"James Uthmeier,...now Florida’s attorney general, was “in a position of authority” over those who arranged the $10 million settlement that later went to political committees, the grand jury found. U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody, then the state’s attorney general, advised a deputy to sign off on the deal."

Hope Florida led disabled people to dead ends as state misused $10M

Hope Florida says it empowers disabled people by linking them with essential resources. But people in the disability community believe politics have been prioritized over their critical needs.

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Florida gonna Flori-duh.

Experts: Florida ‘moving backwards’ on teaching evolution, climate change in public schools

The state announced new K-12 science standards on Friday and is now taking public comment on them.

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I'll walk across glass to get to the polls to cast my vote in November. Quote me on this.

British editorial cartoonist David Parkins illustrates the bottom line.

TEXANS, VOTE FOR TALARICO!

You can't make this stuff up. Our FL AG is bullying the Catholic Church because they require students who attend their schools (which the State of FL now pays for BTW) to be vaccinated.

Florida attorney general, a Catholic, fights state bishops over school vaccines

The state’s Catholic bishops told Attorney General James Uthmeier that they “do not have to justify to your office their position on Catholic teaching.”

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Well, it's a start.

Florida orders Flock cameras off of state roads

FDOT also no longer intends to issue permits for the cameras.

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It wasn't the alligator that killed her. Not wearing her seatbelt is likely why she was ejected from her vehicle and got run over. Wear your seatbelt because we have alligators on our freeways! Yes, it happened in Florida. I'm sorry for her family.

Central Florida woman dead after alligator sets off chain-reaction crash on I-95

A 20-year-old Palm Bay woman is dead after a crash involving three cars and an alligator in Brevard County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

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DeSantis rigged the system. "State wildlife commissioners, all appointed by Gov. DeSantis, last year structured rules for future bear hunts — including setting kill quotas — so the state agency’s executive director, Roger Young, could act w/o listening to public opinion or requiring board input."

Florida to stage another December bear hunt — but no debate this time

Last year’s bear hunt, Florida’s first state-sanctioned hunt of its largest land mammal since 2015, resulted in 52 bears killed over 23 days in December.

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Wow, Florida now has 2 US Senators who are crooks! Do we get a prize? We're counting on Angie Nixon kicking Ashley Moody's corrupt butt out of the Senate in November.

Grand jury blasts DeSantis staff, Hope Florida board for lack of ‘due diligence’

The governor and those involved denied wrongdoing and said the state’s actions were proper.

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Ashley Moody, currently our Senator (appointed by DeSantis to replace Rubio) is also mixed up in this illegal activity. ...U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody, who was attorney general at the time, knew of the scheme and authorized her chief deputy at the time, John Guard, to sign the settlement agreement...

Hope Florida grand jury finds Medicaid settlement money ‘misused for political purposes’

The not-yet released reported was obtained by CBS News Miami and detailed wrongdoing but also an inability to bring criminal charges.

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Another pedophile member of the GOP who was appointed to his position by Governor Ron DeSantis. Why is no one surprised?

DeSantis appointee for Clerk of Courts arrested on child sexual abuse charges

Mike Caruso, the Palm Beach County clerk of courts and a staunch ally of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, was arrested Tuesday morning on child sexual abuse charges, state officials announced.

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250 CADILLACS! Is that some sort of crazy commemoration of the 250th anniversary of America? Gas guzzling luxury for the political elite who are responsible for the soaring price of gas?

Perfect description!

Better Things Are Possible@internethippo.bsky.social · last yr.

It's disorienting living in the Wile E. Coyote portion of a country's life cycle. We ran off the cliff but haven't plummeted down yet. We're just now starting to hold up the big YIKES sign

🤣🤣🤣

Christopher Webb@cwebbonline.com · 3mo ago

I wasn’t ready for this. ☠️ 😭 Low T Pete will never live this down.

"The nonprofit group Florida TaxWatch called the plan poorly-thought out and rushed through the Legislature with little time for debate or analysis." Sounds exactly how the GOP does everything in Florida, especially those tasks that are done at the behest of top idiot, Ron DeSantis.

Property tax cuts could hurt local government credit ratings

Florida TaxWatch called the plan poorly thought out and rushed through the Legislature with little time for debate or analysis.

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In a nutshell.

Doing this is so Florida. Florida is a menace to the rest of the country. "The law loosened regulations on nursing education, making it easier to launch shoddy schools and harder to shut them down."

‘Getting worse’: State lets Seminole nursing school stay open, despite struggles

The school’s president was banned from operating schools in Pennsylvania, but Florida let him open a nursing school here in 2020.

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I loved Zima!

Snitty 🎃@clofsnitville.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Somewhere in your city is a six-pack of Zima that has been on a quarter-century long journey and is now a kind of curious collector's item

Yep.

Tom from Temecula@tomfromtemecula.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🤮

@judithbolyard.bsky.social · 5mo ago

So Jan 6 traitors destroying our capital, trying to overturn an election, and beating officers to death will get financial help from trump while our farmers who provide food work8ng so hard - go belly up And school kids don't have lunch... ?????????

I think this is the best teacher joke I've ever seen!😂

Why we can't have nice things in Florida, like adequate healthcare and therapy for disabled children.

JewelzinAZ@jewelzinaz.bsky.social · 5mo ago

This looks cool! @caramelrhapsody.bsky.social

Digital Brain@yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Vein finders are revolutionizing patient care by using near-infrared light to map veins in real-time, reducing failed punctures and improving comfort.

This story (which I verified in a WAPO article) has me in tears. This little boy was beaten to death over 3 months after being removed from his mother who was deported without him. This administration is filled with monsters.

voteinthemidterms.bsky.social@voteinthemidterms.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Trump murdered this little boy

"We’ll be a hungry and desperate oligarchy, wondering how we can beg a few more scraps from that high tech nation across the Pacific. I’d prefer to avoid that. Xi Jinping, and most of Wall Street, is fine with it." open.substack.com/pub/mattstol...

The Efficiency Moat: Why China Is Beating the U.S. on AI… And Everything Else

From electric vehicles to drones to solar to AI, the Chinese are doing what the U.S. used to - investing and competing. Chinese strategy is also predatory, but we could learn a thing or two from them.

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DeSantis calls it the Free State of Florida. Yep, free to be over 65 and unhoused. We can spend a billion dollars on Alligator Alcatraz but we can't afford to keep seniors (or other vulnerable people) housed. Gift article. www.orlandosentinel.com/2026/05/12/c...

Central Florida’s homeless branch out from downtown Orlando, advocates say

The federally mandated three-day count offers a snapshot of a region’s battle with homelessness.

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