Bondi is bungling while DeSantis is killing--all as we roll into a new year
News and views for Floridians and other deeply concerned Americans
Attorney General Pam Bondi may not be as full of Christmas cheer as many of us. She’s having a really bad week.
First off, Florida’s former AG has the Epstein Files mess on her hands.
And now she’s had to retract a social media post claiming credit for the decline of fentanyl deaths because, well, the drop happened on Joe Biden’s watch. Bit of a whoops there.
First, the latest on the Epstein Files.
Having already broken the law by failing to produce the documents on time, and now facing possible contempt of Congress charges, Bondi has discovered there are many, many more files to censor than originally thought.
Over four million.
So now she’s put out the call to hire around 400 more lawyers to pore through files with the hope they can finally be released to the public by around January 20. She says.
This is all a bit of a puzzle considering that earlier in her tenure as Donald Trump’s chief minion at the DOJ, she said she had the files on her desk.
She must have a very big desk.
So, while her seriously understaffed gang of censors was busy blacking out entire pages and pulling back photos showing Trump in piles of pictures of Epstein victims, Bondi decided to take to social media to try to earn some brownie points from her boss who is deeply unhappy that any files at all are being released.
She posted on social media:
“President Trump closed the border. DOJ agents have seized hundreds of millions of potentially lethal fentanyl doses. We are aggressively prosecuting drug traffickers and cartel leaders. These are the results. Elections have consequences. Electing President Trump and enforcing the law is saving American lives.”
She then showed a graph with declining drug deaths. However, sharp social media users were quick to point out that the decline she illustrated took place during Joe Biden’s term of office.
Bondi then quickly deleted the post, but not before online users took screenshots. Among those commenting on her blunder were Democratic Rep. Ted Lieu of California:
It does make you wonder if Bondi ever regretfully looks back at her fateful decision while Florida’s AG to drop her investigation into Trump University after receiving that now-famous $25,000 campaign contribution from Trump’s foundation.
It paved the way for her ascent to Washington, but look at the hot mess it’s gotten her into.
To paraphrase her: Decisions have consequences.
Meanwhile, back in Tallahassee:
The number of executions in the United States rose 88 percent in 2025, led by the State of Florida.
By year’s end, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis lent his signature to death warrants for 19 inmates, nearly half of all executions in the country.
Here’s what The Guardian said about this, noting that Florida’s execution rate rose dramatically following Trump’s executive order restoring the death penalty for federal prisoners.
Florida in particular took that sentiment to heart, with stunning results. In 2024 the Sunshine State put just one person to death.
This year that number shot up to 19. The killing spree ordered by the Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, shattered Florida’s previous record of eight executions in a year.
Florida’s supercharged death system sets it apart as an outlier, surpassing even Texas as the leading practitioner of state killings. Together with Alabama, South Carolina and Texas, those four states were responsible for almost three-quarters of this year’s executions.
J.C. Bruce is the founder of Tropic Press, a journalist, and award-winning author. He holds dual citizenship in the United States of America and his native Florida.
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