Flock Surveillance Cameras In Miami-Dade County

Miami-Dade’s Flock cameras were a 12-month trial. Four years later: no oversight report, no audit — and the monitor co-founded a firm that now publicly defends the same vendor.

https://miamiindependent.com/business/2026/07/06/flock-surveillance-cameras-in-miami-dade-county/

Four Months To Go And Still No Fix On Elections — Chris Gleason — CDM Clips

Four months from the next election and the vulnerabilities that decided past races remain unfixed. Chris Gleason breaks it down.

https://cdm.press/video/2026/07/06/four-months-to-go-and-still-no-fix-on-elections-chris-gleason-cdm-clips/

Air Force Engineer Accused Of Cutting Down AI Cameras Becomes Unlikely Hero, Raises Thousands For Legal Defense

Jeffrey Sovern, a 41-year-old Air Force engineer from Virginia, faces 13 counts of destruction of property for allegedly cutting down Flock Safety surveillance cameras. He calls it a Fourth Amendment fight — and 400+ donors agree, raising $15K+ for his legal defense.

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Strong County Mayor's Weak Performance And Miami-Dade's Shrinking Budget Conversation

Miami-Dade County is holding just 2 public budget meetings this year — down from 6 two years ago — for a budget of $13B+ serving 2.8 million people. County officials can't even agree on the actual figure: one number says $13.23B, another says $17B. That's a $4 billion gap nobody will explain.

Commissioner Vicki Lopez called it "absolutely absurd." If the County's own Commissioners can't get a straight answer, what are those 2 town halls supposed to accomplish?

🔗 https://miamiindependent.com/politics/2026/07/07/strong-county-mayors-weak-performance-and-miami-dades-shrinking-budget-conversation/

Efforts To Roll Back Childhood Vaccine Mandates In Florida Stall — What's Next?

Florida's Medical Freedom Act — backed by Gov. DeSantis and Surgeon General Ladapo — stalled after FL House Speaker Perez refused to bring it to a vote. A secret Trump pollster survey found 73% of voters concerned about childhood vaccine mandates and 90% worried about pharma's corrupting influence. That poll was never released.

"The effort to end vaccine mandates in Florida and every other state in the U.S. has been going on for nearly half a century. It is a marathon, not a sprint." — Barbara Loe Fisher, NVIC

🔗 https://miamiindependent.com/health-and-well-being/2026/07/07/efforts-to-roll-back-childhood-vaccine-mandates-in-florida-stall-whats-next/

Support Joe Sanchez For County Commissioner

Miami-Dade’s Board fills vacancies through insider appointments — not elections. Joe Sanchez, a 38-year Florida Highway Patrol veteran and former Miami City Commissioner, is challenging that system. His opponent, Vicki Lopez, was appointed by the Board and enjoys a massive fundraising edge from donors like Related Group.

🔗 https://miamiindependent.com/politics/2026/07/07/support-joe-sanchez-for-county-commissioner/?utm_source=telegram&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=miami_independent&utm_content=20260707_support-joe-sanchez-for-county-commissioner

Trump Fires Remaining EAC Commissioners In Decisive Move For Clean Elections

The Supreme Court's Slaughter decision — ruling 6–3 that the President can fire independent agency commissioners without cause — gave Trump the green light. He wasted no time, dismissing all remaining EAC commissioners Thursday.

New appointees could invalidate voting machines nationwide — potentially forcing a return to same-day voting and hand-counted paper ballots.

🔗 https://www.georgiarecord.com/election-integrity/2026/07/10/trump-fires-remaining-eac-commissioners-in-decisive-move-for-clean-elections/?utm_source=telegram&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=trump-eac-commissioners&utm_content=20260710_trump-eac-commissioners

Trump Just Dropped An Iran Bombshell — Plus Platner Drops Out, Pratt Calls Out Election Fraud

John Gordon breaks it all down: Trump rejects the Iran MOU outright, Graham Platner ends his Senate run amid allegations, and Spencer Pratt claims voter fraud in the LA mayoral primary. Election integrity and Iran — what it means for Florida.

🔗 https://miamiindependent.com/opinion/2026/07/11/trump-just-dropped-an-iran-bombshell-plus-platner-drops-out-pratt-calls-out-election-fraud/?utm_source=telegram&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=miami_independent&utm_content=20260711_trump-iran-bombshell-platner-pratt

July 25th: Miami Independent Proud To Sponsor/Livestream Florida GOP Gubernatorial Debate — Join Us!

The Miami Independent is proud to sponsor and live stream the Florida GOP gubernatorial debate on July 25th at 12pm ET. Hear the candidates make their case — video streams live right on our page.

Don't miss it. @GovRonDeSantis @SenMarcoRubio

🔗 https://miamiindependent.com/politics/2026/07/12/july-22nd-miami-independent-proud-to-sponsor-livestream-florida-gop-gubernatorial-debate-join-us/?utm_source=telegram&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fl-gop-debate&utm_content=20260712_fl-gop-debate

County Mayor Levine Cava Wants A Seat On Both Sides Of The Table

Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava wants to transfer county-owned land under Alligator Alcatraz to the National Park Service — the very agency where she sits on the advisory board. She rejected a $20M state offer last year, claiming the land was worth $190–195M. Now she wants to give it away with no compensation disclosed.

🔗 https://miamiindependent.com/politics/2026/07/12/county-mayor-levine-cava-wants-a-seat-on-both-sides-of-the-table/?utm_source=telegram&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=levine-cava-conflict&utm_content=20260712_levine-cava-conflict