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Florida teacher salaries a victim of GOP-led budget cuts:#edfl #pfla #awakefl #flgov #legfl

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February 13, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Demings rips #RunawayRubio for skipping 14 Senate hearings amid GOP boycotts:#pfla

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Demings rips Rubio for skipping 14 Senate hearings amid GOP boycotts
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio has missed as many as 14 Senate hearings over the past two months, a practice the Republican was criticized for six years ago as he launched a bid for the presidency. But many…
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March 4, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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The issue at the University of Florida raises further questions about politicizing an institution of higher education, especially after the school moved to fast-track the GOP governor’s pick for surgeon general, Joseph Ladapo:#pfla

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University of Florida professors vow to resist school’s order in voting rights case
“They weren’t the firewall. They lit the match," said one critic of the university.
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March 4, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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After string of victories, progressives may not get any amendments on 2022 Florida ballot thanks to GOP-imposed hurdles:#pfla

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March 4, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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School board attacks "a ramping up of an anti-public education agenda that state leadership and the GOP have perpetrated for decades.#pfla #edfl

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Attacks on school boards are baseless and unfair | Opinion
Over the last few months, controversies surrounding school boards both locally and nationwide have garnered more media attention than what our humble governmental bodies are used to. Manufactured c…
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March 4, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Publix, where financing insurrection is a pleasure:#pfla

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Publix heiress, funder of Jan. 6 rally, gave $150,000 to GOP attorneys general association
The nonprofit arm of the association paid for a robocall promoting a march to the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 to “call on Congress to stop the steal.”
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March 4, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Many states are nearing the finish line, but Florida's GOP has delayed the process, balked at transparency and imposed barriers to citizen input:#pfla

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Florida redistricting roadshow is a no-go amid transparency concerns
TALLAHASSEE — Proposed maps for new congressional and legislative districts could be in front of state lawmakers before they begin the annual legislative session in January, but public input …
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March 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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DeSantis flirts with the anti-vaccine crowd:#pfla

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DeSantis flirts with the anti-vaccine crowd
The GOP governor has been drifting toward the movement for months.
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March 4, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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For GOP senators like @marcorubio, there is no defense. There is only complicity, whether motivated by weakness and fear or by shared guilt:#pfla

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There Is No Defense—Only Complicity
Republican senators are shrinking before the eyes of the whole country.
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March 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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FL Republicans offer only lip service on unemployment debacle, ignore the problem or, in moments of candor, admit it’s not a priority:#pfla

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If GOP is the party of the working class, prove it by fixing unemployment | Editorial
The clock is ticking toward the start of Florida’s annual lawmaking session, but the lawmakers who run things in Tallahassee are showing no interest in rebuilding the state’s mangled un…
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March 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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GOP leaders using the pandemic as an excuse to make it harder for everyday citizens to speak out during the legislative process is undemocratic, un-American, and indefensible:#pfla

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'An excuse to make it harder for everyday citizens to have their voices heard' • Florida Phoenix
In Florida and states across the country, a cornerstone of creating state laws comes with a major component: Citizen input. But against the backdrop of the COVID pandemic, the Florida Legislature has been offering limited options for public testimony at legislative meetings, and myriad advocacy groups are deeply concerned and even livid. “For the GOP […]
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March 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Despite opposition from GOP lawmakers, poll finds a clear majority of Florida voters — including Republicans in Miami-Dade County — support Medicaid expansion:#pfla #ExpandMedicaidNow

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Miami-Dade Republican primary voters support Florida Medicaid expansion, poll finds
Despite GOP lawmakers’ opposition to expanding Medicaid, a recent poll has found that a clear majority of Florida voters — including Republicans in Miami-Dade County — support broadening the state’s government-run healthcare program providing coverage for low-income families.
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March 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Florida’s political leaders should focus on helping struggling Floridians during the COVID-19 pandemic – not restricting access to abortion:#FLAbortionRights #pfla

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On the abortion front in 2021: GOP lawmakers push for more restrictions; critics plan to push back • Florida Phoenix
Reproductive health and abortion rights advocates in Florida will face more hurdles during the 2021 legislative session, with bills pending that could place further restrictions on pregnant women who want an abortion. Last year, lawmakers approved a bill that was quietly signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis, requiring a minor to receive parental consent […]
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March 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Florida Republicans continue to spread election conspiracies, QAnon falsehoods:#pfla

