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MRC Free Speech America researchers compiled 41 times Google was caught interfering in U.S. elections, beginning in 2008, intensifying in 2016 and continuing into 2024. MRC researchers found carefully crafted studies and numerous reports (from 2008 through February 2024) that have consistently demonstrated the tech behemoth’s election meddling. -------------------- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said Monday that she was concerned that the First Amendment was “hamstringing the government in significant ways, in the most important time periods.” --------- Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody sent a Freedom of Information Act request to the Department of Homeland Security regarding decisions by federal officials to release criminal aliens into the country, Florida’s Voice has learned.

Biden campaign communications director Michael Tyler said Sunday on MSNBC’s “Inside” that former President Donald Trump’s bloodbath comment was an “endorsement of political violence.” Saturday, at a rally in Dayton, OH, Trump said, “If you’re listening, President Xi — and you and I are friends — but he understands the way I deal. Those big monster car manufacturing plants that you’re building in Mexico right now, and you think you’re going to get that, you’re going to not hire Americans, and you’re going to sell the cars as now we’re going to put a 100% tariff on every single car that comes across the line, and you’re not going to be able to sell those guys if I get elected. Now, if I don’t get elected, it’s going to be a bloodbath for the whole — That’s going to be the least of it. It’s going to be a bloodbath for the country.” --------------- Gov. Ron DeSantis announced on Friday that Florida has interdicted suspected illegal aliens on a vessel. Authorities said the incident occurred at the Sebastian Inlet last month. He said they were found with weapons, drugs and night-vision goggles, and that they were recklessly boating. “They had firearms, they had drugs […] That vessel was interdicted [and] those illegal aliens were turned over to the Coast Guard for deportation,” the governor said.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) should be “ashamed for turning his back on our greatest ally in the Middle East,” according to Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA), who slammed the Democrat after his attacks on Israel were deemed a form of “electoral interference,” accusing him of “playing right into the hands of Iran-backed Hamas.” Senate Republican Policy Committee Chair Joni Ernst, co-chair of the Abraham Accords Caucus and member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, hit back at Schumer on Thursday after the top Democrat accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of having “lost his way” in a major Senate address in which he attacked Israel’s government and called for new elections. ------------------- With presidential preference primaries and several municipal elections taking place across Florida, Republicans have not only been dominating turnout in wake of Democrats canceling their own presidential primary, but also continuing to grow their registration lead. While Republicans’ lead statewide is now over 855,000, as of March 14 per data compiled by Florida’s Voice, the party is getting perilously close to flipping three more counties red. For instance, Madison County currently only has 254 more Democratic voters than Republicans. A small county, its margin is D+2.16%. The county with the narrowest percent margin is Hillsborough County, where Democrats now hold just a 1.24% advantage, or a little over 10,000 voters.

The crisis in Haiti could lead to a migration surge to Florida, forcing officials to respond as the state has taken an increasingly hardline stance on the issue and as Congress faces gridlock over border policy. Florida lawmakers are already preparing for an influx of Haitian migrants and warning that American security could be jeopardized if the U.S. doesn’t do more to help Haiti, though the country has rarely been a top foreign policy priority.

The National Health Service (NHS) England has issued a ban on puberty blockers for children who identify as transgender. NHS England based its decision to ban puberty blockers for children this week on there not being enough evidence on the procedure’s safety or clinical effectiveness. The U.K. government also endorsed the “landmark decision,” hailing at as being in the “best interests of children.” NHS England proposed a ban on the procedure last June and issued the definitive decision following a review from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). ----------------- Donald Trump, whose single turbulent term in the White House transformed the Republican Party, tested the resilience of democratic institutions in the U.S. and threatened alliances abroad, will lead the GOP in a third consecutive presidential election after clinching the nomination Tuesday.

