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Far-right blogger Jim Hoft used The Gateway Pundit's company funds to buy himself a Porsche and an oceanside Florida condo
At a bankruptcy hearing, the pro-Trump blogger appeared to show little distinction between The Gate…
Jacob Shamsian,Jack Newsham
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Sen. Marco Rubio blasts 'irrational hysteria' over Omicron coronavirus variant
"Record numbers testing positive for a sore throat isn't a crisis. And people in the hospital for c…
John L. Dorman
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Gov. Ron DeSantis snaps at high school students for wearing masks and accuses them of engaging in 'COVID theater'
"If you want to wear it, fine, but this is ridiculous," DeSantis admonished the high schoolers flan…
Grace Panetta,Brent D. Griffi…
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A Florida security contractor fired a worker via Signal chat 10 minutes after they raised concerns about COVID-19 safety, lawsuit says
The US Department of Labor said Monday it's suing the company for violating the Occupational Safety…
Grace Dean
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis threatened to investigate GoFundMe after they said they'd work with Canadian trucker vaccine protest fundraiser organizers to redistribute funds
In a press statement on Saturday before DeSantis' remarks, GoFundMe said it would be refunding dono…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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7 doctors got COVID-19 days after going to an anti-vax conference in Florida
The organizer of the November 6 event told The Daily Beast that seven people had tested positive or…
Sinéad Baker
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DeSantis' Florida Surgeon General nominee dodged at least 4 questions about COVID-19 vaccines during his confirmation hearing
Nominee Joseph Ladapo refused to say if the vaccines were safe and claimed masks don't significantl…
Rebecca Cohen
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Florida Department of Health suspends medical director after he sent email encouraging staff to get vaccinated
Dr. Raul Pino wrote in a Jan. 4 email to staff members saying it was "irresponsible not to be vacci…
Sophia Ankel
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis asked if people ever sought testing to see if they were sick before the coronavirus pandemic: 'Think about it'
"Before polio, did anyone go out and seek the polio vaccine? Before cancer, did anyone go out and s…
Connor Perrett
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DeSantis downplays COVID-19 testing for people without symptoms, calling it a 'lockdown by stealth'
In response to DeSantis' comments, a public health expert told Insider that "wishing" COVID-19 will…
Rebecca Cohen
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Florida surgeon general's call to stop relying on COVID-19 testing is a 'me first, forget everybody else' approach, health expert says
A health expert said Florida should be ramping up testing rather than cutting back as the Omicron v…
Rebecca Cohen
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Third Florida-based cruise ship has a COVID-19 outbreak as state cases hit a new record
An undisclosed number of crew and passengers tested positive and the ship was denied entry to Bonai…
Associated Press
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University of Florida faculty felt pressure to delete COVID-19 data that conflicted with the state's stance: 'There was more silencing and pressure coming from above. The Big Above.'
The report also said employees were told "not to criticize the Governor of Florida or UF policies r…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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4 GOP-controlled states are changing their unemployment laws to allow those defying COVID-19 vaccine mandates to get benefits
Florida, Iowa, Kansas, and Tennessee have all passed bills which are seemingly designed to countera…
Tom Porter
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A woman in a coma and on a ventilator with COVID-19 woke up the day her family planned to pull her life support
Hospital staff told family members of 69-year-old Bettina Lerman, who was unvaccinated, that she'd …
Yelena Dzhanova
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Florida becomes first state to impose fines on businesses and hospitals that require the COVID-19 vaccine
The new law delineates a multitude of exemptions for vaccine mandates that private employers must a…
Taiyler Simone Mitchell
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There's a battle for people brewing and Florida is schooling the competition
More remote workers are leaving New York and California and moving to Florida. If they want to stop…
Emil Skandul
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Florida hospitals order mobile morgues to deal with COVID-19 death overflow, report says
AdventHealth ordered 14 mobile morgues to be utilized at 10 campuses across central Florida in prep…
Joshua Zitser
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says he wants to give police officers a $5,000 bonus to move to Florida, where they can escape vaccine mandates
"If you're not being treated well, we'll treat you better here. You can fill important needs for us…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Florida's new surgeon general refused to mask up during a meeting with a state senator who has cancer
Joseph Ladapo, who downplayed vaccines and touted hydroxychloroquine as a cure for the coronavirus,…