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COVID-19 Cover-up: architect and manager of Florida's lauded COVID-19 dashboard has been removed from her post, warns "I would not expect the new team to continue the same level of accessibility and transparency" #BecauseFlorida floridatoday.com/story/news/202… Image
UPDATE: Emails reveal Florida Health Department @HealthyFla officials told data manager to delete coronavirus data, she told them “This is the wrong call,” and the next day they removed her #BecauseFlorida tampabay.com/news/health/20…
#BREAKING: Emails reveal @GovRonDeSantis wanted to "stick it to journalists," cover-up COVID-19 data for asking him "fair and legitimate questions" #BecauseFlorida sun-sentinel.com/coronavirus/fl… Image
UPDATE: Florida's COVID-19 dashboard designer says she was fired after "she was ordered to censor some data, but refused to 'manually change data to drum up support for [@GovRonDeSantis's] plan to reopen'" #BecauseFlorida cbs12.com/news/local/wom…
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#BREAKING: @MiamiPD Sergeant Mario Menegazzo, who handcuffed black doctor on his way to test homeless for COVID-19 "for no reason" in front of his own house, has 8 citizens complaints and 13 use of force incidents in just 8 years #BecauseMiami miaminewtimes.com/news/miami-pol…
Sgt. Menegazzo is well connected: his brother-in-law is Assistant @MiamiPD Chief @AAguilarMPD and his father-in-law is former Miami police union president Armando Aguilar, Sr. (in the Coors shirt on the right) #BecauseMiami
#BREAKING: @MiamiPD Sergeant Mario Menegazzo, who handcuffed black doctor on his way to test homeless for COVID-19 "for no reason" in front of his own house, has only a high school education, failed a lie detector test and was hired anyway by the department #BecauseMiami
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Florida oncology network that owes $120 million fine after admitting to criminal conspiracy to bilk cancer patients just got $67 million in COVID-19 aid, making them the state's largest recipient of federal coronavirus relief dollars #BecauseFlorida miamiherald.com/news/coronavir…
Fort Myers-based Florida Cancer Specialists "admitted in federal court on April 30 that it worked with unnamed co-conspirators to limit cancer treatment options for patients, agreeing to pay a $100M federal fine — the largest amount allowed by law — along with a $20M state fine."
"At nearly the same time, Florida Cancer Specialists was awarded $67M in federal funds from the CARES Act $2 trillion coronavirus relief bill passed by Congress in March...the largest recipient of funds in Florida from a $30 billion pot of money distributed by @HealthyFla..."
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COVID cover-up: @GovRonDeSantis aide pressured @MiamiHerald's law firm @Holland_Knight to quash public records lawsuit that would force state to divulge elder-care facilities with positive coronavirus tests #BecauseFlorida miamiherald.com/news/coronavir…
"The back-door pressure — through an attorney that had no involvement in the case — paid off.

The law firm, Holland & Knight, told Sanford Bohrer, a senior partner with decades of representing the Miami Herald, to stand down and abandon the lawsuit."
"DeSantis's General Counsel Joe Jacquot sought to short-circuit the litigation. He didn’t call the lawyer who drafted the suit, but another Holland & Knight lawyer, George Meros; who's represented the state on numerous matters, including recent efforts to undermine Amendment 4."
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