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Scott PowersApril 19, 2017

With Democrats such as herself facing innumerable challenges in a President Donald Trump administration and Republican dominated Congress, U.S. Rep. Val Demings found triumphs – and joy – in moments of resistance. The freshman congresswoman from Orlando outlined her first 100 days on Capitol Hill Wednesday and looked ahead expressing her optimism and faith, particularly in the American […]

Scott PowersNovember 6, 2016

Making one last plea for Florida to support Democrat Hillary Clinton and validate his own legacy, President Barack Obama told a big, boisterous crowd in Kissimmee Sunday that democracy itself is on Tuesday’s ballot. Obama made it clear that all Democratic Party priorities and his own legacy are to be judged in the election. “You […]

Scott PowersNovember 2, 2016

Donald Trump focused much of his Orlando speech Wednesday on decrying Hillary Clinton as someone with so many legal problems that if she were elected she would create a constitutional crisis. Republican presidential nominee Trump, speaking before a moderately sized outdoor crowd at the Orlando Amphitheater in the Central Florida Fairgrounds, spent much of his 26-minute […]

Scott PowersOctober 31, 2016

Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence vowed Monday that a President Donald Trump would seek a robust course to space that would have NASA focus on deep-space exploration. In a speech to a few hundred people at the Cocoa Convention Center, Pence was light on details but heavy on promises of a bold American future in the final […]

Larry GriffinOctober 30, 2016

The people leaving UCF’s CFE Arena Friday night after the speech by President Barack Obama ended were happy, and the warm, fervent energy of his speech had energized them. Or at least, it reinforced what they already thought: that it was important for the young people to exercise their vote. That was one of the main […]

Scott PowersOctober 29, 2016

Hillary Clinton blasted FBI Director’s James Comey’s letter to Congress about the newly-discovered email regarding her, calling his action “strange” and “deeply troubling” in a speech at a Daytona Beach community center Friday afternoon. Early-on in her speech Friday Clinton addressed the latest controversy surrounding her email, but offered no concerns about what they might say about her, […]

Scott PowersOctober 28, 2016

At the University of Central Florida Friday night, a triumphant-sounding Barack Obama made a bold declaration to voters — in this election, no less than the direction of America was at stake. The president, no doubt buoyed by resurgent popularity and comforted by the realization that the end is near, proclaimed fellow Democrat Hillary Clinton a worthy bearer […]

Scott PowersOctober 26, 2016

President Barack Obama will give a speech for Hillary Clinton at the University of Central Florida on Friday, pushing for more people to get out and vote. The 5 p.m. speech will be at the CFE Arena at UCF, with doors opening at 3 p.m. People who wish to attend will have to get reservations […]

Scott PowersOctober 3, 2016

Vice President Joe Biden has an eight-year American administration legacy to defend and he did exactly that Monday in Orlando, denouncing denigrations of the United States’ power and strength and calling Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump “dangerously uninformed.” Speaking to a small gathering of no more than a couple hundred people packed into an old […]

Scott PowersAugust 12, 2016

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, who’s faced a torrent of criticism this week for agreeing to speak at a conservative Christian conference that included others with harsh gay-bashing rhetoric, used his pulpit there Friday to urge love for the gay community. “I want to be clear with you, abandoning judgment and loving our LGBT neighbors is not a […]

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Val Demings hails triumphs of resistance in Republican D.C.

Barack Obama says justice, fairness, environment, Civil Rights all on the ballot

Donald Trump says a President Hillary Clinton would spark ‘constitutional crisis’

Mike Pence promises robust space support at Cocoa

Attendees of Barack Obama’s UCF speech came away with new hope and energy to vote

Hillary Clinton calls FBI letter on email ‘deeply troubling’

Barack Obama: ‘This is the moment where America has to take a stand’

Barack Obama to encourage voting at UCF speech Friday

Joe Biden lays into Donald Trump as ‘dangerously uninformed’

Marco Rubio uses forum at Christian conference to call for love of gay community