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Joe HendersonFebruary 21, 2018

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What kind of vermin would say two Parkland students grieving from last week’s massacre at their high school were really actors who were being paid to make gun owners look bad? I think we can all agree this represents the lowest of the low. Well, apparently not “all” of us. Helping spread that lie is […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 19, 2018

For Presidents Day, activists in downtown St. Petersburg rallied to criticize congressional Republicans who they say have been silent or actively working to end special counsel Robert Mueller‘s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Mueller laid out charges Friday against 13 Russian nationals and three Russian entities in a sweeping indictment describing in […]

Danny McAuliffeFebruary 19, 2018

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Gov. Rick Scott will not attend a CNN-hosted town hall discussion with students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, their family members and the surrounding community. The reason? Scott’s staff said the governor will be busy in Tallahassee addressing the issue of student safety. “With only three weeks left of our annual legislative session, Governor Rick […]

Danny McAuliffeFebruary 15, 2018

Florida Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson told his colleagues on the Senate floor Thursday that they shouldn’t shy away from addressing gun control measures in the wake of the recent mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. “To those who say now that it’s not the time to talk about gun violence because it’s too soon, we don’t […]

Joe HendersonFebruary 15, 2018

Gun control? That’s a laugh, given the culture of political complicity created by the National Rifle Association. In the alternate universe in which NRA executive vice president Wayne LaPierre and his army of lawmakers throughout live, more guns “make America safe and free.” That’s what he said before the NRA’s 2013 meeting in Houston. Safe? I wonder […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 15, 2018

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Sen. Marco Rubio discussed the latest mass shooting on Fox and Friends Thursday. Former student Nicolas Cruz killed 17 people with an AR-15 Wednesday, at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. Rubio said that when an “individual decides in a premeditated and orchestrated way” to do something like this, “it can happen anywhere.” “There was a running joke […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 9, 2018

The House has narrowly passed a sweeping bipartisan budget accord, ending an hours-long government shutdown and clearing a path for huge spending increases for both the Pentagon and domestic programs. The 240-186 vote sends the $400 billion spending plan to President Donald Trump, who has promised to sign it. Passage of the measure came over […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 7, 2018

Good news in a new survey for Sen. Marco Rubio and President Donald Trump, as both have shown jumps in popularity since last year. That’s the contention of the latest poll from the University of North Florida’s Public Opinion Research Laboratory. Rubio, per the survey, saw 55 percent strongly or somewhat approve of him, compared to the […]

Jim RosicaFebruary 1, 2018

Rep. Kathleen Peters‘ attempt to amend an House ethics reform bill resulted in virtual fireworks Thursday, with a prominent lobbyist saying Peters was targeting him and a lawmaker bemoaning “political gymnastics” that temporarily gummed up the measure. One of Peters’ amendments would have banned sitting lawmakers and their immediate family members from working for lobbying firms. The […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 31, 2018

Addressing a deeply divided nation, President Donald Trump called for a “new American moment” of unity Tuesday night and challenged lawmakers to make good on long-standing promises to fix a dangerously fractured immigration system, warning of evil outside forces seeking to undermine the nation’s way of life. Trump’s State of the Union address blended self-congratulation […]

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Joe Henderson: Only lowest of low would spread lies about Parkland students

Activists call out Donald Trump’s ‘Cover up Caucus’ on Russian investigation

Rick Scott will skip CNN town hall, workshop student safety instead

Bill Nelson: ‘Let’s get these assault weapons off our streets’

Joe Henderson: Gun control? Politicians make sure we don’t have a prayer

Marco Rubio on Parkland massacre: ‘It can happen anywhere’

Florida politicians react to budget deal ending government shutdown

New poll shows improving job approval ratings for Marco Rubio, Donald Trump

‘Political gymnastics’: House panel kills Kathleen Peters’ ethics proposals

Compilation of Florida politicians’ reactions to the State of the Union