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☆ New Hampshire Primary: Wake-Up Call or Last Call?
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Susan Milligan | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +7 min

Should Trump's lead hold, says Andrew Smith, director of the University of New Hampshire poll, Trump will become the first candidate – aside from sitting presidents – to win both the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary. "We're so far past the days when voters nationally were really just waking up" to the campaign debates in the early weeks of a presidential election year, says Dante Scala, a University of New Hampshire professor and author of the book "Stormy Weather: The New Hampshire Primary and Presidential Politics." New Hampshire GOP voters, however, are a different breed of Republicans, Smith says, focusing more on fiscal conservatism and small government. Haley has 36% support and DeSantis 6% backing among primary voters. Trump seems to think so, too: He has focused much of his vitriol in the waning days of the New Hampshire campaign on Haley.

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☆ I kicked my son out during the peak of his drug addiction. He recovered, and I'm grateful for the years I didn't think I'd get with him.
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-27 | by ( Jennifer Cannon | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

My son started smoking marijuana in high school and things quickly escalated to heroin. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . The 10-year detour his life took after high school spanned all things concerning whether he would make it out of this alive. Standing at the kitchen sink one summer morning in 2010, the warm prickle of hives took shape down my legs. AdvertisementWhen I first learned Bryant was smoking marijuana, I thought, "he's in high school."

Persons: I'm, what's, —, Bryant, I'd, Cesar Deleon, I've, Weeks Organizations: Service, University of North, Engineers, Anonymous, FAU, Tau Beta Pi Locations: Florida, California, University of North Florida, Lake Worth

☆ Cross-Tabs: October 2023 Times/Siena Poll of the 2024 Battlegrounds
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +19 min

[READ LIST]Thinking about the investigations into Donald Trump, do you think that Donald Trump has or has not committed any serious federal crimes? (Split 2) Do you think Donald Trump has the mental sharpness to be an effective president? (Split 2) Do you think Donald Trump has the personality and temperament to be an effective president? (Split 2) Do you think Joe Biden has the personality and temperament to be an effective president? [READ LIST]Do you think Donald Trump is good for democracy, bad for democracy, or neither good nor bad for democracy?

Persons: †, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Donald Trump's, Tell, Donald Trump’s, Joe Biden’s, Trump, Biden, Fielding, ReconMR Organizations: Pennsylvania, Wisconsin Party, Siena College Research Institute, Republican, Trump, Democratic, Democrat, New York Times, The New York Times, statehouse, Research, University of North, Institute for Policy, Roanoke College, The Times, • Party, Times Locations: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Dominican, Puerto Rican, American, Ukraine, China, America, U.S, Mexico, United States, Siena, Arizona , Georgia, Nevada , Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Arizona , Michigan, Pennsylvania, University of North Florida, State

☆ Florida's DeSantis bans pro-Palestinian student group
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Andrew Hay | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Republican presidential candidate and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks during a campaign event in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, U.S., October 20, 2023. REUTERS/Randall Hill/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 24 (Reuters) - Florida’s university system, working with Governor Ron DeSantis, ordered colleges on Tuesday to shut down a pro-Palestinian student organization, marking the first U.S. state to outlaw the group whose national leadership backed Hamas' attack on Israel. SJP is active in at least two Florida universities, Rodrigues said. The University of North Florida in Jacksonville and Florida State University in Tallahassee have SJP chapters, based on Instagram sites. The National SJP did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Persons: Ron DeSantis, Randall Hill, DeSantis, Ray Rodrigues, SJP, Rodrigues, Andrew Hay Organizations: Florida, REUTERS, Hamas, The State University System, Justice, Republican, University of North, Florida State University, U.S, Andrew Hay Our, Thomson Locations: Myrtle Beach , South Carolina, U.S, Israel, Florida, Palestine, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Tallahassee, Gaza, America, Canada

☆ Florida's DeSantis Bans Pro-Palestinian Student Group
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Oct. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

By Andrew Hay(Reuters) - Florida’s university system, working with Governor Ron DeSantis, ordered colleges on Tuesday to shut down a pro-Palestinian student organization, marking the first U.S. state to outlaw the group whose national leadership backed Hamas' attack on Israel. SJP is active in at least two Florida universities, Rodrigues said. The University of North Florida in Jacksonville and Florida State University in Tallahassee have SJP chapters, based on Instagram sites. The National SJP did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Tensions between pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian students have led to harassment and assaults at U.S. universities since Hamas' Oct.7 attack and Israel's siege and bombardment of the Gaza Strip.

