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News Director @TDOnline , @USATODAY Network-Florida. @DrexelKlineLaw alum, inactive PA Bar. NJ native.

Tallahassee, FL
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Attorney @DWUhlfelderLaw has filed suit against #MAGA rally in Florida, asking a court "to issue a declaration that the MAGA Event is a nuisance" and for "emergency temporary injunction requiring the cancellation of the Oct. 12 ... event in Seminole County." #FlaPol #FlaLaw
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@goni_lessan @TDOnline A reader points out, "This was literally a #Simpsons episode lol"
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They made it back.
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Hell of a time to let people know you’re going to change the resign-to-run law.
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@DavidsonHiers Follow up: I just made an online appointment for an 87 year old Tallahassee man and his wife bc they are "not computer people." They called the newspaper bc, he said, "I didn't know what else to do, I called everybody. You're the first to call back."
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Have you seen that episode of “Black Mirror”? This is how it starts.
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. @GovRonDeSantis just referred to @POTUS as "Brandon" - "who gets the most sycophantic media coverage" - on the stage in The Villages during his budget signing event. "He would have been better off...if he did nothing rather than what he has done so far."
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The top appointed official of Leon County Government has issued this statement. This puts the county squarely at odds with @GovRonDeSantis who opposes vaccine mandates.
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Just gonna put this out there: If people are calling us to get a vaccine appointment, there's something wrong. Bless @DavidsonHiers and her seemingly endless patience. #FlaPol
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(AP) Federal authorities have identified the man – Anthony Quinn Warner – they say is responsible for the Nashville Christmas bombing and said he died in the explosion. Investigators used DNA to link him to the blast; they believe no one else was involved.
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I've been making & reviewing public records requests in Florida since 1995. I will say I have never seen one like this.
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Somebody asked me why this is “relevant” and my HR training just kicked in. I will say there’s an argument that this is the kind of microaggression many women experience because of their work.
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Here is a voicemail recording of Matt Gaetz and Joel Greenberg leaving a creepy message for Democratic State Rep Anna Eskamani, who they barely know. It’s clear Gaetz needs to resign.
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Here is the 77-page complaint filed by @Disney against @GovRonDeSantis et al. seeking declaratory and injunctive relief. Case has been assigned to Judge Mark Walker.
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Florida state Rep. @josephbharding has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of Wire Fraud, Money Laundering and Making False Statements, according to the US Attorney's Office for Northern District of Florida.
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From a reader: Water significantly receded at St. Marks, Fla. #HurricaneIan 🌀
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A @cityandstatefl reader says he thinks he "found the two planes/flight paths from yesterday ... into Martha’s Vineyard. Both are UltraAir (mentioned in MV local article by airport staff), have capacity of 30-33 each, and both flew from San Antonio TX to Crestview FL..." 1/2
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As seen in downtown Tallahassee.
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. @MiamiBeachNews Mayor @DanGelber ’s statement regarding the @AndrewGillum matter: “There does not exist an active investigation surrounding this matter. I have no further comment.” #FlaPol
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Meghan Markle turns 39 today.
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The state of play in Florida: Hip hop veteran Luther Luke Campbell is hosting a Twitter Space called “Is Governor Ron DeSantis out of control?”
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The lawyer for @GeoRebekah is now asking the court to order the return of property seized from her by @fdlepio #FlaPol
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According to a complaint filed in Leon County Circuit court, @GeoRebekah has sued @fdlepio head Rick Swearingen for violating her 1st Amendment rights, unlawful search and seizure of her home, and civil battery. Lead counsel is Tallahassee att'y Rick Johnson. #FlaPol
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Glen Gilzean, who chairs the Florida Commission on Ethics, also is the $400,000-a-year administrator of the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District. But the commission’s rules say “no member may hold any public employment.”
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. @AnthonySabatini files another case against a local mask mandate. #FlaPol
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@cityandstatefl Reader adds that one of the flights "stopped in Charlotte NC & (the other) stopped in Spartanburg SC before final destination in MV within 20 minutes of each other." This is all according to publicly available tracking on the @flightaware website. 2/2
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Inbox: @ChristinaPushaw has been named a "notable honoree" of the 2022 Future40 award from the Maverick PAC, "the premier national network for conservative young professionals."
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Some professional news… Jim Rosica returns to Tallahassee Democrat as news director via @TDOnline
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In an order released Friday, the @1dca_flcourts referred @DWUhlfelderLaw and his lawyers to @TheFlaBar for possible disciplinary action related to his appeal of a case he brought against @GovRonDeSantis over lack of beach closures amid #COVID19 . #FlaPol
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Found it... #FlaPol
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@DWUhlfelderLaw The full complaint in PDF form is here: #FlaLaw #FlaPol
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@DavidsonHiers Here's another comment: "My Mom asked and the person administering asked 'you didn’t make your second appointment when you made the first?' And mom said 'no, were we supposed to' and DOH employee said she didn’t know."
