Scott PowersMay 22, 2019
7min537
Meanwhile, Val Demings calls for impeachment proceedings to start
Tag: White HouseAerial photo courtesy Jesse Biter.
Scott PowersMay 22, 2019
Jacob OglesMarch 29, 2019
5min407
Sarasota Republican hopeful for bipartisan support in Florida.
Scott PowersJanuary 16, 2019
2min236
Darren Soto said no, while Stephanie Murphy's office indicated she wasn't invited this time.
Staff ReportsSeptember 17, 2018
6min348
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is again denying a woman’s allegation he sexually assaulted her at a party three decades ago. The White House released a new statement Monday from the nominee in which he calls the claim “completely false.” Kavanaugh says he never did what the accuser describes “to her or anyone.” The woman, […]
Blake DowlingAugust 4, 2018
5min248
I voted by mail this week. Done. Neither Russians nor Scientologists, nor Canadians were able to influence or meddle with my selections. What did those groups behind the headlines do to our electoral process? They created discord and a lack of faith in some areas — certainly one of their goals. The last administration told […]
Ryan NicolMay 2, 2018
3min244
State Rep. David Richardson, a candidate for Congress this year, has begun a two-day listening tour in Puerto Rico. The visit will deal in part with the island’s recovery following Hurricane Maria. According to a news release, Richardson is set to meet with San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz and other officials to discuss the […]
Staff ReportsMarch 23, 2018
3min993
Miami Republican state Rep. Carlos Trujillo was unanimously approved Thursday as United States Ambassador to the Organization of American States. His nomination was originally floated by the Donald Trump White House in 2017, well ahead of the recently wrapped Legislative Session, but Democratic U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin had placed a hold on it. When nominated, Trujillo said […]
Scott PowersFebruary 14, 2018
4min236
As the White House responds to reports that former aide Rob Porter was not the only official potentially working with highly sensitive information without first being properly vetted, Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy introduced a bill Wednesday to try to make the law require necessary security clearances. Murphy’s bill, her office stated in a news […]
A.G. GancarskiDecember 14, 2017
2min405
It’s day two of the Omarosa Manigault news cycle … and (quelle surprise), there is a Jacksonville connection. Manigault, the wife of Jacksonville pastor John Allen Newman, was a local connection to the White House. However, since the advent of the tenure of White House chief of staff John Kelly, Manigault was on her way out. She’s still […]
Martin DyckmanMay 19, 2017
7min355
There’s a $71-billion federal welfare program that costs more than aid to needy families, more than the earned income tax credit for working families, and almost as much as food stamps, but goes in great measure to people who don’t really need it. I’m on that dole. You may be, too. It’s the home mortgage […]