Tootfinder

Meanwhile, in fascist shithole dollar-store country: “We will kill you”: Florida sheriff issues stern warning to protesters
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/06/13/us/video/florida-sheriff-warns-protesters-we-will-kill-you-digvid

‘We will kill you’: Florida sheriff issues stern warning to protesters | CNN
As protests over the Trump administration’s immigration raids continue in Los Angeles and other cities, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier and law enforcement officials warned that demonstrators could face a forceful response in the state, CNN affiliate WESH reports.

Andrew Cuomo says he 'will move to Florida' if Zohran Mamdani becomes NYC mayor (New York Post)
https://nypost.com/2025/07/19/us-news/cuomo-i-will-move-to-florida-god-forbid-if-mamdani-become-nyc-mayor/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250719/p53#a250719p53

Weekend #Plankton Factoid 🦠🦐
Plankton is fundamental to the functioning of aquatic #ecosystems. An example was seen in the 2013 deaths of #Florida bottlenose dolphins. Dense harmful phytoplankton

Sol: Google will mit Unterseekabel Florida mit Nordspanien verbinden
Das Kabel wird zwischen Palm Coast (Florida) und dem spanischen Santander verlaufen. Es soll die Resilienz der Internetinfrastruktur und Googles Cloud stärken.

**Why didn’t Pam Bondi as Florida AG investigate Jeffrey Epstein?!**
https://deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/why-didnt-pam-bondi-as-florida-ag

foodweb_baywet: Florida cypress wetlands food web (1998)
Networks of carbon exchanges among species in the cypress wetlands of South Florida. One network covers the wet and the other the dry season. Each node represents a taxon (similar to a species), and a directed edge indicates that one taxon uses another as food.
This network has 128 nodes and 2106 edges.
Tags: Biological, Food web, Weighted

Florida Dem who posted huge special election fundraising set for Senate run (Kimberly Leonard/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/18/florida-midterms-senate-weil-democrats-moody-00410667
http://www.memeorandum.com/250618/p69#a250618p69

How to know @… is #AI #aislop #news.

Panthers ‘super-confident team’ hitting road for Game 1 of Final at Oilers  - Canada News Beep
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- The Florida Panthers are ready.

I learned¹ about the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature² that has more than 10000 books scanned and available online. Just great.
It is hosted by the University of Florida. So let's hope that it stays available, i.e. that the Republicans don't find the old children's books from 1750 to woke.³
__
¹via

Open Culture (Official) (@openculture@toot.community)
Attached: 1 image Enter an Archive of 10,000+ Historical Children’s Books, All Digitized & Free to Read Online https://www.openculture.com/2025/06/enter-an-archive-of-10000-historical-childrens-books.html

'Like a Criminal': Florida Homeowner Jailed for a Week After HOA Violation Over Patch of Brown Grass
https://atlantablackstar.com/2025/07/17/florida-homeowner-jailed-for-a-week-after-hoa-violation/

VOTE: Who is Northeast Florida's high school boys tennis player of the quarter-century? https://www.jacksonville.com/story/sports/high-school/tennis/2025/07/14/florida-high-school-boys-tennis…

🐚 Scientists use fossils to assess the health of Florida's largest remaining seagrass bed
https://phys.org/news/2025-05-scientists-fossils-health-florida-largest.html

Scientists use fossils to assess the health of Florida's largest remaining seagrass bed
The seagrass is greener along Florida's Nature Coast … figuratively, that is. A new study published in the journal Marine Ecology Progress Series shows that seagrass ecosystems along the northern half of Florida's Gulf Coast have remained relatively healthy and undisturbed for the last several thousand years.

more jitters! more jitters! #nyc https://mastodon.cloud/@janggolan/114853927213830786

The Orlando Sentinel got a cease-and-desist from Florida's DCF that claims its reporter coerced families for a story on a foundation tied to Gov. DeSantis' wife (Mike Schneider/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/orlando-sen

