It’s Celebrate Reading Week so thx to Rufus E. Payne and
@cisjax
for hosting
@MayorDeegan
at their Literacy Day! At this event the mayor annnounced she’s increasing our citywide reading goal through River City Readers to ONE MILLION MINUTES. 📚 Download
@zoobeanreads
and join!
So Reality Winner is free. Recall that she leaked documents proving the US had evidence Russia was hacking into Florida election systems in 2016. To date we still don't know the full extent of the Kremlin's efforts to penetrate a Florida-based voting software supplier.
We are now looking at four consecutive Atlantic hurricane seasons with a Cat 5 storm:
2016: Matthew
2017: Irma/Maria
2018: Michael
2019: Dorian
Climate change doesn’t increase the frequency of hurricanes, but it does make them stronger and more destructive.
#HurricaneDorian
It’s a good thing we all got an extra hour of sleep because the
#2020Election
is in exactly 365 days. Can you believe it? Catch your breath and then buckle in.
#DaylightSavingTime
“Regeneron has publicly stated its monoclonal antibody treatment is not effective against the Omicron variant.
Nearly 13,000 doses of Regeneron were used in Florida over the past two weeks, more than any three other states combined.”
The
@DuvalSchools
says it will no longer conduct its Youth Risk Behavior Survey. The district has compiled data on youth activity since 2009. This week, the survey showed high numbers of Duval kids have contemplated suicide. The DOE has “strongly urged” them to stop the survey.
Just now on our show,
@NikkiFried
says critical race theory is "the new boogeyman" of the Republican Party and was done only to "put fear" into people's minds.
Thrilled to announce I’ll be joining Mayor-Elect
@DonnaDeegan
’s administration next month as Director of Strategic Initiatives and Press Liaison. Thanks to
@WJCTJax
for 14 incredible years- and to all the listeners too. Also: the show must go on- and it will! - with a new host.
Perhaps the people managing comms for all the Camp LeJeune lawsuits could be deployed to get the word out about the growing threats to our democracy. Because if there’s any group that’s annoyingly great at pounding a message literally every single place that exists, it’s them.
@lennycurry
Mayor Curry- do you have a statement about the rash of hateful anti-Semitic messages that appear to have been coordinated to appear in high-profile spots around town over Florida-Georgia weekend? Thank you.
Under President Biden's plan, we'll see vaccination required by many employers, health care institutions, and entertainment venues.
The unvaccinated will have fewer places to work and fewer places to go.
Fed up COVID nurse on our show today:
"I had a patient argue with me while I'm pushing him to the ICU to be intubated that the vaccine wouldn't have made a difference, that he doesn't believe he has COVID, and that it's just all political nonsense to make Trump look bad."
Duval follows Alachua County, defying
@GovRonDeSantis
and mandating masks for start of school. Duval included an “opt-out,” but still, a significant vote influenced by scores of angry and terrified parents.
Yeah, the thing is, Duval has been the murder capital of Florida for most of this century, and for most of that time, Republicans have been in charge. I even made a film about The 904’s crime problem!
@The904Movie
So that argument doesn’t make any sense to me.
@MelissainJax
Call us back when the city is on fire because the Democrat goons from Baltimore, Chicago, and Minneapolis arrive and start the race riots. The crime wave is about to begin.
Florida's new surgeon general has issued a rule that no longer requires schools to quarantine students after COVID-19 exposure in the classroom. This directive contradicts widely held protocols around reducing the spread of disease.
If we were covering these events in another country, we would report it this way:
"Violent extremists supporting the ousted leader attempted a coup in the main government offices of XX's capital city, clashing with police forces guarding the ceremonial transfer of power."
Horrible to see that someone projected an anti-Semitic message on to TIAA Bank Field at the end of the sold-out Georgia-Florida game. A relative sent this to me. It’s in reference to comments Ye (formerly Kanye West) made recently.
This hate has to stop. Period.
“This is a dark day in Jacksonville’s history. There is no place for hate in this community.” Sheriff TK Waters,
@MayorDeegan
and other officials announce details of a mass shooting near the EWU campus. The shooter left a hate-filled manifesto, police say.
@JSOPIO
@CityofJax
President
@JoeBiden
has called
@MayorDeegan
tonight to express support in the wake of the racist mass shooting in Jacksonville. He also spoke today with Sheriff TK Waters.
