Podcasts about Florida Democratic Party

On tonight's program: So Florida lawmakers decided to go home for at least a week. We'll delve into what happened; More open government exemptions came out of this year's lawmaking session; We hear from the former Florida Democratic Party rising star who suddenly left the party to blaze his own trail; When it comes to Florida's medical malpractice laws, some are arguing that old laws aren't necessarily good laws; Despite big cuts in federal help, Florida's regional food banks could be making that up – and then some – with extra help from state government; And once again, Florida finds itself on the cutting edge of culture….more and more backyards are foregoing lawns and ornamental flowers for tropical fruit trees.

The GOP candidates in two special congressional elections in Florida won on Tuesday, but with much slimmer margins than the incumbent Republicans won by in November. Nikki Fried, chair of the Florida Democratic Party, joined Brittany Lewis on "Forbes Newsroom" to discuss the election results. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

TOP STORIES - Long lines form at Miramar ICE office amid raids; Florida Democratic Party official and 'LGBTQ+ rights activist' arrested on child porn charges; University of Miami selected site for Neuralink PRIME study; Tampa officials arrest several bad pirates during 2025 Gasparilla; Student arrested for threatening to ‘shoot up' Largo High School; 4,300 drivers in Polk County cited for passing stopped school buses; Man says ICE raided a home, took 3 roommates in Brownsville; Former North Miami Beach Mayor pleads guilty on voting irregularities charges; Florida ranked the best place to retire in a new study

Nikki Fried, the vibrant chair of the Florida Democratic Party, joins me, Jack Hopkins, to discuss her trailblazing journey through politics. With a unique upbringing of parents from opposing political parties, Nikki stands out with her independent approach to universal issues like reproductive healthcare and cannabis legalization. Together, we navigate her insights into these critical topics, delving into her personal stories and bipartisan experiences that emphasize solutions over party lines.Our conversation takes a deep dive into the cross-section of cannabis advocacy and criminal justice reform. I reflect on my own transition from a lucrative commercial litigation career to serving as a public defender, driven by a commitment to addressing social justice and economic disparities. Nikki and I explore the systemic challenges faced by minority groups, especially concerning drug-related offenses, and the potential of normalizing cannabis to create broader economic opportunities and reform within the justice system.The episode further examines Nikki's groundbreaking role as the first female Commissioner of Agriculture in the South, her advocacy for mental health support, and critical assessments of political figures like Governor Ron DeSantis. We discuss the ongoing political climate, touching on electoral results, the importance of vigilance in governance, and the impact of leadership on societal resilience. Join us for a thought-provoking discussion that challenges conventional norms and advocates for meaningful change, transcending partisan politics and aiming for the greater good.Support the showThe Jack Hopkins Now Newsletter https://wwwJackHopkinsNow.com

Tina and Hillary discuss the 2024 election results, the Florida Democratic Party, and sign off on the podcast for the last time. Disclaimer: This podcast is a conversational discussion of current events, informed by various news stories we've encountered throughout the week. We don't rely on one specific source, and while we aim for accuracy, we encourage listeners to seek out reliable sources for in-depth information. This podcast is intended for informational and entertainment purposes only. Sources: Florida Election Results Map--screenshot via WTSP Channel 10 (https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/politics/elections/florida-president-trump-election-results-update/67-6d7fce75-7512-4833-86d4-ca7a4d6da0aa) US 2024 Election Results--from AP via Google (https://www.google.com/search?q=map+of+election+results&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS982US985&oq=map+of+election+results&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTINCAEQABiDARixAxiABDINCAIQABiDARixAxiABDINCAMQABiDARixAxiABDIHCAQQABiABDIHCAUQABiABDIHCAYQABiABDIGCAcQRRhA0gEINDMwM2owajeoAgCwAgA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8) Hillary and Tina Final Episode--by Hillary Dougherty

YOU DECIDE 2024 coverage continues, as Nikki Fried joins JMN to share why she is supporting Amendments 3 and 4, in advance of election day tomorrow.

