through the law,” the 45th president proclaimed. --------------- Former President Donald Trump could face up to 136 years if he is convicted on all 34 counts of falsification of a business record, if the judge decides — though the more likely maximum is probably four years, or less. ------------- New York Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan, who is poised to preside over the historic alleged hush-money prosecution of former President Donald Trump, warned Trump to refrain from posting on social media, as it could foment civil unrest.

Former President Donald Trump called for the resignation of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg for allegedly “illegally” leaking the points of indictment to the media ------------ The Florida State Senate passed a bill Monday which would ban abortions after six-weeks of pregnancy — around the time when a baby’s heartbeat can first be detected. ------------- Four Biden family business associates are cooperating with the House investigation into President Joe Biden and his family, House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY) said Monday. ---------------

The legal team representing former President Donald Trump reportedly expects that the Manhattan judge will put a gag order on him as the case awaits trial. ========== President Joe Biden’s administration announced that it would cut Medicare Advantage, after the president has frequently claimed that Republicans want to slash Medicare and Social Security. -------------- The Florida House approved a measure to go on the ballot that would require district school board members be elected in a partisan election. Rep. Spencer Roach, R-North Fort Myers, sponsored the House joint resolution, which passed in the House Committee 79-34 Friday.

“A Manhattan grand jury voted to indict Donald J. Trump on Thursday for his role in paying hush money to a porn star, according to four people with knowledge of the matter, a historic development that will shake up the 2024 presidential race and forever mark him as the nation’s first former president to face criminal charges,” the New York Times reported on Thursday evening. ------------------ Bragg’s investigation into Trump stems from his alleged role in paying Storm Daniels $130,000 in hush money. Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, claimed Trump pressured him to make the six-figure payment to Daniels on Trump’s behalf. In 2018, Cohen was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to charges of tax evasion, misleading Congress about his past business dealings in Russia, and arranging payments to silence women. However, it is unknown what exact charges the grand jury’s indictment of Trump includes. Next, local law enforcement must process Trump, whether he voluntarily surrenders himself to authorities or will be publicly arrested in a “perp walk.” However, a perp walk is unlikely as defendants accused of white-collar crimes typically coordinate a surrender date through their attorneys. A spokesperson from Bragg’s office confirmed they are coordinating with Trump’s attorneys to “coordinate his surrender to the Manhattan D.A.’s Office for arraignment on a Supreme Court indictment, which remains under seal.”

The outrage over the draconian RESTRICT Act, marketed to the public as a “TikTok ban,” is rapidly rising. The bill has been revealed as something far more expansive that a mere TikTok ban. It grants sweeping powers to the federal government to restrict the online activities of Americans, imposing heavy penalties on any citizen who circumvents it, including criminal fines of up to $1 million, jail sentences of up to 20 years, and the seizure and search of hardware and online accounts, including cryptocurrency accounts. ------------ Gov. Ron DeSantis signed an affordable housing bill aimed at incentivizing companies to build more workforce housing units. DeSantis said the “Live Local Act” is the “largest ever support for housing in state history.” “In fact, this doubles what the legislature did last year, which was already at a 15-year high,” DeSantis said. The bill was approved by the Florida House in a 103-6 vote and voted on unanimously in the Senate. ---------------- Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s grand jury looking into former President Donald Trump for alleged hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels is purportedly set to take a break, Politico reported based on one source.

Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) called on Republicans to spend less time on the banning of books in schools and more time stopping gun violence. ---------------- The transgender movement pushed hostile and apocalyptic rhetoric leading up to the deadly shooting of a Christian school by a transgender person in Nashville, Tennessee. ------------------ Attorney General Merrick Garland stated Tuesday the motive of the Nashville Christian School shooter will determine if Monday’s massacre was a hate crime or not. -------------- A House committee passed a bill that requires private businesses and public entities provide separate bathrooms and changing facilities for females and males, or provide a unisex facility.

Revelations of the sheer number of FBI informants involved in the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot have shaken a trial of members of the Proud Boys in Washington, DC, as one FBI informant had infiltrated the defense team. As Julie Kelly, who has covered the January 6 trials extensively, reports, there are at least ten informants now known to have been involved in the Proud Boys — more than twice the five defendants who are on trial. -------------------- The Florida House passed legislation, 80-31, on Friday that prohibits state investments from considering environmental, social, and governance, or ESG, factors in public investments. It would also outlaw service denials based on one’s political or religious convictions. ------------------ Legislation legalizing the permitless carry of a concealed weapon or firearm, along with additional school safety measures, was passed by the Florida House. The bill, which passed 76-32, would eliminate the current permitting requirement for Floridians who wish to carry a concealed weapon and allow any citizen, otherwise eligible to carry, to do so without said permit.

