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May 14, 2023 at 11:30 AM

Pensacola lawsuit seeking to hold Saudi Arabia accountable for deadly terrorist attack should be tossed, U.S. magistrate says

Pensacola lawsuit seeking to hold Saudi Arabia accountable for deadly terrorist attack should be tossed, U.S. magistrate says The main gate at Naval Air Station Pensacola. Photo: U.S Navy By Dan Christensen, FloridaBulldog.org The families of three murdered U.S. Navy servicemen and eight other…

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May 12, 2023 at 11:30 AM

Everglades Foundation prosecutes former top scientist for criminal contempt in case that's roiling Florida environmentalists

Everglades Foundation prosecutes former top scientist for criminal contempt in case that's roiling Florida environmentalists Former Everglades Foundation scientist Thomas Van Lent testifying Thursday. By Dan Christensen, FloridaBulldog.org If Marjory Stoneman Douglas had a grave, she’d be rol…

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May 10, 2023 at 11:30 AM

‘Justice’ reformer, ex-BSO deputy Bleiweiss avoids prison but must submit to sex-offender treatment

‘Justice’ reformer, ex-BSO deputy Bleiweiss avoids prison but must submit to sex-offender treatment Three faces of Jonathan Bleiweiss: as a BSO deputy, prison inmate and executive director of Oakland Park's Florida Justice Center By Noreen Marcus, FloridaBulldog.org Self-appointed justice ref…

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May 5, 2023 at 11:30 AM

James Billie makes comeback bid for chairman of vastly rich Seminole Tribe of Florida

James Billie makes comeback bid for chairman of vastly rich Seminole Tribe of Florida Seminole Tribal Council chairman Marcellus Osceola Jr., right, and former chairmen Mitchell Cypress, center, and James Billie By Dan Christensen, FloridaBulldog.org James E. Billie, the once and perhaps futur…

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May 1, 2023 at 11:30 AM

State Sen. Jason Pizzo temporarily cancels state audit of North Miami Beach amid racial tensions

State Sen. Jason Pizzo temporarily cancels state audit of North Miami Beach amid racial tensions North Miami Beach City Hall By Francisco Alvarado, FloridaBulldog.org Jason Pizzo, the Florida state senator representing portions of North Miami Beach, has backed off his request to have state aud…

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April 27, 2023 at 11:30 AM

Florida's pick-a-justice show is experiencing technical difficulties no one saw coming

Florida's pick-a-justice show is experiencing technical difficulties no one saw coming The courtroom of the Florida Supreme Court By Noreen Marcus, Florida Bulldog.org The group that’s supposed to independently screen candidates for an opening on Florida’s highest court has had a couple glitch…

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April 25, 2023 at 11:30 AM

DeSantis war on 'woke' leads to faculty brain drain at Florida public universities

DeSantis war on 'woke' leads to faculty brain drain at Florida public universities Gov. Ron DeSantis By Francisco Alvarado, FloridaBulldog.org Campuses at Florida public universities are experiencing an exodus of faculty members, while out-of-state professors searching for new jobs are saying …

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April 17, 2023 at 11:30 AM

Controversy surrounds Seminole tribe chairman Osceola as corruption allegations linger and election nears; FBI takes notice

Controversy surrounds Seminole tribe chairman Osceola as corruption allegations linger and election nears; FBI takes notice Seminole Chairman Marcellus Osceola and Gov. Ron DeSantis celebrate their signing of the gambling compact on April 23, 2021. Photo: Seminole Tribe of Florida By Dan Chris…

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April 14, 2023 at 11:30 AM

Judge won’t force DeSantis to explain why he thinks he’s “God’s protector” in religious freedom/abortion lawsuit

Judge won’t force DeSantis to explain why he thinks he’s “God’s protector” in religious freedom/abortion lawsuit A screenshot from a DeSantis campaign video tweeted by his wife, Casey, that portrayed the governor as "God's Protector." By Noreen Marcus, FloridaBulldog.org A Tallahassee trial ju…

