Florida quietly passes law to cover up GOP plot to stop people from voting
Florida Republicans snuck a provision into a bill that would block the public from tracking the state’s progress in restoring voting rights.
By Emily Singer - May 21, 2019Florida Republicans snuck a provision into a bill that would block the public from tracking the state’s progress in restoring voting rights.
By Emily Singer - May 21, 2019Trump wants to ‘terminate’ Obamacare — and he’s chosen Medicare fraudster Rick Scott to execute his vision.
By Oliver Willis - April 01, 2019Republicans seem adamantly opposed to the most basic principle in a functioning democracy: Count all the votes.
By Dan Desai Martin - November 14, 2018Votes are still being counted in Florida’s Senate race, but Republican Rick Scott doesn’t seem to think their votes actually matter.
By Oliver Willis - November 12, 2018Trump’s handpicked candidates are coming up short in the polls in Florida, so he is visiting the state twice in one week to prevent losses that would be intensely embarrassing.
By Oliver Willis - November 02, 2018The GOP could risk losing toss-up races in Florida thanks to Trump’s hateful attacks on Puerto Rico.
By Eric Boehlert - September 13, 2018Florida governor and GOP Senate candidate Rick Scott and his wife earned millions of dollars from hedge funds set up in the Cayman Islands, a notorious tax haven in the Caribbean.
By Oliver Willis - August 28, 2018NRA poster boy Rick Scott blamed everything he could think of — except guns — for the latest mass shootings in his state.
By Eric Boehlert - August 27, 2018Florida governor and Senate candidate Rick Scott is refusing to stand up for 7 million of his constituents who have pre-existing health conditions.
By Oliver Willis - June 12, 2018Gov. Rick Scott installed his former “body man” — a 30-year-old with vanishingly little experience — to head Florida’s equivalent of FEMA.
By Tommy Christopher - May 27, 2018Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke lied about why he exempted Florida from offshore drilling, and he got called out for it.
By Tommy Christopher - May 10, 2018Florida Republicans think they are ‘incredibly lucky’ to have convicted felon Dinesh D’Souza on their side.
By Tommy Christopher - April 30, 2018Gov. Rick Scott is still doing his best to bring more guns to Florida.
By Caroline Orr - April 21, 2018Eight Florida students are demanding that Republican Gov. Rick Scott adhere to his ‘legal and moral obligation’ to protect the state and its people from the impact of climate change.
By Eric Boehlert - April 17, 2018Youth vote enthusiasm has doubled since the last midterm cycle, and that’s very bad news for the GOP.
By Eric Boehlert - April 10, 2018Florida’s tea party governor, Rick Scott, used to be a big fan of Trump. Now he knows it’s probably best to keep his distance.
By Kaili Joy Gray - April 09, 2018Even on Fox News, Florida Governor Rick Scott can’t defend GOP proposals on guns.
By Tommy Christopher - February 25, 2018Rick Scott is skipping a national town hall on gun violence and backing out of an NRA convention.
By Eric Boehlert - February 21, 2018Florida Gov. Rick Scott is afraid to face students calling him out on guns.
By Tommy Christopher - February 20, 2018A Florida school superintendent stood up to two of the NRA’s biggest supporters to demand action.
By Oliver Willis - February 15, 2018A high school junior pleads with his lawmakers to do something about gun violence instead of merely sending prayers.
By Matthew Chapman - February 15, 2018