Trust the chairman of the party that camped out like rock-show groupies in African-American churches to now accuse churches and their preachers of having too much influence on voters.
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November 1, 2019 - 6:00am
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Many of us are concerned for the future of our republic. American politics has devolved into a divisive, hyper-partisan battle in which we spend more time launching personal attacks than focusing on solutions that make a real, positive impact on our lives and communities. Better and smarter governance requires putting truth at the forefront.
Blaise Ingoglia, 47, who lit up the Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) with unprecedented achievement in two terms as chairman, announced Tuesday he will not seek a third.
At the end of last week, retiring U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., the chairwoman of the U.S. House Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa, held a hearing on U.S.
Michael Cohen's guilty plea Thursday that he lied to Congress about Donald Trump's interests in building a Moscow tower comes as little surprise -- everyone attached to this administration seems to lie with ease. And yet it's explosive news in the carnival-kingdom of liars, crooks and thieves.
If you follow me regularly, you know how critical I can be of politically charged bias in Florida's mainstream media.
At the beginning of his long and well-lived life, George Herbert Walker Bush, who in politics was always prosaic, acquired, by way of a grandfather, the name of a British poet and priest (George Herbert, 1593-1633). He acquired much else from family inheritance.
Don't feel too sorry for Brenda Snipes. The already unlamented Broward County supervisor of elections, replaced Friday by Gov. Rick Scott, is leaving if not in a blaze of glory, certainly in possession of a fatter pension package than most career public servants will ever see.
A Chinese scientist's claim to have created the first genetically edited babies has evoked widespread condemnation from the scientific community. "This is far too premature," one American genetic scientist told the Associated Press.
Among all the charities appealing to your spirit of giving this holiday season, you might want to consider putting the Panhandle homeless and still-hurting victims of Hurricane Michael at the top of the list.
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The primary newspaper of record for the state of Virginia, The Richmond Times-Dispatch, has announced its endorsement of Libertarian Gary Johnson for president.
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At 8:24 ET Tuesday, CNN called the GOP Senate primary race in favor of Sen. Marco Rubio.
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Gov. Rick Scott announced in a written statement Thursday he will be in Washington D.C. Sept. 6 to meet with members of Congress on the immediate need for funding to combat the Zika virus.
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One of the best-kept news secrets: In 2015, the U.S.
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Florida Carry, a statewide gun rights group, will host the 31st Annual Gun Rights Policy Conference in Tampa in September.
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Secretary of State Ken Detzner reminded voters to get their votes mailed off before it's too late on Tuesday, telling voters who have requested vote-by-mail or absentee ballots they have a limited time to return their ballots for the August primary.
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Less than 50 percent of Republican voters are happy with Donald Trump as the GOP presidential nominee, and more than half of them wish the party had nominated someone else, according to a new Gallup Poll.
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