Dan Sweeney

Also, just looking at the people in the picture, how weird is it that our secretary of defense doesn't think our attorney general should have the right to vote?

Federalizing some of the very police officers you sent your followers to assault and batter just a few years ago is some pretty amazing chutzpah.

This 9-year-old Trump tweet has certainly taken on new meaning. #TACO

I'm glad I didn't need the
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Randy Fine suggests atomic bombs for Gaza after killings in D.C. Florida congressman Randy Fine referenced the atomic bombs dropped on Japan when asked about killings of Israelis in D.C., suggesting the same for Gaza.

It's so exciting watching the rest of the country get introduced to the Randy Fine we've known and loved in the Florida Legislature. Truly the sort of sober-minded, judicious lawmaker we need. www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/05/22/r...

DeSantis signs a bill making Florida the 2nd state to ban fluoride from its water system Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a measure Thursday prohibiting local governments from adding fluoride to their water systems.

A side note to yesterday's news that Gov. DeSantis signed a bill banning fluoride in tap water statewide: According to Florida Oral Health Alliance, Florida ranked 50th in the percentage of children receiving an annual dental visit in 2021.
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All former National Weather Service directors: Don’t cut NOAA | Opinion Every former director of the National Weather Service, covering the years 1988 to 2022, have come together to co-author this essay imploring Congress not to cut the National Oceanic and Atmospheric…

Trump's budget proposal cuts NOAA by 30%. For tomorrow's @sun-sentinel.com Opinion page, here's every living former director of the National Weather Service, covering the years 1988 to 2022, explaining why this is bad and Congress should not do this:
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Pope Leo XIV's brother, who lives in Florida, reacts: ‘We knew he was special' Newly elected Pope Leo XIV is not only American-born, but he also has ties to Florida.

One of my basic rules of newsgathering: There is always a Florida connection.
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I know I'm on the wrong side of this, because I agree with the oxford comma but regularly delete it from stories I edit because I am "just following orders."

Yeah, nothing says "far-left woke" like the Roman Catholic College of Cardinals.

AP style having been long ago excommunicated for its lack of an oxford comma.

Real, but I wouldn't read too much into the guy simply posting a piece from the National Catholic Reporter, esp. a guy who has spoken disparagingly in speeches of the "homosexual lifestyle." I don't think the church's outlook on LGBT issues is going to change for good or ill under the new Pope.

Parolin Surges In Papal Betting Odds After Conclave Ends Italy’s Pietro Parolin leads odds on the Polymarket and Kalshi betting platforms, while Luis Antonio Tagle of the Philippines ranks second on both.

Despite 10 years of Catholic school, I'm as lapsed as a Catholic can be, but even I was a little taken aback by a headline on papal betting odds. Like, WWJD? Pretty sure take up a lash and run these guys out of town.
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Also shows how awful the state law restricting presidential searches from public records has been for the state. Just a few years ago, those other finalists would never have been able to make a demand that they be the lone known finalist; their initial applications would have been public records.

Cannot imagine the patience required for this.

He looks like he just noticed the camera, gasped, and then quickly swam out of frame 😆

‘The Only Person in the World Claiming to Be the Pope Right Now’

This is an extremely fun article. I laughed out loud at "Cesare Borgia arrived toting a skateboard."

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No idea. First time it's ever happened to me on Blue sky. Shows up on Facebook too. I tried deleting and reposting, and I got the same result.

I was super-stoked to track down that photo from the Air Museum. Liberman cut a pretty dashing figure back in the day.

A doctor’s flawed science puts us at risk | Editorial Our state surgeon general is once again doing his best to make Florida sicker.

Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, who was pushing junk science from an official position way before RFK Jr. got the chance at HHS, is once again doing his best to make sure we all get sicker.
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So much of what we publish in the @sun-sentinel.com Opinion section is serious and weighty given it's about current events. So it's great to publish a 100-year-old Jewish West Palm Beach resident's recollections of the day he learned he could stop bombing Nazis.
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A hundred days of destruction | Editorial The 100-days benchmark for U.S. presidents was established almost a century ago in the first term of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who worked with Congress to project leadership and inspire confidence…

The 100-days benchmark was established almost a century ago in the first term of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who worked with Congress to project leadership and inspire confidence. Trump has done the opposite on every point.

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Saying you're against due process is saying you are for the extrajudicial punishment of those you have accused of crimes. It's people whom he says are illegal immigrants now. What's it going to be later?

Sick of it all | Pat Beall Columnist Pat Beall takes the temperature of the Make America Healthy Again movement and finds that if it quacks like a quack, it’s probably a quack.

Columnist @pbeall.bsky.social takes the temperature of the Make America Healthy Again movement and finds that if it quacks like a quack, it's probably a quack.

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Trump, Bondi and authoritarianism | Editorial From deporting American children to attacking judges and medical journals, the past week has given us far more evidence of the Trump administration’s utter contempt for civil rights and the r…

From deporting American children to attacking judges and medical journals, the past week has given us far more evidence of the Trump administration's utter contempt for civil rights and the rule of law.

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Between that trophy and the Pope, they need to just lock JD Vance in a basement the next four years.

Thoughts and prayers | Pat Beall Another mass shooting, followed by the familiar refrain from people with the power to do so much more than offer platitudes.

Another mass shooting, followed by the familiar refrain from people with the power to do so much more than offer platitudes.

The latest column from @pbeall.bsky.social (gift link):

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I cannot emphasize enough how upside down this is relative to the rest of DeSantis' time in office. Previously, our governor has lavishly awarded no-bid contracts, laughed off ethics laws and taunted media reporting on it, all while GOP lawmakers laughed right along with him.

At last, Republicans hold DeSantis accountable | Scott Maxwell Gov. Ron DeSantis’ Hope Florida scandal looks like real trouble, writes columnist Scott Maxwell. GOP legislators are leading the charge to expose spending that one says “looks like crim…

Columnist Scott Maxwell writes of serious charges thrown at Gov. DeSantis from members of his own party. Republican House members suspect criminal activity and have vowed subpoenas for the gov's former chief of staff, now the state attorney general.

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‘Hostage video’ will haunt DeSantis insiders | Steve Bousquet Columnist Steve Bousquet looks at the broader political implications of the Hope Florida fiasco involving Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Legislature.

$10 million of a Medicaid provider's settlement with the state of Florida went directly to a nonprofit founded by First Lady Casey DeSantis. Even Gov. DeSantis' fellow Republicans in the Legislature have questions.
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