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April 9, 2023 at 11:30 AM

Ex-FBI agents accuse top CIA, FBI officials of 9/11 coverup; CIA said to use Saudis, others for illegal domestic spy operations

Ex-FBI agents accuse top CIA, FBI officials of 9/11 coverup; CIA said to use Saudis, others for illegal domestic spy operations A United Airlines Boeing 767 controlled by al Qaeda terrorist Marwan al-Shehhi an instant before it crashed into the South Tower of New York's World Trade Center on …

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April 6, 2023 at 11:31 AM

Frontrunner to replace Justice Polston is yet another DeSantis-style conservative with friends already on the high court

Frontrunner to replace Justice Polston is yet another DeSantis-style conservative with friends already on the high court The three applicants for an open seat on the Florida Supreme Court are, from left to right: Sixth District Court of Appeal Chief Judge Meredith Sasso, Hillsborough Circuit C…

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March 31, 2023 at 11:30 AM

Miami Shores' plan to rezone Barry U. land to allow commercial development ignites suspicion, vitriol

Miami Shores' plan to rezone Barry U. land to allow commercial development ignites suspicion, vitriol By Francisco Alvarado, FloridaBulldog.org When Miami Shores Vice-Mayor Daniel Marinberg, who is gay, checked his village email inbox on the morning of March 24, he opened a missive with the s…

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March 29, 2023 at 11:30 AM

Broward's unique bail reform policy avoids political pitfalls as it nears first anniversary

Broward's unique bail reform policy avoids political pitfalls as it nears first anniversary By Dan Christensen, FloridaBulldog.org Bail reform came to Broward last year crafted to allow poor people arrested for misdemeanors and non-violent third-degree felonies, but who pose no risk to the pu…

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March 25, 2023 at 11:30 AM

Fox TV host plays softball with Ron DeSantis about force-feedings of Gitmo detainees

Fox TV host plays softball with Ron DeSantis about force-feedings of Gitmo detainees Fox Nation and Talk TV host Piers Morgan interviewing Gov. Ron DeSantis for a show broadcast on Thursday By Dan Christensen, FloridaBulldog.org Responding for the first time to allegations that as a U.S Navy J…

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March 24, 2023 at 11:30 AM

DeSantis uses case of Parkland killer Cruz to play politics with the death penalty

DeSantis uses case of Parkland killer Cruz to play politics with the death penalty Donald Dillbeck, left, was executed by lethal injection at Florida State Prison on Feb. 23. Louis Gaskin, right, is set to be executed April 12 barring any delays. By Noreen Marcus, FloridaBulldog.org With the D…

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March 16, 2023 at 11:30 AM

State senator who backed flying confederate battle flag tweets he's not 'confederate sympathizer'

State senator who backed flying confederate battle flag tweets he's not 'confederate sympathizer' State Sen. Jay Collins, R-Tampa, with Gov. Ron DeSantis By Dan Christensen, FloridaBulldog.org Oops. That’s the key takeaway from Republican State Sen. Jay Collins’ chief of staff’s statement Wed…

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March 15, 2023 at 11:30 AM

A move to resurrect the confederate flag across Florida quickly fizzles in public sunlight

A move to resurrect the confederate flag across Florida quickly fizzles in public sunlight By Dan Christensen, FloridaBulldog.org Eight years after the Florida senate stripped the confederate battle flag from that chamber’s official seal, a state senator tried briefly Tuesday to ensure the c…

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March 14, 2023 at 11:27 PM

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https://www.floridabulldog.org/2023/03/move-to-resurrect-confederate-flag-quickly-fizzles-in-public-sunlight/ By Dan ChristensenFloridaBulldog.orgEight years after the Florida senate stripped the confederate battle flag from that chamber’s official seal, a state senator tried briefly Tuesday t…

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March 13, 2023 at 11:32 AM

A second ex-Guantanamo detainee says Ron DeSantis attended brutal forced feedings

A second ex-Guantanamo detainee says Ron DeSantis attended brutal forced feedings Local television in Mauritania reported Ahmen Ould Abdel Aziz's return home in October 2015. By Dan Christensen, FloridaBulldog.org A second ex-Guantanamo detainee has stepped forward to say that Gov. Ron DeSanti…

