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The GOP clown car primary for everyone not named Donald Trump is getting roomier, ever so slightly, as now there only remain five Trump opponents on the debate stage as candidates meet in Miami, Florida, for the third GOP presidential primary debate. Former President Donald Trump, the far-and-away frontrunner who is essentially the presumptive GOP nominee with his gargantuan polling lead even though nobody has voted yet, will hold a counter-programming rally down the street in nearby Hialeah, Florida. Most Republicans will probably watch Trump instead of the debate, which is set to be moderated by NBC News’s Lester Holt and Kristen Welker and Salem’s Hugh Hewitt. Nonetheless, here we are for the first GOP debate this cycle not moderated by one of Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News or Fox Business properties. --------------- Both chambers of the Florida Legislature approved a bill changing the cap for the Family Empowerment Scholarship Program for students with unique abilities. Sen. Jay Collins, R-Tampa, and Rep. Josie Tomkow, R-Polk City, carried the legislation.

Voters in several key states from Kentucky to Mississippi, Virginia to New Jersey, and Pennsylvania to Ohio vote Tuesday to determine the outcomes of many major races including two governor’s races, majorities in a bunch of state legislatures, and ballot initiatives and judicial races that could help steer the future of the country. It is the last major national regularly scheduled election before the 2024 presidential election, when incumbent Democrat President Joe Biden will likely face off against former GOP President Donald Trump a year from now. Insiders from both political parties and media figures will be looking for clues from the results about the mood of the electorate and whether or not the recent spate of terrible polls for Biden rings true with actual voters ------------------ A federal judge dismissed a legal challenge to Florida’s Fairness in Women’s Sports Act this week, noting that the 2021-signed law applies indiscriminately. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of a teenage student athlete by her family, who attends public school in Broward County. The student identifies as a “girl,” but was born a “biological male,” the ruling said.

The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department (MNPD) released a statement Monday afternoon indicating the broadly circulated images–purportedly of the Nashville shooter’s manifesto–are “not MNPD crime scene images.” Earlier in the day, Breitbart News reported that the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) would not confirm that the purported leaked pages from the Nashville shooter’s manifesto were real during a Monday morning phone call. --------------- Voters in several states on Tuesday will head to the polls for the last major regularly scheduled general election before the presidency is on the ballot a year from now, and analysts and insiders are looking for clues about what may lie ahead from the results in many key races. ------------- Several Florida Democrats voted against a bill in committees that would increase sanctions on the Iranian government. Reps. Anna Eskamani, D-Miami, Ashley Gantt, D-Orlando, Michelle Rayner, D-St. Petersburg, Felicia Robinson, D-Miami Gardens, voted against the passage of HB 5-C.

“Biden is trailing Donald J. Trump in five of the six most important battleground states one year before the 2024 election, writes DNYUZ. Biden is “suffering from enormous doubts about his age and deep dissatisfaction over his handling of the economy and a host of other issues[.]” On the age issue, only 19 percent of Trump supporters and 39 percent of all those polled said 77-year-old Trump is too old to be president. But. A massive majority of the electorate, 71 percent, said 80-year-old Biden is too old, including 54(!) percent of Biden’s own dumb supporters. Nearly two-thirds, 62 percent, say (accurately) that Biden lacks the “mental sharpness” to be an effective chief of state ------------------ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that it would take 24 minutes to explain to former President Donald Trump he can not end the Ukraine war in 24 hours because Russian President Vladimir Putin can’t be managed. ---------------- Political activist and failed gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams (D-GA) said Sunday on MSNBC’s “Inside” that she believed the criticisms leveled at Vice President Kamala Harris were based on “misogyny and racism.”

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) obtained private communications and other personal records of multiple Republican House and Senate staffers who were investigating the department’s role in the origins of the Russia collusion hoax, according to former senior Trump administration official Kash Patel. ----------------------- President Joe Biden’s administration is now advising schools across the United States to keep the overdose reversal drug naloxone, commonly known as Narcan, in stock amid a surging number of fentanyl deaths among American children. -------------- Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio reiterated his belief that TikTok should be banned in the U.S. amidst the platform “being used to downplay Hamas terrorism.” “TikTok needs to be shut down. Now,” Rubio said. The senator referenced a report from the New York Post that pro-Palestine content has been favored in trending and the algorithm over “stand with Israel” content.

