It was Day Three of the Brett Kavanaugh hearings when Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J,, launched his 2020 presidential bid as a Thracian gladiator.
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With Jeanette Nuñez and Chris King, the gubernatorial hopefuls Ron DeSantis and Andrew Gillum chose solid, if not bold, imaginative picks for their running mates last week. But they face monumental missionary work after bitter, divisive primaries.
Nowhere in Florida is the new law dealing with beach access the firestorm it has become in Walton County. The reason is complicated.
There was a moment during the enjoyably bad Dwayne Johnson film “Rampage” that stood out for me. In an early scene space canisters with a serum crash to Earth and one lands in the Everglades, becoming devoured by an alligator that eventually grows gargantuan and tears apart Chicago. I joked with friends how proud I was to see a local performer in a major motion picture.
Now that Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum is the Democratic Party nominee for governor, the press and voters need to take a much closer look into his service as our ceremonial mayor.
The "deep state" exists after all. But it turns out that deep state is not made up of the permanent bureaucracy, shadowy intelligence officials, or even Obama administration holdovers; rather it is made up of President Trump's own senior appointees.
Andrew Gillum picked the lieutenant governor HE wanted and some people are mad.
Chances are, you’ve noticed it’s election season. It seems everywhere we look another politician is inserting his or her opinion on the latest hot topic, whether it’s education, public safety and, of course, the environment. Offshore development continues to be a “hot potato” issue -- it seems no one wants to touch it, at least not publicly.
The Florida Supreme Court was in South Florida Wednesday hearing arguments for why Amendment 6, also known as Marsy’s Law for Florida, should remain on the November General Election ballot. More than political or legal theatre, this is an issue that is so important and so deeply personal to Floridians who are survivors of crime, including me.
Over Labor Day weekend news broke that in areas of Florida residents received automated phone calls of a disturbing nature. The recording came from a pretend Andrew Gillum, Democratic candidate for governor. The voice and the words were degradingly racist. The New York Times described jungle drums and monkey noises playing in the background.
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By Kevin Derby
After reeling in the support of President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, D-Fla., continues to be the favorite of the Democratic leadership in Florida’s U.S. Senate race.
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The Hacktivist group Anonymous, which claims responsibility for shutting down Turkey's internet last year, is taking aim at Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump, declaring "total war" on the businessman-turned-presidential hopeful.
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Hillary Clinton is giving her comedy routine a try Wednesday. The Democratic presidential hopeful will be heading to TV Wednesday evening not to do a typical celebratory round of news conferences, but to appear on the hit Comedy Central series, Broad City.
By Kevin Derby
Businessman and Army veteran Todd Wilcox, now running for the Republican nomination in Florida for the U.S. Senate race, expressed his opposition to President Barack Obama nominating Judge Merrick Garland to the U.S. Supreme Court.
By Kevin Derby
Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera, who is running in the Republican primary to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., urged the GOP Senate majority to “stay fast” and oppose President Barack Obama’s nomination of Judge Merrick Garland to the U.S. Supreme Court.
By Kevin Derby
Running for the Democratic nomination to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., in the Senate, U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, D-Fla., cheered President Barack Obama for nominating federal Judge Merrick Garland to the U.S. Supreme Court.
By Kevin Derby
Continuing to make his bid for the Republican nomination in the U.S. Senate race in Florida, businessman Carlos Beruff urged the GOP majority in the Senate to reject President Barack Obama’s appointment of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court.
By Kevin Derby
After businessman Donald Trump won the Republican primaries in Florida, Illinois and North Carolina on Tuesday night, and had a lead in Missouri, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., the chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), called him the “presumptive Republican nominee” and came out swinging at him.
By Kevin Derby
With U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., ending his bid for the Republican presidential nomination on Tuesday, one of the remaining presidential contenders praised him.
By Kevin Derby
After he beat out Donald Trump in his home state of Ohio in a winner take all primary, Gov. John Kasich’s, R-Ohio, team thinks it has momentum as U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., ended his presidential bid.
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