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Miami Herald •

It didn’t take long for the Trump administration to abandon Venezuelans | Opinion

By Debbie Wasserman Schultz: President Donald Trump’s first weeks in office showed the world an unnerving split screen: harsh treatment of Venezuelan Americans and a warm embrace of Venezuela’s brutal dictator, Nicolás Maduro.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem quickly reversed the Biden administration’s most recent extension of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Venezuelan immigrants and shuttered a parole program that allowed some Venezuelans to apply from outside the country and enter legally.

Now, some 600,000...
Jewish Insider •

House lawmakers vote to organize a formal Jewish caucus led by Nadler, Schneider

The proposal, pushed by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, was negotiated between her and Rep. Jerry Nadler, who was initially a skeptic. House lawmakers voted on Thursday, in a long-gestating but still unexpected move, to create a formal Jewish caucus for the first time, launching an official forum for long-standing informal work and discussions among Jewish members of Congress. The caucus’s formation comes at a time of, and partly in response to, record-high antisemitism in the United States.

Th...
Bloomberg •

Rep. Wasserman Schultz on Federal Funding Freeze

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D) Florida weighs in on the White House Press Secretary, Karoline Leavitt, stating the Trump Administration is rescinding the OMB memo but not the federal funding freeze and discusses how this will get resolved. She also talks about an emergency meeting House Democrats had to push back against this freeze and the Democratic National Committee electing a new chair this weekend. Rep. Wasserman Schultz speaks with Kailey Leinz and Joe Mathieu on Bloomberg's "Balance o...
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz •

Rep. Wasserman Schultz opposes Trump’s cabinet picks on CNN: “Wreaking havoc in the United States"

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz comments on Linda McMahon, Tulsi Gabbard, RFK Jr., and more of Trump’s cabinet picks on @CNN with Jim Acosta.

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CNN •

Opinion: Fighting anti-Semitism online requires a global effort | CNN

Editor’s Note: The Inter-Parliamentary Task Force to Combat Online Antisemitism is made up of a multiparty group of lawmakers from Israel, the US, Canada, Australia, and the UK. The views expressed in this commentary belong to the authors. View more opinion at CNN.


Given the state of global affairs, it is not a given that we – a bipartisan group of elected officials from Israel, the US, Canada, Australia and the UK – would find common ground in the midst of a global pandemic. H...
Miami Herald •

Don’t be fooled by corporate disinformation. They want to block climate change legislation | Opinion

As Floridians, we know all too well the havoc severe hurricane seasons can inflict on our coastal communities. Every year, tragically, homes, businesses and lives are upturned, ruined or lost.

Advances in attribution science can now demonstrate that man-made climate change has contributed to the increased severity and frequency of these storms — and they are only going to get worse. The costs associated with these more ferocious, climate-cooked storms are enormous.

The federal government spend...
Newsweek •

Elon Musk Is Amplifying Bigotry. He Must Be Stopped

Antisemitism exploded across social media after Oct. 7. Our feeds flooded with glorified terrorists, global intifada demands, and violent threats targeted at Jewish leaders. Yet online Jewish hate surged to record highs before then, helping fuel similar historic spikes in antisemitic incidents and hate crimes last year, according to the ADL and FBI.So why do social media platforms seem hardwired for antisemitic hatred?We know the answer: Social media algorithms deliver us content most geared to...
Orlando Sentinel •

Boys’ club? Parties with free cigars, liquor draw fire from women leaders

By David Damron: Fred Leonhardt – Republican fundraiser, big-time lobbyist and top attorney at the GrayRobinson law firm – has long been a key mover and shaker in Orange County’s business and government circles. And for more than a year he has invited fellow movers and shakers – including elected officials such as Orange County Mayor Rich Crotty and County Commissioner Bill Segal – to bimonthly private parties featuring free liquor, cigars and catered food for as many as 140 people.But what makes these gatherings...
NBC News •

Congresswoman blocked from touring mail facility by Postal Service police

U.S. Postal Service police barred Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz from entering two mail sorting facilities in Florida in the early morning hours on Friday, threatening to escort her from the property if she didn't leave.

The Florida Democrat, who sits on the House Oversight Committee, said she aimed to inspect a mail plant in Opa-locka and Northwest Miami-Dade. Wasserman Schultz said union members told her about conditions at the processing centers and shared pictures that showed pallet
Orlando Sentinel •

Crotty made $112,000 on land deal

By David Damron: Orange County Mayor Rich Crotty made $112,000 in a private land venture with a major Central Florida real-estate broker whose projects regularly appear before the county government for approval.On Sept. 24, 2002, Crotty invested $100,000 in a Palm Beach County land partnership with broker Daryl Carter and more than doubled his money in one year.Two weeks before he invested the money, Crotty voted to approve a rezoning of more than 1,300 acres of Carter’s land in west Orange County, clearing the...
Sun Sentinel •

Wasserman Schultz stood strong, and alone, for persecuted aide | Editorial

It’s a book meant for children, but there’s a wealth of adult truth in Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.

“No, no!” said the Queen during the trial of the Knave of Hearts. “Sentence first — verdict afterward.”

A real-life example of this perversity has just played out in the right-wing hysteria over Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Weston, and her part-time information technology assistant, Imran Awan.

To hear Fox News, the Daily Caller and even President Trump himself, the con
USA TODAY •

Wasserman Schultz explains why she didn't fire IT worker sooner

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., said she "did the right thing" by not immediately firing an information technology worker after he was banned from accessing a congressional data network.“I believe that I did the right thing, and I would do it again,” the former Democratic National Committee chairwoman told The Sun-Sentinel in an interview Thursday. “There are times when you can’t be afraid to stand alone, and you have to stand up for what’s right. It would have been easier for me to just...