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Setbacks swamped Donald Trump in 2022. Can he recover?

The year saw the former president face damaging political and legal crises as he announced his 2024 presidential run.

Al Jazeera

Carl P. Leubsdorf: Some not-so-serious 2023 predictions

Last year’s column successfully predicted Democratic Senate gains and a smaller-than-expected Republican House takeover. Here is our not-totally-serious forecast for 2023:

Tribune News Service

Florida is the fastest-growing state in the nation, census estimates show

It’s not your imagination: People really are flocking to Florida.

Tribune News Service

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Florida investigating ‘Drag Queen Christmas’ show. It was billed as ‘adult content’

Florida’s top business regulators are investigating complaints against “A Drag Queen Christmas” annual event in Fort Lauderdale that, according to the organizer, required attendees who were minors to be accompanied by a parent and warned about “adult themes and content.”

Miami Herald

DeSantis offered to host Chaya Raichik

The controversial right wing Twitter personality tells Tucker Carlson she's ready to be "not so anonymous anymore"

Salon

Understanding the surge in migration at the US-Mexico border

Rising number of migrant and refugee arrivals is problem decades in the making and made worse by US policy, experts say.

Al Jazeera

The very worst Republicans of 2022

This column doesn't even mention Marjorie Taylor Greene: She can't compete with the true depths of GOP horror

Salon

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DeSantis’ culture wars grabbed headlines — and legal challenges that cost $17 million

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis’ political strategy has won national attention for his ability to shrewdly select culture war issues and use a compliant Florida Legislature to advance them.

Miami Herald

Here are the top law firms paid to defend DeSantis’ culture war policies

As Gov. Ron DeSantis has waged an aggressive war on what he considers “woke” culture, his ideas have come under fierce legal fire, with more than 15 lawsuits challenging his policies.

Miami Herald

Emails show use of private emails, encryption app in discussing Florida’s migrant relocations

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Newly released records from Gov. Ron DeSantis confirmed that his public safety czar, Larry Keefe, communicated with a Destin-based contractor hired to fly migrants from Texas to Massachusetts using a private email account with the call name “Clarice Starling.”

Orlando Sentinel

Mike Pence spokesperson denies former vice president filed to join 2024 race

The former vice president is set to tour megachurches as he ponders a presidential campaign against his former boss

The Independent UK

After the Club Q shooting, drag queens say they're upping security measures

Drag has grown in visibility in recent years as a way to celebrate gender fluidity and self-expression, especially among the LGBTQ community and its allies. That's made it a target of the right wing.

WEKU

Carl P. Leubsdorf: My forecast for 2023

Last year’s column successfully predicted Democratic Senate gains and a smaller-than-expected Republican House takeover. Here is our not-totally-serious forecast for 2023:

Tribune News Service

Floridians could soon carry guns without permit or training

KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Don’t Be a Sitting Duck is in the business of teaching Floridians how to safely carry a concealed handgun.

Orlando Sentinel

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Here are intriguing political questions that will be answered in 2023

DALLAS — The year after a midterm election is one of the most important times on the political calendar.

The Independent UK

Anger as ‘worthless’ Texas governor drops off migrants outside Kamala Harris’s residence in freezing weather

Temperatures in the capital were well below freezing

Salon

There really is a "great replacement"

Is voting for Republicans literally killing white people in rural America? Because the correlation is striking

Reason

5 Infuriating Ways People Got the First Amendment Wrong in 2022

As free speech becomes an increasingly important part of the culture war, people won't stop misinterpreting—and outright violating—the First Amendment.

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Elon loves far right, bans journalists

Twitter's mercurial new boss has allowed right-wing extremists to return, while banning reporters on flimsy excuses

Ballotpedia

Union Station: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) says he favors legislation prohibiting paycheck deductions for teachers union dues

Note: The next edition of Union Station will be on Jan. 6, 2023. Until then, happy holidays!

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: Musk's genius, Putin's prowess and other victims of the Year of Fails

'Tis the holiday season, when we pundits look back at the most uplifting moments of the last year and ahead to what may gladden our hearts in the next.

Orlando Sentinel

Scott Maxwell: Childhood immunizations drop in Florida, where public health is mocked

For most of humanity’s existence, most of us were all on the same team when it came to eradicating deadly diseases.

Tribune News Service

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MyPillow guy questions Gov. DeSantis’ Miami-Dade win, report says

Orlando Sentinel

Florida Supreme Court OKs Gov. DeSantis’ grand jury probe of COVID vaccines

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday granted Gov. Ron DeSantis’ call for a grand jury to investigate COVID-19 vaccines, despite overwhelming scientific consensus they have saved millions of lives in the U.S. and across the world.

Orlando Sentinel

MyPillow guy questions Gov. DeSantis’ Miami-Dade win, report says

ORLANDO, Fla. — Mike Lindell, the MyPillow inventor and fervent Donald Trump backer, is taking his talents to South Beach.

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