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April 22, 2026
— Today, Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost (D-FL) re-introduced a bill in the House of Representatives, the Youth Climate Leadership Act, legislation that would cement the existence of youth advisory councils within the Environmental Protection Agency, Department of the Interior, Department of Energy, Department of Agriculture, and Department of Commerce with respect to environmental issues relating to youth communities and communities across the country. On Earth Day, as the Trump administra… Continue Reading
April 16, 2026— Today, Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost (FL-10) announced that his bipartisan discharge petition to extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for hundreds of thousands of Haitians in the United States, co-led with Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), has passed the House of Representatives. The bill now moves to the Senate. Florida is home to the largest population of people of Haitian heritage in the United States and includes nearly half of all Haitian TPS holders in the United States.“T… Continue Reading
April 02, 2026— Today, Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost (FL-10) released a statement in response to Pam Bondi being fired. In a statement, Rep. Frost says: “I have been calling for Pam Bondi to be impeached or fired, and I’m glad that has now happened. Her blatant disregard for the Constitution and her role in the continued cover-up of the Epstein files was and is despicable. For months, my office has been working to uncover this administration’s handling of the Epstein files, reviewing how records were… Continue Reading
March 10, 2025
_ Several members of the Congressional Black Caucus walked out of President Donald Trump’s address to Congress Tuesday or boycotted the speech altogether. “There's a MAGA fest, a MAGA rally going on in the House chambers,’’ Rep. Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y., chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus, said soon after leaving the chamber as Trump delivered his speech. “I knew what was next in the lineup of (his) greatest hits. I didn't need to sit there.” Clarke and some other caucus members who lef… Continue Reading
March 10, 2025Alex Jimenez of Winter Park, a 65-year-old corporate vice president, might look the part of a moderate suburban Democrat open to a bipartisan message in the Trump era. But Jimenez is in no such mood. “WAKE UP DEMOCRATS!” he wrote in a recent letter to the Orlando Sentinel. “The clock is ticking. … Get to work!!” Jimenez, who considers himself center-left, is “extremely disappointed with Democrats at the moment,” he said. “‘Rudderless’ is the word I think of in describing the party, while Repu… Continue Reading
March 05, 2025—Florida Rep. Maxwell Frost walked out of President Donald Trump's joint address to Congress on Tuesday night. Frost revealed a "No Kings Live Here" T-shirt under his jacket as he walked out. In a statement, Frost said: "Donald Trump is many things - a liar, a grifter, a wanna-be-dictator - but no matter how hard he tries and how many Republicans in Congress bend the knee and kiss the ring: he will never be king. "Tonight, the American people saw a desperate liar stand in front of a podium a… Continue Reading
December 17, 2023
My mother, a special education teacher of 37 years, raised me to appreciate what school can be: a place where, with supportive and inspiring instruction, young people can learn a-nd grow into their best selves. Reading is a critical part of that education. But in Florida, with a teacher vacancy crisis, average SAT scores dropping to almost dead last in the nation, and curriculum under attack, our schools have instead become a frontline for politics, not learning. Florida’s law allowing anyone t… Continue Reading
November 07, 2023In 2021, I was a 24-year-old, working class Afro-Latino without millions in the bank — or, really, any money in the bank; without the significant political connections or traditional office experiences that make someone “qualified” to run for office. Everyone counted me out. In Florida of all places — a state where our neofascist governor has stripped people of their reproductive rights, banned books, championed the infamous “Don’t Say Gay” law, and taken great pride in targeting minorities and… Continue Reading