Richard Luscombe
@richlusc
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Journalist @guardian, husband, father. But not always in that order.
Joined September 2011
Hundreds of #MikeBloomberg2020 supporters waiting for their man at Palm Beach convention center are treated to the noisy Trump Train cavalcade rolling by every few minutes. “Childish,” says an event official
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If scientists are right, Miami Beach City Hall will be under 7ft of water by 2100. The youth of Miami has something to say about it #ClimateStrike @guardianus #schoolstrike4climate
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A perfect escort for #MSDStrong survivors as #RoadToChange Florida tour gets rolling from Parkland this morning: Guac's Dad @manueloliver00 and friends are the motorcycle outriders @ForParkland @AMarch4OurLives @ChangeTheRef
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A perfect escort for #MSDStrong survivors as #RoadToChange Florida tour gets rolling from Parkland this morning: Guac's Dad @manueloliver00 and friends are the motorcycle outriders @ForParkland @AMarch4OurLives @ChangeTheRef
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Trump's supporters of faith are out in force in Miami for the president's Evangelicals coalition rally at El Rey Church in West Kendall. Gates opened at 6am, some were already waiting for Trump's scheduled 5pm remarks #EvangelicalsForTrump
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"Trump is a racist pig," says Carmen Colon, 71, after voting in Buenaventura Lakes, FL. "He just wants to make America white again". Live election blog at
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Why a protest camp in Florida is being called the next Standing Rock
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I caught up with US Congressman @RepDarrenSoto at a polling station in Kissimmee, FL. "It's a race between love and hate, a United States or a divided States," he told me.
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Rescued circus tigers to arrive in Florida after 18-month ordeal in Guatemala
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Miami student's message to the "grown-ups": If you did your job we would be in school." #ClimateStrike @GuardianUS #schoolstrike4climate
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Climate protestors in Miami Beach not mincing their words. Another sign I just saw says simply: "It's fucking hot." #ClimateStrike @guardianus #schoolstrike4climate
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Election Day in Florida: US congressman @DarrenSoto talks Hurricane Maria and the issues that matter to Puerto Rican and other Florida voters
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Delia Diaz, Jeritza Montero and Claire Finzel traveled from Fort Lauderdale to watch Donald Trump rallying the evangelicals in Miami. "Just because you're rough around the edges doesn't make you not a believer or not a man of God," Diaz says #EvangelicalsForTrump
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@MartinPengelly How ironic that when I put in my birthday it returns a Florida Man story I didn’t write.
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So in awe of Manuel Oliver's stage tribute to his murdered son Joaquin. Guac: My Son My Hero had me crying and laughing simultaneously. Big love & respect to my friend Manny, Patricia and Andrea. GO SEE THIS SHOW in NYC and DC @ChangeTheRef @manueloliver00 @ColonyTheatreMB #MSD
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The first time I met the Juarez family, there were tears. Alejandra was about to be deported, leaving her nine and 16-year-old US citizen daughters alone in Florida. Reunited at last, Estela, now 13, has something to say about it: @Alemilitarywife
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This is not one of those #ElectionDay "intimidating vehicles" allegedly putting off voters in Florida. These guys want you to vote!
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US Army veteran Michael Layne attends the Miami megachurch where the president will speak shortly at his #EvangelicalsForTrump rally. Layne praised Trump's "strong action" in taking out Iranian general Qassem Suleimani
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A nice walk to campus this morning on Dads Take Your Child to School Day, although they wouldn’t let me stay! #BCPSDadsMatter @browardschools @FACE_BCPS @RMSnationap
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Trump's Mar-a-Lago club cited for serious food safety violations
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Understated sign of the day award at Miami Beach #ClimateStrike won hands down by this dude @GuardianUS #schoolstrike4climate
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Dr Oz dropped by Columbia amid pro-Trump Republican Senate run – report
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A couple’s quixotic quest to save their drowning island – one rock at a time
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@CaptMarkKelly . and there you go, watched by my then three-year-old from the beach at Cape Canaveral
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Powerful stuff from Guac's Dad @manueloliver00 on a most poignant day @ChangeTheRef Parkland victim’s father in custody after scaling crane by White House in protest
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South Miami city commissioner Bob Welsh showed up at the Fort Lauderdale federal courthouse to pass his verdict on Roger Stone and the Russian collusion investigation
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Shell called out for promoting fossil fuels to youth via Fortnite game
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This lady would not give me her name, and was optimistically panhandling the MAGA crowd at the Amway #TrumpRallyOrlando
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@maxschachter @NationalSheriff @wellesleychief @TheIACP @noblenatl @NASRO_Info @NASSLEO1 @NTOAHQ @MjrCitiesChiefs @MarioDB @RepTedDeutch Good luck Max. Please do for our children what was too late for yours. All respect to you sir.
