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	<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 19:11:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>&#8216;The People&#8217;s House&#8217;: Donald Trump&#8217;s East Wing Demolition Sounds an Echo of Havana&#8217;s Desecration</title>
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					<dc:creator>Tom Finkel</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 14:11:34 -0500</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://mia-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/11/White-House-East-Wing-demolition-Alex-Wong-GettyImages-2243854169-2k.jpg" alt="An excavator sits on the rubble after the East Wing of the White House was demolished on October 28, 2025, in Washington, D.C. The demolition is part of Donald Trump&#039;s plan to build a ballroom on the eastern side of the White House." />Trump’s ballroom will stand as a reminder in limestone, marble, and undoubtedly gold, of what was taken from us.]]></description>
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		<title>Opinion: Florida Open Carry Law + ‘Stand Your Ground’ = New Freedoms + New Dangers</title>
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					<dc:creator>Tom Finkel</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2025 14:35:47 -0500</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://mia-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/11/Delray-Beach-Gun-Store-2016-Joe-Raedle-GettyImages-503475362.jpg" alt="a gun shop employee sights down a handgun against a backdrop of a wall filled with semiautomatic rifles" />The combination of stand your ground and permitess/open carry is likely to make the Sunshine State far less safe.]]></description>
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		<title>Analysis: Under Ron DeSantis, Florida Leads U.S. in Executions in 2025</title>
		<link>https://mia-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/opinion/analysis-under-ron-desantis-florida-leads-u-s-in-executions-in-2025-40501577/</link>
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					<dc:creator>Tom Finkel</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2025 14:29:13 -0500</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://mia-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/11/desantis-reaper-photo-illo-gage-skidmore-flickr.jpg" alt="color photo-illustration depicting Ron DeSantis at a lectern with an American flag in the background and appearing to wield a Grim Reaper-worthy scythe, the latter taken from a black-and-white etching in the public domain" />In many ways, Florida is a microcosm of America’s death penalty system.]]></description>
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		<title>Analysis: What Happens to Floridians If Obamacare Goes Away?</title>
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					<dc:creator>Tom Finkel</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2025 07:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://mia-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/10/Obamacare-ACA-agency-sign-2021-Joe-Raedle-GettyImages-1299157532-2k.jpg" alt="A pedestrian walks past the Leading Insurance Agency, which offers plans under the Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare) on Coral Way just west of Miami&#039;s Brickell neighborhood" />4.7 million Floridians are insured through ACA marketplace plans. What if they lose their subsidies?]]></description>
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		<title>Commentary: Bearing Witness to the Devastation of Florida Keys Coral Reefs</title>
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					<dc:creator>Tom Finkel</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2025 12:27:55 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>Commentary: Florida Flamingo Population Is On the Rebound</title>
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					<dc:creator>Tom Finkel</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2025 13:11:40 -0400</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://mia-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/10/flamingo-Kara-Durda-Audubon-Florida-the-Conversation.jpeg" alt="Pink flamingo standing in water" />Recent events indicate that flamingos may be coming back to the Sunshine State.]]></description>
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		<title>Commentary: Vaccine Mandates and Race: What Joseph Ladapo Didn&#8217;t Tell You</title>
		<link>https://mia-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/opinion/what-joseph-ladapo-didnt-tell-you-about-vaccine-mandates-and-race-40493118/</link>
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					<dc:creator>Tom Finkel</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2025 14:16:40 -0400</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://mia-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/10/vaccine-Art_Photo-AdobeStock_499123400.jpeg" alt="Close-up photo of a small child getting a Band-Aid on their arm that says &quot;I got my vaccine&quot;" />Two experts unpack the role of slavery and racism in the history of public health policy.]]></description>
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		<title>Opinion: Preserve Core Nutrition Programs in Miami-Dade</title>
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					<dc:creator>Chelsey</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2025 10:17:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>Opinion: What Florida Is Doing at Alligator Alcatraz Is Illegal &#8211; Full Stop</title>
		<link>https://mia-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/opinion/experts-say-floridas-alligator-alcatraz-migrant-camp-may-be-illegal-23755106/</link>
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					<dc:creator>Chelsey</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2025 09:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>Commentary: 1 in 3 Florida Third Graders Have Untreated Cavities</title>
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					<dc:creator>Chelsey</dc:creator>
				<comments>https://mia-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/opinion/commentary-1-in-3-florida-third-graders-have-untreated-cavities-23648577/#respond</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2025 08:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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