CTH readers don’t need to spend too much time digging into the granules of this recent New York Times article about how Christina Pushaw organized an online “influencer campaign” for Ron DeSantis that has failed miserably [SEE HERE]. However, it’s still funny to see the confirmation, and the people from inside the operation telling the NYT the group gets daily email instructions.
I wrote about the obvious transparency of the effort well over a year ago, and then continued to track it as the operation unfolded and grew just before the “official launch” of the DeSantis campaign. “In late 2021, early 2022, Ms. Pushaw invited a group of “influencers” to spend time with Governor DeSantis. It’s not a debatable event. Factually, the collective group took gleeful pictures of their first visit on January 6, 2022, and continued to post frequent pictures on their social media of events throughout last year.”{link}
As the DeSantis operation collapses into a parody of itself, some of the recruited influencers are now speaking about how the astroturf operation was organized. Everyone who watched it unfold, knows it was the stupidity of Pushaw who tried to fake the support system, built the operation on fraud and then sold it to a bunch of billionaires who now -according to the Times reporting- have major regrets.
(New York Times) – In early May, as Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida prepared to run for president, about a dozen right-wing social media influencers gathered at his pollster’s home for cocktails and a poolside buffet.
The guests all had large followings or successful podcasts and were already fans of the governor. But Mr. DeSantis’s team wanted to turn them into a battalion of on-message surrogates who could tangle with Donald J. Trump and his supporters online.
[…] Four months later, those worries seem more than justified. Mr. DeSantis’s hyper-online strategy, once viewed as a potential strength, quickly became a glaring weakness on the presidential trail, with a series of gaffes, unforced errors and blown opportunities, according to former staff members, influencers with ties to the campaign and right-wing commentators.
Even after a recent concerted effort to reboot, the campaign has had trouble shaking off a reputation for being thin-skinned and meanspirited online, repeatedly insulting Trump supporters and alienating potential allies.
[…] Ms. Peck exercised little oversight of the campaign’s online operations, which were anchored by a team known internally as the “war room,” according to the three former aides. The team consisted of high-energy, young staffers — many just out of college — who spent their days scanning the internet for noteworthy story lines, composing posts and dreaming up memes and videos they hoped would go viral. At the helm was Christina Pushaw, Mr. DeSantis’s rapid response director.
[…] In early August, the aerospace tycoon Robert Bigelow, who had been by far the largest contributor to Never Back Down, the pro-DeSantis super PAC, said he would halt donations, saying “extremism isn’t going to get you elected.” Money from many other key supporters of Mr. DeSantis has also dried up, including from the billionaire hedge fund manager Kenneth Griffin.
Terry Sullivan, a Republican political consultant who was Senator Marco Rubio’s presidential campaign manager in 2016, said the bizarre videos amounted to a warning sign for donors that Mr. DeSantis’s campaign was chaotic, undisciplined and chasing fringe voters.
[…] The existing network of DeSantis influencers has presented challenges for the campaign. Online surrogates for Mr. DeSantis have repeatedly parroted, word for word, the talking points emailed to them each day by the campaign, undermining the effort to project an image of widespread — and organic — support.
Last month, for example, three different accounts almost simultaneously posted about Mr. Trump getting booed at a college football game in Iowa. Bill Mitchell, a DeSantis supporter with a large following on X, said the identical posts were coincidental.
“I talk with all of the team members when necessary but other than the daily emails get no specific direction,” he said. (read more)
The pathetic nature of the failure is ironically apropos for Ron DeSantis.
Everything about the DeSantis operation was/is fabricated, fake, constructed to give appearances, inauthentic and astroturf. Voters are not stupid; they can see it and feel it in the construct as delivered. The effort of the DeSantis operation, from Sea Island to Christina Pushaw, highlights how little they think of the American electorate. They actually believed this con would work.
Pushaw thought she could mold DeSantis into the next Zelenskyy by using the same operation in the USA that was used in Ukraine. It didn’t work.
Lightweight politics.
Totally.
But we also have to admit that the Faux Newz and all their cronies were all over it too, foaming out the mouth for Meatballs. From the get-go they have pushed DeceptiCON RON! up the hill at every opportunity. As a House member, Senator candidate, Governor candidate, Governor and Presidential candidate. They did the same with Marc0 Rub10, until President Trump sent him down in flames.
It has been a coordinated effort all around to replace President Trump with a fake conservative, fake MAGA candidate.
Lightweight Brian Dillweed is still doing it.
I had to think on that one for awhile. 🙂
She’s not bad looking at all, though!