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. @LeonCounty Commission Chair @RickMinor advises constituents in his weekly newsletter to “avoid, if possible, the Capitol Complex area from now through Inauguration Day.”
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WHO DID THIS
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Making the rounds today.
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#DeathSantisTruck in front for Florida Department of Education building
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Some professional news: I'll be leaving @TDOnline and the @USATODAY Network-Florida later this month to become the inaugural editor-in-chief of City & State Florida, a new sibling online publication to @newsservicefla ⤵️
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Wouldn't it be amazing if @mattgaetz ascends to the 2nd most powerful position in the White House after being a state rep. in little ol' Florida? #FlaPol
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A ⁦ @TDOnline ⁩ reader sends a pic of this billboard from the corner of Orange Avenue and south Monroe Street.
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Florida attorney & activist @DWUhlfelderLaw has tweeted that he is “getting a billboard outside the Governor’s mansion in Tallahassee to expose & humiliate” @GovRonDeSantis . Here’s what it would look like:
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. @TheRickWilson announces he is hosting "The New Abnormal," a twice-a-week @thedailybeast podcast with @MollyJongFast #FlaPol
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"South Florida" is three counties and only three counties: Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade. Change my mind.
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In a press release, Michigan-based @Hillsdale College has announced it is "no longer affiliated" with @TLHClassical and has "revoked" its curriculum license. #FlaPol
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. @GovRonDeSantis "sent the Gestapo," @GeoRebekah says. Video shows FDLE agents with guns drawn at home of woman fired over #COVID19 data. by @jeffschweers via @TDOnline
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In a memo sent earlier this month, the office of @GovRonDeSantis has asked the presidents of all the state's public universities to provide information on any services they provide "to persons suffering from gender dysphoria." #FlaPol
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In a 10-page ruling just released, Circuit Judge David Frank has ruled in favor of Gadsden County's mask ordinance and, in a footnote, warned plantiff's att'y @AnthonySabatini he might soon be liable for judicial sanction for filing "frivolous" lawsuits.
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@DavidsonHiers That seems to contradict @HealthyFla 's own guidance on the matter, which says, "When you receive your first appointment, your second dose appointment will be given at the same time." I dunno.
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@josephbharding A copy of the indictment and order for Harding's arrest are here:
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@josephbharding Harding, a Williston Republican, came to the fore in the last regular legislative session for carrying the House version of the Parental Rights in Education Act, which critics dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" bill.
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. @TuckerCarlson 's departure from @FoxNews was not voluntary, multiple sources told Mediaite. by @rumpfshaker via @Mediaite
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Court news: @4dca_flcourts rejects challenge to Palm Beach County face mask mandate.
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Background on the judge here: “Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis appoints new 2nd Circuit judge, Leon County judge”
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Got new info tonight. The judge who signed the search order of my house was appointed by Governor Desantis and sworn in less than a month before he signed that warrant. In civil court. He's not even a criminal court judge. It was one of his first actions as judge.
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Last night, @flcourts released an order that - unsurprisingly - keeps in place a procedural move that allows the state's new ban on abortions after 15 weeks to remain in effect while a lawsuit over it is still pending.
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Inbox: @cspan announces Capitol Press Corps alum @TIAreports as the newest Washington Journal host: “Tia is a full-time Washington Correspondent for the @ajc . She will freelance with C-SPAN as a fill-in Journal host.”
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Attorney Steve Andrews, whose office is on North Monroe, said he “may be too old to walk and protest but (he’s) gonna keep everyone hydrated,” passed out water and Gatorade.
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State Rep. @AnthonySabatini files legislation to create a state cause of action for the "purposeful deletion or censoring of (a) social media website user's speech," including a "minimum of $75,000 in statutory damages" per episode. #FlaPol
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@josephbharding Harding was first elected to the House in 2020. He had been slated to be vice chair of the Health & Human Services Committee and the Vice Chair PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee in the 2023 regular session.
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This is what we deal with as professional journalists trying to make a living. 🤷🏻‍♂️
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Simply put, if Richard Preston is writing about Ebola again, we are f*cked.
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When are we going to talk about how the @GovRonDeSantis administration uses the "AlertFL" text message system as a mini-press release delivery method?
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The @GovRonDeSantis executive order on mortgage foreclosure and eviction relief has just been extended until Sept. 1. #FlaPol
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It's kind of a big deal: Arthenia Joyner, former Democratic Leader of the @FLSenate , this week marks 50 years of being a Florida attorney - a record setting achievement. She is the longest practicing African American woman in Florida, ever. #FlaPol #FlaLaw
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Of note: Democratic state Rep. @AllisonTantFL of Tallahassee today filed a bill to create a "universal free breakfast & lunch program" in Florida public schools. (No cost estimates are in the bill language.)
