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Florida’s Republican governor is now complying with some of the state’s “sunshine laws” requiring transparency thanks to a settlement with an independent watchdog group requires the state to release three years’ worth of the state’s data regarding the spread and impact of coronavirus, including information the state Department of Health falsely claimed at one point it didn’t have, the Palm Beach Post reports.

The Florida Department of Health, under the direction of transplanted Nigerian doctor Joseph Ladapo who was recruited from California, has long been suspected of manipulating the pandemic virus like they were Trump property values.  One-time state worker Rebekah Jones alleged the governor’s office ordered staffers to manipulate the data being released to try to undercount the number of infections and deaths in the state to pump up Republican Governor’s Ron DeSantis conservative profile.

The data, released as a result of a lawsuit from Florida Center for Government Accountability sought information on the number of case and the days where the cases were reported along with number of pediatric cases, hospitalizations and fatalities.  The group also received information on vaccinations, data that will be interesting given DeSantis’s 2021 public flip-flop on their effectiveness.  With one of the top ten highest Covid fatality rates in the nation, FCGA alleges DeSantis’s distribution of misinformation about the pandemic cost thousands of Floridians their lives.

Maybe Trump telling his cult that it was “incredible” how many people were killed in Israel over the weekend should be one of those moments that the mainstream media picks up and covers instead of reporting on Joe Biden being old or how much voters aren’t into “Bidenomics” or whatever. They might want to inform their audience that this sick fuck is actually excited to use the deaths of hundreds of Israelis and Palestinians in the attack and in the IDF’s retaliatory strikes for political gain.

Anti-vaccine and anti-semitic freak Robert F Kennedy Jr made it official on Monday and launched his third-party presidential campaign at a rally in Philadelphia, Semafor’s Dave Wiegel reports.

The conservative-led Ohio Supreme Court rejected a proposed Bellefontaine city ballot measure that would ban drag shows in public places, saying Ohio’s Secretary of State and others changed key languages in the proposal after gathering thousands of signatures for the referendum, the Columbus Dispatch reports.

The court ruled that changes made to the measure made by Republican Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose and other supporters of the measure changed the fundamental operation of the proposal, which originally stated it would create a new law, but when revised amounted to a change to existing law on allowing public performance and demonstrations.

Five citizens sponsored the measure, which sprung from the appearance of a drag performer dressed as an elf in a 2022 Christmas parade in the city.  The performer simply marched in the parade, a peaceful public appearance that cannot be tolerated by right-wing culture warriors.

“The same people that raided Israel are pouring into our once beautiful USA, through our TOTALLY OPEN SOUTHERN BORDER, at Record Numbers. Are they planning an attack within our Country? Crooked Joe Biden and his BOSS, Barack Hussein Obama, did this to us!” writes fat ex-President Trump in a post on his lame Twitter clone, downright itching for Hamas to somehow strike from Mexico.

The signs are subtle but persistent:  Nearly a week after being ousted as the Republican leader in the House, deposed Speaker Kevin McCarthy is holding onto symbols of his old office, perhaps believing that the GOP conference will reinstall him as the Party descends into chaos.

Per Jake Sherman of Punchbowl News, McCarthy isn’t ruling out re-assuming the post, reiterating his claim that 95% of the caucus supports him and his reappointment to the position is “a decision for the conference.” Additionally, McCarthy has yet to surrender the “SpeakerMcCarthy” nee-Twitter account.

Debunking claims that the prosecution has failed to turn over discoverable material in a timely manner and pointing out false claims defense lawyers have made regarding their access to classified evidence, Jack Smith’s office argued that indicted felon Donald Trump’s federal case concerning is possession of government documents should not be delayed past the 2024 elections despite Trump’s assertions.

