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Peter SchorschAugust 18, 2018

Rick Wilson, the Tallahassee-based Republican operative whose moonshot to the spotlight accompanied his unwithering criticism of President Donald Trump, came home this week. His landing spot: The capital city’s Midtown Reader bookstore, to read from and discuss his new best-selling book, “Everything Trump Touches Dies.” “This process started a little bit as catharsis,” Wilson told […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 17, 2018

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In St. Augustine Friday, Gov. Rick Scott promoted the latest jobs numbers. “The private sector,” said Scott, “has created 26,000 new jobs. We have added 211,000 jobs in the last 12 months … almost 1.6 million private sector jobs” in the last 7½ years. Noting that unemployment is now 3.7 percent, Scott said Florida’s job growth rate […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 17, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott‘s finances continue to be a focus this summer, as the Governor runs for Senate. The latest revelations came from the Miami Herald this week, which reported that Scott, who killed Florida’s chance at federally funded high-speed rail early in his term, has investments in a credit fund run by the parent company of All […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 17, 2018

An ongoing narrative this election season is Sen. Bill Nelson‘s claims that Russians are interfering in Florida elections. Nelson, at varying points, has claimed that “Russians are in the records” of local supervisors of elections, and that they are “continuing” with tactics employed in 2016. Nelson’s likely opponent in the Senate general election, Gov. Rick Scott, and […]

Staff ReportsAugust 17, 2018

Wishful thinking predicates much of election season. Aspirational ads for Democrats; appeals targeting nonexistent issues (hello, “sanctuary cities”) for Republicans. Ultimately, these moves — whether pulled by a winning or losing campaign — are strategic. How a Republican is to eliminate sanctuary cities or how a Democrat is by force of will to create Medicare […]

Scott PowersAugust 17, 2018

When asked Thursday night about what they want to do with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, the three candidates for Florida’s 9th Congressional District had a wide range of opinions. Either keep it as is, reform it, or throw it out. Speaking at one of four debates at the packed Political Salsa hobnob […]

Drew WilsonAugust 16, 2018

The GOP has held the Governor’s Mansion since the election of Jeb Bush in 1998, and the Republican Governors Association is spending big bucks to keep it that way. According to newly filed campaign finance reports, electioneering communications organization Florida Facts received a $2.45 million cash infusion from the Republican Governors Association on Aug. 2, […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 15, 2018

The feud between President Donald Trump and former senior aide Omarosa Manigault Newman has a Jacksonville politics connection, with her husband John Allen Newman currently serving on the JAXPORT board. Manigault Newman left the White House months back and has since written a book, “Unhinged“, in which she has made various charges about the President, including that he suffers from […]

Staff ReportsAugust 15, 2018

The Manufacturers Association of Florida, a group 20,000 strong, on Monday threw the weight of its endorsement behind Gov. Rick Scott in his Senate bid. On Wednesday, Scott was in Yulee — the first of two stops to spotlight the endorsement. Scott’s move to eliminate the sales tax on manufacturing machinery, cutting $73 million in taxes […]

Drew WilsonAugust 15, 2018

Sarasota state Sen. Greg Steube holds a commanding lead in the Republican primary for Florida’s 17th Congressional District according to a new poll commissioned by Club for Growth Action, which is backing Steube in the contest. The poll, conducted by WPA Intelligence, found the first-term state Senator with a 39-16 percent lead over Venice state […]

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Takeaways from Tallahassee — Hustlin’ 45

Rick Scott rejects claims that job growth is predominately in low-wage sectors

Rick Scott says conflict of interest claims regarding All Aboard Florida are ‘absurd’

On Russian election interference claims, Rick Scott wants Bill Nelson to ‘come clean’

Jacksonville Bold for 8.17.18 — Sizzle, and steak

Alan Grayson, Darren Soto, Wayne Liebnitzky spread on ICE in ‘Political Salsa’ CD 9 debate

Republican Governors Association starts spending spree in Florida

Rick Scott gently chides Donald Trump for calling Omarosa a ‘dog’

Rick Scott highlights manufacturers’ backing in Yulee

Greg Steube leads Julio Gonzalez by 23 points in new CD 17 poll