DeSantis says voters were disappointed with Congress's 'productivity'

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WqTJZkSwX-Q

 

Melting Ron DeSantis statue unveiled to call out his inaction on climate crisis

The face of the statue melted away to reveal a skull-like structure under it…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/19/melting-ron-desantis-statue-climate-crisis

 

Weekly Roundup: Talarico is "Al-Qaeda" + Enes Kanter's WNBA Stunt (Bradley Onishi and Daniel Miller; Straight White American Jesus podcast)

This week on the SWAJ Weekly Roundup, Brad and Dan dig into Lance Wallnau’s baseless claim that Texas gubernatorial candidate James Talarico is secretly linked to Al-Qaeda, unpacking how this fits a broader Christian nationalist strategy of tying Democrats to Islamist and Marxist “infiltrators” — even as polling shows Talarico outperforming Trump’s 2024 numbers in his district. 

They also break down Enes Kanter Freedom’s confrontational stunt at a WNBA game, arguing that anti-trans activism functions as a form of misogyny aimed at enforcing patriarchal norms on women’s spaces. 

The episode closes with a look at a Florida grand jury finding that the DeSantis administration misappropriated $10 million meant for children’s Medicaid to fight a marijuana legalization ballot measure — a story Brad and Dan frame as part of a broader erosion of political accountability.

Interview: 

https://axismundinetwork.substack.com/p/weekly-roundup-talarico-is-al-qaeda

Ron DeSantis Ally ARRESTED on Child Sex Abuse Charges #DollemoreDaily

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/aZrerIWcodw

 

US appeals court strikes down key part of Florida law restricting campus race and gender discussions

A federal appeals panel struck down a significant chunk of Ron DeSantis’s so-called Stop Woke Act on Tuesday, delivering another rebuff to the Republican Florida governor’s efforts to stifle free speech in higher education. 

 In a scathing order, judges of the 11th circuit court of appeal said by a 2-1 majority that the higher education component of the law – which prevented college and university professors teaching or sharing thoughts on concepts of race and gender – breached the free expression rights guaranteed under the US constitution’s first amendment. I

t accused the state of “puppeteering”: making the educators their mouthpieces by controlling what they can say or teach...

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/07/stop-woke-act-appeal-florida-desantis 

 

Outrage over ‘cruel’ Florida move to ban undocumented students from college

“The attempt to restrict a child’s access to higher education based on the documentation status that is no fault of their own is un-American, it’s unfaithful, and it’s absolutely also constitutionally concerning because, obviously, we did not pass legislation on this matter,” she said…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/02/florida-undocumented-college-students

 

Inside Ron DeSantis’ Plan to Rewrite U.S. History for the Next Generation - Axis Daily Brief

History Is the Next Front in the Christian Nationalist Project.

 https://axismundinetwork.substack.com/p/axis-daily-brief-inside-ron-desantis 

GOP-led Florida House tanks AI, medical freedom proposals pushed by DeSantis -

“I understand the governor’s concern of wanting to protect children. We want to protect children, too. He is not wrong for wanting that. I agree with him, with that sentiment,” Perez said Tuesday. “

But we have seen very clearly, the president of the United States issued an executive order stating that the federal government should take handle of the AI policies of this country, that this is a national security concern, that this is bigger than just one state or one part of the country.”…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/28/florida-house-gop-ai-vaccines-special-session-00895379

 

Ron DeSantis EXPOSED Republican's Plot To Steal Elections

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYb_5eapeM4

 

DeSantis signs Florida's version of SAVE America Act, draws immediate lawsuit - POLITICO

But opponents — who are now calling it the "show your papers" law — maintain the new requirements will ultimately lead to eligible voters being pushed off the voter rolls, including married women who have changed their names and older minority voters who were born in the South and may not have a birth certificate. The lawsuit filed Wednesday also questions whether it would affect Puerto Ricans born before 2010 who came to Florida following natural disasters such as Hurricane Maria...

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/01/desantis-signs-floridas-version-of-save-america-act-draws-immediate-lawsuit-00854039

 

Ron DeSantis spent $1.2m per day to open and operate ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

That was despite gloating by DeSantis in September that the state would be reimbursed from federal funds…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/02/ron-desantis-12-million-on-alligator-alcatraz

 

Now boarding: Florida Legislature approves renaming Palm Beach airport after Trump - POLITICO

The proposal will now arrive on Gov. Ron DeSantis' desk, as the Legislature works out how much it wants to spend on a massive rebranding at the airport mere minutes away from Mar-a-Lago...

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/19/florida-palm-beach-trump-airport-rename-00789311 

 

‘Vance Is Handcuffed’: The Tech Fight Bedeviling 2028 Republicans - POLITICO

AI is poised to strike directly at the contradictions embedded within the new coalition that Trump has built: It will pit the new blue-collar members of the GOP base against the business-aligned sector that Trump has increasingly won over in his second term. It will pit family-values and religious conservatives against the newly emboldened tech wing. 

And it is a policy issue that could prove particularly problematic for the 2028 contenders who are closest to Trump, because the Trump White House is pursuing an agenda on AI that is out of step with what many Trump-aligned voters and influencers want — especially the more populist elements that are increasingly prominent in the GOP's ranks...

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2026/02/09/ai-republicans-donald-trump-ron-desantis-josh-hawley-jd-vance-00767078 

 

It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad Post Trump World

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPWBJxvbpIY

 

DeSantis repeats unfounded claim that Maduro sent freed Venezuelan prisoners to the US - PolitiFact

Immigration experts in the United States and Latin America and groups that track Venezuelan prisons said Venezuela has no known policy or practice of sending prisoners to the U.S., and Venezuelan prisons remain overcrowded...

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2026/jan/07/ron-desantis/maduro-freed-venuzuela-prisoners-us-border/ 

 

Doge-ish comes to Florida: a DeSantis loyalist is going after ‘waste’ in Democratic cities

 "We're the largest Democratic county in Florida. We have 2 million people and nine county commissioners, all of us Democrat. So is it a coincidence we're the first county they Doge'd, or that he announced the results before they had any data?" he said. 

In addition to Broward, Ingoglia has appeared in recent days in several other Democratic-run municipalities, making broad allegations of fraud and excessive spending. But analysts say there is little evidence, other than a few individual examples of comparatively small amounts going towards LGBTQ+ events or diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives… "

Even Ingoglia admits he hasn't found any wasteful spending, but they're going after the things they like to go after, like Pride parades, DEI initiatives, things the DeSantis base is against. 

"And going after his enemies allows him to ignore how he has wasted money on things like Alligator Alcatraz, a tax holiday for assault weapons, going after Disney in lawsuits that he keeps losing."…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/12/blaise-ingoglia-doge-florida-ron-desantis

 

DeSantis Drops Florida BOMBSHELL As Republicans Explode In Property Tax chaos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCQHOl5p81s

Federal judge guts major portion of Florida’s book ban, in a blow to DeSantis

A judge said a law allowing parents to challenge books over purportedly pornographic content was overbroad and unconstitutional…

https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/florida-book-ban-illegal-desantis-rcna225288 

 

Florida Supreme Court upholds congressional map that eliminates a majority-Black district | PBS News

Earlier redistricting efforts by the state Legislature included versions of the north Florida district that preserved Black voting power. But after a veto by DeSantis, the governor pushed through the current map that eliminated it…

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/florida-supreme-court-upholds-congressional-map-that-eliminates-a-majority-black-district 

 

DeSantis Consequences CRASH Down As Student's Racist Paper Blows Up In Florida

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Kd8Mykv4Gk