U.S. Sen. Rick Scott suggested there is hypocrisy among the American media regarding the government forcing people out of work.

While moderating a panel on “Restoring Energy Dominance in America,” U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, an Alaska Republican, said former President Joe Biden “declared war” on his state. That included stopping all drilling and exploration permits on the North Slope of Alaska.

“Your left-wing media didn’t cry about that, by the way,” Sullivan said.

“They don’t care,” added Scott, a Naples Republican and Florida’s senior Senator.

The criticism came amid heavy coverage of cuts to the federal workforce under President Donald Trump spurred by recommendations from the Department of Government Efficiency.

The panel was part of the Rescuing the American Dream summit held in Washington on Thursday.

Scott led a conversation with Sullivan, U.S. Sen. Mike Lee and Jonathan Evans, CEO of Lithium Americas. They all agreed federal agencies have done too little to allow mining of important fuels and minerals in the U.S.

That’s notable as Trump has largely lifted moratoria on drilling, including eliminating Biden-era restrictions on drilling off Florida’s Gulf and Atlantic coasts. Scott has historically supported a ban on drilling near Florida.

But the summit touched on exploration more generally. Sullivan discussed a gold mine in Alaska, for example, that had to fight for 20 years to get a permit.

Lee, a Utah Republican, said there’s a misconception that only the federal government can properly protect the environment. He said all states have treasures that their local elected officials want protected and the capacity to do so.

He also touted legislation in Congress now, the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act. That’s legislation that was filed in the House by U.S. Rep. Kat Cammack, a Gainesville Republican. It would prohibit executive agencies from implementing regulations with significant economic impact without securing congressional approval.

“Bring up the urgency behind permitting reform, litigation reform, surrounding the permitting process, and in my view, especially the need for the REINS Act, the need for our laws not to be written by men and women not of our own choosing,” Lee said.

Lee and Sullivan both called Scott a great ally on the issue. Scott said his priority is keeping the U.S. the most competitive economic force in the world.

“I want the Chinese economy to absolutely fall apart,” Scott said.

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Andrew and Tristan Tate are firing back at the DeSantis administration after the state opened a criminal investigation against them.

The fusillade from the brothers, who left Romania last week under the cloud of criminal investigation for human trafficking (allegations they deny), has been constant since Attorney General James Uthmeier announced that his office is using the “full force of law,” including “secured and executed subpoenas and warrants,” against the Tates.

“Absolute communism. I’ve been in America for 5 days. I sat on my laptop and did a podcast. Insanity,” Andrew Tate wrote Tuesday on X.

“I am super disappointed in the United States. This isn’t the America I know. This is a sad sad day for America,” he added. “Trying to find crimes on an innocent man. I’m not afraid. I’m genuinely just disappointed.”

Tristan Tate has been no less defiant.

“I am an American citizen who has been put through hell by a foreign judicial system and I have a totally CLEAN criminal record in every country on earth. You do not tell me I am not welcome in my own country. Ever,” he posted.

Upon their arrival a week ago, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Uthmeier was seeing “what state hooks and jurisdiction we may have to be able to deal with this” after saying regarding the Tates that “Florida is not a place where you’re welcome with that type of conduct.”

And in his comments earlier this week, the new Attorney General confirmed that the state would “pursue every tool we have within our legal authority to hold them accountable.”

The Tates maintain their innocence, meanwhile, and have strategically used retweets to make their case that the investigation is illegitimate.

“The investigation … is a fishing expedition. It’s a disgrace. If Florida was so concerned about his crimes why haven’t they been investigating him until now, why are they executing search warrants with no probable cause. Pathetic,” reads one from The Quartering.

DeSantis nemesis Roger Stone also made a cameo.

“Listen and learn, Meatball, as the Age of Men returns while you are left carrying the purse of your wife for her soon-to-be-failed gubernatorial ambitions. Ron DeSanctimonious will never be a Top G,” Stone said.

But in the end, DeSantis may succeed in purging the Tates from the state, however momentarily.

“I’m going back to Romania in a few days anyway,” Andrew posted.

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