Persons: Andrew Hay, Ron DeSantis, DeSantis, Ray Rodrigues, SJP, Rodrigues Organizations: Reuters, Hamas, The State University System, Justice, Republican, University of North, Florida State University, U.S Locations: U.S, Israel, Florida, Palestine, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Tallahassee, Gaza, America, Canada

☆ These redistricting fights could determine which party controls the House
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-22 | by ( Fredreka Schouten | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +16 min

Before the court action, Alabama – which is 27% Black – had only one Black-majority congressional district out of seven seats. The case is expected to land before the all-Republican state Supreme Court, where DeSantis appointees hold most seats. A separate federal case in Georgia challenges the congressional map on constitutional grounds and is slated to go to trial next month. UtahThe state Supreme Court, in a case it heard in July, is considering whether it even has the authority to weigh in on map-drawing decisions by the GOP-controlled state legislature. Advocacy groups and a handful of voters are challenging a congressional map that further carved up Democratic-leaning Salt Lake County between four decidedly Republican districts.

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans have enjoyed outsize control of the Legislature in one of the most closely divided states for a dozen years. Maintaining that power is now at the heart of a drama involving the state Supreme Court that has national political implications. “Impeachment is an act of pure power politics,” said Ben Wikler, chair of the Wisconsin Democratic Party. In 2020, the state Supreme Court, then controlled 4-3 by conservatives, came within one vote of overturning Democrat Joe Biden's nearly 21,000 vote victory over then-President Donald Trump. The Supreme Court has yet to decide whether it will take either case.

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☆ Topline Results: July 2023 Times/Siena Poll of Registered Voters
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +19 min

View the survey’s cross-tabs among registered voters and among the likely Republican primary electorate. [READ LIST](Asked of Democratic primary voters) What comes closest to how you would feel if Joe Biden were the Democratic nominee for president? MethodologyThe New York Times/Siena College poll of 1,329 registered voters nationwide, including an oversample of 818 registered Republican voters, was conducted in English and Spanish on cellular and landline telephones from July 23-27, 2023. Weighting — likely Republican primary electorateThe survey was separately weighted in multiple steps to match targets for the composition of the likely Republican primary electorate and to account for the self-reported turnout intention of respondents. Voters were considered potential Republican primary voters if one of three conditions were met:• They identified as Republican or leaned Republican on two questions about party identification.

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☆ Opinion | What It Is Like to Teach in the Cross Hairs of Ron DeSantis
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Tressie Mcmillan Cottom | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

It’s important to note that faculty members do not drive the creation of courses in gender studies, ethnic studies and the like. To attract those students, universities have created courses that put disciplinary knowledge in the context of the world they will graduate into. DeSantis’s political posturing against his own universities on the national stage is also the work environment for thousands of university professionals in Florida. I spoke with three professors, a union officer and a campus interfaith leader about university life in Florida. Hartley’s work helping students find ways to talk about what they believe in falls under diversity and inclusion.

Persons: Matt Hartley, “, ”, Hartley’s Organizations: University of North Locations: Florida, University of North Florida, Boston, Palo Alto, Calif

☆ Ron DeSantis is quiet about his Catholic faith, but it could be his secret weapon to court voters away from Trump
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-11 | by ( Tiffany Stanley | Associated Press | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Ron DeSantis rarely mentions the specifics of his religion, faith, or practice of it. Ron DeSantis delivers remarks during the Project Opioid conference at First Presbyterian Church in Orlando on Aug. 20, 2019. Ron DeSantis and his wife Casey stand during the Pledge of Allegiance at a campaign event, Wednesday, May 31, 2023, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Ron DeSantis and his wife, Casey, bow their heads during a prayer at a campaign event, Wednesday, May 31, 2023, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Ron DeSantis speaks during a campaign event, Tuesday, May 30, 2023, in Clive, Iowa.

