An aggressive Justice Department that goes after politicians for alleged corruption is an underappreciated centerpiece of our governing system. In many countries, this is not how it works.

Supporters of Amendment 4 are trying to navigate the hyperpartisan political waters in the state by keeping the issue nonpolitical. washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/05…

Tears and despair at Florida abortion clinic in final hours before ban washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/05…

.New College of Florida President Richard Corcoran is speaking to the Sarasota Republican Party at Marina Jacks this evening.

Normally this is where my live-thread begins, however I’m being denied entry by party leadership.

Na manchete do The Washington Post, contamos uma história dilacerante:

A crise migratória tem sobrecarregado um condado no Texas de forma devastadora, e não há mais espaço para enterrar os corpos de quem morre tentando entrar nos EUA.

Com a maravilhosa Arelis R. Hernández, e Daniele Volpe

In today’s The Washington Post, with record-breaking migration, comes record-breaking death. A Texas border county has struggled to keep up.

Our dispatch w/colleagues Marina Dias & Daniele Volpe, who made images along with the amazing Jabin Botsford

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The streets of my South Florida town are flooded with lumbering semi trucks loading up luxury cars to haul back north east.

I don’t know of any clearer sign that Snowbird season is ending.

At Colorado Republican Party state assembly in Pueblo just now, The Colorado Sun reporter Sandra Fish sandra fish 🐠 . ejected from arena by sheriff’s deputy after party’s event manager said GOP chairman “believes current reporting to be very unfair” #copolitics

Tweet of the year:

'Already, the fight for Florida has begun, the rulings transforming a once-lackluster race into what is now likely to be a fierce duel.'

Lori Rozsa on how the FL abortion rulings could impact the presidential race in November washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/04…

‘No help here’: Florida abortion ruling leaves women with few options ⁦Caroline Kitchener⁩ washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/04…

Florida Supreme Court allows six-week ban — before most women know they are pregnant — that essentially will eliminate abortion in the South. ⁦Caroline Kitchener⁩ ⁦Lori Rozsa⁩ washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/04…

Our story, w/ Lori Rozsa washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/04…

Florida donors with state business fueled the end of DeSantis's presidential run. A large share of the money in the final months came from donors who had businesses that benefited from state decisions, by Michael Scherer Josh Dawsey Hannah Knowles washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

The pitch, according to one person who received a call, was that DeSantis was likely to remain a powerful governor in the state. ⁦Hannah Knowles⁩ ⁦Josh Dawsey⁩ ⁦Michael Scherer⁩ washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

#Florida COVID-19 deaths (yes, that's still happening) exceed 2,000 in the first three months of 2024 wmnf.org/florida-covid-… via WMNF 88.5 FM

Hit piece? washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/01…

Attorneys try to stop DeSantis appointees from giving depositions in Disney lawsuit apnews.com/article/disney…

She wanted to take America back to ‘biblical truth.’ Then she won a school board seat.
Read this Greg Jaffe narrative on political Christianity in America for the unexpected twist it takes near the end. washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

Georgia could greenlight a mine near one of the South’s last wild places washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…