Jojo talks with lawyer and politician who has served as the chair of the Florida Democratic Party since 2023 - Nikki FriedSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In an all-new exclusive Dworkin Report interview, I sat down with Nikki Fried, the dynamic Chair of the Florida Democratic Party.In this awesome interview, Fried recounts her journey into politics from early childhood aspirations to being the first woman elected as Commissioner of Agriculture in the South.Nikki slams Ron DeSantis, and explains how backlash to his extreme policies on abortion and other key issues are putting Florida in play for the Election.Fried also shares her expert insights on the future of Florida politics, the importance of grassroots organizing, and the potential for Democrats to make gains in November.I hope you enjoy this interview as much as I did! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.dworkinsubstack.com/subscribe

YOU DECIDE 2024 coverage continues, as Daniel Henry, Florida Democratic Party chair and an official delegate for the Democratic National Convention joins JMN. He shares thoughts on President Biden's exodus from the presidential election race, and Vice President Harris' possible ascension to the top of the ticket. What does this means to the Democratic National Convention next month?

Nikki Fried joins us again for an update on what she has been up to since her last appearance on Smoke Screen. She'll also discuss key points on this years ballots and also the state f the Democratic Party. If you're in Tallahassee or plan to visit us, be sure to check out Smokes Meats BBQ. We aim to provide the best BBQ experience to every customer. Visit us on IG @Smokes_Meats_BBQ or search #SmokesMeats on any social media platform.

Local 10 News This Week In South Florida Anchor Glenna Milberg interviews Kevin Doyle, of the Consumer Energy Alliance; Raymer Maguire, of the Climate Leadership Engagement Institute; Damian Pardo, a Miami commissioner who represents District 2; Nikki Fried, the chair of the Florida Democratic Party; and Kristin Murphy, a teacher at Nova Middle School.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ron Brownstein of The Atlantic reads the tea leaves on the latest Biden vs. Trump polls. Anne Applebaum details her new book "Autocracy Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World." Nikki Fried, the chair of the Florida Democratic Party, examines how Democrats can win in Florida again.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Will this generation under Biden remember the banning of TikTok? Will they remember a time when there are Republicans who tell you where to get their news because they have been bought off by Facebook? I will remember. Maybe they will remember an era where they were hated and where children were unwanted. And maybe, the people being forced to grow up under the corrupt and satanic Figurehead will remember a brave group of young girls who took a stand against the lie of transgenderism. I know I will.What does God's Word say? 2 Corinthians 4:4 4 The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.2 Corinthians 11:14 14 And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.Episode 1,565  Links:NYU Prof on America's Youth Being Failed by the Older Generation: 'They are P*ssed Off' - "People are opting out of America. They're not optimistic about it."This is what passes for “education” at top universities. Imagine trying to teach these “students” Homer's Iliad, or Machiavelli, or Maxwell's equations. They inhabit a subculture of chants, grunts and self-serving psychobabbleToday, 10,000 students, across five districts in Westchester NY, are subject to early school closures––some shutting as early as 11am––because Biden is attending a private fundraiser this eve at Michael Douglas's house, and there will be road closures.One of the five middle schoolers who refused to compete against boy in women's shot put gave remarks at a press conference in WV today. She specifically called out @ACLU and their disregard for women. These five girls are heroes.Gen Z Is ‘Hungry' for God, Asbury President Says 1 Year after Revival: ‘They Want Something More'Biden sparks Christian group's anger after making sign of the cross at abortion rally: 'Disgusting insult'; Biden made the gesture when a Florida Democratic Party leader mentioned Gov. Ron DeSantis's recent abortion restrictionsPolice arrest over 100 pro-Palestine [read: Hamas] protestors outside Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's house in Brooklyn. What are your thoughts?4Patriots https://4Patriots.com/Todd Stay connected when the power goes out and get free shipping on orders over $97.    Alan's Soaps https://alanssoaps.com/TODD Use coupon code ‘TODD' to save an additional 10% off the bundle price.  Bioptimizers https://bioptimizers.com/todd Use promo code TODD for 10% off your order. Sharpen your edge and reach your potential with Mushroom Breakthrough by Bioptimizers.     Bonefrog   https://bonefrogcoffee.com/todd Use code TODD at checkout to receive 10% off your first purchase and 15% on subscriptions.  Bulwark Capital  Bulwark Capital Management (bulwarkcapitalmgmt.com) Call 866-779-RISK or visit online to get their FREE Common Cents Investing Guide. EdenPURE https://edenpuredeals.com Use code TODD3 to save $200 on the Thunderstorm Air Purifier 3-pack. GreenHaven Interactive Digital Marketing https://greenhaveninteractive.com Your Worldclass Website Will Get Found on Google!  Liver Health https://GetLiverHelp.com/Todd Order today and get your FREE bottle of Nano Powered Omega3 and free bonus gift. Native Path Krill https://nativepathkrill.com/todd For a limited time get Native Path Antarctic Krill Oil for as little as $23 per bottle.  