Florida agency tells newspaper to halt reporting angle on foundation associated with governor's wife
Florida’s child welfare agency has sent a letter to a newspaper telling it to “cease and desist” its reporting on foster families for a story about a nonprofit associated with Gov. Ron DeSantis’ wife. The foundation is the subject of an investigation. The Orlando Sentinel received the letter on Friday from the Department of Children and Families. The letter claims the newspaper’s Tallahassee reporter intimidated foster families who had received money from the Hope Florida Foundation w…

Ex-Jags' employee faces theft charges in Florida https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45711998/ex-jaguars-employee-faces-grand-theft-charges-florida

Rare flesh-eating bacteria has already killed four beachgoers in Florida this year | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/flesh-eating-bacteria-deaths-florida-b2790912.html

So grateful for the clear, unequivocal witness and voice of Rep. @maxwellfrost.bsky.social
who visited the horrifying detention camp in Florida.
As he said, “I didn’t see any Russians who’ve overstayed their visas.
Only Black & Latino men who look like me.”
@maddow.msnbc.com
https://

Sherrilyn Ifill (@sifill.bsky.social)
So grateful for the clear, unequivocal witness and voice of Rep. @maxwellfrost.bsky.social who visited the horrifying detention camp in Florida. As he said, “I didn’t see any Russians who’ve overstayed their visas. Only Black & Latino men who look like me.” @maddow.msnbc.com

In boon for House GOP, Florida Supreme Court sides with DeSantis, upholds congressional map (Gary Fineout/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/17/florida-supreme-court-sides-with-desantis-upholds-congressional-map-00459893
http://www.memeorandum.com/250717/p143#a250717p143

Florida AG's office launches an investigation into Robinhood for "falsely promoting" its trading platform as the "least expensive way to purchase crypto" (Kirk Ogunrinde/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

“He's waiting for me” 🦆👀
https://theblast.com/687811/rogue-florida-duck-reigns-terror-on-the-elderly-in-quiet-neighborhood/

Florida Duck On A Rampage, Injures Seniors & Evades Law
A furious Florida duck is ambushing seniors on porches, sending one to the ER. Locals are shaken, and no one’s stepping in to help.

The Florida Fondler
bot by @…
This is a joke, not a threat: let's not make entertainment lead to internment.
#satire #potus45

Raiders running back Raheem Mostert joins NHL Tonight https://www.nhl.com/video/raiders-running-back-raheem-mostert-joins-nhl-tonight-6374488013112

Pam Bondi passed on Epstein prosecution as Florida AG: Law professor - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/jeffrey-epstein-2673383877/

#news

Florida meteorologist halts forecast to give dire on-air warning against Trump - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/hurricane-season-

Florida meteorologist halts forecast to give dire on-air warning against Trump
Miami meteorologist John Morales‬ issued a dire warning Monday about hurricane season as it begins this month. He began with a clip of Hurricane Dorian slowly moving due west directly towards Florida in 2019. Morales promised it would turn north and dodge Florida landfall — and that's exactly what i...

LOL… I didn’t think it was possible and I guess Santa Ono didn’t either.
His hasty resignation from #UMich seemed like a safe move but it is never safe to depend on a public sector taken over by Fascists.
#Florida #Michigan

Board votes against Santa Ono as UF president amid conservative protest
Florida’s higher education board late Tuesday voted against confirming Santa Ono as the next president of the University of Florida after questioning …

Florida, y'all.
☑️ Man calls 911 when he doesn’t get sex at club, FL cops say | Sacramento Bee
https://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/national/article308289670.html

Browns rookie running back Quinshon Judkins arrested, charged with domestic violence in Florida

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/browns-

Don’t travel to the US, it’s already a fascist state. ICE raids, LA sweeps, and Florida cops brutalize people every day.
This isn’t a future threat, it’s the present reality, authoritarian power is everywhere, backed by a fascist king.
Read more here: https://social.linux.pizza/@midtsveen/…

This weekend, lawmakers got their first look inside “Alligator Alcatraz,”
-- the makeshift immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades.
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., called the conditions
“disturbing and vile,”
a description Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem challenged
…

A look at the controversy around ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention center
This weekend, lawmakers got their first look inside “Alligator Alcatraz,” the makeshift immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., called the conditions “disturbing and vile,” a description Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem challenged. John Yang speaks with Miami Herald reporter Ana Ceballos about the controversy surrounding the facility.

