Jason Garcia
@jasongarcia.bsky.social
Investigative reporter covering corporate influence in Florida. Publisher of Seeking Rents, a newsletter and podcast about state politics. https://jasongarcia.substack.com
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New: A children’s education company connected to Trump appointee and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee wants more than $1 million from Florida taxpayers to develop curriculum under a new law requiring Florida public schools to teach students about the history of communism.
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January 4, 2026 at 2:24 PM
New: A children’s education company connected to Trump appointee and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee wants more than $1 million from Florida taxpayers to develop curriculum under a new law requiring Florida public schools to teach students about the history of communism.
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Companies linked to an appointee of President Convicted Felon are seeking money from #Florida taxpayers — and giving money to #Florida lawmakers to make it happen. jasongarcia.substack.com/p/companies-... via @jasongarcia.bsky.social
Companies linked to a Trump appointee are seeking money from Florida taxpayers — and giving money to Florida lawmakers
Florida in Five: Five stories to read from the past week in Florida politics.
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January 4, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Companies linked to an appointee of President Convicted Felon are seeking money from #Florida taxpayers — and giving money to #Florida lawmakers to make it happen. jasongarcia.substack.com/p/companies-... via @jasongarcia.bsky.social
New: A children’s education company connected to Trump appointee and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee wants more than $1 million from Florida taxpayers to develop curriculum under a new law requiring Florida public schools to teach students about the history of communism.
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January 4, 2026 at 2:24 PM
New: A children’s education company connected to Trump appointee and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee wants more than $1 million from Florida taxpayers to develop curriculum under a new law requiring Florida public schools to teach students about the history of communism.
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Seeking Rents' most-read story of 2025 revealed that homebuilding giant Lennar Corp. was quietly lobbying Florida lawmakers to pass a bill that would have let the company lock homebuyers into never-ending fees.
The rest of the top 10 to follow.
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The rest of the top 10 to follow.
jasongarcia.substack.com/p/a-homebuil...
A homebuilding giant is lobbying for the power to collect endless profits from homeowners
A bill backed by Fortune 500 homebuilder Lennar Corp. would to let developers lock homebuyers into paying perpetual fees that do nothing but pad developer profits.
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January 1, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Seeking Rents' most-read story of 2025 revealed that homebuilding giant Lennar Corp. was quietly lobbying Florida lawmakers to pass a bill that would have let the company lock homebuyers into never-ending fees.
The rest of the top 10 to follow.
jasongarcia.substack.com/p/a-homebuil...
The rest of the top 10 to follow.
jasongarcia.substack.com/p/a-homebuil...
Just posted: The Top Seeking Rents Stories of 2025
List includes our 10 most-read stories for the year, our 10 most-downloaded podcasts, and 10 more I'm particularly proud of or that I think were especially important.
jasongarcia.substack.com/p/the-top-se...
List includes our 10 most-read stories for the year, our 10 most-downloaded podcasts, and 10 more I'm particularly proud of or that I think were especially important.
jasongarcia.substack.com/p/the-top-se...
The top Seeking Rents stories of 2025
On the final day of the year, a look back at our most-read stories and our most-downloaded podcasts of 2025.
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December 31, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Just posted: The Top Seeking Rents Stories of 2025
List includes our 10 most-read stories for the year, our 10 most-downloaded podcasts, and 10 more I'm particularly proud of or that I think were especially important.
jasongarcia.substack.com/p/the-top-se...
List includes our 10 most-read stories for the year, our 10 most-downloaded podcasts, and 10 more I'm particularly proud of or that I think were especially important.
jasongarcia.substack.com/p/the-top-se...
New: Florida’s Republican-controlled Legislature may turn husbands, fathers and brothers into bounty hunters who can block women from ending unwanted pregnancies.
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Florida may send bounty hunters after women and doctors
Florida in Five: Five stories to read from the past week in Florida politics.
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December 29, 2025 at 8:57 PM
New: Florida’s Republican-controlled Legislature may turn husbands, fathers and brothers into bounty hunters who can block women from ending unwanted pregnancies.
