He has cast himself as an enemy of the woke left and embraced fights over divisive social issues, working with the Republican-led Florida legislature to restrict school discussions of sexual orientation and gender identity and feuding with Disney after its leaders criticized the policy. 18 on the list of Tampa Bays Most Powerful Politicians: Laurel Lee, No. Florida Gov. We wont do any public announcements until after the Special Session, but you have to prepare for these things.. He worked for California Gov. Florida Gov. Read a book. Stop attaching Trump to everything, On the computer, my companion mother earns $50 per hour (Personal Computer). In the span of a few weeks he has sought to reshape a public liberal arts college with conservative board members; faced backlash from civil rights leaders and Democrats over his administrations decision to bar an Advanced Placement high school course on African American studies; and announced measures against what his office called the biomedical security state while featuring a doctor who has baselessly claimed that coronavirus vaccines caused the death of Elvis Presleys daughter. Again, Rollins stresses grassroots support wins elections, especially in small state Primaries and caucuses. . The past three years have also seen Florida Republicans catch up to and surpass Democrats in voter registrations. Mr DeSantis announced appointments to the new board, including Martin Garcia, a Tampa lawyer and Republican donor whose firm contributed $50,000 (41,467) to Mr DeSantis' re-election campaign. BIDENS MONDAY:8:05 a.m.: The president will leave New Castle, Del., to return to the White House, arriving at 8:55 a.m.11:15 a.m.: Biden will receive the Presidents Daily Brief.5 p.m.: Biden and VP KAMALA HARRIS will speak at a Black History Month reception.Press secretary KARINE JEAN-PIERRE will brief at 2:30 p.m.HARRIS MONDAY The VP will also travel to Columbia Metropolitan Airport in South Carolina for an event highlighting high-speed internet expansion at 12:45 p.m.THE SENATE will meet at 3 p.m. for a reading of Washingtons farewell address and to take up JAMAR WALKERs judicial nomination, with a cloture vote at 5:30 p.m.THE HOUSE will meet at noon and take up several bills at 2 p.m.BIDENS WEEK AHEAD:Tuesday: The president will head to Virginia Beach, Va., for an event focused on health care.Wednesday: Biden will go to Baltimore to speak at the House Democratic Caucus Issues Conference.Thursday: Biden will go to the Senate Democratic Caucus lunch.Friday: Biden will award the Medal of Honor to retired Army Col. PARIS DAVIS, welcome Scholz to the White House and finally head to Wilmington, Del. That letter was first reported by the Tampa Bay Times. While his first book was weird and esoteric enough to have obviously been written by a human, this one reads like a politicians memoir churned out by ChatGPT., Of his childhood baseball team making the Little League World Series, he says: What I came to understand about the experience was less about baseball than it was about life. Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public records. He also knows DeSantis can win elections, something made abundantly clear when the Governor won re-election by a landslide 19 percentage points in November. ON WISCONSIN The biggest election of 2023 reaches final sprint, by Zach Montellaro and Megan Messerly: The contest is poised to be the most expensive state Supreme Court race ever, with major outside groups particularly those focused on abortion rushing in funds., WAKING UP IN VEGAS Nevada Democrats implode over battle for party control, by NBCs Natasha Korecki: [I]nternal party documents obtained by NBC News lay out a pressure campaign in advance of an ultimately abandoned plan to de-charter Washoe County Democrats from the state party, including a desire to hit back at the partys own senator [CATHERINE CORTEZ MASTO]., KERRY GOLD John Kerry plans to stay in special climate envoy role at least through late this year, by the Boston Globes Jess Bidgood: JOHN KERRY, the nations top international climate envoy, has told President Biden he will stay in his role at least through this years United Nations climate summit in Dubai, which begins in late November., FIRST LADY FILES Jill Biden sees East Africa drought up close, seeks more aid, by APs Darlene Superville and Evelyne Musambi with a Lositeti, Kenya, dateline. Pushaw, 31, said on Twitter that she will now serve as the rapid response director for the DeSantis reelection campaign, and in her resignation letter said she will be replaced by Assistant Press Secretary Bryan Griffin. Senator Marco Rubio, Governor Rick Scott, House Speaker Will Weatherford and House Majority Leader Adam Hasner. Dont miss reporting and analysis from the Hill and the White House. The unofficial guide to