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Nate Monroe

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Executive editor, The Florida Trib. Former columnist, investigative and beat reporter. JAX. Son of a Cajun. LSU. “Behold, these are the tribunes of the people, the tongues o’ th’ common mouth. I do despise them.”

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The Florida Trib @thefloridatrib.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
He was released from the hospital on Sept 10 on the hospital’s understanding that he would return to the prison’s medical unit. But less than 24 hours later, DeSantis signed Thompson's death warrant, which resulted in his removal from the prison’s medical facility. floridatrib.org/2026/09/29/p...
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‘Profoundly sick’ Florida Death Row prisoner pleads for medical care
More than 100 doctors who have reviewed William Lee Thompson’s case are urging Gov. Ron DeSantis to reverse his death warrant
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The Florida Trib @thefloridatrib.bsky.social · 10h
Children’s services, which are primarily funded through property taxes, are not listed among the core services within the Amendment 3 ballot language, leaving all councils across the state at risk of losing nearly $100 million by the 2027-2028 fiscal year floridatrib.org/2026/09/29/p...
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Public school districts will still face financial pressure if Amendment 3 passes
School districts will experience an indirect financial squeeze because programs like summer camps are often funded by agencies that would be affected if voters approve the amendment.
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The Florida Trib @thefloridatrib.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration is plowing ahead with officially designating a leading Muslim civil rights nonprofit and more than 100 other groups as “domestic terrorist organizations,” in a move critics say is unprecedented and unconstitutional. floridatrib.org/2026/09/29/d...
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DeSantis exercises ‘unprecedented’ power to label groups ‘domestic terrorists’
Gov. DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet voted to advance the terrorist designations Tuesday, approving the proposal in just over 30 seconds and with no discussion.
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Andrew Guthrie Ferguson @profferguson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“This is not a bad technology story. This is a bad policing story,” floridatrib.org/2026/09/28/h...
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How AI-powered bungling by Florida cops cost a father his freedom and $45,000
The Florida Trib’s investigation shows how a justice system meant to promote public safety instead failed an innocent person at nearly every step of the process.
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
How AI-powered bungling by #Florida cops cost a father his freedom & $45K floridatrib.org/2026/09/28/h... via @thefloridatrib.bsky.social
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How AI-powered bungling by Florida cops cost a father his freedom and $45,000
The Florida Trib’s investigation shows how a justice system meant to promote public safety instead failed an innocent person at nearly every step of the process.
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The Florida Trib @thefloridatrib.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Jacksonville man’s case is among a string of wrongful arrests linked to faulty use of facial recognition and a lack of investigative rigor. Nick was ordered to live separately from his children, the youngest was 7-months-old. floridatrib.org/2026/09/28/h...
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How AI-powered bungling by Florida cops cost a father his freedom and $45,000
The Florida Trib’s investigation shows how a justice system meant to promote public safety instead failed an innocent person at nearly every step of the process.
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Nate Monroe @natemonroe.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
New @thefloridatrib.bsky.social | How AI-powered bungling by Florida cops cost a father his freedom and $45,000 floridatrib.org/2026/09/28/h...
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How AI-powered bungling by Florida cops cost a father his freedom and $45,000
The Florida Trib’s investigation shows how a justice system meant to promote public safety instead failed an innocent person at nearly every step of the process.
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The Florida Trib @thefloridatrib.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
NEW: Aaron Zahn, the former head of JEA found guilty of charges connected to his contentious push to sell Northeast Florida’s public utility to enrich himself and his top executives in 2019, has been released from federal prison. floridatrib.org/2026/09/18/e...
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Ex-JEA CEO Aaron Zahn released from prison 20 months after reporting for 4-year sentence
Aaron Zahn was found guilty of charges connected to his contentious push to sell Northeast Florida’s public utility to enrich himself and his top executives.
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The Florida Trib @thefloridatrib.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Jacksonville City Council finds its ‘prosecutor.’ Has he gone too far? Jason Teal, a longtime city lawyer, has become an unusual – and unusually influential – fixer for the City Council’s… floridatrib.org/2026/08/11/jacksonv…
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Jacksonville City Council finds its ‘prosecutor.’ Has he gone too far?
