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Melissa RossMarch 14, 2016

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Drawing a direct line between the popularity of GOP frontrunner Donald Trump and the rise of Nazism in Germany, UNF professor Parvez Ahmed in a talk radio interview with WJCT pointed out that all the factors in a country that make genocide possible are now present in today’s United States. He spoke strongly against the […]

Melissa RossFebruary 9, 2016

The FSU chapter of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) says it’s hosting an event where students can smash Donald Trump piñatas “in protest of the racism and hatred shown in his presidential campaign.” “The policies of Trump that will be protested include: militarizing and building a wall on the US-Mexico border, banning Muslims from […]

Associated PressJanuary 18, 2016

British lawmakers are due Monday to debate a call for U.S. presidential hopeful Donald Trump to be banned from the U.K. over his remarks about Muslims — though the government is unlikely to bar the divisive Republican Party contender. More than 500,000 people have signed an online petition calling for Trump to be blocked for […]

Jim RosicaDecember 21, 2015

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Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum says Muslims need to “deal with the problem (of radicalism), the cancer within Islam,” but “most are not and that’s a problem.” Santorum appeared Monday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” program. He was asked to elaborate on comments he made on the jihadist movement in the last candidates’ debate. “The bottom line is this: […]

Associated PressDecember 13, 2015

There’s no legal or historical precedent for closing U.S. borders to the world’s 1.6 billion Muslims, but neither is there any Supreme Court case that clearly prevents a president or Congress from doing so. Legal experts are divided over how the high court would react to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump‘s call for a temporary […]

Associated PressDecember 11, 2015

Republican voters don’t think Donald Trump is likable. They don’t think he’s compassionate. And many don’t consider him particularly honest. But he’s overwhelmingly viewed as decisive and competent. And that’s what matters most — at least for now — to Republicans. A new Associated Press-GfK poll finds that 8 in 10 Republican registered voters call […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorDecember 8, 2015

Mayor Rick Kriseman’s tweet Monday night “banning” Donald Trump from St. Pete has drawn national attention. It’s been reported by local news outlets across the state and country and even CNN. The tweet has been “liked” and shared thousands of times. The Tampa Bay Times documented reaction to Kriseman’s anti-Trump tweet as the city’s latest […]

Associated PressDecember 7, 2015

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump called Monday for a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.” The proposed ban would stand “until our country’s representatives can figure out what is going on,” his campaign said in a statement. The statement added that Trump’s proposal comes in response to the level of hatred […]

Associated PressNovember 27, 2015

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Donald Trump said he couldn’t have been making fun of a reporter’s disability because he doesn’t know the man. Not so, says the reporter. Serge Kovaleski of The New York Times says he has met Trump repeatedly, interviewing him in his office and talking to him at news conferences, when he worked for the New […]

Guest AuthorNovember 24, 2015

Oh, geez. The governor of Florida has permanently foreclosed the possibility that people will ever take him as anything other than a fool. Here are the facts: Gov. Rick Scott says it would be dangerous for Florida to accept 425 (though that is, in fact, unknown but Scott clings to it) Syrian refugees because of […]

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UNF professor on Donald Trump: “This is what modern fascism looks like”

Email insights: FSU’s SDS chapter plans Donald Trump Piñata Bash

UK lawmakers to debate banning Donald Trump

Rick Santorum: Muslims need to “confront the cancer” of radicalism

No consensus about legality of Donald Trump’s idea of Muslim ban

Republican voters on Donald Trump: no compassion, no problem

St. Pete City Council members react to Rick Kriseman’s Donald Trump “ban”

Donald Trump calls for ‘complete shutdown’ on Muslims entering US

Reporter mocked by Donald Trump says they knew each other well

Chris Timmons: Refugee issue brings out Rick Scott’s inner xenophobe