Diane Roberts, formerly BadDebutante on the twixxy thing
@dkroberts.bsky.social
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Writer, political columnist, childless cat lady. Allergic to fascists.
We should be allowed to say outrageous things:
floridaphoenix.com/2025/09/29/r...
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Rampant gaslighting about freedom of speech at Florida universities ⢠Florida Phoenix
Floridaâs institutions of higher education are in trouble. The University of West Florida is being run by Manny Diaz Jr., a former social studies teacher (and ex-Commissioner of Education) but, given ...
https://floridaphoenix.com/2025/09/29/rampant-gaslighting-about-freedom-of-speech-at-florida-universities/
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and the Stupid Florida hits keep on coming, toxic tire edition:
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Florida man builds fortress of tires around Marion County property ⢠Florida Phoenix
When I was growing up in Pensacola, the local radio station often ran ads for a tire repair business whose slogan was, âTires ainât pretty.â I thought of that simple declaration this week when I heard...
https://floridaphoenix.com/2025/09/25/florida-man-builds-fortress-of-tires-around-marion-county-property/
6 days ago
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From Hemingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls: "But are there not many Fascists in your country?" "There are many who do not know they are Fascists, but will find it out when the time comes".
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Peter Murphy
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News Report 6Feb1939.
#censorship
#NaziGermany
#USPolitics
#fascism
#JimmyKimmel
#BoycottDisney
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Here's a good rule to live by: if Randy Fine is pushing something, it's 99% guaranteed to be destructive, wrong and stupid. Craig Pittman explains it all to you:
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National park proposed for Florida springs doesnât spring from desire to fix problems ⢠Florida Phoenix
Florida has three national parks â Everglades, Biscayne, and Dry Tortugas, all in the southern end of the state. Now newbie U.S. Rep. Randy Fine of Brevard County wants to create a fourth one, this ti...
https://floridaphoenix.com/2025/09/18/national-park-proposed-for-florida-springs-doesnt-spring-from-desire-to-fix-problems/
12 days ago
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Craig Pittman
14 days ago
#Florida
reporter
@jkbjournalist.bsky.social
given lifetime achievement award from investigative reporter organization for breaking the Epstein coverup story.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
via
@miamiherald.com
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Miami Herald reporter wins lifetime achievement award for breaking Epstein story
What to know about Julie K. Brownâs work and honor.
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article312145911.html#campaignName=miami_afternoon_newsletter
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Dahlia Lithwick
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DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing
Following Charlie Kirkâs assassination and the Trump administrationâs promise to go after the âradical leftâ a study showing most domestic terrosim is far-right was disappeared.
https://www.404media.co/doj-deletes-study-showing-domestic-terrorists-are-most-often-right-wing/
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Craig Pittman
16 days ago
Seventeen local governments have agreed to join a lawsuit to overturn a new pro-developer
#Florida
law approved by Gov. Ron DeSastrous, who never says no to developers, even when it ties local govts hands.
subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...
via
@brucebritchie.bsky.social
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POLITICO Pro: Local governments plan challenge to regulatory restrictions in new hurricane emergencies law
Seventeen local governments have agreed to join a lawsuit filed after the 2024 hurricanes Debby, Helene and Milton.
https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025/09/local-governments-plan-challenge-to-regulatory-restrictions-in-new-hurricane-emergencies-law-00560454
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Diane Roberts, formerly BadDebutante on the twixxy thing
Wunpini F. Mohammed, PhD
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The Washington Post Fired Me â But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced. I spoke out against hatred and violence in America â and it cost me my job. By
@karenattiah.bsky.social
karenattiah.substack.com/p/the-washin...
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The Washington Post Fired Me â But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America â and it cost me my job.
https://karenattiah.substack.com/p/the-washington-post-fired-me-but?r=2bz6j&utm_medium=ios&fbclid=PAb21jcAM1gatleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABp572S0oEBUSKe7yXn9fcYGGHvDaBCwrX-YGIzUAmj00vd7DKegMXXGT5s_BQ_aem_8VwUpI7vapThzyAY1AYN2w&triedRedirect=true
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Craig Pittman
16 days ago
Parking spots used as colorful protest against
#Florida
Gov. Ron DeSastrous' homophobic crackdown on rainbow crosswalks
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
via
@apnews.com
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Parking spots used as colorful protest against Florida crackdown on rainbow crosswalks
An Orlando restaurateur on Monday turned over 49 parking spots outside her eatery for artists to color as a protest against a state mandate removing rainbow-colored crosswalks and other art on Florida...
