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‘I’m going to get up and fight’: Meet Gay Valimont, the FL Democrat running for Matt Gaetz’s seat in Congress
The gun violence prevention activist running for Congress in a special election on April 1 shared with Floricua her plans to provide Floridians with affordable healthcare and housing, and a better education for children.
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Trump’s in-office mandate affects thousands of federal workers in Florida
The directive aligns with the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) strategy to reduce the size of the federal bureaucracy.
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Gov. Jenniffer González backs plan for Donald Trump statue on Puerto Rico’s ‘Paseo de los Presidentes’
During Trump’s first term in office, from 2017 to 2021, the Puerto Rican Legislature proposed erecting a statue after he visited the island following Hurricane Maria. Some lawmakers did not agree in 2018.
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The fight for reproductive justice in Florida is ‘not over,’ say advocates
“We’re going to ensure that our voices are heard,” says Charo Valero, of the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice, who spoke with Floricua on the importance of keeping up the work to provide the healthcare women need after the defeat of Amendment 4.
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What Trump’s alliance with tech billionaires signals for everyday Floridians
Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg, who top the list of the world’s wealthiest people, sat behind Trump as he took his oath of office as president, raising concerns for what Trump’s second term means for America.
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Trump takes on the US Constitution with day one executive orders
Trump issued an executive order to end birthright citizenship, which is guaranteed by the 14th Amendment, doubled down on fossil fuels that drive pollution, and targeted transgender Americans.
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The Florida effect: How the Sunshine State is influencing President Donald Trump’s administration
Gov. Ron DeSantis promised to “make America Florida” during his failed 2016 presidential campaign. But it appears that it will be Trump who will draw from the hard-right strategies tested out by his adopted home state.
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Here’s what Trump promised to do on ‘Day One.’ Now that he and Republicans have total power in DC, will he?
The president-elect should be able to, in theory, implement his “Day One” plans. The big question is – will he actually do what he’s proposed? Or will he, as he’s indicated in recent weeks, walk back some of those promises, reverse course, or just ignore them altogether?
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Ron DeSantis appoints Ashley Moody to replace Marco Rubio in the US Senate
As the state’s attorney general, Moody has been instrumental in defending DeSantis’ conservative agenda in court and has joined other Republican-led states in challenging the Biden administration’s policies, suing over changes to immigration enforcement, student loan forgiveness, and vaccine mandates for federal contractors.
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After Florida abortion rights initiative, DeSantis calls for stricter amendment petition rules
Proponents of Amendment 4 are calling DeSantis’ attempts to change the citizen-led constitutional amendment process “an attack on democracy itself.”
