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The Republican effort to kill a ballot initiative that would protect abortion access in the state of Florida is now coming to people’s homes. Gov. Ron DeSantis’ state election police are making house calls to question voters about signing a petition to get an abortion rights amendment on the November …

When Floridians fill out their ballots in November and consider whether to restore abortion access in the state, they will be presented with a series of right-wing claims and speculation about how the measure “would result in significantly more abortions and fewer live births per year in Florida,” could “require …

The influential Florida Family Policy Council, a fixture in Tallahassee since its founding in 2004, likes to claim credit for such political triumphs as the state law banning gay marriage, defunding Planned Parenthood, and forcing the state board of education to teach students evolution is merely a theory, not a …

The Florida Supreme Court has cleared the way for a ban on abortions at six weeks gestation — before many women realize they are pregnant — to go into effect. At the same time, the justices on Monday approved a measure to be placed on the ballot this November that, …

After a year of getting roundly humiliated by Donald Trump and failing to unseat him as the leader of the Republican Party, Ron DeSantis finally dropped out of the race and endorsed Trump’s bid to reclaim the White House. But while the former president publicly retired his “DeSanctimonious” nickname, Trump …

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and his allies spent nearly $170 million for him to get utterly humiliated in his bid for the 2024 Republican nomination. According to newly released Federal Election Commission filings, Never Back Down, the primary super PAC backing DeSantis, had spent $131 million backing his campaign by …

After months on political life support, Ron DeSantis has finally put himself — and everyone else — out of his misery and suspended his campaign for the 2024 Republican nomination. While the Florida governor ran on a wet dream policy package for extremist, culture war-obsessed conservatives, his campaign simply could …

They say of Donald Trump, “The cruelty is the point.” For Ron DeSantis, we might amend that to say, “The cruelty was pointless.” Rarely in American politics has a civic leader, a governor no less, used his official power to marginalize, demean, and endanger so many — in the naked …

Ron DeSantis repeatedly pledged to “never back down.” His campaign even recently released a song from country singer Billy Dean entitled, “Never Back Down.” But now, the Florida governor is doing just that. On Sunday afternoon, DeSantis announced he is suspending his 2024 campaign and endorsed former President Donald Trump, …

It’s been a long time since virtually anyone in the elite of right-wing media, the national Republican Party, or conservative grassroots leadership has thought Ron DeSantis was going to win much of anything in this presidential campaign. But Iowa was the 2024 state that was supposed to be his biggest …