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Clumps of 5,000-mile seaweed blob bring flesh-eating bacteria to Florida
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Trump supporter who gave $2.5m to fight election fraud wants money back
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Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmed as first Black woman on US supreme court – live
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Rail watching with the kids in Folkston Ga (@kari_paul knows what I’m talking about!), and keeping myself sane while reading about the insane courtesy of this rather excellent tome by my friend @craigtimes. One tweet, two great writers!
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Kissimmee's Puerto Rican voters could swing Florida's Senate and Governor's races. Gillum looking to score big with hundreds of thousands of 🇵🇷 voters
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Media gathering at Wilkie D Ferguson courthouse in Miami. No sign of rioters, protesters or even many members of the curious public yet. Strictly a media affair so far
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‘The last straw’: the US families ending love affair with grocery chain after Capitol riot
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Nurse Angel Allen and her family drove more than 100 miles from Port St Lucie to join the Miami Beach #ClimateStrike Malik, 15, says he just wants there to be a world to visit in the future #schoolstrike4climate @GuardianUS
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@smtravis @browardschools @suptvcartwright @danielgohl Dan Gohl is a massive loss. There have been, and will be others. Hard to be confident in the immediate future when folks as talented, knowledgeable and decent as Mr Gohl are lost to our students. The district is much the poorer for his departure.
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Very, very naughty peccaries: Hungry javelinas plague prestigious Arizona golf course with oversized divots
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@RepDarrenSoto Darren, I had the pleasure of meeting Alejandra, Pamela and Estela and writing their story just before that heartbreaking day at the airport. The story might be unfinished for now, but the final chapters are coming!
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Fatal mauling of 'tiger whisperer' prompts investigation at Florida zoo
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Last public sighting of D Trump as United States president, as he rolls by Southern Boulevard in West Palm Beach, Florida, on his way to Mar-a-Lago
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FL pols supporting #TeamMarco @RosLehtinen @LincolnDBalart @LopezCantera @Tomas_Regalado @CommBovo @RebecaSosaMiami
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Cold in Fort Lauderdale for Roger Stone's federal court arraignment this morning. Bet Donald Trump feels the chill all the way from the White House
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'They're turned off by him': Trump in trouble as Florida's seniors shift towards Biden
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Generation Columbine: how mass shootings changed America's schools
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"Florida always matters," says Brad Parscale, Donald Trump's 2020 campaign manager, ahead of tonight's #TrumpHomecoming rally in Sunrise. Parscale is confident new full-time #Florida man can nail down state's 29 electoral college votes
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Miami Beach to cut back on famous palm trees over climate concerns
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'Racist' Florida Republican bill raises deportation threat: 'People are afraid'
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A little look at Florida's top public health official, whose appointment has a lot of people scratching their heads
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Clyburn offers Manchin history lesson to clear Senate path for Biden reforms
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In Florida's beautiful Suwannee County. Soon to talk with protestors trying to stop gas pipeline being built through here #sacredwatercamp
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Talking with some good people @Sacredwatercamp fighting a 600-mile gas pipeline under construction in beautiful North Florida #nosabaltrail
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Experts say ‘cocaine sharks’ may be feasting on drugs dumped off Florida | Florida | The Guardian
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To chants of "lock him up" and "traitor" from protestors, Roger Stone emerges to address the medua
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Florida: endangered sea turtles thriving thanks to Covid-19 restrictions
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‘Free to do as you are told’: Florida Republicans advance wave of draconian bills
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The numbers are not quite as large as the #schoolstrike4climate in Miami Beach earlier today, but still a vocal gathering at City Hall for #ClimateStrike round 2
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Delighted to meet these smart young ladies from @CushmanSchool at Miami Beach #schoolstrike4climate today. About 50 Cushman students attended, says biology teacher Jen Russell #ClimateStrike @GuardianUS
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As a reporter in the Miami courthouse who did witness Trump’s appearance yesterday, I can tell you none of these images entirely capture the scene! Wall Street bro or monstrous gargoyle? Trump court sketches varied wildly
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#orangeribbonsforjaime God bless you @fred_guttenberg Lots of support for MSD here at Pepperoni Grill tonight
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Desperately wanted: python hunters to tackle Florida's unwelcome intruder
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@tomphillipsin @VKanamary @UnivajaOficial That's beautiful Tom. Hope folks have found something uplifting in an otherwise very sombre day.