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/parking-spots-used-colorful-protest-181853690.html
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I wish I didn't have to say this. The Washtington Post has been a great paper, one I was proud to write for. But firing Karen Attiah for quoting Charlie Kirk is unconscionable. If you hadn't already canceled your subscription over the non-endorsement, do it now. The WP no longer supports democracy.
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The Washington Post is lost.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/b...
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Washington Post Columnist Says She Was Fired for Posts After Charlie Kirk Shooting
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/business/media/washington-post-charlie-kirk-karen-attiah.html
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Craig Pittman
16 days ago
Hundreds of prisoners at
#Florida
Gov. Ron DeSastrous' Everglades concentration camp have fallen off the grid. One Guatemalan man detained at the tent site was accidentally deported to Guatemala before a scheduled bond hearing
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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@miamiherald.com
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Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article312042943.html#storylink=cpy
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College Football! It's bad! I love it!
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College football is violent and ugly. Just like we are. ⢠Florida Phoenix
Retailers tell us Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year. Please. We barbarians, defenders of the indefensible, rationalizers of blown knees and brain damage, know college football season is...
https://floridaphoenix.com/2025/09/15/college-football-is-violent-and-ugly-just-like-we-are/
16 days ago
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Craig Pittman
17 days ago
#Florida
is weaponizing Kirk's murder to further clamp down on what teachers say.
www.tcpalm.com/story/news/e...
add a skeleton here at some point
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The cowardly Peter Schorsch of Florida Politics suspended a reporter for doing his job. The appalling Fla Rep. Randy Fine (the guy who told Gazans to "starve away") took offense when AG Gancarski asked about guns--a reasonable question post the Kirk shooting. Absurd.
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Reporter suspended by Florida outlet after Rep. Randy Fine bashes Charlie Kirk question
A Florida reporter was suspended for texting Congressman Rep. Randy Fine a question about gun control reform shortly after Charlie Kirk was shot.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/09/11/florida-politics-reporter-suspended-after-rep-randy-fine-bashes-question/86103156007/
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A beautiful tribute to John Newton, the kind of real Floridian now sorely lacking amongst the state's current crop of politicians.
www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2...
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'I hope people will say I was generous': Tallahassee's John Newton remembered
Newton, a lawyer and administrative law judge, died Sept. 8 after a battle with lung disease. He was 73.
https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2025/09/12/friends-mourn-john-newton-a-generous-lawyer-who-lifted-others-up/86099679007/?utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawMygihleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHoBv2RYSVOmf0g_XNmGxwWFifztI2PAjU5vWtI8HfYZytYL4CH1KKOc8si6Q_aem_WsI--WNR87bANw2cgarB_g
18 days ago
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Y'all still deny the climate is changing radically?
floridaphoenix.com/2025/09/11/f...
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Florida seafood specialty, stone crabs, now show up in Chesapeake because of climate change ⢠Florida Phoenix
Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Legislature donât think climate change is something we Floridians should be worrying about. But I guess nobody told the stone crabs. Stone crabs â or rather, their tasty claw...
https://floridaphoenix.com/2025/09/11/florida-seafood-specialty-stone-crabs-now-show-up-in-chesapeake-because-of-climate-change/
19 days ago
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Social media insisting Charlie Kirk was a saint. Well.
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The civilized response to hate speech is a better argument. Not a gun. America and its idiotic firearm fetish enables all these political shootings. Kirk was a hateful racist Christian nationalist, but we argue with his ilk, not kill them. But then, we're no longer a civilized country, are we?
