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Editorial: Is it a good idea for Florida to make it easier to execute people?

The governor and many Florida lawmakers want to make it easier to sentence murderers to death. But will their plan live up to their expectations or will it just deepen the legal quagmire that already envelops state-sanctioned executions?

Tribune News Service

Nikki Haley presidential run would sink DeSantis and hand Trump victory – poll

Yahoo News/YouGov survey finds that an additional Republican candidate would split the vote in former president’s favor

The Guardian - US

Focused on 2024, Biden sees opportunity in GOP-held Florida

With an eye toward the 2024 campaign, President Joe Biden is venturing to Florida

The Independent UK

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Trump’s escalating criticisms force early political dilemma for DeSantis

WASHINGTON — Ron DeSantis on Wednesday shot back at the latest barrage of criticisms from Donald Trump, arguing that he was focused on delivering results for Florida and not trying to “smear other Republicans.”

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Ron DeSantis say he’s too busy ‘delivering results’ to respond to ‘defamatory’ Trump claim

In a series of statements on Truth Social, Trump responded to a post from a user showing a low-quality photo of a man with a resemblance to DeSantis

The Independent UK

Trump Accuses DeSantis Of “Grooming” High School Students With Alcohol

Despite Trump's claims, the photo was taken after DeSantis left the school.

Zenger

Florida GOP advances Disney district, migrant flight bills

Florida lawmakers have advanced proposals to strip Disney of its self-governing status, expand a controversial migrant transportation program and strengthen prosecutions tied to the state’s election police unit

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DeSantis decries ‘smear’ after Trump posts alleged photo of governor partying with teens years ago

ORLANDO, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis angrily reacted Wednesday to former President Donald Trump posting on social media a photograph of what is purported to be DeSantis as a young teacher partying with teenage girls.

Orlando Sentinel

First case in DeSantis voter fraud crackdown ends with split verdict

Florida man Nathan Hart, 49, acquitted of illegal voting but found guilty of false registration in closely watched case

The Guardian - US

Trump's "groomer" attack on DeSantis

"Trump lied about the number of times he traveled on that plane," tweeted former Trump booster Ian Miles Cheong

Salon

Trump news – live: Whistleblower says Trump wanted Chrissy Teigen tweet removed as DeSantis responds to attack

Follow the latest developments in Trumpworld

The Independent UK

Trump amplifies unfounded claim Ron DeSantis ‘groomed’ underaged students with alcohol in Truth Social post

In a series of statements on Truth Social, Trump responded to a post from a user showing a low-quality photo of a man with a resemblance to DeSantis

The Independent UK

DeSantis' war on speech targets abortion

DeSantis’ “win” in Florida is an ominous sign for pro-choice prosecutors everywhere

Salon

Matthew Yglesias: Trump isn’t touting his biggest success

One sunny spring morning in May 2020, President Donald Trump stood in the White House Rose Garden and announced what would turn out to be his administration’s most striking success: Operation Warp Speed, which combined an influx of money with some trimming of bureaucracy to generate safe and effective vaccines…

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Commentary: Black History Month is a century-old relic — one we still desperately need

During the first term of Barack Obama’s presidency, my then 8-year-old daughter asked a simple question. “Why do Black people have a special month?”

The Guardian - UK

A US state shelved my book – yet all I was doing was trying to help people live their lives

Taking the Trans Teen Survival Guide off school shelves is part of the historic erasure of books about identity, says author and artist Fox Fisher

Orlando Sentinel

Scott Maxwell: DeSantis’ drag-show obsession targets Orlando Philharmonic

Gov. Ron DeSantis took his culture warring to new extremes last week, trying to yank a nonprofit theater’s liquor license because it allowed another company to rent out its theater for a drag show.

Miami Herald

In tweaking Florida’s secretive migrant flights program, lawmakers ask little, reveal less

MIAMI — Florida lawmakers gave preliminary approval to a measure that would not only expand Gov. Ron DeSantis’ ability to relocate migrants anywhere in the country but would allow his administration to hand out millions of dollars in no-bid contracts to companies to carry out the secretive program without disclosing…

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The Texas Tribune

Gov. Greg Abbott tells state agencies to stop considering diversity in hiring

In a memo written Monday and obtained by The Texas Tribune, Abbott’s chief of staff Gardner Pate told agency leaders that using diversity, equity and inclusion policies in hiring violates federal and state employment laws, and hiring cannot be based on factors “other than merit.”

Tribune News Service

Trump shares old photo of DeSantis appearing to party with teen girls when he was teacher

Things are getting ugly fast between Don and Ron.

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Little-noticed US funding for China tech sector now draws scrutiny

Tribune News Service

1st Florida voter fraud case goes to trial in Tampa, ends with split verdict

TAMPA, Fla. — The trial of the first of about 20 people to be arrested in Florida on charges that they committed voter fraud by casting a ballot in the 2020 presidential election ended with a split verdict in a Tampa courtroom Tuesday night.

Tribune News Service

North Carolina Senate approves 'Parents’ Bill of Rights' along party lines, with GOP supermajority

RALEIGH, N.C. — Using their new supermajority in the state Senate for the first time Tuesday, North Carolina Republicans pushed along party lines to restrict what schools teach and how they can treat LGBTQ students.

Tribune News Service

Florida Gov. DeSantis floats legislation that would make it easier to sue news outlets

TAMPA, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis raised the possibility Tuesday of passing legislation that could lower the bar for prominent people to successfully sue news outlets for defamation.

The Independent UK

Disney faces losing control of its kingdom with Florida bill

Disney’s government in Florida has been the envy of any private business, with its unprecedented powers in deciding what to build and how to build it at Walt Disney World

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