Category COVID-19
Lefty Lounge with Brook Hines – Premier episode Kartik Krishnaiyer on Afghanistan and Ron DeSantis
Kartik Krishnaiyer joins Brook Hines to discuss the media’s war fever in the wake of President Biden’s Afghanistan withdrawal. Also discussed is Kartik’s view as to why Ron DeSantis’ COVID-19 handling and creeping authoritarianism makes him most dangerous elected official of his lifetime.
Florida breaking records on COVID thanks to Governor DeSantis throwing up obstacles to reasonable mitigation efforts
Governor Ron DeSantis isn’t like merely pretending COVID isn’t a crisis. He is actively obstructing the ability of local officials and private businesses to get this virus under control in Florida. Once again on Friday, Florida broke a daily record for new COVID-19 cases with over 25,000 recorded that day. Last week, Florida had over […]
Florida’s previous COVID mitigation success were thanks to local officials and masking – NOT BECAUSE OF DESANTIS
As the sheer magnitude of Florida’s August 2021 COVID crisis has become more apparent, national media have time and again qualified discussion of the state’s problems by conceding Governor Ron DeSantis Covid strategy had “worked” to this point relative to New York and California among other places. DeSantis narrative, which has been perfected in collusion […]
Florida’s crisis worsening by the day – local leaders need to step up
The COVID-19 crisis in Florida is growing worse by the day. Governor Ron DeSantis, whose apparent lack of empathy for COVID victims has become contagious among many Floridians still in denial about the seriousness of the situation cannot be counted on to do anything to safeguard public health at this point. The leadership vacuum created […]
DeSantis perfecting hard-edged extreme 2024 themes inspired by Viktor Orbán while Florida’s on fire
Florida has become the epicenter of the COVID epidemic in the western world thanks in large measure to Governor Ron DeSantis’ COVID denialsim. On Friday, Florida recorded the most cases on a single day thus far during this pandemic with over 22,000 new cases. Florida has set a weekly record for ANY US state with […]
Florida Republicans new COVID-19 solution: “School Choice!” Why not, it ticks all the GOP boxes, doesn’t it?
Florida Republicans never miss a chance to pivot and politicize a crisis. With Florida’s COVID numbers reaching the stratosphere, and the state becoming the epicenter of a global pandemic, Florida Republicans have a solution- VOUCHERS! With Broward County joining Duval, Alachua and probably Leon (with more to come) as school districts requiring masks for students, […]
DeSantis polling now underwater thanks to COVID-19
In the wake of record COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in the state, our friend, Florida Politics Founder and Editor Peter Schorsch wisely commissioned a poll to test the views on masks in schools as well as the Governor’s horse race, via St Pete Polls. The results indciate a dead heat between US Rep. Charlie Crist […]
Governor DeSantis new race-baiting COVID-19 denialism
Even by the low standards of Governor DeSantis recent demagoguery and Covid_19 denialism this evening’s fundraising letter from his PAC was doozy. Blatantly racist in its tone, DeSantis’ email blames illegal immigrants for the Covid problems in Florida and predictably avoids any discussion of unvaccinated and unmasked Floridians, which almost certainly support him disproportionately. The […]
What the heck is Nikki Fried thinking about when it comes to masks?
Monday provided us a surprise that in my circles didn’t go over particularly well (and that’s being very diplomatic). Florida’s Agriculture Commissioner who likes to tout that she’s the only statewide elected Democrat and engage in her own performative behavior when it comes to criticizing Governor DeSantis is not in support of a statewide mask […]
The level of cognitive dissonance among Florida’s GOP leaders is stunning
Senator Marco Rubio is either engaged in high-level trolling of us all or he’s really losing his marbles. This Monday morning tweet about the COVID situation followed several days where Rubio impulsively tweeted highly-charged politicized tweets that were quickly exposed as factually inaccurate. Rubio tweets come at a time where Governor Ron DeSantis’ and his […]
The Florida Squeeze 