20 days ago
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Byron Donalds reveals he's running on about 25 watts:
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Florida congressman and governor candidate Byron Donalds faces rampant ridicule after Epstein birthday book gaffe
After a Congressional committee released Jeffrey Epsteinâs âbirthday bookâ that included a cryptic and lewd homemade card allegedly sent to the notorious
https://floridatrident.org/florida-congressman-and-governor-candidate-byron-donalds-faces-rampant-ridicule-after-epstein-birthday-book-gaffe/
20 days ago
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Where Texas goes, Florida soon follows:
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
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Texas A&M fires instructor involved in viral video on gender teachings
A video of a student accusing an instructor of illegally teaching âgender ideologyâ at Texas A&M has also led to the removal of a dean and department head.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/09/09/texasam-gender-teachings/
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Stand Up America
22 days ago
Itâs supposed to be, âWe the People.â Not, âWe the Billionaires.â
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We lost John Daniel Campbell Newton yesterday. He was a judge, a lawyer, a lover of dogs and sailboats, as charming as hell and one of the smartest human beings I have ever encountered. I loved hanging out with him and that other brilliant lawyer, Dexter Douglass, esq. The wit flew thick and fast.
22 days ago
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The Uncle Tommy who would be Florida governor appears to be, we, ethically dodgy:https://floridatrident.org/byron-donalds-skirts-campaign-finance-laws/
23 days ago
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State Department of Pettiness strikes again:
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Note to the governor: You canât outlaw rainbows ⢠Florida Phoenix
No doubt Gov. Ron DeSantis expects Floridians to be grateful for saving us from yet another woke attack on decency, probity, and speeding motorists. I refer, of course, to colorful crosswalks. Just as...
https://floridaphoenix.com/2025/09/08/note-to-the-governor-you-cant-outlaw-rainbows/
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Craig Pittman
27 days ago
Column:
#Florida's
version of DOGE should investigate all the millions wasted on building "Alligator Alcatraz" that could have done so much for the environment. My latest column for
@floridaphoenix.com
also features lots of dog puns.
floridaphoenix.com/2025/09/04/f...
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Floridaâs DOGE should investigate the money wasted on âAlligator Alcatrazâ ⢠Florida Phoenix
Hello, is this the Florida Department of Governmental Efficiency, aka FLO-DOGE? Iâve got a hot tip for you on an incredibly wasteful government project. Itâs called âAlligator Alcatraz.â I know DOGE h...
https://floridaphoenix.com/2025/09/04/floridas-doge-should-investigate-the-money-wasted-on-alligator-alcatraz/
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Both these men are utter idiots. Don't move to Florida. We are a plague state.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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Florida moves to end all school vaccine mandates, first in nation to do so
Florida Surgeon General Joseph A. Ladapo criticized school vaccine mandates, which every state has, and likened them to slavery.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/09/03/florida-vaccine-mandates-ended/
28 days ago
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There is a tear in the fabric of the rational universe. FSU just beat Alabama.
about 1 month ago
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Diane Roberts, formerly BadDebutante on the twixxy thing
Craig Pittman
about 1 month ago
Column: How
#Florida
folklorist Stetson Kennedy took down the KKK and became the most hated man in America along the way.
flamingomag.com/2025/08/11/s...
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@dkroberts.bsky.social
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Stetson Kennedy | Capital Dame | Flamingo Magazine
How Florida folklorist Stetson Kennedy took down the KKK and became the most hated man in American along the way.
https://flamingomag.com/2025/08/11/stetson-kennedy/
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Craig Pittman
about 1 month ago
Editorial: Gov. Ron DeSastrous blames U.S. census for
#Florida
undercount, but we remember that HE was the one who screwed up.
www.miamiherald.com/opinion/edit...
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DeSantis blames census for Florida issues, but we remember what he did (and didnât) do | Opinion
Back in 2019, Florida sat on its hands for too long when the census count was happening and then jumped into the game late and underfunded. | Opinion
https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/article311838776.html#campaignName=miami_morning_newsletter
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Oh, good. The people who brought you the Gulf of Mexico's last near-death experience are back and drilling deeper than ever.
floridaphoenix.com/2025/08/28/b...