It's Hump Day! Sam and Emma speak with Mark Joseph Stern, senior writer at Slate, to discuss the recent developments at the Supreme Court after new oral argument were read earlier this week. Then, they speak with Rebecca Burns, author and journalist based in Georgia, to discuss her recent piece in The American Prospect entitled "Against The Wind." First, they run through updates on yesterday's primaries, Trump's strong polling out of Georgia and North Carolina, Blinken's most recent visit to the Middle East, Biden's Israel policy, Congress' budget, housing, and crime, before diving deep into Jared Kushner's recent comments on the “valuable” “waterfront property” of Gaza that he recommends Israel capitalize on. Mark Joseph Stern then joins, diving right into the recent insane judicial debacle that has been the handling of Texas' SB-4 – essentially declaring full control over immigration services – by the notoriously right-wing Fifth Circuit and the Supreme Court of the US, walking through the Fifth Circuit's administrative stay on the decision in an attempt to prohibit SCOTUS from overturning it, and SCOTUS' eventual decision to legally uphold the lower courts' stay while also denouncing the further use of it, resulting in the Fifth Circuit reversing itself, with no real culmination to the issue. Next, they look at Murthy v. Missouri, an attempt by Missouri's and Louisiana's Attorneys General to abuse Missouri's single-judge division by submitting a suit with major federal implications on the Government's ability to converse with social media companies, before wrapping up with SCOTUS' blanket disapproval of the case, and what it will mean for the future of single judge divisions. Rebecca Burns then walks Sam and Emma through the emergence of the anti-wind movement as a product of the climate-denial movement's shift towards tactics of delay, successfully capitalizing on misinformation and the NIMBY movement to mobilize even progressive communities against wind-based renewable energy projects. Wrapping up, Burns parses through the evolution of this movement, coming to fruition in opposition to Biden's climate agenda, the major misinformation that it has capitalized on, and how it has successfully worked to delay his major policy victories. And in the Fun Half: Sam and Emma walk through the major results from yesterday's elections, including the Florida Democratic Party losing multiple mayorships in Democratic strongholds and the setup for Ohio's senate race, before parsing through GOP candidate Bernardo Moreno's recent statements dancing around his anti-reproductive rights platform, and what could be in store for the Senate if the GOP wins a majority in November. Donald Trump's major financial penalties cause right-wing nutsos to panic, Lynn from California dives into the story of Nex Benedict and the state of trans wellbeing in the US, Randy from Virginia grapples with alienation and electoral politics, and Kowalski from Nebraska gives updates on agriculture and more. They also parse through the insane story of a GOP state senator's sexual harassment on the floor of Nebraska's unicameral legislature, plus, your calls and IMs! 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DeSantis launched the 60 day session with a speech that touched on issues like immigration, education, and law enforcement, and appeared pitched to primary state voters as much as Floridians. The speech sets the stage for a legislative session where lawmakers will tackle issues like health care, the environment, and education, even as DeSantis continues his presidential campaign, vying to be the Republican nominee to challenge President Biden in November. DeSantis said policies in other states have "sparked an exodus" of residents to states like Florida, which he described as a "refuge for freedom and sanity." Political analyst and retired University of South Florida political science professor Susan MacManus and WUSF politics and environment reporter Steve Newborn join host Matthew Peddie to discuss the speech, the response from the Florida Democratic Party, and what's ahead for the legislative session.

DeSantis launched the 60 day session with a speech that touched on issues like immigration, education, and law enforcement, and appeared pitched to primary state voters as much as Floridians. The speech sets the stage for a legislative session where lawmakers will tackle issues like health care, the environment, and education, even as DeSantis continues his presidential campaign, vying to be the Republican nominee to challenge President Biden in November. DeSantis said policies in other states have "sparked an exodus" of residents to states like Florida, which he described as a "refuge for freedom and sanity." Political analyst and retired University of South Florida political science professor Susan MacManus and WUSF politics and environment reporter Steve Newborn join host Matthew Peddie to discuss the speech, the response from the Florida Democratic Party, and what's ahead for the legislative session.

