Category: Issues
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Cuban-American influencer Alex Otaola facing defamation suit by ex-ally
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
Alex Otaola, a popular Trumpian, anti-communist influencer behind a recall petition against Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, allegedly orchestrated and amplified a smear campaign against a former ally who bankrolled his rise to fame. -
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Billions in Bitcoin recovered by feds in huge ‘pig butchering’ fraud claimed by 9/11 families and other terror victims
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
More than $11.4 billion in the crypto currency Bitcoin, allegedly stolen from a China-Iran crypto mining operation but now in U.S. hands, has touched off a “race to the courthouse” in New York by multiple law firms seeking to claim it for the 9/11 families and other victims of terrorism. -
Florida Bar lets Matt Gaetz off the hook by agreeing statutory rape has nothing to do with practicing law
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
The Florida Bar downplayed a congressional finding that Matt Gaetz, President Trump’s first choice for U.S. Attorney General, committed statutory rape before it abandoned his prosecution. -
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Charter business owned by Rep. Donalds’ wife cut side deals with construction firm, lawsuit claims
By Will Bredderman
FloridaBulldog.org
Taxpayer-funded charter schools overseen by the wife of Florida Republican gubernatorial candidate Rep. Byron Donalds gave tens of millions in construction contracts to a Jacksonville firm that, according to one irate academy’s lawsuit, simultaneously set up investment vehicles to plow money into her side ventures. -
Gone in 41 seconds: Tough gift restrictions on Broward’s elected officials
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Forty-one seconds. That’s all it took for the Broward County Commission to gleefully enact an ordinance three weeks ago disposing of tough restrictions on the acceptance of gifts by elected officials in the county’s ethics code. -
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A Christmas remembrance: Miami’s 2025 loss of Kinard Shirley and 171 others who died in the streets
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Kinard Shirley was one of 172 homeless people who died this year in Miami. He wasn’t somebody’s father or spouse, but he was a brother and a son. Shirley, 37, was a day laborer at a downtown construction site near North Miami Avenue and NW 6th Street. It’s an intersection of history…
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