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BP is back 15 years after Deepwater Horizon disaster with plans to drill even deeper ⢠Florida Phoenix
How many chances should you give a bad actor? A screw-up? A company that fouled the ocean and the coast and killed lots of wildlife? I ask this because BP, the British oil giant responsible for the wo...
https://floridaphoenix.com/2025/08/28/bp-is-back-15-years-after-deepwater-horizon-disaster-with-plans-to-drill-even-deeper/
about 1 month ago
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Don't read! Don't learn! Florida keeps banning books.
floridaphoenix.com/2025/08/25/b...
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Book bans reflect conservatives' fear of a changing world ⢠Florida Phoenix
Itâs Banned Books Week in Florida! OK, the observance is in October, but itâs always Banned Books Week in Florida. Every day seems to bring another hissy fit from a state goon or âconcernedâ parent he...
https://floridaphoenix.com/2025/08/25/book-bans-reflect-conservatives-fear-of-a-changing-world/
about 1 month ago
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Florida: focused on what's important. As usual.
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about 1 month ago
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Full-on fascist. The Trumpers' list of unacceptable exhibits in the Smithsonian Museums. Includes a portrait of Dr. Anthony Fauci and exploration of Afrofuturist writing. I mean, God forbid.
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
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President Trump Is Right About the Smithsonian
The National Museum of African American History and Culture debuted a series to educate people on âa society that privileges white people and whitenessâ â
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/08/president-trump-is-right-about-the-smithsonian/
about 1 month ago
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Science? Who needs science to murder bears?
floridaphoenix.com/2025/08/21/f...
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Florida wildlife commissioners ignore science, law in saying yes to bear hunt ⢠Florida Phoenix
Dear Bears of Florida: Iâm really sorry. In case you havenât heard, last week the cabal of developers that Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed to âprotectâ you and Floridaâs other wildlife voted to allow peop...
https://floridaphoenix.com/2025/08/21/florida-wildlife-commissioners-ignore-science-law-in-saying-yes-to-bear-hunt/
about 1 month ago
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US foreign policy now hangs on whether the president of Ukraine wears a suit.
about 1 month ago
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The kids are back in their classrooms. What are they learning?
floridaphoenix.com/2025/08/18/f...
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Free State of Florida applies eccentric definition of 'free' in schools ⢠Florida Phoenix
Itâs Back to School time in Florida and the state Department of Education could not be more excited. Fired up! Psyched! Stoked! Weâre proud to be bringing these precious boys and girls (note the statu...
https://floridaphoenix.com/2025/08/18/free-state-of-florida-applies-eccentric-definition-of-free-in-schools/
about 1 month ago
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Elbows up! Floridians fight back:
floridaphoenix.com/2025/08/14/f...
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Florida cities and counties line up to defy new pro-developer state law ⢠Florida Phoenix
Like a lot of you, Iâm a sucker for movies about scrappy underdogs who somehow thrash their way to triumph. âThe Bad News Bears,â âThe Replacements,â even âDodgeball: A True Underdog Storyâ are films ...
https://floridaphoenix.com/2025/08/14/florida-cities-and-counties-line-up-to-defy-new-pro-developer-state-law/
about 2 months ago
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Breaking: sharks eat fish. Something must be done!
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Pitted against capitalism, poor sharks don't stand a chance ⢠Florida Phoenix
The sharks are eating the fish. Too many fish. Our damn fish. For 450 million years, the sharks have had everything their way, swimming around the ocean like they own the place, chowing down on that e...
https://floridaphoenix.com/2025/08/11/pitted-against-capitalism-poor-sharks-dont-stand-a-chance/
about 2 months ago
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Craig Pittman
about 2 months ago
Another "
#Florida
Man" scandal trips up GOP in U.S. House.
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
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@the-independent.com
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Another âFlorida manâ scandal presents danger for Mike Johnson and the House GOP
String of Sunshine State issues is causing headaches for Mike Johnson and Donald Trump, writes John Bowden
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/mills-sextortion-scandal-florida-republicans-b2804091.html
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about 2 months ago
You just gotta LOVE MAD MAGAZINE!!!
