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Ryan NicolSeptember 18, 2018

Longtime Donald Trump ally Roger Stone was his usual self in remarks to Trump Club 45 PBC Monday night, spouting several attention-grabbing comments to the audience of Trump die-hards. Stone dropped several eyebrow-raising one-liners (mostly in jest) during his speech at the Palm Beach Kennel Club, one of which concerned a prominent Florida contest. “You […]

Jim RosicaAugust 2, 2018

Donald Trump‘s nominations for judgeships are ensuring a federal bench that looks like the president, according to Integrity Florida: Older, white and male. The Tallahassee-based ethics-in-government watchdog’s latest report, released Thursday, also questions Trump’s assertion that he would prioritize “qualifications” over diversity. The group says that in fact the 72-year-old president is focusing on neither. “Trump has already nominated more […]

Drew WilsonJuly 26, 2018

Hillsborough Commission candidate Todd Marks has already attacked Republican opponent Aakash Patel for past donations to Democrats, but now he’s doing it over the airwaves. Marks, a Tampa attorney, is out with a new ad that intersperses clips of Patel’s first ad with his Jan. 28 interview on LeaderCast Tampa, where the Tampa businessman said […]

Drew WilsonJuly 24, 2018

While Frank White continues pumping money into his campaign, newly formed political committee Truth in Politics is up with a new website blasting the Republican Attorney General candidate as a ‘liberal’ using his ‘family money’ to seek the statewide seat. The website, FamilyMoneyFrank.com, promises to be updated daily and the first round of attacks shows […]

Kate BradshawJune 15, 2018

As the 2017 mayoral race ramped up last year, re-election was never a sure thing for incumbent St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman. It was far from it at times. Yet despite a significant challenge from former St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Baker, who was often ahead in the polls, he and his allies pulled it off. Whether it […]

Steve SchaleJune 11, 2018

In the never-ending quest to simplify Florida, one of the ongoing debates about winning the state is whether Florida is a state won by winning persuadable voters, or whether it is all about turning out one’s base. I remember when I started with Barack Obama, I got a ton of advice — most of it […]

Blake DowlingApril 28, 2018

Last week, I had an opportunity to visit Pebble Beach outside Carmel, California. As I basked in the glory of the extraordinary West Coast scenery, I just couldn’t stop thinking about Cambridge Analytica and its micro-targeting techniques, as well as the disruptive and deceptive Internet Research Agency and the trail of havoc and misinformation created […]

Rosanne DunkelbergerApril 11, 2018

When the National Journal ranked the relative conservative-to-liberal leanings of the members of Congress, No. 218 was Pennsylvania’s Rep. Jason Altmire. He was the man in the middle. After being elected to three terms in the state’s 4th District, he’s now-former Rep. Altmire, serving between 2007 and 2013. Altmire wrote a book about his experiences, […]

Peter SchorschApril 9, 2018

Capital City Consulting (CCC) has hired Justin Day away from The Advocacy Group (TAG), the company has announced. Day now will open a new office in the Tampa Bay area with CCC partner Dan Newman. It’s the first satellite office for INFLUENCE Magazine’s 2016 Lobbying Firm of the Year, which is looking to have a […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 28, 2018

Fresh off a Cuban visit last week, U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor is calling on Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to return consular officials and diplomatic personnel to the U.S. Embassy in Havana as soon as possible. Tillerson withdrew 60 percent of diplomats from the embassy in Havana last fall after unexplained attacks harmed at least […]

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Bill Nelson ‘died three years ago,’ Roger Stone quips to Palm Beach Trump supporters

Integrity Florida report questions Donald Trump judicial nominations

Todd Marks unleashes attack ad on Aakash Patel

New website slams Frank White as ‘liberal’ using ‘family money’

#4 on list of Tampa Bay’s Most Powerful Politicians — Rick Kriseman

Steve Schale: Florida, persuasion or turnout, or both?

Blake Dowling: Latest in political campaign tech

Former congressman Jason Altmire says, today, it’s hard to be a centrist

Personnel note: Justin Day heads to Capital City Consulting

Kathy Castor urges Rex Tillerson to restore U.S. diplomats to Cuba