Ted Bridis
@tbridis
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I ♥ journalism. Formerly AP's editor of Pulitzer-winning investigative team, Wall Street Journal alum. Mizzou grad.
Gainesville, FL
Joined December 2007
I was Twitter-verified as a US journalist back when it actually seemed to indicate something on this hellscape
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SPJ strongly condemns President Donald Trump’s latest attacks on journalists, including his disparaging treatment of @marykbruce during Monday’s Oval Office press availability, and his recent “Quiet, piggy” insult aimed at @catherine_lucey. 🔗Read more: https://t.co/XMjQk0WRG6
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Air Force lieutenant colonel who was POW in Vietnam for 5 years – whose prison mate was John McCain – and whose joyful homecoming in 1973 was captured by AP photographer died at age 92 on Veteran's Day last week. Photographer won the 1974 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography.
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Satellite images over time show rapid growth of 'Alligator Alcatraz' in Florida @kairiloweryy @FreshTakeFla
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In the past five months, a virtually empty lot in The Everglades transformed into the heart of Florida’s deportation efforts, now commonly known as “Alligator Alcatraz.” State officials ramped up...
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Congratulations to our @FreshTakeFla @UFJSchool students @gvelasquezn @LeeAnnJOU selected as @propublica 2025 class of five top emerging news reporters https://t.co/InnOUO2GUm
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University of Florida – where Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo is a $336,998 professor of medicine who has urged ban on mRNA vaccines – publishes new study touting apparent cancer-fighting benefits of COVID-19 mRNA vaccine
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Patients with advanced lung or skin cancer who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine within 100 days of starting immunotherapy drugs lived…
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Until today’s firing, Billy Napier had been the highest-paid government employee in the State of Florida. By comparison, Gov.Ron DeSantis is paid $141,000.
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Governor: 'We're going to hold you accountable.' Year later, Florida prosecutor drops felony criminal case against pet owner accused of tying dog to fence along I-75 during Hurricane Milton evacuation.
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New Pentagon Press Association statement tonight: "Today, the Defense Department confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America. It did this because reporters would not sign onto a new media policy over its implicit
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Florida appeals court rejects Republican efforts to make it easier for GOP to win elected seats on all-Democrat governing commission in Alachua County, one of few remaining mostly blue strongholds across state
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Wednesday’s ruling means that, unless the Florida Supreme Court intervenes, next year’s elections in Alachua County for two seats on the commission will take place under a political structure where...
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Update: Prosecutors have now offered to drop threat of felony charges against at least 2 of 4 football fans who rushed field after UF’s upset win over Texas
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Four exuberant football fans who rushed the field after the University of Florida's upset win over Texas are facing first-of-their-kind, felony trespass charges under a new law a Republican senator...
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These are among news organizations refusing to sign Hegseth’s outrageous demands for Pentagon press credentials: NYT, WashPo, AP, NPR, Reuters, Atlantic, Newsmax. Independent coverage of US military suffers, which may be the intention.
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The New York Times, The Associated Press and the conservative television network Newsmax are among five outlets on Monday who say they won't sign a new Defense Department document about its new press...
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Exuberant fans who rushed field after UF's upset win over Texas are facing first-of-their-kind, felony charges under new Florida law intended to toughen penalties for Trump protesters during president's appearances in state @FreshTakeFla
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Four exuberant football fans who rushed the field after the University of Florida's upset win over Texas are facing first-of-their-kind, felony trespass charges under a new law a Republican senator...
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New Florida law aimed at punishing Trump protesters being used against UF fans who ran onto football field after upset win over Texas @FreshTakeFla @orlandosentinel
https://t.co/B7UgLbO4Ft
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In Florida, state agents confront elderly Democrat at home who wrote postcard telling Republican political appointee, 'You lack values.' @stephanymatat @TDOnline
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Inmate in prison at center of major Florida pot ruling says it gives him ‘bit of life and hope’ Reporting by @FreshTakeFla
https://t.co/dgFJ5aGFDC
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Seeking out information on how the govt is operating - instead of waiting for official announcements - is how a free press works It’s a long held American tradition and one that benefited the country throughout the Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan wars Hegseth wants it gone
🚨 PETER DOOCY: Would you start using polygraphs to stop the leaks? PETE HEGSETH: I think we'll use whatever tools we need
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AP compares President Trump's recent call to punish journalists for broadcasting critical coverage to actions of Hugo Chavez to suppress media @NickRiccardi
https://t.co/lxGIsabsIZ
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Journalism is not a crime. Journalists should be safe in our profession, so important to democracy that its protections are enshrined in the First Amendment
"In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists and protesters when unprovoked, what would we call it? If federal agents marched down busy streets harassing civilians and demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we’d have any trouble calling it
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I was really hoping Roscoe might pull through. Pneumonia in an English bulldog is so serious, we know from painful experience
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Lewis Hamilton says his bulldog Roscoe has died following days of medical treatment and that putting to sleep was “one of the most painful experiences” of the seven-time F1 champion’s life.
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Read in today's @SunSentinel our @FreshTakeFla interview with the defendant behind one of Florida's most consequential gun rights decisions in generation
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The man at the center of a court decision allowing people in Florida to openly carry guns, currently in jail, thinks of himself as a patriot for ‘changing Florida law for the better.’
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