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The Latest Breaking News from Ron DeSantis

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

The Independent UK

DeSantis leads Trump by wide margin in California as primary race starts, poll finds

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has surged to a lead among California Republicans over former President Donald Trump for the party's 2024 presidential nomination, a poll released Friday found.

Los Angeles Times

Will Trump fans dump him to win?

Donald Trump's biggest supporters are not sure he can win because people's minds have been poisoned against him

Salon

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Praise of ‘savvy’ Putin, attacks on aid and a 2024 campaign pillar: Why Trump’s comments on Ukraine matter

On the eve of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Donald Trump made clear his admiration for Vladimir Putin. A year on, the former president is honing his attacks on the Biden administration’s Ukraine policy as he readies for 2024, Richard Hall writes

The Independent UK

Commentary: Nikki Haley's thankless task

Nikki Haley’s announcement that she was entering the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination should have evoked cheers among party leaders. Here was a non-white woman just over 50, the daughter of immigrants with a compelling, up-by-the-bootstraps life story, who had become the United States’ first female Asian American…

Tribune News Service

Robert A. George: Nikki Haley and Tim Scott may be too nice to win

Fittingly, the first shots in this year’s Republican Party civil war are coming from South Carolina. Former Governor and U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley officially declared her campaign for the Republican presidential nomination last week, the first person not named Donald Trump to announce. And the state’s junior senator, Tim Scott,…

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Governor, Ron DeSantis had the right to speak in Elmhurst

Gov. J.B. Pritzker, who could become a presidential candidate in 2028, if not 2024, went on the offensive against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a possible rival for the highest office in the land.

Chicago Tribune

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Editorial: Progressives have a First Amendment problem

To hear progressives tell it, attacks on free speech come almost exclusively from right-wing book burners eager to control the contents of public school libraries. In particular, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his assaults on woke pedagogy tickle their neck hairs.

Tribune News Service

Death row killer Donald Dillbeck has fried shrimp and ice cream in final meal

Cop killer Donald Dillbeck who was sentenced to death after slashing the throat of a woman during a prison escape had his last meal before his execution in Florida

Daily Mirror

Donald Dillbeck who slit woman's throat tells governor 'suck our d***s' before execution

Cop killer Donald Dillbeck, 59, gave a foul-mouthed attack on Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in his final words before he was executed for slitting the throat of a woman after escaping jail

Daily Mirror

DeSantis wants to remove ‘enticement of employment,’ increase criminal charges for illegal immigration

Standing before a podium displaying the words “Biden’s Border Crisis,” Gov. Ron DeSantis announced legislation Thursday that will increase the penalties for human smuggling while cracking down on paths to employment, education and obtaining legal identification for undocumented immigrants.

Tribune News Service

‘We only teach facts’: FIU students, faculty protest against DeSantis’ higher ed tactics

MIAMI — Holding signs with phrases like “We only teach facts” and chanting “Hey DeSantis we’re no fools, we won’t let you run our schools,” at least 100 students, faculty and others marched around the main campus of Florida International University Thursday afternoon to protest Gov. Ron DeSantis’ education agenda.

Miami Herald

Florida executes Donald Dillbeck for 1990 Tallahassee murder

STARKE, Fla. — Florida executed Donald David Dillbeck on Thursday evening, three decades after he stabbed to death Faye Vann outside the Tallahassee Mall.

Tribune News Service

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Trudeau to press Biden on New York-Quebec border as migrants flow in

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Axios

Trump set to remain 2024 favorite as GOP rivals walk on eggshells

Potential Republican candidates have been busy trying to define themselves while dancing around the elephant in the room.

Daily Mirror

Donald Dillbeck execution: Killer who slashed woman's throat in jail escape put to death

Donald Dillbeck has been executed in Florida for slashing the throat of a woman after he escaped from prison where he was serving a sentence for shooting dead a police officer

The Independent UK

Man to be executed for 1990 Florida murder while a fugitive

A man convicted of fatally stabbing a woman near Florida's Capitol 32 years ago is set to be executed by lethal injection

Tribune News Service

Florida bill would end diversity programs, ban majors, shift power at universities

A bill filed this week in the Florida House would turn many of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ wide-ranging ideas on higher education into law by limiting diversity efforts, vastly expanding the powers of university boards and altering course offerings.

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The Independent UK

Anti-LGBT+ ‘attacks’ from Ron DeSantis spark statewide student walkout in Florida

Campus actions follow governor’s request for information on students who sought gender-affirming care

Salon

DeSantis boycotts NBC over question

NBC's Andrea Mitchell said she was "imprecise" in saying DeSantis thinks "slavery should not be taught" in schools

Los Angeles Times

Jackie Calmes: The Republican Party can't decide if it's for Ukraine or not

For years Joe Biden has told audiences, "This is not your father's Republican Party." He's right. And perhaps nothing better illustrates the shift than the party's eroding support for America's global role as leader of the free world and its embrace of Vladimir Putin's Russia.

The Independent UK

Ron DeSantis won’t speak to MSNBC and NBC until reporter apologises for question about book bans

Comes after Mitchell asked Kamala Harris about the Florida governor’s policies on teaching Black history

The Independent UK

DeSantis campaign cash war chest could give him boost over Trump

A loophole in campaign finance law would let Mr DeSantis cash in his gubernatorial reelection war chest to help a presidential campaign

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: How the aesthetics of drag drive the bigots mad

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is a local politician with national aspirations. Like many MAGA Republicans, he learned from former President Donald Trump that jamming as many culture war hot buttons as possible is a surefire bet to draw the attention of tabloid-hungry press, plus the giant social media outrage machine.…

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: Right-wing culture warriors say wokeness is dead. They can't even define it

Across the intellectual heavens, the cry is heard: "Wokeness is dead."

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