Florida is naked Texas.

“Red State Voters Approved Progressive Measures. GOP Lawmakers Are Trying to Undermine Them.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/red-state-ballot-initiatives-gop-republicans-florida-missouri
Today’s GOP only believes…

Red State Voters Approved Progressive Measures. GOP Lawmakers Are Trying to Undermine Them.
In the wake of ballot measures that increased abortion access and improved sick leave for workers, a coordinated effort is unfolding across the country to restrict direct democracy — and shift power to partisan legislatures.

This would make the bible more entertaining...
(Reply with your favorite #FloridaManBible stories and tag!)

Letting people know about what is going on at #AlligatorAtrocity in #Florida because any off the grid place where a faceless govt bureaucracy can operate with impunity without offering the imprisoned so much as a hearing, a lawyer or a phone call —the

Alligator Atrocity
An American concentration camp became operational last week, and it’s already a human rights nightmare.

Tesla is set to face a Florida federal jury to defend allegations that Autopilot was at fault in a fatal 2019 crash, as it tests autonomous robotaxis in Austin (Trisha Thadani/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/07/14/tesla-trial-…

As Elon Musk pushes Robotaxis, Tesla faces trial over fatal Autopilot crash
Tesla faces trial in Miami over a fatal 2019 crash involving a distracted driver using its Autopilot technology. A woman died and her boyfriend was gravely injured.

New @… post on the Florida DOGE audit of the state universities:
https://ufwatch.org/florida-doge-audit-of-state-universities/
You can keep up with more important news for University of Florida folks via:
Mastodon/Fediverse: @…
BlueSky: @ufwatch.bsky.social
Newsletter/Website: ufwatch.org
RSS: ufwatch.org/rss

F.F.S. The Republican parties of Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi are already selling Alligator Alcatraz merch. Evan Power, Chairman of the Republican Party of Florida said, “…when you sell merch, you get names, you get emails, and then you make some money off of all of it.”

Browns' Judkins facing domestic violence charge https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45727275/browns-quinshon-judkins-arrested-battery-domestic-violence-charge-florida

Florida sheriff warns protesters ahead of nationwide rallies: 'We will kill you dead' (Madeline Sherratt/The Independent)
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/florida-sheriff-warning-protestors-we-will-kill-you-b2769410.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250613/p77#a250613p77

'‘Probiotic Can Slow Disease on Coral Reefs: They Have Microbiomes That Benefit, Like Humans"
#Oceans #Environment #CoralReef

Ingredient in Yogurt Can Slow Disease in Reefs as Corals Have Microbiomes That Benefits From Probiotics
A new Smithsonian study demonstrated how a probiotic could save coral reefs at-risk with SCTLD disease in Florida and the Caribbean.

The first group of immigrants has arrived at a new concentration camp deep in the Florida Everglades that officials have cynically dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz”
The facility, at an abandoned airport, will have an initial capacity of about 3,000 detainees, DeSantis said.
The center was built in eight days and features more than 200 security cameras,
28,000-plus feet of barbed wire and 400 security personnel

First immigration detainees arrive at Florida center in the Everglades
The first group of immigrants has arrived at a new detention center deep in the Florida Everglades that officials have dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.” Florida Republican Attorney General James Uthmeier said on social media Wednesday that “hundreds” of immigration detainees were to arrive at the center. Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis says the facility will have a capacity of about 3,000 detainees when fully operational. The center was built in eight days and features more than 200 security ca…

Don’t call it ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’ Call it a concentration camp.
This facility’s purpose fits the classic model, and its existence points to serious dangers ahead for the country.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinio

The case for calling Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz' a concentration camp
Amid ICE raids, President Donald Trump toured a new immigration detention facility with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Stop Elephant Abuse at Two Tails Ranch in Florida #AnimalRights

