Ron DeSantis

Florida’s Governor Ron DeSantis has turned a state police agency into his own army dedicated to enforcing his right-wing political agenda, an in-depth investigation by the Washington Post revealed Friday.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement – a body with a $300 million budget and 2,000 employees – is meant to be tackling major crime including violence and drugs.

A 34-count felony indictment, allegations or rape and other crimes has done nothing to diminish Donald Trump’s popularity.

In fact, as the former ’s legal troubles continue to grow, so does his popularity.

If there's one thing Disney doesn't play around with it's copyright and trademark infringement. Bloomberg Law spotted a hat for Ron DeSantis 2024 presidential campaign that uses a Disney-link font with the signature "D" and bubble dotting the "I."

As the report explained, the script is intellectual property that only adds to DeSantis' problems with the company that is suing him over being targeted by the state government after expressing their objections to his so-called "Don't Say Gay" law.

The GOP-controlled Florida Senate on Thursday confirmed Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo for another term as the state’s top doctor, though all Democrats in the Senate voted against Ladapo.

State Sen. Tina Polsky, of South Florida, pleaded to her colleagues to oppose the confirmation because of serious concerns about Ladapo’s “scientific integrity.” But the confirmation went through with a party-line vote of 27-12.

A decision by CNN to host Donald Trump for a town hall next week -- despite his efforts to lead an insurrection -- is drawing scrutiny from New Republic analyst Alex Shephard who claimed the press needs to be cautious about giving a forum to the former president who appears to be increasingly "unhinged."

As he noted, CNN has already taken a beating over the decision to give the recently indicted Trump a prime-time forum and questioned how the media will handle him as he makes a third run for the Oval Office.

Former Trump attorney Jenna Ellis says some of the people advising Donald Trump are "terrified" of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis launching a 2024 bid for the White House, Newsweek reported.

"The fact that Governor DeSantis, who is not a presidential candidate, has been the central focus of every smearing attack ad by the former president and his team is evidence that they fear him," Ellis told Newsweek. "A team that claims to be winning by 'a lot,' but has to lie and smear the most popular Republican governor in the country, is not a confident team."

Civil liberties defenders on Wednesday decried yet another bill passed by Florida's GOP-controlled Legislature attacking academic freedom, while calling on Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis to take the unlikely step of vetoing the measure.

S.B. 266 would require Florida's Board of Education and its state university system's board of governors to establish faculty committees tasked with reviewing and, if deemed necessary, rejecting or adjusting all general education courses.

Conservative Charlie Sykes claims that billionaire backers of the Republican Party are not only having second thoughts about sinking more millions into the 2024 election -- they're regretting their decision to back a candidate like Donald Trump who has greatly disappointed them.

As Sykes put it, they're feeling "buyer's remorse."

To right-wing firebrand author Ann Coulter, the Daily Wire's Ben Shapiro and other Ron DeSantis cheerleaders, the Florida governor is the Republican Party's best chance to free itself from Donald Trump in 2024. DeSantis has yet to make a formal announcement, but he appears to be gearing up for a presidential run. And his supporters are quick to point out that he was reelected by 19 percent in 2022.

However, Kari Lake — the far-right conspiracy theorist, election denialist and former television reporter who lost to Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs last year — is urging DeSantis not to run. Moreover, Lake believes the GOP should cancel its 2024 presidential primary, nominate Trump immediately and rally around him.

The future of the Republican Party rests in the hands of six super-rich megadonors, Salon reported Wednesday.

With billionaires – including Peter Thiel – already pulling their vast wealth out of the coffers of GOP candidates, those that are still willing to bankroll campaigns have huge sway in the direction the party goes, the report said.

More than a dozen activists were arrested late Wednesday after occupying part of Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' office to protest his "fascist agenda," especially his support for a new anti-immigrant bill.

Protest organizers said 14 people were placed under arrest Wednesday evening. Earlier in the day, dozens of members of the Florida-based and youth-led Dream Defenders and allied groups including Florida Rising and Showing Up for Racial Justice had entered the lobby of DeSantis' office in Tallahassee, where around a dozen people sat and locked hands in front of the reception desk.

The Lincoln Project released a new video on Wednesday that skewers Fox News with sarcasm.

The video, titled "Trusted," is a mock public service announcement takes the conservative network to task over its decision to part ways with far-right host Tucker Carlson, claiming it indicates the network has “gone woke.”