SUPD 991 Former Republican, Editor in Chief MeidasTouch.com , Ron Filipkowski
Stand Up! with Pete Dominick
Pete Dominick
4.9 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 6 December 2023
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Ron Filipowski is one of the most popular and influential people in all of political social media and he is my guest for an hour long chat today about his life, career and how he evolved from Republican to Democrat
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National news organizations have put Sarasota in the spotlight because of the area’s far-right politics, but if you follow Ron Filipkowski on Twitter, you’re probably already aware of what’s been happening. A criminal defense attorney in Sarasota, Filipkowski is a former longtime Republican who ran for public defender in 2008 as a member of the GOP. These days, he works with two anonymous researchers to monitor live-streamed events, podcasts, radio shows, social media and chat rooms, and then posts what they find on Twitter, where he has nearly half a million followers.
For more than a decade, Filipkowski served on Florida’s 12th Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission, which recommends judges to fill vacancies on the bench in Sarasota, Manatee and DeSoto counties. Reappointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis in 2019, the next year he resigned in protest over the treatment of former state data scientist Rebekah Jones, who claimed she was fired for refusing to manipulate Covid-19 data. Addressed to the governor’s office, Filipkowski’s pinned tweet is his resignation letter.
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| 0:00.0 | Well, hello, and welcome to a very special episode of Stand Up. I don't know why it's very special. It just, we got a really big name on today's program. |
| 0:10.4 | Ron Philipowski is joining me. He is the editor-in-chief of Midas-Tuch.com |
| 0:15.1 | the co-host of Uncovered. He's an attorney, a Marine, a former federal and state |
| 0:20.1 | prosecutor, Republican Party, insane asylum escapee. |
| 0:24.9 | He describes himself. |
| 0:26.1 | You can learn more at Midas Touch. com. |
| 0:28.9 | You know Ron, you follow him on Twitter. |
| 0:31.5 | He's got almost 1 million followers there. He's one of the most |
| 0:34.5 | influential people on social media in all of political social media. I think that's fair to say. And I had a great discussion with him really happy to |
| 0:44.9 | finally have gotten him on the program uh... we covered a lot of ground and therefore |
| 0:49.2 | i did not do the news segment today not only because I had an almost hour long conversation |
| 0:54.3 | with Ron but guess what I got invited out on Tuesday night I decided to actually |
| 0:58.9 | take up an invitation to socialize with other humans on a weeknight. I mean I do it every |
| 1:04.8 | Thursday with many of you at our hangout. I look forward to seeing you this week but |
| 1:08.6 | not normal during another school night but I decided to take it easy and not do a full news segment |
| 1:15.6 | for this episode only. Usually I do between Monday and Thursday. I know you appreciate that and |
| 1:21.0 | have been very vocal about it so thank you very much but |
| 1:24.3 | this conversation is just with me and Ron Philipposki I talked a little bit about |
| 1:28.1 | his career his life how he has evolved politically and what role he sees for himself in this crowded field of |
| 1:38.0 | media. |
| 1:39.0 | Ron is, it turns out a really cool guy. |
| 1:41.7 | I love this conversation and I'm really happy that he joined me and that I get to share it with you |
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