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☆ Ron DeSantis wife, Casey DeSantis, just started campaigning alongside him in key states. Here's a timeline of their relationship
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( Talia Lakritz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

2006: Ron DeSantis and Casey Black met on a golf course at the University of North Florida. Ron DeSantis and Casey DeSantis at Seminole Golf Club in Juno Beach, Florida, in May 2021. Sam Greenwood/R&A/R&A via Getty ImagesAt the time, Casey worked as a news anchor for WJXT, Channel 4, in Jacksonville. As I'm looking over behind me, Ron is over there. He thinks I'm looking at him.

Persons: Ron DeSantis, Casey Black, Casey DeSantis, Sam Greenwood, Casey, DeSantis, General's, Ron Organizations: University of North, Seminole Golf Club, Getty, WJXT, Harvard Law School, JAG, General's Corps, US Navy, First Coast, America's Locations: University of North Florida, Juno Beach , Florida, Jacksonville

☆ Casey DeSantis says her husband, Ron DeSantis, has a 'God-given gift.' Here's a timeline of their relationship.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-22 | by ( Talia Lakritz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

☆ These states might be the next to legalize weed
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-07 | by ( Stefan Sykes | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

The state became the 22nd to legalize recreational marijuana and follows Missouri and Maryland, which did so earlier this year. Some states are even moving ahead with proposals or ballot measures to legalize weed, putting them within arms' reach of having recreational markets. These are the states that have a chance to legalize adult-use marijuana in the coming years. OhioOhio may vote on whether to legalize recreational marijuana in November. Haren said the proposal also plans to build upon Ohio's medical marijuana program and issue additional adult use licenses to new companies.

☆ Democrats say Florida is 'dead for Biden' as his 2024 presidential campaign starts: 'We just need to be realistic'
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Nicole Gaudiano | Kimberly Leonard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

"It's like a dead carcass on the side of the road," DeSantis said in April of the Florida Democratic Party. Nearly two decades ago, Florida Democrats were "similarly declared dead, you know, forever, Amen," Schale said, but they rebounded. Wilfredo Lee/AP PhotoDemocrats say they still have spend in FloridaBut it's important for Democrats to still invest campaign resources in Florida, Democratic insiders said. Florida Democratic Party Chair Nikki Fried said the party had no infrastructure and no voter registration drive when she took the helm in February. Joe Raedle/Getty Images, Scott Olson/Getty ImagesBuilding a Democratic benchFried she's optimistic about Florida Democrats' future — and Biden's potential there.

☆ Anheuser-Busch facilities face threats after Bud Light backlash
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( Danielle Wiener-Bronner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

New York CNN —Several Anheuser-Busch facilities received threats last week, a company spokesperson confirmed, following weeks of backlash against Bud Light because it sponsored two Instagram posts from a transgender woman. Mulvaney’s timeline shows one previous post that is also marked as a Bud Light partnership. Siegfried Anthony/STAR MAX/IPx 2023/APMulvaney is among many social media personalities that Bud Light partners with, Anheuser-Busch said in a statement to CNN last week. “F**k Bud Light, F**k Anheuser-Busch,” he said. Anheuser-Busch (BUD) is set to report its first-quarter financial results, including revenue, on May 4.

☆ Ron DeSantis quietly signs 6-week abortion ban into law in Florida
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-14 | by ( Matt Dixon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Ron DeSantis quietly signed legislation Thursday that would ban most abortions after six weeks in Florida, a move that will weigh on his likely 2024 presidential bid. The Florida law bans abortions at six weeks but creates new exemptions for rape and incest up to 15 weeks of pregnancy. Last year, DeSantis signed a 15-week abortion ban passed by the GOP-controlled Legislature that is currently before the Florida Supreme Court. He supports a federal abortion ban. Ambassador Nikki Haley, who announced her candidacy in February, said on NBC's "TODAY" show that she would not support a "full-out federal ban" but would support a federal 15-week abortion ban.