End Elephant Abuse in Florida — Species Unite

The spatially variable effects of mangroves on flood depths and losses from storm surges in Florida
Siddharth Narayan, Christopher J. Thoma, Kechi Nzerem, Joss Matthewman, Christine Shepard, Laura Geselbracht, Michael W. Beck
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.09078

The spatially variable effects of mangroves on flood depths and losses from storm surges in Florida
Mangroves modify storm surges with impacts to property damages from tropical cyclones (TC), but the magnitude of these effects and their spatial variability are not well understood especially at sub-county scales. We use high-resolution storm surge flood and loss models to examine variation in the effects of mangroves on these losses spatially and by storm intensity in Florida. We estimate that mangroves reduce storm surge losses to properties by $67.5 million annually in Collier County in west…

'We will kill you': Florida sheriff warns protesters not to attack deputies (USA Today)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/06/13/protests-violence-florida-sheriff/84186122007/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250614/p2#a250614p2

foodweb_baywet: Florida cypress wetlands food web (1998)
Networks of carbon exchanges among species in the cypress wetlands of South Florida. One network covers the wet and the other the dry season. Each node represents a taxon (similar to a species), and a directed edge indicates that one taxon uses another as food.
This network has 128 nodes and 2106 edges.
Tags: Biological, Food web, Weighted

Pretty shocking 18 minutes Lawrence O'Donnell about the emptyness of Trump and the results.
Lawrence O'Donnell: What you're feeling is the banality of cruelty from Trump and the Republican Party
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinio

1 Florida Standout Who Could Elevate the Cowboys In 2025 https://insidethestar.com/1-florida-standout-who-could-elevate-the-cowboys-in-2025

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has said Floridians have a right to hit protesters with their car if they need to "flee for your safety."
DeSantis was speaking on The Rubin Report on Wednesday when he said:
"We also have a policy that if you're driving on one of those streets and a mob comes and surrounds your vehicle,
and threatens you, you have a right to flee for your safety.
"And so if you drive off and you hit one of these people,
tha…

Ron DeSantis Says Floridians Have Right to Hit Protesters With Cars
"That's their fault for impinging on you," Florida's governor said.

Lawmakers go to Florida Supreme Court over Alligator Alcatraz visits
https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2025/07/10/alligator-alcatraz-desantis-supreme-court-lawmakers-visits-immigrant-detention/

A federal judge temporarily blocks Florida from enforcing a law banning social media accounts for children under 14, saying the law is "likely unconstitutional" (Kate Payne/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/florida-soc

Florida officials threaten librarians with criminal prosecution over Judy Blume book (Judd Legum/Popular Information)
https://popular.info/p/florida-officials-threaten-librarians
http://www.memeorandum.com/250612/p8#a250612p8

Ron DeSantis: Florida drivers have right to hit immigration protesters to 'flee for your safety'
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5346295-desantis-florida-immigration-protests-drivers/

Read this article, not because it trashes UF’s new president to be, but because it cuts to the core of the challenges facing U.S. universities and how we need to stand up, fight back, and restore meaningful shared governance.
https://www.chronicle.com/article/santa-ono-flees-for-florida?sra=true

Workers install a sign "Alligator Alcatraz" at the entrance to a new immigrant detention facility at Dade-Collier Training and Transition facility, on Thursday in Ochopee, Florida.
Photograph: Rebecca Blackwell/AP
#resist #authoritarianism

Four food truck companies face online backlash following their services at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
https://abc17news.com/news/2025/07/05/4-food-truck-companies-face-online-backlash-following-their-services-at-alli…

4 food truck companies face online backlash following their services at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
By Cassie Martinez, Julie Calhoun Click here for updates on this story     OCHOPEE, Florida (WSVN) — A TikTok video showing four food trucks enter the new immigration detention center dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” on its opening day sparked online outrage. As of Thursday night, the video gained more than four million views and 20,000 comments, as

Florida AG: We're Sending State Troops To Help In CA - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2025/06/florida-ag-were-sending-state-troops-to-help-in-ca/

