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☆ Jeff Koons 'balloon dog' sculpture valued at over $40,000 accidentally shattered at Miami art festival, and one collector wants to buy the pieces
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-24 | by ( Aaron Mcdade | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A balloon dog sculpture from artist Jeff Koons was accidentally broken at an art festival in Miami. One collector told The Miami Herald and NPR that he is interested in buying the pieces, as its breaking is part of the sculpture's story. Gamson posted pictures and videos of the broken sculpture to his Instagram, capturing the immediate aftermath as the crowd formed and the shattered statue was cleaned up. He can be heard mentioning something about wanting to buy the shattered pieces in one of the videos, and Gamson told NPR this week that he is still interested in buying the pieces. "I find value in it even when it's broken," Gamson told the Herald.

☆ Florida state officials are weighing 'classical and Christian' alternative to the SAT: report
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-18 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Florida officials have been holding talks to use the CLT as an alternative to the SAT, per the Miami Herald. Tate told the newspaper that the SAT had become "increasingly ideological" partly because it had "censored the entire Christian-Catholic intellectual tradition." Florida Department of Education Senior Chancellor Henry Mack on Thursday expressed interest in using the Classic Learning Test. "As you know the State University System is the largest university system in the country that still requires an entrance exam as part of our admissions process. Tate told the Herald that conservatives may prefer the CLT, but he didn't want the assessment to become ideological.

☆ Jeff Koons 'balloon dog' sculpture valued at over $40,000 accidentally shattered at Miami art festival
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-18 | by ( Aaron Mcdade | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A balloon dog sculpture from artist Jeff Koons was accidentally broken at an art festival in Miami. A woman attending the event allegedly tapped the sculpture, and it fell off its stand. The incident will be forgiven as the work was insured, an art advisor told the Miami Herald. The small glass sculpture, valued at $42,000, was on display during a VIP preview event for Art Wynwood when it was broken Thursday evening, according to the Miami Herald. "I find value in it even when it's broken," Gamson told the Herald.

Feb 14 (Reuters) - U.S. federal agents arrested and charged four suspects in Florida for alleged roles in the plot that led to the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise, authorities said on Tuesday. A person holds a photo of late Haitian President Jovenel Moise, who was shot dead earlier this month, during his funeral at his family home in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, July 23, 2021. Veintemilla, a U.S. citizen, lent over $170,000 to CTU Security to finance their operations in Haiti, officials added. The arrests and charges were reported earlier on Tuesday by the Miami Herald and the New York Times. The resulting violence has left much of the country off-limits to the government and led to routine gun battles with police.

☆ Ron DeSantis just notched a win in court. But the judge says he still violated a prosecutor’s free speech rights.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-20 | by ( Marc Caputo | Marc Caputo Is A Senior National Political Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +15 min

In a statement posted on Twitter, DeSantis' office lauded the ruling without addressing those nuances. By suspending Warren, DeSantis also elevated the Democrat’s political profile in his own party. And no one in Hillsborough County was charged with violating that state law when Warren was the county prosecutor. Court testimony from DeSantis administration officials showed that the abortion letter was the major cause of Warren's suspension. Abortion was the only issue mentioned in the first draft of DeSantis' suspension order.

☆ DeSantis casts himself as a national leader at his inauguration amid 2024 speculation, promising Florida will 'carry the torch' of freedom and fight 'woke'
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-03 | by ( Kimberly Leonard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Florida Gov. The Florida inauguration offered a split screen from the national conversation back in Washington, DC, where Republicans performed poorly in the midterms. Florida Gov. Zackary Atkins hangs a street sign with the name of Florida Gov. Retired broadcaster Gene Deckerhoff, who was the voice of the Florida State Seminoles for 43 years, was the MC for the event.

☆ Amar’e Stoudemire arrested on domestic violence battery charge
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

December 18 - Six-time NBA All-Star Amar'e Stoudemire was arrested Saturday night in Miami and charged with a misdemeanor count of domestic violence battery after allegedly hitting his daughter. The Miami Herald said Stoudemire was taken into custody at his Miami residence. According to the Herald, the girl included a photo of herself crying with "blood running down her face." The Herald said Stoudemire was released on $1,500 bail and was given a pretrial no-contact order. The Phoenix Suns selected Stoudemire, now 40, with the ninth overall pick of the 2002 NBA Draft.