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew said during a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on Thursday that “spying” is not the right word for alleged Chinese surveillance of Americans using his company’s social media platform. ---------------- Biden Pentagon officials in charge of military personnel policy defended pushing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in the United States military during a House hearing on Thursday, arguing that it would make the military stronger, not more divided. However, they were short on data to back up their arguments. -------------- A bill that will expand school choice vouchers to all students in the state, among other school related measures, is heading to Gov. Ron DeSantis’ desk for signature. The bill, which passed 26-12, expands eligibility for Florida’s school choice scholarships to all students who are residents of Florida and eligible to enroll in K-12 in a public school.

A five-year-old letter surfaced Wednesday that appeared to show President Trump’s former fixer Michael Cohen lied to investigators about a hush money payment made during the 2016 presidential election. The letter, dated February 8, 2018, was written by Cohen’s attorney Stephen M. Ryan to the Federal Election Commission about the payment Cohen made to porn actress Stormy Daniels. In it, Cohen’s lawyer claims that Cohen used “his own personal funds to facilitate a payment of $130,000 to Ms. Stephanie Clifford.” ---------------- The Department of Justice (DOJ) revealed yet another government informant, according to an attorney for one of the Proud Boys facing a seditious conspiracy case tied to January 6. ------------ Florida First Lady Casey DeSantis knows her Hope Florida program isn’t going to be the sexiest story in the news cycle. She knows it won’t drive social media clicks or spark heated debate on cable news panels. And yet, she’s hoping it transforms the way Americans think about government assistance.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis finally opened up about his ongoing feud with former President Donald Trump — once an ally — in an interview with Piers Morgan, criticizing Trump’s leadership style while dismissing all critiques — particularly those lodged by Trump — as mere “background noise.” ---------------- Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) on Tuesday said an indictment of former President Donald Trump would be a “disgusting abuse of power” and called for the leftist district attorney to be jailed. ------------ A bill advanced through its first Senate committee Tuesday that will penalize businesses and people who admit children to “adult live performances.” The legislation will authorize Florida to fine, suspend, or revoke the license of any public establishment that admits a child to “adult live performances” that depicts or simulates nudity, sexual conduct, or lewd exposure.

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) slammed President Joe Biden for vetoing a bipartisan anti-ESG bill and prioritizing a “radical policy agenda” over getting the “best financial returns for millions of Americans’ retirement investments.” “This Administration continues to prioritize their radical policy agenda over the economic, energy, and national security needs of our country, and it is absolutely infuriating,” stated Manchin, who is up for reelection this cycle. ------------------- Donald Trump Jr. and others criticized Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) for dismissing the rumors of a looming indictment of former President Donald Trump at the hands of leftist Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg as a “manufactured” circus that he wants no involvement in, concluding that the governor is displaying “weakness.” ----------------- The White House daily press conference descended into chaos after an African reporter confronted White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre for not calling on him to ask a question for what he claimed was seven months.

U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy lit into leftist Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg at a press conference as House Republicans gathered to discuss and formulate their 2023 agenda plans, with looming likely charges from Bragg against former President Donald Trump coming this week. ------------- President Joe Biden contradicted Hunter Biden’s confession the family business received payments in 2017 out of China. “That’s not true,” Joe Biden protested to reporters Friday when questioned about recent revelations the family’s bank accounts were enriched with funds from communist China. ------------- Lee County expects the Three Oaks Parkway Extension project to improve traffic flow by extending Three Oaks Parkway to Daniels Parkway, providing a parallel route to I-75. The county filed an eminent domain lawsuit for property included in the project last week.

TikTok, whose parent company ByteDance is controlled by communist China, is reportedly under federal criminal investigation for surveilling U.S. citizens. ----------- The unauthorized disclosure of U.S. military personnel records by the Air Force to an opposition research firm funded by Democrats is now under investigation by the House “Weaponization Committee.” --------------- The environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) movement has been gaining steam in corporate America for years. Many have pegged the movement as a far leftist social justice initiative disguised as an effort to promote better business practices.

A collective meltdown has ensued among the foreign policy establishment after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) espoused views on the Ukraine conflict that echoed former President Donald Trump. Joy Behar told her co-hosts Wednesday on ABC’s “The View” that she believes Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) and former President Donald Trump are “extremely naive and stupid” for thinking Russian President Vladimir Putin will stop his military advancements with the invasion of Ukraine. ------------- The U.S. Reaper drone that crashed in the Black Sea Tuesday will be recovered and studied, a Russian spy chief claims, as the two countries tousle over how exactly the unmanned aircraft was brought down. --------------- U.S. Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz admitted Wednesday at a special congressional hearing in Texas that the U.S. does not have “operational control” of the southern border, contrary to the Biden administration’s claims.

