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Scott PowersApril 25, 2017

Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio continued his campaign against worldwide human rights abuses by foreign dictators last night by speaking out against the Chechen terror campaign against gays, and tying it to Russian President Vladimir Putin. On the floor of the U.S. Senate Monday night, Rubio relayed reports of mass arrests, at least three killings of LGBT […]

Associated PressApril 3, 2017

After weeks on the defensive, President Donald Trump has stepped up his efforts to dispute, downplay and distract from revelations stemming from the investigations into the Kremlin’s interference in last year’s election and possible Russian ties to his campaign associates. The White House says the real story is not about Russia — it’s about how […]

Scott PowersMarch 30, 2017

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio painted Russia President Vladimir Putin Thursday as a tyrant who runs a brutal, corrupt, and repressive regime that murders opponents, seeks to destabilize western countries including the United States, perpetuates war crimes, and does not represent the Russian people. In doing so, Rubio called on the United States to stand up for […]

Associated PressMarch 22, 2017

President Donald Trump‘s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, secretly worked for a Russian billionaire to advance the interests of Russian President Vladimir Putin a decade ago and proposed an ambitious political strategy to undermine anti-Russian opposition across former Soviet republics, The Associated Press has learned. The work appears to contradict assertions by the Trump administration […]

Mitch PerryMarch 2, 2017

Tampa Democrat Kathy Castor joins the chorus of Democrats who are calling for the resignation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions following published reports surfacing that he met twice with the Russian Ambassador to the U.S. during the presidential campaign last year. The former Alabama senator had said as recently as last month that he had not done so. “Lying to a […]

Scott PowersFebruary 16, 2017

U.S. Rep. Val Demings of Orlando is joining the call for an independent investigation of ties between Russia and former White House National Security Advisor Michael Flynn and President Donald Trump. Demings, a Democrat, sits on the House Oversight Committee – whose Republican chairman U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz has dismissed prospects of such an investigation […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 13, 2017

It’s less than a month into Donald Trump’s presidency, but Congresswoman Kathy Castor is not impressed so far, describing some of his actions and demeanor “beneath the dignity of the office.” “President Trump is simply unprecedented,” the Tampa Democrat said to reporters following a news conference held at the USF College of Nursing George & Marian Miller Center for Virtual Learning. […]

Scott PowersFebruary 9, 2017

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio continued his sharp attacks on Russian President Vladimir Putin Thursday calling any potential grand deals “immoral” and “fantasy” while positioning himself to be in staunch opposition to any agreements President Donald Trump may want with Russia. On Thursday, speaking at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing entitled, “The United States, The Russian Federation and the […]

Darryl PaulsonFebruary 8, 2017

Voters who supported Donald Trump for president did so because they liked his free-speaking ideas, his attacks on the political establishment and his promise to “make America great again.” President Trump has repeatedly stated that he would have won the popular vote for president if not for massive vote fraud. Does Trump believe that Russian […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 25, 2017

Although U.S. Senator Bill Nelson’s press conference on Wednesday in Tampa was ostensibly to discuss President Donald Trump’s campaign pledge to spend up to one trillion dollars improving the nation’s infrastructure, he spent considerable time discussing – and criticizing- some of the moves that the newly-inaugurated president has made in his first week in office. Nelson has voted against Jeff Sessions for Attorney […]

Tag: Vladimir Putin

Marco Rubio speaks out against terror against gays in Chechnya, ties in Vladimir Putin

Donald Trump steps up effort to dispute and distract on Russia

Marco Rubio decries Vladimir Putin as tyrant, calls on White House to push human rights

Paul Manafort had plan to benefit Vladamir Putin government

Kathy Castor says Jeff Sessions should resign

Val Demings calls for investigation into Michael Flynn’s, Donald Trump’s ties to Russia

Kathy Castor calls some of Donald Trump’s actions ‘beneath the dignity of the office’

Marco Rubio re-sharpens condemnation of Putin and any U.S.-Russia deals

Darryl Paulson: We are not the same; the immoral equivalency of President Donald Trump

Bill Nelson sounds off on what he calls Donald Trump’s “rocky” first week in office