By Bill McKibben and Akaya Windwood, The New York Times, Jan. 22, 2023. Mr. McKibben is the founder of Third Act, a group that organizes older Americans for progressive action. Ms. Windwood is the lead adviser for Third Act. Is it time to call the next election “the most important in American history”? Probably. It seems like it
By Frank Bruni, NY Times Contributing Opinion Writer, Dec 1, 2022. Elon Musk is a geyser of gibberish, so it’s important not to make too much of anything he says. But a recent Twitter thread of his deserved the attention it got, if not for the specific detail on which most journalists focused. They led
By Carlos Lozada, New York Times Opinion Columnist, Nov 29, 2022. Mike Pence had a go-to line during his time as vice president of the United States. When his boss would ask him to carry out some task or duty — say, take an overseas trip or run the response to a pandemic — Pence would look
By MICHAEL MOLINE, Florida Phoenix, Nov 30, 2022. The judge hearing the suspended Hillsborough County prosecutor Andrew Warren’s First Amendment lawsuit against Gov. Ron DeSantis has been poking holes in the governor’s defense as the trial progresses in federal court in Tallahassee. For example, when DeSantis public-safety adviser Larry Keefe took the stand to describe how
By Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post Columnist, November 21, 2022. If you believe Florida’s Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis would be a less dangerous presidential candidate than former president Donald Trump, take a moment to consider the recent ruling striking down DeSantis’s “Stop WOKE Act.” That opinion — as well as other rulings against his attempts to inhibit dissent —
We ran a clean and professional race against well funded opponents with all the benefits and power of incumbency. We thank all our volunteers who went door to call, made telephone calls, addressed letters, worked at the polls and so much more. Thank you one and all: Val Demings for United States Senator Andrea Doria Kale for
By Greg Sargent, The Washington Post, October 3, 2022. The political mystique of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis rests partly on the illusion that he wields absolute “own the libs” mastery over the various assorted enemies the right has decided to hate these days. It’s why he’s seen as a 2024 GOP contender who has the capacity to
By Kathryn Varn, USA TODAY NETWORK – FLORIDA, August 17, 2022. TAMPA — Former Hillsborough State Attorney Andrew Warren sued Gov. Ron DeSantis in federal court Wednesday, the prosecutor’s first legal action since the governor suspended him from office this month. The lawsuit, filed in the Northern District of Florida, alleges DeSantis violated Warren’s constitutional right
By Jim Hussey, Charlotte County Dems contributing writer. Even the most decent person can often look out at the world and assume that life beyond their direct experience is probably close to what they’ve seen. If we – as residents of Charlotte County – were to make a similar judgment about the Asian American and
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
By Teresa Jenkins, Charlotte County Dems Chair. February is Black History Month, an important time to remember that Black History IS American History. It is due time to pay tribute to the generations of African Americans who tirelessly struggled through adversity to achieve full citizenship in America. Yet, so many contributions of Black people to
Editor’s note: I do not shop at Publix due to its radical right political alignment and contributions. Publix is also a big DeSantis contributor. Remember that DeSantis gave first rights to distribute the vaccine to Publix. By Beth Reinhard, Jacqueline Alemany and Josh Dawsey, The Washington Post, December 8, 2021 Eight days before the Jan. 6 rally
By Jeffrey Schweers, Capital Bureau USA TODAY NETWORK, Oct 12, 2021 Florida’s new Health Secretary, Dr. Joseph Ladapo, will make $362,000 a year — his combined pay from the Department of Health and the University of Florida, where he is a professor of general internal medicine. Ladapo’s salary marks a $123,000 bump over that of his
September 28th was a big day. The MacArthur Foundation selected me as a 2021 Fellow and recipient of a “genius grant.” This is an amazing honor that I didn’t see coming, but now that it’s here, I hope that this recognition serves as an example of what can happen when one is committed to making
By Bill Welsch, Charlotte Dems contributing writer Michael Cohen, former lawyer for ex-President Trump, describes in his book “Disloyal: A Memoir,” chilling details of the lies and deceit he and other people around Trump employed to keep “the boss” happy. The book is a wakeup call to those of us who fear for our democracy.
By Sarah Lewerenz, Charlotte Dems contributing writer I am a Floridian and have the driver’s license to prove it. But, I will always in my heart also be a Minnesota DFL’er — a member of the Minnesota Democratic Farmer Labor Party or the DFL — Minnesota’s affiliate of the national Democratic Party. And, this week,
By Steve Contorno, Tampa Bay Times, published Dec. 29, 2020 The vetting of Rep. Val Demings for vice president started with her earliest childhood memories. From there, Joe Biden’s selection committee talked to classmates of Demings from elementary school. The members bugged her brother about events that took place in the Air Force when he was 20
Editor’s note: The following is an edited extract from https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/18/politics/ruth-bader-ginsburg-dead/index.html, written by Joan Biskupic and Ariane de Vogue, at CNN. You can read her full ACLU obituary here. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 87 years old, died on Friday due to complications of metastatic pancreas cancer. Ginsburg was appointed in 1993 by President Bill Clinton and in
By Linda Porterfield, Charlotte Dems writer Editor’s Note: (The voter described in this article requested anonymity and is referred to as Jane Dem.) What could possibly motivate a 69-year-old Port Charlotte resident of 41 years, who has never before voted, to register to vote in the 2020 presidential election? You guessed it. The answer is
By Linda Porterfield, Charlotte County Dems writer You may have seen us on Saturday mornings or Tuesday afternoons standing by the north side of Tamiami Trail in Port Charlotte. We’re wearing blue or sometimes crazy apparel, holding Biden-Harris, David Jones or Allen Ellison signs (occasionally all three!) and rigorously waving. Frequently we receive an appreciative
Editor’s note: This is the fourth in a Charlotte County Dems Profile series, Influencers, by Linda Conklin, a Charlotte County Dems writer. Nancy Razvoza, Vice-Chair of the Charlotte County Democrats (CC Dems), says she is a Democrat because she cares about people, society, our environment, and much more. Her activism in many passionate causes led
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