Category: Government
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New records show Republicans blocked FEC probe into claims FPL used conduits to hide its illegal contributions
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
The spirit of the Watergate scandal investigation was invoked after Republicans blocked a probe into claims that Florida Power & Light used a network of conduit corporations to hide $1.27 million in possibly illegal contributions to federal and state political committees. -
BSO Sgt cleared of wrongdoing sues Sheriff Tony, says Broward prosecutor conspired with Tony to convict him and win elections
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
A Broward Sheriff’s sergeant cleared of battery and falsifying records in the controversial 2019 takedown and arrest of a black teenager amid a mob that had gathered outside a Tamarac McDonalds has sued Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony and two members of his command staff. -
Deerfield Beach asphalt plant worries neighbors, raises concerns about recycling radioactive waste
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Deerfield Beach residents are opposed to reopening a dormant asphalt plant they fear will endanger public health. But there’s more to fear, perhaps, as asphalt plants begin making recycled asphalt for roadway construction using radioactive waste from the state’s fertilizer industry. -
Sen. Rick Scott talks Medicare fraud; no, not his ex-company’s Medicare fraud
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, R-FL, knows a thing or two about Medicare fraud. He built and ran Columbia/HCA, the huge hospital company that’s become synonymous with mega-healthcare fraud since it was forced to pay $1.7 billion in criminal fines, civil restitution in the early 2000s. -
FEC deadlocks on allegations that FPL broke the law by using Matrix conduits to hide political contributions to ‘ghost candidates’
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
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Moscow’s broadcast man in Miami spews right-wing conspiratorial news content
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
Ben Swann is one of the “journalists” who gave America “Pizzagate” – the ludicrous conspiracy theory spread during the 2016 presidential campaign that claimed Democrats were using a Washington, D.C. pizzeria to hold Satanic rituals and sexually abuse children.
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