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Florida nepotism alert! Lee County public employees keeping it in the family.
Lee County Undersheriff’s wife lands $155K job in his department
For Lee County Undersheriff John Holloway, the sheriff’s office is a family business.As if Holloway’s $280,000 public salary as second-in-command under embattled Sheriff Carmine Marceno weren’t enough...
news.wgcu.org
April 29, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Florida nepotism alert! Lee County public employees keeping it in the family.
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The Florida Legislature is trying to limit the rights of our young Floridians, leaving them vulnerable to untreated STIs, abuse at home, and undiagnosed mental illnesses. Take action at bit.ly/protectteens to stand up against dangerous practices that fail our teens. #advocacy
April 25, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The Florida Legislature is trying to limit the rights of our young Floridians, leaving them vulnerable to untreated STIs, abuse at home, and undiagnosed mental illnesses. Take action at bit.ly/protectteens to stand up against dangerous practices that fail our teens. #advocacy
Moms For (less) Liberty: 😵
April 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Moms For (less) Liberty: 😵
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Did he think we'd forget?!?
On the day before FOTUS left office in his first term, he shielded TENS OF THOUSANDS of Venezuelan migrants from deportation!
It was pretty obvious that he was sabotaging President Biden at the time.
So...HIS FAULT for this "political gift?"
apnews.com/general-news...
On the day before FOTUS left office in his first term, he shielded TENS OF THOUSANDS of Venezuelan migrants from deportation!
It was pretty obvious that he was sabotaging President Biden at the time.
So...HIS FAULT for this "political gift?"
apnews.com/general-news...
Trump blocks Venezuelans' deportation in last political gift
President Donald Trump has shielded tens of thousands of Venezuelan migrants from deportation from the U.S.
apnews.com
April 17, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Did he think we'd forget?!?
On the day before FOTUS left office in his first term, he shielded TENS OF THOUSANDS of Venezuelan migrants from deportation!
It was pretty obvious that he was sabotaging President Biden at the time.
So...HIS FAULT for this "political gift?"
apnews.com/general-news...
On the day before FOTUS left office in his first term, he shielded TENS OF THOUSANDS of Venezuelan migrants from deportation!
It was pretty obvious that he was sabotaging President Biden at the time.
So...HIS FAULT for this "political gift?"
apnews.com/general-news...
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“Anybody who’s proposing a solution right now from any side needs to sit back and wait‚” said Sen. Jonathan Martin, the Republican chairpman of the Senate’s criminal justice committee.
Florida lawmakers were debating gun policy. Does FSU shooting change things?
“Anybody who’s proposing a solution right now from any side needs to sit back and wait‚” said Sen. Jonathan Martin, the Republican chairpman of the Senate’s criminal justice committee.
bit.ly
April 19, 2025 at 9:00 AM
“Anybody who’s proposing a solution right now from any side needs to sit back and wait‚” said Sen. Jonathan Martin, the Republican chairpman of the Senate’s criminal justice committee.
What an obscene racket.
BREAKING: The controversial school bus camera ticketing program that sent $225 fines to drivers in Miami-Dade county is being suspended, Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz announced Thursday.
‘Significant errors’: Sheriff suspends school district’s controversial bus camera program
The program was fraught with errors, Cordero-Stutz said.
www.miamiherald.com
April 17, 2025 at 10:18 PM
What an obscene racket.
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Somebody in the Governor's Office or Florida Legislature wants to pass (another) tax break on NASCAR tickets:
April 16, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Somebody in the Governor's Office or Florida Legislature wants to pass (another) tax break on NASCAR tickets:
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A stunning admission, a high-level resignation, “a RICO conspiracy web chart."
Developments in the DeSantis family’s Hope Florida scandal are coming so fast and furious that it’s hard to keep up, writes Scott Maxwell.
Developments in the DeSantis family’s Hope Florida scandal are coming so fast and furious that it’s hard to keep up, writes Scott Maxwell.
