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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis diverted more than $35 MILLION in taxpayer dollars to defeat two ballot initiatives last year.
I’ve got the @miamiherald.com‘s blockbuster reporting on how DeSantis cheated needy Floridians and children from their already-earmarked funds.
youtu.be/EM0uTojxLCM?...
I’ve got the @miamiherald.com‘s blockbuster reporting on how DeSantis cheated needy Floridians and children from their already-earmarked funds.
youtu.be/EM0uTojxLCM?...
🚨Desantis CAUGHT FUNNELING $35 MILLION away from Floridians?!?
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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December 30, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis diverted more than $35 MILLION in taxpayer dollars to defeat two ballot initiatives last year.
I’ve got the @miamiherald.com‘s blockbuster reporting on how DeSantis cheated needy Floridians and children from their already-earmarked funds.
youtu.be/EM0uTojxLCM?...
I’ve got the @miamiherald.com‘s blockbuster reporting on how DeSantis cheated needy Floridians and children from their already-earmarked funds.
youtu.be/EM0uTojxLCM?...
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The owner of a trucking company in the Keys and his family have been detained by ICE while driving up to Miami from Key West, says @gwenfilosamedia.bsky.social.
Key West family snatched by immigration agents on US 1 while driving to Miami for medical visit, friends said
Four members of a Key West family were taken into custody Sunday by federal agents after a traffic stop on US 1, according to two people close to the family.
gwenfilosa.substack.com
December 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The owner of a trucking company in the Keys and his family have been detained by ICE while driving up to Miami from Key West, says @gwenfilosamedia.bsky.social.
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Hey so this seems like something more people should be talking about 🤔 🗳️
www.npr.org/2025/10/23/n...
www.npr.org/2025/10/23/n...
December 29, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Hey so this seems like something more people should be talking about 🤔 🗳️
www.npr.org/2025/10/23/n...
www.npr.org/2025/10/23/n...
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A top Florida lawmaker questions why the state would delete 80% of the references to Hope Florida from the state Medicaid contract at a time when the program championed by First Lady Casey DeSantis faces heightened scrutiny.
State deletes most references to Hope Florida from Medicaid contract
A top lawmaker questions why the state would delete 80% lof the references to Hope Florida from the state Medicaid contract at a time when the program championed by First Lady Casey DeSantis faces …
www.sun-sentinel.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:07 PM
A top Florida lawmaker questions why the state would delete 80% of the references to Hope Florida from the state Medicaid contract at a time when the program championed by First Lady Casey DeSantis faces heightened scrutiny.
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I mean yeah it’s an authoritarian takeover but can we take some comfort in the fact that the people doing it are INSANELY stupid?
December 23, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I mean yeah it’s an authoritarian takeover but can we take some comfort in the fact that the people doing it are INSANELY stupid?
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Politico's Florida Playbook is reporting this morning that a bill has been filed in Florida that relaxes the prohibition of open carry on school campuses "by allowing it among faculty and student employees."
...which is such a bad idea for so many reasons.
...which is such a bad idea for so many reasons.
December 15, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Politico's Florida Playbook is reporting this morning that a bill has been filed in Florida that relaxes the prohibition of open carry on school campuses "by allowing it among faculty and student employees."
...which is such a bad idea for so many reasons.
...which is such a bad idea for so many reasons.
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“Kushner recently seems to be everywhere all at once - if it comes as a surprise, understand this was always the plan.” open.substack.com/pub/noelcasl...
'Friend of the Devil'
Trump blocking American Sign Language (ASL) interpretations at White House press briefings and other events is about as on-brand as it gets for the lifelong bigot and all around awful person.
open.substack.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:11 PM
“Kushner recently seems to be everywhere all at once - if it comes as a surprise, understand this was always the plan.” open.substack.com/pub/noelcasl...
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Noel knows.
The reason he hasn’t ever yet been sued? (Yes; even thru Season 1 of this mess): Discovery would be a [beep].
Facts matter 🤷🏻♀️✌🏻
If you don’t already follow him after all this time, it may be time to fix that. 😉🫶🏻✌🏻
The reason he hasn’t ever yet been sued? (Yes; even thru Season 1 of this mess): Discovery would be a [beep].
Facts matter 🤷🏻♀️✌🏻
If you don’t already follow him after all this time, it may be time to fix that. 😉🫶🏻✌🏻
“Kushner recently seems to be everywhere all at once - if it comes as a surprise, understand this was always the plan.” open.substack.com/pub/noelcasl...
'Friend of the Devil'
Trump blocking American Sign Language (ASL) interpretations at White House press briefings and other events is about as on-brand as it gets for the lifelong bigot and all around awful person.
open.substack.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Noel knows.
