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craigtimes.bsky.social
A New York investment firm with vast land holdings across North #Florida wants state lawmakers to greenlight giant developments (and shut out the public from commenting) jasongarcia.substack.com/p/a-new-york... via @jasongarcia.bsky.social
A New York investment firm with vast land holdings across north Florida wants state lawmakers to greenlight giant developments
Companies linked to investment firm Ruane Cunniff have assembled more than 80,000 acres from Jacksonville to Panama City. The firm is now lobbying to make it easier to develop all that land.
jasongarcia.substack.com
January 7, 2026 at 9:49 PM
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bencollins.bsky.social
Absolutely horrific details about an ICE shooting in Minneapolis.

A witness says a woman was trying to drive away from an ICE operation and the ICE agent "reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times."

Bovino was there.

www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Emily Heller lives near 33rd and Portland and said she woke up to a commotion outside her home. She said she saw a car blocking traffic on Portland Avenue that appeared to be part of a protest against federal law enforcement operations. Heller said she heard ICE agents telling the driver, a woman, to “get out of here.” “She was trying to turn around, and the ICE agent was in front of her car, and he pulled out a gun and put it right in — like, his midriff was on her bumper — and he reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times,” Heller said. Heller said it appeared the woman then accelerated and traveled about 100 feet before striking a utility pole and some other vehicles. She could be seen slumped over inside her car.
January 7, 2026 at 5:21 PM
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ylepidemiologist.bsky.social
1/ As you've probably heard by now, RFK Jr. unilaterally updated the routine vaccination schedule for children in the United States: routine vaccination now covers 11 diseases instead of 17. This isn’t based on any new data or evidence—it’s purely ideological. So here’s what that means for you 👇
January 6, 2026 at 10:03 PM
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pbump.com
Compared to this guy, RFK Jr. looks like a peer-respected scientist. gizmodo.com/floridas-sur...
Florida's Surgeon General Is Now Peddling Fake Water
In a recent social media post, Joseph Ladapo endorsed the use of structured water, which doesn't actually seem to exist.
gizmodo.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:19 PM
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joshuaholland.bsky.social
We need to grapple with the reality that we're very close to living in a police state.

"Officers repeatedly pressed her on whether she was Venezuelan, what her connection to Venezuela was, and why she had attended the protest. Plichta claimed they tried to get her to identify other demonstrators."
Preschool Teacher, 22, Arrested on TV After Condemning Trump
Cops moved in with handcuffs while the teacher was still on camera.
www.thedailybeast.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:48 PM
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josephcox.bsky.social
The Hilton Hotel that refused reservations from DHS officials has now backpedalled and said it will accommodate them. Came after DHS X account posted emails. For years the right coalesced around businesses being able to refuse customers of certain demographics

www.404media.co/hilton-hotel...
Hilton Hotel That Refused DHS Reservations Backpedals
The hotel told 404 Media in a statement “We are in touch with the impacted guests to ensure they are accommodated.”
www.404media.co
January 5, 2026 at 11:14 PM
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floridaphoenix.com
Now, I don’t know what resolutions your elected officials and other powerful Florida folk have made, but here are a few guesses and predictions for the Year of Our Lord 2026. floridaphoenix.com/2026/01/05/n...
New Year's resolutions for the state of Florida • Florida Phoenix
It’s a new year here in the Free State of Florida and you’re freer than ever! Free to tote guns; free to kill bears; free to drain and pave; free to call ICE if you spy some brown-complected fellows i...
floridaphoenix.com
January 5, 2026 at 1:18 PM
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nytpitchbot.bsky.social
After mastering the epidemiology of coronaviruses, the supply chain mechanics of eggs, breast-feeding, and NIMBY housing policy, I shall now turn to my beautiful mind to why Venezuela's president should be tried in New York State…(1/237)
January 3, 2026 at 3:44 PM
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aoc.bsky.social
It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month.

It’s about oil and regime change.