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March 10, 2023 at 12:30 PM

First Baptist Pastor James Welch exits, starting 'new chapter’ at Fort Lauderdale church after turbulent era

First Baptist Pastor James Welch exits, starting 'new chapter’ at Fort Lauderdale church after turbulent era Former First Baptist Church lead pastor James Welch By Noreen Marcus, FloridaBulldog.org James Welch, the polarizing lead pastor of Fort Lauderdale’s venerable First Baptist Church, abr…

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March 8, 2023 at 12:30 PM

For Ron DeSantis, freedom means not having to discuss Guantanamo in new book

For Ron DeSantis, freedom means not having to discuss Guantanamo in new book By Dan Christensen, FloridaBulldog.org In his new book, Gov. Ron DeSantis had the opportunity to discuss his record as a U.S. Navy JAG officer in Guantanamo, where a former detainee has accused him of involvement in …

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March 7, 2023 at 9:50 PM

For Ron DeSantis, freedom means not having to discuss Guantanamo in new book

By Dan Christensen, FloridaBulldog.org In his new book, Gov. Ron DeSantis had the opportunity to discuss his record as a U.S. Navy JAG officer in Guantanamo, where a former detainee has accused him of involvement in illegal acts of torture amid a crackdown on hunger strikers in 2006. Yet he cho…

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March 7, 2023 at 12:30 PM

Is the Florida Supreme Court building ‘sick’? Staffers reveal troubling symptoms, but no health regulators are watching

Is the Florida Supreme Court building ‘sick’? Staffers reveal troubling symptoms, but no health regulators are watching The Florida Supreme Court Building, 500 S. Duval St., Tallahassee. Photo: Carol M. Highsmith for The Library of Congress By Noreen Marcus, FloridaBulldog.org The Greek Reviva…

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March 4, 2023 at 12:30 PM

Despite criminal pardon, ex-Trump campaign manager Manafort agrees to pay big to settle civil penalties

Despite criminal pardon, ex-Trump campaign manager Manafort agrees to pay big to settle civil penalties By Dan Christensen, FloridaBulldog.org Former Trump campaign manager and Palm Beach Gardens resident Paul Manafort has agreed to pay $3.2 million to settle federal charges that he failed t…

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March 2, 2023 at 12:30 PM

New judge recycles Justice Francis’ dubious playbook for West Palm Beach family court case she left behind

New judge recycles Justice Francis’ dubious playbook for West Palm Beach family court case she left behind The Fourth District Court of Appeal in West Palm Beach By Noreen Marcus, FloridaBulldog.org An unruly family court case that Florida Supreme Court Justice Renatha Francis shed right befo…

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February 26, 2023 at 12:30 PM

New judge recycles Justice Francis’ dubious playbook for West Palm Beach family court case she left behind

New judge recycles Justice Francis’ dubious playbook for West Palm Beach family court case she left behind The Fourth District Court of Appeal in West Palm Beach By Noreen Marcus, FloridaBulldog.org An unruly family court case that Florida Supreme Court Justice Renatha Francis shed right befo…

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February 24, 2023 at 12:30 PM

Broward's killer sheriff faces twin probable cause findings of perjury as state dawdles and months roll by

Broward's killer sheriff faces twin probable cause findings of perjury as state dawdles and months roll by Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony. Photo: Spectrum Bay News 9 By Dan Christensen, FloridaBulldog.org Over the summer, two different state agencies found probable cause to believe that Broward…

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February 19, 2023 at 12:30 PM

Months after her Trump indignity, U.S. Judge Aileen Cannon catches another political hot potato

Months after her Trump indignity, U.S. Judge Aileen Cannon catches another political hot potato Fort Pierce U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon, right, and the late Miami U.S. District Court Judge Marcia Cooke. By Dan Christensen, FloridaBulldog.org Many shed a tear when Miami federal judg…

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February 15, 2023 at 12:30 PM

Like a star chamber, Supreme Court hides order used to justify ethics rule that protects lawyer/politicians like AG Moody

