Dan Sweeney
@dansweeney.bsky.social
Deputy Opinions Editor, South Florida Sun Sentinel. Good storyteller. Average guitarist. Mediocre on uke and mandolin. Enthusiast.
Our competitors/colleagues at the @miamiherald.com posted an explosive investigation a few days ago showing the DeSantis administration misappropriated more than $35 million in state funds. Now, the Legislature must do its job, because DeSantis won't police himself.
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DeSantis must answer for illicitly diverting millions | Editorial
An explosive investigation by the Miami Herald and Tampa Bay Times shows Gov. Ron DeSantis diverted more than $35 million in public funds to his private wars against abortion and recreational marij…
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December 15, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Our competitors/colleagues at the @miamiherald.com posted an explosive investigation a few days ago showing the DeSantis administration misappropriated more than $35 million in state funds. Now, the Legislature must do its job, because DeSantis won't police himself.
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I just saw Clair Obscur won Game of the Year. NGL, I never even made it out of the tutorial. Just stopped playing when I couldn't beat that damn mime.
December 12, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I just saw Clair Obscur won Game of the Year. NGL, I never even made it out of the tutorial. Just stopped playing when I couldn't beat that damn mime.
Damning ... If we lived in an age in which politicians were held accountable.
DeSantis admin diverted child welfare and medical funds for consultants, ads
A Miami Herald and Tampa Bay Times investigation found the DeSantis’ administration’s use of public money to fund a campaign against marijuana and abortion access was more sprawling than previously kn...
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December 12, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Damning ... If we lived in an age in which politicians were held accountable.
Tonight, Miami elected its first female mayor. Also, first Democratic mayor of the 21st century. Also the winner -- Eileen Higgins -- appears to have beaten her Cuban Republican opponent in LITTLE HAVANA by double digits.
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Democrat wins Miami mayor’s race for the first time in nearly 30 years
Democrat Eileen Higgins won the Miami mayor’s race on Tuesday, defeating a Republican endorsed by President Donald Trump to end her party’s nearly three-decade losing streak.
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December 10, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Tonight, Miami elected its first female mayor. Also, first Democratic mayor of the 21st century. Also the winner -- Eileen Higgins -- appears to have beaten her Cuban Republican opponent in LITTLE HAVANA by double digits.
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Even I, a newspaper editorial board member, can't wait to see the opinion hot takes on these latest Trump "truths."
"Donald Trump wants to execute his political enemies. Here's why that's bad"
"Talking 2026: How six open Democratic congressional seats could play out"
The options are incredible.
"Donald Trump wants to execute his political enemies. Here's why that's bad"
"Talking 2026: How six open Democratic congressional seats could play out"
The options are incredible.
November 20, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Even I, a newspaper editorial board member, can't wait to see the opinion hot takes on these latest Trump "truths."
"Donald Trump wants to execute his political enemies. Here's why that's bad"
"Talking 2026: How six open Democratic congressional seats could play out"
The options are incredible.
"Donald Trump wants to execute his political enemies. Here's why that's bad"
"Talking 2026: How six open Democratic congressional seats could play out"
The options are incredible.
Lowering the amount of refugees taken in by America from 125,000 per year to 7,500, with most of those to be white South Africans, is in keeping with the president's lengthy history of racial bias.
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Trump’s racist and cruel refugee quotas reject America’s spirit | Editorial
Lowering the amount of refugees taken in by America from 125,000 per year to 7,500, with most of those to be white South Africans, is in keeping with the president’s lengthy history of racial…
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November 12, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Lowering the amount of refugees taken in by America from 125,000 per year to 7,500, with most of those to be white South Africans, is in keeping with the president's lengthy history of racial bias.
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The exact number needed to overcome the filibuster, none of whom are up for election in 2026, and there are people who think this wasn't coordinated by leadership? C'mon, man.
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen revealed that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer knew the entire time about the plan for a few Democrats to capitulate to Republicans on the government shutdown. trib.al/pQ5UPqL
November 12, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The exact number needed to overcome the filibuster, none of whom are up for election in 2026, and there are people who think this wasn't coordinated by leadership? C'mon, man.
There's a Pac-Man game on Google today? How'm I supposed to get any work done?!
October 30, 2025 at 1:23 PM
There's a Pac-Man game on Google today? How'm I supposed to get any work done?!
