By Sean Wilentz, The Washington Post, August 14, 2022. Sean Wilentz teaches at Princeton University and is the author of, among other books, “The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln.” “I’m not a scientist, man,” Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) once told an interviewer. He was evading a question about creationism and how old planet Earth is. “I
Editor’s comment: Just another DeSantis effort to institutionalize racial discrimination and intimidation! Analysis by Philip Bump, Washington Post National correspondent, August 19, 2022. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody (R) attend a news conference at the Broward County Courthouse on Aug. 18 in Fort Lauderdale. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) When they went
On June 24th, the Supreme Court expressly took away a constitutional right from the American people. New extreme state laws jeopardize the health of millions of women without exceptions for rape or incest and threaten to jail women who seek care. Personal medical decisions should be up to women and their doctors – not politicians.
By Tom Kneebis, Charlotte County Democrats contributing writer, July 27, 2022. The Charlotte County Democratic Party does not endorse one Democrat over another, so here’s what you need to know to vote for your preferred candidate in the August 23rd Primary. You will vote for one of these Democrats in each race. VOTE! Candidates for
The following Editorial was published in The Daily Sun on July 22, 2022. This is a non-partisan race that is open to all voters in the August 23rd primary. The winner of the primary will assume the seat. Remember to VOTE! Voters have two distinct choices in who will fill the District 4 seat on
Marshal of the Supreme Court asks governors if they’d be willing to commit some grave constitutional violations among friends. By Joe Patrice It’s reached a terrifying level of cliché to note that the ethical rules governing the Supreme Court don’t actually apply to the Supreme Court. But that’s not half as scary as the realization
By Paul Krugman New York Times Opinion Columnist Many political analysts have spent years warning that the G.O.P. was becoming an extremist, anti-democratic party. Long before Republicans nominated Donald Trump for president, let alone before Trump refused to acknowledge electoral defeat, the congressional scholars Thomas Mann and Norman Ornstein declared that the party had become
The following is from Robert B Hubbell’s June 21st 2022 newsletter: The damning presentation by the January 6th Committee has shifted the conversation from whether Trump committed crimes to whether it is a good idea to prosecute Trump for his crimes. Teasers from the Committee’s presentation scheduled for Tuesday, June 21st at 1:00 PM Eastern
Yesterday, Senator Rick Scott, the wealthiest person in Congress, released an ad where he doubles down on his plan to raise taxes on more than 40% of Floridians while ending Social Security and Medicare in five years. Despite the plan being woefully unpopular with nearly everyone in Florida (not to mention the rest of the country), Scott is pressing forward with
There are a lot more than 21 victims in Uvalde. The media seems to gloss over the fact that fifteen victims were hospitalized, as if the fact that they survived is some kind of exhale, a happy ending. My brother survived and has lived with a bullet in his brain since he was shot at
The Democratic Women’s Club of Charlotte County is excited to announce the recipients of its annual Betty Gissendanner Scholarship awards. This year we have two scholars: Cassidy Gibbs, graduating from Port Charlotte High School and Kiley Rydberg, graduating from Lemon Bay High School. We will be honoring the scholars at a June 13 reception held
By Patricia Mazzei, The New York Times, April 28, 2022. MIAMI — Florida feels like a state running a fever, its very identity changing at a frenetic pace. Once the biggest traditional presidential battleground, it has suddenly turned into a laboratory of possibility for the political right. Discussions of sexual orientation and gender identity prohibited in early
Miami, FL — Ron DeSantis has again continued to focus on his own national politics instead of focusing on Florida families and addressing the skyrocketing housing and rental costs they are facing. CBS recently reported what Florida has felt for too long, that “Florida is the least affordable place to live in the U.S.” In fact, while Floridians
By John Kennedy, Capital Bureau USA TODAY NETWORK—FLORIDA, April 6, 2022. TALLAHASSEE – With the dust still settling from a legislative session where Gov. Ron DeSantis’ polarizing agenda of bills was easily approved by Republican majorities, the scene now shifts from the Capitol to the courthouse. The trail was blazed recently with a federal lawsuit looking to overturn the state’s new
Early last week, the Florida Democratic Party called on Governor Ron DeSantis to divest nearly $300 million in state funds invested in Russian assets. On Friday, following reports that Russia’s bombing of a Ukrainian theater killed more than 300 civilians, 11 Democratic members of Florida’s Congressional delegation echoed the Florida Democratic Party’s call for divestment
Editor: We lost a great woman leader during this Women’s History Month. Read her story, written by another great American woman. By Hillary Clinton, Guest Columnist, New York Times, March 25, 2022. Mrs. Clinton was the U.S. secretary of state from 2009 to 2013. She worked closely through the years with Madeleine Albright, who served as
Republicans are trying to have it both ways on gas prices – they support President Biden’s ban on imports of Russian oil amid Putin’s unprovoked war on Ukraine, while also blaming the Biden administration for Putin’s price hike. A recent New York Times fact check laid out their hypocrisy. Read More: New York Times Fact Check:
By Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post Columnist, Mar 8, 2022. At times, Republicans sure act as though they don’t really want the Senate majority. They haven’t revealed a coherent plan to recruit candidates who can win or to persuade Americans to trust them with power. As the Associated Press points out, “a series of Republican missteps including recruiting
In March of 2021, the United States was in rough shape. Schools were still closed, few people had been vaccinated, the economy was reeling, and more than 500,000 Americans were dead following one of the worst waves of the pandemic. Tens of millions more across the country were facing the prospects of unemployment, eviction from
According to new data released yesterday, Republicans’ economic agenda – which they have promised to pass if successful in this year’s midterm elections – would raise taxes on 40.5% percent of Floridians, including fixed-income seniors, people making minimum wage, and poor and working-class families. This revelation comes as Senator Ron Johnson confirmed Monday that Republicans plan to
By Margaret Sullivan, Washington Post Columnist, March 6, 2022. The former presidential adviser and Russia expert Fiona Hill made headlines last week when she stated bluntly in a Politico interview that Vladimir Putin would not hesitate to use nuclear weapons. But it was another part of that long interview that I found almost as arresting.