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DeSantis signs healthcare modernization bills that do little to treat Florida uninsured
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DeSantis signs healthcare modernization bills that do little to treat ...
Quick Glance: Florida Insurers Mark First Profits in Seven Years in 2023, New Report Reveals
  • A new report by S&P Global stated that Florida's domestic insurers turned a net profit in 2023 for the first time in seven years.

  • Crediting the positive change to investment income, a mild hurricane season, and recent tort reforms, the report highlighted the industry's turnaround.

  • While 2023 marked a year of profitability for some insurers, experts anticipated increased storm activity for the upcoming hurricane season, leading to potential higher costs for insurance companies.

  • Despite improvements in defense and cost containment expenses in Florida due to recent tort reforms, insurers still face significant defense costs, with the state leading in defense spending compared to others in the nation.
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Florida’s Surgeon General Shows the Danger of Politicizing Medicine: Florida state surgeon general Joseph Ladapo’s rejection of evidence-based policy stems from ...
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Florida’s Surgeon General Shows the Danger of Politicizing Medicine
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DeSantis signs Live Healthy bills meant to train, retain health-care workers: Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a package of bills Thursday that supporters say will help ...
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DeSantis signs Live Healthy bills meant to train, retain health-care ...
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Florida GOP senators defend DeSantis’ surgeon general amid measles outbreak: The measles outbreak shows the further polarization of vaccines.
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Florida GOP senators defend DeSantis’ surgeon general amid measles ...
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Trump’s ‘DJT’ stock dives to lowest close since Ron DeSantis dropped out: Trump Media’s stock has lost about 31% since it took the former president’s initials as ...
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Trump’s ‘DJT’ stock dives to lowest close since Ron DeSantis dropped out
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DeSantis expected to sign newly passed social media restrictions for Florida kids
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DeSantis expected to sign newly passed social media restrictions for ...
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Is Florida’s surgeon general trying to worsen a measles outbreak? Sure seems like it | Opinion
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Is Florida’s surgeon general trying to worsen a measles outbreak? Sure ...
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Florida Tallies 7th Measles Case as Experts Slam Ron DeSantis Doc: Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo’s decision to let parents decide whether to quarantine kids ...
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Florida Tallies 7th Measles Case as Experts Slam Ron DeSantis Doc
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The pandemic may be over, but Florida’s COVID grand jury keeps investigating
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The pandemic may be over, but Florida’s COVID grand jury keeps ...
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Florida lawmakers finish legislative session, leaving behind a daunting to-do list
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Florida lawmakers finish legislative session, leaving behind a daunting ...
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Florida's Trans Health Care Ban Targets Teens. It's Ensnaring Adults in Prisons, Too
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Florida's Trans Health Care Ban Targets Teens. It's Ensnaring Adults in ...
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31 minutes: Trump's historic Iowa victory puts America on notice: Inevitability has been the prevailing theme of Trump's campaign to win back the White House.
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31 minutes: Trump's historic Iowa victory puts America on notice
Quick Glance: Trump's Victory in Iowa
  • Donald Trump has achieved an overwhelming victory in the first US election contest of 2024, easily fending off a reduced field of Republicans in the Iowa caucuses.

  • With an estimated 99% of the votes counted, Trump was at 51%, DeSantis at 21.2%, and Haley at 19.1%.

  • The former president has shattered the previous record for the largest margin of victory in a contested Republican presidential race in the state, which stood at 12 percentage points.

