Byron Donalds, the leading Republican candidate for governor in Florida, collected $60,000 in hard-dollar checks from 20 people and corporate entities connected to Timberline Real Estate Partners, a major data center developer.
UNSETTLING: A family checking into an Airbnb in San Diego was stunned to discover a photo on the wall showing themselves playing at the beach, turning an ordinary vacation into a bizarre coincidence.
Sometimes the loudest person in the room accidentally tells the truth.
Laura Loomer's social media feed resembles a chemical spill of personal grievances, vulgarity, and accusations that would make a tabloid editor blush. Yet buried beneath the profanity was an observation worth taking seriously.
The Florida governor's race increasingly looks less like a competitive election and more like a succession plan drafted in Washington. The party apparatus has chosen its favorite. The rules have been adjusted accordingly. The voters are being encouraged to applaud the outcome before the contest has even begun.
That should concern anyone who spent the last decade complaining about elite control of the political process.
Self-government only works when voters retain the ability to surprise the people managing the machinery. Floridians are not being given a fair deal, an election is being rigged right in front of them, and its “lead candidate” was chosen as part of a political pissing match between the president and Florida’s governor.
Meanwhile, James Fishback is actually running for an office to serve the state of Florida, and not as a pawn in a Washington power play.
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Since Florida Republicans are looking for the GOAT’s replacement;
The practical solution:
Governor DeSantis announces he will co-moderate 2 debates.
Donalds, Renner, Fishback, Collins, and Williams are invited.
FL-GOP primary voters will be happy.
End of story.
The chairman of the party should not be insulting the intelligence of Republican voters. A debate was promised and these ridiculous criteria are being used to renege on that promise and to engineer a preferred outcome.
Why not just take 90 minutes, find a tv partner, and let the candidates mix it up?
The only reason why you wouldn’t is if the party hierarchy is serving outside interests instead of the best interests of the voters.
Governor @RonDeSantis, Floridians would love to hear five words from you: "Florida Republicans deserve a debate". I don't know if you'll ever endorse anyone, but if you called for a debate, it would certainly add pressure for there to be one. As America celebrates the 250th anniversary we should reject the idea of a coronation. The Founders never believed in a coronation. We shouldn't either! 🇺🇸
Americans need to know: our government is under siege by lobbyists from German company Bayer.
Bayer has spent over $9 million lobbying for exemption from liability for harm its chemicals like glyphosate might cause. The Constitution guarantees a trial for those who are harmed.