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Another normal day in the Free State of Florida. A GOP state lawmaker just filed a bill that would:
1) Force schools to accept unvaccinated students if a parent objects to vaccines on the basis of "conscience"
2) Let pharmacies sell Ivermectin without a prescription
1) Force schools to accept unvaccinated students if a parent objects to vaccines on the basis of "conscience"
2) Let pharmacies sell Ivermectin without a prescription
December 29, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Another normal day in the Free State of Florida. A GOP state lawmaker just filed a bill that would:
1) Force schools to accept unvaccinated students if a parent objects to vaccines on the basis of "conscience"
2) Let pharmacies sell Ivermectin without a prescription
1) Force schools to accept unvaccinated students if a parent objects to vaccines on the basis of "conscience"
2) Let pharmacies sell Ivermectin without a prescription
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The Republican-controlled #Florida Legislature may turn husbands, fathers and brothers into bounty hunters who can block women from ending unwanted pregnancies. jasongarcia.substack.com/p/florida-ma... via @jasongarcia.bsky.social
Florida may send bounty hunters after women and doctors
Florida in Five: Five stories to read from the past week in Florida politics.
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December 28, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The Republican-controlled #Florida Legislature may turn husbands, fathers and brothers into bounty hunters who can block women from ending unwanted pregnancies. jasongarcia.substack.com/p/florida-ma... via @jasongarcia.bsky.social
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NEW from @jasongarcia.bsky.social at Seeking Rents...
The FL GOP is looking to incentivize Florida spouses, parents or siblings to sue anyone, including other family members, who attempts to send a pregnant family member abortion medication through the mail.
The payout is $100K plus legal fees.
The FL GOP is looking to incentivize Florida spouses, parents or siblings to sue anyone, including other family members, who attempts to send a pregnant family member abortion medication through the mail.
The payout is $100K plus legal fees.
Florida may send bounty hunters after women and doctors
Florida in Five: Five stories to read from the past week in Florida politics.
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December 28, 2025 at 6:37 PM
NEW from @jasongarcia.bsky.social at Seeking Rents...
The FL GOP is looking to incentivize Florida spouses, parents or siblings to sue anyone, including other family members, who attempts to send a pregnant family member abortion medication through the mail.
The payout is $100K plus legal fees.
The FL GOP is looking to incentivize Florida spouses, parents or siblings to sue anyone, including other family members, who attempts to send a pregnant family member abortion medication through the mail.
The payout is $100K plus legal fees.
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Records show the #Florida food libel law was literally written by farm industry lobbyists -- and their intention was less about helping farmers and more about hurting environmentalists. jasongarcia.substack.com/p/they-said-... via @jasongarcia.bsky.social
They said they wanted to help farmers. They really wanted to hurt environmentalists.
Florida in Five: Five stories to read from the past week in Florida politics.
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December 21, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Records show the #Florida food libel law was literally written by farm industry lobbyists -- and their intention was less about helping farmers and more about hurting environmentalists. jasongarcia.substack.com/p/they-said-... via @jasongarcia.bsky.social
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#Florida legislators quietly working on a measure to give Big Sugar legal power to go after activists & news outlets and silence critics jasongarcia.substack.com/p/florida-po... via @jasongarcia.bsky.social
Florida politicians may give Big Sugar legal power to go after activists and silence critics
Lawmakers in Tallahassee are quietly working on a measure that would give the sugar industry more ammunition to threaten Everglades advocates, news outlets and others with defamation lawsuits.
jasongarcia.substack.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
#Florida legislators quietly working on a measure to give Big Sugar legal power to go after activists & news outlets and silence critics jasongarcia.substack.com/p/florida-po... via @jasongarcia.bsky.social
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In these times, co-operation is more important than competition
Jason Garcia @jasongarcia.bsky.social A force magnifier for #Florida journalism jasongarcia.substack.com/p/a-force-ma...
Jason Garcia @jasongarcia.bsky.social A force magnifier for #Florida journalism jasongarcia.substack.com/p/a-force-ma...
A force magnifier for Florida journalism
Florida in Five: Five stories to read from the past week in Florida politics.
jasongarcia.substack.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:16 PM
In these times, co-operation is more important than competition
Jason Garcia @jasongarcia.bsky.social A force magnifier for #Florida journalism jasongarcia.substack.com/p/a-force-ma...
Jason Garcia @jasongarcia.bsky.social A force magnifier for #Florida journalism jasongarcia.substack.com/p/a-force-ma...
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Jason Garcia @jasongarcia.bsky.social #Florida politicians may give Big Sugar legal power to go after activists and silence critics jasongarcia.substack.com/p/florida-po...