  • An early estimate indicates that 100,000 Republicans participated in the caucuses on Monday, significantly lower than the turnout in 2016, according to Iowa Republican party chairman Jeff Kaufmann.
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DeSantis promises to ‘bring a reckoning’ to Fauci: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday promised to “bring a reckoning” to former White House chief medical ...
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DeSantis promises to ‘bring a reckoning’ to Fauci
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Desperate after Iowa bust, DeSantis spews — again — dangerous COVID vaccine quackery | Opinion
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Desperate after Iowa bust, DeSantis spews — again — dangerous COVID ...
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DeSantis aims to slice state budget by $4.6 billion. Here’s how he would do it.: Gov. Ron DeSantis is proposing more than $4.6 billion in cuts from the state’s ...
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DeSantis aims to slice state budget by $4.6 billion. Here’s how he would ...
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Opinion | When Biden, Trump and DeSantis Agree on Something, Watch Out: They all want to import Canadian drugs—and Ottawa’s price controls.
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Opinion | When Biden, Trump and DeSantis Agree on Something, Watch Out
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DeSantis’ Anti-Vax Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo Calls COVID Shots ‘the Antichrist'
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DeSantis bragged about a COVID study during Newsom debate. Not so fast, lead author says
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DeSantis bragged about a COVID study during Newsom debate. Not so fast ...
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The fight between Trump and DeSantis could spill far beyond 2024: Trump's anger at DeSantis could last long after the presidential primaries ...
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The fight between Trump and DeSantis could spill far beyond 2024
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Florida judge says DeSantis spread false info on trans healthcare: A federal judge criticized Gov. Ron DeSantis's ban on gender-affirming care for minors and ...
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Florida judge says DeSantis spread false info on trans healthcare
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These are the 5 headlines you should read this morning: Sarah, the Duchess of York, is diagnosed with skin cancer, Ron DeSantis suspends his Republican ...
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These are the 5 headlines you should read this morning
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Gavin Newsom’s Wife Reportedly Put an End to Fiery Fox News Debate: Things got hostile behind the scenes, according to NBC News.
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Gavin Newsom’s Wife Reportedly Put an End to Fiery Fox News Debate
Quick Glance: Key Points in DeSantis-Newsom Debate on Fox
  • DeSantis and Newsom will participate in a 90-minute debate titled 'DeSantis vs. Newsom: The Great Red vs. Blue State Debate,' moderated by Fox News host Sean Hannity.

  • Both governors have developed a growing rivalry over the past months and may use the debate to boost their political careers.

  • Expect personal attacks between Newsom and DeSantis, as they have criticized each other in the past.

  • The outcome of the debate could impact the perception of Florida and California, as both governors have clashed over various political issues.
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DeSantis bragged about a COVID study during Newsom debate. Not so fast, lead author says
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DeSantis bragged about a COVID study during Newsom debate. Not so fast ...
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DeSantis says he will replace Obamacare with a ‘better plan,’ cautions House GOP on Biden impeachment inquiry
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DeSantis says he will replace Obamacare with a ‘better plan ...
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Casey DeSantis -- her husband's not-so-secret campaign weapon -- ramps up campaign events
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Casey DeSantis -- her husband's not-so-secret campaign weapon -- ramps up ...
Quick Glance: Casey DeSantis Takes Center Stage in Husband's Campaign
  • Casey DeSantis is no longer her husband's secret campaign weapon, as revealed during a campaign stop in West Des Moines, Iowa.

  • She has increased her presence in her husband's presidential campaign, advocating for his election as president of the United States.

  • DeSantis' wife's ability to attract crowds and connect with voters is crucial to their campaign strategy.

