Category Ron DeSantis
DeSantis v Disney break was long in coming – a few key points
While the final straw came over “Don’t Say Gay,” giving Governor DeSantis an opportunity to play performative artist, which he does so well, Disney’s shift away from strong alliance with Florida GOPers has been coming for sometime. Here are some key points: Disney’s acquisitions of Pixar, Marvel and Lucasfilm moved the company into more creative […]
DeSantis loses in court again – voter suppression law (SB 90) struck down
On Thursday, a U.S. federal court struck down multiple key provisions of Florida’s Senate Bill 90 that equated to voter suppression. Chief U.S. District Judge Mark E. Walker ruled that 2021 Florida Senate Bill 90 violates federal law, by unconstitutionally impeding the federally protected right to vote for Floridians.The Judge stated that “the right to […]
TFS+ – Audio on where Congressional Redistricting goes from here
In this TFS+ audio exclusive, Kartik Krishnaiyer discusses Governor DeSantis veto of the Congressional map and what is likely to ensue next. We will be doing these audio exclusives between now and the 2022 Election for our TFS+ subscribers on Patreon.
Culture warrior DeSantis crosses a dangerous legal line with Congressional map veto
In recent memory, no elected official in Florida has used power as effectively as Ron DeSantis. Similarly, no elected leader in the country has played culture warrior as well as DeSantis. But Tuesday, he crossed into dangerous territory on both fronts, using his power to veto a Congressional Map, 90% of GOPers in the legislature […]
Calls on Ron DeSantis’ Florida to divest from Russia grow as the Governor continues to avoid the topic
Governor DeSantis silence on Florida’s ties to Russia are in stark contrast to other GOPers around the country. While many GOP Governors across the country review their own state’s investments in Russian companies in wake of Russia’s naked aggression in Ukraine, DeSantis remains silent. It’s incredibly significant given DeSantis leads a state that has been […]
Governor DeSantis is suddenly interested in women’s sport?
Last fall, I repeatedly complained that Governor DeSantis avoided congratulating the NCAA Women’s Soccer National Champions, Florida State Seminoles while he was busy tweeting about (boys) little league baseball, American football and other sports going on in Florida (in-between tweets about Florida businesses and attacking Covid regulations, etc, etc). It should be noted FSU has […]
“Don’t say gay” playing out EXACTLY how Governor DeSantis intended it to as the Soviet Florida keeps rolling on
Don’t buy the whiny victimization, angry press conferences or indignant tweets from Ron DeSantis and his acolytes. The bottom line is this, the conversation nationally over HB 1557, aka “The Don’t Say Gay Bill,” is playing out EXACTLY how the Governor wants it. In a one party state like the Soviet Union, where DeSantis is […]
Welcome to the world of the performative, non-ideological DeSantistans and the “faux” left
Governor DeSantis has attracted a legion of dedicated followers nationally. They claim they are conservative, but in reality follow their leader as meanders all over the political spectrum from hard-right, to hard-left with very few stops in-between. DeSantis is hard-right when it comes to cultural issues, with an ideology resembling the most fierce religious conservatives […]
DeSantis v the Mouse battle intensifies
Governor DeSantis is now biting the hand that’s fed him for four years. Despite receiving extensive campaign contributions from Disney, and seemingly crafting part of his COVID response in summer 2020 to placate the company, he’s now on the attack against the “woke” corporation. Earlier today, DeSantis campaign sent out this solicitation following the Governor’s […]
Does Governor DeSantis want to drill offshore in the Gulf or in the Everglades?
Governor DeSantis has tweeted on multiple occasions the last few days that domestic energy production must increase and that the Biden Administration needs to accomplish this. A very simple question for the Governor, does this mean you want to drill off the Gulf coast of Florida or in the Everglades/Big Cypress? Florida elected officials in […]
The Florida Squeeze 