Republican Magazine | Spring 2023

Bob Sutton & Dragos Sprinceana

Bob Sutton & Dragos Sprinceana

Bob Sutton & Dragos Sprinceana

Political Power Duo!

GUYANA OIL

Jason Smith - Energy Delegation

Crystal Clear

Crystal Clear

Tutors Tutors

Ferraris & Florals

April 17, 2023

Turkiye Disaster

Ways to Help!

Chairman Bob Sutton & Dragos Sprinceana Palm Beach Lincoln Day Dinner Mar-a-Lago

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NateCainAnnouncesCandidacyforUnitedStatesCongress

Nate Cain, a Republican, U S Army Veteran, cybersecurity entrepreneur, and FBI whistleblower announces his candidacy for West Virginia's 2nd Congressional District With a track record of integrity, selfless service, personal courage, and loyalty to his country, Cain is focused on restoring our Constitutional freedoms, strengthening our national security, and opening the doors to prosperity for all Americans

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Nate Cain for United States Congress, West Virginia's 2nd Congressional District. Nate Cain is a military veteran who stands for America First principles & the people of West Virginia. He is a family man whose foundation is upon God, Family and Country Cain is an entrepreneur and small business owner in Berkley County, West Virginia, https://www cain associates For more information about Nate Cain's campaign for Congress in 2024 or to donate, please visit https://natecain4wv com

"I am excited to announce my candidacy for the West Virginia's 2nd Congressional District," Cain said "I believe West Virginia needs a strong and trustworthy leader representing them, with a track record of integrity and personal courage when it matters I firmly support the U S Constitution and intend to boldly fight to restore our God-given rights to guns, free speech, religion, medical freedom, and privacy I also pledge to strengthen our national security and sovereignty with strong borders, balanced budgets, accountable foreign aid, a strong military, and a replenished national strategic stockpile and oil reserve. By restoring American freedom and national security we will ensure an enduring prosperity that will last for generations."

SPRING 2023

In Guyana,

Chairman

Smith

and Delegation

Highlight the Importance of American Partnership in Energy Production to Outcompete China

Jason Smith (MO-08) and a bipartisan delegation of the Ways and Means Committee met with Guyanese President Dr. Mohamed Irfanan Ali and Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo. Chairman Smith shared his interest in growing America’s participation in Guyana’s energy production.

Guyana is experiencing a massive increase in offshore oil production, a trend that is expected to continue. Chairman Smith highlighted how America can lead the way in developing, extracting, and selling Guyanese oil and that this increasing production has the potential to greatly benefit both the United States and Guyana, and help thwart China’s attempts to achieve energy dominance.

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Smith made the following statement after the delegation’s bilateral meeting with President Ali, Vice President Jagdeo, and cabinet officials:

“We appreciate the productive conversation the delegation had with President Dr. Ali about the American–Guyanese bilateral relationship. Guyana’s abundant energy resources have the potential to lift its people out of poverty, help power the world, and ensure more affordable energy for American families and job creators. China also is participating in Guyana’s oil production. America must be committed to outcompeting China around the world while strengthening key American supply chains, increasing U.S. production of affordable energy resources, and improving partnerships with allies in the Western Hemisphere and beyond. Our delegation’s meetings have shown how U.S. bilateral relationships in the region benefit American workers and provide a much-needed alternative to countries that might otherwise orient their economies toward China An energy boom in Guyana can help American workers while also benefiting the people of Guyana and their economy.”

Dan Newlin says Florida Tort Reform Compromise on the Horizon.

Tort reform legislation pending in the Florida House and Senate was being rapidly pushed by the Insurance Lobby and Big Business The original bill filed (HB 837) on February 15, 2023, was quickly and quietly introduced with the hope it could reach the Governor's desk without scrutiny The bill as originally drafted "could directly harm minorities, senior citizens, veterans, and the majority of hard-working Floridians. Thankfully, today the Florida sun is shining down on this bill and amendments have been made," stated Attorney Dan Newlin of Dan Newlin Injury Attorneys.

Thanks to some Republican and Democrat lawmakers and several consumer lawyers, the original bill and the harm it could cause was publicly acknowledged, which has led to closer scrutiny and pursuit of some compromises for everyday Floridians

Attorney Dan Newlin was thankful that legislators took time to listen and meet with him and other concerned citizens Newlin stated, "having the opportunity to meet and speak with so many legislators was an amazing experience Seeing that they cared to listen to all sides, and that we had a voice for many powerless accident victims was a great honor "

Additionally, under current Florida law there are provisions that require an insurance company to act fairly to an injured person and pay benefits when they reasonably know they should be paid. When an insurance carrier fails to act fairly and timely pay benefits the carrier can be sued for violating this law. This area of the law is known as insurance "bad faith" and under the original bill, insurance bad faith might have been completely removed.

Attorney Dan Newlin believed that removing all current bad faith provisions under Florida law could allow insurance companies to offer much less than a claimant is entitled because the insurance company would have no repercussions for acting poorly and paying much less than an injury victim legally deserved and was entitled to.

The Insurance Lobby broadly proclaims that bad faith lawsuits are out of control and that the current law is misused, which is causing rates to skyrocket and carriers to leave Florida Newlin says this is largely propaganda, at least as it concerns the personal auto insurance market in Florida, which is very competitive and healthy with carriers making record profits Accident claims and cases brought for personal injury and wrongful death by his law firm and many others rarely result in bad faith lawsuits. In fact, in 21 years of practicing law, Attorney Newlin and his firm, who have represented hundreds of thousands injured accident victims, have only filed one bad faith lawsuit.