Florida politicians may give Big Sugar legal power to go after activists and silence critics
Lawmakers in Tallahassee are quietly working on a measure that would give the sugar industry more ammunition to threaten Everglades advocates, news outlets and others with defamation lawsuits.
jasongarcia.substack.com
December 18, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Jason Garcia @jasongarcia.bsky.social #Florida politicians may give Big Sugar legal power to go after activists and silence critics jasongarcia.substack.com/p/florida-po...
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"A central mission here at Seeking Rents is to serve as a kind of force magnifier for Florida journalism at time when corporate-owned legacy media have imposed deep staffing cuts and dramatically scaled back their own local and state news-gathering operations."
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A force magnifier for Florida journalism
Florida in Five: Five stories to read from the past week in Florida politics.
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December 14, 2025 at 8:27 PM
"A central mission here at Seeking Rents is to serve as a kind of force magnifier for Florida journalism at time when corporate-owned legacy media have imposed deep staffing cuts and dramatically scaled back their own local and state news-gathering operations."
Support @jasongarcia.bsky.social.
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#Florida Gov. Ron DeSastrous may have set a new record last week for passing the buck. He blamed FL lawmakers for forcing him to make an $83 million land deal in Destin — not once, not twice, but SIX times in 3 minutes. jasongarcia.substack.com/p/in-ron-des... via @jasongarcia.bsky.social
In Ron DeSantis' office, the buck stops with someone else
Florida in Five: Five stories to read from the past week in Florida politics.
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December 7, 2025 at 8:07 PM
#Florida Gov. Ron DeSastrous may have set a new record last week for passing the buck. He blamed FL lawmakers for forcing him to make an $83 million land deal in Destin — not once, not twice, but SIX times in 3 minutes. jasongarcia.substack.com/p/in-ron-des... via @jasongarcia.bsky.social
New podcast: Pushed by a potential future candidate for governor, Florida lawmakers could empower Florida’s Big Sugar companies to sue environmental groups that criticize the industry for Everglades destruction and toxic soot known as "black snow."
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Florida Legislature 2026: A sneaky favor for the sugar industry?
Lawmakers in Florida may help agricultural corporations sue critics into silence.
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December 5, 2025 at 7:33 PM
New podcast: Pushed by a potential future candidate for governor, Florida lawmakers could empower Florida’s Big Sugar companies to sue environmental groups that criticize the industry for Everglades destruction and toxic soot known as "black snow."
jasongarcia.substack.com/p/florida-le...
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Thanks ace reporter @jasongarcia.bsky.social for this investigation into a corporation and its political pals trying to kneecap the Water Quality Assurance Act in #Florida so they don't have to compensate pollution victims. Bill can still be stopped. jasongarcia.substack.com/p/lobbyists-...
Lobbyists for a mining company wrote a bill to block lawsuits over radiation on former mines
The legislation is designed to help Fortune 500 industrial giant Mosaic Co. redevelop some of the more than 200 square miles of former phosphate mines it owns across the southern interior of Florida.
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December 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Thanks ace reporter @jasongarcia.bsky.social for this investigation into a corporation and its political pals trying to kneecap the Water Quality Assurance Act in #Florida so they don't have to compensate pollution victims. Bill can still be stopped. jasongarcia.substack.com/p/lobbyists-...
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Lobbyists for a mining company wrote a #Florida legislative bill to block lawsuits over radiation on former mine property jasongarcia.substack.com/p/lobbyists-... via @jasongarcia.bsky.social
Lobbyists for a mining company wrote a bill to block lawsuits over radiation on former mines
The legislation is designed to help Fortune 500 industrial giant Mosaic Co. redevelop some of the more than 200 square miles of former phosphate mines it owns across the southern interior of Florida.
jasongarcia.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Lobbyists for a mining company wrote a #Florida legislative bill to block lawsuits over radiation on former mine property jasongarcia.substack.com/p/lobbyists-... via @jasongarcia.bsky.social
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I love the arguments they’re making over this: there’s nothing to worry about it’s harmless, also, these people need to be totally shielded from any future liability whatsoever. Doesn’t add up.
December 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I love the arguments they’re making over this: there’s nothing to worry about it’s harmless, also, these people need to be totally shielded from any future liability whatsoever. Doesn’t add up.