official Washington. I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Ron DeSantis leaves after holding a press conference at the Miami Dade Colleges North Campus on January 26, 2022 in Miami, Florida. Szalai describes the dull coldness at this books core, mocks the title with its awkward feint at boldness while clinging to the safety of clich, and sees the governor trying his best to tiptoe around the Trump dragon., [T]he overall sense you get from reading his new memoir is that of the mechanical try-hard someone who has expended a lot of effort studying which way the wind is blowing in the Republican Party and is learning how to comport himself accordingly., For the most part, The Courage to Be Free is courageously free of anything that resembles charisma, or a discernible sense of humor. 19 on the list of Tampa Bays Most Powerful Politicians: Anna Paulina Luna, Donald Trump promises retribution to Club for Growth for backing new boy Ron DeSantis, National Democrats diss Ron DeSantis new, best-selling book, Jason Brodeur wants pay-to-play blog posts about elected officials reported with the state. Taken together, the Levin interview and the Szalai review perfectly capture how the right and left are greeting the DeSantis 2024 rollout. A native Floridian with blue-collar roots, Ron attended Dunedin High School and worked his way through Yale University, where he graduated with honors and was the captain of the varsity baseball team. By Jacob Ogles Once your account is created, you'll be logged-in to this account. Together we will complete the unfinished business of making America great again.. And Peters isnt the only contender in Colorado focusing on false claims of fraud in the 2020 election. DeSantis has been hesitant to confirm whether or not he plans to run for president, although many consider him the most viable GOP alternative to the 76-year-old Trump for the partys presidentialnomination. People are tired of shills for the rich and fascism. Ron DeSantis is actively preparing for a possible presidential run, according to a report. Another Republican with knowledge of the conversations said DeSantis advisers met recently to discuss the 2024 election. FIRST IN PLAYBOOK Fox News rejected an ad from the progressive group MoveOn that would have highlighted the recent revelations from Dominion Voting Systems defamation lawsuit, addressing Fox viewers directly. An official campaign kickoff is still forthcoming. He also graduated with honors from Harvard Law School. Congrats @BryanDGriffin & @JeremyRedfernFL, know youll keep fighting for Floridians! In early 2021, she wrote to DeSantis office saying she was impressed by the governor and would like to work in the administration. She then repeated calls for the United States to stop defaming China by raising the lab leak theory.. On June 11, 2020, Foreign Policy published a column called I Abolished and Rebuilt the Police. But the political pro sees many of the same attributes in DeSantis as he once saw in the Gipper. Florida Gov. One challenge in DeSantis personal life now, his wife, Casey, likely will have a less prominent role on the campaign trail as she fights breast cancer. Pushaw also worked as an international political consultant beginning in 2017. A native Floridian with blue-collar roots, Ron attended Dunedin High School and worked his way through Yale University, where he graduated with honors and was the captain of the varsity baseball team. The senior appropriator and former Fort Worth mayor says her experiences as a high school teacher and a mother of three babies in two years have equipped her to handle this. But DeSantis has said little about his ambitions for 2024 and has dodged questions about his plans. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez discovered the wonder of bidets. And in April 2021, it received a $5 million contribution from hedge-fund manager Kenneth Griffin. Well miss her, but know shell be a wonderful asset to the campaign! For more than 50 years, the Walt Disney World territory operated within Florida's Reedy Creek Improvement District and essentially acted as a self-governing area, with control of utilities and a fire department. Just spending billions and billions of dollars on advertising is not going to do it.. Advisers to the 44-year-old Republican have already identified multiple potential hires for a 2024 bid in integral early primary states like New Hampshire and Iowa, a source with knowledge of the plans told The Washington Post. GOP, Manchin look to nullify woke Biden rule, Calling the Police: Lightfoot Needs A Lifeline. Over the weekend, the likely 2024 hopeful held a retreat for Republican donors and elected officials in West Palm Beach, Fla. He's also kicking [] He most recently covered Prince William County for InsideNoVa. They live close to