The Paradise Progressive

20/06/2025

FL Toplines:
AG PUSHES EVERGLADES MIGRANT CONCENTRATION CAMP!!!
Castor v Big Beautiful Bill; pastor wife deportation; flood fears; new laws; sewage spills; next UF prez search

20/06/2025

MAKE NO MISTAKE: WHAT AG JAMES UTHMEIER IS PROPOSING HERE IS A CAMP OF CONCENTRATION IN THE HEART OF THE EVERGLADES.
In keeping with the Immigration Enforcement Operations Plan unveiled by Gov. Ron DeSantis on May 12, Florida's Attorney General is pushing for a hastily thrown up, substandard major detention camp for rounded up foreigners in the middle of Collier County's Everglades. This "Alligator Alcatraz" would likely be the start of a tropical gulag in Florida that would be a stain on the state and might constitute a crime against humanity.

https://x.com/AGJamesUthmeier/status/1935741644101374271

20/06/2025

Rep. Kathy Castor (D-14-Fla.), repesenting the area around Tampa, takes a stand against the Big Beautiful Bill.

Representative Kathy Castor (D-FL) spearheaded a recent letter to Senators Rick Scott (R-FL) and Ashley Moody (R-FL) urging them to vote against the so-called

20/06/2025

Another snapshot from Donald Trump's war on immigrants.

Daniella Isidro said in a Facebook post that her mother, Maria Isidro, had been removed back to Mexico from their home in Live Oak, Florida.

20/06/2025

This could have a direct impact on Southwest Florida, especially in areas subject to flooding.

A cadre of engineers and planners who design America’s roads, bridges, hospitals and other critical infrastructure fear that an emerging tool that would

20/06/2025

This is a very extensive and thorough list of the laws about to change your life in Florida.

Governor Ron DeSantis signed more than 70 pieces of legislation that will take effect on July 1, 2025.

20/06/2025

An extensive, in-depth commentary on the cutting of funds for sewage testing in Florida at a time when the problem is getting worse.

I’m visiting family in Pensacola this week, and I noticed that the local news has been focused on f***s. I don’t mean they’re cracking lots of p**p jokes like SpongeBob SquarePants (“Oh, P**P, you never let us down.”) I mean they’ve been doing Very Serious Stories on how persistent sewag...

20/06/2025

Edu.politics: Getting ready for the next round in what will surely be a fight over the presidency of the University of Florida.

'We urge UF to change course in the upcoming search, and commit to multiple candidates being interviewed by the Board.'

19/06/2025

FL Toplines:
Josh makes it official; Maxwell v ICE; Miami 287(g); FAMU & FIU prezes; no Election Law $; FL Forever hit; AG v Ilhan; comment, Ron v democracy

19/06/2025

Democrat Josh Weil makes it official.

Democrat Josh Weil of Florida is running for the U.S. Senate in 2026. Weil made the announcement Wednesday. He raised millions of dollars for an unsuccessful U.S.

19/06/2025

A detailed account of Josh Weil's run for the US Senate.

Josh Weil drew national attention this year when he significantly outfundraised his Republican opponent in a deep-red district.

19/06/2025

"His bill — called the Stop Unlawful Detention and End Mistreatment Act — would require all ICE-operated and affiliated facilities to publicly list all individuals who are being detained, where they are being detained, when they’ve been detained, and why."

Central Florida Democratic U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost on Wednesday introduced federal legislation that would strengthen public accountability of all Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities. Frost argued that ICE agents are abusing the rule of law, skirting due process, and targeting nonvio...