Newlin believes there needs to be balanced bad faith provisions that operate to make the insurance companies play fairly, especially for Florida seniors, minorities, veterans. Floridians are required to pay for auto insurance so they also deserve to have some form of legal protection. We will find compromise. There will be no winners in Tallahassee. It's about going home knowing we did the best for Floridians, that is my hope."

Americano Media, the nation's first ever Spanish language network rooted in American values, announced today that former Texas Republican Congresswoman Mayra Flores has joined the network as its Senior Political Contributor. She will provide commentary daily on Americano's news and opinion programs.

"Rep. Flores surprised the country when she won handily in a traditionally Democrat district, and then brought to Washington her unique and smart perspective on how to save our declining nation," Americano founder and chief executive Ivan Garcia-Hidalgo said "She is now a leading voice of Hispanic Americans who are fed up with business as usual and we are delighted to give her a nationwide platform to continue her leadership "

"I am proud to join Americano Media, a truly important new development in the Spanish language media arena," Rep. Flores said. "Hispanics are family-oriented, hardworking and conservative by nature, and I am excited to amplify their views in a more fulsome discussion where both sides are heard on issues important to our community."

Americano Media airs 18 hours of original news and opinion programming every weekday. The company syndicates its content with Audacy's Radio Libre 790AM in Miami, and is positioned to announce in 2023 dozens of new radio station partners in vital markets across the country New TV and digital news and talk content will also be rolled out in the first quarter of 2023

Flores represented Texas's 34th district in the U S House of Representatives after a stunning upset win in a June 2022 special election A Republican, she was the first Mexican-born female member of the House The district was then reconfigured to make it strongly favor a Democrat candidate, which resulted in her defeat in the recent midterm elections

Flores campaigned on her story as the wife of a U S Border Patrol agent and as a Mexican immigrant whose parents brought her to the United States as a young child. She has said the Rio Grande Valley, her home, is "under attack" at the border and speaks out against business-as-usual in the nation's capital.

"Mayra's story is America's story, and in many ways she's also Americano's story, so you can imagine how exciting this is for our company," Garcia-Hidalgo said.

ABOUT AMERICANO:

Founded in 2022, Americano Media aims to be the number one Spanish language news and opinion network reaching over 500 million Spanish speakers globally. Focused on U.S. Hispanics, the fastest growing demographic in the nation, Americano works to empower this community through credible and accessible news and frank two-sided discussion with focused entertainment content that resonates Hispanic core values Americano can be heard and viewed on its iOS and Android mobile apps and over-the-top on Apple TV, Fire TV, Roku, and Google TV To learn more about the company please visit: www americanomedia com

Newsmax, DIRECTV Finalize Renewal

Programming to Resume on DIRECTV, DIRECTV Stream And U-verse

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. and BOCA RATON, Fla., March 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- DIRECTV and Newsmax Media, Inc. announced today that they reached a business agreement for a multi-year distribution deal that will return the Newsmax channel to DIRECTV, DIRECTV STREAM and U-verse on March 23, 2023

When the two companies were initially unable to agree on financial terms to extend their carriage agreement, DIRECTV lost the rights to distribute the programming on January 25, 2023. Unfortunately, this is a common occurrence in the pay TV industry, and often consumers are caught in the middle.

"Newsmax recognizes and appreciates that DIRECTV clearly supports diverse voices, including conservative ones," said Christopher Ruddy, CEO of Newsmax. "As a standalone company, DIRECTV helped give Newsmax its start nearly a decade ago as it continues to do with upcoming news networks, which is why we are pleased to reach a mutually beneficial agreement that will deliver our network to DIRECTV, DIRECTV STREAM and U-verse customers over the next several years "

"This resolution with Newsmax, resolving an all-too-common carriage dispute, underscores our dedication to delivering a wide array of programming and perspectives to our customers," said Bill Morrow, CEO of DIRECTV "Through our persistent negotiations, we reached a resolution under mutually-agreeable business terms allowing us to deliver the conservative news network at the right value – a reflection of the free market at work."

Newsmax will be available on DIRECTV, DIRECTV STREAM and U-verse at no additional cost to customers, rejoining the now expanded and diversified news lineup which includes six 24/7 news networks –CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, Newsmax, NewsNation, and The First.

This agreement marks DIRECTV's latest successful resolution of a carriage dispute, an unfortunate but increasingly frequent occurrence involving nearly every pay TV and streaming provider attempting to keep rising consumer costs in check. Over the past five years alone, the industry has endured no less than 140 distinct disputes pitting programmers or station groups against their primary distributors. While some resolve in as little as a few hours to days or weeks, others last several months to more than a year. During that same timeframe, DIRECTV has resolved public disputes with approximately 50 programmers or station groups, typically lasting a few days or weeks, but routinely extending to several months in some instances

About NEWSMAX:

Newsmax Media, Inc operates Newsmax, one of the nation's leading news outlets

The Newsmax channel is carried on all major cable and satellite systems Newsmax's media properties reach more than 40 million Americans regularly through Newsmax TV, the Newsmax App, its popular website Newsmax.com, and publications like Newsmax Magazine Forbes has called Newsmax "a news powerhouse

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