But the eyes, same crazy eyes like aoc and shifty pencilneck.
Yea, but that can be a good thing! LOL
She is, at best, worth a hit-and-run. Emphasis on run
Nasty Woman.
Have another drink Joe
Chucky
Urikrane Barbie
Plastic Tina.
I think Joe needs to be cut off.
to early -Halloween…babe….
Can you make that a double?
I call this factory face. A lot of women around Palm Beach area have this look
That’s a perfect description!
I said something similar before I read your post. Totally fake!
I will borrow that with your permission.
Yes. Good description.
Botox makes your eyebrows point down in between the brows. (See Nicole Kidman from a few years back). The eyebrows must push downward to make the forehead smooth.
Fillers in the cheeks to smooth out the skin and sort of lift the sagging jowls are overdone which is quite popular and phony.
Last but not least are the fillers in the lips to the point of ridiculousness gives a plastic look.
Overall, these women all look the same as though they came out of the same mold. They truly all look like each other. They are just assembly line faces.
Apparently botox & other chemicals are not a supply chain issue.
That’s a lot of surgery.
Looks more like the plastic Santa from Santa Clause 2.
Guess she and Madonna can have some PSD (Plastic Surgery Disasters) meetings with the rest of S.A.G. (Screen Actors Guild).
Oh woah, what “ma dog nah” did to her face should be a crime.
Her lips, cheeks and eyebrows all look “done.” And, not in a good way. Eyes are a bit crazy too…just sayin’.
Botox and fillers
Needs to trim the beard!
I guess if you like the skinny, bug eyed type.
Where do you think they learned it from. They are trying to recreate success of soros dems media and influencer and comment section paid propaganda workers. Gobels would be proud
Sundance – like sunlight – is the best disinfectant!
Good one!
Atta boy Shem
The swamp gets outed every day, their swampy careers are OVER.
HA!!!
Still sad to see that one of Don Jr’s friends was in the line-up.
Dear Benny…Anything for money?
Yeah, I like Benny. He appeared in some photos, but not all. He might have awakened earlier than others.
He does attend a lot of events & reports them on X.
Can someone call out the names and podcasts of the failed online influences so we can “reward” them?
The sad thing about the self-destruction of DeSantis is that he has, single-handedly, destroyed our ability to get any more Conservative Corrections to stop Wokeness in Florida.
DeSantis successfully outlawed several different Wokeness policies that had infiltrated our Florida Public Schools.
If DeSantis had just been honest, kept his word, and continued to JUST BE GOVERNOR, instead of dropping his duties as Governor of Florida, and instead running around to many other States and Foreign Countries trying to become President. the State of Florida would be in much better shape.
Instead, no new anti-wokeness policies are being planned, and the ones successfully installed, are under attack.
DeSantis has destroyed his own LEGACY.
God bless our own “stable genius” Sundance!!! We need more Sundances and Trumps!!
DeStupid sent in little boys to do a man’s job is how we used to phrase foul-ups like this.
You rock Sundance!!
DeSantis is shamefully taking credit for the work that Project Dynamo is doing – and had already planned to do, Israel evacuations – and using taxpayer money; to benefit his campaign.
“Never allow a crisis to go to waste.”
A) Oct 19: ‘DeSantis Airways’ T-shirts tout Florida governor’s rescue flights from war-torn Israel
• DeSantis for President is selling plain white cotton T-shirts bearing the legend “DeSantis Airways” for $28 apiece.
• Florida has partnered with Project Dynamo, a Tampa-based nonprofit rescue organization, to fetch Floridians stuck in the Jewish state.
• Project Dynamo founder and CEO Bryan Stern said this week the flights would have taken place at some point, but Florida footing the bill expedited the process.
https://nypost.com/2023/10/19/desantis-airways-t-shirts-tout-israel-evacuation-flights/
B) Oct 16: Project Dynamo was founded in 2021 to help rescue people from Afghanistan after American troops withdrew from the country and has conducted missions everywhere from Ukraine to Sudan.
• The flight to Tampa Sunday was the group’s 602nd evacuation mission.
• “We were fundraising right up until Gov. DeSantis and his office came in… bottom line is we would have figured it out,” Stern said.
