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After SB 1632 and HB 1471 cleared their final committees, the ACLU of Florida warned the bills would let the government brand its critics as terrorists. Meanwhile, the Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops confirmed that amendments had addressed their concerns about Canon Law — a carve-out that revealed exactly who the bill’s religious law provisions were designed to target, and who they were designed to protect.
Florida’s domestic terrorist designation bill barely survived its second Senate committee hearing on February 25 — a grueling three-hour session in which approximately 95% of public testimony opposed the bill, the committee chair voted yes but couldn’t guarantee future support, and the bill’s sponsor struggled to explain how it wouldn’t be weaponized. Senate leadership’s response: pull the bill from its third and final committee and send it straight to the floor, bypassing one more opportunity for scrutiny.
An immigration judge has blocked the deportation of Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian permanent U.S. resident and Columbia University student who led anti-genocide protests on campus. His attorneys say the Trump administration sought his removal specifically because of his political activism. United Voices calls the ruling a win for free speech — and a warning about how far the administration has been willing to go.
Immigration Judge Nina Froes terminated deportation proceedings against Mohsen Mahdawi — a Palestinian Columbia University graduate student and refugee camp-born lawful permanent resident — after the Trump administration failed to properly authenticate the key evidence in its case: a memo by Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Florida’s bill to let state officials brand organizations as domestic terrorists advanced in both chambers in a single week. The House Education & Employment Committee approved HB 1471 on a 16-4 vote — with two Democrats crossing over — while the Senate Judiciary Committee passed its companion, SB 1632, 8-3. The bills are now moving faster than the opposition can organize against them.
When Florida Muslims came to Tallahassee for the annual Muslim Day at the Capitol, Attorney General James Uthmeier posted on social media calling for “heightened alert for any possible security threats.” Armed police filled the rotunda. Then former House Speaker Paul Renner, now running for governor, vowed to “take any legal means” to remove Muslim groups from the state.
A Florida House subcommittee voted 14-3 to advance HB 1471, which gives the state the power to designate organizations as domestic terrorists, cut off their funding, and expel students who support them. The bill was filed one month after Gov. DeSantis asked lawmakers to codify his executive order targeting CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood.
Israel’s Surveillance Industry Has Turned Your Car Into a Spy. A New Investigation Reveals How.
A Haaretz investigation reveals that Israeli cyber companies have developed a new intelligence sector called CARINT — car intelligence — capable of tracking vehicles by movement data, accessing in-car microphones and cameras, and potentially disabling cars remotely. The findings land as Israeli spyware firm Paragon faces fresh scrutiny for targeting journalists and activists.