Jason Teal, a longtime city lawyer, has become an unusual – and unusually influential – fixer for the City Council’s Republican leadership
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The Florida Trib @thefloridatrib.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
If you missed our election preview last week, you can watch it now, led by Florida Trib executive editor @natemonroe.bsky.social in conversation with Trib reporters Trinity Webster-Bass and Kate Payne — as well as voters across the state: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAS-...
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Replay: Primary Election Preview with The Florida Trib
YouTube video by The Florida Trib: Nonprofit news for Florida
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
The most polluted river in #Florida, the Fenholloway, has been cleaned up for the first time in decades. Now state regulators are paving the way for waste to flow back into it. floridatrib.org/2026/06/23/f... via @thefloridatrib.bsky.social
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Florida’s most polluted river cleaned up. A company could dump wastewater into it again
At the request of a company owned by one of America’s wealthiest families, state regulators are paving the way for wastewater to flow back into the Fenholloway River
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Nate Monroe @natemonroe.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
New @thefloridatrib.bsky.social | Florida’s most polluted river got clean. A company could dump wastewater into it again floridatrib.org/2026/06/23/f...
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Florida’s most polluted river cleaned up. A company could dump wastewater into it again
At the request of a company owned by one of America’s wealthiest families, state regulators are paving the way for wastewater to flow back into the Fenholloway River
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
#Florida Power & Light parent company agrees to $150 million settlement to end lawsuit over past controversies. Lawsuit attracted renewed and national scrutiny of public controversies that have dogged the company for years. floridatrib.org/2026/06/16/f... via @natemonroe.bsky.social
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FPL parent company agrees to $150 million to end lawsuit over past controversies
The proposed settlement comes at a critical time for NextEra as it moves to acquire Dominion Energy
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Nate Monroe @natemonroe.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
New @thefloridatrib.bsky.social | The proposed $150 million settlement comes at a critical time for NextEra as it moves to acquire Dominion Energy, a blockbuster merger that would make the Florida-based company the world’s largest regulated power company. floridatrib.org/2026/06/16/f...
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FPL parent company agrees to $150 million to end lawsuit over past controversies
The proposed settlement comes at a critical time for NextEra as it moves to acquire Dominion Energy
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
#Florida is on track to flunk Everglades pollution rules, data shows. Failing clean water standards would have consequences that spread beyond the Glades. Nice work, Gov. Ron DeSastrous! floridatrib.org/2026/05/28/f...
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Florida on track to flunk Everglades pollution rules
Flunking water quality standards means higher chances of noxious, toxic algae blooms along the coasts
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The Florida Trib @thefloridatrib.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
NEW: Florida is on track to flunk Everglades pollution rules, increasing odds of toxic algae blooms floridatrib.org/2026/05/28/f...
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Florida on track to flunk Everglades pollution rules
Flunking water quality standards means higher chances of noxious, toxic algae blooms along the coasts
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
amazing >>> The rise and fall of an AI-driven ‘local news outlet’ in South Florida floridatrib.org/2026/05/14/t...
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The rise and fall of an AI-driven ‘local news outlet’ in South Florida
The search to find out who was behind the South Florida Standard shows how easy it is for the real people behind digital doppelgangers to remain in the shadows
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MuckRock @muckrock.com · 13/05/2026
From Pulitzer Prize journalists pursuing transparency (and public records) in their reporting to the Florida Trib exposing police misconduct in Florida, we're discussing the latest in the world of FOIA, public documents and more. Read more:
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
"After The #Florida Trib started asking questions about the South Florida Standard and its purported journalists, administrators of the site began tinkering with its contents and removing staff bios – before taking the site offline entirely." floridatrib.org/2026/05/14/t...
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The rise and fall of an AI-driven ‘local news outlet’ in South Florida
The search to find out who was behind the South Florida Standard shows how easy it is for the real people behind digital doppelgangers to remain in the shadows
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The Florida Trib @thefloridatrib.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Sham news sites are increasingly common across the US and are a dangerous development for democracy. Florida Trib reporter Kate Payne and Zach St. Louis, a producer for Question Everything from KCRW and Placement Theory dug into one such site in Florida. floridatrib.org/2026/05/14/t...
