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A.G. GancarskiAugust 2, 2016

On Tuesday afternoon, Rep. Ron DeSantis did an interview on the Fox Business Network slamming the Department of Homeland Security‘s decision to extend temporary protective status amnesty to 8,300 Syrian refugees for up to 18 months. DeSantis, in a competitive primary for re-election in Florida’s 6th Congressional District, observed that the amnesty “actually applies to people who came from […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 25, 2015

Uh oh. He did it again. Keith Olbermann is on paid suspension for the rest of this week, after a few angry tweets to a Penn State supporter got him in hot water with his ESPN bosses. While the tweeter sent Olbermann a link about the university’s $13 million fundraising for pediatric cancer research, Keith […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 24, 2015

U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor says there are still ways for House Republicans to pass a clean funding bill that would fund the Department of Homeland Security, which could run out of money by Friday if a resolution isn’t passed in Congress. The Tampa Bay area Democrat held a press conference Tuesday in a parking lot […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 19, 2015

Among the many links on this morning’s Drudge Report is a story by the Las Vegas Review-Journal on Marco Rubio essentially saying that Congress should pass a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security without conditions. There are just eight days remaining before funding for DHS will run out, with the House and Senate at […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 12, 2015

In Washington, members of Congress are in full attack mode about who is to blame for the fact that the Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS) could lose its funding in two weeks. Tampa Bay area Representative Kathy Castor today cosponsored H.R. 861, a bill that would prevent a Feb. 28 shutdown of the DHS, the agency charged […]

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Ron DeSantis slams temporary amnesty for Syrian refugees

Mitch Perry Report for 2.25.15 — Keith Olbermann and the golden age of MSNBC

Kathy Castor again blasts House GOP on failure to come up with bill to fund DHS

Mitch Perry Report for 2.19.15 — Rubio, immigration and the political right

Kathy Castor urges GOP House not to shut down Dep’t of Homeland Security