And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
January 3, 2026 at 3:34 PM
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craigtimes.bsky.social
President Convicted Felon admits he vetoed bill that would have benefited the Miccosukee Tribe in #Florida because they oppose Gov. Ron DeSastrous' Everglades concentration camp built on their sacred lands. www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/12/31/t... via @apnews.com
Bipartisan bills, including Miccosukee tribal lands in Florida, were noncontroversial — until Trump vetoed them
The vetoes effectively punished backers who had opposed Trump’s positions on other issues. One bill would have given the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida more control of some of its tribal la…
www.sun-sentinel.com
January 1, 2026 at 4:39 PM
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assignedmedia.org
The scope of Trump's campaign to drive trans Americans from public life is vast. On the last day of 2025, Evan Urquhart attempts to capture all of what we lost.

www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
The Year We Lost Everything — Assigned
An authoritarian government, a captured press and cowardice at the head of most major institutions led to a year of losses for trans people’s safety and equality in the US.
www.assignedmedia.org
December 31, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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jasongarcia.bsky.social
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
December 29, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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theonion.com
Historians: Quibbling Over Exact Definition Of Concentration Camp Sign Of Healthy Society https://theonion.com/historians-quibbling-over-exact-definition-of-concentration-camp-sign-of-healthy-society/
Historians: Quibbling Over Exact Definition Of Concentration Camp Sign Of Healthy Society
December 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Once again, the whiplash I’m getting from finishing a book about the 1960s Civil Rights Division *fighting* discriminatory measures designed to suppress the vote and then reading its current leader defending those same kinds of measures today.
December 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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propublica.org
At least 10 gun industry businesses, including Glock, Smith & Wesson, Remington and Mossberg, secretly handed over names, addresses and other data to lobbyists, who used the details to rally firearm owners to elect pro-gun politicians.

(Published Oct. 2024)
Gun Companies Gave Customers’ Sensitive Personal Information to Political Operatives
At least 10 gun industry businesses, including Glock, Smith & Wesson, Remington and Mossberg, secretly handed over names, addresses and other data to lobbyists, who used the details to rally firearm o...
www.propublica.org
December 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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parkermolloy.com
Decided to upload the entire 60 Minutes segment in today's newsletter. Let's see how long it lasts. www.readtpa.com/p/watch-the-...
Watch the 60 Minutes Segment CBS Didn't Want You to See
A Canadian affiliate accidentally posted the segment Bari Weiss killed. It's just a normal 60 Minutes report, which is exactly the problem.
www.readtpa.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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michaelhobbes.bsky.social
Congratulations to everyone who wrote an op-ed about how he just wants americans to eat better
December 19, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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craigtimes.bsky.social
Column: Merry Christmas, #Florida ...except for the hungry, poor and sick. Gov. Ron DeSastrous stripping public money from the hands of children caps off a morally depraved 2025. www.tampabay.com/viewpoints/2... via @tampabaytimes.bsky.social
Merry Christmas, except for the hungry, poor and sick | Column
Stripping public money from the hands of children caps off a morally depraved 2025.
www.tampabay.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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librarianjones.com
“Authoritarians gain power when citizens stop paying attention. Visit your local library, check out books, and keep reading. If we stay unified and informed, we can ensure reading w/out restriction remains the foundation of our democracy and a fundamental freedom for all.”
time.com/7341120/book...
December 17, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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molly.wiki
I have purchased the PACER documents so everyone can read the impact statements submitted by victims of Do Kwon and the 2022 Terra/Luna meltdown. Collapses like these ruin lives.

