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HAPPENING TONIGHT -- Per Florida Playbook's @MarcACaputo and Matt Dixon: "To celebrate Rick Scott officially becoming Florida's junior U.S. Senator, his New Republican PAC is throwing a 'black tie optional' Sunshine Ball in D.C. tonight... 1/
... at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium on Constitution Avenue. A few Scott critics (including a Republican) flagged the event to us as an example of the gov-turned-senator entering his new job on a tone-deaf note in the capital amid a federal government shutdown. 2/
"While many federal workers go without pay, special interests can pony up $100,000 for a 'Platinum' sponsorship (includes VIP reception, photo op, VIP ball section access, special recognition), etc." You can click on the invitation in the newsletter. 3/
As a Floridian I am appalled at this. IMO Senator Rick Scott R-FL is showing his constituents and Washington that he's the same Trump acolyte who lately was @FLGovScott: a bald head of brainless brass. 4/x
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Barbara Hall
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Very disturbing story of whales being caught and illegally held captive to sell to Chinese marinelands was reported by @dodo and @CBSNews in the fall. Now re-verified by @snopes. Watch CBS video report here. cbsnews.com/news/russia-wh…
Snopes report: snopes.com/fact-check/wha…
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Barbara Hall
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UPDATE: Only Romaine Lettuce From Central and Northern California Is Unsafe, F.D.A. Says nyti.ms/2DM0gyf
@FDAfood 26NOV full statement:
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Barbara Hall
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An academic philosopher discusses the moral pros and cons of staying on the troubled social media platform, and when to consider dropping it. Readers' responses are plentiful and diverse. nyti.ms/2zqSUx8
H/T NYT reader Mike in Dallas:

Protect your privacy as you do your health. Leave @facebook and then:

*Get a VPN connection and use it
*Use Safari and Mozilla as browsers
*Use DuckDuckGo for searches. Avoid Google and Bing unless absolutely necessary. 1/
*Get off all social media. (LinkedIn may be an exception for business relationships but don't use it for anything else.)
*Stay off propaganda sites no matter how titillating
*Access and support fact-based accountable journalism 2/x
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Ali Adair
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💥Rick Scott turned down federal money in #Florida for Medicaid!

🔥🤥His Attorney General Pam Bondi is suing the federal government to DISMANTLE the ACA, specifically to remove protections for pre-existing conditions!

‼️You think he didn’t approve that?

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🔥Rick Scott doesn’t support medical coverage for people who are less fortunate.

‼️🤥Listen to the awkward wording of that stupid ad.

💥Better yet, watch the #Democratic rebuttal.👇

🔥He also doesn’t want those “less fortunate people (99.9% of the remainder of the world) on his private beaches either!

You need to ask yourself, how did he get that money? He was CEO of a company that defrauded Medicare!

Take your private plane out of FL!

#Beaches4Everyone!
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Ali Adair
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🔥🔥If you're a Republican in #Florida and still thinking of voting for Rick Scott (Re-elect Bill Nelson @NelsonForSenate), please read this first.

📄I am going to post excerpts from a report prepared by American Bridge 21st Century, a progressive #Democratic American Super PAC.
🔥This report is entitled "Florida Man Buys State/Koch Impacts in the Sunshine State and although written by a Super PAC, it is backed up with countless news articles from reputable news outlets.

ℹ️It only includes years 2010-2016.
▶️This thread will try to summarize the pages from the report (which I'll post) which refer to Rick Scott and how the Koch Network helped him and hurt #Floridians.
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Jennifer Cohn
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Here are the races I'm watching especially closely in November. Please share yours too. I may add them to my list! Thanks.

@TonyEvers v. Scott Walker (Koch-funded, anti-LGBTQ) for Wisconsin governor.

@IronStache v. Bryan Steill for #WI01 1/
@AndrewGillum v. Ron DeSantis ("Let's not monkey it up") for Florida governor

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Ali Adair
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SCANDAL #7
It’s official, FL bill HB 631 is now a law and could affect a beach near you even if you don’t live in Florida. Walton County residents were out in droves yesterday (July 1st) to protest this new law, signed by Governor Rick Scott last month.
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This new #Florida law invalidates local municipalities' #customaryuse ordinances and effectively locks the general public out of using the best parts of Florida’s beaches—unless they can afford to rent (or buy) beachfront property. Lawsuits are pending. #standyoursand
🚫HB 631 bans local municipalities from adopting ordinances to regulate public access to Florida’s beaches above the mean water line.

⁉️But first, where’s the mean water line?

💥In short, it's where everyone wants to sit when they're at the beach.

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Ali Adair
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SCANDAL #6
Just weeks after Rick Scott became Governor, he followed through on a campaign promise to sell the state-owned planes used for past governors, cabinet members and other senior state officials.

tampabay.com/news/politics/…
Private plane! Rick Scott is rich! No problem. This plan was supposed to save money for the state of #Florida.
⚡️Scott also imposed a new code of ethics: he barred his office employees and agency heads from traveling in private airplanes without prior approval from Scott or his chief of staff. This new code was designed to stop rich lobbyists from courting state officials.
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Ali Adair
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Continuing my thread from yesterday...
SCANDAL #4
When Rick Scott became Governor in January of 2010, he began a campaign to privatize 30 South Florida prisons and hired Edwin Buss as the Secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections.
“It was one of the most aggressive private prison expansions in the history of the United states, maybe the most aggressive,” Edwin Buss said. While governor, Rick Scott has been through 5 Secretaries of the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC).
Rick Scott also wanted to privatize the health care services of inmates. He hired Elizabeth Gondles to oversee it, but she had to resign over a conflict of interest: her husband was married to the head of the only organization that accredits prison medical services in the nation.
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