George Santos may be a small fry, but he's part of a pattern. Other presidents have had controversial pardons, but nothing comes close to Trump's sordid string of pardons since freeing the Jan. 6 rioters on day 1 of his second term.
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Trump’s pardons reward lawlessness | Editorial
Other presidents have offered controversial pardons and commutations, but nothing comes close to the sordid string of pardons Trump has offered since freeing the Jan. 6 rioters on day one of his se…
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October 29, 2025 at 5:31 PM
George Santos may be a small fry, but he's part of a pattern. Other presidents have had controversial pardons, but nothing comes close to Trump's sordid string of pardons since freeing the Jan. 6 rioters on day 1 of his second term.
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Ya don't say, Chris! Golly gee whiz, we wouldn't want leaders who "offload resentment onto their enemies." That sure sounds bad. I'm glad you agree that we should stand against leaders who "offload resentment onto their enemies." Jesus, the projection with these people.
October 29, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Ya don't say, Chris! Golly gee whiz, we wouldn't want leaders who "offload resentment onto their enemies." That sure sounds bad. I'm glad you agree that we should stand against leaders who "offload resentment onto their enemies." Jesus, the projection with these people.
Our latest editorial responds to a bill filed in the Florida Legislature, and unfortunately has to state the obvious: Charlie Kirk's killing was an affront to freedom of speech, but the controversial right-wing figure shouldn't have streets named for him in college towns across Florida.
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A Charlie Kirk Road, everywhere. Had enough? | Editorial
Charlie Kirk’s killing was an affront to the freedom of speech we all hold dear, but the controversial right-wing figure shouldn’t have streets named for him in college towns across Flo…
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October 20, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Our latest editorial responds to a bill filed in the Florida Legislature, and unfortunately has to state the obvious: Charlie Kirk's killing was an affront to freedom of speech, but the controversial right-wing figure shouldn't have streets named for him in college towns across Florida.
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Circumcisions cause autism, Medbeds regrow lost limbs, and an archangel will vibe you more important health tips — all parts of the Make America Healthy Again movement, writes @sun-sentinel.com columnist @pbeall.bsky.social.
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Circumcisions and Medbeds and MAHA, oh my! | Pat Beall
Circumcisions cause autism, Medbeds regrow lost limbs, and an archangel will vibe you more important health tips — all parts of the Make America Healthy Again movement, writes columnist Pat Beall.…
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October 17, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Circumcisions cause autism, Medbeds regrow lost limbs, and an archangel will vibe you more important health tips — all parts of the Make America Healthy Again movement, writes @sun-sentinel.com columnist @pbeall.bsky.social.
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There are very few newspaper writers' names I put up there with Eli Saslow. Guy is just incredible. Here's a gift link to his latest for the NYT
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She Despised Charlie Kirk. He Resolved to Make People Like Her Pay.
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October 14, 2025 at 12:49 PM
There are very few newspaper writers' names I put up there with Eli Saslow. Guy is just incredible. Here's a gift link to his latest for the NYT
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Cost-cutting crusader and Florida Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia sent police to confront a septuagenarian critic who mailed him a postcard that read, "You lack values" — a move both un-American and not exactly cost-saving.
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Call off your DOGE dogs and apologize, Ingoglia | Editorial
Cost-cutting crusader and state CFO Blaise Ingoglia sent police to confront critics who mailed him a postcard that read, “You lack values” — a move both un-American and not exactly cost…
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October 13, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Cost-cutting crusader and Florida Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia sent police to confront a septuagenarian critic who mailed him a postcard that read, "You lack values" — a move both un-American and not exactly cost-saving.
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The grand jury probe in Tallahassee into the Hope Florida scandal brings the state into uncharted waters. Attorney General James Uthmeier, who is neck deep in the scandal, ought to take a voluntary leave until his name is cleared.
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A grand jury closes in on the Capitol | Editorial
A grand jury probe into the Hope Florida scandal begins next week. Attorney General James Uthmeier, who is neck deep in the scandal, ought to take a voluntary leave until his name is cleared.
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October 9, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The grand jury probe in Tallahassee into the Hope Florida scandal brings the state into uncharted waters. Attorney General James Uthmeier, who is neck deep in the scandal, ought to take a voluntary leave until his name is cleared.
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Confused as to what a "sexual matador" is. Does this mean he actively eludes sex and eventually kills the mood entirely?
September 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Confused as to what a "sexual matador" is. Does this mean he actively eludes sex and eventually kills the mood entirely?
