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FSU's Castellanos drops appeal, enters NFL draft https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/47406945/florida-state-qb-castellanos-drops-appeal-enters-nfl-draft

Photojournalist Dave Decker was arrested in November while documenting a protest in Miami, Florida.
A coalition of 23 press organizations spoke out against the charges
— and this week the prosecutor agreed❗️
The following statement can be attributed to Adam Rose, deputy director of advocacy for Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF):
“I hope law enforcement officers take this to heart: Swearing an oath to protect the community means protecting everyone — including pre…

Florida prosecutor agrees: Photography is not a crime
A coalition of 23 press organizations spoke out against the charges — the prosecutor agreed

Florida Growers Ask Trump Administration to Grant Worker Visas Amid Shutdown | Civil Eats
https://civileats.com/2025/10/21/florida-growers-ask-trump-administration-to-grant-worker-visas-amid-shutdown/

As Trump's Inquisitors Face Scrutiny, a Divisive Figure Could Play a New Role (Charlie Savage/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/us/politics/trump-florida-cannon-grand-jury.html?unlocked_article_code=1.3U8.kSLN.NlMCzOeXR41W&smid=tw-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/251123/p39#a251123p39

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AstralPlane
Flower Travellin’ Band:
🎵 Satori, Part 3
#FlowerTravellinBand
https://open.spotify.com/track/5QrsQnZx93xcZkH464br43

The best time to build strong academic unions was a while ago. The second best time is now.
Fellow Floridians - join your local UFF chapter.
If you don’t have a local union (and you should check) then join the AAUP at-large chapter and help them fight for the future of higher education.
https://www.aaup.org/chapters/aaup-large-chapter (join link at the bottom)

Christmas means nothing for Trump, pure evil.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-says-no-catholic-bishops-call-christmas-pause-immigration-enforcement

White House says no to Catholic bishops' call for Christmas pause in immigration enforcement
Florida Catholic bishops appealed to President Donald Trump for a Christmas pause on immigration raids, citing fear in communities during the holiday season.

House lawmakers flirt with COVID-era work levels (Kate Santaliz/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/10/24/house-votes-johnson-government-shutdown
http://www.memeorandum.com/251024/p124#a251024p124

There have been 1,295 cases of pertussis, also called whooping cough, in Florida, an 81 percent surge compared to the entirety of 2024. 
And nationwide, cases rose six-fold in 2024 compared to the year before, CDC figures show, a sign of waning immunity against a disease that once struck hundreds of thousands. 
#MakeAmericaHealthyAgain

Cases of Victorian-era whooping cough soar in Florida amid plummeting vaccine rates
Cases of a Victorian-era disease have soared in Florida over the past year amid state Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo's declaration to end all vaccine mandates for children.

The U.S. attorney in Miami, who is running a sprawling investigation into former officials who investigated President Trump,
has been granted an unusual request to convene an extra grand jury at the federal courthouse in Fort Pierce, Fla.
The location ensures that just one judge can oversee it: Aileen M. Cannon.
That raises a question with intriguing political and legal overtones.
Judge Cannon could again end up as a key player in a Trump-centric case,
this one…

As Trump’s Inquisitors Face Scrutiny, a Divisive Figure Could Play a New Role
The prosecutor running an inquiry into those who investigated President Trump has established a grand jury under Judge Aileen M. Cannon, whose scuttling of the documents case made her a White House favorite.