WASHINGTON -- Recent events from Ferguson, Missouri, to Staten Island, New York, might prompt an observer to infer that American cops are racist and that a bigoted white populace tolerates unnecessary lethal force against minorities.
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For the third time, the cops of the NYPD have turned their backs on the mayor of New York.
I am excited to announce I will actively explore the possibility of running for president of the United States. -- Jeb Bush
WASHINGTON -- Standing at the intersection of three foreign policy crises and a perennial constitutional tension, Bob Corker, R-Tenn., incoming chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, may be the senator who matters most in 2015. Without an authorization for use of military force (AUMF) tailored to novel circumstances, America is waging war against an entity without precedent (the Islamic State).
For the first time since 2004, Floridians had more to celebrate on New Years Day than just the dawn of 2015. Floridians could also celebrate the elimination of hurricane tax assessments on their insurance policies -- a real savings for families and small businesses.
"If you see 10 troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you," said Calvin Coolidge, whose portrait hung in the Cabinet Room of the Reagan White House.
WASHINGTON -- A writer seeking profound pronouncements for a year-end column is likely instead to find herself awash in punchlines.
Life isn't a comedy. It's a joke.
In July of 1870, King Wilhelm sent Foreign Minister Bismarck an account of his meeting with a French envoy who had demanded that the king renounce any Hohenzollern claim to the Spanish throne.
WASHINGTON -- In 1968, a singularly traumatic year -- assassinations, urban riots, 16,899 Americans killed in Vietnam -- Vice President Hubert Humphrey, the ebullient Minnesotan, said his presidential campaign was about "the politics of joy." This was considered infelicitous.
Looking back at our popular culture in 2014, it appears that Hollywood's power is on the wane. Politically, the leftist celebrities and the "Rock the Vote" gang couldn't help dig the Democrats out of their rut. Even that paragon of permissiveness Sandra Fluke couldn't exploit her Limbaugh-victim aura to win a state Senate seat in libertine California.
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By Kevin Derby
U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., joined on-board as the House sponsor of U.S. Sen. Marco Rubios, R-Fla., Let Seniors Work Act" on Tuesday. The proposal will repeal the Retirement Earnings Test and will stop the 12.4 percent payroll tax for working seniors.
By Kevin Derby
U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., took to the floor of Congress on Tuesday to call on America to support Israel in the current crisis in the Middle East.
I rise in defense of Israel in their defensive war against Hamas, DeSantis said.
The freshman congressman called Hamas a terrorist organization and an arm of the Muslim Brotherhood that wants to destroy Israel.
Hamas desires a second Holocaust although they wont acknowledge the first one happened, DeSantis said. We need to stand with Israel at this critical juncture.
By Kevin Derby
Gov. Rick Scotts team announced on Tuesday that he would engage in three debates in the fall: the Telemundo debate on Oct. 10, Leadership Floridas debate at Broward College on Oct. 15 and CNNs debate on Oct. 21.
By Kevin Derby
Count U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., as a fan of the congressional agreement to reform the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. While he does not serve on the Veterans Affairs Committee, Rubio had been part of the team which was trying to find common ground between the various VA agreements emerging from the Democratic-controlled Senate and the GOP-led House.
Rubio gave U.S. Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., the chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, high praise for his leadership on the matter.
By Kevin Derby
During a U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committees health subcommittee meeting on Monday, U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis, R-Fla., said President Barack Obamas health-care law contained illegal bailouts to insurance companies and reiterated his opposition to it.
By Nancy Smith
Associated Builders and Contractors of Florida Inc. (ABC) on Monday announced the endorsement of Rick Scott to serve a second term as Florida's governor.
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Same-sex marriage has been making headlines over the last few weeks in the Sunshine State after a Monroe County judge ruled that Florida's ban on gay marriage was unconstitutional, but now the gay couple fighting for their right to marry is planning on taking their case to the Florida Supreme Court.
Attorneys for the couple filed paperwork on Monday to move the case from an appeals court to the state's highest court.
By Kevin Derby
The Dont Let Florida Go to Pot coalition claimed there were flaws in the misleading Quinnipiac poll released on Monday which shows Floridians overwhelmingly backing medical marijuana in the Sunshine State, noting it does not touch on Amendment 2 which will be on the November ballot.
The coalition released the following statement:
By Kevin Derby
U.S. Rep. Dan Webster, R-Fla., introduced the To Help Reduce Inefficient Federal Tendencies (THRIFT) Act on Friday. Webster says his bill empowers federal agencies to examine and cut wasteful spending by encouraging assessment.
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A group of teachers headed to Washington, D.C., on Monday to protest the Common Core State Standards engulfing the nation in a sea of controversy.
The Badass Teachers Association, which consists of over 100,000 teachers, rallied in the nation's capital to make their voices heard over the last 12 years of federal education, which they see as a significant problem as educators in the U.S.
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