www.courtlistener.com/docket/67087...
Honorable Judge Engelmayer, My name is Stanislav Trofimchuk (Stan). My life and family were pretty much ruined by Mr. Kwon’s actions back in 2022 and I would like to share my story in writing and speak at a sentencing hearing if videoconferencing means are available as I’m unable to attend personally. Below is my story: We came to the United States in 2006 from Ukraine as a young family with a ten-month-old baby, chasing the American Dream and a brighter future for our children — both the one we had and those we still hoped to have. Like most first-generation immigrants, we had to work very hard to build a life for ourselves. For seven straight years I worked multiple jobs, endless hours, no weekends, no holidays — because my wife didn’t have a work permit during all that time. I barely saw my children grow up. She carried the burden of raising our two boys almost entirely alone, with no family nearby, no help at all. After thirteen years of struggle, we finally became U.S. citizens. For the first time I could breathe. I started a small business, came home at reasonable hours, and began repairing the years I had missed with my family. Life finally felt like it was moving forward. By early 2021 the dream was within reach: a modest house in Texas, a growing business, savings carefully set aside so our sons could go to college. After everything, we were closer than ever to “making it.”. Then, in February 2022, war exploded across Ukraine. Both my wife’s elderly mother and my parents, living in the south of the country — found themselves directly on the front line. We dropped everything. We flew to Europe, pulled them out of Ukraine, and relocated the entire family — our parents, ourselves, our children — to Croatia, one of the few places that felt safe and where we could survive on far less money than in America. In Croatia none of us had work permits. My small business in US started struggling the moment I left. I was desperate for any lifeline that could keep seven p… described UST as a stablecoin that would always hold its $1 peg, and those protocols as safe, reliable way to earn 19–40% yield. It didn’t feel like gambling; it felt like the answer we had been praying for. We sold everything at discounted prices: the house, the business, the cars. We scraped together just over $190,000 — every dollar of seventeen years of sacrifice — and in late April 2022 I converted it all to UST and locked it into Anchor and Mirror, trusting the promises that had been repeated for months. Just two weeks later, on May 9, 2022, I watched UST fall off its peg. In panic, I almost sold everything to limit the damage, but then I saw Mr. Kwon’s tweet: “Deploying more capital— steady lads.”. The price started recovering that day. I trusted him again and decided to keep the UST locked. What followed were two weeks of pure terror. The Terra blockchain halted. Mirror Protocol liquidity vanished. I couldn’t withdraw a single cent. When the system finally let me out on May 23, UST was trading below $0.07. Our $190,000 had become less than $13,000. Seventeen years of our lives — gone in two weeks. People say you should never risk money you can’t afford to lose. But this never felt like risk. The founder of the project had called it “too big to fail,” boasted that the Luna Foundation Guard would protect every dollar. To a desperate father trying to feed two families in a foreign country, it sounded like the safest investment ever. The money was only the beginning of the catastrophe. Less than two weeks after the collapse, my wife packed her bags. She could no longer trust that I could keep her and her mother financially safe. A few months later the divorce papers arrived. Our teenage sons chose to stay with me and my parents, to hold what was left of the family together. College was never mentioned again. Both boys quit school and now work as car mechanics to put food on the table. Today I am [redacted]. I live in [redacted] with my elderly parents, taking wh… completely. Yet that is exactly what happened. I know there are others out there whose stories are even darker than mine. I still hope that Mr. Kwon finds the conscience, the will, and the means to make restitution — so that shattered families like ours might have a chance to rebuild. Thank you for listening. Stanislav
December 11, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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jasonkoebler.bsky.social
New: A CBP agent in Charlotte wore Meta Ray Bans to an immigration raid and used it to record, based on photos shared with 404 Media. We've seen them wearing these glasses before but this is the first specific evidence we have of them recording

www.404media.co/border-patro...
Border Patrol Agent Recorded Raid with Meta’s Ray-Ban Smart Glasses
New videos and photos shared with 404 Media show a Border Patrol agent wearing Meta Ray-Bans glasses with the recording light clearly on. This is despite a DHS ban on officers recording with personal ...
www.404media.co
December 9, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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michaelhobbes.bsky.social
This is what frustrates me so much about these articles: Propagating the narrative that large numbers of kids are faking disabilities is just going to result in a world where disabled people are *even more* scrutinized when they ask for accommodations!
toobigtofail.bsky.social Too Big to Fail @toobigtofail.bsky.social · Dec 2
My kids go to a "rich" public school. My daughter is 7 and cannot read; she is a sweet, caring, intelligent child, but if you spend a moment with her it is clear that she has ADHD an order of magnitude more serious than what you think of when you hear "ADHD." Anybody questioning her IEP can fuck off
michaelhobbes.bsky.social Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · Dec 2
"Rich kids are gaming disability accommodations to gain an unfair advantage" is actually very different from "America has an extra-time-on-tests problem" — and the author hasn't proved that either! Rich kids might just be more likely to be diagnosed.
December 2, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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craigtimes.bsky.social
Bill filed in #Florida Legislature would shield property owners of former phosphate mines from being sued by new occupants over health issues or other harm caused by the radioactive phosphate waste. www.wusf.org/politics-iss... via @wusf.org
Florida bill would provide legal protections to owners of former phosphate mining land
The bill would create a new legal shield for people who own former phosphate mining land. It helps owners remove what's called “strict liability” if someone sues over harms caused by pollution.
www.wusf.org
December 2, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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craigtimes.bsky.social
Column: Ever get the feeling the #Florida Legislature hates you?It does. Unless you’re a developer, a lobbyist, or a fetus. floridaphoenix.com/2025/12/01/t... via @dkroberts.bsky.social
The Florida Legislature is not your friend • Florida Phoenix
Ever get the feeling the Florida Legislature hates you? It does. Unless you’re a developer, a lobbyist, or a fetus. Members are filing hell-born bills for the 2026 session, many apparently designed to...
floridaphoenix.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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craigtimes.bsky.social
Column: The voters of #Florida are partly to blame for our awful Congress. We keep sending problem representatives to Washington and then re-electing them. Take Rep. Cory Mills, R-New Smyrna Beach. Please! www.news-journalonline.com/story/opinio...
November 30, 2025 at 10:42 PM