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Ron DeSantis spent $1.2m per day to open and operate ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ | Ron DeSantis | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/02/ron-desantis-12-million-on-alligator-alcatraz

A year after Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida pledged to make his state one of the toughest in the nation on immigration enforcement,
he has largely succeeded:
More immigration arrests were made in Florida in 2025 than any state but Texas,
and there have been few signs of the crackdown easing.
Yet the enforcement machine that the Republican governor hastily built to support the federal crackdown he welcomed
is starting to show cracks, weighed down by a crush of deta…

Florida’s Immigration Crackdown, Led by DeSantis, Is Showing Cracks
Some conservative sheriffs have raised concerns about the aggressive enforcement tactics that Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, has embraced.

An interview with Amazon's AI chief Peter DeSantis on plans to use in-house chips, Trainium and Inferentia, to develop AI models more cheaply, and more (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/amazon-tries-i

Florida GOP sheriffs revolt against Trump and DeSantis’s mass deportation efforts - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-desantis-2676243529/

DeSantis calls April special legislative session on congressional redistricting (Gary Fineout/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/07/desantis-florida-redistricting-special-session-00713882
http://www.memeorandum.com/260107/p84#a260107p84

Florida Sheriffs rebel against DeSantis over immigration enforcement - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/sheriffs-turn-on-maga-gov-as-ice-crackdown/

How Trump's opposition to state-level AI regulation has driven a wedge in GOP, killing Florida's proposed AI Bill of Rights, which was backed by Gov. DeSantis (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/technol

How Trump Drove a Wedge Between Florida Republicans Over A.I.
A Florida bill that would have regulated artificial intelligence, backed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, failed to gain traction after President Trump made it clear he did not want states to rein in the technology.

"New law lets governor remove local elected officials for 'promoting' Pride or DEI."
Ron DeSantis Wants To Remind You He's Still A Horrible Bigoted Autocrat
https://www.wonkette.com/p/ron-desantis-wants-to-remind-you

DeSantis says Florida looking 'very seriously' at bringing state charges against Maduro (Kimberly Leonard/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/06/desantis-florida-charges-maduro-00712253
http://www.memeorandum.com/260106/p96#a260106p96

Grinning anti-ICE agitator arrested after allegedly punching Florida trooper as DeSantis warns: 'This is not Minneapolis' (Richard Pollina/New York Post)
https://nypost.com/2026/01/16/us-news/florida-anti-ice-agitator-jennifer-cruz-arrested-after-allegedly-punching-florida-trooper/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260116/p112#a260116p112