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The rise and fall of an AI-driven ‘local news outlet’ in South Florida
The search to find out who was behind the South Florida Standard shows how easy it is for the real people behind digital doppelgangers to remain in the shadows
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Secret ICE directive is testing a longtime #Florida tradition: open government floridatrib.org/2026/05/06/a... via @thefloridatrib.bsky.social
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A secret ICE directive is testing one of Florida’s strongest traditions: open government
A new directive from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, issued in secrecy, bars local law enforcement agencies across Florida from answering questions about their role in immigration enforcemen...
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The Florida Trib @thefloridatrib.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Florida Trib reporter @nicholemanna.bsky.social was on WJCT's First Coast Connect this morning talking about her investigation with @propublica.org into the death of a man at the St. Johns County jail and the contractor hired to care for him. You can watch it here: youtu.be/ibonvkdfhIE
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First Coast Connect: 05/06/26
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Nichole Manna @nicholemanna.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
For 30 minutes, Brian Tracey lay naked and unable to breathe on the floor of the medical ward at the St. Johns County Detention Center. It was Dec. 15, 2023, the day Tracey was supposed to be released from jail. floridatrib.org/2026/04/28/h...
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He Died in a Florida Jail. The Company in Charge Should Have Sent Him to the Hospital, Experts Say.
Most of the state’s jails have stopped contracting with Armor Health companies, which have been sued repeatedly for subpar care. Only one jail, where Brian Tracey died, still uses a company affiliated...
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Chris Seaman @cbseaman.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
This:is 💯 correct. The vast majority of Section 2 litigation (and settlements made under the threat of litigation) have been at the local level. Callais will gut minority representation in city councils, county supervisors, and school boards across the county.
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Most of Florida’s jails have stopped contracting with Armor Health companies, which have been sued repeatedly for subpar care. Only one jail, where Brian Tracey died, still uses a company affiliated with Armor. By @nicholemanna.bsky.social @thefloridatrib.bsky.social
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He Died in a Florida Jail. The Company in Charge Should Have Sent Him to the Hospital, Experts Say.
Most of the state’s jails have stopped contracting with Armor Health companies, which have been sued repeatedly for subpar care. Only one jail, where Brian Tracey died, still uses a company affiliated...
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The Florida Trib @thefloridatrib.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Brian Tracey died of pneumonia while being held at a Florida jail. The jail’s healthcare provider is affiliated with Armor Health companies, which have a history of delaying or denying care to inmates across the country, lawsuits allege. with @propublica.org floridatrib.org/2026/04/28/h...
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He Died in a Florida Jail. The Company in Charge Should Have Sent Him to the Hospital, Experts Say.
Most of the state’s jails have stopped contracting with Armor Health companies, which have been sued repeatedly for subpar care. Only one jail, where Brian Tracey died, still uses a company affiliated...
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
RESULT... in Coral Gables, FL: The city has overwhelmingly voted tonight to change timing of its local elections to November. Part of an effort we're seeing nationwide to get higher turnout in local races. It was one of my 40 races to watch in April. boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
#Florida prosecutor sends JEA subpoena for records about former mayor’s lobbying firm floridatrib.org/2026/04/13/s... via @natemonroe.bsky.social
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State attorney sends JEA subpoena for records about former mayor's lobbying firm
The subpoena, obtained by the Florida Trib and News4Jax, suggests prosecutors remain interested in probing what has mushroomed into an increasingly bitter but convoluted feud
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Nate Monroe @natemonroe.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
New | JEA received a subpoena from State Attorney Melissa Nelson’s office seeking a broad swath of communication records, including discussions involving the City Council president and a lobbying firm that employs ex-Jax Mayor Lenny Curry. floridatrib.org/2026/04/13/s...
