#Florida sheriff's office investigating series of online animal adoption scams www.tcpalm.com/story/news/c...

*Everything* the Trump Administration does is intended to stroke Trump's ego, put money in his pocket, or *both*.

2 detention deputies accused of trying to smuggle fentanyl into #Florida Keys jail www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c... via @miamiherald.com

#Florida GOP official wants governor to punish Black school board member for referring to Charlie Kirk as "a racist bigot," even though Kirk's comments show he totally was. www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/e...

#Florida corporate parent of Office Depot & Office Max sold in deal valued at close to $1B. www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/09/22/b...

How many people will use the tipline to report nutty #Florida AG James "Oopsie!" Uthmeier as a political extremist?

“I think that their allegiance to their political association trumps their connection to the cross." While white evangelicals have embraced Charlie Kirk as a martyr, Black evangelicals saw him as racist -- & not at all Christian. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/... via @washingtonpost.com

#FLORIDA AUTHOR E-BOOK DEAL ALERT! Bookseller & novelist @legroff.bsky.social's book about a female colonist wandering the woods of North America, THE VASTER WILDS, is only $1.99 for Kindle today. www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...

Oh, #Florida! Escort battered man in bar with Silly String, emptied can, threw it at him. www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/st...

Despite threats like disease, habitat loss and queen quality issues, bee populations are on the rise in #Florida. Experts in the state say that's due in part to backyard beekeeping. www.wusf.org/environment/... via @wusf.org

Epic Universe coaster where 32-year-old man died of multiple blunt force traumas "functioned as intended," according to memo from #Florida theme park officials. www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/09/22/e... via @skylerswisher.bsky.social

My answer to the @MuckRack Daily trivia question: “Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?"

Firm linked to #Florida Gov. Ron DeSastrous at center of sudden ouster of UWF’s top lawyer www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/09/22/d... via @orlandosentinel.com

#Florida proposes diverting millions for "cleaner technology" from electric vehicles & instead spending it on diesel or natural gas vehicles. Yeah, that helps the climate, suuuuure. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/e... via @miamiherald.com

There's gotta be at least 6 FL GrOPers finishing up their terms that could use a handout from the state...

4 #Florida bail bondsmen arrested on kidnapping, extortion charges www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c... via @miamiherald.com

"Govt Gone Wild" goes wilder: Newl #Florida CFO, claiming he's hunting for wasted dollars, is seeking more than $600K & 6 full-time employees to permanently establish a new “FL Accountability & Fiscal Oversight Office,” or FAFOO. floridatrident.org/government-g... via @floridatrident.bsky.social

Not only do we routinely see kids dying in ICE custody, now they’re missing nearly 1000 people who were being held in Alligator Alcatraz? HOW THE HELL is this not a stop the presses moment? We can only hope it’s not a Brubaker moment.

President Convicted Felon worries #Florida woman Pam Bondi is moving too slowly to prosecute his political adversaries on fake charges: "He is like a man trying to race upward on a downward-moving escalator." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv... via @theatlantic.com

You can tell this is a story from #Florida retirement mecca The Villages because a govt group plans to "review statistics from law enforcement about the number of golf cart accidents which have occurred this year." www.villages-news.com/2025/09/21/o...

As development threatens #Florida black bears, researchers chart path to safety www.axios.com/local/miami/... via @axios.com

Noted lover of rock'n'roll Joan Jett turns 65 today. She does NOT care what you think of her, oh no no no no no no!

It's "Oh, #Florida! The Newsletter," splashing into your TL like a guy in a scuba suit stealing thousands from a Disney restaurant! mailchi.mp/3fa28e981084...

#Florida sea turtle nesting season breaking records on the Treasure Coast. www.tcpalm.com/story/news/l...

Only President Convicted Felon's speech is free, nobody else's.

With full approval of the #Florida dementia patient/convicted felon.