• “We’ve done it six hundred and one times without government help, six hundred and two was not going to be the one that we failed on. But it makes it so much easier when you have backing by a state entity for sure.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/10/16/project-dynamo-was-rescuing-people-from-israel-without-desantis-help/71208258007/
C) Oct 12: DeSantis signs executive order to bring Floridians home from Israel
• Gov. Ron DeSantis signed an executive order Thursday afternoon that enables the Florida Division of Emergency Management to bring Floridians home and transport necessary supplies to Israel.
https://nbc-2.com/news/2023/10/12/desantis-signs-executive-order-to-bring-floridians-home-from-israel/
D) Oct 9: Project Dynamo officials say they’re preparing to save some of the thousands of Americans stuck in Gaza and Israel in a mission they’re calling “Operation Promised Land.”
• Project Dynamo, which consists mainly of military veterans, has previously assisted Americans in such areas as Afghanistan, Ukraine, and Sudan.
• During a Sunday news conference, Project co-founder Bryan Stern said they’re preparing to save some of the thousands of Americans in the region in a mission they’re calling “Operation Promised Land.”
https://www.wusf.org/us-world/2023-10-09/tampa-project-dynamo-rescue-americans-gaza-israel
E) Aug 2022: Project DYNAMO continues to evacuate Americans left behind in Afghanistan 1 year after Taliban takeover
• Florida-based Project DYNAMO is continuing to perform evacuations and rescue operations for American citizens and residents in Afghanistan after almost one year since the U.S. withdrew its troops from the country, the non-profit organization said in a news release on Tuesday.
• Project DYNAMO has reportedly conducted four rescue operations in the last two months.
• This year, the organization says it has led more than 50 cross-border evacuations from Afghanistan into surrounding countries to rescue Americans, lawful residents and allies.
https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/project-dynamo-evacuate-americans-afghanistan/67-d802f36b-9afc-4657-9ac2-c198703c2427
F) Apr 2022: Meet the rescue team extracting people trapped in Kyiv suburbs under siege
• The U.S. Army and Navy combat veteran runs a nonprofit group, Project Dynamo, that extracts people from hostile places. Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the organization has rescued more than 400 people.
https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2022/04/12/1091694698/project-dynamo-extracts-americans-trapped-in-ukraine
G) Project DYNAMO: YOU CAN HELP US RESCUE VULNERABLE AMERICANS & ALLIES ABROAD
• “We conduct global and domestic operations, in “The Grey Space”, where the U.S. government lacks access or a presence to rescue the most vulnerable populations, including hostages, unlawfully detained Americans, and victims of human trafficking.”
• “THE EVACUATION MISSIONS CONDUCTED BY PROJECT DYNAMO ARE 100% DONOR-FUNDED.”
• “Anyone who requests or requires payment from you is not affiliated with Project DYNAMO.”
• Have saved 6,000+ lives.
• Have operated in 33 countries: e.g., Afghanistan, Brazil, Colombia, Egypt, Guatemala, Haiti, Israel, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Oman, Pakistan, Russia, Sudan, Slovakia, Syria, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Yemen.
https://www.projectdynamo.org/
DeSantis is shamefully taking credit for the work that Project Dynamo is doing – and had already planned to do, Israel evacuations – and using taxpayer money to benefit his campaign.
“Donor funded.”
And I wonder who the largest donor is?
Take a hard look at the list of countries named.
Shades of Air America, or here’s one that is almost unknown of: Challenge International Airlines (note acronym) that was once based out of Miami and only serviced Central America during the Nicaragua years.
Impeccable meals, spacious seating, high grade alcohol and the most beautiful expatriate Cuban hostess you could ever lay your eyes on.
Don’t ask me how I know about it.
😂😂😎
And I always thought those guys were freight dogs, at the hold-short line, always at night, but nice new-looking B757’s(really upscale, never saw a Pilatus Porter like in SEA, ha), at least they looked new, nice livery; but the acronym makes sense now, years later. They used FLL too, didn’t they, it’s close by.
Not sure about FLL, but we always came in around 9 PM to Miami.
Impeccable cabins, real food served on real plates off of silver platters. Champagne, wine, high end liquor, only beer was Koninsberg.
Passed right thru customs without being checked, M-16s and .45 packed in foot lockers.
Had a man set next to me one time that told me frequent fliers didn’t have long life spans.
Saw that man on TV months later giving Congress testimony on Iran Contra. Was wearing a Marine uniform with Lt Col insignia.
Roger that, met him one time at a book signing, eventually donated book + autograph to local library.
North by Northeast?
😏😉😁😂
✅
Sehr interessant; why Konigsberg; origin, Berlin, or Kaliningrad, perhaps?
I had heard that DS had sent planes over to evacuate people, but not a word was mentioned about his “partners” who were really doing all of the work. Hw swampy of him.