“The defendants provide no credible justification to postpone a trial that is still seven months away.  They are fully informed about the charges and the theory of the Government’s case from a highly detailed superseding indictment and comprehensive, organized unclassified and classified discovery,” the Special Counsel’s office argues.  “Their unfounded claims of Government noncompliance with discovery obligations do not support their request.  Their claims about their inability to review classified information are distorted and exaggerated, and, in any event, the Government expects that the CISO will resolve any remaining issues this week. There is no reason to adjourn the trial date.”

The persistent attempts to delay the trials past the November 2024 election date are plainly transparent attempts to protect Trump’s political career, and while they may succeed with the poorly-prepared Trump-appointed judge in Florida, it will not prevent Trump’s cases from being heard in public.

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the pest intent on impacting the 2024 presidential campaign as a chaos agent, is expected to announce that he’s leaving the Democratic Party presidential nomination race in which incumbent Joe Biden has a commanding lead, the Guardian reports.

Kennedy’s campaign released a statement that he will make a “much-anticipated announcement in [an] address to the American people” during an appearance in Philadelphia on Monday.  Originally supported by Republicans who thought Kennedy would sap support from Biden in hopes of manipulating the Electoral College, Kennedy’s candidacy has lost support among the right-wing nihilists because his anti-vax message drains more support from Donald Trump and anti-science Republicans than from Democratic candidates.

The US State Department announced nine American citizens have been killed in the three days of violence caused after Hamas launched a massive attack on Israel, pushing the Israeli government to call for a total siege of the region, stopping all food, water and supplies from entering the region, the Washington Post reports.

State Department spokesman Matthew Miller confirmed nine Americans killed throughout the region; it was unclear how many of the US fatalities were in Israel or Gaza.  At least two American legislature, Democratic Congressman Dan Goldman of New York and New Jersey Democratic Senator Cory Booker, were both in Israel at the time of the attack, saying they took shelter in stairways during the bombing.  Goldman was there with his family to attend a bar mitzvah.

After calling an emergency meeting the UN Security Council, US Deputy Ambassador Robert Wood called for the council to condemn the Hamas attack on Israel, but the group retired before issuing a formal statement, Politico reports.  Various delegations on the council restated comments their nations had issued, with Russia and China saying the attacks on civilians must stop immediately and all parties should return to the negotiating table.

Wood called for the council to condemn “this unprovoked invasion and the terrorist attacks,” and demanded that Hamas must end its “violent terrorist activity against the Israeli people.”  Asked if there was an opportunity to restart talks on a two-state solution after Hamas has taken such violent action, Wood responded, “There’ll be time for that. The time right now is we’ve got to deal with the hostage taking, the violence that is going on that’s being perpetrated by Hamas. and we’ve got to deal with first things first.”

“Congressman Goldman, his wife, and three youngest children were in Israel for a family Bar Mitzvah when Hamas brutally attacked Israel on Shabbat and Simchat Torah, one of the holiest Jewish holidays. Congressman Goldman and his family sheltered from Hamas rocket fire in their hotel’s interior stairwell until early Sunday morning, when they were able to safely depart for New York. Congressman Goldman is grateful for the assistance of the State Department and Israeli authorities, and he hopes all Americans can come together to support Israel’s right to defend herself from terrorism and war crimes,” says New York Dem Congressman Dan Goldman’s office in a statement.

With Americans reportedly among the dead and missing after strikes in Israel and Gaza, President Joe Biden has ensured his Israeli counterpart that US aid is on the way, according to ABC News.  Biden’s assurances to Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu come as reports circulate that the Pentagon is sending the Gerald R. Ford carrier group, already in the Mediterranean, further east to assist with Israeli defense.

Former Florida state House member Anthony Sabatini, a fucking far-right nutcase whose name was well known to longtime National Zero readers until he lost a 2022 primary to now-7th District MAGA Congressman Cory Mills, has been retained as defense counsel by a Villages-area man facing charges of forgery and voter fraud for having signed his then-recently-deceased father’s name on a mail-in ballot for fat former President Trump in October 2020, Villages-News.com reports.

