Black house members just staged a sit-in on the floor of the House chamber.
Jeffrey Schweers
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Jeffrey Schweers
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Capital bureau reporter for @orlandosentinel. Former statehouse reporter for @TDonline. Last Tallahassee bureau reporter for @TampaTribune. @UF, @TheAlligator.
- Charlie Crist filed public records request with Governor's office for all emails, texts etc related to the relocation of 50 Venezuelan and Colombian refugees from Texas to Martha's Vineyard.
- They are chanting “This is good trouble. This is necessary trouble.”
00:00 - Government watchdog Florida Center for Government Accountability sues governor's office @GovRonDeSantis alleging violation of state sunshine law over request for records related to migrant relocation flights to Martha's Vineyard.
- Florida has 1,977 people who tested positive for #coronavirus as of 6 p.m. today. That's 510 more than last night, for a 34 percent increase, and probably the single largest day over day increase since the state began testing.
- Florida sees biggest single-day spike ever with 3,822 new cases of #coronavirus, bringing total to nearly 90k confirmed cases. Positivity rate 11.67%. Death toll jumps by 43 to 3,104.
- Former State Rep. @CarlosGSmith wins lawsuit against @GovRonDeSantis administration over withheld COVID-19 data. Court orders state @HealthyFla to post data online and pay legal costs of $152,250 for the two-year battle.
- Copies of text messages released by @GovRonDeSantis office around 9:30 p.m. shows public safety czar Larry Keefe arranging the migrant flights to Martha's Vineyard Sept. 14, and confirms a second flight was planned for the following week.
- Chief Federal Judge Mark Walker grants injunction in mail-in ballot case, calling statutory scheme unconstitutional and giving voters whose ballots were thrown out until 5 p.m. Saturday to correct them.
- We asked all 67 #Florida county election supervisors how they are protecting us against #hacking and #RussianInterference. We got mostly crickets. Turns out they signed nondisclosure agreements with the Department of State:
- Replying to @jeffschweersThey are saying they will not be denied. We will occupy the floor.
- Replying to @jeffschweersAll this began when Rep. Hinson’s mic was cut off.
- Replying to @jeffschweersThey are saying stop the black attack
