Florida Immigration reporter for @FLPhoenixNews. Previously: @FloridianPress. RTs aren’t endorsements. Reach me at: lcaputo@floridaphoenix.com #gonoles
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May 29
NEW: The Trump admin has paid Florida $58 million for operating Alligator Alcatraz, the first of promised federal reimbursements set to flow into the state
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Jun 12
Not an especially good look for the party from a political standpoint
Wavering from only one candidate invited, to ok now another can come — but not to debate, and now that candidate can’t come at all because of alleged racism/antisemitism
Lots of flip-flopping
Jun 12
Inbox: Republican Party of Florida now kicking out James Fishback from its event later this month … quite the week for the party
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Jun 12
To be clear, not making a statement one way or another on the veracity of RPOF’s allegations.
Speaking exclusively to the disjointed optics of going back-and-forth, creating rules, then bending them, etc
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Jun 12
Incoming ... Fla @GovRonDeSantis criticizes @FloridaGOP for not holding a debate among GOP candidates for governor at its Sunshine State Showdown. Said under the critieria announced & made public this week he would have not qualified back in 2018 ...
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Jun 11
Breaking: Florida unveils $1.45 billion plan to renovate Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. The project is expected to be the most expensive stadium renovation in college football history.
@Swamp_247:
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Jun 10
New: As AI data centers become a fierce wedge issue in Florida’s Republican gubernatorial race, some of the most viral attacks on Trump-endorsed frontrunner Byron Donalds these days are pure AI slop.
Is this the future of Florida politics? @MiamiHerald
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Jun 10
Ahead of David Jolly’s press conference, a Jolly-Graham sign is on the podium
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Jun 10
He’s arrived. So have Gwen Graham, Tina Polsky, Loranne Ausley
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Jun 9
DeSantis says the current budget — including all spending — is over $800 million more than current year spending
He says he will “pare that back” to get spending less than the 2025 budget
TLDR: Expect upwards of $800 million in line-item vetoes
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Jun 9
This is near the number Florida Taxwatch identified as “budget turkeys”
They found ~ $830 million
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Jun 5
This also means that the state has so far only paid contractors less than half of what they owe them
Florida has spent $421 million on immigration related contracts, state spending records show.
Doodie Calls has been paid $94 million. They’re owed a total of $219 million
Jun 5
This report — showing roughly $1 billion in contracts — aligns almost perfectly with DEM’s latest cost projections for the detention centers
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Jun 5
Earlier version of this post said Doodie Calls is owed a total of $253 million for the detention center work, but that’s not accurate.
The detention center contracts totaled at least $219 million, but additional contracts for other activities total another $35 million
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Jun 5
Paralyzed from the neck down, Jake Rogers told his mother of a vision: there was a version of him that was still physically healthy, still studying abroad to become a doctor, still hiking mountains and sailing the seas.
And then he willed it into existence
But tragedy struck last week.
RIP, Jake. You were so young
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Jun 5
This report — showing roughly $1 billion in contracts — aligns almost perfectly with DEM’s latest cost projections for the detention centers
DeSantis won’t say how much he’s spent to carry out his vision for state-run immigration detention centers, but his office has signed at least 55 contracts worth $1 billion over the past year for the effort, a @MiamiHerald analysis found.
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Jun 5
In October, they estimated a $1.065 billion price tag for Alligator Alcatraz alone by June 30, 2026.
They didn’t include estimates for Deportation Depot
These numbers look like Florida can expect at least $1 billion spent by the end of the month
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🚨Trump to nominate Todd Blanche as permanent US Attorney General.
Blanche reacts to Trump’s plan.
“I’m honored and humbled,” he said. “I have a good relationship with the Senate on both sides and I’ll meet with anybody.”
Time to drain the swamp
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Jun 4
#StPetersburg based Democratic state Rep @LindsayCrossFL says she won't run for re-election this year, saying "after much thought and prayer, I have made the difficult decision to not run for re-election during the 2026 election cycle."
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In his debut campaign stop as UF’s lone presidential finalist, Stuart Bell spent Wednesday trying to answer the question that doomed his predecessor: Can he satisfy Florida's increasingly powerful conservative higher education movement?
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Jun 3
Met with @realDonaldTrump yesterday and presented him with a model of the Blue Angels F/A-18 Super Hornet airplane (a symbol of Northwest, FL).
We talked everything CD-1 related AND I got to bring my boys too. They could’ve talked sports for hours!
Thank you, President Trump!
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