  • Casey DeSantis launched the latest iteration of 'Mamas for DeSantis' at her first solo campaign event in Johnston, Iowa, aiming to mobilize mothers, grandmothers, and parents to help elect her husband president.
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What would a DeSantis presidency look like for health care?: In his five years as governor, Ron DeSantis has promoted stricter abortion rules and emphasized ...
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What would a DeSantis presidency look like for health care?
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Florida's legislative session kicks off soon. Here are some bills we're watching
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Florida's legislative session kicks off soon. Here are some bills ...
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Democrats Can Win if They Make the 2024 Election About Healthcare: Ron DeSantis updated the GOP’s “repeal and replace” Obamacare mantra to “replace and supersede ...
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Democrats Can Win if They Make the 2024 Election About Healthcare
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What would a DeSantis presidency look like for health care?: On the presidential campaign trail, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis touts himself as a champion of medical ...
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What would a DeSantis presidency look like for health care?
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Ron DeSantis Goes Balls In Against Trump With Absolutely Bizarre New Challenge: The GOP presidential campaign has taken a turn for the weird.
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Ron DeSantis Goes Balls In Against Trump With Absolutely Bizarre New ...
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Polls suggest DeSantis is done, but here’s why he might not be: Even with long odds, DeSantis still has a path to the Republican nomination ...
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Polls suggest DeSantis is done, but here’s why he might not be
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DeSantis Calls for Ban on Pro-Palestinian Group in Florida State Colleges: “Are we just going to commit suicide as a country and let groups metastasize who are ...
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DeSantis Calls for Ban on Pro-Palestinian Group in Florida State Colleges
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You paid $152k for DeSantis’ latest legal loss, another attempt to keep public info hidden | Commentary
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You paid $152k for DeSantis’ latest legal loss, another attempt to keep ...
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Ron DeSantis Loses Fight to Limit COVID Data: After a 2-year battle, Governor Ron DeSantis lost a lawsuit over not releasing COVID-19 data and will now be forced ...
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Ron DeSantis Loses Fight to Limit COVID Data
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‘That decision cost lives’: Covid data case further deflates Ron DeSantis’s campaign
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‘That decision cost lives’: Covid data case further deflates Ron ...
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Florida finally has to reveal COVID data it wanted to hide. Too bad it took a lawsuit | Opinion
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Florida finally has to reveal COVID data it wanted to hide ...
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DeSantis health agency defying judge to block trans care, plaintiffs say: In June, a judge said the Medicaid ban on treatments for gender dysphoria was invalid ...
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DeSantis health agency defying judge to block trans care, plaintiffs say
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Ron DeSantis has a problem: Covid vaccine skepticism isn't moving GOP voters
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Quick Glance: Why CDC recommends updated COVID vaccine for everyone over 6 months
  • Around 20% of American adults received the COVID bivalent booster last fall, according to some CDC advisers.

  • However, approximately 45% of those over 65 - the most at-risk individuals - got vaccinated.

  • An updated vaccine may also provide additional protection against infections.

  • One concern with COVID vaccines is the rare potential for myocarditis, or inflammation of the heart muscle.
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Corona in the U.S.: situation worsens - medical experts concerned.: 500 to 600 people die of Corona per week. It is still open whether Pirola causes severe ...
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Corona in the U.S.: situation worsens - medical experts concerned.
Quick Glance: New Covid Variant: Key Information
  • Uncertainty regarding the number of people contracting Covid in autumn.

  • Vaccination and prior infection history impact the course of Covid.

  • Over 175 million doses of various Covid vaccines have been administered.

  • Covid can cause cold-like symptoms in younger individuals with prior infections and vaccinations.
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Anthony Fauci Exposes Ugly Reality Behind Ron DeSantis' Dangerous Attacks: The infectious disease expert responded to the Florida governor's call to "grab that ...
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Anthony Fauci Exposes Ugly Reality Behind Ron DeSantis' Dangerous Attacks
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DeSantis vows to revoke funding for COVID vaccines if elected in 2024: GOP presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday that he will ...
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DeSantis vows to revoke funding for COVID vaccines if elected in 2024
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DeSantis says he won’t support Covid vaccine funding if elected president: Ron DeSantis on Wednesday said if elected president, he would not pay for further ...
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DeSantis says he won’t support Covid vaccine funding if elected president
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Joe Biden got a COVID booster and flu shot. White House urges other Americans to do the same
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Joe Biden got a COVID booster and flu shot. White House urges other ...
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Neo-Nazis Are Thriving in Florida Under Ron DeSantis: Critics are blasting Ron DeSantis for his silence as white supremacists from as far as Canada revel in ...
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Neo-Nazis Are Thriving in Florida Under Ron DeSantis
Quick Glance: DeSantis criticizes Trump on COVID: 'He would do the same thing all over again'
  • Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) criticized former President Trump for his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • DeSantis suggests that Trump would implement the same restrictions as he did in 2020 if another pandemic occurred.

  • DeSantis assures that the mistakes made by the Trump administration would not happen again if he were elected president.