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How a documentary film-maker became the January 6 panel’s star witness
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Outstanding investigative journalism by the @miamiherald here, exposing the duplicity of Ron DeSantis's migrant stunts. Kudos to @NickNehamas @Blaskey_S & Carl Juste.
NEW: Money left at dead drops. Encrypted messages. A woman whom one Venezuelan migrant called "Perla Hermosa." Here's the inside story of the covert operation behind Gov. Ron DeSantis' migrant flights w/ @Blaskey_S + Carl Juste.
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Google engineer put on leave after saying AI chatbot has become sentient
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@ChangeTheRef It matters not which mall, which city, which state… what matters is that it’s happening at all, and it matters more that f-all is being done about it.
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'He had green eyes': Florida man will paint alligator which attacked him
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A few pockets of empty seats beginning to appear as some people head for home. Trump is still speaking after 1hr 12min #TrumpRallyOrlando
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Dark Brandon is at the Republican primary debate in Miami. Democrats have sprinkled the city with 1,000 of the Biden heads, with many greeting Republican attendees on the walkway to the Adrienne Arsht center #darkbrandon #republicandebate
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Humans have been on Earth 6m years and we’re lucky enough to live in a time when @StephenKing is at the very peak of his game. #billysummers at sundown in the North Georgia mountains. Sorted.
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5 years since the Pulse massacre in Orlando. I think of this man often, I interviewed him the day he learned his brother was among the victims… little has changed in 5 years. Mass shootings are, sadly, still a prominent feature of American life
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. but not everyone at the #EvangelicalsForTrump rally feels the same way. "It's politics over Christian values, and I have a problem with that," says Francisco Morales of Fort Lauderdale, who has a placard with the Ten Commandments he insists the president has violated
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What looks like the president's helicopter is in the air over South Florida, accompanied by two very fast jets, bringing him to his #EvangelicalsForTrump rally in Miami
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One for @NicBrentUKCG I do believe.
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Briton Kris Maharaj 'framed' for Florida killings, claims Pablo Escobar's ex-hitman http://t.co/Tl2ctmbp2m
@CLIVESSMITH.
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If this doesn't brighten your Friday, I'm afraid there's no hope for you!! The week in wildlife – in pictures: Neil the Seal, a shy echidna and a lion in the suburbs
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Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony calls criminal investigation of officers who violently arrested 15-y-old in Tamarac "a mistake". Says "politics is starting to impact justice". #JusticeForLucca.
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Hispanic voter Eddie Cruz, 39, with daughter Grace, 8, won't reveal his choice but said it wasn't an easy decision #ElectionDay
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Ron DeSantis’s claim he sent military equipment to Israel unravels
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@NicBrentUKCG @MiamiDadeCounty @MiamiDadeFire @RedCross Horrible that these things happen; thankfully FL has outstanding resources and expertise and experience to respond when they do.
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Dom Phillips: sister of missing journalist still hopeful he will be found
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Fox News hosts thought Trump’s election fraud claims were ‘total BS’, court filings show
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Capitol riot suspect’s ‘I Was There’ shirt helps confirm his role, prosecutors say
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