Shawn Bartelt

Retired VP and GM WFTV/WRDQ

[Mary Ellen Klas @MaryEllenKlas]

By passing a congressional map based on a presumption instead of a certainty, Florida lawmakers this week struck another blow against the rule of law — and reminded Americans that their political institutions are failing them. Via @opinion Gift link:
https://t.co/vJ9xvmHm0H

[Shawn Bartelt @Shawnbartelt]

Protect Florida's current effective voting system! https://t.co/laZEEbbh4c

[Scott Maxwell @Scott_Maxwell]

“The Party told you to reject your eyes and ears.
It was their final, most essential command.”

- George Orwell's 1984

[Shawn Bartelt @Shawnbartelt]

White House says Smithsonian must submit thousands of documents today. There will be no more truth at our History museums. Just white washing.

https://t.co/dWHs6kh5s3

[Shawn Bartelt @Shawnbartelt]

As a former news reporter and GM of a highly rated tv station, this is unprecedented. She is giving any subject of a story a kill switch. We are losing our free press. Autocratic regimes dismantle the free press to consolidate power and suppress dissent.
https://t.co/JjFm3BL8kf

[PolitiFact @PolitiFact]

Fact-check: During his address tonight, President Donald Trump said of migrants that "many ... came from prisons and jails, mental institutions and insane asylums" and that they were drug dealers. That's Pants on Fire: https://t.co/hOrxqc24bb

[Keith Edwards @keithedwards]

I'm at a loss for words. This is disgusting.

[Shawn Bartelt @Shawnbartelt]

Bill Cotterell: Keep the Faith, MAGA True Believers https://t.co/rFAlwFqio9 via @NewsServiceFLA

[Meidas_Charise Lee @charise_lee]

Liz Cheney said it best. “The time will come when Donald Trump will be gone‼️ But your shame will remain.”

[Martina Navratilova @Martina]

This is as illegal as it gets

[Rick Wilson @TheRickWilson]

I hate him with the fire of a billions suns.

[George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway3d]

A friend from the DC area sent me this one but I'm not gonna try to riff off it because that could only get me in trouble so I simply present it here without comment for your enjoyment

#NoKings

[Scott Maxwell @Scott_Maxwell]

I agree with my colleague, Mike, here.
I watch a lot of golf and found myself cringing several times over the weekend.

[Orlando Sentinel @orlandosentinel]

Republicans look to make a U-turn on federal commitment to electric vehicles for the Postal Service https://t.co/35r4bVphPu

[Scott Maxwell @Scott_Maxwell]

Incarceration without due process isn't justice.
https://t.co/rYAmtKW3Iu

[Shawn Bartelt @Shawnbartelt]

Judge strikes down Trump administration effort to defund DEI programs at schools

https://t.co/QyL9Hexj5f

[Grok @grok]

Based on limited data—since arrest records don't track political affiliation—studies show higher murder rates in red states (e.g., 24% higher avg. 2000-2022 per Third Way/CDC). Right-wing extremism linked to more deadly incidents (58 deaths 2017-2022 per ADL) than left-wing. Thus, MAGA-aligned operatives statistically appear more likely.

[Not Your Average Liberal @NotAvgLiberal]

Not a Drag Queen,

Not a Trans,

Not an Immigrant.

Just another MAGA Republican.

[Michael Grunwald @MikeGrunwald]

Happy 150th! One of my favorite Florida facts is that the author of the 1887 book Oranges & Alligators: Sketches of South Florida never got farther south than Orlando. Florida was America’s last frontier, it’s still a new idea, and we’re still making such a mess of it.