Ron DeSantis Tag

States Taking Action to Bring Citizens Lower Prescription Drug Prices

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 17, 2023 21 Comments

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis introduced legislation to "rein in" the unchecked pharmacy benefit managers and bring more transparency and lower drug prices....

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DeSantis Permitted To Gather Data On “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” in Public Universities, Judge Rules

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 15, 2023 23 Comments

Looks like DeSantis is gathering info to gut the DEI bureaucracy, which could achieve the goals of The Stop Woke Act without dictating what professors can say or teach, and possibly insulating the reforms from the type of judicial injunction already granted....

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NHL Caves on Discriminatory Woke Job Fair After Warning From DeSantis Administration

Posted by Stacey Matthews on January 15, 2023 15 Comments

“we do not abide by the woke notion that discrimination should be overlooked if applied in a politically popular manner or against a politically unpopular demographic” ...

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DeSantis Appoints Chris Rufo and Other Conservatives To Transform Lefty “New College” Into The Hillsdale of Florida

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 06, 2023 40 Comments

This is how to do it. Rufo: "Left-wing radicals have spent the past fifty years on a 'long march through the institutions.' We are going to reverse that process, starting now. Gov. DeSantis has laid out a vision for recapturing the institutions and restoring them...

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DeSantis-Backed Florida Legislation Takes Over Disney’s Jurisdiction

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 06, 2023 26 Comments

"Under the proposed legislation, Disney will no longer control its own government, will live under the same laws as everyone else, will be responsible for their outstanding debts, and will pay their fair share of taxes."...

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Ron DeSantis Asks Florida University and College Systems to Report Expenditures ‘Related to DEI Programs and Critical Race Theory’

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 05, 2023 35 Comments

"as you know, UNF’s timely compliance is not optional"...

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‘Florida is Where Woke Goes to Die’: DeSantis Boasts Accomplishments in Inauguration Speech

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 03, 2023 26 Comments

"We will not allow reality, facts, and truth to become optional. We will never surrender to the woke mob."...

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Vanity Fair: DeSantis is Worse Than Trump™

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 02, 2023 70 Comments

Are they really afraid of DeSantis, or is this some sort of 3D chess, getting people to think they are afraid of DeSantis, but they really are afraid of Trump, so they figure that if they portray DeSantis as Worse Than Trump™ that will make...

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Ron DeSantis Launches Investigation of ‘Drag Queen Christmas’ Show Attended by Children

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 29, 2022 27 Comments

"Exposing children to sexually explicit activity is a crime in Florida, and such action violates the Department's licensing standards for operating a business and holding a liquor license"...

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Florida Fastest Growing State While California, Illinois, and New York Leak Residents

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 23, 2022 23 Comments

I guess those ads didn't work out so well, Newsom. LOL....

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‘Anti-Vaxxer’: Dems, Media Pounce on New Talking Point About Ron DeSantis as 2024 Speculation Heats Up

Posted by Stacey Matthews on December 21, 2022 48 Comments

"A review of DeSantis’s public positions on the vaccines shows a full reversal that has unfolded gradually since 2021, seizing on the shots’ waning efficacy against new virus variants and portraying evolving scientific advice as deliberate deceit," the Washington Post reported....

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Is Florida Planning to Sponsor an Apolitical Higher Ed Accreditation Agency? Or Shopping For One?

Posted by Johanna Markind on December 19, 2022 12 Comments

Although we have not particularly focused on the Florida public universities’ accreditor, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS), Legal Insurrection and others have noted the politicization of school accreditors generally....

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Gov. Ron DeSantis Calls for Florida Grand Jury to Investigate COVID Vaccines

Posted by Leslie Eastman on December 14, 2022 32 Comments

DeSantis' move pairs well with Musk inviting Great Barrington Declaration author Dr. Jay Bhattacharya to review the Twitter Files on the platform's manipulation of information related to covid....

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Latest Media Attack on Ron DeSantis: He’s ‘Not a Fun and Convivial Dude’

Posted by Stacey Matthews on December 04, 2022 49 Comments

"To sum up: DeSantis is not a fun and convivial dude. He prefers to keep his earbuds in. His 'Step away from the vehicle' vibes are strong." - former NY Times "reporter" Mark Leibovich, writing in The Atlantic....

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New Disney CEO Signals a Return to Neutrality in the Culture War

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 30, 2022 47 Comments

The criticism towards Disney resurfaced over the weekend when its new movie Strange World bombed, adding more financial troubles for the Mouse....

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NY Times Predictably Tries to Drag Ron DeSantis Into Trump/Kanye/Fuentes Dinner Controversy

Posted by Stacey Matthews on November 27, 2022 64 Comments

"Quiet [on the Trump/Kanye/Fuentes dinner] from a number of other potential 2024 R candidates, most notably the one who's governor of the state where the dinner took place," Haberman tweeted Saturday....

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Elon Musk Says He Would Support Ron DeSantis for President in 2024

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 27, 2022 27 Comments

“My preference for the 2024 presidency is someone sensible and centrist. I had hoped that would the case for the Biden administration, but have been disappointed so far”...

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Media Continues Its ‘DeSantis Is Worse Than Trump’ Narrative

Posted by Stacey Matthews on November 25, 2022 42 Comments

"DeSantis’s contempt for dissent and his crackdown on critics should not be discounted. This is the profile of a constitutional ignoramus, a bully and a strongman. Voters should be forewarned." -WaPo columnist Jennifer Rubin...

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