Regardless of his reasons, RDS is doing a better job than FJB. The State Dept. might help you outta there if you sign a promissory note to pay for your flight & their expenses. But that only gets you out of Israel to somewhere else & you’re on your own getting back to America. But we have $100 million to give to stranded Palestinians which is to be administered by the UN or other humanitarian relief organizations, who all happen to be pro-Hamas & pro-Iran.
So if DeStupid’s getting them back to America by aligning himself with organizations that do this sort of thing, that’s a good thing. DeStupid’s problem is he doesn’t know how to pull off a class act & benefit from it because he’s not quite capable of being a class act.
You should have warned us, Sundance
LOL
Gives me some hope that the Silent Majority will come through when needed.
Remember they’ve been coming through but our elections have been fraudulent. Fortunately the most important battle ground is the culture war where we need to keep grinding it out on a daily basis. Don’t let anyone stop you from doing what the Lord wants you to every day. And remember what a wise preacher was saying when Obumb was in office “it’s terrible to be invaded by foreigners but what a wonderful opportunity for mission service, the mission field is coming to each and every one of us.”
Then you have the ones that actually think they have a choice, it is not made for them and are additionally on the never Trump bandwagon like these clowns are.
Me also.
That expression on Pushaw’s face screams, “I can’t believe I’m getting away with, but I AM!”
Karma has a sense of humor at times.
you cannot fake authenticity
But you can authentically fake it. Just ask Ron.
organic astro-turf
A moment of clarity for me was during the 2016 primaries. When they had the debates with most of the candidates on stage, they didn’t appear normal/human when you saw them next to Ben Carson and Donald Trump.
It was so strange seeing such a clear comparison between how a normal person acts/reacts vs politicians. And this was all of them even Rand Paul. They were so disingenuous and off in their responses, mannerisms, etc.
That’s when President Trump waited until they announced Carson’s name and walked out onto the stage with him after the screwup!
Yep, total class manners, something the rest of them wouldn’t know about.
Yes CJ, and all the others almost tripping over Dr Carson but continued passed him to make their “grand” entrance.
I still recall Jeb! brushing by PDJT and Dr. Carson to get to the stage with a dung – eating smirk on his face.
Bet you’re rolling on the floor laughing at the spoiled children in the Republican debates this yr. I’m not watching any debate that has Christy Cream in it ever again.
The best professional actors can ALL fake authenticity! It’s a requirement. If they couldn’t, we would never be able to believe they were other people/characters for long enough to get into the show. But yeah, politicians are usually rank amateurs by comparison.
Is it possible to list who those dozen ‘influencers’ are? It’s useful to know who the ‘conservative’ whores are. I have a hunch who several are, but need independent verification.
Buck Sexton, ex CIA agent & current co-host with Clay Travis in RUSH’s time slot.
David Rubin from The Blaze (owned by Glenn Beck).
Steve Cortes, formerly on Bannon’s War Room is another of the sellouts.
I was very disappointed with their show. What was Katherine thinking?
Did you doctor that photo or does she REALLY have those batsh*t crazy eyes like so many Libtards do?
Wow, what a psycho axe-murderer type!
And the duck lips to go with them.
Does not appear to be doctored –
You mean by a plastic surgeon? Brow lift, check. Lip filler, check. And who knows what else.
boooobs ?????
Cheeks!
She looks a FREAK … so unnatural as to be revolting.
Maybe the photo is authentic, but if we could pump oil the way her doc pumps botox, a gallon of gas would be about sixty-five cents.
She looks like she’s plotting a crime.
Used to like Lisa Boothe. Now can’t stand her. Would guess many in that group grope photo wish now they’d never been involved with Rhonda DeSoros
Scroll back up to the last photo Sundance posted. She can’t hide in a crowd.
The ‘bug eyes’ are typically due to mood altering prescription meds.
I think we’ll find the same type of influencer operation behind RFK Jr. They targeted anti-vaxxers, worked with social media and graveyard media to make him look like a victim, a little help from Congress, and voila.
It’s just been better run.
If Kennedy runs against Trump everybody will hate him, and he’ll spoil his Uncle’s and his own Father’s legacies (the entire Kennedy legacy).
Both men assassinated, I can’t think of a more selfish thing to do.
He’s another Bernie Sander’s. He ain’t in it to win it, he wants money and GREEN favors
The Kennedy name still opens all kinds of doors.