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WaPo's Beth Reinhard reports: Emails show @GovRonDeSantis ' team wanted guns banned at his election night event in Tampa, but wanted it to come from somewhere else because of the "political optics," emails show by @bethreinhard via @washingtonpost
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" @AndrewGillum , whose prominence in politics once gave high hopes for the Democratic Party, opened up about his past scandal in a #Florida hotel, saying his actions were a result of someone slipping drugs in his drink...."
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. @grantstern this week filed public records enforcement lawsuit against @GovRonDeSantis , saying gov's office failed to fulfill his request to disclose emails mentioning @DWUhlfelderLaw
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Remembering when, at the corner of Park and Magnolia in Tallahassee. (Photo: Mike Ferrara)
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RIP Russell Baker.
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We will be hearing/seeing more of these kinds of disclosures.
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Here is a voicemail recording of Matt Gaetz and Joel Greenberg leaving a creepy message for Democratic State Rep Anna Eskamani, who they barely know. It’s clear Gaetz needs to resign.
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According to my calculations, this week @ChristinaPushaw will mark one year as press secretary for @GovRonDeSantis in Florida.
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. @DWUhlfelderLaw has tweeted out a copy of the new contract between Vertol and the state of Florida for the migrant relocation program. I downloaded it and put it in CloudUp bc I hate Scribd and all its ads. #FlaPol
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This protester is now listed as missing by @TallyPD #FlaPol
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“I don’t want their names gone in vain” says protestor Oluwatoyin
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After five days, this devastating takedown of academia by science communicator @skdh has over 1 million views. Well worth your time. My dream died, and now I'm here via @YouTube
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. @GeoRebekah will be a featured speaker at the @IRE_NICAR annual data journalism conference, being held online this year bc of the pandemic. #FlaPol
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My wife has just been ordained in the Presbyterian Church (USA). This has been a decade+ long process. Please congratulate the (new) Rev. Erin B. Rosica.
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Nicely put.
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Because New Yorkers have been hit so hard and scarred so deeply, we treat the coronavirus as a merciless foe worthy of respect. In the rest of the country, far too many people are only now awakening from an inexcusable slumber. @PostOpinions
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. @NelsonForSenate and state Dems exec cmte have just sued Sec. of State Ken Detzner in Tallahassee federal court, seeking injunction, TRO, to extend deadline for county SoEs to turn in unofficial vote counts. #FlaPol
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It's taken me a while to work up to writing this, but yes, City & State Florida has folded, and I thank that team for the opportunity to create something pretty much from scratch over the last year and a half. ⤵️
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The scene in Steinhatchee, Florida. #FlaPol (Photo by Dean Minardi)
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The owner of @newsservicefla gives rightful props to his peeps, but he put it behind his paywall, so I'm pasting it here. Sue me. #FlaPol
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The general counsel to the Florida Commission on Ethics has written a legal opinion suggesting that chair Glen Gilzean must either step down from the commission or resign as administrator of the @GovRonDeSantis -backed oversight board for Disney. #FlaPol
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This may not have happened without the relentless reporting of ⁦ @MaryEllenKlas ⁩ & the ⁦ @MiamiHerald
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The @1dca_flcourts rules against @HealthyFla and @FLSurgeonGen Joe Ladapo in public records suit brought by @CarlosGSmith and @FLCTRGA #FlaPol
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The 2nd day print bump!
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"A free press and good coffee is integral to a proper Republic." #FlaPol
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The board of @FSUSFloridaHigh in Tallahassee, a K-12 public charter laboratory school under @floridastate , has voted to require masks in all grades - with medical opt out only - effective Monday.
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Hearing set for 10AM this Friday in the suit against the state over problems with the Florida unemployment system, plaintiffs' lawyer says. FWIW, Judge Dempsey was a Jeb Bush appointee (2005), subsequently elected back into office.
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No matter what you thought of the woman, be nice. She has friends, family and colleagues who are grieving right now.
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State Rep. @CarlosGSmith has filed the assault weapon/large-capacity magazine ban for the 2022 legislative session.
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. @GovRonDeSantis has appointed @TinaDescovich , one of the founders of @Moms4Liberty , to the Florida Commission on Ethics, his office announced Wednesday.
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. @FLSenate president @Kathleen4SWFL suggests set of 'anti-woke' bills are dead for this session 'Our ... process is not the Republican Party of Florida. We are the Legislature. We make the laws,' Passidomo said. via @TDOnline
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Highlight at end of Friday #COVID19 press conference: Florida @GovRonDeSantis says he doesn't know who @TheRickWilson is. #FlaPol
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Please join me in wishing a happy birthday to the big man, Gary @fineout of @politicofl . Here's my tribute to him in the fall 2015 issue of Influence magazine. #FlaPol
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