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State attorney sends JEA subpoena for records about former mayor's lobbying firm
The subpoena, obtained by the Florida Trib and News4Jax, suggests prosecutors remain interested in probing what has mushroomed into an increasingly bitter but convoluted feud
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The Florida Trib @thefloridatrib.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
A school bus camera program that wrongfully issued countless $225 violation notices to Miami-Dade motorists -- and that was suspended after a Florida Trib/ @miamiherald.com investigation -- is coming to Duval County. floridatrib.org/2026/04/06/s...
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School bus camera program became a bungled mess in Miami-Dade. It’s coming to Duval next
The Duval County school district decided to partner with BusPatrol America despite its major issues in other parts of the state.
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Nate Monroe @natemonroe.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
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The Florida Trib @thefloridatrib.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
A group of investors and Florida Power & Light’s parent company, NextEra, told a federal judge in recent days that they have agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit accusing the company of securities fraud. floridatrib.org/2026/03/25/s...
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Settlement could close the book on FPL's past controversies
Investors argued that FPL officials made misleading statements while they were navigating a series of controversies uncovered by Florida newspapers
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The Florida Trib @thefloridatrib.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
The Florida Trib is proud to be a Founding Newsroom of Local News Day. Find an event near you, meet journalists and learn how to be a conscious consumer of news. floridatrib.org/events/
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Court settlement could close the book at last on past controversies involving #Florida Power & Light, the state's biggest & most powerful utility. floridatrib.org/2026/03/25/s... via @natemonroe.bsky.social
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Settlement could close the book on FPL's past controversies
Investors argued that FPL officials made misleading statements while they were navigating a series of controversies uncovered by Florida newspapers
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Nate Monroe @natemonroe.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
New | A new anti-terrorism law strengthens the governor’s ability to shut down campus protests he doesn’t like, and it comes on top of his efforts to install allies as college presidents and reshape academic offerings to eliminate “woke” content. floridatrib.org/2026/03/19/w...
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With anti-terror law, DeSantis has new tool to reshape higher-ed
Campus protesters, already targeted by Florida's governor, face new legal peril
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Nate Monroe @natemonroe.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
New | A new anti-terrorism law strengthens the governor’s ability to shut down campus protests he doesn’t like, and it comes on top of his efforts to install allies as college presidents and reshape academic offerings to eliminate “woke” content. floridatrib.org/2026/03/19/w...
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With anti-terror law, DeSantis has new tool to reshape higher-ed
Campus protesters, already targeted by Florida's governor, face new legal peril
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Nate Monroe @natemonroe.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
New | The Florida Legislature passed a law that could disenfranchise and ensnare eligible voters into prolonged paperwork disputes with the state, including a generation of Black voters who were born at home because they were barred from segregated hospitals. floridatrib.org/2026/03/13/f...
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Florida lawmakers approve bill requiring proof of citizenship to vote
Critics say the change could wrongfully prevent thousands of eligible Floridians from voting over paperwork technicalities
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Medicaid work requirements didn’t work in other states, but #Florida considers trying it anyway floridatrib.org/2026/03/11/m...
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Medicaid work requirements didn’t work in other states. Florida considers trying it anyway
Work requirements in other states have cost taxpayers tens of millions of dollars, with little to show for it, and those who keep an eye on Florida’s lead family welfare agency question how the troubl...
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Nate Monroe @natemonroe.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
New @thefloridatrib.bsky.social | Florida already has one of the most miserly Medicaid programs in the country - and one that is highly dysfunctional, recently excoriated by a federal judge. But lawmakers could add a new regulatory hurdle anyway. floridatrib.org/2026/03/11/m...
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Medicaid work requirements didn’t work in other states. Florida considers trying it anyway
Work requirements in other states have cost taxpayers tens of millions of dollars, with little to show for it, and those who keep an eye on Florida’s lead family welfare agency question how the troubl...
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Ken Vogel @kenvogel.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
For most of my journalism career, pardons were considered criminal justice or human interest stories. Now, thanks to Trump's transactional approach, they're part of the lobbying & influence beat. A look behind the scenes of the @nytimes.com's clemency coverage:
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How The Times Tracks Down the Connections Behind Trump’s Pardons
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Nate Monroe @natemonroe.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
New @thefloridatrib.bsky.social | Under Gov. Ron DeSantis, Florida has spent three-quarters of a billion dollars creating a kind of parallel national security apparatus. A controversial series of surveillance and domestic terrorist bills will add to that accounting. floridatrib.org/2026/03/03/c...
