One of the original 26 #Florida Highwaymen painters has died, just days after another one passed on, leaving only two still alive today. www.tcpalm.com/story/news/l...

Homeland Security Missions Falter Amid Focus on Deportations www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...

BREAKING: The Supreme Court just rejected Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal of her criminal conviction for recruiting and grooming teenage girls for sexual abuse by Jeffrey Epstein. The decision means that her conviction and 20-year criminal sentence remain in place.

It only took a few hours to wipe $152 billion of value from Tesla’s market cap and $250 million in value from TrumpCoin Thursday as President Trump and Elon Musk publicly and viciously feuded over the “Big Beautiful Bill.”

Hurricane center eyes potential system off US Southeast coast https://trib.al/DehWWHq

Trump plans to yank Musk ally Isaacman as nominee for job as NASA administrator https://trib.al/B2Btjd4

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis pushed for child labor rollbacks behind the scenes, records show www.orlandoweekly.com/news/florida...

I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F. 18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it. We made this website to tell our story: 18f.org

NEW: Over a dozen states filed a lawsuit Thursday to nullify the unconstitutional actions of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency and prevent them from performing any future actions like freezing federal funding, accessing agency data and taking over agencies.

#Florida Rep. Moskowitz knocks down speculation that he’ll leave Congress to lead Trump's FEMA www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

"Sure, the scraggly pine looks a little like a sad Charlie Brown Christmas tree, despite tying on multiple branches to make it look bushier." Read more at: www.miamiherald.com/news/local/e...

House rejects Democratic efforts to force release of #Florida man Matt Gaetz’s ethics report. It's unclear now whether the document will ever see the light of day. www.sun-sentinel.com/2024/12/05/m...

How Cuba fooled the U.S. to get millions of dollars from South #Florida for its armed forces www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...

Breaking: Pete Hegseth drank in ways that concerned his colleagues at Fox, according to 10 current and ex-employees. Two people said on more than a dozen occasions during Hegseth's time on 'Fox & Friends Weekend', they smelled alcohol on him before he went on air. www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

#Florida residents are paying among the highest auto and homeowners insurance premiums in the nation. Jimmy Patronis, Trump's pick to run for Rep. Matt Gaetz's seat, has encouraged lawmakers to make it harder to sue insurance companies www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

Gaetz' bad boy image catches up with him www.orlandosentinel.com/2024/11/24/g...

#BREAKING: WASHINGTON (AP) — Matt Gaetz has withdrawn as President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general following scrutiny over a federal sex trafficking investigation. The Florida Republican made the announcement Thursday.

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Hacker obtains sealed documents about Gaetz www.orlandosentinel.com/2024/11/19/h...

NY Times says the hacked trove of documents stems from an altogether different source: a civil suit being pursued by a friend of Gaetz’s, Seminole COunty business man Chris Dorworth.

DeSantis under pressure to pick Lara Trump to fill Marco Rubio's senate seat. www.orlandosentinel.com/2024/11/18/p...

Florida Man goes to Washington - Trump picks cabinet of lotal followers from Sunshine State www.orlandosentinel.com/2024/11/17/t...

Mat Staver, founder and chairman of the Liberty Counsel, wrote a scathing critique of Atty Gen nominee Matt Gaetz’s limited legal experience and “serious allegations of sex parties and drugs.” He urged Gaetz to withdraw his name from consideration. Story: www.orlandosentinel.com/2024/11/15/a...

Watch out for the beaver moon! www.space.com/the-universe...