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Mitch PerryOctober 12, 2016

It’s painful today for me, folks. I stayed up past midnight this morning to see the Chicago Cubs come from behind with four runs in the top of the ninth inning to defeat the San Francisco Giants, 6-5, and advance to the National League Championship Series this weekend, where they’ll play either Washington D.C. or […]

Mitch PerryOctober 11, 2016

Before Tuesday night, Bill Clinton had never visited the small Pinellas County town of Safety Harbor, but he joked that after Sunday night’s second presidential debate, “I feel that I need to be here.” The 42nd president of the United States spoke for 45 minutes in front of an intimate crowd of just 250 people at the […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterOctober 11, 2016

Time is running out to register to vote. Former President Bill Clinton drove that point home Tuesday during a three-city swing through Florida. The trip was meant to coincide with the voter registration deadline, but a federal court judge extended the deadline to Wednesday. And the former president encouraged Floridians to take advantage of that […]

Mitch PerryOctober 11, 2016

Bill Clinton comes to Pinellas County tonight, after two earlier scheduled events in Palm Beach County and Fort Myers, and the question is: will he make news? The 42nd president of the United States got himself and his wife’s campaign into all types of hot water when he “blasted” the Affordable Care Act last week, though a […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterOctober 10, 2016

The Big Dog is making a big push to register Floridians to vote. Former President Bill Clinton will make three stops in the Sunshine State Tuesday to encourage Floridians to register to vote ahead of the voter registration deadline. The former president is scheduled to attend public voter registration events in Palm Beach, Lee, and […]

Associated PressOctober 10, 2016

His candidacy spiraling out of control, Donald Trump faced Hillary Clinton on the debate stage Sunday night in the most critical moment of his political career. Questions about Trump’s preparation, policy knowledge and temperament all were overshadowed by the political fallout from Friday’s release of a video that captured the Republican presidential nominee making predatory […]

Associated PressOctober 10, 2016

In a bitter debate filled with fire and insult, Hillary Clinton declared that Donald Trump‘s vulgar comments about women reveal “exactly who he is” and prove his unsuitability to be president. Firing back, he accused her of attacking women involved in Bill Clinton’s extramarital affairs and promised she would “be in jail” if he were […]

Associated PressOctober 9, 2016

His presidential bid in chaos, a defiant Donald Trump slammed Republicans rushing to revoke their support for him as “self-righteous hypocrites” and signaled he may try to turn Sunday night’s crucial debate against Hillary Clinton into a referendum on her husband’s treatment of women. Trump will take the debate stage under enormous pressure. Even before […]

Phil AmmannOctober 8, 2016

A newly released videotape showing Donald Trump making crude comments about a married woman he tried to seduce is sending shock waves throughout Florida politics. “I’ve said some foolish things,” the Republican presidential nominee said overnight Friday in a taped apology posted on Facebook. “But there’s a big difference between the words and actions of […]

Martin DyckmanOctober 8, 2016

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What sort of Supreme Court justices would Donald Trump appoint? For an insight, consider the case of Kathy Johnson v. Omega Insurance Co., decided by the Florida Supreme Court Sept. 29. One of his prospective nominees was on the wrong side of that. The business model of an insurance company is to take as much […]

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Democrats throughout Florida call on GOP opponents to denounce #TrumpTapes vulgar comments

Martin Dyckman: Donald Trump pick Charles Canady could bring ‘dog whistles’ to SCOTUS