Bird Road Podcast
Storyboys – “It’s all connected” OR the unified theory of Florida GOP corruption
This week we have another Storyboys episode and Q is going deep on the confluence of scandals encompassing former-Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg, Rep. Matt Gaetz, Frank Artiles, phony political candidates, electoral fraud, misappropriation of public funds, bitcoin fires, underage sex trafficking, and more the GOP’s favorite things. We explore how Florida is a test lab for the Republican Party’s most perverse peccadilloes, and how it got that way.
We relied on the following reporting to tell this story:
‘Felt like a setup’: WhatsApp chat shows Gaetz ally scrambling to contain fallout
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/12/whatsapp-chat-matt-gaetz-joel-greenberg-480962
POLITICO Playbook: The Gaetz Show gets weirder
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2021/04/10/the-gaetz-show-gets-weirder-492434
Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 4.13.21
https://floridapolitics.com/archives/419235-sunburn-the-morning-read-of-whats-hot-in-florida-politics-4-13-21/
Florida Elections Commission official arrested on child porn charges
https://floridapolitics.com/archives/418497-elections-commission-official-arrested-on-child-porn-charges/
Indicted Gaetz Associate Is Said to Be Cooperating With Justice Dept.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/13/us/politics/joel-greenberg-matt-gaetz.html
Audit: Joel Greenberg ‘misused’ Seminole taxpayer dollars on body armor, cryptocurrency servers, more
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/seminole-county/os-ne-joel-greenberg-seminole-county-audit-20201104-f3qymjheyzeivi5q7coul3d5kq-story.html