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Mitch PerryMarch 5, 2018

Illinois Democratic Rep. Cheri Bustos will appear in Clearwater later this month to keynote the annual Pinellas County Democrats’ Prelude to Victory Dinner. Bustos was one of just 12 Democrats to win her seat in the same district that President Donald Trump won in 2016, though nobody did it better, as she took Illinois’ 17th Congressional […]

Mitch PerryMarch 5, 2018

While Democrats like Charlie Crist hope Washington can finally address “common sense” gun regulations in the wake of the Parkland massacre, he admits the odds aren’t great that will happen. That’s why he’s hoping President Donald Trump can intervene and push for some of the proposals he mentioned last week while meeting with legislators in the […]

Scott PowersMarch 2, 2018

Florida’s Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson was conspicuously absent from a meeting President Donald Trump convened Wednesday in the West Wing with key lawmakers and stakeholders in the gun violence debate following the Parkland massacre, and on Friday he dismissed the meeting as show, and predicted Trump will pivot from assurances he made there. Speaking […]

Phil AmmannMarch 2, 2018

With competitive Democratic primaries, the tail end of the Legislative Session, and local City Hall intrigue, there is a lot to unpack. However, we have not arrived at the point in the narrative with a great deal of resolution. At least not yet. In a literary sense, this is known as foreshadowing. Money has not […]

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 […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 28, 2018

U.S. Rep. John Rutherford has been a devoted surrogate for President Donald Trump on virtually every issue of note since the two men came into office last year. But during a Florida-heavy roundtable discussion on gun law reform at the White House Wednesday, Rutherford and Trump had a number of sharp exchanges that were at odds with […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 28, 2018

At a Congressional roundtable Wednesday at the White House, Sen. Marco Rubio described the Parkland murders not as a failure of gun control, but as a “multi-systemic failure.” “This was a multi-systemic failure,” Rubio said. “The Sheriff’s Office knew this was a problem. The FBI knew this was a problem. The Department of Children and Families […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 27, 2018

In his bid for Florida Governor, Ron DeSantis can always count on at least one unwavering cheerleader — his dad, Ron Daniel DeSantis of Dunedin. According to a post on the Facebook group page “Ron DeSantis for Governor Pinellas County,” the elder DeSantis “talked to many people who want to support my son for Governor” […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 26, 2018

State Rep. Kim Daniels, a Jacksonville Democrat, got national publicity on Monday for the kind of prayer that no other Democrat in the state would deliver. Namely, as Patheos observed, Daniels delivered with “rants against witches” and a prayer for President Donald Trump. “God, I lift up President Donald Trump before you,” Daniels intoned during a daybreak sermon […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 26, 2018

Trade officials from the Trump administration recently wrapped up the sixth of seven scheduled rounds of discussions with counterparts from Mexico and Canada to revise and renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement. President Donald Trump stated that if the process doesn’t go to his liking, he’ll pull the plug on the deal altogether. That […]

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Illinois U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos to keynote Pinellas Democrats event March 24

Charlie Crist hopes Donald Trump will push for gun control regulations

Bill Nelson bemoans snub to White House gun meeting as ‘counter productive’

Jacksonville Bold for 3.2.18 — March Madness

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

Fireworks between John Rutherford, Donald Trump in gun control discussion

Marco Rubio says Parkland murders result of ‘multi-systemic failure’

Ron DeSantis’ dad says Democrats are clamoring to support his son. That’s cute.

Kim Daniels prays for Donald Trump, against warlocks and witches

Brandon Arnold: Florida wins by modernizing NAFTA