Sources
Huffington Post
Trump Calls For Biden To Reenter Presidential Race In Weird Rant About CBS
Trump Tells Parents Of School Shooting Victims We Need More Guns ‘For Entertainment’

Jezebel
Judge Tells DeSantis He Can’t Threaten Anyone for Airing Pro-Abortion Ad: ‘It’s the 1st Amendment, Stupid’

NBC News
Trump once called Jan. 6 a 'heinous attack.' Now he calls it a 'day of love.'

Sun Sentinel
Beware, Broward voters: Mailers and flyers are full of deceptions | Steve Bousquet

The Guardian
NRA chief involved in gruesome cat killing as college fraternity member

Photos
Officers Assualted during January 6th--from Public Domain via Wikipedia
Donald Trump speaking January 6th--by Gage Skidmore CC BY SA 2.0 via Wikipedia
Ron DeSantis--from Public Domain via Wikipedia
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell--from Public Domain via Wikipedia
Doug Hamlin--from NRA Hunters Membership Forum

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Bill Nojay served in the New York State Assembly from the 133rd district beginning in 2013. But when he’s charged with fraud—he takes matters into his own hands.

Sources
Tina's Story
Democrat & Chornicle
Assemblyman Bill Nojay dies by suicide near family graves--by Brian Sharp and Joseph Spector
Why we investigated the Bill Nojay case
A year later, Nojay's affairs remain tangled--by Steve Orr

The New York Times
Bill Nojay, Upstate Assemblyman, Dies After Shooting Himself at a Cemetery

Rochester First
Details of allegations against Bill Nojay revealed in unsealed criminal complaint

Spectrum News
Legislature approves paying remainder of Nojay’s salary to his widow

Wikipedia
Bill Nojay

Photos
Bill Nojay--from Facebook via NY Post
Bill Nojay at 2014 Memorial Parade--by Daniel Penfield via Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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Elisha G. Johnson began his service in the Florida Senate in 1870. BUT when political power is at stake, things take a dangerous turn.

Sources
Tina's Story
City of Fernadina Beach (Bosque Bello)
Dr. Elisha Graham Johnson

Finding Florida: The True History of the Sunshine State--by T. D. Allman, excerpt via Google Books

Florida Historical Quarterly
Political Reconstruction in Florida--by Jeffell H. Shofner

Officer Down Memorial
Deputy Collector Elisha Graham Johnson

Wikipedia
Elisha G. Johnson
[Charles W. Jones](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_W._Jones#:~:text=Charles%20William%20Jones%20(December%2024,until%20a%20successor%20was%20elected.)

Photos
Elisha G. Johnson--from public domain via Wikipedia
Charles W. Jones--from public domain via Wikipedia

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The Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys housed delinquent youths in Florida beginning in 1900. BUT after decades of misconduct allegations, the facility is finally investigated.

Sources
Hillary's Story
CNN
Storms of Justice: New investigation of additional graves at Florida’s Dozier School for Boys begins

Department of Justice
Findings Report - Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys and the Jackson Juvenile Offender Center

Florida House of Representatives
CS/CS/SB 24 (2024) - Dozier School for Boys and Okeechobee School Victim Compensation Program

Florida Phoenix
FL Sen. Committee approves $20 million compensation to Dozier School victims who suffered abuse

NPR WLRN
Florida's Dozier School For Boys: A True Horror Story
In Final Report, Experts Identify Remains At Notorious Reform School : The Two-Way

Reuters
Remains of 55 bodies found near former Florida reform school

Tampa Bay Times
They went to the Dozier School for Boys damaged. They came out destroyed.

USF Library Guides
Florida's Industrial Reform School System: Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys 1900 - Present

Wikipedia
Florida School for Boys

Zinn Education Project
Jan. 1, 1900: Notorious Dozier School for Boys Opens

Photos
Dozier School for Boys Aerial View in 1900--from Florida Memory via Florida Phoenix
31 Unmarked Graves Found at Dozier School for Boys--by Edmund D. Fountain via Tampa Bay Times
School Grounds with White House--from Florida Memory via Wikipedia (public domain)

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Tracy Merlin has spent 25 years as an educator in Florida. Her activism is centered on gun violence prevention and she works to enact the change needed to keep our students, teachers, and schools safe.

Special Guest: Tracy Merlin.

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Tina’s Story
Hiram Monserrate moved quickly from the New York City Council to the New York State Senate. BUT it was his quick temper that led to his political demise.

Hillary’s Story
In 1963, two black men in Florida were wrongfully convicted of murder. BUT even when evidence clears them of the deed, racism and bigotry delayed commuting their sentence.