After investing billions to adhere to President Joe Biden’s green energy agenda, General Motors (GM) is backtracking on all fronts when it comes to Electric Vehicles (EVs). As GM was the last of the Big Three to strike a tentative agreement with the United Auto Workers (UAW), the automaker’s green energy dreams — championed by the Biden administration — have come crumbling down. -------------- An Israeli airstrike on Hamas targets Tuesday who had taken over civilian buildings in the northern Gaza Strip appears to have killed several terrorists — and caused underground tunnels to collapse, apparently expanding the initial damage caused by the strike. -------------- Florida Republican Rep. Byron Donalds and his wife, Erika Donalds, announced their endorsement of Yvette Benarroch in her bid to represent State House District 81. Benarroch, a Republican, would represent the Naples and Marco Island area.

Florida Republican Rep. Byron Donalds said he projects a higher level of Black support for former President Donald Trump in 2024. Republicans have been hopeful for the former president making inroads with the African American community over the past several years. During his presidency, Trump namely touted low African American unemployment. ------------- Members of both parties of the Florida Legislature Monday filed bills for the 2024 legislative session that would appoint courtroom advocates in criminal proceedings for cats and dogs. “As an animal lover, I’m pleased to sponsor legislation that allows an advocate to participate in proceeding regarding animal neglect or abuse,” said Sen. Jennifer Bradley, R-Fleming Island, in a press release.

According to a source within CBP, the influx of Special Interest Migrants across the U.S./Mexico border continues early in the NEW fiscal year as nearly 100 Syrian and 50 Iranian nationals have been apprehended by the Border Patrol since the beginning of October. The source says the influx of Syrian and Iranian Special Interest Migrants is concerning, considering the turmoil unfolding in the Middle East. ------------------- Florida Republican Rep. Byron Donalds indicated Friday he would vote in favor of censuring Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., following her comments towards Israel. “I have no personal animus towards Rep. Tlaib but frankly her recent commentary towards Israel has been vile,” Donalds said on X. “Israel is our greatest ally in the Middle East. Hamas is barbaric terrorist organization that beheaded babies. If a censure vote hits the floor, I will be voting YES.” --------------- In an effort to continue growing the Republican base in Lee County, local activists began the Conservative Leadership Caucus, which has expanded since its inception in February. Vice Chair Doris Cortese said people are drawn to the group because of its focus on grassroots efforts.

The United States carried out airstrikes Thursday against Iranian proxy forces in Syria in response to a number of drone attacks and provocations against our forces as the Israel-Hamas war heats up. F-15s and F-16s were reportedly involved ---------------- At the White House press briefing Thursday afternoon, National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby fielded questions from reporters regarding the conflict in the Middle East and the current and anticipated involvement of the U.S. -------------- Gov. Ron DeSantis said that the Wednesday night shootings in Lewiston, Maine “could be another example of a failure of our nation’s mental health system.” “Casey and I were shocked to hear the news coming out of Lewiston, Maine,” DeSantis said. “We are praying for those injured, the comfort of the families of the victims, and the law enforcement officers who are working to bring this evil individual to justice.” The shootings reportedly took place across multiple location in Lewiston. The were reportedly at least 18 killed and more than a dozen others injured. Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., also commented on the tragedy in Maine.

Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA), a fourth-term conservative who is currently the vice chairman of the House GOP conference, has the Speaker’s gavel within reach and seems to be on the brink of ascending into the presidential line of succession on Wednesday afternoon. When the House gavels in at noon, it is certainly possible that Johnson–a former conservative talk radio host and columnist who has been active in the religious liberty world of the American right–emerges as the 56th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. ------------------- The FBI had more than 40 confidential sources with “criminal information” on Hunter, James, and President Joe Biden before political pressure might have caused an FBI investigation into the Bidens to be shut down “subject to foreign disinformation,” Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) wrote in a Tuesday letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and FBI Director Christopher Wray. The FBI ran the confidential human sources from multiple FBI field offices across the nation, including the FBI Seattle Field Office, FBI Baltimore Field Office, and FBI HQ holdings, Grassley stated. ---------------- Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office charged 14 individuals allegedly involved in a retail theft ring causing more than $20 million in losses. “In Florida, we are fighting back against organized retail theft,” Moody said. “We will not allow this crime, occurring rampantly in other parts of our country, to wreak havoc on our consumers and businesses.”

Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) is the latest Republican Speaker nominee, winning only hours after Rep. Mike Emmer (R-MN) won the nomination and later withdrew in the face of deepening opposition. Johnson, the vice chair of the Republican conference, entered the race for the first time Saturday, ultimately finishing second to Emmer in Tuesday’s first round of balloting. ------------------ President Joe Biden’s foreign policy chief, Antony Blinken, says Americans must give foreigners the opportunity to migrate into their U.S. homeland. “You have to give them an opportunity to do that,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said at an event at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy in Texas. ---------------- Gov. Ron DeSantis and State University System Chancellor Ray Rodrigues have ordered universities to dismantle various student chapters that have been aligned with support for “Hamas terrorism” after deadly attacks on Jews in Israel, according to a letter obtained by Florida’s Voice. Rodrigues wrote to university presidents that at least two chapters under the body known as as “National Students for Justice in Palestine” must be immediately terminated, because of the national organization saying member students are “PART of this movement” against Israel, referring to Hamas’ attacks.

Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) has endorsed Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) for Speaker of the House, a big victory for the Floridian as he assembles a regional and ideological bloc of support. Roy and Donalds are members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, where Roy serves as the policy chair. Among House conservatives, Roy is among the most consistent voices on conservative networks and has served as a spending deal negotiator inside the Republican conference. ------------------ A Florida grand jury scathed the Office of Refugee Resettlement, also known as ORR, for following purportedly flawed procedural steps when handling unaccompanied children. The statewide grand jury was created to examine international human smuggling networks, after the DeSantis administration’s request in 2022. ------------ Florida House and Senate Republican leadership announced Friday that the upcoming special session would address tax relief following Hurricane Idalia and the expansion of a resiliency housing program. Other topics expected to be addressed during the Nov. 6-9 session consist of sanctions against Iran, support for Israel, more security for Jewish Day Schools and funding for students with unique abilities.

The Supreme Court ruled against President Joe Biden's multi-billion dollar student loan forgiveness program in June, but somehow his administration is still canceling the most student debt in history. Since the high court nixed Biden's plan to forgive up to $430 billion in student debt for millions in dollars, his administration has canceled more than $48 billion since the summer and $127 billion for nearly 3.6 million people since taking office, according to the Education Department. ------------------ The parents of a little 11-year-old boy are dressing him up as a girl and allowing a bunch of perverts to exploit him as the grand marshal of Orlando’s Come Out with Pride Festival Parade. A kid. A little kid. An 11-year-old boy was put on sexual display by his own parents, cross-dressed in “pink heart-shaped sunglasses and a floral gown.” ---------------- Seven Republicans have declared their candidacy for Speaker as Republicans struggle to find a path to claim the gavel ahead of a nomination deadline set for noon on Sunday. House Republicans ended the candidacy of their nominee Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) Friday by secret ballot by a vote of 112-88.

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About one hundred pro-Palestinian insurrectionists occupied a federal House office building in Washington, DC, on Wednesday, chanting “ceasefire now” and “let Gaza live.” The insurrectionists, many who wore face masks and dressed in black and flew a banner demanding that Israel stop defending itself from rocket attacks against civilians, occupied the ground floor of the Cannon Office Building, one of three main buildings where congressional staff and lawmakers work. ------------------- A handful of establishment Republicans blocked Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) from locking down the speakership on Tuesday, so Jordan and the vast majority of House Republicans are set to try again on Wednesday.