The reason he hasn’t ever yet been sued? (Yes; even thru Season 1 of this mess): Discovery would be a [beep].
Facts matter 🤷🏻♀️✌🏻
If you don’t already follow him after all this time, it may be time to fix that. 😉🫶🏻✌🏻
The reason he hasn’t ever yet been sued? (Yes; even thru Season 1 of this mess): Discovery would be a [beep].
Facts matter 🤷🏻♀️✌🏻
If you don’t already follow him after all this time, it may be time to fix that. 😉🫶🏻✌🏻
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🎯 CIVIL RIGHTS LAWYER @oliverma2026.bsky.social: “The detention centers are run by private prison companies (like @CoreCivic) — they make millions PER PERSON… that’s why they’re looking for anybody brown, so they can keep stealing from taxpayers.”
*THIS IS NOT TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH*
*THIS IS NOT TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH*
December 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
🎯 CIVIL RIGHTS LAWYER @oliverma2026.bsky.social: “The detention centers are run by private prison companies (like @CoreCivic) — they make millions PER PERSON… that’s why they’re looking for anybody brown, so they can keep stealing from taxpayers.”
*THIS IS NOT TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH*
*THIS IS NOT TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH*
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Florida officials are plowing ahead with a proposal to roll back certain vaccine mandates for the state’s schoolchildren, after Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis called for the state to become the first in the nation to eliminate all school vaccination requirements.
Florida plows ahead with push to roll back certain vaccine mandates for schoolchildren
Florida officials are pushing a proposal to halt some vaccine mandates for schoolchildren, after Gov. Ron DeSantis called for the state to be the first in the U.S. to eliminate all requirements.
www.sun-sentinel.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Florida officials are plowing ahead with a proposal to roll back certain vaccine mandates for the state’s schoolchildren, after Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis called for the state to become the first in the nation to eliminate all school vaccination requirements.
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#Florida prison inmates were denied eye surgery for years. Some went blind. www.tampabay.com/news/health/... via @tampabaytimes.bsky.social
Florida inmates were denied eye surgery for years. Some were left blind
Florida Department of Corrections and Centurion of Florida sued for failing to provide basic eye surgeries.
www.tampabay.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:02 PM
#Florida prison inmates were denied eye surgery for years. Some went blind. www.tampabay.com/news/health/... via @tampabaytimes.bsky.social
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Updated 2024-25 COVID #vaccine cut emergency visits among kids, study suggests
The findings draw on data from more than 98,000 pediatric cases.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
The findings draw on data from more than 98,000 pediatric cases.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
December 12, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Updated 2024-25 COVID #vaccine cut emergency visits among kids, study suggests
The findings draw on data from more than 98,000 pediatric cases.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
The findings draw on data from more than 98,000 pediatric cases.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
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HOLY COW! #Florida Gov. Ron DeSastrous diverted $36M in child welfare & medical funds to pay for consultants & ads to defeat an abortion rights amendment & one for legal weed. Much of the state $$$ was intended to assist the needy. www.tampabay.com/news/florida... via @tampabaytimes.bsky.social
DeSantis admin diverted child welfare and medical funds for consultants, ads
During the fight to defeat amendments 3 and 4 last year, Gov. DeSantis’ administration spent at least $36.2 million in taxpayer funds.
www.tampabay.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
HOLY COW! #Florida Gov. Ron DeSastrous diverted $36M in child welfare & medical funds to pay for consultants & ads to defeat an abortion rights amendment & one for legal weed. Much of the state $$$ was intended to assist the needy. www.tampabay.com/news/florida... via @tampabaytimes.bsky.social
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"The records the Times/Herald have been able to obtain show that to pay for ads, DeSantis officials repeatedly tapped into money meant to help vulnerable Floridians. The money came from federal grants...By spending public money on a political effort, several agencies bent the rules."
HOLY COW! #Florida Gov. Ron DeSastrous diverted $36M in child welfare & medical funds to pay for consultants & ads to defeat an abortion rights amendment & one for legal weed. Much of the state $$$ was intended to assist the needy. www.tampabay.com/news/florida... via @tampabaytimes.bsky.social
DeSantis admin diverted child welfare and medical funds for consultants, ads
During the fight to defeat amendments 3 and 4 last year, Gov. DeSantis’ administration spent at least $36.2 million in taxpayer funds.
www.tampabay.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
"The records the Times/Herald have been able to obtain show that to pay for ads, DeSantis officials repeatedly tapped into money meant to help vulnerable Floridians. The money came from federal grants...By spending public money on a political effort, several agencies bent the rules."