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'Constitutional trainwreck': Florida lawmakers seek surveillance crackdown
The legislation, which has come under fierce criticism from civil-rights and free speech advocates, represents another expansion of Florida’s security apparatus under Gov. Ron DeSantis.
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The Florida Trib @thefloridatrib.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
NEW: A package of bills advancing through the Florida Legislature would empower the governor and Cabinet to designate groups as “domestic terrorist organizations” based on secret evidence. floridatrib.org/2026/03/03/c...
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'Constitutional trainwreck': Florida lawmakers seek surveillance crackdown
The legislation, which has come under fierce criticism from civil-rights and free speech advocates, represents another expansion of Florida’s security apparatus under Gov. Ron DeSantis.
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Nate Monroe @natemonroe.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
New @thefloridatrib.bsky.social | Under Gov. Ron DeSantis, Florida has spent three-quarters of a billion dollars creating a kind of parallel national security apparatus. A controversial series of surveillance and domestic terrorist bills will add to that accounting. floridatrib.org/2026/03/03/c...
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'Constitutional trainwreck': Florida lawmakers seek surveillance crackdown
The legislation, which has come under fierce criticism from civil-rights and free speech advocates, represents another expansion of Florida’s security apparatus under Gov. Ron DeSantis.
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
New records show #Florida Gov. Ron DeSastrous burned thru more than $1 million a day on his Everglades concentration camp floridatrib.org/2026/03/01/n...
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New records show Florida officials burned more than $1.2 million per day on 'Alligator Alcatraz'
Last August, the Florida Division of Emergency Management requested a $1.49 billion grant from the federal government, underscoring the staggering scale of spending of taxpayer dollars on federal immi...
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Nate Monroe @natemonroe.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
New records obtained by @thefloridatrib.bsky.social show Florida officials burned more than $1.2 million per day on ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ - sometimes substantially more - and originally sought $1.4 billion from the feds. floridatrib.org/2026/03/01/n...
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New records show Florida officials burned more than $1.2 million per day on 'Alligator Alcatraz'
Last August, the Florida Division of Emergency Management requested a $1.49 billion grant from the federal government, underscoring the staggering scale of spending of taxpayer dollars on federal immi...
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Nate Monroe @natemonroe.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
New @thefloridatrib.bsky.social, published in partnership with @motherjones.com | Signs of suffering in Florida’s executions have not deterred Gov. Ron DeSantis from writing a record number of death warrants floridatrib.org/2026/02/27/f...
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Florida continues its execution spree despite problematic track record
Florida's execution spree came even as its lethal injection protocol has come under scrutiny, prompting fears that those executed are at risk of complications and needless suffering.
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Nate Monroe @natemonroe.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
At trial, a federal judge lambasted Florida's claimed evidence of high rates of invalid petitions as "beyond junk science." A long look at the rise and fall of Floridians' right to change their constitution from our statehouse reporter, Kate Payne.
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
As U of #Florida considers buzz sawing 1,000 trees, critics feel stumped & muted floridatrib.org/2026/02/23/t...
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As UF considers buzz sawing 1,000 trees, critics feel stumped, muted
The University of Florida is planning to demolish an on-campus conservation area known as Graham Woods — a project that would chop down roughly 1,000 trees in a mini-forest favored by nature lovers an...
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Nate Monroe @natemonroe.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
New | UF forced critics of a plan to buzzsaw 1,000 trees to report in person to a room under the football stadium, even though the meeting was virtual - the latest in a series of important higher-ed decisions being made with increasing secrecy. floridatrib.org/2026/02/23/t...
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As UF considers buzz sawing 1,000 trees, critics feel stumped, muted
The University of Florida is planning to demolish an on-campus conservation area known as Graham Woods — a project that would chop down roughly 1,000 trees in a mini-forest favored by nature lovers an...
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