Sarasota Cty cuts $ for United Way over its referrals to Planned Parenthood.

United Way has 4 projects in state budget worth $3M, including transportation for seniors & transitional housing for sex trafficking victims.

Will DeSantis veto them?

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Democrat lawmaker Antone doesn’t always report living in required district, records show trib.al/hGdb8Or

Former Florida Governor and U.S. Senator Bob Graham will lie in state, attended by military and state law enforcement honor guards, in Florida’s Historic Capitol from 11 AM-1 PM on Friday, April 26, 2024. The ceremony will be open to the public and aired on The FLORIDA Channel. (1/2)

We're seeing more evidence of stablecoins as a sanctions-evading tool. Venezuela's state oil company, PDVSA, is demanding prepayment for half of each cargo's value in Tether, says Reuters, in anticipation of US sanctions recommencing next month.

CHART OF THE DAY: Since 2022, China has bypassed American sanctions, buying huge amounts of Iranian oil by simple re-branding it as Malaysian.

US lawmakers want to close the route — for that, there’s not need of new sanctions; all what’s required is for the White House to

Quick summary of #FSU v ACC hearing today in Tallahassee:
The judge ruled in favor of the league's motion to dismiss on the personal jurisdiction part. But FSU can amend its complaint, and they'll come back here for another hearing on it.
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NEW: Some of the 49 migrants flown to Martha’s Vineyard by the state of Florida are now able to legally work in the U.S. and have temporary protections from deportation — because they are considered victims of a potential crime under a special Visa

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New from 404 Media: Instagram is advertising nonconsensual AI nude apps. Shows that these sorts of tools—which are being actively used inside schools to harass/target people—are not hidden in the corners of the internet. It's right there, on Instagram 404media.co/instagram-adve…

Football is essentially becoming post-modern, with every decision being contested, litigated, reviewed and revised.

If I can be allowed to quote my unpublished magnum opus, the only question is whether it will tilt to a right or left wing version of postmodernism.

Meta and Google threatening to block news websites if they have to pay money while pretending to care about the “free flow of information” online x.com/washingtonpost…

👀 More Gonzales: 'Look, Matt Gaetz, he paid minors to have sex with him at drug parties,  Bob Good endorsed my opponent, a known neo-Nazi. These people used to walk around with white hoods at night, now they are walking around with white hoods in the daytime”

Some Republicans like Chip Roy and Norman are mad at Johnson for not winning anything on the border in the Ukraine package.
Does everybody have amnesia over how that happened???

On the final night of Florida's 2024 legislative session, a construction industry lobbyist DEMANDED lawmakers pass a bill blocking local heat-safety rules.

'HEAT cannot die,' the lobbyist texted the House Speaker's chief of staff.

via McKenna Schueler:

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Searching for Knightro: A 'phenomenal' and 'rock star' life awaits next UCF mascot orlandosentinel.com/2024/04/19/ucf…

Byron Donalds says that Gaetz’s motion to vacate McCarthy backfired on the Republican Conference:

“Matt’s vacating Kevin McCarthy has brought us to Lord of the Flies on Capitol Hill. Not a good situation.”

Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz is holding a 'Florida Property Insurance Crisis' hearing next week in Fort Myers w Rep. Jared Moskowitz & Sens. Grall and Martin. 'Rep. Gaetz, along with his fellow lawmakers, will hear from property owners and experts to discuss solutions' to crisis

Me two weeks ago: pitching editors on an investigation into the rapid rise in AI used to make insurance underwriting decisions

My community Facebook group today:

Filmmaker Billy Corben (Billy Corben) says he will run for Miami-Dade Democratic Party chair

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The phrase 'unauthorized, undocumented aliens with all the proper paperwork' seems like a bit of an oxymoron to me.

Florida's controversial migrant flights are 'on pause' due to lack of 'volunteers' wlrn.org/government-pol…

R.I.P. Betts was born and raised in Fla. He wrote and sang 'Ramblin' Man' which contains the line: 'And I was born in the back seat of a Greyhound bus
Rollin' down highway 41'