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Trump, the Counterfeit Republican

August 13, 2015 - 7:00am

WASHINGTON -- In every town large enough to have two traffic lights there is a bar at the back of which sits the local Donald Trump, nursing his fifth beer and innumerable delusions. Because the actual Donald Trump is wealthy, he can turn himself into an unprecedentedly and incorrigibly vulgar presidential candidate. It is his right to use his riches as he pleases. His squalid performance and its coarsening of civic life are costs of freedom that an open society must be prepared to pay.

Point Us to a Repair Shop

Glen McCoy

August 13, 2015 - 2:00am

Yipes! More Uninvited Aliens! Now It's Tegu Lizards

Nancy Smith

August 12, 2015 - 5:00pm

Make room, Burmese pythons ... Tegu lizards are crowding your turf, they're big and scary, and they've been multiplying in South Florida ever since the first one was spotted in 2008 near a Homestead trailer park in the southern part of Miami-Dade County.

Alan Grayson Recommends 'Schoolhouse Rock' for 'Ineffective' Patrick Murphy

Submitted by Kevin Derby on August 12, 2015 - 3:20pm

U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Fla., doubled down on his attacks against primary rival U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, D-Fla., as the battle to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., in the Senate heats up.

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Jeb Bush Gets the Backing of Orrin Hatch, Dean Heller

Submitted by Kevin Derby on August 12, 2015 - 2:54pm

Holding a rally in the early caucus state of Nevada on Wednesday, former Gov. Jeb Bush, R-Fla., announced two members of the U.S. Senate were behind his campaign.

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Hillary Clinton: Talk to Me, But Only With Emojis

Submitted by Anonymous on August 12, 2015 - 2:26pm

So long, words. Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton is now asking voters for feedback in the form of emojis.

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Marco Rubio: Obama Should Invite Cuban Dissidents to Flag Raising in Havana

Submitted by Kevin Derby on August 12, 2015 - 1:58pm

From his perch as chairman of the U.S. Senate’s Western Hemisphere Subcommittee, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., slammed the Obama administration for not inviting dissidents to the opening of the American embassy in Havana on Friday.

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Jeff Atwater Showcases Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday

Submitted by Kevin Derby on August 12, 2015 - 1:52pm

On Wednesday, state CFO Jeff Atwater highlighted the current back-to-school sales tax holiday going on through Florida.

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Democrats Go Left in the Race to Replace Marco Rubio in the Senate

Kevin Derby

August 12, 2015 - 1:45pm

The two congressional Democrats running to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., are trying to rally the party’s base behind them as they ready for what should be a competitive primary. Rubio is running for the Republican presidential nomination and has said he will not run for a second Senate term.

Mike Fasano Expands Concealed Weapon Permit Process in Pasco County

Submitted by Kevin Derby on August 12, 2015 - 11:38am

Pasco County Tax Collector Mike Fasano announced on Wednesday that his office will expand concealed weapon permit. Fasano said the Gulf Harbors branch in New Port Richey will start issuing those permits on Aug. 20.

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