Reporter @Fla_Pol on S. FL, esp. Miami-Dade. Elections. Legislation. Policy. Wrote about MMA, film, music & comics. Kimbo & I went to the same high school.
Miami, FL
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New: Nearly 20 years after its family welfare chief was fined & resigned after her agency failed to move mentally ill inmates into treatment centers, FL is again in court over the same problem, which has worsened since & could expose FL to pricy lawsuits.
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Dem-turned-GOP candidate who said America is ‘run on hate’ is back on the ballot in #Broward
Reporting by @JesseScheckner
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PSA: Monday is the last day to register to vote in Florida for the Nov. 3 General Election.
Tell your friends.
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#Miami Judge’s ruling on noncitizen voting case rejects federal ban as unconstitutional
Reporting by @JesseScheckner
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‘Not voting is not the answer’: Haitian leaders @FLRepAristide, @MarieWoodsonFL, @MarleineBastien, @HonAlixDesulme urge turnout amid immigration, economic concerns
Reporting by @JesseScheckner
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good god, what a lede
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If you want to understand the legal structures by which fraternities indemnify themselves from their members’ conduct…
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'My commitment is to openly look at it.'
@ByronDonalds says he'll weigh raising Florida's sovereign immunity caps following @GovRonDeSantis veto.
Reporting by @AGGancarski and @JesseScheckner
#FlaPol
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City business or personal benefit? #CoralGables Mayor, Commissioner clash over Tallahassee trip
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.@davidjollyfl spent $40K of donor cash staying at Ritz-Carltons from Boston to Miami in the last year -
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Miami-Dade Republicans defend #Amendment3, calling warnings of weaker services ‘fear tactics’
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"Trump repeatedly attacked Salazar, reposting roughly a dozen messages from users. Several followers called for South Florida Repubs to find a new CD 27 candidate." Via @DrewDixon30.
Not sure the "Abraham Lincoln of immigration reform" would do this.
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I remember long ago when I first started covering the Capitol and I was talking to Sen. Gaetz and wanted to clarify if we were on the record, and he said something like, “I’m never off the record. I have nothing to hide.”
This is a quote from state Sen. Don Gaetz, father of @mattgaetz — not even an anon one. politico.com/news/2026/09/25…
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This is a quote from state Sen. Don Gaetz, father of @mattgaetz — not even an anon one. politico.com/news/2026/09/25…
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‘Lipstick on a pig’: Black leaders in South Florida blast #Amendment3 as a harmful 'tax shift'
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Dear RNC intern who wrote this tweet. Below, you’ll see my name as one of 13 Democrats who voted for voter ID.
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Quick question: What the fuck?
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New press release from Miami-Dade Tax Collector @DarielFernandez is a head-scratcher.
Who is "attacking" him and his office? For what? When were these so-called attacks?
Might this be about questions @NewsChica raised recently about his office's budget? (See below)
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Here is the official obituary for @bsfarrington
A memorial service is planned for some time in November
“In lieu of flowers, the family is asking friends to donate to the Second Harvest of the Big Bend in Brendan’s memory”
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3 in 4 Florida prison housing units have no air conditioning.
Breaking News: Texas must fully air-condition its prisons by the end of 2029, a federal judge ordered, saying the lack of cooling in most of the state's lockups violates the U.S. Constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. nyti.ms/4hlWPiO
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