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Associated PressJuly 28, 2017

President Donald Trump tweeted on Friday afternoon that he is naming Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly as chief of staff, ousting Reince Priebus. I am pleased to inform you that I have just named General/Secretary John F Kelly as White House Chief of Staff. He is a Great American…. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July […]

Darryl PaulsonJuly 28, 2017

For all my friends who think I have finally gone off the deep end, I really do not want Special Counsel Robert Mueller to be fired. I do think the firing of Mueller, if it happens, may be the only way to end the tyranny of President Donald Trump. Trump has already fired FBI Director […]

Associated PressJuly 27, 2017

Hillary Clinton is calling her new book “What Happened” and promising unprecedented candor as she remembers her stunning defeat last year to Donald Trump. “In the past, for reasons I try to explain, I’ve often felt I had to be careful in public, like I was up on a wire without a net,” Clinton writes […]

Associated PressJuly 27, 2017

For decades, a well-funded conservative group has helped state lawmakers across the U.S. write legislation to rein in unions, expand charter schools and lower taxes. Now, it’s expanding to the final frontier: normally nonpartisan city halls and county governments, which have become a bastion of liberal resistance to President Donald Trump. The American Legislative Exchange […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 27, 2017

Of all of the politicians in Northeast Florida, Jacksonville City Council VP Aaron Bowman may be best positioned to talk about President Donald Trump‘s Tweets proposing a ban on military service for transgender people. Bowman, former Commander of Naval Station Mayport, drew on his military experience when guiding expansion of the Human Rights Ordinance through Council, saying that […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 26, 2017

In Jacksonville Wednesday, Florida Gov. Rick Scott gaggled with local press after an event announcing $30M in proposed raises for state law enforcement in his next budget. The gaggle afterwards was more wide-ranging, however, and included queries about President Donald Trump‘s proposed ban of transgender people from the military, as well as the fate of U.S. Attorney General Jeff […]

Steve SchaleJuly 26, 2017

This piece is more designed for my readers who don’t live and breathe Florida politics: there is a state Senate election on Sept. 26 you should be paying attention to, a race that could be an interesting test of how the GOP’s institutional advantages measure up to Donald Trump‘s policies, favorability, Democratic enthusiasm and demographic trend lines. Honestly, […]

Mitch PerryJuly 26, 2017

A Democratic polling firm says Democrat Annette Taddeo has a four-point lead over Republican Jose Felix Diaz going into the Sept. 26 special election in Senate District 40, but the margin of error makes it a dead heat on the first day general election campaigning. The survey — which was conducted between June 21 and […]

Mitch PerryJuly 26, 2017

Former state judge Mary Barzee Flores is the latest Democrat to run for the Congressional District 27 seat being vacated by Illeana Ros-Lehtinen next year. “I’m running for Congress because I believe our politics and our politicians have gotten too small and the challenges we face are too big,” Barzee Flores said in a statement issued […]

Associated PressJuly 23, 2017

President Donald Trump‘s performance in the White House will make it harder for Republicans — and billionaires — in the coming elections, two of his most prominent critics said Saturday. Billionaire businessman Mark Cuban and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush lashed out at the Republican president during separate remarks at a summer festival in New […]

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Donald Trump names Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly as chief of staff, ousting Reince Priebus

Darryl Paulson: Please fire Robert Mueller!

Hillary Clinton calling new book ‘What Happened’

U.S. conservatism expands to final frontier: City hall

Aaron Bowman: Trump ‘trans ban’ tweets leave ‘more questions than answers’

Rick Scott addresses military transgender ban, Jeff Sessions

Steve Schale: SD 40 — an interesting test for Dems, GOP

Dem poll says Annette Taddeo has slight lead over Jose Felix Diaz in SD 40 race

Mary Barzee Flores enters race to succeed Illeana Ros-Lehtinen

Jeb Bush, Mark Cuban: Donald Trump dragging down GOP, billionaires