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Joe HendersonNovember 29, 2017

Millions were stunned Wednesday morning when the Today show led with the news that NBC fired host Matt Lauer after receiving a detailed complaint about what it called “inappropriate sexual behavior” from its high-profile morning anchor. Twitter exploded, the internet erupted, and President Donald Trump couldn’t resist taking a jab at NBC, saying top executives also should […]

Mitch PerryNovember 15, 2017

Carlos Curbelo has serious trouble in Florida’s 26th Congressional District, roughly a year out from the general election. A Public Policy Polling survey of registered voters taken last week shows the Republican incumbent with an approval rating of only 37 percent; 46 percent disapprove of the job he is doing. Three Democrats have filed to face […]

Mitch PerryNovember 9, 2017

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To attack Gov. Rick Scott as a so-called climate change denier, Tom Steyer‘s NextGenClimate PAC spent nearly $20 million in ads three years ago. It wasn’t enough, obviously. The Republican incumbent narrowly defeated Charlie Crist, and Scott is now seriously eyeing a run at Bill Nelson‘s U.S. Senate seat in 2018. Steyer, a San Francisco-based environmental activist, is now poised to […]

Mitch PerryNovember 8, 2017

Kathy Castor is not happy with a series of measures published by the White House Wednesday that tightening limits on Americans’ dealings with Cuba. The Tampa Democratic congresswoman is bothered by the package, which includes a blacklist of state-owned companies and entities, including shops and hotels. It also requires most U.S. citizens wanting to travel to […]

Mitch PerryNovember 6, 2017

Though rarely (if ever) in agreement with Donald Trump, St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman did echo some of the president’s first comments Monday about America’s latest mass shooting. “It’s not about taking people’s rights under the Second Amendment away but making sure that we keep guns out of the hands of people who shouldn’t have […]

Joe HendersonOctober 23, 2017

President Donald Trump called U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson of Florida’s 24th Congressional District “wacky” in a tweet. He said she is the “gift that keeps on giving for the Republican Party.” He said she is a “disaster” for Democrats. Let’s meet her. She won her seat in 2010, and in 2014 was re-elected to a third term […]

Mitch PerryOctober 13, 2017

One could reasonably approach the David Jolly-Patrick Murphy roadshow hitting Tampa Thursday night with a healthy dose of cynicism. Here are two former politicians decrying problems of Washington D.C. when, if things had turned the way they hoped they would, both would have been ensconced in the belly of the beast they were now criticizing. Nevertheless, […]

Mitch PerryOctober 6, 2017

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Marco Rubio and Bill Nelson have already lobbed objections to Jim Bridenstine, President Donald Trump‘s pick to head NASA. Now, more than 30 Florida scientists signed a letter to the state’s U.S. senators, urging them to outright reject Bridenstine when he comes up for confirmation. Among the criticisms that scientists around the nation have voiced about Bridenstine […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 25, 2017

A day after dozens of NFL players kneeled in silent protest during the playing of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” U.S. Rep. Brian Mast weighed in with own hot take on the simmering controversy. “The NFL doles out penalties for celebrating a touchdown, but won’t require respect for our flag?” Mast wrote on Facebook Monday. Mast served in Afghanistan […]

Joe HendersonSeptember 25, 2017

Patriotism is not the exclusive property of any one group. Showing real devotion to this country takes more than waving a flag and snarling at someone who doesn’t. It starts with understanding what this nation is supposed to be about. I got caught up Sunday night in watching the latest installment in Ken Burns’ epic […]

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Joe Henderson: NBC handled Matt Lauer only way it could

Carlos Curbelo in serious trouble, new CD 26 polling shows

NextGen America announces plans for larger footprint in Florida

Kathy Castor blasts Donald Trump’s new Cuban travel restrictions

Rick Kriseman talks lack of mental health funding after Texas church massacre

Joe Henderson: Frederica Wilson’s record not so wacky

David Jolly, Patrick Murphy discuss fixing Washington — it was (sort of) interesting

Florida scientists urge Senate to oppose Donald Trump’s NASA pick

Brian Mast says any NFL player who takes a knee ‘should already be gone’

Joe Henderson: Patriotism is more than flag waving