The MSM is taking notice of Republican weirdness and internal Civil War. It isn’t only the usual swing states, either. Democrats have decided that Florida is in play, and are devoting significant resources there. Floridians are stepping up in many ways. Florida Man has his own weird part to play, too, by going right off the rails.
Florida Democratic Party chair insists state is ‘in play’ ahead of 2024 election
The chair of the Florida Democratic Party insists that the state is in play in the 2024 presidential race, despite a string of Republican victories in major elections in recent years.
Nikki Fried told NBC2 that momentum is growing within the party and said President Joe Biden’s decision to drop out has sparked positive energy. Since his announcement a week ago and the emergence of Vice President Kamala Harris as the expected nominee, Fried said the party has seen more than 10,000 new volunteers in Florida, along with a surge in donations.
Politico
Divisions leave Florida’s House Republicans powerless
Florida Republicans should have clout in the House. They have the numbers, the pedigree and the recently earned distinction as an epicenter of Republican politics.
But that hasn’t translated to much sway in the House, where the 20 Republican members remain at odds with each other over policy and politics but aim to emulate other big, unified delegations. Despite the numbers, they yield little sway. No members are in leadership. No Florida Republican holds a gavel. And while they often vote together on Florida issues, they’re otherwise a motley crew with conflicting alliances and approaches.
Nov 29, 2023
Time Magazine
Matt Gaetz Hasn’t Thought Any of This Through
Matt Gaetz ousted Speaker Kevin McCarthy and has no plans to clean up the mess he made.
Gaetz, like Trump, ignited the imagination of some of the GOP base, which sees such disruption as meritorious and evidence of a fight on the little guys’ behalf. The loyalists don’t have much use for compromise or even government. Their willful lack of understanding about what is possible in a divided Washington draws them praise from the absolutists while leaving the pragmatists rending their garments.
Nov 29, 2023 — Matt Gaetz speaks to reporters. Florida Republicans were livid at Matt Gaetz for leading the effort to remove Kevin McCarthy, whether they agreed with him politically or not.
And many other dread diseases.
Secret Project 2025 Addendum
Media Matters
In forthcoming book, Heritage president rails against birth control, IVF, abortion, childlessness, and dog parks
Media Matters has obtained
a galley copy of Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts’ forthcoming book, Dawn’s Early Light: Taking Back Washington To Save America. The book recently garnered headlines due to Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance’s foreword, in which he lauds the stature and influence of Heritage and suggests that his agenda can act as an “essential weapon” in the “fights that lay ahead.”
Various paskudnyaks have been bragging about the secret parts of Project 2025 for some time, and I have been predicting that they would leak. So here they are. More details ASAP.
Funny or Fuggedaboudit
A comics feed, but for realz.
OK, enough of Florida for now.