Sources
Tina's Story
Associated Press
NY Senate votes to expel convicted lawmaker

Daily Politics
Monserrate convicted of misdemeanor--by Bill Hammond

Gotham Gazette
Hiram Monserrate Has No Place in Elected Office--by Nydia Velazquez

New York Daily News
Bloomberg: Monserrate's Actions 'Disgraceful, Despicable, Deplorable'

The New York Observor (Politicker NY)
Mad-Dog Councilman Champions No Man's Land--by Katharine Jose

The New York Post
Dems say ex-con Monserrate has real shot to win old Council seat--by Michael Gartland and Carl Campanile

The New York State Senate
Hiram Monserrate

The New York Times
Monserrate Is Cleared of Felonies--by Ralph Blumenthal
Monserrate Gets 2 Years in Prison for Misusing City Funds--by Colin Moynihan
New York Senate Expels Monserrate Over Assault--by Jeremy W. Peters
Rallying Around a Politician Charged With Assault--by Anne Barnard

People Pill
Hiram Monserrate

Syracuse
State Sen. Hiram Monserrate partly acquitted in domestic abuse case--by The Associated Press

Vote Hiram Monserrate
About Page

Photos
Hiram Monserrate--New York State Senate (Public Domain)
Hiram Monserrate announcing return to Democratic caucus in NY Senate--by Austin512 (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Hillary's Story
Death Penalty Information Center
The 13 other survivors and their stories--by Sydney P. Freedberg

Local 10 News
Black Florida man wrongly convicted of murder in 1960s dies at age 83--by Sanela Sabovic

The National Registry of Exonerations
Wilbert Lee

The New York Times
‘It's Over’ for 2 Wrongly Held 12 Years--by James T. Wooten

Orlando Sentinel
Pitts and Lee: For 25 years, denial of compensation shamed Florida

Sun Sentinel
Wilbert Lee, wrongly convicted of murder, dies at 83--by Howard Cohen

Wikipedia
Pitts and Lee v. Florida

Witness to Innocence
Freddie Lee Pitts (1937-2020)
Photos
Pitts (L) and Lee leaving a court hearing in 1969--from AP via The Sun Sentinel
Lee and Pitts leaving their second murder trial--via Florida Memory
Lee and Pitts at FL Legislature in 1998--Photo by Don Edgar/AP via The Sun Sentinel

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Tina’s Story
Pedro Espada served in the NY Senate beginning in 1993. But when his high rolling lifestyle doesn’t match up to a civil servant’s pay, an investigation is launched.

Hillary’s Story
Terri Schiavo’s suffered a massive heart attack at just 27 years old. BUT the politics of the case led to a nationwide debate that ends up before SCOTUS.

Sources
Tina's Story
Bronx Times
After over 30 years, Soundview Health Center is gone--by David Cruz

Buffalo News
For Espada, new problems surface as federal investigation begins--by Tom Precious

New York Daily News
Crooked ex-state Sen. Pedro Espada Jr. sentenced to 5 years in prison for embezzlement--By John Marzulli

New York State Attorney General
Attorney General Cuomo Charges Pedro Espada Jr. And 19 Executives With Looting His Bronx Not-for-profit

The New York Times
Espada and Son Plead Not Guilty to Embezzling From Health Network--by Nicolas Confessore and Colin Moynihan
Espada Sentenced to 5 Years for Stealing From Nonprofit--by Mosi Secret
Seven House Primaries Among Most Visible Races in New York Region

Times Union
Espada is back in NY after stepping over line in Penn.--by Rick Karlin

United States Attorney's Office Eastern District of New York
Former New York State Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada, Jr. Sentenced To Five Years’ Imprisonment

The Wall Street Journal
Landlords Stand by Espada--by Eliot Brown

Wikipedia
Pedro Espada Jr.

Photos
Pedro Espada, Jr.--by Matt Ryan CC BY-SA 3.0
Espada on Senate Floor--screenshot of NYSenate via YouTube
Soundview Healthcare Network--via CBS News

Hillary's Story
ABC News
Terri Schiavo Timeline

CNN
Terri Schiavo has died

Mayo Clinic Proceedings
The Terri Schiavo Saga: The Making of a Tragedy and Lessons Learned

NBC News
Ten Years After Terri Schiavo, Death Debates Still Divide Us: Bioethicist--by Arthur Caplan

The New York Times
From Private Ordeal to National Fight: The Case of Terri Schiavo--by Clyde Haberman

Politico
Jeb ‘Put Me Through Hell’--by Michael Kruse

Tampa Bay Times
How Terri Schiavo’s final days divided her family, Florida and the world--by Tom Zucco, Jamie Thompson, William R. Levesque, Kelley Benham, Leonora LaPeter Anton, Thomas French

Time Magazine
How Terri Schiavo Shaped the Right-to-Die Movement

Wikipedia
Terri Schiavo Case

Photos
Terri Schivao--from the Schindler family via The New Yorker
Terri Schiavo, in a PVS, with her mother--by Matt May via Time Magazine
Terri Schiavo Brain Scan: On the Left is CT scan of normal brain; Right: Schiavo's 2002 CT scan showing loss of brain tissue--via Fair Use
Right to Life Supporter--by AP via Tampa Bay Times

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Congresswoman Val Demings represents Florida's 10th District. A lifelong public servant, Rep. Demings broke numerous glass ceilings in her rise through the Orlando Police Department and her election to Congress. The first in her family to graduate college, she became a social worker, then a police officer. In 2007, after a distinguished career, she made history by becoming Orlando’s first female Chief of Police. Chief Demings shepherded the department through the financial crisis, championed policing strategies that put the community first, and oversaw a stunning 40% reduction in violent crime. Today, she serves as a member of the House Intelligence, Judiciary, and Homeland Security Committees, and chair of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery. She made history and stood up for the rule of law when she was chosen to prosecute President Trump’s first impeachment before the U.S. Senate. And in her limited spare time, Rep. Demings rides her Harley-Davidson.

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Special Guest: Val Demings.

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Special Guest: Alfredo Olvera.

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