Tag: Barack Obama

Mary Jo MeloneJune 2, 2016
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The coals in the backyard grill are cold, and the beer cans have been recycled. The patriotic songs are over, and the hyper-inflated political speeches are done. Memorial Day has passed. There is no more contradictory day on the calendar, no day when so much oratorical fiction replaces those disturbances called facts. Here’s what we […]

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Immediate action is needed to combat the spread of Zika. That’s the message Gov. Rick Scott conveyed in a letter to President Barack Obama on Wednesday. In the letter, Scott called on the Obama administration to immediately provide Florida with Zika preparedness kits, resources to enhance surveillance and abatement, resources to increase training for mosquito control […]

Associated PressMay 31, 2016
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Donald Trump trails Hillary Clinton by months, even years, in using fast-evolving digital campaigning to win over voters, data specialists working with the GOP say. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee has dismissed the science that defines 21st-century political campaigns, a tool that President Barack Obama used effectively in winning two terms and the Clinton campaign […]

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Gov. Rick Scott said his administration is reviewing a federal directive to public schools to let transgender students use the bathrooms matching their gender identity. “We’re reviewing this new mandate by the federal government,” said Scott. “We’re going to review it, looking at the safety of the citizens of the state.” Eleven states are suing […]


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