Not long ago, a nightly routine for the Republican president and the Democratic speaker of the House was to meet at the White House, share a drink and discuss how to bridge any gaps in their search to serve our country. Where has that spirit of constructive political leadership gone? Now, a Republican senator has
The following Letter to the Editor was published in The Daily Sun on August 25, 2023. Donald Trump is a national embarrassment. His continued prominence in our politics despite multiple criminal indictments — not to mention his culpability for fraud, rape, and more — brings shame on us all, and poses a grave threat to
By MITCH PERRY, The Florida Phoenix, Aug 24, 2023 MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN – AUGUST 23: Republican presidential candidates (L-R), former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Vivek Ramaswamy participate in the first debate of the GOP primary season hosted by FOX News at the Fiserv Forum on August 23, 2023 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
While the Republican Party is caught up fighting each other, President Joe Biden and Florida Democrats are fighting to make our lives better. The more people get to know Ron, the less they like him. If his performance in past debates is any indication, it’s going to be a disaster. Ron wants to “Make America
STAFF REPORT, The Daily Sun, Aug 15, 2023. SARASOTA — U.S. Rep. Greg Steube is being openly mocked by the Sarasota County Democratic Party for filing impeachment charges against President Joe Biden on Friday. The local Democrat leaders called the charges “absurd and unfounded.” Steube, who represents Charlotte and Sarasota counties along with a portion
The following Letter to the Editor was published in The Daily Sun on Aug 1, 2023. Every single one of them knows better. There isn’t one Republican voter or one Republican politician who doesn’t know deep down in his soul that Donald Trump is not qualified to be the president of our country. Perhaps in
By HEATHER COX RICHARDSON, Letters from an American, July 22, 2023. The Florida Board of Education approved new state social studies standards on Wednesday (Jul 20, 2023), including standards for African American history, civics and government, American history, and economics. Critics immediately called out the middle school instruction in African American history that includes “how
By Rex Huppke, USA TODAY, July 12, 2023, (Ed: Satire/Opinion). House Republicans are convinced the FBI and the Department of Justice and basically any law enforcement agency that hasn’t found President Joe Biden guilty of being a global criminal mastermind is corrupt – CORRUPT, I TELL YOU! – and in cahoots with Democrats. But the steaming hot
By RUTH CONNIFF, The Wisconsin Examiner, July 4, 2023. In his book “Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America,” best-selling author Kurt Andersen connects the marketing of nostalgia for an idealized American past to the organized campaign led by big business over the last four decades to destroy unions, public schools, progressive taxation and the middle
By Jennifer Rubin, The Washington Post, June 29, 2023. As we draw to the close of Pride Month, attacks against the LGBTQ+ community from right-wing pols and their followers should shock the conscience. The Anti-Defamation League published a report finding that “between June 2022 and April 2023, ADL and GLAAD documented at least 356 anti-LGBTQ+ extremist
By J. Michael Luttig, guest columnist, The New York Times, June 25, 2023. Judge Luttig was appointed by George H.W. Bush and served on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit from 1991 to 2006. Donald Trump this month became the first former or incumbent American president to be charged with crimes against
By Zac Anderson, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, June 26, 2023. Reporting by the USA TODAY NETWORK – Florida revealing that top staff in Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office helped line up endorsements for his presidential campaign is fueling ethics complaints against the state employees. The Florida Democratic Party announced Wednesday that it has filed complaints with the Florida Commission on
By MICHAEL MOLINE, The Florida Phoenix, June 20, 2023. Florida’s top two elected executive officials have been nowhere in evidence in the state, what with Gov. Ron DeSantis campaigning for president in California and Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez promoting the Florida aviation industry at the Paris Air Show. On Monday, DeSantis traveled to Sacramento, according to KGO
By Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post, June 16, 2023 Some people are blithely claiming that the indictment of former president Donald Trump on charges of violating the Espionage Act, obstruction, conspiracy and other crimes puts the justice system on trial. Balderdash. The cliché has no meaning at this stage — and it improperly shifts the attention and blame from a treacherous
The following editorial was published in The Daily Sun on June 5, 2023. OUR POSITION: We may need law enforcement resources here in Florida as much as they do in Texas. Gov. Ron DeSantis last month announced he was sending State Police troopers, National Guard troops, drones and aircraft to Texas in response to caravans and
By Jim Turner, News Service of Florida, June 6, 2023. TALLAHASSEE — California officials are continuing to hold Florida responsible for flights Friday and Monday that brought South American migrants from El Paso, Texas, to Sacramento. The June flights come months after Gov. Ron DeSantis — who recently announced his bid for president — took credit for transporting
By Benjamin Wallace-Wells The New Yorker, May 26, 2023. Presidential campaigns are usually launched in a bright burst of hope. Slick videos are posted, bus tours of the hinterlands are announced, e-mails seeking donations flow into in-boxes like the tide. The candidacy of Governor Ron DeSantis, of Florida, contains some extra, darker emotional layers: defensiveness,
Are you been confused by the DeSantis rhetoric about the “Free State of Florida”? Is it hard for you to see how censorship of reading materials, restrictive abortion laws, permitless concealed carry provisions, and anti-gay, anti-trans legislation passed this year make us free? Well, New York Times columnist, Jamelle Bouie, explains the new Republican Four
The following Letter to the Editor was published in The Daily Sun on May 29, 2023. Before they’ll honor our IOUs and to save money, Republicans want to impose more work requirements on our most vulnerable citizens, most of whom are already working, if able, at minimum wage jobs, if they can get them, with
The following letter to the Editor was published in The Daily Sun on May 23, 2023. In 2018 I was impressed by Ron DeSantis. I thought “Finally! Someone grounded with common sense and no grievances.” In 2022 re-elected, then, he grabbed headlines by shipping immigrants from Texas to Massachusetts. Why? It’s not ours to deal
By David Firestone, a member of the New York Times editorial board. Published in The New York Times on May 17, 2023. Seen from outside Washington, the debt ceiling battle might seem like an abstract argument between the political parties over federal spending and deficits. But for millions of low-income Americans who depend on
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