Sunshine Statement

Focused on the civics of We the People and the politicians we elect, particularly (hence the title) in Florida, but also in Washington & around the world.

[Sunshine Statement @SunStatement]

#SunStatement: From a man geographically born, raised and forever shaped in the Sunshine State.

Notice Bob Graham's genuine and heartfelt statements about freedom in Florida.

[FlaFan @FlaFan]

From Florida Governor Bob Graham inaugural address, January 2, 1979:

[Caplin News @CaplinNews]

Spanish-language radio has long been accused of being a conduit for conspiracies and falsehoods. In the past month alone, there have been outlandish claims.

https://t.co/pyVRatAGEH

✍️Sofia Baltodano

[The Palm Beach Post @pbpost]

Florida colleges face $15M hit if state bans undocumented students https://t.co/s5PpCBZXmH

[Haley Britzky @halbritz]

To be clear: While sources are saying this was due to a false alarm by a hazardous materials sensor, the lockdown/shelter-in-place order has not yet been lifted as of ~30 minutes ago.

Internal guidance at DOD said additional testing of the air quality issue could take up to an hour or two.
https://t.co/Ka9KcTLS4j

[Doug Hanks @doug_hanks]

Miami-Dade planning to borrow $350M against the half-percent transit sales tax. https://t.co/utGxo3NE6S The budget:

[Kevin Amézaga @kevinamezaga]

@doug_hanks How are they even getting around the state law that requires referendum funds go toward new projects and not existing projects (PTP was new infrastructure, not maintenance).

[Susannah Bryan @Susannah_Bryan]

Florida DOGE team turns its focus to Fort Lauderdale. Some are wondering why. Is it because of the scathing audit on city-issued credit cards? Salaries and new hires at City Hall? The pricey City Hall tower in the works? https://t.co/lvGpsUf3mb

[Larry Sabato @LarrySabato]

War is always hell, but the Nazis were many orders of magnitude worse than others. As this awful Nazi plague continues to pop up in the USA and elsewhere, it is essential to remember their evil past.

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

The Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Reading Room has come from New York to D.C. and features more than 3 million pages of files. The exhibit is expected to appear in five or six states before the end of the year, said organizer David Garrett. https://t.co/uOWMi0hutP

[Michael Beschloss @BeschlossDC]

Today 1963, two courageous and idealistic young Black Americans, Vivian Malone and James Hood, entered the University of Alabama after JFK had federalized the Alabama National Guard and Governor George Wallace had tried to bar their arrival:

[julie k. brown @jkbjournalist]

Nipple-Gate: How it was more important to protect Trump at all costs than it was for the DOJ and FBI to investigate Epstein's crimes against women and children.

https://t.co/HuBH7n0Wyq

[Variety @Variety]

Six former #60Minutes staffers spoke to Variety about the turmoil that has unfolded under CBS News chief Bari Weiss.

“I have a feeling that Bari will not be overseeing ‘60 Minutes’ for very much longer,” Steve Kroft tells Variety. “I think once the deal gets done with Warner Bros., people will demand that she be let go or move into another position. Everything she’s touched has turned to shit. Everything she’s touched has gone colossally wrong. And I don’t think she’s shown any talent for this position. She’s only fulfilling other people’s agendas.”

Read more: https://t.co/VWtxlYJPJy

[Natalie Korach @NatalieKorach]

CNN's resident fact-checker Daniel Dale hasn't conducted an on-air fact check of Trump in more than three months, a stretch that coincidentally began around the same time Paramount announced its merger with WBD

https://t.co/Dz1WySs2E8

[Sunshine Statement @SunStatement]

Not a ceiling....Just a sign that the current boss is a racist and chauvinist pig.

[South Florida Sun Sentinel @SunSentinel]

After Hegseth cut nine Navy officers, including all the women, from a promotion list, several female officers say they see the unusual intervention as a sign that their careers now have a ceiling. https://t.co/77Io0TaZ5T

[Citizens for Ethics @CREWcrew]

Thousands of Albanians are protesting a luxury resort backed by President Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner.

Meanwhile, Kushner is still working as Trump's special envoy for peace and has not filed a financial disclosure.
https://t.co/nLGuDbS1NA

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

Think about all the column inches and headlines devoted to Graham Platner over the past week versus Ken Paxton and then tell me again we have a ‘liberal’ media.

[Sunshine Statement @SunStatement]

@WFLA Wondering how long he'll stay after the boos start.

[Bill Kristol @BillKristol]

An appropriate post from Zelensky on the anniversary of D-Day. Nothing from Trump. Which is appropriate, since Zelensky is a fighter against tyranny, unlike Trump.

[Sheryl Gay Stolberg @SherylNYT]

NEW: Major posts are vacant. Waves of scientists are gone. Ebola looms. How RFK Jr. manages HHS:

“If the C.E.O. lacked deep expertise in the company’s business and the leaders of its most important divisions were missing, investors would revolt."

https://t.co/QTZtLMUmUl

[Martina Navratilova @Martina]

lol

[Lulu NYT @LuluGNavarro]

The full interview with @ScottPelley . https://t.co/69OMAPlcrn