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Associated PressJune 6, 2017

A Florida woman is under investigation after apparently posting a video on Facebook showing a red rat snake biting her 1-year-old daughter. The woman tells Tampa’s ABC Action News she has no regrets for “introducing” the girl to the snake, which she found in the driveway of her home near Sebring. The station reports the Highlands […]

Scott PowersMay 11, 2017

Republican congressional candidate Wayne Liebnitzky called out Democratic U.S. Rep. Darren Soto by charging that a tweet the congressman sent using the hashtag “BananaRepublicans” is divisive and beneath the office. On Wednesday, Soto, of Florida’s 9th Congressional District, covering parts of Orange, Osceola and Polk counties, tweeted criticism of President Donald Trump‘s firing of FBI […]

Associated PressFebruary 12, 2017

The revolution may not be televised — but it apparently will be tweeted. And Facebooked. And Instagrammed. Not long after President Donald Trump temporarily barred most people from seven majority-Muslim countries from entering the U.S., social activist Dex Torricke-Barton took to Facebook. “I’m thinking of organizing a rally,” he posted. Within a few hours, more […]

Florence SnyderJanuary 27, 2017

How many adults does it take to get a 4-year-old girl from day care to her “destination?” Quite a few for a 4-year-old in the “care” of the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) and its “community partners” at Eckerd Kids and Camelot Community Care. We don’t know the child’s name because #PrivacyLaws. But […]

Scott PowersJanuary 25, 2017

Seminole County Supervisor of Elections Mike Ertel wants voters to know that that the voting process is sound and he believes it was not corrupted by millions of illegal votes in November as President Donald Trump has alleged. Ertel, a Republican, took to social media Wednesday morning to spread that message. He conceded there may […]

Michael MolineJanuary 19, 2017

In a post-truth world, beset by fake news, in which people segregate into information bubbles impenetrable to unfriendly ideas, constitutional scholar Jeffrey Rosen finds inspiration in Louis Brandeis, the late justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Addressing students Thursday at the Florida State University College of Law, Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution […]

Jim RosicaJanuary 3, 2017

Social networking platform Facebook has again hired Sebastian Aleksander for the 2017 Legislative Session, lobbyist registration records reviewed Tuesday. This makes the third year in a row that Aleksander will have represented the social media behemoth, based in Menlo Park, California. Among other major websites, he also represents Yahoo! Inc., records show. Facebook’s last significant interest in Florida legislation […]

Florence SnyderDecember 12, 2016

Facts may have died in 2012, but the obituary has yet to reach a handful of plucky high school kids who know that local news is important, and work hard to bring it to their classmates. The Daytona Beach News-Journal’s Erica Breunlin takes a deep dive into the shallow pool of secondary school resources for kids […]

Mitch PerryNovember 15, 2016

After igniting a firestorm of criticism for his decision to sit down during the playing of the national anthem Sunday to protest Donald Trump’s election, Tampa Bay Buccaneer wide receiver Mike Evans said on Tuesday that going forward he will focus on “more effective ways to communicate my message,” and will stand with his teammates once again this coming Sunday. […]

Florence SnyderNovember 15, 2016

Most of us learned in Sunday School that an insincere apology is worse than no apology at all, yet people keep issuing them, anyway. Case in point: John Browning, member of the Florida Transportation Commission, St. Johns River Water Management District board member, and person who never met a Muslim he didn’t think was packing […]

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Florida woman let snake bite baby as learning opportunity

Wayne Liebnitzky blasts Darren Soto for ‘BananaRepublicans’ tweet

From protests to ‘pussy hats,’ Donald Trump resistance brews online

Florida’s children live and die at the crowded corner of Dickens & Orwell, part 3

Seminole elections chief Mike Ertel takes to social media to defend voting integrity

Jeffrey Rosen urges law students to channel their inner Louis Brandeis

Facebook again hires Sebastian Aleksander for 2017 session

Plucky kids and dedicated teachers work to save school news

Jack Latvala message heard: Bucs Mike Evans to resume standing for anthem

Postcard from the ‘sorry-not sorry’ apology files