@CityofJax
My closest friend from high school just died. It was a heart attack- not COVID. At any rate, my heart is broken. Tomorrow is not guaranteed. Tell your nearest and dearest you love them. 💔
Why did he oppose the infrastructure bill call it pork, then complain about Florida’s share? Why is federal funding from the previous administration ok but not this one? Why won’t the governor appear on
@FloridaRoundup
? You liked it when we asked tough questions of
@NikkiFried
.
Melissa Ross is allegedly a journalist, but she didn’t read our press release or ask our office where the funds for these awards came from. It was NOT from the Biden infrastructure bill. Want to correct your misinformation
@MelissainJax
or show us why nobody trusts the fake news?
As this story blows up, loyal listeners to 89.9FM will recall that
@FrazierBen
has been a guest on our Jax radio airwaves for many years. He is a seasoned activist, a former news anchor, and will be our first guest tomorrow at 9am. Join us.
@WJCTNews
#benfrazier
At lunch in Brooklyn just now, I saw this guy repeatedly yell at another man, “Go back to China, bitch!” He was angry over not getting a parking spot. Next week begins
#AAPI
Month. PS - the man he was yelling at is Korean, not Chinese- watch to the end.
#StopAsianHate
It’s sad that people don’t know history. Right here in Jacksonville, I-95 construction destroyed vibrant Black neighborhoods like Sugar Hill and LaVilla. Our partners
@TheJaxsonMag
have done some great journalism on this over the years.
Rallies and school walkouts are happening this week in protest of the measure critics have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. This morning we speak with
@JaxEquality
and
@PFLAGJAX
. Join us.
@WJCTNews
“I will do everything I can to unify this community and to make sure that those same folks who feel victimized and marginalized over and over again do not find that to be the case in the city of Jacksonville.”
@MayorDeegan
speaking to
@katiephangshow
.
Mail collection box outside the
@usps
office at Main and 6th in
@HistoricSpring
. Tweet us if you see a mailbox locked or covered up in your neighborhood.
@WJCTNews
This morning, we speak with
@NateMonroeTU
. His reporting shows Gov. DeSantis paved the way for Florida Power & Light to raise electricity rates in the state by $5 billion dollars. It’s the largest rate hike the state has ever approved. Join us at 9am.
@WJCTNews
The vax does NOT harm fertility, yet millions of women are skipping the shot because they incorrectly believe it does. This morning we bust vaccine myths as we speak with Dr. Kathryn Villano, Maternal and Fetal Medicine Specialist
@BaptistHealthJx
. Join us.
@WJCTNews
"The fake electoral certificates were assembled by Trump supporters in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, New Mexico, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin who sought to replace valid electors from their state with bogus slates of pro-Trump electors."
The question is, who coordinated?
We obtained the fake "electoral certificates" submitted to Congress by Trump supporters in seven states as part of the failed attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
See the files here:
“We have to do everything that we can to bring unity. No more division. No more hate. We cannot tolerate hate against our Black community.”
@MayorDeegan
speaks at a packed vigil honoring the victims of the mass shooting in Jacksonville.
@CityofJax
Here at the anti-NRA protest in Houston, I just witnessed North Texas based right wing provocateur who goes by the name Chet Goldstein get ejected by the crowd for trying to disrupt the event
Saying party politics shouldn't play a role in local governance,
@matt_carlucci
has endorsed
@DonnaDeegan
in the mayoral runoff. Carlucci, a Republican and former mayoral candidate himself, has endorsed Dems before and says Deegan will bring "much-needed change."
#jaxpol
#flapol
They always say there’s only one bad day when you love a dog. Today, that day came. Ozzie was a good boy. He loved our family and brought much joy. It’s so hard to say goodbye. If you ever consider adopting an Australian shepherd mix, do it. They are the best dogs ever. 🐕
Melissa, please correct your Tweet where you falsely attributed the CDBG awards announced by
@GovRonDeSantis
yesterday to Biden’s infrastructure bill. Just because you do journalism once, doesn’t give you a license to lie the rest of the time.
Now:
@MayorDeegan
is on her way to Washington to attend
@POTUS
White House announcement today on a new national office on gun violence prevention. She will also work to bring home more federal grant dollars for the
@CityofJax
.
“24.4% of all Florida hospital patients are classified as COVID-19 patients — compared with 8.7% nationally. As for ICU beds, 43.8% of those are taken up by COVID-19 patients in Florida. Nationally, that number is 19.4%.”
Read this: "The powerpoint was presented on 4 January to a number of Republican senators and members of Congress, the source said."
