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Former Florida House District 20 candidate Elijah Manley surrendered to authorities Thursday and was booked into the Broward County Jail on two counts of making written threats to kill or cause bodily injury. Manley, a 27-year-old Democrat, faces the charges over social media posts he made shortly after losing the August election, according to an arrest warrant obtained by CBS News Miami. Investigators said the warrant stems from a series of Facebook posts exchanged between Manley and two other people. According to the warrant, one post said: "Every Democrat needs to get behind the Democratic nominee for Senate. Anybody not...

Imtiaz Mohammad is running as a Republican – but he calls Pakistan his “motherland” and says anything he does will be “related to Pakistan.” After losing as a Democrat, he switched parties. His real goal: elect as many Muslims as possible – commissioners, congressmen, everything – until politicians must come begging the Muslim voting bloc. He wants all Muslims “on one page.” He is not running for Americans. He is running for Islam and Pakistan. Why is the Florida GOP still featuring him? Florida, do better. ... Mohammad, a Pakistani immigrant and former Democrat (Bernie/Squad supporter, ICE abolitionist, sanctuary-state advocate),...

Unhinged DSAer Florida Democratic Senate candidate Angie Dixon is against prisons unless they are used to house Trump and her Republican opponent Ashley Moody. She doubled and tripled down on it during a CNN interview where Senator Chris Murphy looked like he wanted to bolt for the exit as her campaign imploded live on-air.Florida Democratic Senate candidate Angie Nixon appeared on CNN Wednesday, claiming that she never wanted to abolish prisons because she wants to imprison President Trump and her Republican opponent Sen. Ashley Moody. Nixon, who is a card-carrying member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), which has...

A 71-year-old man was fatally savaged by a 12-foot alligator while fishing on the shoreline in Florida on Friday afternoon. The Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission identified the victim as Steven Hamilton of Winter Garden, according to FOX35. Emergency crews rushed to the scene at around 5 p.m. after Hamilton was mauled by the beast while on the shoreline of Lake Apopka, 15 miles northwest of Orlando.

At first glance, it reads like satire – something so grotesque and absurd that it cannot possibly be real. But it is real. In Central Florida, Stand With Abortion Now (“SWAN”) is selling merchandise that turns the intentional killing of unborn children into a joke, a fashion statement, and a fundraising opportunity. We are linking to SWAN’s own website once so readers can see the organization’s words and merchandise for themselves. What follows is not parody. It is how SWAN describes – and markets – its work. SWAN is a pro-abortion clinic-escort group founded in June 2022, immediately after the...

Florida Democratic Senate candidate Angie Nixon said Wednesday she wants her Republican opponent, U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody, R-Fla., locked up and punished in jail. "The fact remains that Ashley Moody is a lying, cheating, thieving, scamming person who basically took $10 million from sick kids for the Medicaid program. And she rerouted that into two political slush funds for Ron DeSantis to defeat two citizen-led ballot initiatives," Nixon told CNN host Kasie Hunt. "She also voted to end healthcare for over 440,000 people here in the state of Florida. And they are spreading, like, a lot of disinformation and lies...

The responses to the natural disasters will show the difference between red and blue rule. Florida's Gov. Ron DeSantis and California's Gov. Gavin Newsom have mixed it up on various occasions as to whose state is better governed. Now that two hurricanes are hitting each state at the same time, it's time for those claims about response management to be inspected side by side. Here we have Florida, whose panhandle was beset by Category 2 Hurricane Isaias: [Numerous X posts from Florida at article] We see leadership and communication from De Santis, weeks of preparation including securing federal resources, helpful...

Two women consulted a man named Mark Stephen Asea for computer troubles. Asea runs a TikTok channel where he identifies as a "Demonologist," "Clairsentient," "Empath," "PTSD," "Grey Hat Hacker" and "Woodsman." Asea reportedly hacked their devices and began to post their personal information to his TikTok channel. Fox News reports, In a video reviewed by a detective, Asea allegedly rattled off details about one woman's devices and claimed to know her recent spending. ‘Let's talk about your actual password,' he said, according to a transcript in the affidavit. ‘How about we talk about the last 10 purchases you made online?'...

Florida voters will decide three certified statewide constitutional amendments on the November 3, 2026 general election ballot, all placed by the state legislature. Each measure requires 60% approval to pass. Amendment 1 (Budget Stabilization Fund): Increases the cap on the state’s "rainy day" fund from 10% to 25% of net general revenue and mandates annual transfers of the lesser of $750 million or the amount needed to reach that cap, allowing withdrawals for critical state needs. Amendment 2 (Agricultural Property Tax Exemption): Exempts tangible personal property used for agricultural production or agritourism—such as farm equipment and tools—from local property taxes,...

Claude, it turns out, is not a reliable confidant. According to a report from Gulf Coast Now, a Florida woman was arrested last month for allegedly making threats against local law enforcement in a conversation with Anthropic’s chatbot. Per the outlet, which cites the arrest report, the 30-year-old woman from Bonita Springs, Florida, was apparently having an ongoing private conversation with Claude in which she made multiple threats directed at the Lee County Sheriff’s Office. The first threat, registered on September 26 at 5:10 AM, she allegedly wrote: “I’m going to shoot up the sheriff’s right the [expletive] now.” In...