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Central Florida GOP leaders spread election conspiracies, QAnon falsehoods
The new treasurer for the Lake County Republican Executive Committee wrote this month that the nation was at war and called Republicans who don’t believe former President Trump won the electi…
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March 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Forget insurrection — Florida GOP outraged because Trump can’t tweet:#pfla

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Forget insurrection — Florida GOP outraged because Trump can’t tweet | Editorial
One week after Donald Trump incited an insurrection, Florida Republicans are less worried about the near collapse of the U.S. government than they are about the instigator losing his Twitter accoun…
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March 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Florida’s radicalized GOP shares responsibility for inciting an insurrection:#pfla

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Florida’s radicalized GOP shares responsibility for inciting an insurrection | Editorial
Florida’s Republican Party used to be led by reasonable people who defended conservative principles, people like U.S. Rep. Lou Frey, Gov. Jeb Bush., Lt. Gov. Toni Jennings and state Sen. Jim …
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March 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Twitter users brutally mock Marco Rubio for his hypocrisy:#pfla

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Marco Rubio Mocked For Being Triggered By Biden Official's Comment
The senator from Florida got in a Twitter tizzy after the president-elect's deputy chief of staff didn't deny that GOP politicians could be "f**kers" in an interview.
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March 4, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Florida GOP leaders lack the courage to do the right thing:#pfla

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Florida GOP leaders lack the courage to do the right thing | Column
In some cases, it is a paucity of principles revealed in patterns of conduct, writes columnist Mac Stipanovich.
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March 4, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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A dozen Florida GOP lawmakers go maskless in the Capitol, despite the county's mask mandate:#pfla

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Put your masks on, Florida lawmakers | Editorial
Way to go, Kelly Skidmore. Masked up and touring the state Capitol with her colleagues this week, the newly-elected Democratic lawmaker from Boca Raton called out a colleague, Republican Rep. Scott…
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March 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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GOP lawmakers convene and make it official: Containing COVID-19 not their problem.#pfla

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Florida lawmakers convene and make it official: Containing COVID-19 not their problem
Florida lawmakers convened for the first time in eight months Tuesday as Republican leaders gave only brief mention to the issue on the minds of all Floridians — the coronavirus and its impact — while acknowledging a $5.4 billion budget hole created by the pandemic.
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March 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Thwarting the voters' will has become a favorite pastime of the Florida GOP. It should stop with the passage of Amendment 2:#pfla

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Editorial: Florida voters approved minimum wage increase, Republicans should leave it alone
Editorial about the danger of Republicans attempting to thwart the will of Florida voters once again after approval of Amendment 2.
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March 4, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Mysterious funds to independent candidates in competitive Florida races tied to GOP donors:#pfla

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Did mysterious independent candidates swing Florida House, Senate races to Republicans?
Independent candidates with clear ties to GOP donors and operatives whose names appeared on ballots in two competitive Florida Legislature races received enough votes to swing the outcome of those …
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March 4, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Two decades of GOP rule means FL now has "the highest rate, and the highest number, of uninsured children in the deep South.#pfla

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Report: Florida Sees Major Increase in Kids without Health Coverage
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The number of children without access to health coverage is on the rise in Florida. An annual report released today by the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families reveals there were 55,000 more uninsured children in the state in 2019 than in 2016. ...
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March 4, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Survey shows Democrats are about to flip Donald Trump’s state House district:#pfla

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Survey shows Democrats could flip Donald Trump’s state House district this fall
The survey shows a statistical tie between Democrat Jim Bonfiglio and GOP Rep. Mike Caruso.
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March 4, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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In Florida, the Proud Boys continue to advocate for – and even run as – Republicans:#pfla

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Proud Boys try to assimilate into Florida GOP as Trump denies knowing extremist group
They’re running for office, canvassing voting centers, and engaging in at-times dishonest, at-times aggressive protests on behalf of Republican candidates, including Trump.
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March 4, 2025 at 2:35 PM