KILLING DEMOCRACY IN FL & OH; DIGITAL DERANGEMENT; POEMS FROM THE HEART     GREEP zoom #161 begins with WENDI LEDERMAN & CAROLINA AMPUDIA reporting on the Florida “Democratic” Party decision to cancel its presidential primary.     This astounding, unprecedented attack on electoral democracy accompanies a concerted attempt by the Republican Party to kill a popular referendum meant to preserve the right to abortion.  Despite having gathered more than 1.4 million signatures, Florida's right wing is working overtime to deny the public the right to decide.   From Ohio, STEVE CARUSO reports that $4.3 million in fossil/nuclear bribes have found their way to the Chair of the Public Utilities Commission, now indicted and on trial.  E-mails between CPUC Chair Sam Randazzo and nuclear reactor owner FirstEnergy show an astonishing line of corruption aimed at bailing out Ohio's decrepit fossil/nuke burners.   CAMILLA REES then introduces DR. NICHOLAS KARDERAS, author of Glow Kids and Digital Madness as well as a wide range of medical and professional studies on the impacts of algorithms on our brains.   Dr. Kardaras gives us a terrifying tour of the devastating impacts of digital addiction—especially when it comes to our children.  Among other things, we are exposed to the horrifying impacts sedentary hours in front of a screen can have on us and our kids.  These assaults range from depression, anxiety, OCD, psychosis and much much more.  The epidemic of social media with zero nuance has ravaged the mental wellness of an entire generation.   This “weakening of the American mind” means the demise of critical thinking, creating an emotional brittleness and a “Stockholm Syndrome” that makes us love the tech oligarchs who imprison our narrowing minds by deliberately spreading dark chaos, the essential ingredient for fascism.   MIKE HERSH, LYNN FEINERMAN, DR. NANCY NIPARKO, JUSTIN LEBLANC, STEPHEN KAISER, DONALD SMITH, DAVID SALTMAN, ERIC LAZARUS, MYLA RESON add to our fond farewell to 2023.   As that happens, RON LEONARD helps us dedicate ourselves to preventing fascism in 2024.   We end with the brilliant, moving poems of Mimi German, hoping she'll become our very own poet laureate. See you then!! 