☆ Meet 41-year old Judge Aileen Cannon, the Trump-nominated Floridian who will pick the special master to weed through the documents seized at Mar-a-Lago
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-13 | by ( Kimberly Leonard | Azmi Haroun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Judge Aileen Cannon recently reversed a big win that she had handed Trump's defense team. Judge Aileen Cannon gave her confirmation testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee over Zoom on July 29, 2020. There, she prosecuted cases involving narcotics, fraud, firearms, and immigration cases, according to her Senate confirmation document. Cannon during her confirmation hearing thanked Rubio as well as fellow Republican Sen. Rick Scott of Florida for their "continued support." "Judge Cannon is a great judge who I am very proud to have enthusiastically supported," Rubio told Insider through his office when asked about the connection.

The Cuban restaurant Versailles has been a fixture in Miami's Little Havana neighborhood for the last 50 years. Courtesy VersaillesIt's also drawn celebrities, including Beyoncé and Jay-Z, and has been a destination for international tourists looking to eat a Cuban meal or just hang out outside la ventanita, sipping a Cuban coffee, nibbling a guava pastry and absorbing the surrounding culture. Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain drinks a Cuban coffee with Felipe Valls Sr. during a campaign visit to Versailles in 2011. “This is kind of their ground zero, the epicenter of the Cuban American community. On its website, Versailles calls itself “the world’s most famous Cuban restaurant.”

☆ Top Florida lawmakers want to change state law so DeSantis can run for president in 2024 without resigning as governor
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( Kimberly Leonard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Republicans in Florida want to change the law so DeSantis can run for president and keep his job. The comments came as the new GOP legislature and leaders were sworn in Tuesday. Ron DeSantis could run for president without resigning from his current job. Senate President Kathleen Passidomo echoed Renner's comments, saying it would be an "honor" to have someone from Florida running for president. Under current Florida law, if DeSantis were to run for president then he would have to resign his post as governor — even if he eventually lost the presidency.

☆ Fact Check-Tampa Bay Times headline saying Jeb Bush organizing fundraisers for Ron DeSantis is from September 2018
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A Tampa Bay Times headline which says former Republican Florida governor Jeb Bush is organizing a fundraiser for current Governor Ron DeSantis was published in September 2018, when DeSantis was running for governor. One user who shared the headline on Nov 6 said: “DeSantis is cozying up with the America Last Bush Clan... Money talks. The headline is not recent The original article is viewable (here) and was published on Sept 14, 2018. “The story that you’re referencing is actually a story from our partners at the Miami Herald,” Michael Van Sickler Assistant managing editor, news at the Tampa Bay Times told Reuters. The headline was first published by the Miami Herald in September 2018 when DeSantis was running for Florida state governor.

☆ Incumbent Gov. Ron DeSantis, a national Republican star, faces off against Democrat Charlie Crist in Florida's gubernatorial election
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Kimberly Leonard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ron DeSantis is up for re-election, running against Democrat Charlie Crist. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, is up for reelection against Democrat Charlie Crist, who resigned his congressional seat in August after his primary victory. Florida's gubernatorial candidatesDeSantis has been governor of Florida since 2018 and is the youngest governor in the United States. Still, DeSantis won the 2018 gubernatorial race against Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum, a Democrat, by only half a percentage point, or less than 34,000 votes. His political action committee, Friends of Ron DeSantis, raised nearly $206 million as of November 2, according to the Florida Department of State Division of Elections.

☆ Former Proud Boys member was hired to work at Miami polling station until it surfaced he is awaiting trial for Jan. 6, report says
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Two other former members were hired, and are still in the roles, the Miami Herald reported. A former member of the far-right Proud Boys group was scheduled to work at a Miami polling station until officials learned he is awaiting trial over the Capitol riot, the Miami Herald reported on Monday. Former Proud Boys member Gabriel Garcia in the Capitol on January 6, 2021, according to the Department of Justice. Multiple Proud Boys members were at the Capitol riot, and several of them have been charged over it. He voluntarily testified to the House committee investigating the riot about the role the Proud Boys played in the event, the Times reported.