Former Florida State Representative Anthony Sabatini and Trump-loving accused 2020 ballot forger Robert Rivernider Jr.

Robert Rivernider Jr, who Villages-News describes as having “served as a Villagers for Trump board member,” was himself ineligible to vote for the Orange Allah in the 2020 election due to his 2013 federal felony conviction in a $20 million real estate scam, for which he was sentenced to 12 years in prison. Rivernider Jr was released seven years into the bid in mid-2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and moved in with his father in The Villages, only for the old man to fall victim to the virus on October 19, 2020. The Sumter County elections office smelled a rat when the signature on a ballot for Robert Rivernider Sr didn’t match the one on his registration and was signed and dated October 16 but postmarked October 23, 2020, so they set it aside for review. Eventually they determined the ballot had likely actually been signed by Rivernider Jr, banned by the DeSantis Regime from voting until he pays restitution to the victims of the decade-old real estate fraud rap.

Senate Democrats are pushing for Republicans to put their normal partisan obstinance aside to speed through the nomination of Jack Lew to be ambassador to Israel, an administration selection that had been submitted in early September, Politico reports.

Besides the appointment of the ambassador, a number of Democrats are pointing to the delays in approving the promotions of military officers caused by Alabama Republican Senator and challenger for stupidest person in Congress Tommy Tuberville, who has blocked nominations of hundreds of military flag and executive officers because he disagrees with a Pentagon policy providing access to reproductive health care to those in uniform.

Hawaii Democratic Senator Brian Schatz, a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, said the committee should immediately approve Lew and “we should do this instantaneously and we also need to confirm a chief of Naval Operations,” adding “This is serious business. If he wants to change healthcare policy at DOD, he can introduce a bill. But he cannot undermine our ability to help our allies and partners.”

Something is creeping up the Mississippi River that could cause as much devastation as an oversized monster in a 1960s Japanese movie, but much more stealthily.  As the Washington Post reports, a salt (or saltwater) wedge devastates communities on its journey north.

A salt wedge is a type of estuary, a waterway where saltwater from the ocean mixes with the freshwater draining from landmasses.  Salt wedges are typically found in river systems where ocean waters creep up the riverbed during droughts.  Because the upper Mississippi watershed experienced low rainfall this season, the Mississippi salt wedge is currently located about five miles north of Carlisle, Louisiana and is expected to reach Belle Chasse, a community of 10,000, within a week.  It could reach New Orleans around Thanksgiving.

At least 300 Israelis and 252 Palestinians are dead Saturday after the cross-border terrorist assault on military and civilian targets in Israel and the IDF’s retaliatory strikes on Gaza, CNN reports.

More than 1,500 Israelis are injured and an unknown number of civilians and soldiers, likely over 100, have been abducted and are being held hostage in Gaza. Injuries on the Gaza side are over 1,700.

Really nothing we can add here that Ronna didn’t already say about how the Republicans see the slaughter of innocent people in their homes. This was after Fox News’s Jennifer Griffin thoroughly debunked the bullshit story that the Biden Administration was somehow complicit in it.

Two Osceola County, Florida women were charged with armed robbery Thursday in the theft of food from a Taco Bell location on West Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway near Kissimee, Fox 35 reports.

It’s only marginally less stupid than the headline and lede would imply. What Olivia Okolowitcz, 30, and Mikailyn Butcher, 21, actually did was steal bags of food from the rack meant for DoorDash, Uber Eats, etc drivers to pick up the orders. When an employee followed them out into the parking lot is when one of the dumbasses pulled a gun and got misdemeanor larceny bumped up to armed robbery. Cops later found the vehicle parked at a nearby hotel and promptly arrested the banditas.

President Joe Biden will deliver remarks about the horrific Hamas attacks on Israeli civilians and the Netanyahu Regime’s already bloody retaliation against Gaza at 2:30 PM EDT on Saturday.