Ahem. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

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

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

Orlando Sentinel on X: "Tuesday’s races were a quiet rebuke of Trump for many voters, AP Voter Poll finds https://t.co/dav7qZ1iEz https://t.co/OXb05ummT1" / X Tuesday’s races were a quiet rebuke of Trump for many voters, AP Voter Poll finds https://t.co/dav7qZ1iEz https://t.co/OXb05ummT1

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Is this the story or a promo for the story?

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.

Cosplay?

Editorial: Intimidation won’t make the Sentinel back down on Hope Florida story Clearly, somebody in Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office thinks the Sentinel is close to uncovering something the governor doesn’t want to be public, to the point where they are willing to fabricate falsehoo…

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Elon Musk's Feud With President Trump Wipes $152 Billion Off Tesla’s Market Cap As Elon Musk and Donald Trump take jabs at each other online, their respective businesses are plummeting in value.

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.”

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Hurricane center eyes potential system off US Southeast coast The National Hurricane Center began forecasting the potential a system could form off the Southeast coast of the United States this week.

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 President told associates he intended to pull nomination after learning he’d donated to prominent Democrats, sources said

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

Or maybe stop building along the shore

So the only male violating the bathroom rule was ... the security guard.

She's also an FSU graduate!

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis pushed for child labor rollbacks behind the scenes, records show Email communications first obtained by Orlando Weekly through a public records request show that staffers from DeSantis's office emailed draft legislation for Republican lawmakers to file.

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

States' rights... wasn't that a GOP issue?

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

Wilbur!

They believe in magic oil ... and science?

Winter storm to bring snow, deadly temperatures and icy roads to North Florida North Florida residents from Pensacola to Jacksonville are bracing for what is expected to be a historic, once-in-a-lifetime winter storm.

www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/01/21/w...

Aaron De Groft, whose ‘Basquiat’ exhibit triggered a scandal at Orlando museum, dies at 59 Aaron De Groft wanted to bring attention to the Orlando Museum of Art with big-name exhibitions, but not in the way that things played out.

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Train law officers to help immigration officials or face criminal charges, DeSantis says A memo outlining more details of the governor’s immigration plans shows he wants to make all local law enforcement agencies train at least 10 percent of their workforce to help round up, deta…

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DeSantis appoints state Attorney General Ashley Moody to the U.S. Senate Moody, a former prosecutor and judge, has a record of “delivering results,” DeSantis said as he announced his choice at an Orlando hotel.

www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/01/16/d...

Lawmaker tries again to dethrone mockingbird as Florida’s state bird The South Florida representative wants to declare two new state birds instead: The American Flamingo and the scrub-jay.

www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/01/06/l...

Yes and now alcohol causes cancer. Go figure.

Florida was to expand children’s health insurance. Instead, it’s been kicking kids off its rolls Some parents say their children are missing out on needed therapy because the state plan offers very limited coverage.

www.orlandosentinel.com/2024/12/30/f...

House Ethics Panel Draft Report Accuses Gaetz of ‘Regularly’ Paying for Sex and Using Drugs The Florida Republican resigned from the House and withdrew as Donald J. Trump’s attorney general nominee in the weeks before the report’s expected release.

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/23/u...