Maxwell: DeSantis stresses his wife ‘devised’ Hope Florida
Maxwell: DeSantis stresses his wife ‘devised’ Hope Florida while foundation chair says: “We have no monitoring procedures. We have no staff.”
www.sun-sentinel.com
April 16, 2025 at 7:35 PM
A stunning admission, a high-level resignation, “a RICO conspiracy web chart."
Developments in the DeSantis family’s Hope Florida scandal are coming so fast and furious that it’s hard to keep up, writes Scott Maxwell.
Developments in the DeSantis family’s Hope Florida scandal are coming so fast and furious that it’s hard to keep up, writes Scott Maxwell.
This is what happens when you employ political hacks at CorchoranU. A guy who likes to expose his junk.
A spokesperson for the school confirmed that Piccolo was fired Wednesday after the school removed him from its website.
New College of Florida fires media director after ‘exposure of sexual organs’ arrest
A spokesperson for the school confirmed that Piccolo was fired Wednesday after the school removed him from its website.
bit.ly
April 16, 2025 at 7:33 PM
This is what happens when you employ political hacks at CorchoranU. A guy who likes to expose his junk.
Rick Scott was all for this until Trump wasn't. What now Rick?
President Trump said Congress should "push hard for more Daylight at the end of a day" in a post on Truth Social.
By @chandelis.bsky.social
By @chandelis.bsky.social
Trump urges Congress to make daylight saving time permanent
President Trump said Congress should "push hard for more Daylight at the end of a day" in a post on Truth Social.
www.npr.org
April 13, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Rick Scott was all for this until Trump wasn't. What now Rick?
Wall Street is hoping that China will earn a better deal from Trump. I'm struggling to understand why China should care. Exports to USA are $500B, or 3% of GDP. That's if they exported NOTHING to us. Not exactly going to bankrupt them.
April 11, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Wall Street is hoping that China will earn a better deal from Trump. I'm struggling to understand why China should care. Exports to USA are $500B, or 3% of GDP. That's if they exported NOTHING to us. Not exactly going to bankrupt them.
I mean, why follow through with expensive deportation? Make them farm and work in sweatshops for $1 a day. Mass incarceration creates jobs for hard working Americans. We already lead the world in this enterprise.
this is a staggering amount of money to build camps—suggesting that building & running a gulag will be the primary function of the otherwise gutted Trump-state
in last fiscal yr: "D.H.S. allocated about $3.4 billion for the entire custody operation overseen by ICE"
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
in last fiscal yr: "D.H.S. allocated about $3.4 billion for the entire custody operation overseen by ICE"
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
Trump Administration Aims to Spend $45 Billion to Expand Immigrant Detention
A request for proposals for new detention facilities and other services would allow the government to expedite the contracting process and rapidly expand detention.
www.nytimes.com
April 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I mean, why follow through with expensive deportation? Make them farm and work in sweatshops for $1 a day. Mass incarceration creates jobs for hard working Americans. We already lead the world in this enterprise.
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"U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is planning to revoke temporary legal status for some 240,000 Ukrainians who fled the conflict with Russia, a senior Trump official and three sources familiar with the matter said, potentially putting them on a fast-track to deportation."
What a SOB.
What a SOB.
March 6, 2025 at 2:31 PM
"U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is planning to revoke temporary legal status for some 240,000 Ukrainians who fled the conflict with Russia, a senior Trump official and three sources familiar with the matter said, potentially putting them on a fast-track to deportation."
What a SOB.
What a SOB.
Is anybody else concerned that Starlink is a huge privacy black hole? GPS for warrantless wiretaps.
Musk’s Starlink benefits from changes in the broadband capital program
Another day, another move of Trump's administration that will Benefit Elon Musk - Shocking. AND American trade department announced the overhaul 2021 Broadband capital program, access and deployment (Bead) and his $ 42.5…
Another day, another move of Trump's administration that will Benefit Elon Musk - Shocking. AND American trade department announced the overhaul 2021 Broadband capital program, access and deployment (Bead) and his $ 42.5…
Musk’s Starlink benefits from changes in the broadband capital program
Another day, another move of Trump's administration that will Benefit Elon Musk - Shocking. AND American trade department announced the overhaul 2021 Broadband capital program, access and deployment (Bead) and his $ 42.5 billion, which he will focus on Musk's Starlink. The Bead program is originally designed to allow the countries to finance fiber optical cable cables, increased the Wi-Fi network and free access to a broadband internet for some individuals.
trends-new.com
March 6, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Is anybody else concerned that Starlink is a huge privacy black hole? GPS for warrantless wiretaps.
