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Mail voting tops 1.2 million in Florida with more than two weeks to midterm elections

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — More than 1.2 million Florida voters have already cast their midterm election ballots, before the candidates for governor face off in their only debate. It reflects a continuing desire by many to vote from the comfort of their homes, rather than lining up at an early…

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DeSantis is favored by most Hispanic voters — even some Florida Democrats, new poll shows

MIAMI — Gov. Ron DeSantis has an advantage among Hispanic voters over his Democratic opponent Charlie Crist, according to a new poll for Telemundo/ LX News. A majority also said they supported the Republican governor’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Hurricane Ian response, housing, insurance issues — and his…

Miami Herald

Conservatives defend DeSantis after story claims he used to pronounce Thai like ‘thigh’ to test dates

The Financial Times profile quotes a story relayed by a Yale classmate of the Florida governor’s

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A swing state no more? GOP confidence grows in Florida

Democrats are increasingly concerned that Florida may be slipping away this fall — and perhaps beyond — as emboldened Republicans seize on divisive cultural issues and demographic shifts in crucial contests for governor and the U.S. Senate

The Independent UK

3 reasons Ron DeSantis is going to win in November, and 3 reasons he’ll lose

TAMPA, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis appears to be the biggest favorite in a Florida governor’s race in more than a decade.

Tribune News Service

Duped by DeSantis in Texas, he came to Florida for Ian cleanup — but was foiled again

MIAMI — Pedro Escalona endured a grueling journey from Venezuela to Texas, made a brief stopover at a San Antonio migrant center, crossed paths with an operative of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — one who promised a free charter flight to Delaware — then learned the flight had been scuttled…

Miami Herald

Voter isolation grows as 2024 candidates forgo mainstream media

The days of appearing on the same media channels or even the same debate stage seem over.

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Armed men "watch" ballot drop box in AZ

"This is obviously totally incompatible with liberal democracy and an open society," said one commentator

Salon

Judge dismisses fraud case against Texas man who waited seven hours to vote

Hervis Rogers, who drew national praise, was arrested by state attorney general Ken Paxton for voting illegally while on parole

The Guardian - US

How local prosecutors joined culture war

DeSantis' feud with Tampa prosecutor Andrew Warren is just the beginning — and it goes well beyond abortion rights

Salon

Jackie Calmes: Ron DeSantis proves that cruetly is a Republican trait

Florida's governor has been dubbed "Donald Trump with brains" so often by other Republicans, and the journalists who quote them, that he might as well be identified as Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Brains). But what about a heart?

Los Angeles Times

South Florida judge dismisses first case brought by DeSantis’ office of election crimes, calling it overreach of power

MIAMI — A Miami judge approved a motion to dismiss Friday in the case against Robert Lee Wood, 56, the first of the 17 people charged with election fraud in a statewide roundup in August by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ new Election Crimes Unit.

Tribune News Service

DeSantis asks judge to let him avoid deposition on why he ousted prosecutor

TAMPA, Fla. — It’s official: Gov. Ron DeSantis is asking a federal judge to exempt him from giving a deposition about his motivation for suspending Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren.

Tribune News Service

Ron DeSantis opens an 11-point lead in re-election campaign

The Florida governor has raised a prolific amount of money ahead of his re-election

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Florida poll shows DeSantis does better against Biden than Trump would in 2024 matchup

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — If Ron DeSantis is the Republican presidential nominee in 2024, a poll released Friday shows him doing better in Florida against President Joe Biden than Donald Trump would fare.

Salon

GOP: No longer a legit political party

Republicans' only unifying agenda is hate, fear and groveling to billionaires. They want to rule, but not govern

The Independent UK

Election fraud case against Florida defendant dismissed

One of 20 people arrested with fanfare under an election fraud program launched by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has had his case dismissed by a Miami judge

Tribune News Service

DeSantis voter fraud arrest rejected by Miami judge

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A Miami Judge on Friday tossed out a criminal case against one of 19 people accused by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ election fraud force of voting illegally in the 2020 election.

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The Independent UK

Florida man becomes first to escape charges resulting from DeSantis’ election fraud raid

A Miami judge tossed out the case after determining the state prosecutor did not have jurisdiction

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Will Bunch: Shock videos of Florida handcuffing Black voters show true stakes of ‘22 election

Terrified teenagers on street corners in downtown Birmingham, forced against brick walls by the painful force of a water cannon or recoiling from biting police dogs. A state trooper beating down a young, kneeling John Lewis on the far side of Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge, as mounted officers begin a…

The Guardian - US

Florida’s immigrants face barriers in hurricane relief under DeSantis policies

Migrant workers also stung by governor’s call to hire ‘locals’ while some employers withhold pay

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Are Republicans and big business headed for a breakup?

The alliance between big business and the Republican Party, one of the oldest in U.S. politics, is unusually frayed these days. The question is whether there will be a complete unraveling.

Miami Herald

Perla was his boss. He was her ace. Inside the covert op behind DeSantis’ migrant flights

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — The final of three cash payments — $700 total — was left under a chunk of broken concrete behind the East Terrell Hills location of a San Antonio barbecue chain.

Miami Herald

How do Florida voters feel about DeSantis’ migrant flights? A new poll weighs in

About half of Floridians likely to vote in the midterm elections are on board with Ron DeSantis’ migrant flights, according to a new poll that suggests the governor is cruising to reelection.

Reason

Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Will Soon Open Alongside Florida Circle K Stores

As part of a new partnership, Green Thumb Industries will lease space from 10 convenience stores to build dispensaries.

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