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Guest AuthorSeptember 14, 2016

My organization, The LIBRE Initiative, has spent the last half-decade working hand in hand with our Latino community in Florida. Listening to their stories and their dreams, I’m reminded of my own parents’ decision to leave their home in Mexico and come to America in search of opportunity. Whether we’re from Mexico, the Caribbean, Central […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 14, 2016

Patrick Murphy has a message for Marco Rubio: “Florida’s just not that into you.” To prove his point, Murphy, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, sent supporters an email citing a new survey where, out of 100 senators, Rubio ranks as fifth-least-popular in the nation. The poll, released Wednesday by digital media research firm Morning […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterSeptember 14, 2016

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is sending seven people to Florida support Zika testing and lab functions. But Gov. Rick Scott wants more. On Wednesday, Scott requested more support personnel from the CDC. The governor made the request in order to ensure pregnant women get test results faster, according to the governor’s office. […]

Larry GriffinSeptember 14, 2016

A poll conducted by NARAL Pro Choice America shows 85 percent of voters they polled want a plan to combat the Zika virus that includes protecting women’s health care rights and funding to women’s health care centers. According to Sasha Bruce, senior vice president for campaigns and strategy at NARAL, the numbers show voters are largely deeply […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterSeptember 14, 2016

Two organizations are teaming up to take a swing at Marco Rubio over Social Security. Senate Majority PAC and AFSCME PEOPLE released a new ad campaign Wednesday highlighting Rubio’s position on Medicare and Social Security. The 30-second spot is meant to point out Rubio’s calls for cuts to Social Security and votes to privatize Medicare, […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 14, 2016

Outgoing Florida Speaker of the House Steve Crisafulli penned an opinion piece yesterday slamming Hillary Clinton‘s now-infamous “basket of deplorables” phrase to describe half of Donald Trump‘s supporters. “By calling so many of our nation’s citizens ‘deplorable’ haters and racists and the other half too stupid to make their own decisions about who should be our next president, […]

Scott PowersSeptember 13, 2016

Gov. Rick Scott is in Washington Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday meeting with House Speaker Paul Ryan, Florida’s U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, and and several Florida members of Congress to talk about the latest effort to fund the fight on the Zika virus. Scott’s meeting with Rubio was followed with a visit to Ryan’s office, and then Yoho, as Congress […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 13, 2016

Last month, the Wall Street Journal first reported that the Obama administration secretly organized an airlift of $400 million worth of cash to Iran that coincided with the January release of four Americans detained in Tehran. The money represented the first installment of a $1.7 billion settlement the Obama administration reached with Iran over a long-held dispute over a failed arms […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterSeptember 13, 2016

Todd Wilcox is lending a helping hand to a few of his fellow Republicans. The Orlando Republican has given nearly $10,000 to federal candidates in recent weeks. Wilcox, who ended his bid for U.S. Senate earlier this spring, has given $2,000 to Republican John Rutherford, who is running in Florida’s 4th Congressional District. Rutherford will […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 13, 2016

Patrick Murphy is using the opportunity of receiving an endorsement from a newly formed gun control group to lash out at Marco Rubio‘s voting record on guns and gun safety. The Democratic congressman from Jupiter became the third lawmaker to earn the backing of the “Pride Fund to End Gun Violence,” a political action committee formed in the wake […]

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Daniel Garza: Marco Rubio fights for Florida’s Latinos

Patrick Murphy to Marco Rubio: ‘Florida’s just not that into you’

Rick Scott requesting more CDC support personnel to help with Zika testing

New poll shows 85 percent of voters want Zika plan to include protecting women’s health care

Senate Majority PAC, AFSCME PEOPLE launch ad campaign hitting Marco Rubio over Social Security

Mitch Perry Report for 9.14.16 — Steve Crisafulli goes there

Rick Scott meets with Marco Rubio, Paul Ryan, other congressmen on Zika

Dennis Ross co-sponsors bill to prohibit ransom payments to Iran

Todd Wilcox lends a hand to John Rutherford, Carlos Curbelo and other GOP candidates

Patrick Murphy uses gun control group’s endorsement to attack Marco Rubio