It’s funny that JFK, Jr. was the heir apparent to his father, but Bobby, Jr. is a no-go with the family. The odd man out.
RFK2 was on a good trajectory to be part of President Trump’s Cabinet and then blew-up just like Sundance predicted.
I was really wrong RFK2.
Mea Cupa, Mea Cupa, Mea Maxima Cupa!
It shows you how good the early ropaganda was. DeSantis had the same vibe, too. “Man, he’d be a great VP.” Lol, once you actually get to hear someone speak…you realize there’s just air between their ears.
The danger to the regime is the assumption they can control outcomes in places like CA, NY, and IL. They’re assuming their splitter strategy doesn’t have the effect of making those states winnable for Trump.
He was never going to be in Trumps cabinet because President Trump knows who he is right down to his very last Kennedy cell.
MAGA he’s not.
He was actually going to work in the Trump administration in 2016. For whatever reason he got the boot.
Makes me think his particular brand of TDS is more the disgruntled Chris Christie variant rather than the batshit insane Hillary Clinton/DNC variant
Somebody got to him, I’ll bet.
It hasn’t been better run, it’s just that nobody was paying attention to him. Trump allies felt he was useful when he was trying to run against Joe
Send her back to little Z man in Ukraine with a note asking for all out tax dollars back!
Does anyone know how to take these photos and stretch them as if they were looking into a carnival mirror? Do you know what I mean?
That is what I see when I look at them.
CIA Pushaw’s op failed.
That speaks volumes of their skill sets against a well informed/educated target audience. And the hiring / promotion practices of their HR ‘diversity’ programs.
Part of that online ‘influence’ campaign was infiltrating sites, just like this one.
Remember all the now vanished commenters, of which a sizable portion were outed????
He he he he he.
Better luck next time to Meatball’s Minions. Not.
Wolverines!
In the last group photo you can see Pushaw’s crazy eyes a mile away. And donors spent millions for this?
“Mold DeSantis, into Zelensky”. The Zelensky claim to fame is that he would play a piano with his penis to entertain a crowd.
Who can beat that? (No pun)
Eew. Vomit loading….
I have seen the video. Actually I have seen two of them, one with with another piano player, both with their pants around their ankles. Not entertaining. I have also seen him in very high heels, dancing. He is sure not very tall.
Chords must have been particularly difficult…
I was completely comfortable and happy living in Ron DeSantis’ Florida durning his reign as Governor. I liked Pushaw’s style, bold, take no nonsense defense of her boss. She was a daily read on Twitter for me. So was Cardillo, Reboi, and Schactel. And then out of the clear blue Sundance came up with, “this ain’t real.” Almost impossible to believe. I didn’t want to believe it. But the beauty of the call was completely dwarfed by the actual impact of that analysis. That’s an astonishingly effective takedown of an enormous and expensive effort to pull the wool over the eyes of Republican America. Big hat tip to our host. That’s a job well done right there.
If you ever doubt whether one man can make a difference, this would be exhibit A.
I, too, was hesitant to accept at first… but, once you see the strings….
Great job Sundance.
He’s still Governor and apparently you don’t mind the runaway, highest rate of increase in auto and homeowners’ insurance rates in the nation.
Auto rates up minimum 2-3 X higher in last 3 years, homeowner’s up 2-7 X (depending on area) in same time frame.
Nothing done about election integrity and using ES&S machines in my area of state.
Home insurers are moving out, and foreclosures are rising.
“States that saw the greatest monthly increases and had 100 or more foreclosure starts in August 2023 included: Louisiana (up 40 percent); California (up 32 percent); Tennessee (up 32 percent); Alabama (up 30 percent); and Florida (up 28 percent).Sep 13, 2023″
Central Florida has one of the highest foreclosure rates in the US
https://theapopkavoice.com/stories/central-florida-has-one-of-the-highest-foreclosure-rates-in-the-us,59193
The Florida “foreclosure rate” hype has always been a hoax by the foreclosure consultant industry and RE vulture funds.
Remember in Florida, especially West, Central and North Florida over 50% of the homes are owned free and clear with no mortgage. People retire, sell their homes in New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts then buy in Florida for cash. They never mention that in their calculations!!!
Another point is these foreclosure websites incorrectly (or maybe deliberately!) count every foreclosure filing in a county as a “FORECLOSURE” of a house. Foreclosure is a process not an event so depending on the jurisdiction there are literally dozens of “filings” in the foreclosure proceedings. These websites are notorious for over counting in order to create a panic, lower home prices and sell more subscriptions. It’s just a newer version of block busting!