Oh, #Florida! City commissioner who sent texts (from his city phone) to a man asking him what his wife was wearing and if he could clean his feet and kiss them both has now apologized & blamed "insomnia." www.wtsp.com/article/news...

#Florida State grad's entry in the Tallahassee Film Festival, which takes place Sept. 26-28, chronicles the Florida Python Challenge. www.tallahassee.com/story/entert...

Column: Once more, #Florida teachers are on the frontline of another culture war battle. www.news-journalonline.com/story/opinio... via @twistleton.bsky.social

Column: The aptly named David Jolly has a level of faith in #Florida’s future that I’m not sure we deserve. www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/09/20/r... via @stevebousquet.bsky.social

How to become one of #Florida's poorly paid but extremely dedicated python hunters. www.tcpalm.com/story/news/2...

Sunday afternoons are a GREAT time to catch up on the "Welcome to #Florida" podcast. In recent episodes, we've dug into the story of America's 1st civil rights martyrs, shorebirds, the historic Moseley Homestead, Paynes Prairie & the living beaches. Dive in! www.buzzsprout.com/1169570

#Florida operator accused of selling fake nursing degree to nurse involve in patient's death. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/a... via @miamiherald.com

In a social media post he may have intended to be a text, President Convicted Felon demands #Florida woman turned AG Pam Bondi get busy prosecuting his enemies. www.tampabay.com/news/florida... via @kirbywilson.bsky.social

#Florida beach bar wins 1st Amendment music fight. www.cltampa.com/news/st-pete... via @cltampabay.bsky.social

Congregants protest surprise sale of multiple South #Florida churches. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/a... via @miamiherald.com

Tampa Pride celebrated its 11th LGTBQ+ diversity parade in #Florida this year. The group won’t celebrate a 12th—at least not in 2026. The reason: Politics. www.cltampa.com/news/a-troub... via @cltampabay.bsky.social

Scientists using new ways to eavesdrop on fish have captured a cacophony of thumps, honks, burps and grunts in underwater recordings. wapo.st/3IAhN03 via @dinograndoni.bsky.social

Oh, #Florida! After argument about sleeping positions, man packs woman's stuff to make her move out. Instead, she uses a golf club & beats him in the rib cage. www.villages-news.com/2025/09/20/v...

#Florida Gov. Ron DeSastrous is helping real estate developers exploit what was supposed to be a hurricane relief law. jasongarcia.substack.com/p/ron-desant... via @jasongarcia.bsky.social

For our Sunday #gospel brunch today, a tambourine-rattling classic from the Clara Ward Singers, a group that featured some of the biggest voices -- and biggest hair -- of any gospel group ever. They'll make you shout for glory!

The one surefire way to get people to stop saying mean things about you is to send out a press release, insisting that they stop saying mean things about you. www.dhs.gov/news/2025/09...

Sounds like #Florida woman Pam Bondi is doing a bang-up job running the DOJ for President Convicted Felon & his henchmen.

President Convicted Felon's political appointees at the EPA tell water pollution scientists to stop publishing studies, employees say. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Well-oiled machine. 🤡 @politico.com #H1B www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

#Florida Dept of Health issues warning about toxic blue-green algae bloom in Lake Okeechobee. www.tcpalm.com/story/news/l...

Two #Florida men featured in newspaper feature story on the saw palmetto berry industry are then busted by the cops for buying illegally gathered berries. www.tcpalm.com/story/news/c...

Angry residents convince #Florida officials to shut down trail project that would have been waaaay expensive and also destroyed key wetlands. www.tampabay.com/news/hillsbo... via @tampabaytimes.bsky.social

National parks remove signs that talk about climate change, slavery and Japanese internment, under orders from know-nothing President Convicted Felon. wapo.st/4nyQrWW via @washingtonpost.com

Prosecution rests in #Florida trial of President Convicted Felon's would-be assassin. Next up: The defendant, who's defending himself. www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/t...