Lincoln Project claims Ron DeSantis' presidential hopes are ‘just hype’ … A.G. Gancarski  —  A.G. Gancarski has written for FloridaPolitics.com since 2014.  He is based in Northeast Florida.  He can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter: @AGGancarski

Alone and Exploited, Migrant Children Work Brutal Jobs Across the U.S.  —  Arriving in record numbers, they're ending up in dangerous jobs that violate child labor laws — including in factories that make some of the country's best-known products.  —  Hannah traveled to Alabama, Florida …

We are dropping the Dilbert comic strip because of creator Scott Adams' racist rant: Letter from the Editor  —  Scott Adams, creator of the Dilbert comic strip, went on a racist rant this week on his Coffee with Scott Adams online video show, and we will no longer carry his comic strip in The Plain Dealer.

What Fox News Hosts Said Privately vs. Publicly About Voter Fraud  —  No serious lawyer could believe what they were saying.  —  Two days after the 2020 election, Tucker Carlson was furious.  —  Fox News viewers were abandoning the network for Newsmax and One America News, two conservative rivals …

Judge rejected Perry's bid to shield thousands of emails from Jan. 6 investigators  —  The chief judge of the federal district court in Washington, D.C., secretly rejected Rep. Scott Perry's bid to shield more than 2,000 messages relevant to Justice Department investigators probing efforts …

Ukraine Is the West's War Now  —  The initial reluctance of the U.S. and its allies to help Kyiv fight Russia has turned into a massive program of military assistance, which carries risks of its own  —  Two days before the Russian invasion of his country, on Feb. 22, 2022 …

Sanders supporters took over the Nevada Democratic Party.  It's not going well.  —  When Bernie Sanders' supporters took over the Nevada Democratic Party two years ago, progressives across the country were thrilled.  —  Socialists had managed to bring down one of the most powerful establishment forces …

DeSantis has a new book coming out next week.  Here's what his first one said  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday will release his book, “The Courage to be Free,” to much anticipation ahead of his expected plunge into the 2024 presidential race.  But it's not the first time DeSantis …

Feminism taught me all I need to know about men like Trump and Putin  —  Like all abusive men, dictators seek to control who can speak and which narratives are believed.  The only difference is scale  —  s the Russian invasion of Ukraine unfolded, I was reminded over and over again …

Robert Hébras, Last Survivor of a 1944 Massacre in France, Dies at 97  —  Dead bodies shielded him as the Nazis killed 643 people in Oradour-sur-Glane.  He spent his life keeping the memory of the slaughter alive.  —  Robert Hébras, who, shielded under dead bodies …

Trump brutally mocked after tabloid reveals details of his new Mar-a-Lago gig  —  Critics of President Donald Trump are having a field day after learning about his new hobby.  —  Page Six reported Friday that the former president “now has a regular gig” as a DJ at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.

The Texas judge who could take down the abortion pill … By Caroline Kitchener and Ann E. Marimow  —  ABILENE, Tex. — Matthew Kacsmaryk was a 22-year-old law student when he drove to a small city in west Texas to spend a day with a baby he would probably never see again.

The February 25, 2023, edition of the Editorial Board Weekly  —  For subscribers and future subscribers.  —  The Editorial Board is a one-person outfit.  In addition to writing every day, editing a stable of great writers and otherwise paying attention to politics, I'm working hard to make this ditty something I can be proud.

DEA Announces Proposed Rules for Permanent Telemedicine Flexibilities  —  DEA extends many telemedicine flexibilities adopted during the COVID-19 PHE with appropriate safeguards  —  WASHINGTON - Today, the Drug Enforcement Administration announced proposed permanent rules for the prescribing …

Burned Out, More Americans Are Turning to Part-Time Jobs  —  The number of people working part time rose by 1.2 million in December and January—most were people who chose it.  ‘25 hours is the new 35.’  —  Part-time work is exploding.  —  The number of Americans working part time rose …

Brian Stelter defends 2020 media coverage of Hunter Biden laptop story: We never labeled it ‘disinformation’ … Will CNN dropping of Brian Stelter bring network back towards the middle?:  Concha  —  Former CNN host Brian Stelter defended the media's coverage of the Hunter Biden laptop story …

Chinese fighter jet confronts US Navy plane with CNN crew aboard as tensions simmer in the South China Sea  —  Kadena Air Base, Japan CNN —  The US Navy reconnaissance jet flies at 21,500 feet over the South China Sea, 30 miles from the contested Paracel Islands, a group of about 130 small atolls …

5 dead after Care Flight plane crash, including a patient and the pilot  —  Five people — including a patient and a pilot — were killed on Friday after a Care Flight plane crashed near Stagecoach, Nevada, about 45 miles east of Reno.  —  The incident happened around 9:15 p.m. local …

Forty years of Monster Raving Loony wannabe MPs  —  It's 40 years since the Official Monster Raving Loony Party fielded its first candidate in a parliamentary election.  Since then no election count has been complete without a garishly-dressed, garishly-named member of the party standing alongside other hopefuls.