☆ Miami building evacuated near site of deadly condo collapse
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

MIAMI — Residents of a Miami Beach building on the same street where a condominium collapse killed nearly 100 people were forced to evacuate on Thursday evening after officials determined the structure was unsafe and gave orders to leave. Miami Beach spokesperson Melissa Berthier said around 4 p.m. Thursday that the city planned to post an unsafe structure notice and order residents of the 14-story Port Royale building to vacate immediately. Around 5 p.m., the condo board sent residents a mandatory notice to vacate by 7 p.m., the Miami Herald reported. The site of the Champlain Towers South condo building in Surfside, Florida, that collapsed in June 2021 and killed 98 people is also on Collins Avenue, about 1.3 miles from the Port Royale. A number of buildings in Florida have been evacuated or partly evacuated since the partial collapse of the Champlain Towers South condominium building in Surfside on June 24.

[1/2] The Truth social network logo is seen displayed behind a woman holding a smartphone in this picture illustration taken February 21, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/IllustrationOct 28 (Reuters) - Ever since former U.S. President Donald Trump launched a new media company aimed at rivaling Twitter, there has been a mystery over who provided the money. TMTG launched Truth Social in February in the Apple App Store and in Google’s Play Store in October. Truth Social has been downloaded 2.9 million times across both platforms, according to market tracker Appfigures. Trump had 4.37 million followers on Truth Social as of Oct. 27, compared to the more than 88 million followers he had on Twitter when the platform permanently suspended him.

[1/2] The Truth social network logo is seen displayed behind a woman holding a smartphone in this picture illustration taken February 21, 2022. The involvement of the previously unnamed financial backers of Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) – parent company of social media app Truth Social – shows how Trump tapped his political supporters to launch an outlet aimed at political conservatives and libertarians after he was banned from Twitter and Facebook following the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on Congress. TMTG launched Truth Social in February in the Apple App Store and in Google’s Play Store in October. Truth Social has been downloaded 2.9 million times across both platforms, according to market tracker Appfigures. Trump had 4.37 million followers on Truth Social as of Oct. 27, compared to the more than 88 million followers he had on Twitter when the platform permanently suspended him.

☆ Florida judge orders DeSantis to turn over records on migrant flights to Martha's Vineyard
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Summer Concepcion | Summer Concepcion Is A Politics Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Ron DeSantis must turn over records in connection with migrant flights his administration chartered from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts, a Florida judge ruled Tuesday, saying it failed to comply with the state’s public records law after an open government group sued for the information. Circuit Judge J. Lee Marsh ordered the administration to provide the records sought by the group, the Florida Center for Government Accountability, within the next 20 days, said Michael Barfield, the organization's director of public access. DeSantis’ office did not return NBC News's request for comment on the judge's ruling, which was reported by the Miami Herald. The Florida Center for Government Accountability filed its lawsuit earlier this month, alleging the delay by the governor’s office to turn over records is unjustified. Last month, DeSantis chartered planes carrying about 50 migrants from San Antonio to Marta’s Vineyard, escalating a tactic first used by Texas Gov.

☆ U.S. confident of U.N. resolution, multinational task force on Haiti in early November
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

WASHINGTON, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Washington is confident of securing a U.N. Security Council resolution and finding nations to lead a task force in early November to address the humanitarian crisis in Haiti, Assistant Secretary of State Brian Nichols said on Wednesday. Briefing reporters on a visit by Secretary of State Antony Blinken to Canada beginning on Thursday, Nichols, the top State Department official for Western Hemisphere affairs, told reporters the composition of a multinational task force proposed by Haiti would be discussed during the visit. "I strongly disagree with the idea that a resolution authorizing a multinational force is in peril," Nichols said, adding that he expected the leadership of the force to become clear as talks move forward in the coming days. "I'm confident that we will have something early in November, both a resolution and leadership for the force. Reporting by Simon Lewis and Daphne Psaledakis; Editing by Chris Reese and Jonathan OatisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ U.S. confident of U.N. resolution, multinational task force on Haiti in early November -official
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

