🎁🔗 www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/19/t...

#UnaffordableFlorida www.npr.org/2025/11/17/n...

Chilling note from Immokalee High School Principal, reported Thursday, Nov. 13 on FOX 4 Southwest Florida /1 Immokalee ICE raid; principal tells staff students could be struggling share.google/2rUOBo8r9X9K...

Vic Mellor, Sarasota County far-right activist & owner of the Hollow 2A & the We The People Clinic (MAHA movement) is exploring a run for Congress in Rhode Island, District 2. /1 Florida businessman files statement of candidacy for RI congressional seat share.google/z1X8BUJ8bARp...

Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna is facing backlash after announcing plans to host members of Germany’s far-right AfD in Washington next month. https://www.notus.org/house/anna-paulina-luna-alternative-for-germany-invitation

The efforts of MAGA/GOP to completely destroy American science plows on. www.science.org/content/arti...

🎁🔗 Trump's first pick for Attorney General. I wonder why. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...

The real-estate-developer-in-chief strikes again! www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/13/b...

Why is a board member of SCF telling people not to go to college? Doesn't he have a fiduciary responsibility? This certainly can't be helping SCF President Tommy Gregory, or our community which needs nurses, teachers, cybersecurity specialists, construction project managers etc that SCF produces....

#OpenAccess from @politicsgenderj.bsky.social - How Do US Voters Respond to Candidates Using Campaign Funds for Childcare? Evidence From a Framing Experiment - https://cup.org/47N4Fxe - Matthew J. Geras & @pmclaughlin44.bsky.social#OpenAccess #FirstView

1st Female Governor Elected in Hiroshima Pref. www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2...

Excellent podcast episode on Florida education politics by Jennifer Berkshire & Jack Schneider of the Have You Heard podcast Stream episode HY#207 Under the Influence by Have You Heard podcast | Listen online for free on SoundCloud share.google/fTPm3dnCK25F...

I can't believe DeSantis banning books and bailing out developers and painting over rainbows hasn't addressed affordability

#UnaffordableFlorida floridapolitics.com/archives/764...

Somehow this musical story of the Jim Crow South at Westcoast Black Theatre last night was as relevant as ever. Great job by the cast and production!

Phosphate rock has been added to the USGS critical minerals list. The real consequences are unclear, but the idea is to buttress US supplies of the mineral through streamlined (federal) permitting, trade policy and other measures. www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/...

Change we can believe in www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...

While small colleges will have higher per-student operating costs, New College of Florida is blowing that out of the water. The state is asking more questions as their US News ranking is down 60 spots in recent years. www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...

yes I am a Spanberger-Mamdani democrat and we are the future

Yup. floridapolitics.com/archives/763...

👀 www.wptv.com/news/educati...

#UnaffordableFlorida www.wptv.com/news/state/r...

More and more of Japan’s universities are moving toward teaching in English for all students in a bid to bring an international environment onto their campuses.

Several South Korean firms have pulled or prolonged a pause on investment in U.S. projects after a massive immigration raid on a Hyundai plant in Georgia that resulted in hundreds of Koreans arrested. By @laurenkaorigurley.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Trump administration officials warned of additional trade tariffs and made personal threats against negotiators from other countries to block a historic climate deal for shipping. on.ft.com/4p98Drd

Susie Wiles is a genius.

Dingbat Theatre Project is Sarasota always coming up with creative showstoppers! Today is the last showing of "Heathers: The Musical"

Feds are cutting off food stamps. Here's where the needy can get help in Manatee County open.substack.com/pub/thebrade...

Here is a big scoop from @eliotchen.bsky.social who is the Toronto-based reporter for @thewirechina.bsky.social - if this happens maybe it will knock the North American automakers out of their tariff-induced EV stupor! x.com/pekingmike/s...

“.. In the first half of this year, the Trump Organization’s income soared 17-fold to $864 million .. “.. more than 90% .. came from Trump crypto ventures, including sales of World Liberty tokens.” @reuters.com $WLFI www.reuters.com/investigatio...

Of course 🙄 www.einpresswire.com/article/8619...

On Saturday I posted a story from the NY Times in which they describe how South Florida is the ACA's biggest market in the country. Considering the below, the people who played an important role in getting Trump re-elected are really going to feel the full impact of their votes.

From the Sunburn email newsletter:

Alex Jones’s InfoWars is now part of the new Pentagon Press Corps.

You will not be surprised to learn that the Society of Architectural Historians is not happy right now. sah.org/2025/10/16/s...

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NEW: AP investigation finds over 420 anti-science bills attacking longstanding public health protections have been introduced in statehouses across the US this year, part of an organized, politically savvy campaign to enshrine a conspiracy theory-driven agenda into law. w/ @lauraungar.bsky.social

this is a consequence of illegal federal research cuts

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