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DeSantis Sends Legal Threat To Orlando Newspaper And Reporter For Investigating Alleged $10M Medicaid Scam

Flagler Live reports: The Department of Children and Families (DCF) has sent a cease and desist letter to an Orlando Sentinel reporter who has been digging into the Hope Florida scandal. Jeffrey Schweers, the Sentinel’s Tallahassee bureau reporter, has broken some scoops regarding the embattled charity backed by Gov. Ron DeSantis and First Lady Casey DeSantis. Schweers recently wrote about …

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Mike Johnson: It’s “Absurd” For The Same People Who Wore Masks During COVID To Object To ICE Masks

Fox News reports: House Speaker Mike Johnson told Fox News on Friday that Democrats pushing for ICE agents to unmask themselves are the same “people who mandated mask wearing for years in America” during the coronavirus pandemic. Johnson was asked by Fox News for his reaction as “some Democrats, including [House Minority] Leader [Hakeem] Jeffries, have suggested that the ICE …

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CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

Billboard Magazine reports: How does a song become a gay anthem? Like the LGBTQ+ community itself, our soundtrack is vast and diverse. We have recorded our history and contribution to the culture through music, and with this list we acknowledge and remember the forerunners that have made possible the positive changes we’ve seen over the decades. These songs are a …

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Haters Get Last-Minute Win Over FL Pride Drag Show

The Naples Daily News reports: Just hours before Naples Pride was set to go with an outdoors drag show performance in the city’s Cambier Park, a federal court ruled against Pride’s plan, forcing it to move the performance indoors. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Atlanta on June 6 granted the city of Naples’ motion to …

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Trump Orders FAA To Repeal Ban On Supersonic Flights

Flying Magazine reports: President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order instructing the FAA to repeal its ban on supersonic flight over U.S. land. “America once led the world in supersonic aviation, but decades of stifling regulations grounded progress,” the order read. “This order removes regulatory barriers so that U.S. companies can dominate supersonic flight once again.” Under current …

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Duffy Orders Reversal Of “Illegal” Fuel Economy Rules

The Associated Press reports: Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Biden-era fuel economy standards for gas-powered cars and trucks were illegal and moved to reverse them. Combined with Senate language in the pending budget bill to eliminate penalties for exceeding standards regulating how far vehicles must travel on a gallon of fuel, automakers could come under less pressure from regulators to …

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Canadian Bill Extends “Citizenship By Descent” Rules

CTV News reports: New legislation introduced today would extend citizenship by descent rules beyond the first generation. Bill C-3, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act, would automatically give citizenship to anyone who would be a citizen today if not for the first-generation limit. Under the current rules, a Canadian citizen born outside Canada cannot pass their citizenship to their …

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Hegseth Accused Of Deleting Signalgate Evidence

The Associated Press reports: The Pentagon’s watchdog is looking into whether any of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s aides were asked to delete Signal messages that may have shared sensitive military information with a reporter, according to two people familiar with the investigation and documents reviewed by The Associated Press. The inspector general’s request focuses on how information about the March 15 …

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