Why are the rates going so high?
I think he stays out on the campaign trail, BK, because he’s afraid to come home and face Florida. He signed a lot of bad stuff around New Year’s. And home life with Cruella probably not that fun either
Yep
Don’t forget HOA and Condo fees that will explode by 2025 and price the middle class and retirees out of those types of housing.
Realtors are now advising retirees to avoid the state.
Yeah, I found out from a friend of mine in the HOA management field, that the main reason for the HOA and condo fee escalation is all insurance related also.
Insurance companies go inspect buildings and tell HOA that they have repair, renovate, upgrade, change whatever or face cancellation, driving up the overhead on the buildings of development plus higher insurance rates.
It’s all a freaking scam.
And Meatball and Tallahassee are responsible for this too as litigation agaisnt insurance companies is off the chain.
Surfside condo collapse was a catalyst for a lot of really bad workarounds to our constitutional amendment blunting Kelo. Like the Patriot act, this stuff appears to have been written and just waiting in a drawer somewhere. Desanctemonious was the stool pigeon that signed it all. I had dinner with a friend of mine the other day who told me a story about a structural engineer who actually worked on that building about 10 years ago when they wanted to redo the balconies. He said he warned them did they had lots of bigger problems than that. The biggest one being that they had removed a column in the garage so they could turn their cars around easier. I hadn’t heard that before. It’ll be interesting to see if that comes out in the official report.
Surfside Condo was probably shoddy construction and lax building inspections like the Lennar homes in Miami that lost roofs during Hurricane Andrew.
Basically, the Miami building inspectors were mostly Cuban and they were bribed. Most of roofing plywood was never nailed down to the trusses. Hundreds of homes were destroyed. There were numerous prosecutions but no convictions that I recall
It’s called La Mordita in Cuba…the little bit is not missed.
It was worse than that. There was no steel in the concrete in many cases (Country Walk). Saw it with my own eyes
I am dealing with the HOA/insurance problem also and I was on a committee in our association to try and figure out the insurance problem, so I did a lot of reading on this subject about a year ago.
It was said that Ron wanted to look good with Floridians after Surfside and ordered the insurance companies to pay $1 billion, even though they shouldn’t have because the claim hadn’t been thoroughly investigated and it was widely reported that the residents wanted to put off much needed repairs rather than spend a large amount of money to fortify the building.
Then the Governor called a special session of the legislature to make new laws which made the problems worse. Now everybody is paying high prices for insurance. You cannot get homeowners insurance unless your roof is less than 15 years old.
Used to be that you could make a roof last 40 years with good materials. Now that doesn’t matter anymore and some of those roofs are very expensive. Special rules also apply to buildings 3 stories or higher, so the high rises have significant price increases for reserves etc. and must do repairs.
People without mortgages, and homes without an HOA are now starting to self insure. But if you have an HOA, even if you don’t have a mortgage, you must insure and it’s very expensive, essentially pricing fixed income people out of the market, which were the traditional residents of Florida and are now no longer able to afford the price.
Sometimes I think that it’s part of the plot to save the coastal areas for the rich, but then you don’t know who would serve the rich.
…but then you don’t know who would serve the rich.
There’s an open border for that.
Look what happened in Phuket Thailand after the tsunami. All the locals were moved away from the beaches for safety
Makes sense. I keep seeing neighbors replacing perfectly fine roofs and saying insurance is making them is less than 15 years old.
Something else about hot water heaters and 2-3 other items.
Have been in swfl. for 25 years. Until the last 2 or 3 years ( not coincidence ,the effects of a stolen election)Fl . homeowner and car insurance wasn’t too bad. Still bearable. Have spent the last 6 months looking at other states with being near the gulf a priority.
Looked at Al. , and ga. Haven’t found much and don’t think moving in the next year is much of an option. I expect the country to become much more volatile in the next 15 months. I know the crime stats in Naples are really low , especially compared to anywhere else. Another big plus in fl. is very low property taxes
Many on this site live in fl. and while I agree with some of the complaints I don’t see many coming up with alternatives
Kudos to sundance for a great call on Desantis. He still has 14 months as governor and he has to comeback to fl. mentally as well as physically.
Pray and help others.
He still has 3 years as Governor. This might suck
You might get lucky and he tries really hard to redeem himself!!!
Much more likely that he is bitter and vindictive.
He and his lovely bride had a dollar amount in their dreams after Meatball was president for 8 years. Now that he is term limited as governor in FL, there is no incentive for him to do anything but grift, graft, and open up off shore bank accounts to become a multi millionaire in the 3 short years he has left as governor.
