Not Florida Politics

I think about this tweet a lot

(@phillipjerez.bsky.social)

Has anyone ever noticed how vultures fly around the capitol all the time like it's a supervillain's lair?

Florida’s education system plays by two sets of rules. ⚖️

Public schools face strict oversight. Charter & voucher schools take public dollars with far less and can close without warning.

If it’s taxpayer-funded, why isn’t accountability equal?

The Claim: "Record funding" for FL teachers.
The Reality: 𝗟𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 $𝟭,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗮 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿 before deductions: https://bit.ly/44ka5yQ

Florida ranks 50th in the nation for average teacher pay. Bragging about crumbs won’t solve a retention crisis.

Had the displeasure of watching Sen. Pizzo pick on students who came to speak out at the at the Capitol this week. Couldn't believe how he was just having a temper tantrum in the Appropriations Committee meeting like that.

Talking about the meeting on SB 420 btw

Huge thanks to South Tampa Democrats for the warm welcome and an incredible night of conversation, energy, and organizing.

This was a historic first, the first time a statewide candidate has ever visited this club, and it showed in the momentum in the room.

🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️
Trump just cut billions from mental health care.

Then he pardoned a woman convicted in a $200 million mental-health fraud scheme, one of the biggest billing rackets in U.S. history. @tampabaytimes.bsky.social

Everytime I see Republicans polling low on favorability I'm just like who cares.

Republican voters will absolutely hate republican politicians but still vote for them no matter what because they aren't Democrats.

Texas appeals ruling that Trump-urged voting map is racial gerrymandering A federal court in El Paso ruled that the redistricting backed by Trump and Republicans to reshape the map for the 2026 midterms illegally weakened the voting power of minorities.

A federal court in El Paso ruled that the redistricting backed by Trump and Republicans to reshape the map for the 2026 midterms illegally weakened the voting power of minorities. n.pr/44b30At

Don't do any of this.

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Last week, Orlando voters ousted their last Republican city commissioner. An incumbent since 2012, Jim Gray was trounced by former State House member Tom Keen

I dive into the details of the race in my latest article

mcimaps.substack.com/p/issue-261-...

We need a little less Moody & a lot more Grace.

At 103, Grace Linn could choose rest.
Instead, she chooses resistance.
She shows up defending the freedom to learn for every child who deserves to grow up curious & unafraid.

Proof that it’s never too late to stand on the right side of history.

You ask some good questions

Old postcard thing I made from a while ago. Excerpt from an article by @tampabaytimes.bsky.social, photography by @floridascrubjay.bsky.social

This may be old news but the corruption is very much ongoing.

They are lying to you. It’s not that complicated. Floridians deserve a leader they can trust and who will fight for them, not sell them out.
#shutdown #senate #florida

Let’s get one thing straight: 7 million Americans didn’t march because they were angry you were defending their healthcare. They were marching shoulder to shoulder with you.

And you bailed.

#senate #florida

BREAKING: The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to take up Kim Davis’ petition — meaning it will not revisit Obergefell v. Hodges, the landmark decision that made marriage equality the law of the land ten years ago.

Once again, we proved that love is louder.

#LoveWins #LoveIsLouder

Tell that to their founder who had to watch me take her seat

They called me every name in the book
But voters called me their school board member

And last week, voters across the country called them ‘0 for 31.’

Hate doesn’t win
Hope & hard work do
Let’s keep doing both 💪
#useyourvoice #notthemama

#fujifilm #35mm #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm #florida #filmphotography

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Congratulations to NYC's @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social !

Tallahassee! Let's continue this momentum and elect Florida's Zohran Mamdani @jeremymatlow.bsky.social in 2026!

Photography by @floridascrubjay.bsky.social

Americans proved that hope still prevails.

From CA to PA to VA to NJ, voters made it clear: people are done with the chaos. It’s time for progress and a way forward.

Florida, this is on us. Our neighbors, our kids, our communities deserve better.

I'm sitting in the LCS meeting tonight and I think we need to clear something up:

It is INARGUABLE that Charlie Kirk was a “racist, misogynist, homophobic" person.

We support you Darryl Jones!
Come out to future LCS meetings and voice your support for Mr. Jones, tonight has been crazy

"...Democrats choose time and time again to vote against funding the government, prioritizing their own liberal wish list over the needs of the American people." - message from the office of Sen Scott.

Your party controls every branch of gov't, anything and everything that happens is on you.