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Peter SchorschJune 30, 2016

Anderson Cooper said he had every right to ask Attorney General Pam Bondi about her stance on gay marriage during an Orlando interview earlier this month. “I wasn’t asking her about things she had done a year before out of the blue,” said Cooper of his now infamous interview with Bondi in the days following […]

Associated PressJune 30, 2016

Emergency call logs released Thursday show that victims of the Pulse shooting in Orlando pleaded with sheriff’s deputies and dispatchers to save them as they described losing their breath and feeling their bodies go numb from their wounds. Gunman Omar Mateen‘s rampage at the Pulse nightclub on June 12 left 49 people dead and 53 […]

Scott PowersJune 30, 2016

Three Democrats running for Congress in Florida’s Orlando-based 10th Congressional District made it seem as if Val Demings is the presumed front-runner blessed by the establishment, and she fired back at a debate in Orlando Thursday with tales of her life and career as an Orlando police officer. The debate, held by the Tiger Bay Club […]

Scott PowersJune 30, 2016

State Sen. Darren Soto has picked up another congressional endorsement for his quest to be elected in Florida’s 9th Congressional District, this time from Democratic U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York. “I’m endorsing Darren Soto for Congress because I believe he will continue to fight for justice as he has in the Florida Legislature. Darren […]

Scott PowersJune 30, 2016

Two months away from the Aug. 30 Democratic primary, the four candidates vying to run in the Democratically solid Florida’s 10th Congressional District meet face-to-face for the first time Thursday at the Tiger Bay Club of Central Florida’s debate. This was supposed to be former Orlando Police Chief Val Demings’ congressional seat. She was the […]

Scott PowersJune 30, 2016

Susannah Randolph has picked up another union endorsement in her bid for the Democratic nomination to run in Florida’s 9th Congressional District, this time from the American Federation of Government Employees. The organization is the largest federal employee labor union, boasting more than 66,000 members including food inspectors, nurses, correctional officers, lawyers, police officers, park rangers, […]

Scott PowersJune 29, 2016

Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs gave Gov. Rick Scott high praise Wednesday for his response to Orlando’s Pulse attack and said more Republicans need to step up to embrace the LGBT community. Jacobs’ comments came first in introductory remarks for Scott at the Florida Association of Counties meeting in Orlando, then in a discussion later with […]

Scott PowersJune 28, 2016

Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer is working double-duty this week for fundraisers for Florida’s 9th Congressional District Democratic candidates, with a planned appearance Thursday at one for state Sen. Darren Soto. The Democratic mayor, who is not picking Democratic sides in the race, will be joined at Soto’s $100-per-person fundraiser by Orange County Property Appraiser Rick Singh, […]

Scott PowersJune 28, 2016

Orlando City Commissioner Patty Sheehan, the city’s political voice for the community’s LGBT community, blasted Gov. Rick Scott and U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio Tuesday during a national satellite radio talk show, according to a report on Huffington Post. “You loaded those bullets with hatred,” Sheehan reportedly said of Rubio, Scott and other conservative Republicans. Her […]

Scott PowersJune 28, 2016

Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer is staying away from making endorsements in Democratic-contested races but will be one of the special guests Wednesday night for a fundraiser for Susannah Randolph, who’s in the Aug. 30 Democratic primary for Florida’s 9th Congressional District. Dyer is one of dozens of Central Florida Democrats, and a handful of non-Democrats, […]

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Anderson Cooper talks about Pam Bondi interview during Orlando benefit

Logs show Pulse victims begged for help as bodies went numb

Val Demings offers her life, career against calls for new blood in Washington

Darren Soto picks up U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries’ endorsement in CD 9

What separates Val Demings, Geraldine Thompson, Bob Poe, Fatima Rita Fahmy in CD 10 debate?

Susannah Randolph picks up AFGE union endorsement in CD 9

Teresa Jacobs defends Rick Scott’s Pulse response, calls on GOP to embrace LGBT

Darren Soto fundraiser to draw Buddy Dyer

Report: Patty Sheehan blasts Marco Rubio, Rick Scott over Pulse

Susannah Randolph fundraiser to feature Buddy Dyer, John Morgan