They Listened: The Havok Journal Highlights Veterans’ Registry Burdens

FLORIDA ACTION COMMITTEE · MEDIA They Listened: The Havok Journal Highlights Veterans’ Registry Burdens By FAC Media Routine ID check at Patrick Space Force Base, Florida, January 7, 2025. Photo: U.S. Space Force / Senior Airman Samuel Becker, via The Havok Journal. The Havok Journal listened to one of our own: an FAC member and retired U.S. Army sergeant. We

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When a School ID Scan Reaches Into a Child’s Family: Administrative Punishment?

FLORIDA ACTION COMMITTEE When a School ID Scan Reaches Into a Child’s Family By FAC Media | Research and Commentary Raptor VisitorSafe check-in interface. Official product image: Raptor Technologies. Shown for commentary on the system; this is not a photograph of a school incident. A child looks for a parent in the crowd at a school play. A father gets

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Operation Sandspur: A Few Weeks Later, a Closer Look at the Numbers

FAC MEDIA · A CLOSER LOOK Operation Sandspur: A Few Weeks Later, a Closer Look at the Numbers Research and Commentary From the official announcement FDLE’s Pensacola Regional Operations Center, shown in the agency’s Operation Sandspur announcement. This is a generic agency image, not a photo of the operation. Image: Florida Department of Law Enforcement 101 Contacts reported 21 Arrests

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Seven Years of Service: Was April Watson Treated Fairly?

Florida Action Committee · Opinion Seven Years of Service: Was April Watson Treated Fairly? For about seven years, April Watson served the Town of Jay. She collected water bills, took on more duties and worked to rebuild her life. Those years deserve to count. Jay City Hall. Photo from the Town of Jay website. “People are different, people change.” Mayor

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FAC Weekly Update 10-14-2026—FAC v. Keefe: More Than 30 Motions to Dismiss and Counting

Weekly update for October 13, 2026. This is recording number 398 Dear Members and Advocates, Let’s start with an update on FAC v. Keefe et al. (formerly FAC v. Glass et al., following former FDLE Commissioner Mark Glass’s departure). As of yesterday, we have received more than 30 motions to dismiss from the various defendants, and that’s pretty much what

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Florida Online Stings: Child Safety, Decoys and Public Cost

FLORIDA ACTION COMMITTEE Protecting Children Means Taking a Closer Look at Stings Opinion and documented research on child safety, government power and public cost. Online stings use decoys: adults posing as children. Children deserve safety, survivors deserve care, and these investigations deserve fair, open review. Could government be reaching too far? Its power, cost and burden on families should match

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