MIAMI — Several high-profile religious, business and community leaders denounced Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on his support for immigration measures they say hurt children as well as the state’s economy. “The actions being proposed, the law being implemented, is cruel,” Mike Fernandez, a wealthy donor and former Republicansaid at a news conference Thursday at … Read more
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantisMike Ehrmann/Getty Images GoFundMe shut down a fundraiser for a Canadian protest over cross-border trucker vaccine mandates. GoFundMe on Friday said it would work with organizers to redistribute the funds to other charities. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis called that plan “fraud” saying he’d investigate “deceptive practices.” gov. Ron DeSantis said he would … Read more
gov. Kathy Hochul said she “cut” embattled Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg “some slack” after putting him on notice last week about growing concern that his office’s soft-on-crime prosecution policies are contributing to a rise in Big Apple gun violence. Hochul defended the DA’s short time on the job, asking New Yorkers to give him a … Read more
The Miami Herald delivered a blistering rebuke from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday, with the potential failure of the GOP 2024 hopeful to outright condemn neo-Nazi demonstrations in Orlando over the weekend. In a scathing essay, the editors of the newspaper DeSantis tore to pieces for downplaying the far-right group as “bastards” and for … Read more
Every dog has its day — but Babydog might have had enough of the limelight. The English bulldog is at the center of a back-and-forth feud between his owner, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, and Bette Midler. Midler, Angry That Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) refused to support President Biden’s Build Back Better Act, started the … Read more