The Iranian-backed Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terror organization was responsible for an explosion at the Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza City, due to a misfired rocket intended to kill Israeli civilians, according to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). The explosion, which reportedly killed hundreds of people, sparked outrage, with Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas pulling out of a meeting Wednesday with U.S. President Joe Biden over the issue. Biden has backed Israel’s war of self-defense against the Hamas terror group, which rules Gaza and which killed over 1,400 Israelis in a massive terror attack on October 7. -------------------- House Judiciary Committee chairman Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) sees the House Speaker’s gavel within reach, as the House GOP conference nominee for the speakership heads to the floor shortly after noon on Tuesday in an attempt to unify the GOP conference and end the chaos that started two weeks ago when now former Speaker Kevin McCarthy was ousted from the position. Jordan’s ascent to the top of the GOP conference has been a tumultuous ride for House Republicans, and he looks to lock down the requisite support on Tuesday to win the speaker’s gavel and unite the GOP conference again. After McCarthy’s ouster at the hands of 8 House Republicans who worked with all Democrats in the chamber to remove him, House Republicans then rallied behind House GOP Majority Leader Steve Scalise as the conference nominee.

Grassroots conservatives nationwide are rallying behind Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) as he seeks to lock down the speakership in a Tuesday afternoon floor vote, with activists “melting” phone lines with respectful pleas to GOP members of Congress to unify and end the conference’s divisions by finally electing Jordan as Speaker of the House. Top conservative activists are rallying the base nationwide, and calls are pouring into the Capitol switchboard and specific offices helping fuel a wave of breaks Jordan’s way in the final day before the vote on Tuesday. ---------------------- U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan sided with prosecutors on Monday to place a gag order on former President Donald Trump in the case related to January 6. The gag order blocks Trump from comments “publicly targeting” the judge, special counsel Jack Smith, and “any other court personnel.” Trump is “absolutely prohibited as well” from issuing statements about their families, the Washington Post reported: Even before the order was issued, Trump’s lawyer John Lauro said they would appeal any such order, as it would affect important free speech principles, particularly for a leading candidate for president. Trump “can argue that this prosecution is politically motivated,” the judge said, but he cannot disparage the prosecutor by calling him a thug or “vilify and implicitly encourage violence against public servants who are simply doing their jobs.” She is also barring Trump and all parties from making statements about witnesses in the case.

“Folks are tired of being taken advantage of and played for suckers,” Joe Biden said during remarks in the White House Rose Garden last Wednesday. “Unfair fees known as junk fees – those hidden charges that companies sneak into your bill to make you pay more because they can. Simply because they can. Charges that are taking real money out of the pockets of American families,” the president said, as if speaking to an audience of suckers. Yes, with Islamic terrorism dominating the front pages around the world, and with Americans literally being held hostage by Hamas at that exact moment, Joe Biden set his mind to vanquishing the evil that is “junk fees.” --------------- The Israel Defense Force (IDF) slammed Hamas terrorists for blocking Gazan civilians from evacuating south as the IDF readies expanded operations in the strip, calling the move both “sinister and vile.” “Hamas has both issued warnings to their civilians not to evacuate, and when people didn’t listen to those warnings of Hamas, they have actually stopped civilians, and have stopped convoys of Gazan civilians trying to flee from the situation,” IDF spokesman Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus explained in a daily briefing shared to social media. ------------------ YouTube deleted a video off Florida’s Voice’s YouTube channel for “hate speech” that depicted Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio denouncing Hamas terrorists for wanting to kill Jewish people. In an email explaining the incident, YouTube said a video titled “RUBIO: Western ideals WON’T WORK on ‘savage’ terrorist groups” was deleted because it violates their “hate speech policy.”

