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Florida attorney general defends DeSantis’ ‘you loot, we shoot’ threat in aftermath of Hurricane Idalia

‘When people leave, they have to trust that their property is going to be safe because of our approach to law and order,’ Ashley Moody says

The Independent UK

DeSantis removes elected Dem prosecutor

"This is the new voter suppression," ex-NAACP Legal Defense Fund chief Sherrilyn Ifill warned

Salon

Zuckerberg asked to testify on Meta’s role in human trafficking in Florida

Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are the preferred platforms for those who prey on vulnerable people, says attorney general

The Guardian - UK

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Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg called to testify over its use in human trafficking cases

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody is calling on Mark Zuckerberg to testify after dozens of Florida human trafficking cases have been linked to Meta apps

Daily Mirror

Editorial: Fla. Attorney General Moody accuses Biden of enabling drug lords. That’s just nuts

In the annals of Florida politics, it’s often been the unwritten role of the attorney general to be the adult in the room, stepping back from the politics and propaganda to offer coolly composed reflections – often issued as official opinions, or requests to the Florida Supreme Court to weigh…

Orlando Sentinel

Another marijuana legalization measure may be heading to the 2024 ballot

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Ballotpedia

Florida marijuana initiative has enough signatures to appear on 2024 ballot; state supreme court review pending

Smart & Safe Florida, a campaign supporting a ballot initiative to legalize marijuana in Florida, has collected 967,528 valid signatures, exceeding the 891,523 valid signatures needed to be placed on the ballot in 2024.

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Moody tells Disney its records could be open to the public in Florida

ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody advised Disney on Thursday that some of its company records could be subject to the state’s public records law and available to any Floridian who wants to see them.

Orlando Sentinel

Reedy Creek finds ‘no records exist’ for Moody’s probe into Disney agreements

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody came up empty on a public records request that sought to gain insight into agreements the Reedy Creek Improvement District’s board made with Disney ahead of a state takeover.

Orlando Sentinel

Florida grand jury focused on unaccompanied migrant children, blasts feds in new report

MIAMI — In a stunning report that may spark new hostilities between the Biden Administration and Gov. Ron DeSantis, Florida’s statewide prosecutor Thursday explicitly accused federal immigration authorities of “human trafficking” in their oversight of unaccompanied migrant children in the state.

Miami Herald

Biden administration won’t appeal court ruling in Florida immigration case

The Biden administration has declined to appeal a decision from last week that blocks a key Department of Homeland Security program that has helped the agency relieve migrant congestion at the U.S. southern border.

Miami Herald

Florida judge appointed by Trump slaps down Biden’s immigration parole policy

A federal judge in Florida on Wednesday ordered President Joe Biden’s administration to vacate and review a policy that has granted parole to tens of thousands of undocumented migrants arriving at the U.S. southern border.

Miami Herald

All Porn Is 'Violence Against Women,' U.K. Parliamentary Committee Says

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Reason

Conservatives at CPAC Criticize—and Misunderstand—Section 230

A senator, a state attorney general, and a former congressman excoriated the law while getting much of it wrong.

Reason

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Tribune News Service

Florida seeks to reinstate law blocking state funding for Planned Parenthood

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Citing the Supreme Court case that reversed Roe v. Wade, Florida’s attorney general on Wednesday filed a motion to reinstate part of a 2016 law that would have blocked state funds from going to Planned Parenthood and other organizations that perform abortions.

Tribune News Service

Florida lawmakers pass bill to boost DeSantis’ voter fraud cases

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Faced with a barrage of legal challenges to Gov. Ron DeSantis’ voter fraud cases, the Florida Legislature on Friday passed a bill to give him a leg up in court.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

While Keys copes with migrant arrivals, Florida fights US immigration policy in court

PENSACOLA, Fla. — A federal judge on Monday began hearing arguments in a legal battle between Florida and the Biden administration over immigration, a long-running political fight that in recent days has taken center stage in the Florida Keys where hundreds of migrants have arrived by boat.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: With grand jury ploy, DeSantis goes off anti-vax deep end

Gov. Ron DeSantis’ request for a statewide grand jury to investigate imaginary “crimes and wrongs” in relation to the COVID-19 vaccines is a gross abuse of a process meant to serve justice rather than the schemes of an insanely ambitious and irresponsible politician.

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Florida attorney general sues to stop Miami-based robocall routing service

A Miami-based company accused of routing foreign-based robocalls into the United States is the target of a federal lawsuit by Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody seeking to stop the alleged operation.

Orlando Sentinel

Orlando fuel prices fall as gas tax holiday takes effect

A one-month gas tax holiday that kicked in Saturday helped to push Orlando-area gas prices to their lowest average since January.

Orlando Sentinel

Voter fraud arrests reveal ‘broken system’ for screening Florida felons, advocates say

ORLANDO, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis’ election fraud show of force is casting light on a broken system for restoring the voting rights of Floridians with felony convictions and bringing flawed criminal cases against people who mistakenly thought they could vote, defense lawyers and advocates say.

Tribune News Service

Wawa reaches $8 million settlement with eight states over data breach — but Florida victims won’t see any of it

Wawa has agreed to pay $8 million to end a multistate investigation into a data breach that compromised up to 34 million credit and debit cards used at its stores in 2019.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Florida Constitution privacy clause protects abortion, unless Moody wins

The Florida Supreme Court will rule eventually on House Bill 5, the state’s new 15-week abortion ban, so it might as well be sooner than later.

Ballotpedia

Florida attorney general raises $1.2 million this election cycle

According to the most recent campaign finance reports filed with the Florida Department of State, Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody has raised $1.2 million and spent $416,969 between Jan. 1, 2021, and Mar. 31, 2022. Moody is currently ranked fourth in state-level donations in the 2022 election cycle.

Orlando Sentinel

DeSantis taps DC law firm billing $725 an hour to defend culture war laws

A conservative Washington, D.C., law firm with deep political connections has emerged as the courthouse defender of much of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ culture war agenda, raking in nearly $2.8 million in legal fees and contracts from taxpayers to defend some of his top priorities.

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