  • At the time, Trump strongly disagreed with Kemp's decision to start reopening the economy in April 2020.
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DeSantis discourages latest covid boosters, contradicting federal guidance: The Florida governor hosted a call with state Surgeon General Joseph A ...
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DeSantis discourages latest covid boosters, contradicting federal guidance
Quick Glance: Florida Surgeon General rejects FDA guidance, advises people under 65 against Covid booster
  • Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo states that healthy individuals under 65 do not need to worry about Covid infection after three years.

  • Ladapo, a well-known vaccine skeptic, claims that some vaccines pose risks to healthy young men.

  • Previous statements by Ladapo on Covid vaccine safety have been widely rejected by the medical community.

  • Conservatives and others praise the governor for opening schools to in-person learning and fighting against mask and vaccine mandates.
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Donald Trump once backed 2012 privatization plans for Medicare, despite attacks on key 2024 rival for the same position
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Donald Trump once backed 2012 privatization plans for Medicare ...
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Democrats Want New COVID Vaccine More Than Republicans: Polls Show: Two new polls show the U.S. is still divided, with more Democrats than Republicans interested ...
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Democrats Want New COVID Vaccine More Than Republicans: Polls Show
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Contradicting federal health officials, Florida Gov. DeSantis recommends against new COVID booster
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Contradicting federal health officials, Florida Gov. DeSantis recommends ...
Quick Glance: DeSantis criticizes Covid boosters, differs from Trump
  • Florida Governor Ron DeSantis expresses skepticism towards Covid boosters, going against expert advice.

  • DeSantis' stance on boosters shows how his skepticism towards the vaccines has hardened and how he is making it a topic for his 2024 presidential campaign.

  • There is a nuanced debate among health experts about whether the updated booster should be recommended for everyone or just those at higher risk.

  • DeSantis' supporters also use an interview with Trump questioning aspects of the federal coronavirus response to bolster their position.
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Updated COVID boosters are here. Cue the MAGA misinformation. | Editorial: Americans should be beyond exhausted by the reckless efforts of the GOP’s extreme wing ...
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Updated COVID boosters are here. Cue the MAGA misinformation. | Editorial
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Florida Defies CDC — Telling Under-65s To Skip Covid Boosters — Though The State Leads In Covid Deaths Nationwide
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Florida Defies CDC — Telling Under-65s To Skip Covid Boosters — Though The ...
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2024 GOP contenders clash over Covid-19 records as they warn against future mandates
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2024 GOP contenders clash over Covid-19 records as they warn against ...
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Florida Governor DeSantis defies CDC Covid boosters guidance: The DeSantis administration has advised against boosters for those under 65, countering US health ...
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Florida Governor DeSantis defies CDC Covid boosters guidance
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Kemp, DeSantis campaigns reject Trump’s ‘Covid Tyrant’ claims: Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R ) and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) campaign are both pushing back on ...
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Kemp, DeSantis campaigns reject Trump’s ‘Covid Tyrant’ claims
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The rise of ‘Chinese Communist Party’ as a pejorative: It became popular during the pandemic — and has kept up momentum since.
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The rise of ‘Chinese Communist Party’ as a pejorative
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Ron DeSantis Flailed When Fox News Asked Why So Many Floridians Are Uninsured: Even Stuart Varney wanted to know why the state's numbers are so much worse than ...
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Ron DeSantis Flailed When Fox News Asked Why So Many Floridians Are ...
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GOP presidential hopefuls take renewed aim at efforts to combat covid: Scattered measures to mitigate the rise in coronavirus cases have been vilified during the ...
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GOP presidential hopefuls take renewed aim at efforts to combat covid
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DeSantis challenges: A hurricane, a shooting and taunts from Trump : Ron DeSantis is facing a growing number of challenges in his day job as governor of Florida ...
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DeSantis challenges: A hurricane, a shooting and taunts from Trump 
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Letters: Mount Dora safe spaces | Mental-health leader | A giving soul | DeSantis and Biden
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Letters: Mount Dora safe spaces | Mental-health leader | A giving soul | ...
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Pandemic politics to the fore again: HANK Miller, a 64-year-old Iowa farmer, started paying attention to Ron DeSantis during the coronavirus pandemic ...
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Pandemic politics to the fore again
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Hiltzik: The Republican myths about COVID policies: A new study shows that, contrary to GOP mythmaking, lockdowns reduced the spread of COVID ...
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Hiltzik: The Republican myths about COVID policies
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Ron DeSantis Backs Away From Appointing RFK Jr. His CDC or FDA Chief: Even many of his supporters thought the proposal was terrible.
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Ron DeSantis Backs Away From Appointing RFK Jr. His CDC or FDA Chief
Quick Glance: DeSantis considers RFK Jr. for CDC or FDA
  • Florida governor and GOP presidential candidate Ron DeSantis is considering appointing Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a Democratic candidate for the White House, to a major federal health agency.