Not just Canadians, vacation rentals are being treated as "blight" in popular destinations like Florida.
And Canadians are selling their AirBnB, VRBO and other investment homes owned for vacation purposes in the U.S. because the market for vacation rentals is going bust!
March 5, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Not just Canadians, vacation rentals are being treated as "blight" in popular destinations like Florida.
If only the U.S. could do this, and with SpaceX, and with Tesla.
March 4, 2025 at 11:21 PM
If only the U.S. could do this, and with SpaceX, and with Tesla.
I wonder if Trump will say "thank you" to the Supreme Court justices for assuring the destruction of our co-equal branches of government.
March 4, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I wonder if Trump will say "thank you" to the Supreme Court justices for assuring the destruction of our co-equal branches of government.
All I can think about is candidate Trump who said he would end the war in Ukraine in 24 hours. I guess the call wasn't "perfect" this time.
March 2, 2025 at 11:32 PM
All I can think about is candidate Trump who said he would end the war in Ukraine in 24 hours. I guess the call wasn't "perfect" this time.
Defund Tesla!
#ElonMusk tweet yesterday ⬇️ warrants a boycott of #Tesla by ALL western democracies.
For 75 years, #NATO has provided collective security for all member nations from military threat from fascist & communist threats.
#NATO is why we have open-trading markets and FREEDOM OF SPEECH!
#TeslaTakeDown
For 75 years, #NATO has provided collective security for all member nations from military threat from fascist & communist threats.
#NATO is why we have open-trading markets and FREEDOM OF SPEECH!
#TeslaTakeDown
March 2, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Defund Tesla!
Defund Starlink!
No one wants a paper trail because spending funds Congress has not appropriated is colloquially known as “stealing from the US Treasury.”
March 2, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Defund Starlink!
If Democrats have any power to obstruct, the first order of business should be to oppose any and all funding to Musk-related enterprises.
DOGE recommended firing workers at:
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
March 2, 2025 at 2:39 PM
If Democrats have any power to obstruct, the first order of business should be to oppose any and all funding to Musk-related enterprises.
Governor DeSantis, sir, you've already gutted that department... and that one... and that one too.
Great question asked by the Miami Herald Editorial Board about the DeSantis Florida DOGE Task Force...
"If Republicans have been recklessly spending Florida taxpayer dollars, then why has it taken DeSantis seven years to take action?"
via www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...
"If Republicans have been recklessly spending Florida taxpayer dollars, then why has it taken DeSantis seven years to take action?"
via www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...
February 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Governor DeSantis, sir, you've already gutted that department... and that one... and that one too.
Of course, the Floridaman response is "Let's have a bear hunt".
#Florida black bears lose habitat to overdevelopment, wind up in sprawling suburbia, become potential targets of new state-sponsored hunt. www.news-press.com/story/news/e...
Florida's black bears may be in the crosshairs again as public calls rise with development
In recent years Florida's black bear population has grown significantly in some areas, and they were removed from state protection lists in 2012.
www.news-press.com
February 26, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Of course, the Floridaman response is "Let's have a bear hunt".
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February 25, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Learn about how fascist and shady players in the Florida government are. See what resistance fighters are doing about it.
Support independent media! #florida #politics #floridapolitics #flapol #swfl #fascism #desantis #womensrights #climatechange
Order your paperback copy here a.co/d/bWlr4VV
Support independent media! #florida #politics #floridapolitics #flapol #swfl #fascism #desantis #womensrights #climatechange
Order your paperback copy here a.co/d/bWlr4VV