☆ The company behind Truth Social fired its co-founder after he shared whistleblower documents with the Washington Post, the publication reported
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The company behind Truth Social fired one of its co-founders, the Washington Post reported. Will Wilkerson shared documents with the Post related to an SEC whistleblower complaint he filed in August. Trump Media fired him last Thursday for sharing "unauthorized disclosures," per the publication. Will Wilkerson, who was the company's senior vice-president of operations, shared documents with The Post related to an SEC whistleblower complaint he filed in August. On Thursday, Trump Media dismissed Wilkerson, attributing the move to "unauthorized disclosures" he made to The Post, the publication reported.

Former President Donald Trump's media company fired an executive Thursday after he shared internal documents from a Securities and Exchange Commission whistleblower complaint with The Washington Post and spoke with the newspaper, the news outlet reported Saturday. In the article, he also described strife within Trump Media, including tension with CEO Devin Nunes, who, as a Republican congressman, was one of Trump's most loyal defenders. Digital World Acquisition Corp. , the SPAC seeking to take the media company public, didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. Trump Media fired Wilkerson for making "unauthorized disclosures" to the Post, the newspaper said. The report comes as DWAC pushes its shareholders to vote to delay its planned merger with Trump Media, which was announced last year.

☆ Digital World Acquisition Corp shares jump after Google Play Store approves Trump's Truth Social
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Jack Stebbins | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Shares of Digital World Acquisition Corp ., the shell company set to take Trump Media and Technology Group public, surged after former President Donald Trump's Truth Social social media platform was allowed on the Google Play Store Wednesday. Android users could previously access the platform through their web browser or through "side-loading" the application through the Truth Social website. Truth Social agreed to enforce content moderation and to remove and block users who publish posts that incite violence, according to Google. The former president had over 80 million followers on Twitter, but he has only around 4 million on Truth Social. Investors have cited these anemic numbers among their reasons for pulling funding from the DWAC-Trump Media merger.

☆ Trump SPAC stock jumps after Google adds Truth Social to Play Store
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Jack Stebbins | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The Truth social network logo is seen displayed behind a woman holding a smartphone in this picture illustration taken February 21, 2022. Shares of Digital World Acquisition Corp ., the company aiming to take former President Donald Trump's media company public, jumped during after-hours trading after Google added the Truth Social app to its Play Store. Google reinstated Parler, a platform similar to Truth Social, to the Play Store in September after the app was substantially modified to comply with Google's policies. DWAC's private investors were set to provide $1 billion to Trump Media upon the merger's completion. Meanwhile, a whistleblower from within Trump Media, William Wilkerson, has provided the SEC with internal documents.

☆ Digital World Acquisition Corp prepares merger-delay vote as Trump Media exec warns company will fail
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( Jack Stebbins | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The former US President announced his intention to create a new social media platform after he was banned from Facebook and Twitter last year. The company is also dealing with the fallout from a Trump Media executive's whistleblower complaint to federal regulators. A senior vice president at Trump Media, William Wilkerson, filed a whistleblower complaint alleging securities violations in August. Trump Media recently announced that the company was exploring legal action against the SEC for delaying the deal. "If they don't come with the financing I'll have it private," Trump said to supporters in an early-October rally in Michigan.

☆ Miami Herald editorial says Gov. DeSantis' is 'flirting' with Christian nationalism and warns of white supremacy link
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ron DeSantis' "Christian nationalist shtick." The publication warned that Christian nationalism, growing in popularity in the GOP, has links to white supremacy. The editorial concluded that Democrats must do more to counter Christian nationalist rhetoric. Ron DeSantis' "flirting with Christian nationalism," warning that it overlaps with white supremacy. But, the newspaper's editorial board warns that Christian nationalism can have dangerous appeal beyond just religion.

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