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November 20, 2025
Immigration
News

New Bill Proposes Prison Time for Harassing ICE Agents.

PULSE POINTS

❓WHAT HAPPENED: U.S. Senator Ashley Moody (R-FL) has proposed the Halo Act, which seeks to make it illegal to harass or get too close to federal immigration officers while they are performing their duties.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Senator Moody, federal immigration officers, and agitators protesting immigration enforcement actions.

📍WHEN & WHERE: Announced in November 2025, the legislation addresses incidents nationwide.

💬KEY QUOTE: “I am appalled at the news reports of people harassing and targeting federal officers while they are simply trying to do their jobs, and this must end.” – Senator Moody

🎯IMPACT: If passed, violators of the Halo Act could face up to five years in prison and fines, aiming to protect immigration officers from harassment and threats.

IN FULL

U.S. Senator Ashley Moody (R-FL) has proposed the Halo Act, which would prescribe criminal penalties for agitators who harass federal immigration agents while they are carrying out their official duties. The law would make it illegal for people who have been issued a stand back warning from coming within 25 feet of a federal officer or otherwise acting to interfere with their work, including by making physical threats against an officer or officers.

Under the proposed law, violators would face up to five years in prison and a fine. “As the wife of a law enforcement officer, former attorney general, and now United States senator, I have always supported and fought for the selfless individuals who protect and serve our nation,” Moody said when unveiling the legislation. She added: “I am appalled at the news reports of people harassing and targeting federal officers while they are simply trying to do their jobs, and this must end.”

Proponents of the legislation contend the measure is necessary to protect federal immigration agents. They point to the recent surge in assaults, death threats, stalking, doxxing, and bounties placed on the heads of officers involved in enforcement actions. In June, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) revealed a 500 percent increase in violent attacks on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents as they attempt to carry out their enforcement duties.

Recent protests outside a number of ICE facilities have turned violent, with far-left agitators attempting to disrupt the Trump administration’s push to deport dangerous illegal immigrants. According to federal data, immigration agents have experienced 99 vehicle attacks, more than double the 47 attacks reported during the same period last year.

Meanwhile, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has documented 71 vehicular attacks since January 20, up from 45 during the same period in 2024, marking a 58 percent increase, the agency said. ICE has been targeted in 28 vehicular attacks since January 20, compared to just two incidents in the same period of 2024, representing a 1,300 percent increase, DHS said.

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January 16, 2025
William Upton
Politics

Ron Names Ex-Campaign Manager as New Attorney General?!

Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) is elevating his former campaign manager and current Chief of Staff, James Uthmeier, as Florida’s next Attorney General, replacing Ashley Moody who was named to fill the state’s vacant U.S. Senate seat. During the 2024 Republican presidential primary, Uthmeier—an attorney with deep ties to Florida’s former Senator and President-elect Donald J. Trump’s Secretary of State nominee Marco Rubio—was one of DeSantis’s top individual fundraisers. However, the DeSantis aide’s methods of pulling in donor cash have faced ethical scrutiny.

Investigative journalist Laura Loomer reports that Uthmeier raised $423,042 in the hours after DeSantis declared his presidential ambitions in May 2023. Uthmeier allegedly used his perch as the Florida governor’s Chief of Staff to pressure lobbyists and major donors in the state to contribute to DeSantis and the Never Back Down super PAC in exchange for having continued access to the governor’s office.

After several campaign staff shakeups during the initial months of the Republican primary, DeSantis demoted his then-campaign manager, Generra Peck, and replaced her with Uthmeier. Just 35 years old at the time, Uthmeier had no substantive campaign experience—having previously served as a senior advisor at the U.S. Department of Commerce and worked at the establishment law firm Jones Day.

As the Never Back Down super PAC fl0undered in the closing days of the Republican presidential primary, Uthmeier pushed the pro-DeSantis group to abandon its TV ad campaigns in early December 2023 and instead take on much of the Florida governor’s get-out-the-vote operation. After nearly coming in third place in Iowa just a month later, DeSantis exited the presidential primary contest, removing one of the last hurdles to President-elect Trump receiving the Republican nomination.

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Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) is elevating his former campaign manager and current Chief of Staff, James Uthmeier, as Florida's next Attorney General, replacing Ashley Moody who was named to fill the state's vacant U.S. Senate seat. During the 2024 Republican presidential primary, Uthmeier—an attorney with deep ties to Florida's former Senator and President-elect Donald J. Trump's Secretary of State nominee Marco Rubio—was one of DeSantis's top individual fundraisers. However, the DeSantis aide's methods of pulling in donor cash have faced ethical scrutiny. show more
January 16, 2025
Jack Montgomery
TRUMP TRANSITION 2024/5

Florida AG Ashley Moody Will Replace Rubio in Senate.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) announced on Thursday that he has selected Attorney General Ashley Moody to fill the Senate seat vacated by Marco Rubio, who President-elect Donald Trump has tapped to serve as Secretary of State.

“Today I am proud to announce that I am selecting our attorney general, Ashley Moody, to serve as our next U.S. senator,” DeSantis declared at an Orlando news conference, praising her service as the state’s top law enforcement officer. “I think right now appointments like these are more significant than ever. This is a time for action and a time for Washington, D.C., to deliver results for the American people.”

