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Mark FerruloJune 7, 2015

More than three months ago President Barack Obama nominated Mary Barzee Flores, a former Miami judge with an illustrious career, to serve as a federal judge in the Southern District of Florida. The vacancy has been open for more than a year, and is formally classified as a judicial emergency, meaning there simply aren’t enough judges to […]

Associated PressJune 5, 2015

House Republicans appeared ready to reject the Senate’s plan on Medicaid, arguing Thursday that it is essentially an expansion that relies on money from the president’s health care overhaul. During a tense 2 1/2 hours of questions, House Republicans agreed the Senate plan was still a government entitlement program for “able-bodied adults” that would increase […]

Phil AmmannJune 4, 2015

U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson has done it again, and this time it’s more than just foul language. He could be facing a violation of congressional ethics rules that prohibit using official House phone numbers for fundraising. The Florida congressman and outspoken liberal once more irritated senior House Democrats. Now it’s over a fundraising email that slams members […]

Mitch PerryJune 1, 2015

Friday’s announcement that the U.S. would take Cuba off the state sponsored list of terrorist nations wasn’t a surprise, as the Obama administration continue to make moves to advance relations between the two nations. It’s uncertain when or even that the White House will pick an ambassador to Cuba. If it does, though, Marco Rubio […]

Diane RobertsMay 27, 2015

Last Saturday, the Republic of Ireland came out in rainbows, saying yes to marriage equality: 62 percent in favor. Yet Ireland is a “conservative” country, still – despite clergy sex abuse scandals – very Catholic. Divorce has only been legal since 1997; and abortion is only allowed to save the life of the mother, no […]

Diane RobertsMay 27, 2015

Last Saturday, the Republic of Ireland came out in rainbows, saying yes to marriage equality: 62 percent in favor. Yet Ireland is a “conservative” country, still – despite clergy sex abuse scandals – very Catholic. Divorce has only been legal since 1997; and abortion is only allowed to save the life of the mother, no […]

Mitch PerryMay 27, 2015

If you’ve paid close attention to the content of much of the GOP presidential candidates’ (and soon-to-be candidates’) rhetoric this year, you hear a lot of Barack Obama bashing, mostly about his foreign policy moves, which they all say have made the world a more dangerous place. On immigration, they all read from the same […]

Mitch PerryMay 26, 2015

Blaise Ingoglia has been a man on a mission since he upset the GOP establishment by becoming the surprise new head of the Republican Party of Florida in January. At the party’s spring quarterly meeting in Orlando this month, the native New Yorker and state House member introduced what he said will be a key to […]

Phil AmmannMay 20, 2015

Republican Party of Sarasota Chair Joeman Gruters agrees with Barack Obama on one thing. Elections have consequences. And that’s about it. In the latest email to “Conservatives & Republicans,” Gruters laments over the very first meeting of the “all-Democrat” Sarasota City Commission. What raised Gruters’ ire was the board’s first order of business – something […]

Guest AuthorMay 19, 2015

A Russian pundit in the early 1990s was asked, “What is the difference between the old Soviet Union and the new democracy?” His response was a bit puzzling at first: “We have more plane crashes now.” It was a remark aimed at Pravda, the Soviet state-run news source. He identified “freedom” as the power of […]

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Mark Ferrulo: Marco Rubio's obstruction of justice must end

House poised to vote down Senate’s Medicaid expansion bill

Alan Grayson may have crossed ethical line in attacking Democrats on trade deal

Marco Rubio lays out requirements needed before he’ll send ambassador to Cuba

Diane Roberts: If Florida is “conservative,” let’s conserve something besides freedom to cash in

Diane Roberts: If Florida is 'conservative,' let's conserve something besides freedom to cash in

Mitch Perry Report for 5.27.15 — Immigration and the GOP

Blaise Ingoglia says Lenny Curry victory a “proxy” for RPOF strategy to win in 2016

Email insights: “Elections have consequences,” warns Joe Gruters

Henry Kelley: U.S. media bashing GOP on Iraq, protecting Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama