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A.G. GancarskiDecember 6, 2017

As Sen. Al Franken prepares for an all-but-certain resignation Thursday, former allies in the Senate are calling for him to step down. “Sexual harassment is never acceptable. I agree with a majority of the Democratic senators that Sen. Franken should step aside,” said Sen. Bill Nelson Wednesday evening. Nelson joins Minority Leader Charles Schumer and over half of the […]

Joe HendersonDecember 5, 2017

Miscreant behavior isn’t the exclusive property of either major political party. It’s an equal opportunity career-killer, as former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown of Jacksonville learned Monday. She was sentenced to five years in federal prison for deeds that U.S. District Judge Timothy Corrigan called “especially shameless.” Shameless? Yeah, that about sums it up. It happens […]

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 27, 2017

Jacksonville Republican Rep. and Attorney General candidate Jay Fant said Monday that he agrees with Sen. Marco Rubio‘s declaration over the weekend that the sexual misconduct allegations against Sen. Al Franken are so egregious that the Minnesota Democrat should resign immediately. “Senator Franken has already admitted to mistreating women in a way that would be offensive to […]

Peter SchorschNovember 27, 2017

Over the last decade, there have been few Florida GOP political consultants as successful as Brett Doster. Official campaign finance reports link him and his firm, Front Line Strategies, to more than a dozen winning statewide or legislative campaigns, including that of Attorney General Pam Bondi and Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam. Even if state records […]

Mitch PerryNovember 20, 2017

Democratic U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon, the ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, joined his Florida colleague Bill Nelson at a business roundtable discussion in Tampa Monday. At the event, the two lawmakers blasted the GOP tax reform bill that passed the House last week and could come up in the Senate as early as next […]

Joe HendersonNovember 20, 2017

Sleazy politicians are nothing new and stupidity has no party affiliation. From the infamous dalliances of Alexander Hamilton with Maria Reynolds, to John F. Kennedy and Bill Clinton, and now to the seemingly ceaseless string of headlines we see about sexual misdeeds and judgment lapses from members of both major parties, we know the moral high ground is often the size […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 18, 2017

The highest profile election in America right now arguably is the Alabama Senate race between Democrat Doug Jones and Republican Roy Moore. With multiple women emerging from decades ago to depict Moore as aggressively pursuing underaged women, to such a degree that Moore was banned from the Gadsden Mall, Moore is in deep political trouble. Republicans have […]

Blake DowlingNovember 18, 2017

Chip Kelly to Florida as head coach; Jimbo Fischer pursued by Texas A&M. Kevin Spacey is a predator; UCLA Hoops players shoplift in China (way to go, guys, making America look great. (Isn’t there another U.S. athlete still in jail in China?) A mistrial for U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, Roy Moore, etc. … crazy, sad, […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 14, 2017

In Jacksonville Tuesday to introduce his budget, Florida Gov. Rick Scott addressed the continuing Roy Moore scandal — and condemned the Alabama U.S. Senate candidate’s behavior in the strongest possible terms Moore has dealt with a tsunami of revelations about “dating” teenagers while he was district attorney in the Gadsden area, with some of the women charging […]

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Donald Trump shifts gears and taps Pam Bondi for AG.

Bill Nelson: ‘Al Franken should step aside’

Joe Henderson: Corrine Brown finds rules apply to her too

Joe Henderson: NBC handled Matt Lauer only way it could

Jay Fant: I agree with Marco Rubio. Al Franken must go

Will the opponents of Brett Doster’s clients weaponize his connection to Roy Moore?

Ron Wyden visits Bill Nelson in Tampa to call for bipartisanship in tax reform

Joe Henderson: Moral high ground can be pretty low

Roy Moore’s Florida consultants ‘losing friends and credibility’

Blake Dowling: Flying taxis for you and me!

Rick Scott calls on Roy Moore to withdraw from Senate race if ‘disgusting’ revelations are true