Florida Democrat Gubernatorial candidate David Jolly went on the record last week openly “begging” national Democrats to pour money into his race against Republican Byron Donalds. However, Jolly made a habit of staying in Ritz Carlton hotels in at least six separate cities with donor funds during his campaign, according to campaign finance disclosures. Jolly has stayed at Ritz Carlton locations during campaign travel in Miami, Washington, D.C., Naples, Fort Lauderdale, Boston, and New York City. Average room rates range from $500 to over $1,200 during peak times in most of the locations in which Jolly has stayed. X user...

A US judge dismissed a federal case on Thursday that accused a Jamaican national of illegally voting, finding the law criminalizing noncitizen voting was unconstitutional and delivering a blow to the Trump administration’s campaign against alleged election fraud. The ruling by Miami-based US District Judge David Leibowitz applies only to the case of Florida resident Chelsea Cox, who was charged in October 2025 with illegally voting in the 2020 election. It is not binding for judges in other cases. It marks a setback for President Donald Trump’s administration on noncitizen voting, a cornerstone of its push to highlight alleged election...

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. - A Florida middle school teacher has been arrested under suspicion of child abuse after she allegedly grabbed a student's arm and "dragged" him out of the classroom and into the hallway, according to the Seminole County Sheriff's Office. Seminole County teacher arrested What we know: Fada Concepcion is a 7th grade science teacher at Tuskawilla Middle School and has been employed with Seminole County Public Schools for 29 years, the district said. She was arrested on Oct. 1 for suspected child abuse after a student said he was "dragged" by his arm from his desk, out...

A Florida mother was arrested after allegedly leaving her four young children — including a 2-month-old infant and a 2-year-old — home alone as she took a three-night cruise to the Bahamas, visibly shocking the judge hearing the case. “Who leaves four little kids alone to go on a cruise?” Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Mindy Glazer incredulously asked Nathalie Belizaire, 29, as she appeared in court with her lawyer by video call Tuesday. “The poor kids were home alone!” she exclaimed, Local 10 reports. Belizaire was charged with four counts of child neglect after she flitted off for a three-night cruise...

Americans cannot defend the United States without the help of illegal migrants, said Republican Rep. Maria Salazar (R-FL) on Monday. Salazar’s comments came as she joined Democrats to tout her “Dignidad” amnesty for at least 15 million illegal aliens, saying: Let them stay … Let them continue contributing to the number one economy in the world, so we can continue being the number one military in the world. [If] we don’t have the economy, we don’t have the guns, and we cannot defend ourselves. There is little evidence that the nation’s stock of at least 15 million illegal migrants —...

Pro-illegal alien Congresswoman Maria Salazar (R-FL) announced on Wednesday that she introduced a bipartisan bill, co-sponsored by Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-TX), to grant work visas to illegal aliens. She says the bill is “not amnesty,” but work visas for illegal aliens is literally amnesty. Republican co-sponsors of the bill include Mike Lawler (R-NY), David Valadao (R-CA), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Gabe Evans (R-CO), Marlin Stutzman (R-IN), Don Bacon (R-NE), and Young Kim (R-CA). Salazar, the primary sponsor, has appeared along with Democrat Governor of Illinois, JB Pritzker, and Delaware Democrat Senator Chris Coons, a close...

Rep. Maria Salazar (R-FL) lectured Americans while in Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting, urging them to accept amnesty for the nation’s 11 to 22 million illegal aliens. During a panel discussion alongside Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), and others, Salazar said some form of amnesty is necessary for illegal aliens living across the United States. She said: We need to also give dignity to those people who are in the country and those are the people that I represent. We’re talking about 13 to 15 million people — who are, most of them, Hispanics,...

Rep. Maria Salazar (R-FL) lectured Americans while in Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting, urging them to accept amnesty for the nation’s 11 to 22 million illegal aliens. During a panel discussion alongside Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), and others, Salazar said some form of amnesty is necessary for illegal aliens living across the United States. She said: We need to also give dignity to those people who are in the country and those are the people that I represent. We’re talking about 13 to 15 million people — who are, most of them, Hispanics,...

An 11-year-old’s ride to a fishing spot in Oviedo, Florida, ended with police stopping him, fingerprinting him, towing his electric dirt bike, and ordering him to appear in court. Cade Kirchner, a sixth grader, was riding toward a nearby pond with his fishing pole on Labor Day, September 7. His father, Chris Kirchner, said Cade was about 300 feet from home and traveling on the road’s shoulder. The family says the bike was limited to 20 miles per hour. FOX 35 Orlando reported that police classified it as a motorcycle under Florida law. They say the 4,500-watt machine has pegs...

A Florida man pleaded guilty for his role in a COVID-era healthcare fraud scheme, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan announced Thursday. Hasan “Lucas” Seyhun, 45, of Miami, Florida, admitted guilt Wednesday to conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud for his part in documenting more than $500 million in fake claims to government-backed health programs, according to the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) news release. Seyhun previously served as the chief operating officer of New York-based Fast Lab Technologies (Fast Lab), which provided “no cost” COVID-19 tests during the pandemic that customers could purchase online via the company’s...