  • In an interview with Clay Travis, DeSantis expressed alignment with Kennedy's views on COVID-19 policies and the 'corruption' within federal health officials.

  • Kennedy, although a long-shot presidential candidate, has gained support from Republicans, including former President Trump, who use his controversial views to disrupt the Democrats.

  • Last week, Kennedy spoke at the GOP-invited House Judiciary select subcommittee on the 'weaponization' of the federal government, facing criticism from Democrats on the panel.
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2024 Election: DeSantis Fires Third of Campaign Staff as Trump Dominates Polls: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s presidential campaign has now laid off a third of ...
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Quick Glance: Ron DeSantis Involved in Car Accident
  • Governor DeSantis had a car accident while traveling to an event in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

  • DeSantis is continuing on to his event, according to spokesperson Andrew Romeo of the AP news agency.

  • DeSantis announced his candidacy for the 2024 Republican primary in May this year through Twitter Spaces, accompanied by CEO Elon Musk.

  • The interview, intended as the formal launch of DeSantis' campaign, experienced sound issues.
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Ron DeSantis Spokesman Jeremy Redfern Used to Love Vaccines & Anthony Fauci : Jeremy Redfern once tweeted that Fauci deserved the Presidential Medal of ...
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Quick Glance: Ron DeSantis Spokesman Jeremy Redfern Formerly Supported Vaccines & Anthony Fauci
  • Jeremy Redfern, who became DeSantis’s top spokesperson in May, often agrees with his boss and opposes Fauci, who led the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases until 2022.

  • In May, Redfern tweeted, 'It wasn’t just that Fauci was bad. Fauci’s ideas were terrible and detrimental to our republic; Fauci’s ideas were antithetical to individual liberty.'

  • In 2020, Redfern tweeted at Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), 'Can you ask @realDonaldTrump to give Dr. Fauci and Dr. Birx the Presidential Medal of Freedom?'

  • When shown evidence that the account launched in 2009 and sent pro-Fauci tweets throughout 2020, Redfern again declined to deny running the account but told The Daily Beast, 'This just doesn’t make sense to me, tbh.'
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DeSantis clarifies comment that he would ‘sic’ RFK Jr. on FDA or CDC: The governor said he would consider naming Kennedy to a commission that would investigate ...
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DeSantis clarifies comment that he would ‘sic’ RFK Jr. on FDA or CDC
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Karl Rove roasts DeSantis for floating RFK Jr. to lead health agencies: ‘this guy’s a nut’
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Quick Glance: Karl Rove criticizes DeSantis for suggesting RFK Jr. to lead health agencies
  • DeSantis suggests Robert Kennedy Jr., a well-known anti-vaccine activist, to lead the FDA and CDC if elected president.

  • Rove calls the suggestion "nutty" and refers to Kennedy Jr. as a conspiracy theorist.

  • DeSantis has retooled his campaign as he lags behind Trump in Republican primary polls.
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DeSantis says his administration would ‘sic’ RFK Jr. on federal health agencies: The Republican presidential candidate clarified that he did not mean to say ...
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DeSantis says his administration would ‘sic’ RFK Jr. on federal health ...
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The steep cost of Ron DeSantis’ vaccine turnabout: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis presents his COVID strategy not only as his biggest accomplishment but also as the ...
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The steep cost of Ron DeSantis’ vaccine turnabout
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Opinion | The Real DeSantis Covid Record: Trump and the left are distorting Florida’s superior pandemic performance on public health and limiting harm from ...
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