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Mitch PerryJune 17, 2017

With another fourteen months to go before Florida Democrats choose their gubernatorial nominee, the most talked-about potential candidate wasn’t at the Leadership Blue Gala, one of the Party’s biggest events. And he won’t decide if he’ll even run until (maybe) next year. Nevertheless, Saturday afternoon’s forum in Hollywood — between Gwen Graham, Andrew Gillum and Chris […]

Scott PowersJune 16, 2017

Readying to join President Donald Trump in Miami Friday for the president’s expected reinstitution of economic sanctions on Cuba, Florida Gov. Rick Scott indicated in Orlando Friday morning that he is ready to support such a move. At a jobs announcement in Orlando, Scott said he’s convinced the long-term economic advantage of democracy and economic freedom […]

Darryl PaulsonJune 16, 2017

The first article in this series looked at the possibility of removing Donald Trump through the 25th Amendment and it concluded there was virtually no chance of that happening. The next article looked at the Constitutional Convention and the debate over whether or not impeachment should be part of the constitution. It also looked at […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 15, 2017

President Donald Trump barely carried Duval County in 2016. Yet, for Jacksonville power brokers, the Trump era has meant access to the White House. The most recent manifestation of that was just this week, as a JAX Chamber delegation was received by one of the more important people in Trump’s orbit: Omarosa Manigault. Manigault has a […]

Darryl PaulsonJune 15, 2017

In my recent op-ed, I examined the possibility of removing President Donald Trump through the 25th Amendment. That amendment allows for the president to be removed if the vice president and a majority of the cabinet find the president “unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office.” This option is highly unlikely to […]

Mitch PerryJune 15, 2017

President Donald Trump is nominating Sharon Day, a former Republican National Committee co-chair from Fort Lauderdale, to be his ambassador to Costa Rica. Day recently stepped down from her role at the RNC, a position she held since 2011. She’s served on the Executive Committee of the Broward County Republican Party since 1994, and in 1996 was […]

Jim RosicaJune 14, 2017

When Gov. Rick Scott appointed a conservative jurist to the state’s Supreme Court in December, he made clear he wasn’t done. “I will appoint three more justices the morning I finish my term,” he said, referring to the mandatory retirement in early 2019 of the court’s liberal-leaning triumvirate of Justices Barbara Pariente, Peggy A. Quince and […]

Jim RosicaJune 14, 2017

Chalk it up to “passion.” Or politics. Gov. Rick Scott, speaking to reporters after a Wednesday bill signing, explained away the open tension between him and House Speaker Richard Corcoran after the House this year tried to gut VISIT FLORIDA and do away with economic development organization Enterprise Florida, his two favored state agencies. By […]

Associated PressJune 14, 2017

A top House Republican, Steve Scalise of Louisiana, was shot Wednesday at a congressional baseball practice just outside of Washington, officials said. Several other people were also believed to have been hit, according to a lawmaker who witnessed the shooting. Scalise, the House majority whip, was in stable condition at George Washington University Hospital, according […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJune 14, 2017

A bill to reform the Department of Veterans of Affairs is heading to President Donald Trump, after the U.S. House of Representatives approved it this week. The House voted 368-55 on Tuesday to approve the the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Marco Rubio, gives the […]

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Florida Democratic Gala draws big stage, love fest for gubernatorial hopefuls

Rick Scott: hope for a free Cuba better for Florida than current thaw

Darryl Paulson: Will Donald Trump be dumped? Part III — Impeachment

For Jacksonville, Donald Trump means White House access

Darryl Paulson: Will Donald Trump be dumped? Part II — The Constitutional debate

Sharon Day nominated to serve as U.S. ambassador to Costa Rica

Progressive groups sue over Rick Scott’s judicial appointment power

Rick Scott: No hard feelings between him and Richard Corcoran

Top House GOP leader shot at congressional baseball practice

VA reform bill backed by Marco Rubio, Bill Nelson headed to Donald Trump