And the home insurer of last resort the Florida state run Citizens Property Insurance is one disaster away from insolvency. It can’t cover the policies it current has.
It comes down to this: We kicked their collective asses. And I can go happily through the rest of my life never hearing the term “influencer” again.
They are still at it. I see recommended/featured Rubin videos on YouTube and FB that are complete DeSantis propaganda still.
So if this is in the New York Times then this must be the Official Post-Mortem Report on the Ron Top Gov campaign’s demise – I like Sundance’s last sentence “ Pushaw thought she could mold DeSantis into the next Zelinsky….. “ very good . This Pushaw gal must be a real POS ( but not unlike the many other crazies swimming around in that consultant shark tank ) .
Pushaw was installed as Zelensky’s campaign manager when he ran successfully for President of Ukraine probably with the approval of Victoria Nuland, Joe.
I’m intrigued by the concept but, no, Joe himself had no input on the installation of tenpercentsky.
😉
The times called it a “right wing” group. They’re dumber than the subjects.
Funny that they never mention the lefty looniness of their heroes.
Media Rule of Thumb 608: Moderate Republicans are always labeled right wing extremists. Radical Democrats are always labeled progressive lawmakers.
Sundance called it for sure. I like to listen to NewsMax when I cook dinner. Today about 4PM eastern they had a Q&A with Romney and I turned it off. They must have thought it was Sunday so it wouldn’t matter.
Douche’bags … forgive my inelegance
You know how candidates sell swag to help get their name out and raise revenue?
Yours would be a very fitting suggestion for RonDe’s campaign.
But they shouldn’t shorten the name to d bags. Sounds like selling drugs.
The real failure is that Ron DeSantis himself is fake. He was never anywhere close to being “Trump without the baggage” and it was a huge mistake to run against Trump, in the first place. Now he has committed political suicide.
Yep, if he would have served out his term as FL governor (like he promised voters he would during the campaign), he could have easily taken one of the two FL Senate seats and been initiated into the Big Club in DC. He would have been rich and powerful beyond belief. Now he’s the butt of jokes and his political career is completely over.
He was more like Jeb Bush without the Bush last name.
As a Floridian, I refused to vote for him last fall because of all the red flags raised by Sundance and a few others. A year later, I’m more confident than ever that I voted correctly.
Wait until everyone finds out who’s behind Christina Pushaw.
Okay, tell us. Don’t make us guess, Grumpy!
Yes, do tell.
“undermining the effort to project an image of widespread — and organic — support.”
The epitaph of Casey Desantis’ political ambitions:
Undermined by the effort to project an image of widespread and organic support.
Rest in Preggo.
Just loved the last closing statement.
Real
There is only one main difference between Ron DeSantis and me. He thinks he real. I know I am fiction.
– Mad Hatter
I live in SC.
Had a poll worker for Desantis knock in my door this morning.
I opened door and she said she was a Ron DeSantis volunteer and wanted to ask me some questions.
I had just woke up had not even started my coffee so I was a tad grumpy and generally not fully awake.
I simply said
Its Trump or nothing
Desantis has no chance
She asked why I would say that
I said because he is owned by the billionaire club
I told her I had just woke up and it was not a good time
She thanked me and I closed the door
I hope she was getting paid because if she was volunteering for free she is being a useful idiot
I only recognize a few of those influencers and I don’t listen to them.
So the chick that has the funny look on her face (3rd from the right)… is that Trump Derangement Syndrome? LOL
That’s Pushaw.
…and to think DeSantis could have supported President Trump and been his VP!
Let this be a lesson to DeceptiCON RON! and all of the other Great Pretenders:
President Trump did build a wall, more than one, and they are unscalable and unbreakable!
If Pushaw is CIA, Sexton is ex CIA, DeSantis’ favorite Pres (H.W. Bush) was CIA, does it lend credence that DeSantis’ campaign is a CIA op to destroy Trump?
It do.
Hey M
Pushaw’s wiki bio has been ‘amended.’
Previously, it talked about her studies in Russia after graduation and then work with that Georgian cat during the Rose Revolution (which would have put her around 13-14 years old on her stated birth date) and then Zelensky in 2014.
Now, there is no mention of Zelensky and her work with that Georgian dude (I can’t ever spell his name correctly) is for 2018 until 2020 as a communications director. (Saakashvilli ?)
Imagine that!
Remember me saying she had a constructed bio before? And she looked at least 40 (not 33).
