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Lawyer Kristen Prata Browde has been sharing a weekly list of US charges for child sexual abuse and, surprise, none of them are drag queens

After Florida Democrats suffered massive setbacks in November — even worse than their usual election losses — they're trying to find a new state party chair who who can work through multiple priorities for a party that many believe is facing years of election losses and an exhausting struggle to escape the political quicksand.

The Respect for Marriage Act, which is on the verge of becoming federal law, is alleviating some of the concern same-sex couples have felt in recent months. “I’m sort of divided. There’s certainly a part of me that sees this as a win,” says Todd Delmay, whose marriage to husband Jeff was one of the first two same-sex marriages legally performed in Florida. “I don’t think we should celebrate too much.”

Florida politics — and more — you can read in as much time as your first cuppa joe.

Florida's U.S. Senate candidates, Marco Rubio and Val Demings, are about to hold their one and only debate. Six days later is the one debate between governor candidates Ron DeSantis and Charlie Crist. Despite the vastly different policy views, temperaments and personal styles between the two candidates in each race, they have common debate objectives: Don’t make a mistake, get off a memorable one-liner or two, rattle the opponent enough that they say something stupid — or at least be portrayed that way on social media.