A former Boeing employee who became a whistleblower against the company has been found dead amidst a lawsuit he had been aiding. John Barnett died on March 9 at the age of 62 from what police have described as a “self-inflicted wound. Prior to his death, he had “been giving evidence in a whistleblower lawsuit against the company,” per the BBC. Barnett had retired from the company in 2017 for health reasons after working with Boeing for 32 years. The BBC writes: -------------- Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office said Monday that a mutual settlement has been reached in a legal case that was seeking to invalidate Florida’s Parental Rights in Education law. The law from 2022 had banned classroom discussion in grades K-3 on sexual orientation and gender identity. Such restrictions have been expanded to other grades in recent years.

Democrat President Joe Biden will take the podium Thursday evening to deliver his third and possibly, depending on the outcome of the November presidential election, last State of the Union address as president of the United States. Biden will appear in the U.S. House chamber before the entire Congress — and sitting behind him will be Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) — for the address, scheduled to begin at 9:00 p.m. ET. The annual address from the nation’s chief executive is always filled with Washington pageantry, as most of the president’s cabinet — except for a designated survivor — as well as top military advisers, most of Congress, and most Supreme Court Justices attend the event in the House chamber.

A complete ban on the Chinese-owned social media app TikTok is now closer than ever. Bipartisan legislation could require TikTok to divest from its Chinese owner ByteDance or face an outright ban on app stores across the United States. ------------------- The Florida Legislature gave final legislative approval to a bill that bars minors under a certain age from creating social media accounts, following an original veto by Gov. Ron DeSantis. The new version prevents minors under the age of 14 from creating and maintaining accounts, compared to the original form that prohibited all minors under 16. It also allows for 14 and 15-year-olds to create accounts with parental consent.

Former President Donald Trump will take another gargantuan step toward the White House on Super Tuesday, assuming he pulls off what polls suggest: A total romp across more than a dozen states. Trump is aiming to succeed in what would be the greatest political comeback in the history of mankind in 2024, and, on Tuesday evening, he has a chance to essentially wipe out his last remaining Republican primary opponent — former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley. Haley had a pyrrhic victory on Sunday in the primary in the nation’s Democrat-heavy capital, Washington, DC. However, her only victory so far — Trump has won literally every other state and by very healthy double-digit margins everywhere — might be her only one ever. GOP primary voters in 15 separate states will cast their ballots on Tuesday, and results across many of them will likely put Trump on the precipice of mathematically eliminating Haley from the GOP nomination in a matter of days, not weeks.

If you’re shocked by Monday’s utterly predictable nine-to-zero Supreme Court decision, you must be one of the few remaining morons who believe the corporate media. The very idea that the Supreme Court would allow the states to remove a presidential candidate from the state ballot was pure hopium being pumped by a corporate media that knew better but didn’t care. These liars only care about one thing: cynically hooking as many suckers, gulls, and dummies as possible. -------------- – Legislation preventing local governments from validating community IDs for illegal aliens passed on the Florida House floor Monday. The bill prohibits a county or a municipality from accepting “any identification card or document that is issued by any person, entity, or organization that knowingly issues identification cards or documents to individuals who are not lawfully present in the United States,” per the staff analysis.

Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) was the projected winner in the Washington, DC, Republican primary election on Sunday evening. Haley, a lobbyist favorite, beat “America First” former President Donald Trump by nearly 30 points with Republican voters in the nation’s capital — known more colloquially as “the swamp.” The polls closed a 7 p.m. and the Associated Press (AP) called the race around 8:30 p.m., with Haley ahead 63 percent to 33 percent. --------------- Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed a social media restriction bill Friday, saying lawmakers are producing a “superior” version for him by next week. “Protecting children from harms associated with social media is important, as is supporting parents’ rights and maintaining the ability of adults to engage in anonymous speech,” he said. “I anticipate the new bill will recognize these priorities and will be signed into law soon.”

The U.S. Supreme Court has granted former President Donald Trump’s request to decide if he is immune from prosecution on charges of attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 election. The court will consider “Whether and if so to what extent does a former President enjoy presidential immunity from criminal prosecution for conduct alleged to involve official acts during his tenure in office.” ----------------- Vice President Kamala Harris revealed on Tuesday that the government could pay college students to register voters. Harris said that students could receive the funds from the work-study federal program that pays a student’s wages while employed at a part-time job. ------------------ Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz believes “better days are ahead for the Republican Party” after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-K.Y., will step down in November. Florida Republican Sen. Rick Scott reacted Wednesday afternoon, reiterating calls for new GOP leadership. He challenged McConnell for the position in 2022.

