CBS News Miami; host of Facing South Florida on Sundays. New York Times best selling author of The Day The World Came To Town Email:[email protected]
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As we approach the 25th anniversary of 9/11, I draw solace from the kindness shown by the people of Gander, Newfoundland.
Amid the darkness of that day, they were a flickering light that showed we are better when we come together and care for one another.
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On a podcast with an anti-abortion activist, @AGJamesUthmeier boasted he would "use every tool in his office" to eliminate all abortion clinics in FL and discussed his efforts to use an obscure family court case to push for "fetal personhood." @CBSMiami
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In 2024, 57% of Floridians supported enshrining abortion rights into the state constitution. It needed 60 to pass.
Here is a link to the first block of my show this morning on Uthmeier
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Here is a link to the first block of my show this morning on Uthmeier
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Florida Republicans are so desperate to stop voters from hearing about Hope Florida that they’re suing TV stations, claiming it's criminal to discuss the grand jury report ... even though James Uthmeier has discussed that very leaked report multiple times.
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If Byron Donalds is elected governor of Florida, he must appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the Hope foundation scandal and the theft of $10M in Medicare funds by Ron and Casey DeSantis and their henchman James Uthmeier
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The appeals court refused to ban publication of the Hope Florida report. The same night, the GOP asked a Highlands County Judge to do it instead. Now the appeals court wants the officials who sought secrecy to explain a second leak. Meanwhile the Highlands County Judge has recused herself from presiding over the case. floridatrident.org/breaking-…
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Senator Ashley Moody’s appearance on @WIOD last week raised more questions than they answered about her role in the plan to divert $10 million to Hope Florida. Moody rarely does interviews and listening to this interview may explain why. @CBSMiami
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Jim DeFede retweeted
BREAKING: The Republican Party of Florida wants a judge to pull a Democratic TV ad about the Hope Florida grand jury report. It says airing the report's "content, gist, or import" is now a crime.
The lawsuit, filed at 11:36 p.m. Friday in Highlands County, targets the Florida Democratic Party, its three statewide candidates and 11 TV stations in Orlando and Tampa Bay.
The party also referred the stations to FDLE and prosecutors. One copy went to the statewide prosecutor, who works in AG James Uthmeier's office. Uthmeier is the candidate the ad targets.
What the lawsuit leaves out:
- The grand jury report has been public since Aug. 26.
- The appeals court ruling it relies on isn't final until Friday at the earliest.
- The U.S. Supreme Court struck down part of the same secrecy law in 1990.
Early voting starts Monday in many counties.
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Senator Ashley Moody’s appearance on @WIOD last week raised more questions than they answered about her role in the plan to divert $10 million to Hope Florida. Moody rarely does interviews and listening to this interview may explain why. @CBSMiami
youtu.be/1yhtMNUpqok?is=IbXg…
Jim DeFede retweeted
This morning I examine the appeals court striking down the Hope Florida grand jury report, @GovRonDeSantis’s reaction, and why his admin’s decision to take $10 million that could have helped Floridians but instead ended up in his PAC, remains an issue
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This morning I examine the appeals court striking down the Hope Florida grand jury report, @GovRonDeSantis’s reaction, and why his admin’s decision to take $10 million that could have helped Floridians but instead ended up in his PAC, remains an issue
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I know some people may have had trouble with the link so here is another version.
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DeSantis often lashes out at the press because his wife’s reputation was hurt by the Hope Florida scandal. But shouldn’t his anger be directed at whoever in his administration decided to use the Foundation for her initiative as the conduit for getting the $10 million to his PAC?
In a stinging rebuke of the grand jury report in the Hope Florida case, the First District Court of Appeals, eviscerates the grand jury's findings and declared there was no misappropriation of the $10 million.
Here is a copy of the DCA opinion
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Here is one key passage. One question left unanswered, is if there was anyone representing the alternative view making the case before the judges for why the $10 million was, in fact, public money. It appears it was only one side was allowed to argue.