DeSantis said Trump’s “remarkable” election victory provided a “mandate for change” and urged an end to “business as usual” in Washington. He highlighted border security as a key focus, emphasizing Florida’s collaboration with the incoming administration to enforce immigration laws.

Moody, Florida’s Attorney General since 2019, was previously a commercial litigator, federal prosecutor, and the state’s youngest circuit court judge in 2007. Moody expressed her readiness to serve, saying, “I’m ready to show up and fight for this nation and fight for President Trump to deliver the America First agenda on day one.”

With this appointment, Moody will serve until the next statewide election in 2026, at which point a special election will determine who completes Rubio’s term. Rubio, a senator since 2011, is set to resign upon Trump’s inauguration next week following a smooth confirmation process for his new role.

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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) announced on Thursday that he has selected Attorney General Ashley Moody to fill the Senate seat vacated by Marco Rubio, who President-elect Donald Trump has tapped to serve as Secretary of State. show more
December 18, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Corruption

Would-Be Trump Assassin Ryan Routh Almost Killed Girl, Six, During Escape, Feds ‘Stonewalling’ State Investigators.

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody announced on Wednesday that Ryan Routh, who attempted to assassinate Donald J. Trump on September 15, faces an attempted felony murder charge for causing severe injuries to a six-year-old girl during his escape. However, she complains the federal authorities have “stonewalled” the state-level investigation into Routh.

Following the assassination attempt, Routh fled north on Interstate 95, leading to law enforcement shutting down traffic in both directions. His apprehension in Martin County precipitated a multi-car crash on the highway, which nearly resulted in the death of the young girl.

Moody stressed that Florida investigators faced significant resistance in their efforts to independently investigate Routh’s actions, saying the state authorities “offered to be a partner” to the federal authorities, but “we immediately were confronted with a lack of willingness to allow us access to the crime scene, an unwillingness to provide evidence that was collected, an unwillingness to allow us to accompany witness interviews, and the list goes on and on.”

“[P]rosecutors and federal agents… made known that they intended to shut down our investigation and invoke federal jurisdiction in doing so,” she added.

FROM THE TOP.

Martin County Sheriff William Snyder described this obstruction as political, originating from “way above the men and women of the FBI.”

“This was not normal from our federal partners. This was not ground-level FBI agents. This came from much higher, way above those FBI agents,” he said.

Governor Ron DeSantis is backing Moody, saying, “The feds have stonewalled Florida’s investigation of the Trump assassination attempt at every turn, and I appreciate AG Ashley Moody and her team for plowing forward despite such resistance. The tide will turn on January 20th and we fully expect that the federal roadblocks will be removed.”

In October, Florida filed a lawsuit against the Biden-Harris Department of Justice and Attorney General Merrick Garland for obstructing Florida’s investigation.

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Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody announced on Wednesday that Ryan Routh, who attempted to assassinate Donald J. Trump on September 15, faces an attempted felony murder charge for causing severe injuries to a six-year-old girl during his escape. However, she complains the federal authorities have "stonewalled" the state-level investigation into Routh. show more
April 2, 2024
Politics

NIGHTMARE: Ballot Measures On Abortion Rights and Weed Green Lit in Sunshine State.

The Florida Supreme Court issued two rulings on Monday approving ballot measures that could broaden abortion rights and legalize the recreational use of marijuana in the state. Florida’s Republican Attorney General, Ashley Moody, asked the state’s high court to review both measures late last year — arguing that the language was too vague and could confuse voters. Under Florida law, the state Supreme Court reviews all ballot measures for clarity prior to an election.

In a 39-page brief filed in November, Moody contended that the abortion rights ballot measure should be kept off of the 2024 ballot as it misleads voters regarding just how expansive the proposed abortion rights would be. “The ballot summary here is part of a … design to lay ticking time bombs that will enable abortion proponents later to argue that the amendment has a much broader meaning than voters would ever have thought,” Moody argued in her court filing. If the measure is adopted by Florida voters, abortion in the state would remain legal up to fetal viability — the definition of ‘viability’ being the cause of the Attorney General’s concern.

At the same time, the Florida Supreme Court reaffirmed the ban on abortions beyond 15 weeks that Governor Ron DeSantis instituted in April 2022. DeSantis also enacted a six-week ban in the wake of the 15-week ban, structured to begin a month following court approval of the 15-week ban. Given Monday’s ruling, the six-week ban could start being enforced in May.

In addition to the abortion ballot question, the court also approved a separate measure asking voters if they want to legalize the recreational use of marijuana in the state. The ballot measure would legalize the possession of marijuana for personal use and allow the sale to residents over the age of 21.

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The Florida Supreme Court issued two rulings on Monday approving ballot measures that could broaden abortion rights and legalize the recreational use of marijuana in the state. Florida's Republican Attorney General, Ashley Moody, asked the state's high court to review both measures late last year — arguing that the language was too vague and could confuse voters. Under Florida law, the state Supreme Court reviews all ballot measures for clarity prior to an election. show more

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