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A brick from the old FSU student union. Still solid. Still here. My school. My home.
Gary Fineout
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Gary Fineout
@fineout
Reporter with POLITICO covering Florida who also tweets and functions in an evolving multimedia world.
- Emails and text messages obtained by POLITICO show Florida’s new election law was drafted with the help of the Republican Party of Florida’s top lawyer — and that a crackdown on mail-in ballot requests was seen as a way for the GOP to erase the edge Dems had in 2020.
- Widower of Scarborough staffer asks Twitter to remove Trump’s conspiracy theories politi.co/3epfrfT via @politico
00:00- .@RonDeSantisFL goes on TV and calls Gillum "articulate" and says he "performed well" during debates, but that we don't need to "monkey this up" by electing @AndrewGillum Democratic chairwoman Terrie Rizzo blasts DeSantis and says he is using"racist dog whistles."
- Rep @AngieNixon - seated in middle of chamber - says she will not move until their demands are met & the Legislature draws a map & not the governor
- Rotunda of Florida Capitol. Protesters are chanting “drag is not a crime.”
00:00 - Democrats on floor told that some Republicans are calling their actions an “insurrection.” They respond that they have a right to be in House. @SusanLValdes says they didn’t break windows or bust down doors
- Inbox from @NikkiFried - “Any Member of the Florida House who stayed on the floor in protest of the racist, unconstitutional maps proposed by Ron DeSantis will receive an automatic endorsement from me. These brave members of the legislature will will receive funding" from her PC
- As expected @GovRonDeSantis signed the bill that would complete shield his travel records from the public. It takes effect immediately and since it's retroactive it wipes out any pending record requests made for those records.
