by Brian Burgess | Jul 23, 2023
If it were up to the legacy media to pronounce Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s presidential aspirations dead, they’d…well…they’ve basically already done that. Collectively, the non-stop drumbeat of “DeSantis is dead” news...
by Brian Burgess | Jul 9, 2023
As the nation wraps up another July 4th week celebrating America’s birthday, we at The Capitolist are celebrating our own anniversary – a significant 7th milestone that underscores our unwavering commitment to providing Florida’s movers and shakers...
by Brian Burgess | Jul 2, 2023
The United States Supreme Court’s affirmative action ruling sparked a raft of shrieking rhetoric from the usual Florida suspects last week, but those voices are 24 years too late, and as it turns out, they don’t have much to shriek about. In 1999, during...
by Brian Burgess | Jun 18, 2023
A wave of false news stories has emerged in the last few weeks spinning tall tales of a healthcare catastrophe unfolding in Florida. The narrative features victims of bureaucratic red tape being suddenly “kicked off” of the state’s Medicaid rolls...
by Brian Burgess | Jun 18, 2023
In the aftermath of Governor Ron DeSantis’s recent budget vetoes, accusations and questions have swirled that the governor used his fiscal scalpel for political vendettas instead of sound budget-conscious conservativism. Among them is State Senator Joe Gruters,...
by Brian Burgess | Jun 11, 2023
In the swaying palms and balmy heat of the Sunshine State, where the gators laze in the Everglades and the retirees laze in the the Villages, we find ourselves in the throes of yet another media circus, once again with Donald Trump in the center ring playing emcee, or...