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ReutersNovember 3, 2018

Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) deleted more than 10,000 automated accounts posting messages that discouraged people from voting in Tuesday’s U.S. election and wrongly appeared to be from Democrats, after the party flagged the misleading tweets to the social media company. “We took action on relevant accounts and activity on Twitter,” a Twitter spokesman said in an […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 1, 2018

The increasingly expensive race in Westside Jacksonville’s swingy House District 15 is all but over, but Republican Wyman Duggan has a final message for voters. That message, per his latest mailpiece: That “liberal” Tracye Polson has donated to “liberal politicians” like Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Bill Nelson. And, what’s more, that she “hosted campaign fundraisers IN HER OWN […]

Jacob OglesOctober 29, 2018

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National security adviser Jake Sullivan weighed in on a Florida House race, endorsing Liv Coleman in District 73. “I know what Liv is capable of because I know where she comes from,” Sullivan said in a statement. “We grew up in the same town and went to the same high school. We both learned the […]

Staff ReportsOctober 24, 2018

An apparently coordinated plot to send mail bombs to an array of figures on the cultural left has dominated national news today. CNN was evacuated. The Obamas, the Clintons, and Democratic U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz all were targeted Wednesday, following a similar targeting of George Soros on Monday. The news went global quickly, with the Congresswoman’s office […]

Drew WilsonOctober 19, 2018

The race to succeed term-limited Republican Rep. Michael Bileca in House District 115 is shaping up to be closer than expected, according to a new poll commissioned by allies of Democratic nominee Jeff Solomon. The Kitchens Group poll found voters in the district the heretofore GOP-leaning district are split down the middle, 45-45 percent, over […]

Jacob OglesOctober 6, 2018

After a reversal on U.S. visa policy for same-sex partners of diplomats, Rep. Ted Deutch led congressional pushback on the discriminatory shift. “This Administration has an offensive record when it comes to equal rights for the American LGBTQ community, and now it appears they’re set to endanger the lives of LGBTQ foreign diplomats and U.N. employees […]

Jacob OglesOctober 6, 2018

A new poll shows Democrat Janet Cruz defeating Republican incumbent state Sen. Dana Young in a Tampa Bay district that historically leans right. A Public Policy Polling survey of voters in state Senate District 18 shows Cruz winning 42 percent of the vote compared to 39 percent who favor Young. Partisanship in the district plays […]

Jacob OglesOctober 1, 2018

A new poll shows Democrat Chief Financial Officer candidate Jeremy Ring holding a 6-percent lead over Republican incumbent Jimmy Patronis. The survey by Democrat-leaning Public Policy Polling finds 40 percent of voters supporting Ring, compared to 34 backing Patronis, with 26 percent of voters still undecided. More striking, the polling sample included a plurality of […]

Danny McAuliffeSeptember 27, 2018

Hillary Clinton will stump with Andrew Gillum on Oct. 23 in South Florida, the Gillum campaign announced Thursday. The former First Lady and former Secretary of State has a history with Democratic gubernatorial nominee Gillum. In 2016, the Tallahassee Mayor spoke on stage at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. It was rumored then that […]

Ryan NicolSeptember 18, 2018

Longtime Donald Trump ally Roger Stone was his usual self in remarks to Trump Club 45 PBC Monday night, spouting several attention-grabbing comments to the audience of Trump die-hards. Stone dropped several eyebrow-raising one-liners (mostly in jest) during his speech at the Palm Beach Kennel Club, one of which concerned a prominent Florida contest. “You […]

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Twitter deletes over 10,000 accounts that sought to discourage U.S. voting

Direct mail round-up: ‘Liberal’ Tracye Polson has ‘liberal’ friends and ‘liberal’ donors

Joe Biden adviser Jake Sullivan endorses Liv Coleman

‘Attack on America’: Florida leaders decry mail bomb terror

Internal poll shows HD 115 race could come down to the wire

Ted Deutch stands up for LGBTQ diplomat spouses after visa policy reversal

New PPP survey shows Janet Cruz with 3-point lead over Dana Young

PPP poll shows Jeremy Ring with 6-point lead on Jimmy Patronis

Hillary Clinton to campaign alongside Andrew Gillum

Bill Nelson ‘died three years ago,’ Roger Stone quips to Palm Beach Trump supporters