I guess they had clean up on aisle 3 when that was noticed and exposed on this site.
Speaking of Saakashvilli, right after he left office (2013), he winds up in Ukraine and 1 year after the Maiden Revolution (2015), he becomes the top dog in the Odessa Oblast.
🚨 🚨 🚨
Yes, she’s definitely CIA just like RFK2’s new campaign manager!
Now that is interesting!
It just seemed to set up bell’s and whistles for me that the guy she worked for was convicted and sentenced for of abuse of power, etc.
And within months she’s in US…working for DeSanctimonious.
I don’t believe in coincidence anymore….
Da!
That one has operative written all over her.
Sundance called it too, asked us to contemplate some strange facts that only added up one way.
Yes he did!
You can’t get much past him, if anything.
💡
“The team consisted of high-energy, young staffers — many just out of college —”
There was the second mistake. Sophomoric. Really.
There’s an old saying in motorcycle and auto racing: “never out-drive your headlights”. Implications are obvious and apply here. This young lady is way over her head. She’s just a kid really. At 33, most people still don’t know their ass from a hot rock.
In fairness, with a forehead like hers, meatball likely assumed a big brain was behind it.
Live & Learn
She’s 33?! I could’ve sworn she was much older
Plastic Tina is at least 5 to 7 years older than her stated age.
Even after a recent concerted effort to reboot, the campaign has had trouble shaking off a reputation for being thin-skinned and meanspirited online, repeatedly insulting Trump supporters and alienating potential allies.
This is the very essence of who this campaign is.
Never Trumpers are as hateful and vile as is the Left.
Think about that. Desantis went a long with that plan.
They are the left.
Well yhat explains a lot. They were getting talking points from Pushaw who constantly had gaffes or had to walk back things she said. They followed her right into it.
Who came up with the ridiculous “DeSantis is the next Reagan” push?
Pushaw or Casey?
So, we see with much clearer eyes these days and can readily see the true nature of things (thanks SD and others).
Have there been retrospection analysis of McCain/Romney that indicates the same formula was used then, except most people did not see the strings?
They are using the same tried and true methods and are flummoxed as to why it’s not working this time…..or they probably do know what is happening and they are pretending.
Look in her eyes: crazy would be an understatement.
Buck Sexton! Not worth listening to anymore. Who are the others? Please name names for me if you recognize them.
As bad and artificial DeSantis’ campaign has been – is Florida at risk of turning blue? We’ll need it in 24′
Trump’s unlikely to lose it in a fair election. Ron D might fraud it out of spite, though
Florida counties that use ES&S voting machines have a serious problem. They create blank ballots that have to be adjudicated. Example if you only voted for President and left the rest of the ballot blank the machine should ask you if you intentionally ‘undervoted’, you click yes and it should record the vote but ES&S has set-up their machines to where, in some counties, this option is not available and the ballot is ejected as a blank ballot that needs to be adjudicated’. Blank ballot is supposed to be a ballot with no votes marked on it. This is not an isolated incident of blank ballots either. In the 2018 election Broward county had over 181,000 blank ballots. In the 2020 election Dade County had 68,604 blank ballots. in the 2020 election Pinellas County had 22,661 blank ballots in the general election and 16,804 in the presidential election. Who casts a totally blank ballot? No one. What has DeSantis done to address this issue? Appointed Dave Kerner, a Palm Beach democrat, to head the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, which oversees driver licensing. And the blank ballots don’t even get into the question of do these voting machines violate federal and state certification and are therefore illegal and void. The majority of Florida counties use ES&S voting machines, especially the largest ones i.e. Lee, Pinellas, Hillsborough, Broward, Dade, Orange, Volusia etc. The Bushies and their demo-fascist compatriots have run Florida for sometime and as long as the state uses voting machines the chance of election fraud is great.
I see Lisa Boothe and Buck Sexton. Anyone else with Craycray?
Christina doesn’t look like she is old enough to have any real experience or depth as a political professional or rapid response director (Wikipedia)…
I mean, she looks way over 40
She’s a CIA aligned operative with multiple East European political installations under her belt.
You can put lipstick on a meatball, but at the end of the day it’s still a meatball.
They could never, “tangle with Trump and his surrogates” because the Trump train is genuine.
Lots of stupid people in that photo.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. He should have focused on his job (being a conservative governor of FL). The old sayings will always come back to haunt those that don’t pay attention. He’ll be left with nothing once this is done. No Presidential nomination and a failed governorship. Good riddance.