Gov. Ron DeSantis celebrated Tuesday being the one year marking since he officially dissolved Walt Disney World’s self governing district in Central Florida, formerly known as Reedy Creek. “One year ago, I signed legislation ending what an independent audit found to be one of the worst examples of cronyism in modern U.S. history: Reedy Creek, a local government controlled by a single company; Disney,” DeSantis said. “While so many claimed ending the cronyism would be bad for Florida, the result has been transparency and accountability, including a reduction of taxes and local businesses being allowed to compete for projects, saving the district millions of dollars.” --------------------- Former President Donald Trump has won Michigan’s Republican primary as he continues his charge toward the GOP presidential nomination. The Associated Press (AP) called the race for Trump at around 9:00 p.m. ET after the last polls closed across the state, signaling that he handily defeated his lone remaining opponent, former Gov. Nikki Haley (R-SC). As of 9:11 p.m. ET, the New York Times’s election results showed Trump with 65.6 percent of the vote to Haley’s 30.2 percent with an estimated nine percent of the vote tabulated. The primary has 16 delegates bound to it, while Michigan’s GOP state convention on Saturday will see its remaining 39 delegates awarded.

The Biden administration planted a Democrat operative inside a Fulton County office to target former President Donald Trump, multiple sources familiar with the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office exclusively told Breitbart News. If the Biden administration planted the operative, as the sources say, it would present a strong argument that the administration interfered in the 2024 presidential election. ------------------- Florida Republican members of Congress are signing their names behind a federal effort to abolish the U.S. Department of Education, the most recent being Cory Mills. Kentucky Republican Rep. Thomas Massie filed the bill, HR 899, in 2023. Republicans from Florida who signed on last year include Matt Gaetz, Bill Posey, Byron Donalds and Anna Paulina Luna.

Former President Donald Trump, the leading GOP candidate for president and likely GOP nominee, looks to continue his perfect streak on Saturday night in the Palmetto State with a blowout victory over former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley in her home state. ---------------------- The Florida House passed a Senate-amended social media bill on Thursday that will ban minors under the age of 16 from accessing “addictive” social media platforms. The bill is expected to be sent to the governor’s desk for approval, although he has expressed concerns with the lack of “parental rights” protections in the legislation. HB 1 limits the age as to which a minor can create a social media account. Under the legislation, no individual under the age of 16 would be able to open an account.

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Former President Donald Trump acknowledged Tuesday that at least five high-profile Republicans and one former Democrat are on his shortlist for potential running mates in the general election – including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and onetime Democratic presidential primary candidate Tulsi Gabbard. The GOP presidential front-runner confirmed his shortlist after Fox News host Laura Ingraham rattled off a list of names at a town hall event in Greenville, SC, which she said audience members deemed to be good choices for him to tap for the vice presidency. The names included Gabbard, DeSantis, Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.), biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy and South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem. ---------------- Thirteen Republican senators are urging GOP leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to force a formal impeachment trial of President Joe Biden’s pro-migration border chief, Alejandro Mayorkas. Mayorkas was impeached on February 13 for refusing to enforce the nation’s border laws. But Democrats — and some pro-establishment GOP senators — are hinting they will ignore the House’s indictment and will not conduct Mayorkas’ trial in the Senate.

At the direction of Gov. Ron DeSantis, the Florida Board of Education has moved forward with creating a new rule meant to target educators who weaponize the state’s book challenging laws to make a political point. ---------------- The announcement said that Haley was going to deliver a "State of the Race Speech" on Tuesday in Greenville, South Carolina. That immediately set people to question whether this might finally be Nikki Haley calling it quits, rather than being badly embarrassed in South Carolina, whose primary is almost upon us. That would be the logical thing to guess right now - maybe the reality is finally dawning on her.