One of the world’s largest mining firms wrote a bill in the Florida Legislature that would help the company dodge lawsuits related to radiation on former mines — and make it easier to develop some of its vast land holdings around the state:
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Lobbyists for a mining company wrote a bill to block lawsuits over radiation on former mines
The legislation is designed to help Fortune 500 industrial giant Mosaic Co. redevelop some of the more than 200 square miles of former phosphate mines it owns across the southern interior of Florida.
jasongarcia.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:50 PM
One of the world’s largest mining firms wrote a bill in the Florida Legislature that would help the company dodge lawsuits related to radiation on former mines — and make it easier to develop some of its vast land holdings around the state:
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Charter school companies have targeted 450 public schools in #Florida under a new privatization law that lets the charters use public facilities for free. jasongarcia.substack.com/p/charter-sy... via @jasongarcia.bsky.social
Charter systems have targeted 450 public schools in Florida under a new privatization law
Florida in Five: Five stories to read from the past week in Florida politics.
jasongarcia.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Charter school companies have targeted 450 public schools in #Florida under a new privatization law that lets the charters use public facilities for free. jasongarcia.substack.com/p/charter-sy... via @jasongarcia.bsky.social
A 🧵 about more big government overreach in Florida by Gov. Ron DeSantis and state lawmakers in Tallahassee:
A few months ago, the village council in Wellington, a wealthy enclave in Palm Beach County, voted to allow gasoline-powered boats on community lakes and canals...
A few months ago, the village council in Wellington, a wealthy enclave in Palm Beach County, voted to allow gasoline-powered boats on community lakes and canals...
November 25, 2025 at 1:10 PM
A 🧵 about more big government overreach in Florida by Gov. Ron DeSantis and state lawmakers in Tallahassee:
A few months ago, the village council in Wellington, a wealthy enclave in Palm Beach County, voted to allow gasoline-powered boats on community lakes and canals...
A few months ago, the village council in Wellington, a wealthy enclave in Palm Beach County, voted to allow gasoline-powered boats on community lakes and canals...
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“I know everyone is mad about it, and I get it. I’m mad, too." #Florida city that allowed only electric boats & motors on its waterways is now forced to allow gas engines b/c of orders from Legislature & Gov. Ron DeSastrous. jasongarcia.substack.com/p/orders-fro... via @jasongarcia.bsky.social
Orders from on high
Florida in Five: Five stories to read from the past week in Florida politics.
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November 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
“I know everyone is mad about it, and I get it. I’m mad, too." #Florida city that allowed only electric boats & motors on its waterways is now forced to allow gas engines b/c of orders from Legislature & Gov. Ron DeSastrous. jasongarcia.substack.com/p/orders-fro... via @jasongarcia.bsky.social
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"Between this and a $5 billion rate increase FPL won in 2021, the average FPL customer will wind up paying hundreds of dollars more each year for electricity than they were five years ago."
@jasongarcia.bsky.social does an excellent job explaining the latest and largest FPL rate hike.
@jasongarcia.bsky.social does an excellent job explaining the latest and largest FPL rate hike.
Florida just approved the largest electric rate increase in history. Here's how it happened.
Florida Power & Light won permission last week to raise electricity rates by $7 billion over the next four years. Here's why it's so big, how FPL pulled it off, and who should be held accountable.
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November 23, 2025 at 2:28 PM
"Between this and a $5 billion rate increase FPL won in 2021, the average FPL customer will wind up paying hundreds of dollars more each year for electricity than they were five years ago."
@jasongarcia.bsky.social does an excellent job explaining the latest and largest FPL rate hike.
@jasongarcia.bsky.social does an excellent job explaining the latest and largest FPL rate hike.
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The closest thing #Florida has ever had to state media was an online outlet called, “The Florida Standard.” Now it turns out that Gov. Ron DeSastrous hasn't just dictated its content but he's also funneled $$$ to it. jasongarcia.substack.com/p/the-myster... via @jasongarcia.bsky.social
The mystery money behind a propaganda machine
Florida in Five: Five stories to read from the past week in Florida politics.
jasongarcia.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The closest thing #Florida has ever had to state media was an online outlet called, “The Florida Standard.” Now it turns out that Gov. Ron DeSastrous hasn't just dictated its content but he's also funneled $$$ to it. jasongarcia.substack.com/p/the-myster... via @jasongarcia.bsky.social