The Florida Fondler
bot by @…
This is a joke, not a threat: please don't extraordinarily rendition me to a black site.
#satire #potus45

Landlord seeks to evict Republican congressman over unpaid rent at D.C. apartment (Zoë Richards/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/landlord-seeks-evict-florida-republican-cory-mills-dc-apartment-rent-rcna218790
http://www.memeorandum.com/250714/p150#a250714p150

Florida charges ex-Jaguars employee Amit Patel with 6 counts of state grand theft https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6488045/2025/07/11/jaguars-amit-patel-grand-theft-charges/

foodweb_baywet: Florida cypress wetlands food web (1998)
Networks of carbon exchanges among species in the cypress wetlands of South Florida. One network covers the wet and the other the dry season. Each node represents a taxon (similar to a species), and a directed edge indicates that one taxon uses another as food.
This network has 128 nodes and 2106 edges.
Tags: Biological, Food web, Weighted

The Chaotic Early Days Inside Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' Detention Center (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/us/the-chaotic-early-days-inside-floridas-alligator-alcatraz-detention-center.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250716/p170#a250716p170

Florida Supreme Court Demands State Bar Stop Working With ABA Because... LOL, Screw This 'Rule Of Law' Stuff - Above the Law
https://abovethelaw.com/2025/06/florida-supreme-court-demands-state-bar-stop-working-with-aba-because-lol-screw-this-rule-of-law-stuff/

The Trump administration is sending 200 Marines to Florida
to aid federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, according to a statement by U.S. Northern Command.
The deployment is part of a broader push by the administration
❌ to ramp up deportations using active-duty troops.
Earlier this year, Donald Trump
🔥deployed some 4,000 National Guard personnel and 700 Marines to California
under a law known as Title X,
-- which allows troops to be …

200 Marines among those being sent to Florida to help ICE
ICE will determine the duties assigned to the Marines.

foodweb_baywet: Florida cypress wetlands food web (1998)
Networks of carbon exchanges among species in the cypress wetlands of South Florida. One network covers the wet and the other the dry season. Each node represents a taxon (similar to a species), and a directed edge indicates that one taxon uses another as food.
This network has 128 nodes and 2106 edges.
Tags: Biological, Food web, Weighted

Ronald Darby retires at 31: Veteran cornerback won Super Bowl with Eagles, national title at Florida State

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/ron…

Florida agency tells newspaper to halt reporting angle on foundation associated with governor's wife (Mike Schneider/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/orlando-sentinel-florida-desantis-welfare-9636452a8bf8eb230489513db64d86f7
http://www.memeorandum.com/250609/p104#a250609p104

Florida wildlife officials gave preliminary approval for the first black bear hunt since one 10 years ago that was halted early after more than 300 bears were killed in only two days.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission voted 4-1 at a meeting in Ocala in favor of a bear hunt in December and annually into the future,
allowing the use of up to six dogs to corner the bears.
Methods could include bowhunting, similar to rules for hunting deer, and bear hunting…

Florida gives preliminary approval to controversial black bear hunt amid strong opposition
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has given preliminary approval for a black bear hunt for December and into the future, which could eventually allow the use of up to six dogs to corner the bears and use of bowhunting. The commission voted 4-1 Wednesday on the proposal, which would be the first bear hunt since 2015 when more than 300 bears were killed in only two days. Hunt supporters say managing bear populations is key to preventing dangerous encounters with humans. Oppone…

Supreme Court Won't Revive Aggressive Florida Immigration Law (Adam Liptak/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/us/politics/supreme-court-florida-immigration-law.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250709/p102#a250709p102

Appeals court says trans woman teacher must go by he/him pronouns in Ron DeSantis' Florida - LGBTQ Nation
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/07/appeals-court-says-trans-woman-teacher-must-go-by-he-him-pronouns-in-ron-desantis-florida/