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The ignorance and data denialism of FDA intent of putting a black box on Covid vaccines when the evidence of benefit is overwhelming, even among children
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
December 12, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The ignorance and data denialism of FDA intent of putting a black box on Covid vaccines when the evidence of benefit is overwhelming, even among children
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
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1/2 FDA’s vaccine chief blasted out a memo full of rhetoric and exaggerated claims about pediatric COVID-vax deaths… before the scientists even finished their work.
Actual findings?
0 confirmed pediatric deaths due to COVID vax.
But sure, why wait for data when you can cause panic? 🙃
Actual findings?
0 confirmed pediatric deaths due to COVID vax.
But sure, why wait for data when you can cause panic? 🙃
Scoop: FDA vaccine chief’s memo cited 10 pediatric Covid-19 vaccine deaths—but the agency’s own analysis found 0–7.
Dr. Vinay Prasad circulated a memo before FDA scientists finished their work. His conclusions overshot what the agency’s own analysts ultimately found.
insidemedicine.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM
1/2 FDA’s vaccine chief blasted out a memo full of rhetoric and exaggerated claims about pediatric COVID-vax deaths… before the scientists even finished their work.
Actual findings?
0 confirmed pediatric deaths due to COVID vax.
But sure, why wait for data when you can cause panic? 🙃
Actual findings?
0 confirmed pediatric deaths due to COVID vax.
But sure, why wait for data when you can cause panic? 🙃
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#Florida county approves new development that will wipe out more endangered panther habitat. www.gulfshorebusiness.com/collier/gold...
New Collier County rural village approved for 2027
Eastern Collier County in Florida will be home to Horse Trials Village, a newly approved rural development that will provide 3,205 homes, including 305 affordable units.
www.gulfshorebusiness.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:28 PM
#Florida county approves new development that will wipe out more endangered panther habitat. www.gulfshorebusiness.com/collier/gold...
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Will Arnett was on Conan and told a story about how Conan dealt with the death of his parents by accusing Jason Bateman of killing them. It’s so funny.
December 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Will Arnett was on Conan and told a story about how Conan dealt with the death of his parents by accusing Jason Bateman of killing them. It’s so funny.
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I wrote a single paragraph noting some (not every one) of the ways that Trump is getting weaker. It's a long paragraph. That makes applying pressure in opposition that much more important. www.americaamerica.news/p/trump-is-g...
December 8, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I wrote a single paragraph noting some (not every one) of the ways that Trump is getting weaker. It's a long paragraph. That makes applying pressure in opposition that much more important. www.americaamerica.news/p/trump-is-g...
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"If the person is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter."
--Brett Kavanaugh, Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo
--Brett Kavanaugh, Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo
Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
December 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
"If the person is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter."
--Brett Kavanaugh, Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo
--Brett Kavanaugh, Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo
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It is true that no one has grasped this scope.
But there are ways to deal with it.
First, track the way that Kristi Noem is converting it to personal grift, like her propaganda campaign.
Next, illustrate how this is a funding shift, from things Americans like to body snatching they hate.
But there are ways to deal with it.
First, track the way that Kristi Noem is converting it to personal grift, like her propaganda campaign.
Next, illustrate how this is a funding shift, from things Americans like to body snatching they hate.
The news has entirely failed to grasp the unprecedented scope of the ICE and DHS budgets. Nothing like it in modern history. A galaxy of public/private surveillance and caging institutions for $100,000,000,000s unleashed on a public that will be forever changed. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
ICE Wants to Go After Dissenters as well as Immigrants
The Trump administration is being open about its plans to violate Americans’ First and Fourth Amendment rights.
www.brennancenter.org
December 1, 2025 at 1:06 PM
It is true that no one has grasped this scope.
But there are ways to deal with it.
First, track the way that Kristi Noem is converting it to personal grift, like her propaganda campaign.
Next, illustrate how this is a funding shift, from things Americans like to body snatching they hate.
But there are ways to deal with it.
First, track the way that Kristi Noem is converting it to personal grift, like her propaganda campaign.
Next, illustrate how this is a funding shift, from things Americans like to body snatching they hate.
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A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
November 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
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I always love me a good Columbo meme
“Ah, just one more thing, sir. You’re blowing up those boats, saying they’re filled with drugs headed for the US. But then you go and pardon the guy who brought in 400 tons of cocaine. That’s billions of doses. Help me understand that.”
November 30, 2025 at 3:56 AM
I always love me a good Columbo meme
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Very sneaky, hiding his views in a book
A chapter in Hegseth’s book is literally titled “More Lethality, Less Lawyers.”
It’s almost as if there were signs!
It’s almost as if there were signs!
November 30, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Very sneaky, hiding his views in a book