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The Guardian
about 2 months ago
Trump officials reportedly met at White House to discuss strategy around Epstein files
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Trump officials reportedly met at White House to discuss strategy around Epstein files
Meeting was attended by the US attorney general, Pam Bondi, and the FBI director, Kash Patel, among others Top Trump officials reportedly met at the White House on Wednesday night to discuss strategy moving forward as the Trump administration continues to face criticism, including from Republicans, for its handling of the official files related to Jeffrey Epstein and the US presidentâs responses to calls for the release of all documents related to the criminal investigation into the late sex offender. The meeting was reportedly hosted by JD Vance, with the gathering moved from the vice-presidentâs official residence to the White House, according to reporting by CNN. The meeting had been billed to include top Trump officials, including the US attorney general, Pam Bondi, and the FBI director, Kash Patel. Vance and his staff had denied that a meeting to discuss the handling of the rumbling Epstein scandal was taking place. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/08/jd-vance-reportedly-hosted-white-house-meeting-to-discuss-strategy-around-epstein-files?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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Feel safe from nuclear disaster in Florida? Don't. Great story from
@floridatrident.bsky.social
about how FPL is so busy raising your rates, it hasn't bothered to test safety at its Turkey Point plant for two decades.
floridatrident.org/safety-defer...
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Safety Deferred: FPL has delayed core enclosure tests at nuclear plant for nearly 20 years
Shortly after Florida Power & Light brought the Turkey Point nuclear power plant online 53 years ago in south Miami-Dade County, a detailed safety
https://floridatrident.org/safety-deferred-fpl-has-delayed-core-tests-at-south-florida-nuclear-plant-for-nearly-20-years/
about 2 months ago
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How many ways can we destroy the last good parts of Florida? Craig Pittman on Cedar Key.
floridaphoenix.com/2025/08/07/f...
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Florida island city looks to its neighbors for help with water and sewer ⢠Florida Phoenix
Cedar Key is one of the prettiest and most historic island communities on Floridaâs Gulf coast. I always recommend people pay a visit. If you go, though, you may want to bring your own water, because ...
https://floridaphoenix.com/2025/08/07/florida-island-city-looks-to-its-neighbors-for-help-with-water-and-sewer-2/
about 2 months ago
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Craig Pittman
about 2 months ago
#Florida
quietly surpassed California in solar growth
www.cnbc.com/2025/08/02/h...
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How Florida quietly surpassed California in solar growth
Florida added more solar than California in 2024, despite no climate mandate. Can the boom last? CNBC visited Babcock Ranch to find out.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/02/how-florida-quietly-surpassed-california-in-solar-growth.html
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What's the betting on Ghislaine Maxwell getting a pardon? My latest for
@floridaphoenix.com
:
floridaphoenix.com/2025/08/04/t...
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The Epstein saga and the Maxwell drama proves that the rules are different here in Florida ⢠Florida Phoenix
Florida has always been a magnet for criminals, despots, and big-time sleazeballs. Al Capone liked to relax in Miami Beach. Ex-dictators, junta leaders, and death squad commanders from Cuba, Nicaragua...
https://floridaphoenix.com/2025/08/04/the-epstein-saga-and-the-maxwell-drama-proves-that-the-rules-are-different-here-in-florida/
about 2 months ago
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Dumb Florida, Chapter 596: build on conservation lands:
floridaphoenix.com/2025/07/31/o...
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On a Florida beach, conservation land may yield to parking and shops ⢠Florida Phoenix
Back when I lived in Pensacola, one of my favorite beaches was at Navarre. Iâd drive out there early in the morning before work and swim for an hour or so. Iâd have the place pretty much to myself â j...
https://floridaphoenix.com/2025/07/31/on-a-florida-beach-conservation-land-may-yield-to-parking-and-shops/
2 months ago
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And-- Won't it be peachy if we win the game? (Oh, goody) Let's try not to injure them, but Fight, fight, fight (Let's not be rough, though) Fight, fight, fight (And do fight fiercely) Fight, fight, fight
2 months ago
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Hurl that spheroid down the field, and Fight, fight, fight Fight fiercely, Harvard Fight, fight, fight Impress them with our prowess, do Oh, fellows, do not let the crimson down Be of stout heart and true
2 months ago
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