Hundreds of protesters greeted Trump and the homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, as they arrived at the hastily assembled concentration camp in the Florida Everglades .
The space was previously a largely disused airstrip surrounded by swampland abundant in alligators and Burmese pythons.
“You’ll have a lot of people that will deport on their own because they don’t want to end up in an Alligator Alcatraz, or some of these other places,” Governor Ron DeSantis said.
“Th…

foodweb_baywet: Florida cypress wetlands food web (1998)
Networks of carbon exchanges among species in the cypress wetlands of South Florida. One network covers the wet and the other the dry season. Each node represents a taxon (similar to a species), and a directed edge indicates that one taxon uses another as food.
This network has 128 nodes and 2106 edges.
Tags: Biological, Food web, Weighted

Lawmakers visit 'Alligator Alcatraz' after being blocked (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/alligator-alcatraz-immigration-detainees-florida-dd1cd271b864a72e6fed1f95d62ee8f7
http://www.memeorandum.com/250712/p54#a250712p54

‘Step Out Now!’: Florida Cop Suspended After Threatening to Kick Down Door Before Yanking Out Autistic Man Over Fabricated Jaywalking Allegation
https://atlantablackstar.com/2025/06/06/florida-cop-suspended-after-threatening-to-kick-down-door-before-yanking-out-autistic-man-over-fabricated-jaywalking-allegation/

Families of students receiving Florida school choice scholarships
– regardless of their income
– can purchase TVs up to 55 inches, the Nintendo Wii and in-home internet
https://www.wesh.com/article/florida-vouch

Detainees describe worms in food, sewage near beds inside 'Alligator Alcatraz' (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/alligator-alcatraz-immigration-detainees-florida-cc2fb9e34e760a50e97f13fe59cbf075
http://www.memeorandum.com/250711/p81#a250711p81

Browns rookie RB Quinshon Judkins arrested on charge of misdemeanor domestic violence https://www.nfl.com/news/browns-rookie-rb-quinshon-judkins-arrested-on-charge-of-misdemeanor-domestic-violence

Court rejects transgender teacher's challenge to Florida law
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/within-the-four-walls-of-a-classroom-appeals-court-rejects-transgender-teachers-first-amendment-challenge-to-florida-law-restricting-use-of-preferred-pronouns/

Preston Damsky is a law student at the University of Florida.
He is also a white nationalist and antisemite.
Last fall, he took a seminar taught by a federal judge on “originalism,”
the legal theory favored by many conservatives that seeks to interpret the Constitution based on its meaning when it was adopted.
In his capstone paper for the class, Mr. Damsky argued that the framers had intended for the phrase “We the People,” in the Constitution’s preamble, to refer exc…

A White Nationalist at University of Florida Wrote a Paper Promoting Racist Views. It Won Him an Award.
The University of Florida student won an academic honor after he argued in a paper that the Constitution applies only to white people. From there, the situation spiraled.

Florida's Home Price Drops Are a Grim Warning for American Real Estate - Business Insider
https://www.businessinsider.com/florida-home-price-drops-insurance-real-estate-trend-sales-market-2025-6

Vincent Scardina supported Donald Trump’s tough stance on immigration at the ballot box.
But that decision came back to bite the roofing boss when ICE detained a third of his workforce.
The six men, all from Nicaragua, were pulled over in a work truck on May 27 while heading to a job
—and carted off to jail.
According to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office,
deputies helped transport the men to a local detention facility
“for deportation.”
Scardina, wh…

Trump Voter Gets Choked Up After ICE Detains a Third of His Staff
A Florida roofing boss backed the president’s tough immigration policies. Then six of his workers were taken away...

200 Marines among those being sent to Florida to help ICE (Anne Flaherty/ABC News)
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/200-marines-florida-ice/story?id=123466361
http://www.memeorandum.com/250703/p141#a250703p141

Three inmates to be executed in three states this week, amid an uptick nationwide | The Independent
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/execution-alabama-florida-south-carolina-oklahoma-b2766905.html

Florida higher ed board stuns UF, blocks Santa Ono from becoming president (Alan Festo/The Gainesville Sun)
https://eu.gainesville.com/story/news/education/2025/06/03/board-of-governors-rejects-santa-ono-as-university-of-florida-president/84007003007/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250603/p149#a250603p149