As the world sets its sights on the unprecedented surprise Hamas attack against Israel, emerging details of just how gruesome their tactics were have left many in the international community in complete shock over the “unimaginable horror” perpetrated against hundreds of innocent civilians, each with their own harrowing ordeal. ----------------------- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) announced on Thursday evening that he is ending his bid for speaker after failing to muster enough support to win the gavel. In confirming the decision to reporters, after making his intentions known to fellow Republicans in a members-only discussion, Scalise said, “There are still schisms that have to be resolved.” ----------------- Gov. Ron DeSantis signed an executive order Thursday that would allow the state to carry out rescue operations for Floridians stranded in Israel following Hamas’ recent attack. Under the order, Florida will be dispatching planes to rescue Floridians.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recounted the horrors of Saturday’s terror attack by the Palestinian terror group Hamas in an address Wednesday evening to his nation introducing his emergency national unity government. ------------------ Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) condemned the rally in New York City that cheered Hamas terrorism in Israel and was promoted by the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) — a group with which she and other members of the “Squad” are affiliated. Ocasio-Cortez, who the DSA has called its “foremost socialist superstar,” denounced the rally as “unacceptable and harmful” in a Politico article published Tuesday. Politico noted her comments came on Monday night. -------------- A poll shows former President Donald Trump leading President Joe Biden in the important state of Ohio by 12 points. Surveying 438 registered voters between October 2-4 with a +/- 4.5 percentage points margin of error, the Emerson College Polling survey found that Trump holds a commanding lead over Biden — 45 percent to 33 percent.

Black Lives Matter Grassroots organization showed support for the Palestinian militant group Hamas on Tuesday as the terrorist group launched the deadliest attack on Jewish people since the Holocaust. Black Lives Matter Grassroots, which represents 26 local BLM chapters across the country, issued a lengthy statement “in solidarity with the Palestinian people.” --------------------- National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan refused on Tuesday to commit to freezing the $6 billion of Iranian funds that the United States unfroze before Hamas attacked Israel. “You just laid out all the ways that Iran is complicit and facilitated it … is that reason enough to re-freeze the $6 billion that the U.S. helped unlock for them?” a reporter asked Sullivan during a press conference.

President Joe Biden was interviewed at the start of the week by the special counsel spearheading the criminal investigation into his handling of classified material. The investigation is being led by Special Counsel Robert Hur, a Trump-era U.S. attorney who was appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland. ------------ Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended nearly 13,000 migrants in a single week. This represents the third weekly report from the sector in excess of 10,000 migrant apprehensions. Tucson Sector Chief Patrol agent reported on October 7 that his agents apprehended 12,992 migrants during the previous seven days. This was the third straight week were Modlin reported the arrest of more than 10,000 migrants in a single week. ------------- City Council members and the Mayor of Jacksonville have responded after a Florida’s Voice investigation revealed two incidents where sexual content was around kids during the Jax River City Pride Festival and Parade over the weekend.

The Palestinian militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented terror attack on Israel, which has included the firing of thousands of rockets onto the Israel and the infiltration of Israeli territory by land, air, and sea. Responding to the surprise attack Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declared that the nation is “at war” and the terrorists “will pay a price it has never known before.” Thus far, the attacks in Israel have reportedly left over 700 people dead and 2,315 wounded. Hamas claims it has captured Israel Defense Force soldiers and civilians during its assault on Israeli border towns outside Gaza. Israel’s military response –“Operation Sword of Iron”– has led to the deaths of 198 Palestinians and 1,864 people injured. The attack occurred on the Jewish holiday of Shemini Atzeret, the final day of the annual High Holy Day cycle. ---------------- Sunday evening, while countless U.S. citizens were being held hostage by Hamas in Gaza, as war rages in the Middle East, and while the bodies of those slaughtered by terrorists are still being found and returned to their families, President Joe Biden thought it would be a grand time to have a Sunday evening barbecue. ---------------- Rep. Alex Andrade, R-Pensacola, introduced a bill for the 2024 Florida Legislative Session that would allow municipalities to convert public schools into charter schools. Andrade told Florida’s Voice that current Florida law allows municipalities “to create a charter school from scratch.”

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