each other and their children even attend the same school. We are grateful for Suannes many contributions to the Fernandina Observer. Mr DeSantis responded to the opposition by calling on lawmakers to strip Disney of its special governing power. Pushaws position as press secretary was taxpayer-funded and part of DeSantis state office but has long been perceived as much more political in nature, something that her long line of critics were quick to point out as she brought in a $120,000 taxpayer funded salary. This year, the U.S. Justice Department informed her that she had failed to register as a foreign agent under a federal disclosure law. But it could get raucous: There will be an amendment for free-for-all on each of the dozen appropriations bills, and shes holding firm against defense cuts. Rollins now wants to sign up a national network of DeSantis believers, people who will commit to supporting DeSantis for the Republican nomination and hopefully in a General Election matchup against President Joe Biden. Fenske, who remains as the governors communications director, said on Twitter that Pushaw is an incredible person w/ extraordinary talent & has served Florida & Governor DeSantis well. Wednesday: AG MERRICK GARLAND testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee. See the top contributors to Ron Desantis.Ron Desantis has raised a total of $134,367,665 contributions in the current election cycle. Im more angry now and Im more committed now than I ever was, Trump told the audience in New Hampshire. What was proven again this last election, unless we have grassroots support and change the way we run elections, we will lose and weve lost three in a row, he said. Ron DeSantis borrows from Viktor Orban's playbook. Today, DeSantis comes in with his own national profile, which has grown substantially in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. DeSantis is one of many Republicans making moves toward entering the 2024 presidential race. And DeSantis started his media tour last night by giving his first interview about the book to Mark Levin, on Fox News Life, Liberty & Levin. The 40-minute conversation was as friendly and fawning as youd expect. The book is published by HarperCollins, which is owned by Murdochs News Corp. The 202 mid-terms showed just how extreme Florida is compared to the rest of the country. The piece was actually written by Pushaw, according to documents she sent to the DeSantis administration. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Copyright by Extensive-Enterprises 2023. If DeSantis chooses to run for president in 2024, there's a chance he'll be running against Trump. Wiles, a Jacksonville-area resident, is a lobbyist for Ballard Partners, the Tallahassee-based lobbying shop run by . Reagan baptized the cycle of know-nothing celebrity Republicans running for public office. Don't run if Trump does maybe. Well miss her, but know shell be a wonderful asset to the campaign!, . His new book is widely believed to be a step toward a potential campaign for . Ron DeSantis' press secretary Christina Pushaw, who during 15-months in that post transformed the governor's state messaging office into a . She has increasingly been the subject of national media profiles and has helped put DeSantis as on the vanguard of the new Republican Partys sidestepping mainstream media outlets, including last month blocking most non right-wing outlets from covering the Republican Party of Floridas annual convention in Hollywood, Fla.. That same weekend, reporters were welcomed to cover a Tampa convention hosted by conservative group Turning Point USA, a nod to the fact Florida Republicans have so far been more aggressive in their war with members of the media than other conservative organizations. 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Ron DeSantis is kicking his 2024 campaign-in-waiting into higher gear as a handful of his would-be Republican rivals gather this week for the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). We Have a Real UFO Problem. DeSantiss political team has already identified multiple potential hires in early primary states such as New Hampshire and Iowa, according to one of the Republicans, who said experienced operatives have expressed interest. Rollins doesnt know DeSantis well. Friction between Disney, one of the world's biggest media companies, and Florida lawmakers dates back to a controversial bill signed by Mr DeSantis last April. DeSantis advisers prepare for potential presidential run, explore staff options, On our radar: Millions could see cuts to food stamps as federal pandemic aid ends, On our radar: Garland to praise tireless work of Justice Dept. A step toward a potential campaign for Session, but know shell be a asset. 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