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Fabiola Santiago: You thought Fidel Castro was dead? Nope, he’s rocking the race for Florida governor

Greetings from Florida’s gubernatorial campaign trail, Hialeah edition.

Miami Herald

More Cuban kids are showing up at the border without parents. Some are in South Florida

Hundreds of unaccompanied Cuban children have shown up at the U.S.-Mexico border this past year, as more parents appear to be sending their kids away amid deteriorating conditions in Cuba that have already brought a record number of people from the island to the United States.

Miami Herald

Cases against 20 arrested voters in Florida on shaky legal ground. State issued them voter IDs

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Two weeks after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state’s top election officials stood in a Broward County courtroom and announced the arrest of 20 people for voting illegally, the state’s case is starting to fall apart.

Miami Herald

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The secret millions behind Florida religious schools banning gay children

Under Republican Governor Ron DeSantis, the Sunshine State has allowed private religious schools to scoop up taxpayer-funded vouchers with apparently minimal oversight. Io Dodds explains how the program has led to Florida taxpayers subsidising anti-LGBT+ policies

The Independent UK

Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #28

Welcome to Hall Pass. This newsletter keeps you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance. Each week, we bring you a roundup of the latest on school board elections, along with sharp commentary and research from across the political spectrum on the issues confronting school boards in…

Ballotpedia

Crist leaving US House to focus on Florida governor race

U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist is resigning his seat in Congress to focus on his gubernatorial campaign against Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis

The Independent UK

Charlie Crist resigns from Congress to campaign against DeSantis full-time

Governor Ron DeSantis, who is currently running for reelection, leads in most polls.

The Independent UK

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Charlie Crist resigning House seat after winning gubernatorial primary - Roll Call

Republican-turned-Democrat Charlie Crist is resigning his House seat a week after winning the Florida gubernatorial primary.

Roll Call

Maxwell Frost poised to go from Uber driver to first Gen Z member of Congress

ORLANDO, Fla. — At any point over the past year, anyone hailing a ride on Uber in Orlando could have had a future congressman behind the wheel.

Orlando Sentinel

Maybe US mainstream media should begin using the term ‘fascism’

My tweet about Ron DeSantis provoked outrage in rightwing media – perhaps it hit the nerve of the fascism now taking root in the Republican party?

The Guardian - US

‘A reform board’: New Broward School Board members are sworn in

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — As Broward County’s newest School Board members were sworn into office Tuesday, they wasted no time showing that major changes would be coming.

Tribune News Service

Florida’s ‘anti-riot’ law infringes on right to protest, United Nations committee says

MIAMI — A law passed by Florida Republicans in reaction to the protests that erupted across the U.S. in the summer of 2020 restricts “the right to peaceful assembly,” according to a report released Tuesday by a United Nations committee tasked with monitoring human rights across the globe.

Miami Herald

DeSantis allegation about Crist running mate called ‘a lie’

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Charlie Crist’s running mate Karla Hernandez-Mats should be disqualified from running for office, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Tuesday, after alleging the Miami teachers union chief protected a middle school teacher convicted of sexually abusing several students for years. The Crist camp called it “a lie.”

Orlando Sentinel

DeSantis-suspended Broward school board member, challenger fight for votes in November runoff

MIAMI — The next chapter of the contentious relationship between the state’s Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and the school board of Broward County, the Florida county with the most registered Democratic Party voters, revolves around one central question: Could and would the governor suspend a school board member twice?

Miami Herald

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Economy and Society, August 30, 2022: Texas lists 10 funds ineligible for business with state over ESG policies

Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics.

Tribune News Service

4 new Broward School Board members are sworn in after Gov. DeSantis appointed them

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Broward’s newest School Board members wasted no time showing changes were coming, as they selected one of their own as the new chairman.

Benzinga

Charge Them 'An Arm And A Leg!' Florida Gov. DeSantis Takes Aim At Cannabis Stocks

The situation is looking gloomy for cannabis companies in the Sunshine State. Republican Governor Ron DeSantis thinks medical cannabis businesses should pay a lot more for the chance to legally operate in in Florida.

The Independent UK

DeSantis appointees replace elected school board members

Four school board members appointed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis in one of Florida's most Democratic counties have been sworn in

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The Independent UK

Joe Rogan tells listeners to ‘vote Republican’

‘I’m hoping that now that this is over, people are going to recognise that some serious errors were made and not repeat those,’ popular podcast host says

Chicago Sun-Times

Back to school means back to fighting far-right attacks on education

These political forces want to make schools teach a whitewashed version of our history and our current reality in the name of “patriotic” education. One of the censors’ most harmful assumptions is that students are too fragile to hear the history our people have lived.

Salon

Trump: DeSantis of "stealing" my style

Trump recently joked that he should sue DeSantis for "copyright infringement," according to Rolling Stone

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial: Allowing the extremes to prevail is a formula for disaster in America

The examples abound of America’s lurch toward greater extremism on both the right and left. It’s getting to the point where free speech is being stifled by self-righteous word police on the left and screaming, armed lunatics on the far right. Each side uses the other’s examples as justification for…

Miami Herald

Editorial: In Florida, Crist must seize abortion issue for Democrats, without sidestepping past views

For Charlie Crist to have any chance at prying Florida from the iron grip of Ron DeSantis in the November gubernatorial election, he’ll have to hammer on the issue of abortion.

Tribune News Service

Jay Ambrose: Take a good look at Newsom, DeSantis

Pundits like myself sometimes count on wisdom in telling readers who will get elected in a presidential race while forgetting there are 1,001 events that could change everything between now and the time people start voting. Therefore, be skeptical when you’re told the candidates in 2024 will be the GOP’s…

The Independent UK

Lauren Boebert under fire for claiming student loan forgiveness funds ‘degree in lesbian dance theory’

‘I’m not going to lie, I’m a little pissed that lesbian dance theory wasn’t offered when I went to college,’ one Twitter user mocked the Colorado congresswoman

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