Florida Senate President Kathleen Passidomo, R-Naples, warned that some House legislation related to culture war issues could potentially be dead or stalled out in the Senate this week. “Our bill process is not the Republican Party of Florida,” Passidomo said. “We are the legislature. We make the laws, we review the laws.” --------------------- This Week,” Republican presidential candidate former Gov. Nikki Haley (R-SC) refused to say if she would support former President Donald Trump if he won the GOP presidential nomination. --------------- San Francisco has appointed a non-citizen to its elections commission for the first time, even though she cannot vote.

Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willis was defiant on the witness stand on Thursday, but she could face serious consequences for her alleged ethical violations in the prosecution of former President Donald Trump and 18 other co-defendants. In January, one of those co-defendants, Mike Roman, filed a motion alleging that Willis had an improper relationship with fellow prosecutor Nathan Wade. Willis’s response was to tell an Atlanta church that her opponents were “playing the race card.” --------------- The public largely blames President Joe Biden for the failed migration deal in Congress, despite Democrat efforts to Ipsos. The February 9-10 poll asked: “How much, if at all, do you blame each of the following for Congress not passing legislation intended to decrease the numbers of illegal border crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border?” ------------------ The Florida House passed a bill 88-29 that would allow people to use lethal force to kill a bear without a permit or authorization if they feel threatened on private property. The threat of death or serious bodily injury can be to a human, a pet, or to a dwelling. HB 87 is sponsored by Rep. Jason Shoaf, R-Port St. Joe. In the Senate, Sen. Corey Simon, R-Quincy, is carrying a similar bill, SB 632.

The United States faces a “serious national security threat,” according to House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner (R-OH), who is urging President Biden to declassify all information related to it. “Today, the House Permanent Select committee on Intelligence has made available to all Members of Congress information concerning a serious national security threat,” Turner wrote. ------------- Russian President Vladimir Putin said President Joe Biden would be better for Russia than Donald Trump, calling him “old school” and “predictable.” Putin expressed his feelings about Biden during an interview with broadcaster Rossiya 1 TV. ---------------------- U.S. District Judge Mark Walker ruled in favor of an embattled 2021 Florida election integrity law that cracked down on ballot harvesting and strictly regulated how ballot drop boxes can be utilized. The judge said Florida’s restrictions do not keep Floridians from voting, according to the Associated Press.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas was impeached by the House Tuesday night in a narrow 214 to 213 vote, becoming the first cabinet official to be impeached in almost a century and a half. William Belknap, Secretary of War to President Ulysses S. Grant, was impeached by the House in 1876, despite resigning before the vote. ---------- Visa, Mastercard, and American Express are implementing a special merchant code to track gun and gun-related purchases in California. CBS News reported that the new merchant code will be used to comply with a “California law that will allow banks to potentially track suspicious gun purchases and report them to law enforcement.” ---------------- A woman in Fort Myers, Florida, was arrested after her baby allegedly overdosed on fentanyl and later regained a pulse with CPR, police said. Fort Myers Police Officers responded on Sunday at 1:34 a.m. to a call about a baby who was not breathing, WINK News reported. Officers met with the caller, the baby’s 38-year-old mother Mary Sinopoli, on the side of the road near Lee Tran Boulevard and Metro Parkway.

Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) raised the alarm on Monday that the $95 billion Senate bill to fund the Ukraine War contains an “impeachment time bomb” aimed at former President Donald Trump if he wins reelection in November, and called on his Republican colleagues to vote against it.

Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) raised the alarm on Monday that the $95 billion Senate bill to fund the Ukraine War contains an “impeachment time bomb” aimed at former President Donald Trump if he wins reelection in November, and called on his Republican colleagues to vote against it. A proposal making its way through the Florida Legislature would rescind state law’s references and commitment to addressing “climate change” in its energy policies. The legislation aims to “streamline” Florida’s energy directives and revise its intent toward “adequate, reliable, and cost-effective supply of energy” while keeping in mind the “health and welfare” of Floridians.