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December 2025

USF Sarasota-Manatee is on the chopping block
Turning over campus to New College of Florida would erase decades of local investment and weaken higher education in Sarasota-Manatee region.
 • Marc R. Masferrer
Alligator Alcatraz, visa crackdown, mass detention: Year’s top immigration stories
Here are the top Florida immigration headlines in 2025.
Guest column | Dear Santa, can you please help our crumbling Florida state parks?
Report shows backlog totaling $759 million but now the Legislature has a chance to fix this shameful situation.
The Top 10 political developments in Florida in 2025
Immigration was the major policy issue early in the year. Later, the campaign for property tax relief revved up.
Democracy Reflections in 2025 and Toward 2026
The Persistence of American Democracy is On The Line
Published on Jeffrey’s Substack • 
A Year in Review and More to Come
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Published on Making Waves • 
No Room at the Trump Inn: White House Rejects Bishops’ Call to Halt Christmas Raids
Echoing Pope Leo, Florida’s top bishop urged Trump: “Don’t be the Grinch” this Christmas. The White House slammed the door anyway.
Published on Letters from Leo — the American Pope & US Politics • 
Merry Christmas!
Thank you for reading The Bradenton Journal
 • Marc R. Masferrer
Florida's Catholic bishops call on Trump, DeSantis to halt immigration enforcement during Christmas holidays
"Now is not the time to be callous toward the suffering caused by immigration enforcement."
 • Marc R. Masferrer
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