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After 10 Glorious Years, Sunshine State News and I Are Passing the Baton
You probably can't imagine how much fun I've had at Sunshine State News over the last 10 years. I don't think anybody could.
November 1, 2019 - 6:00am
Politics
Columns
Remember the video of first-grader Kameria crying hysterically when she found out President Obama soon would be leaving office? Her grandmother, Caprina Harris, uploaded the video to Facebook and it went viral. Eventually, it was seen by President Obama and little Kameria and her family received an invitation to the White House to visit with the President and the First Lady.
Here's a poll you won't see widely in Florida mainstream media -- because, frankly, the press is either in deep denial or it's looking for a way to smear it in lipstick. But here it is, released Wednesday by Gallup: "Americans' trust and confidence in the mass media 'to report the news fully, accurately and fairly' has dropped to its lowest level in Gallup polling history, with 32 percent (of respondents) saying they have a great deal or fair amount of trust in the media."
Documents inconvenient to the regime went into the Ministry of Truth's slits and down to "enormous furnaces." Modern tyrannies depend on state control of national memories -- retroactive truths established by government fiat. Which is why Russia's Supreme Court recently upheld the conviction of a blogger for violating Article 354.1 of Russia's criminal code.
I'm sorry, but the president of the Florida League of Women Voters doesn't get to brag about the organization's "integrity and credibility."
With dozens of candidates seeking the job, finalists to run Florida's business-recruitment agency could be named later this week.
On Friday, U.S. Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., urged the Senate to pass the DOTCOM Act which would prohibit the transfer of Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) and control of the Internet to outside foreign governments.
Republican congressional leaders ardently want conservative members of the House to not force a vote on impeaching the IRS commissioner.
He's chairman of the Broward Democratic Party, a frequent guest analyst on national network news shows, a consummate party man who had been re-elected chairman repeatedly since the 1990s in contentious races against serious opponents.
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By Kevin Derby
From his perch on the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee, U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis, R-Fla., went to bat for U.S. Rep. Tim Murphy’s, R-Penn., “Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act” on Tuesday. Bilirakis noted at a roundtable event on Tuesday that 10 million Americans are suffering from severe mental illness and pointed to reports s from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) that around 40 percent of them do not get treatment.
By Kevin Derby
On Tuesday, the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a hearing on the data breach at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management in which more than 4 million federal employees had their data stolen with many signs pointing to China as the culprit.
By Kevin Derby
Florida TaxWatch insisted on Tuesday that the Legislature could have done more to cut taxes this year. On Monday, the Legislature passed $400 million in tax cuts and Gov. Rick Scott signed them into law on Tuesday.
By Kevin Derby
Over the five years I’ve written for Sunshine State News, I rarely get personal but a recent honor from the Florida Wildlife Federation (FWF) makes me forego my usual policy.
By Kevin Derby
Donald Trump continued pounding former Gov. Jeb Bush in the launch of his presidential bid. Calling Common Core a “disaster,” Trump ripped into Bush for supporting it.
By Kevin Derby
Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that he is running for the Republican presidential nomination and called for the “right people” to lead the nation.
By Kevin Derby
From his perch as the chairman of the U.S. Senate Western Hemisphere Subcommittee, presidential hopeful U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., fired away at President Barack Obama after administration members met with Diosdado Cabello, who leads Venezuela’s National Assembly, over the weekend. Cabello is being investigated by the U.S. government for drug trafficking.
By Kevin Derby
Moments before former Gov. Jeb Bush launched his presidential bid, U.S. Rep. Ander Crenshaw, R-Fla., explained whey he was backing the former Florida governor for the Republican nomination. Bush beat out Crenshaw in the Republican gubernatorial primary back in 1994.
By Kevin Derby
Florida Rep. Dennis Baxley, R-Ocala, running in 2016 for an open Florida Senate seat, will help kick off a new Republican group in North Central Florida.
By Kevin Derby
Space Florida will be taking over the Shuttle Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center, Gov. Rick Scott announced on Monday.
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