Mary K Meyer McAleese

🚨"The Ku Klux Klan used to call themselves the invisible empire, and they wore masks, and they used to raid immigrant communities—much like ICE is right now," -one of THOUSANDS of Minneapolis ICE protesters marching in -10 degrees as part of statewide generals strike. LIVE NOW⬇️

1/22/26 Florida Legislative Black Caucus Press Conference on Attorney General Opinion - The Florida Channel On January 22nd, Chair of the Florida Legislative Black Caucus Senator Darryl Rouson held a press conference in the Capitol Rotunda along with Democratic

I stand with the Florida Legislative Black Caucus

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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) during a hearing. Francis Chung/POLITICO

Rep. Melanie Stansbury: “Just to be clear, Republicans in the Oversight Committee just voted NO on a motion to hold Pam Bondi & the DOJ in contempt of Congress for violating the Epstein Files Transparency Act”

I’m demanding Sec. Noem provide an explanation for this abhorrent policy & that my Republican colleagues hold hearings & join me in demanding the Trump Admin answer for this lawlessness. 6

U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane

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The ‘Donroe Doctrine’ Makes No Sense Even a generous reading results in a heap of contradictions.

Even a generous reading results in a heap of contradictions. foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/08/d...

What have immigrants ever done for America? • Florida Phoenix Foreigners! What have they ever done for us? I grant you there was that 18th century guy, that Marquis de Lafayette, who convinced the French government to back us against the British and used his own...

What have immigrants ever done for America? floridaphoenix.com/2025/12/22/w...

The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings

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U.S. Bishops Issue a “Special Message” on Immigration from Plenary Assembly in Baltimore url:https://www.usccb.org/news/2025/us-bishops-issue-special-message-immigration-plenary-assembly-baltimore

Here's the list of newly pardoned Trump fake electors, other allies • Florida Phoenix WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced on Monday he pardoned his former lawyer Rudy Giuliani and other people allegedly involved in the attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election, but t...

Here’s the list of newly pardoned Trump fake electors, other allies floridaphoenix.com/2025/11/10/r...

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Head of the U.S. Military’s Southern Command Is Stepping Down, Officials Say

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A Rogue Nation on the High Seas Trump is treating the military like his personal mercenaries.

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Trump Justice Dept. Closed Investigation Into Tom Homan for Accepting Bag of Cash

Of course the DOJ did. Outrageous!
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Note to the governor: You can’t outlaw rainbows • Florida Phoenix No doubt Gov. Ron DeSantis expects Floridians to be grateful for saving us from yet another woke attack on decency, probity, and speeding motorists. I refer, of course, to colorful crosswalks. Just as...

Note to the governor: You can’t outlaw rainbows floridaphoenix.com/2025/09/08/n...

Florida’s DOGE should investigate the money wasted on ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ • Florida Phoenix Hello, is this the Florida Department of Governmental Efficiency, aka FLO-DOGE? I’ve got a hot tip for you on an incredibly wasteful government project. It’s called “Alligator Alcatraz.” I know DOGE h...

Florida’s DOGE should investigate the money wasted on ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ floridaphoenix.com/2025/09/04/f...

The Trump Administration Gets a Serious Scolding A federal judge’s scathing opinion explains why Trump’s deployment of troops to California was more than just an overreach.

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New data shows No Kings was one of the largest days of protest in US history The historic number of No Kings protesters and their expansive geographic spread are signs of a growing and durable pro-democracy movement.

New data shows No Kings was one of the largest days of protest in US history wagingnonviolence.org/2025/08/new-...

Book bans reflect conservatives' fear of a changing world • Florida Phoenix It’s Banned Books Week in Florida! OK, the observance is in October, but it’s always Banned Books Week in Florida. Every day seems to bring another hissy fit from a state goon or “concerned” parent he...

Book bans reflect conservatives’ fear of a changing world floridaphoenix.com/2025/08/25/b...

I reported from an ICE action on Sansome and all I got was a face full of pepper spray Federal agents are stepping up their actions against protesters and, apparently, the press

I reported from an ICE action on Sansome and all I got was a face full of pepper spray - sf.gazetteer.co/i-reported-f...

I reported from an ICE action on Sansome and all I got was a face full of pepper spray Federal agents are stepping up their actions against protesters and, apparently, the press

I reported from an ICE action on Sansome and all I got was a face full of pepper spray - sf.gazetteer.co/i-reported-f...

The University of Alabama's refusal to defend its students will be a disaster | Alabama Reflector The school's administrators seem more interested in bending and scraping to the powerful than standing up for those enrolled at UA.

The University of Alabama’s refusal to defend its students will be a disaster alabamareflector.com/2025/08/18/t...

The Miccosukee Tribe helped stop Alligator Alcatraz, being constructed on their land!

Late yesterday, a federal judge ruled Miccosukee citizens must be able to “access to the site consistent with the access they enjoyed before the erection of the detention camp.”

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The Strongman Fantasy (updated) And Dictatorship in Real Life

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Free State of Florida applies eccentric definition of 'free' in schools • Florida Phoenix It’s Back to School time in Florida and the state Department of Education could not be more excited. Fired up! Psyched! Stoked! We’re proud to be bringing these precious boys and girls (note the statu...

Diane Roberts nails it again.

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Florida cities and counties line up to defy new pro-developer state law • Florida Phoenix Like a lot of you, I’m a sucker for movies about scrappy underdogs who somehow thrash their way to triumph. “The Bad News Bears,” “The Replacements,” even “Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story” are films ...

Send lawyers, guns and money and get a judge to toss the law floridaphoenix.com/2025/08/14/f...

David Jolly: Every state should create an independent redistricting commission • Florida Phoenix LAKELAND — With the Democrats apparently following the GOP in weaponizing congressional redistricting for political advantage, Florida Democrat David Jolly hopes that eventually independent commission...

David Jolly: Every state should create an independent redistricting commission floridaphoenix.com/2025/08/06/d...

Women play an overlooked but essential role in peacebuilding Women peacebuilders deserve funding, protection against violence and to have their alternative visions of peace taken seriously.

Women play an overlooked but essential role in peacebuilding wagingnonviolence.org/ipra/2025/07...

Trump and DeSantis have made ignorance great again • Florida Phoenix If you’re wondering what happens when history is bowdlerized or suppressed, lies are enshrined, free enquiry stifled, empathy ridiculed, education crippled, and hatred valorized, take a look at Presto...

Diane Roberts rocks!

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Jacksonville cops in hot water after brutalizing driver • Florida Phoenix “We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality.” — The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Aug. 28, 1963 As galling as it has been to watch ...

Jacksonville cops in hot water after brutalizing driver floridaphoenix.com/2025/08/02/j...