Trump's threats to take away broadcast licenses and jail protesters are threats to the very core of what makes the United States the free nation it is.
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Trump’s war on free speech attacks your rights as an American | Editorial
Trump’s threats to take away broadcast licenses and jail protesters are threats to the very core of what makes the United States the free nation it is.
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September 24, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Trump's threats to take away broadcast licenses and jail protesters are threats to the very core of what makes the United States the free nation it is.
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Kinda weird to post this column to social media, but...
Social media algorithms are siphoning people into radicalization, anorexia, depression and worse, writes columnist Pat Beall. Our government must confront the tech industry robber barons.
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Social media algorithms are siphoning people into radicalization, anorexia, depression and worse, writes columnist Pat Beall. Our government must confront the tech industry robber barons.
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Social media is teaching us to hate ourselves and each other | Pat Beall
Social media algorithms are siphoning people into radicalization, anorexia, depression and worse, writes columnist Pat Beall. Our government must confront the tech industry robber barons.
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September 19, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Kinda weird to post this column to social media, but...
Social media algorithms are siphoning people into radicalization, anorexia, depression and worse, writes columnist Pat Beall. Our government must confront the tech industry robber barons.
Gift link: www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/09/19/s...
Social media algorithms are siphoning people into radicalization, anorexia, depression and worse, writes columnist Pat Beall. Our government must confront the tech industry robber barons.
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Two documentarians who created films on the polio vaccine and vaccine hesitancy write that our obligations to our fellow citizens outweigh the libertarian arguments put forth by anti-vaccine skeptics. Jonas Salk would have agreed.
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What would Jonas Salk say if he could see us now? | Opinion
Two documentarians who created films on the polio vaccine and vaccine hesitancy write that our obligations to our fellow citizens outweigh the libertarian arguments put forth by anti-vaccine skepti…
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September 18, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Two documentarians who created films on the polio vaccine and vaccine hesitancy write that our obligations to our fellow citizens outweigh the libertarian arguments put forth by anti-vaccine skeptics. Jonas Salk would have agreed.
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In vowing retribution and further inflaming political rhetoric, the Trump administration takes all the wrong lessons from Charlie Kirk's death.
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Free-speech advocate’s murder is pretext for suppressing free speech | Editorial
In vowing retribution and further inflaming political rhetoric, the Trump administration takes all the wrong lessons from Charlie Kirk’s death.
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September 16, 2025 at 7:56 PM
In vowing retribution and further inflaming political rhetoric, the Trump administration takes all the wrong lessons from Charlie Kirk's death.
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The extrajudicial killing of alleged drug traffickers by the U.S. Navy on the orders of President Trump is yet another blow to the rule of law in our country. And there have been many since the 2024 election.
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A democracy under siege from within | Editorial
The extrajudicial killing of alleged drug traffickers on the high seas by the U.S. Navy, on the orders of President Trump, is yet another blow to the rule of law.
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September 15, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The extrajudicial killing of alleged drug traffickers by the U.S. Navy on the orders of President Trump is yet another blow to the rule of law in our country. And there have been many since the 2024 election.
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Reposted by Dan Sweeney
Political violence disproportionately hurts people with less power, not people with more power. Political violence will disproportionately hurt people of color and women and LGBTQ people. It’s not fair, but that’s the way it works. Celebrating political violence means at best indifference to that.
Political violence is bad. It usually begets more political violence.
Celebrating political violence is bad. It usually encourages more political violence, against various targets.
Campus shootings are bad. They make everyone on campus less safe.
It's bad that what I wrote here is controversial.
Celebrating political violence is bad. It usually encourages more political violence, against various targets.
Campus shootings are bad. They make everyone on campus less safe.
It's bad that what I wrote here is controversial.
September 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Political violence disproportionately hurts people with less power, not people with more power. Political violence will disproportionately hurt people of color and women and LGBTQ people. It’s not fair, but that’s the way it works. Celebrating political violence means at best indifference to that.
Reposted by Dan Sweeney
nobody needs to hear this more than people who aren’t on here but: wait for a suspect and a motive
September 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
nobody needs to hear this more than people who aren’t on here but: wait for a suspect and a motive
As a fellow regular writer of articles, I sorta thought this was every evening on the Internet.
Ah, I see it’s an evening of no one reading the article first
September 10, 2025 at 12:55 AM
As a fellow regular writer of articles, I sorta thought this was every evening on the Internet.