Like a star chamber, Supreme Court hides order used to justify ethics rule that protects lawyer/politicians like AG Moody England's Court of Star Chamber was an addition to the common-law courts whose authority flowed from the king's sovereign power, not the law. Photo: Public Domain/ WikiMedi…

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February 13, 2023 at 12:30 PM

Pension fund says FL Panthers owner Viola used control of Virtu to siphon hundreds of millions of dollars away from public investors

Pension fund says FL Panthers owner Viola used control of Virtu to siphon hundreds of millions of dollars away from public investors Vincent Viola By Dan Christensen, FloridaBulldog.org The billionaire owner of the Florida Panthers hockey team, Vincent Viola, is at the center of a Delaware la…

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February 9, 2023 at 12:30 PM

Flood of Russia-Ukraine war refugees leads to severe overcrowding at Miami-Dade school

Flood of Russia-Ukraine war refugees leads to severe overcrowding at Miami-Dade school Norman S. Edelcup Sunny Isles Beach K-8 Center By Francisco Alvarado, FloridaBulldog.org Overcrowding at a Miami-Dade elementary and middle school is so severe, students are crammed into classrooms and rats…

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February 7, 2023 at 12:30 PM

Broward prosecutors want to put 'justice center' boss and notorious ex-BSO deputy Bleiweiss behind bars till he’s almost 80

Broward prosecutors want to put 'justice center' boss and notorious ex-BSO deputy Bleiweiss behind bars till he’s almost 80 Jonathan Bleiweiss, third from right wearing a blue T-shirt with the Florida Justice Center logo, at an August voter rights rally in Jacksonville. By Noreen Marcus, Flori…

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January 31, 2023 at 12:30 PM

Florida’s red flag gun law enforced haphazardly five years after Parkland massacre inspired legislation, research shows

Florida’s red flag gun law enforced haphazardly five years after Parkland massacre inspired legislation, research shows By Noreen Marcus, FloridaBulldog.org In 2018 Florida legislators — even the NRA posse — bowed to the urgent need for gun control after a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Do…

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January 26, 2023 at 2:21 PM

Ron DeSantis accused of illegal acts of torture against Guantanamo detainees when he was a Navy JAG officer

Ron DeSantis accused of illegal acts of torture against Guantanamo detainees when he was a Navy JAG officer Former Guantanamo inmate Mansoor Adayfi's depiction of himself being nasally force fed. "We had no rights at #Guantanamo. We had no power. We had nothing but our bodies and our lives an…

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January 26, 2023 at 12:30 PM

Ron DeSantis accused of illegal acts of torture against Guantanamo detainees when he was a Navy JAG officer

Ron DeSantis accused of illegal acts of torture against Guantanamo detainees when he was a Navy JAG officer Former Guantanamo inmate Mansoor Adayfi's depiction of himself being nasally force fed. "We had no rights at #Guantanamo. We had no power. We had nothing but our bodies and our lives an…

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January 22, 2023 at 12:30 PM

Fifty years after Roe, Florida targets abortion pill; Women’s health care options dwindle

Fifty years after Roe, Florida targets abortion pill; Women’s health care options dwindle By Noreen Marcus, FloridaBulldog.org New Florida laws threaten pharmacists and doctors by treating abortion pills like contraband and penalizing their use outside strict limits. Florida has been an oasi…

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January 20, 2023 at 12:30 PM

Conservancy rakes in cash at taxpayer-owned Miami Beach Botanical Garden

Conservancy rakes in cash at taxpayer-owned Miami Beach Botanical Garden Photo credit: Miami Beach Garden Conservancy By Francisco Alvarado, FloridaBulldog.org A non-profit group turned the Miami Beach Botanical Garden into a cash cow by obtaining federal pandemic aid funds and charging top d…

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January 15, 2023 at 12:30 PM

Seminole Tribe members are second-class citizens on their own reservations

Seminole Tribe members are second-class citizens on their own reservations Seminole Tribe of Florida headquarters building at 6300 Stirling Road in Hollywood By Dan Christensen, FloridaBulldog.org In Florida, open government laws guarantee the public’s right to access and make copies of state…

