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Florida congressional Democrats called out Gov. Ron DeSantis for his “ongoing and purposeful lack of transparency” by being slow to release weekly White House coronavirus task force reports and temporarily pausing the reporting of backlogged COVID-19 deaths. Read more »

Gov. DeSantis’ mishandling of the coronavirus in Florida has made him a global laughingstock and has caused so much needless suffering and death in our state. Now, beyond just deadly incompetence, it appears that he has chosen to abuse Florida’s law enforcement and judicial systems to persecute Rebekah Jones Read more »

The raid by state police of the Tallahassee home of Florida data analyst Rebekah Jones has helped her raise more than $200,000 in two days in a new GoFundMe account and revived her national celebrity. Read more »

Members of the Florida delegation from both sides of the aisle weighed in to criticize this week’s elections in Venezuela. Supporters of the Maduro regime took two-thirds of the seats in the National Assembly as only 31 percent of Venezuelan voters cast ballots. Read more »

The Maduro regime continues to desperately cling to power by moving forward with illegitimate sham elections. The elections and their predetermined outcomes represent yet another horrifying assault on democracy. Read more »

For decades, the ‘War on Drugs’ and racism that has long stained our criminal justice system has resulted in people of color being arrested, prosecuted and incarcerated for marijuana offenses at rates far exceeding white people. The destructive and inequitable policies that led to these disparities must end. Read more »

Given the state of global affairs, it is not a given that we -- a bipartisan group of elected officials from Israel, the US, Canada, Australia and the UK -- would find common ground in the midst of a global pandemic. However, the disconcerting proliferation of anti-Semitism through new technology demands that we take urgent action. Read more »

On Wednesday, a handful on Florida Democrats sent over a letter to Governor Ron DeSantis expressing “grave concerns” about his recent decision to hire sports blogger Kyle Lamb as a data analyst for the state. Read more »

An inter-parliamentary task force convened its first meeting Tuesday to hear recommendations from panelists on how to combat online anti-Semitism. Read more »

Today we honor and thank all those who served our nation in defense of freedom, democracy and liberty. Their bravery and selflessness is a debt our nation will never be able to fully repay. Read more »