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Ana CeballosFebruary 20, 2018

Republican state Rep. Shawn Harrison fired his aide on Tuesday after he said two students who survived the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School mass shooting were “actors that travel to various crisis (sic) when they happen.” “I am appalled at and strongly denounce his comments about the Parkland students,” Harrison tweeted about Benjamin Kelly. “I am again […]

Ana CeballosFebruary 20, 2018

Clad in black, students who survived the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting walked the halls of the Florida Capitol on Tuesday, going in and out of lawmakers’ offices asking them to pass gun control measures. Each held a clipboard with their itinerary for the day and had a somber look on their face, still […]

Scott PowersFebruary 20, 2018

Before all of the 17 funerals are even held for victims of last Wednesday’s school massacre in Parkland, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Philip Levine has launched a new television commercial promising to pursue a ban of assault weapons and declaring the shooting at Stonewall Douglas High School “a wakeup call we can’t ignore.” Levine’s political committee […]

Scott PowersFebruary 20, 2018

U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz has seen a lot of gun massacres come and go, and, as former chair of the Democratic National Committee, a lot of gun bills come and vanish, but she told the Tiger Bay Club of Central Florida Tuesday morning she’s convinced that what follows the Parkland massacre last Wednesday will […]

Ana CeballosFebruary 20, 2018

Students who survived the Marjory Stoneman Douglas mass shooting are traveling to Tallahassee on Tuesday in search of legislative action that can prevent a future massacre like the one they experienced. Meetings with Attorney General Pam Bondi, House Speaker Richard Corcoran, Senate President Joe Negron and other legislative leaders have been set up for Wednesday, […]

Joe HendersonFebruary 19, 2018

To those young people who lived through the slaughter that was the Parkland shooting and vowed this will be the last time any school endures this: stick with it. I hope you march on Washington next month, like many of you promise. I hope you inspire others to march in cities around the state and country. […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 19, 2018

In “Posse Comitatus,” the third season finale of The West Wing, President Jed Bartlet (Martin Sheen) heads to New York to take in “The Wars of the Roses.” So does Bob Ritchie (James Brolin, playing a three-term Florida Governor and the Republican nominee in the 2002 presidential election) — only Ritchie is there to see a Yankee […]

Jim RosicaFebruary 19, 2018

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A spokesman for Gov. Rick Scott Sunday rejected comparisons between a 2016 state investigation into the Parkland school shooter and the FBI’s lack of follow-up on tips on his potential danger. “It is absurd and irresponsible to compare the DCF’s investigation, completed nearly 18 months ago in response to allegations of caregiver abuse and neglect, […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 19, 2018

The world was shocked last week when a gunman took an Uber to his former high school in Parkland, Florida, and shot dozens of former classmates. Seventeen perished. Many more were wounded. And everyone in the school that day lived through an unimaginable terror. And, across the country and the world, people are doing what […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 18, 2018

On Friday, Gov. Rick Scott demanded that FBI Director Christopher Wray resign after the federal agency acknowledged it failed to follow standard procedures after receiving a tip in January about Nikolas Cruz, the man charged this week with killing 17 people at a Broward high school. “Seventeen innocent people are dead, and acknowledging a mistake isn’t going […]

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Shawn Harrison fires aide for falsely calling Parkland students ‘actors’

As Parkland students call for gun control, motion to ban assault rifles fails

Philip Levine launches campaign commercial citing Parkland massacre

Debbie Wasserman Schultz: Parkland shooting will be different this year in guns, politics

Parkland students begin trip to Tallahassee in search of legislative action

Joe Henderson: After Parkland shooting young people say ENOUGH!

Ron DeSantis appeared on Fox News for 11 minutes, didn’t once mention Parkland

Governor’s Office rejects FBI, DCF comparisons post-Parkland

Jacksonville fundraiser for Parkland victims slated for Thursday

By Rick Scott’s standards, Rick Scott should resign in wake of Parkland shooting