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January 14, 2023 at 12:30 PM

AshBritt hits jackpot in Arizona with no-bid contracts to build, then remove, controversial border wall

AshBritt hits jackpot in Arizona with no-bid contracts to build, then remove, controversial border wall Workers at Arizona's makeshift border wall. Photo: Fox 10 By Dan Christensen, FloridaBulldog.org Donald Trump’s unfinished dream to build a “big, beautiful wall” along the U.S. border with M…

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January 12, 2023 at 12:30 PM

Study shows more homeless deaths in Broward than Miami-Dade as rates spike in both counties

Study shows more homeless deaths in Broward than Miami-Dade as rates spike in both counties By Noreen Marcus, FloridaBulldog.org Numbers show that homelessness, which shortens lives everywhere, is twice as lethal in Broward as in Miami-Dade. The comparative data points come from a study of ho…

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January 5, 2023 at 12:30 PM

Two years after Stop the Steal insurrection at the Capitol: What did Roger Stone do with money he raised?

Two years after Stop the Steal insurrection at the Capitol: What did Roger Stone do with money he raised? A promotion for a 2019 appearance by Roger Stone and Kristin Davis at a VIrginia "gentleman's club." Photo: CNN By Dan Christensen, FloridaBulldog.org Days before shutting down at the end …

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January 1, 2023 at 12:30 PM

Seminole Tribe leaders look to expel trio for going to media about corruption

Seminole Tribe leaders look to expel trio for going to media about corruption Seminole Tribe Chairman Marcellus Osceola Jr. Photo: Cigar Snob By Dan Christensen, FloridaBulldog.org The governing body of the Seminole Tribe of Florida is attempting to banish two tribal women in retaliation for t…

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December 31, 2022 at 12:30 PM

Rampant cronyism, nepotism plague obscure Broward County water utility 

Rampant cronyism, nepotism plague obscure Broward County water utility  North Springs Improvement District President Vincent Moretti, right, with District Manager Rod Colon. Photo: Courtesy FLCGA By Bob Norman, Florida Center For Government Accountability Special to FloridaBulldog.org As an e…

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December 30, 2022 at 3:09 PM

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December 30, 2022 at 12:30 PM

Five Florida local politicians sue state to block new get-tough lobbying ban

Five Florida local politicians sue state to block new get-tough lobbying ban Four South Florida politicians who sued to negate a new state law enacting tougher lobbying restrictions on elected officials are, clockwise from top left, Miami-Dade Commissioner Rene Garcia, South Miami Mayor Javier…

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December 28, 2022 at 12:30 PM

Miami Shores council member Wagar lands lobbyist job and breaks the law; If she doesn't act soon, she'll break another

Miami Shores council member Wagar lands lobbyist job and breaks the law; If she doesn't act soon, she'll break another Miami Shores Council member Crystal Wagar By Francisco Alvarado, FloridaBulldog.org Two years ago, when she was Miami Shores mayor, Crystal Wagar led the charge in hiring The…

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December 27, 2022 at 5:54 PM

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December 25, 2022 at 12:30 PM

Justice Francis gets sweet revenge by helping torpedo a state senator’s court challenge to judicial nominees

Justice Francis gets sweet revenge by helping torpedo a state senator’s court challenge to judicial nominees Florida Supreme Court Justice Renatha Francis, left, and State Sen. Geraldine Thompson By Noreen Marcus,FloridaBulldog.org Novice Florida Supreme Court Justice Renatha Francis got a ch…

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December 21, 2022 at 12:30 PM

Grand Jury on COVID-19 vaccine should probe governor for possible pay-to-play; Donors who got fat, no-bid contracts stuffed his political war chest

Grand Jury on COVID-19 vaccine should probe governor for possible pay-to-play; Donors who got fat, no-bid contracts stuffed his political war chest By Dan Christensen, FloridaBulldog.org Last week, Gov. Ron DeSantis asked the Florida Supreme Court to impanel a statewide Grand Jury to investi…

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December 19, 2022 at 2:15 PM

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