Meadows was in possession of a PowerPoint that echoed Eastman memo. (The origin story of the PP is a key reporting target.)
No offense, but we are not the
@JAXChamber
. The story isn’t the beaches and historic neighborhoods. It’s the institutional racism, the political tipping point happening in Duval, and the youngest city in Florida seeing its 9/11 generation rise up.
I’ve been seeing so many negative headlines about Jacksonville, all from the local media. Look... the RNC is coming, you can’t change that. Why not show the country what an amazing city Jax is? Your stories are painting the country’s view of the the city.
The fight for civil rights continues in Jacksonville, Florida! This is not just a moment; this is a movement.✊🏽Immense gratitude for the support today. Stop playing politics with the pandemic.
@GovRonDeSantis
put censorship & cancel culture on full display.
#GoodTrouble
resumes
“We’ve been losing too many of our best and brightest to other cities in the Southeast. My hope is young people will come back home to Jacksonville when we deliver positive change for this community.”
A packed house today
@MeninakJax
to hear
@MayorDeegan
.
@CityofJax
#jaxpol
In another national media hit,
@DonnaDeegan
talks about the loss of home rule in Florida and why voters in
#Duval
told her they think the state’s mayors need to retain at least some local control.
#jaxpol
#flapol
We are not truly free if we must constantly worry that our kids might be next. We are hostages to a dysfunctional society that refuses to address an urgent public health crisis.
JUST IN | A 12-year-old Duval County girl was among 13 additional COVID-19 deaths in Northeast Florida and 107 statewide in Saturday's daily report of the Florida Department of Health on the coronavirus pandemic.
“We have a gun violence problem. We also have a problem with racism. And every step we take is either a step towards unity, or a step in the other direction.”
@MayorDeegan
on
@CNN
in the wake of the racist mass shooting in Jacksonville.
@CityofJax
“Vaccinated Americans are getting fed up with being put at risk and potentially forced into further restrictive measures by the politically hostile and belligerently unvaccinated.”
The order from Florida’s new surgeon general no longer requiring quarantine for Covid-exposed school kids is being met with shock and dismay from doctors and scientists. We speak with
@JeffreyGoldhag1
and
@KerestesScience
this morning. Join us.
@WJCTNews
Likeability. Deegan is a fifth generation Jax native, spent decades on TV, is a great public speaker, and is well-liked and charismatic. Davis has deep roots in Duval too, but his negative campaigning simply turned a lot of voters off.
Restricting abortion to 15 weeks. The so-called “don’t say gay” bill. Making school board elections partisan. A new poll from
@UNFPORL
finds the majority of Florida voters disapprove of these bills. (They also want legal weed.) We speak with
@mbpolisci
at 9, join us!
@WJCTNews
"Whoever incites, assists, or engages in any rebellion or insurrection against the authority of the United States or the laws thereof, or gives aid or comfort thereto, shall be fined or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and shall be incapable of holding any office."
Friends in other states have asked me “Why Jacksonville?” Best I can tell, it’s a combination of our relatively low vax rate combined with urban density, poverty with all its comorbidities, and too many residents who believe vaccine misinformation.
The Duval parent and teacher activist groups, along with the vocal leadership of pediatric leaders like
@mhrathore
, scored a major victory tonight, successfully convincing the school board members any blowback from
@GovRonDeSantis
could be faced, and making the medical argument.
We cannot afford to have the public health leader of our state forgo inexpensive mitigation strategies in favor of extremely costly treatment options.
If he had training in epidemiology, infectious disease or immunology he would be better suited to make these decisions.
5/
The May runoff is now set between
@DonnaDeegan
and
@DanielDavisFL
. A classic faceoff: R vs D, Westside vs the Beaches - he’s a little bit country, she’s a little bit rock n’ roll. Davis will have millions to spend. Will national Dems ante up for Deegan?
#jaxpol
#flapol
Ben Frazier, the founder of the
@northsidecoj
, an activist, journalist, father, friend and perennial agitator of the powerful in search for equity and justice has died.
A city source shared the news that Frazier passed this evening. He turned 73 on Friday.
@JAXTDY
|
@FrazierBen
If Florida Democrats are smart, they will spend the next two years doing nothing but voter registration. The difference between the two states is stark when you look at the outcomes.
90% of success is showing up: Deegan simply outworked her opponent. Davis hit the stump hard, but not as hard as she did. He also struggled in public forums and was a no-show at many of them. Voters noticed.