☆ Florida House passes six-week abortion ban backed by DeSantis
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-13 | by ( Annika Kim Constantino | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

The Florida House of Representatives on Thursday passed legislation that would ban most abortions after six weeks, when many women don't know they are pregnant. The bill would only take effect if the state's existing 15-week ban is upheld in an ongoing legal challenge that is before the state Supreme Court. "Today we stand for life, we stand with mothers, and we stand with Florida families," said Persons-Mulicka. A recent survey suggests the six-week abortion ban isn't popular among Florida residents. The Biden administration will ask the Supreme Court to intervene, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Thursday.

☆ Trump shares video mocking DeSantis' flip-flop on how to say his name. The pronunciation question goes back a decade.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-17 | by ( Kimberly Leonard | Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

For months, Trump has been attacking DeSantis with the expectation that he'll challenge him for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. In the latest dig issued Friday morning, Trump reshared a video of DeSantis on Truth Social. In the clips, DeSantis shifts the pronunciation of his last name from "Dee-Santis" to "Deh-Santis." The question of how to pronounce "DeSantis" made headlines in 2018 when Trump endorsed the then-US congressman for the GOP nomination for governor. In 2018, the Tampa Bay Times suggested that Casey DeSantis rebranded DeSantis' name, under a story headlined "Tomato, Tomahto; Dee-Santis, Deh-Santis."

☆ Ron DeSantis admits getting married to Casey DeSantis at Disney World ended up being 'kind of ironic'
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-25 | by ( Kimberly Leonard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Ron and Casey DeSantis got married at Walt Disney World in 2009, Insider first reported. In the interview, Casey DeSantis acknowledged that the revelation, which came ahead of Election Day, "created a lot of news." The comments confirm Insider's reporting, after interviewing a wedding guest, that Casey DeSantis "wanted something all-inclusive and put together." Casey DeSantis said in the SiriusXM Patriots interview that she didn't know DeSantis would wind up going into politics. "We went out and we had a beer," at family sports restaurant Beef o' Brady's, Casey DeSantis said in the forthcoming interview.

☆ Casey DeSantis, Florida's 'co-governor': Rivals, friends, and former colleagues say she's the secret behind husband Ron DeSantis' meteoric rise
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( Lyz Lenz | Kimberly Leonard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +29 min

Florida's first lady, Casey DeSantis, is a close confidant to her powerful husband, several people told Insider. He added, "We would not see Ron DeSantis outside of press conferences if he did not have a wife and kids." Ron DeSantis began clawing his way into the national spotlight in 2017 as a member of the US House of Representatives. She smiled wryly and said: "Everyone knows my husband, Ron DeSantis, is endorsed by President Trump, but he's also an amazing dad. "Ron DeSantis would be a very good candidate for the St. Johns county commission if he did not have Casey DeSantis in his life," Schorsch said.

☆ DeSantis went to battle with Disney, but he didn't mention he got married there
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( Kimberly Leonard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Ron and Casey DeSantis got married at the Walt Disney World Resort in 2009.in 2009. But details of the DeSantis Disney wedding, known to an estimated 150 guests in attendance at the September 26, 2009, nuptials, hasn't previously been reported. Three people confirmed the location to Insider, which learned of the DeSantis wedding location while reporting a story about Casey DeSantis. Octavio Jones/Getty ImagesDeSantis revoked Disney's special carve-outThe Disney wedding venue is the latest news to emerge from the DeSantis-Disney saga. Disney is Florida's largest private employer through its Walt Disney World theme park and resort, and the company has championed gay rights since the 1990s.

☆ Donald Trump would 'probably not' pass this Florida civic literacy exam, academics say
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-07 | by ( Kayla Gallagher | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Florida high schoolers attending a public college are required to meet civic literacy requirements. Academics in the Sunshine State are unsure if Donald Trump could pass the exam. Insider asked four college professors whether they think Trump could pass the test. Rick Bowmer/AP'Real history and civic responsibility'Since 2019, many future college students in Florida are required to take the Florida Civic Literacy Examination — a test modeled after the US Citizenship and Immigration Services Naturalization Test to encourage civic literacy in the Sunshine State. To pass the Florida Civic Literacy Examination specifically, students must answer 48 out of 80 questions correctly — 60% or higher.

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