During a Tuesday gun control announcement, President Joe Biden asked Attorney General Merrick Garland to act where Congress has not and take the U.S. “as close as possible” to universal background checks. --------------- Moody’s Investors Service cut its outlook for the U.S. banking system to negative from stable and placed six U.S. banks on review for potential credit rating downgrades. --------------- Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Tuesday responded after President Biden criticized Florida for making efforts to protect children from transgender surgeries and so-called “gender-affirming” treatments.

Former President Donald Trump faced backlash online Monday for praising failed Florida Democrat gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist in a video attacking Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis. “For those of you that didn’t notice, Florida was doing great long before Ron DeSanctus got there,” Trump said. “People are fleeing from New York to Florida and other places because of high taxes and out of control crime. It’s really bad. Not because of the governor, thank you Mr. President for doing that.” ------------- House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green (R-NC) said in a statement Monday evening that all Democrats on the Committee are pulling out from attending a hearing in the field about President Joe Biden’s ongoing crisis at the U.S. southern border. -------------- The moves by regulators on Sunday to shore up the banking sector failed to stop the panic on Monday, with shares of many banks coming under extreme pressure. KBW Bank Index, which tracks the performance of the two dozen largest banks in the U.S., was down by around nine percent midday. The S&P exchange-traded fund tracking regional banks fell by 9.25 percent.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday that there would be no bailout for the collapsed Silicon Valley Bank. Appearing on CBS News’s “Face The Nation” with host Margaret Brennan, Yellen said the government would assist regulators in helping protect depositors but made clear that there would be no federal bailout for the major tech bank. ============= The Oscars are upon us and you know what that means: Walls. That’s right. Ten-foot high walls and countless barriers and barricades will surround the Dolby Theatre to shield Hollywood’s biggest stars on its biggest night from would-be gawkers. =============== NBC News host Chuck Todd complained over the weekend that Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law “Victims of Communism Day” which teaches students in the state the far-left ideology’s murderous history.

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Former CDC Director Robert Redfield said on Wednesday that Dr. Anthony Fauci actively sought to exclude or silence anyone who failed to embrace his chosen narrative on the pandemic’s origins. During a hearing before the House Oversight Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, Redfield claimed that Fauci — who served as the head of former President Donald Trump’s Coronavirus Response Team before taking on the role of chief medical adviser in President Joe Biden’s White House — had intentionally excluded him from conversations because he refused to fall in line. ---------------- An alarming increase in the number of dead marine mammals washing up along the New Jersey coast has renewed enthusiasm against Trenton and White House plans to litter the shoreline with wind farms, a “green” measure on which Democrat Gov. Phil Murphy has gambled his legacy. -------------- In a ruling from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida, a 2016 state law that defunds Planned Parenthood of all taxpayer funds was reinstated.

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) stated Tuesday that Fox News should prevent Tucker Carlson from airing more January 6 video footage of “lies” Tuesday evening. ------------- Employers are more likely to skip over resumés that include the nonbinary “they/them” pronouns, according to business.com’s latest report. ------------- Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Tuesday delivered the State of the State as the Florida legislature kicks off the 2023 Legislative Session. “My duty under the Constitution is to inform the legislature concerning the condition of the state and to recommend measures in the public interest. Well, as we used to do in the military, here’s the bluff — the bottom line up front: Florida is number one, and working together we will ensure that Florida remains the number one state in these United States,” DeSantis said, triggering mass applause in the room.

Former President Donald Trump reacted to Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson releasing new and unseen footage from the Capitol Hill riot that unfolded on January 6, 2021, which appears to portray a different picture than the one that former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) painted. =========== A terminally woke writer for the Washington Post demands that Major League Baseball ban teams from holding spring training in Florida because of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ “disfiguring” racism and his “attack on diversity.” ============== The AI research firm behind the notoriously woke chatbot ChatGPT, OpenAI, is now offering businesses and developers subscriptions to the tool that that they can integrate woke AI into their own apps.

Democrats are faced with a big question mark as Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) refuses to rush to judgment on his political future. Manchin, who along with Arizona’s independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema often serves as a roadblock to leftist proposals in Congress, offered little insight on Sunday as he faced a flurry of questions regarding his plans, including possible presidential aspirations. ================ First lady Dr. Jill Biden scorned the prospect of her husband, President Joe Biden, taking a competency test for elderly politicians. ============== Former President Donald Trump is reportedly workshopping multiple new derogatory nicknames for Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis as the race for the White House begins to heat up.