Opinion by Fred Hiatt, Washington Post Editorial page editor, Nov 29, 2020 Let’s say you’re a Republican senator who claims to support democracy and U.S. leadership in the world. Let’s imagine, too, that you’ve spent four years excusing and supporting a president who fawned over North Korea’s odious dictator, encouraged China’s ruling tyrant to build his concentration camps,…
DetailsOpinion by Catherine Rampell, Washington Post Columnist, Nov 25, 2020 As COVID-19 hospitalizations hit another new high on Tuesday, President Trump called a news conference to boast about a different record: the stock market. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, he crowed, had just pierced 30,000. “That’s a sacred number, 30,000,” he said. It was a bizarre statement even for…
DetailsEditor’s note: Also read “Marco Rubio gets ripped for criticizing Biden’s ‘Ivy League’ foreign policy team,” by HuffPost’s Jeremy Blum By Nick Niedzwiadek, Politico, Nov 24, 2020 Sen. Marco Rubio suggested on Tuesday that he would oppose confirmation of President-elect Joe Biden’s national security team, presaging the first sign of potential Senate battles to come if Republicans maintain control…
DetailsBy Scott Glover, Curt Devine, Drew Griffin and Scott Bronstein, published by CNN on Nov 23, 2020 A month before Election Day in Florida a mysterious company called Proclivity, Inc. contributed $550,000 to a pair of newly formed political action committees in the state. Two days later, the money flowed from the PACs to an Orlando-area print and advertising firm.…
DetailsAllen Ellison has announced that he will run for the United States Senate in 2022. The seat is currently held by Republican Marco Rubio.
DetailsBy Anna Bryson, Charlotte Sun Staff Writer, Nov 23, 2020 A new study shows that the Punta Gorda metro area is one of the worst-paying metros in the nation for millennials. Of 265 metros, the best paying is San Jose-Sunnyvale- Santa Clara in California. The median income for full-time millennials is $77,900. But — the…
DetailsOn Monday, December 7, 2020 at 6:30 pm, the Charlotte County Democratic Party will hold an organizational meeting as required by the Charlotte County Democratic Party’s Bylaws and the Florida Democratic Party (FDP). At this meeting we will be electing officers, so it is imperative that we have a quorum of the 41 eligible voting…
DetailsBy Kay Blue, DWC president Every year, the Democratic Women’s Club (DWC) collects gift cards for Charlotte County mothers who are registered in the Charlotte County schools’ homeless program. Due to COVID-19, this year the number in need has grown. The DWC is asking for and collecting gift cards that can be redeemed locally. Some…
DetailsBy RYAN GILLESPIE and STEPHEN HUDAK, published in the ORLANDO SENTINEL, Nov 20, 2020 Across the country, states and counties are ordering residents to hunker down or wear masks as governors brace for another surge of coronavirus cases. But in Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis has prohibited nearly all shutdown actions that local counties were able to take early…
DetailsBy Betsy Calvert, Charlotte Sun staff writer, published Nov 22, 2020 Charlotte County commissioners may agree that impact fees on new construction should go up, but they disagree on how much. Commissioners may consider raising assessments next year County staff told the board at a workshop Tuesday that they could have something for the board to…
DetailsTo All Charlotte County Democrats: Happy Thanksgiving! I know this year has been rough, but I have seen your strength throughout this difficult Election season. And while the coronavirus pandemic has upended life for nearly everyone in one way or another; healthcare workers, first responders and other essential workers have had to face more risks…
DetailsYou may know the Republicans’ Senate majority still isn’t guaranteed. It will come down to two tough Senate runoff races in Georgia. Winning these runoffs is possible and absolutely essential. Jon Ossoff and the Rev. Warnock (the pastor at Martin Luther King Jr’s. former church in Atlanta) will be strong, principled fighters for Georgians on everything from…
DetailsBy Eli Rosenberg, Nov 18, 2020, Washington Post Deadlines set by Congress early in the pandemic will result in about 12 million Americans losing unemployment insurance by the year’s end, according to a report released Wednesday — a warning about the sharp toll that inaction in Washington could exact on the economic health of both individual…
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DetailsBy Laura Olson , Nov 19, 2020 published in the Florida Phoenix WASHINGTON — Seven members of the U.S. House and Senate announced during the past week that they have tested positive for COVID-19, marking a burst of infections on Capitol Hill as cases have surged across the country. At least 29 members of Congress have tested…
DetailsBy GARY FINEOUT, Nov19, 2020, Politico.com Handing out grades — Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber was blunt: “This isn’t working. It is unmistakably clear that Florida’s approach to managing this pandemic is failing horribly. Since you reopened all elements of commerce in late September and, simultaneously, prevented local government from enforcing mask mandates, positive cases have risen…
DetailsThe Charlotte County Democratic Party and the Veterans Caucus will supply Thanksgiving dinners to Veterans and their families who reside at the Punta Gorda Veterans Village at 1250 Taylor Street in Punta Gorda on Wednesday, November 25. Dinners will be prepared by the Bob Evans restaurant in Port Charlotte and will be picked up by members…
DetailsBy Diane Roberts , Nov 18, 2020, Florida Phoenix Gov. Ron DeSantis is clearly suffering some kind of breakdown, poor fellow. How else can you explain his bizarre behavior? If it’s not an emotional collapse then the only other possibility is that he is a sociopath who doesn’t give a good goddamn about the people of Florida.…
DetailsEditor’s note: The First Amendment to the US Constitution guarantees the Freedom of Assembly. DeSantis seems to want to remove that right. TALLAHASSEE (AP) — An “anti-mob” legislation drafted by Gov. Ron DeSantis and aimed at police brutality protests sprouting up in other cities would expand Florida’s Stand Your Ground law, a move critics say…
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