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Scott PowersMay 23, 2018

Florida’s Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio is amping up his outrage over President Donald Trump‘s desire to prop up the Chinese telecommunications giant ZTE which also is suspected of running espionage in America. Rubio railed against the administration’s intentions to lift sanctions against ZTE during a FOX News interview Tuesday night and then unleashed a […]

Scott PowersMay 22, 2018

Orlando’s U.S. Rep. Val Demings has joined a Republican and another Democrat in introducing a bill aimed at strengthening the United States’ defense against Russian interference in American elections. The bill, co-sponsored by U.S. Reps. Ted Lieu, a California Democrat, and Elise Stefanik, a Republican from New York, would strengthen federal cybersecurity, support intelligence gathering, […]

Phil AmmannMay 22, 2018

If there is one thing fueling Ron DeSantis’ ambition to be Florida governor, it is this: A full-throated endorsement (on Twitter, at least) from President Donald Trump. But when Congressman Matt Gaetz takes to Breitbart to say “Trump knows he can trust DeSantis to make tough decisions,” it seems as if DeSantis also has the […]

Scott PowersMay 18, 2018

Speaking at the 9th Annual Puerto Rico Summit in Orlando Friday, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Philip Levine and Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson ripped the federal response to Puerto Rico’s devastation by hurricanes last fall. Nelson called for statehood for Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló also ripped Washington, but his ire was focused on […]

Ryan NicolMay 18, 2018

President Donald Trump has chosen to nominate acting Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie to serve in the position permanently, passing over U.S. Rep. Brian Mast of Palm City, who was under consideration for the post. Wilkie was appointed the acting head of the VA after the departure of Secretary David Shulkin back in March. That was […]

Staff ReportsMay 18, 2018

As Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry is fond of saying: politics is a “relationship business.” So, this edition of Bold spotlights the utility of political friendships. Whether running for Congress or state or local office, you’d better have your friends’ endorsements (well-timed) and the interest of the donor class (early, and often). In each category, there will be […]

Ryan NicolMay 16, 2018

South Florida Rep. Ted Deutch is calling out the Donald Trump administration, after a move expected to ease the export of guns. Currently, the State Department is in charge of approving the sale of weapons overseas. President Trump has now started a process that would shift approval for small arms exports over to the Commerce […]

Peter SchorschMay 15, 2018

Vice President Mike Pence is reportedly putting his thumb on the scale for Adam Putman over Ron DeSantis in the Republican primary for Florida governor. There is an easy way to do it. Earlier this week, The New York Times reported that Pence is making moves to keep President Donald Trump from getting too involved […]

Staff ReportsMay 11, 2018

August primaries are close to three months away. Vote by mail ballots will go out sooner than that. What that means is the time is now for candidates to show what their operations on the state and federal level really look like. And on the local level, where elections are still farther away, it’s infrastructure-building […]

Ryan NicolMay 9, 2018

A new ad from Donald Trump‘s 2020 presidential campaign aims to sell voters on the benefits of last year’s tax cuts. That’s a message he hopes will resonate with voters in 2018 as well, as the GOP looks to do what it can to hold off what Democrats hope will be a blue wave in […]

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Marco Rubio rails against administration’s ZTE deal

Val Demings introduces anti-Russian interference bill

Ron DeSantis hasn’t always been a full-throated supporter of Donald Trump

Bill Nelson, Philip Levine rip federal response to Puerto Rico

Brian Mast passed over for VA secretary

Jacksonville Bold for 5.18.18 — Relationship business

Ted Deutch calls out Trump administration over push to ease exporting of guns

If Mike Pence wants to keep Trump out of Fla. gov. primary, he should show him this story

Jacksonville Bold for 5.11.18 — Buy the ticket, take the ride

Donald Trump campaign rolls out new ad pumping up tax cuts