Panthers topple Oilers to take 2-1 lead in Stanley Cup Final; U.S. Open preview; NFL minicamp news

https://www.cbssports.com/nhl/news/panther

Defying DeSantis, Florida Pride Marchers Light Up Jacksonville Bridge with Rainbow Colors (S. Baum/Erin In The Morning)
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/defying-desantis-florida-pride-marchers
http://www.memeorandum.com/250602/p150#a250602p150

'Desist': Dept run by DeSantis orders reporter to stop probing wife's charity - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/hope-florida-foundation/

Man Who Helped Florida Shark Attack Victim Now Facing Deportation (Josephine Harvey/The Daily Beast)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/man-who-helped-florida-shark-attack-victim-now-facing-deportation/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250701/p155#a250701p155

'Desist': Dept run by DeSantis orders reporter to stop probing wife's charity (Matthew Chapman/Raw Story)
https://www.rawstory.com/hope-florida-foundation/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250607/p5#a250607p5

Alligator Alcatraz immigrant prison camp is Florida's sadistic 'one-stop shop' for mass deportation (Marisa Kabas/The Handbasket)
https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/alligator-alcatraz-florida-opening-trump-desantis
http://www.memeorandum.com/250630/p152#a250630p152

The Florida field tomato — which the Trump administration wants us to eat more of by imposing a 21 percent tariff on most Mexican tomatoes starting July 14.
The tariff represents a double insult to consumers,
assaulting both our taste buds and our pocketbooks.
Trump has told us to make do with fewer (and more expensive) imported pencils and dolls for the greater good of bringing manufacturing back to America.
Fine. But tomatoes?
The last thing American consumers …

Opinion | How Has a Food This Bad Survived the American Market for So Long?
The last thing American consumers need is a revitalization of Florida’s withering tomato industry.

Federal Judge Blocks Fla. From Enforcing Social Media Ban for Kids Amid Suit | Associated Press
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/florida-social-media-ban/2025/06/03/id/1213490/

Protesters line highway in Florida Everglades to oppose 'Alligator Alcatraz' (Makiya Seminera/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/alligator-alcatraz-florida-everglades-protest-db34866aae64a3ff6880310403be40fd
http://www.memeorandum.com/250628/p84#a250628p84

Republican lawmaker with ectopic pregnancy nearly died amid new Florida abortion laws – but blames the left | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/kat-cammack-pregnancy-florida-abortion-ban-b2775051.html

Israel's War Is Florida's New Investment (Katya Schwenk/The Lever)
https://www.levernews.com/israels-war-is-floridas-new-investment/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250611/p166#a250611p166

U.S. Marshals-led Missing Child Operation in Middle Florida Results in Recovery of 60 Children (usmarshals.gov)
https://www.usmarshals.gov/news/press-release/us-marshals-led-missing-child-operation-middle-florida-results-recovery-of-60
http://www.memeorandum.com/250624/p167#a250624p167

Grading The Controversial Florida Seminar Paper (Josh Blackman/Reason)
https://reason.com/volokh/2025/06/22/grading-the-controversial-florida-seminar-paper/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250623/p48#a250623p48

Florida to receive federal funds to build immigration detention sites, including "Alligator Alcatraz," Noem says (Camilo Montoya-Galvez/CBS News)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alligator-alcatraz-florida-immigration-detention-centers-dhs-secretary-noem/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250623/p146#a250623p146

Via OccupyDemocrats on FB: 'a formal complaint was filed with the Florida Bar accusing Pam Bondi of "serious professional misconduct" in her current job. ~70 law professors, attorneys, and former FL Supreme Court justices Pariente and Quince filed the complaint. In it, they accuse the AG of violating her ethical duties and engaging in "serious professional misconduct that threatens the rule of law and the administration of justice." '

Florida asks Supreme Court to let it enforce state illegal immigration law (Kimberly Leonard/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/23/florida-asks-supreme-court-to-let-it-enforce-state-illegal-immigration-law-00419021
http://www.memeorandum.com/250623/p116#a250623p116