Category Ron DeSantis
FiveThirtyEight on the extreme DeSantis gerrymander
This is a good video that makes a lot of the points we’ve made time and again on these pages.
CBS News breaks down Ron DeSantis potential 2024 run
CBS News’ Robert Costa anchors a discussion on Ron DeSantis.
Analysis of Governor DeSantis’ historic tax increase
An analysis released this week from Jason Garcia indicates consumers have borne the brunt of Governor Ron DeSantis fiscal policies . DeSantis, whose governance has revolved around crushing local government and private businesses who don’t play ball with him, has also financed massive tax cuts for businesses by burdening consumers. What’s ironic is DeSantis, like […]
Trump v DeSantis is also FOX v Newsmax: A primer on the battle
Palm Beach County-based Newsmax led by Donald Trump’s close associate Christopher Ruddy is taking aim at Ron DeSantis. This comes just as it’s clear that the Murdoch-owned media, including Fox News, The Wall Street Journal (Editorial Page specifically) and The New York Post have tilted HEAVILY toward Ron DeSantis in a potential matchup with Trump […]
An anti-freedom reactionary: Ron DeSantis sorry history on reproductive choice
We’ve long established on this site that Ron DeSantis loves big government statism, particularly when power is consolidated in his own hands. Governor DeSantis loves to use “freedom” as some sort of cheap tag line to project when he bans books or prohibits businesses from regulating their workplaces for health and safety as they see […]
Ron DeSantis must be forced to answer for Matt Gaetz’s behavior
Governor Ron DeSantis is at this point in time the most likely person to be President of the United States in January 2025. In fact, he feels as inevitable today as Richard Nixon was on June 7, 1968 or Andrew Jackson was on April 1, 1825. And DeSantis is in this position due to one […]
DeSantis-Disney saga takes another turn and is another failure for Florida job wise – Four additional reasons (beyond Don’t Say Gay) Disney has pumped the brakes
In the wake of Ron DeSantis’ retaliation against Disney for speaking out about his discriminatory “Don’t Say Gay” bill, Disney has delayed relocating 2,000 high-paying jobs from California to Florida. This comes after DeSantis pushed through politically-motivated legislation to punish Disney for speaking out. The Walt Disney Company has officially said the delay was made “to give people more time,” with […]
Elon Musk the latest billionaire to embrace wannabe populist Ron DeSantis
This week, Elon Musk tweeted his support for Governor Ron DeSantis, who would be, per his own admission the first GOPer he supports for President. It’s quite interesting to see Musk and other billionaires like Ken Griffin so openly embrace Florida’s Governor who likes to play working-class populist – DeSantis policies aren’t conservative, but we’re […]
Ron DeSantis and January 6 -a DeSantis presidential run would result in a more “orderly” coup which will be successful
As we’ve previously discussed on this site, a tangible difference between Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis, is that the Florida Governor, if ever in the position Trump was in during November and December 2020, the Florida Governor likely finds a way to stay in the White House. As a budding autocrat who takes after Hungarian […]
DeSantis state-based (faux) progressive populism conflicts with his conservative claims, as he sets his cruise-control toward reelection
Ron DeSantis rhetoric and that of those around him would make you believe he’s a movement conservative. But as time goes on, it’s clear his ideology is about as different from pure conservatives (like his predecessor Rick Scott) as are the policy-preferences he espouses. State-based solutions to many matters, make DeSantis and his acolytes attacks […]
The Florida Squeeze 