The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Episode (12/14/2023): 3:05pm- Rebecca Beitsch and Emily Brooks of The Hill write: “The House GOP on Wednesday formalized its impeachment inquiry into President Biden with a House vote, a step Republicans hope will add legal weight to their demands as the probe moves into a more aggressive end stage. Lawmakers voted 221-212 along party lines to approve the resolution authorizing the inquiry.” You can read more here: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4358911-biden-impeachment-inquiry-house-gop/ 3:10pm- Hunter Biden defied a Congressional subpoena on Wednesday—opting instead to address the press in a speech outside of the U.S. Capitol. He insisted that his father, President Joe Biden, “was not financially involved” in any of his dealings with foreign businesses. In response, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) said they plan to initiate “contempt” proceedings against Hunter Biden. 3:15pm- On Wednesday, MSNBC's Monica Alba reported that the Biden Administration is concerned about the “emotional toll” a Hunter Biden drug relapse—triggered by his ongoing legal troubles—would have on his father, President Joe Biden. Could this be the excuse the White House provides for a potential pardon of Hunter? The president's son has been charged with several tax evasion felonies, as well as federal firearm charges. 3:30pm- While appearing on Fox News with Laura Ingraham, George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley said that Hunter Biden “engaged in legal self-immolation” when he defied a congressional subpoena. 3:40pm- Xi Van Fleet—Author of “Mao's America: A Survivor's Warning”—joins The Rich Zeoli Show. During the conversation, she describes the horrors of growing up in Mao's China. Xi explains there is a dangerous trend of Americans no longer prioritizing protections on our freedoms. She explains, “the CCP can [indefinitely] lockdown a city as big as Shanghai...just shut it down overnight…many people starved to death…a lot committed suicide…Why didn't it happen in America? It's because we have the Second Amendment.” You can find Xi's book here: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/xi-van-fleet/maos-america/9781546006305/?lens=center-street 4:05pm- David Zimmerman of National Review writes: “The House on Thursday passed the National Defense Authorization Act, an annual defense bill that will this year include an extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act's Section 702, the controversial law that permits warrantless surveillance of foreign nationals. The House voted 310-118 in favor of the bill just before congressmen left for Christmas recess. The annual national-defense bill was passed by the Senate Wednesday, and is now headed to President Joe Biden's desk to be signed into law. The final version of the NDAA authorizes $886 billion in national-defense spending, an increase of $28 billion over fiscal year 2023.” You can read the full article here: https://www.nationalreview.com/news/house-passes-annual-defense-bill-extends-section-702-surveillance-authority/ 4:30pm- Billionaire Ted Leonsis—owner of the Washington Capitals and Washington Wizards—announced that he would be relocating his sports franchises to Northern Virginia despite Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser reportedly offering $500 million to keep them at Capital One Arena. One of the reasons cited for the move is rampant crime around the existing arena that Bowser has allowed to go unchecked. You can read more here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/12/13/bowser-monumental-sports-capitals-wizards-virginia-arena/ 4:40pm- Ryan Mills of National Review writes, “San Francisco's struggles with rising crime, rampant drug use, and sprawling homeless camps have kept tourists away and led to businesses and residents fleeing the city. Now, the downtown disorder is being blamed for deterring a big name from relocating to the Golden Gate City: Major League Baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani.” You can read the full article here: https://www.nationalreview.com/news/san-francisco-giants-lost-out-on-shohei-ohtani-in-part-due-to-rampant-crime-homelessness/ 5:05pm- According to a report from 6ABC, 32 pro-Palestinian protesters have been arrested for blocking traffic on I-76 WB at Spring Garden Street in Center City, Philadelphia. Despite arrests, the protest is ongoing. You can find updates on this unfolding story here: https://6abc.com/philadelphia-protest-ceasefire-gaza-i76-schuylkill-expressway-center-city-trafffic/14184106/ 5:25pm- While appearing on Fox News with Laura Ingraham, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin was elated over news that the Washington Wizards and Washington Capitals would be relocating from their Washington D.C. arena to Virginia. 5:30pm- Listeners react to news that pro-Palestinian protestors have shutdown traffic on I-76 during rush hour. 5:45pm- Will News Nation host Chris Cuomo come on The Rich Zeoli Show and elevate himself to “The Greater” Cuomo??? 6:05pm- During Thursday's press briefing, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was asked if the President's limousine—known as “The Beast”—would be transitioned to a climate friendly, electric vehicle. 6:10pm- Rebecca Beitsch and Emily Brooks of The Hill write: “The House GOP on Wednesday formalized its impeachment inquiry into President Biden with a House vote, a step Republicans hope will add legal weight to their demands as the probe moves into a more aggressive end stage. Lawmakers voted 221-212 along party lines to approve the resolution authorizing the inquiry.” You can read more here: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4358911-biden-impeachment-inquiry-house-gop/ 6:15pm- Hunter Biden defied a Congressional subpoena on Wednesday—opting instead to address the press in a speech outside of the U.S. Capitol. He insisted that his father, President Joe Biden, “was not financially involved” in any of his dealings with foreign businesses. In response, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) said they plan to initiate “contempt” proceedings against Hunter Biden. 6:20pm- While appearing on Meet the Press Now, Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) said that President Joe Biden cannot win re-election in 2024 and should drop out of the race immediately. Phillips also accused the Florida Democratic Party, which has canceled its state's Democratic presidential primary election, of disenfranchising voters. 6:35pm- Christopher Tremoglie—commentary writer for The Washington Examiner—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss his recent work, “College Campuses Have Been Oppressive, Left-Wing Bullying Machines Since the 1960s.” You can find the full article here: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/college-campuses-oppressive-left-wing-bullying-machines-1960s 6:45pm- Henry Savage of The Philadelphia Inquirer writes: “In the last 12 months, Pennsylvania had the largest average increase in grocery prices of any state. According to Consumer Affairs, the national consumer research and advocacy platform, prices in the state increased by 8.2% since last year—more than the nationwide average price increase of 5.3%. The report doesn't stop there, either. The Philadelphia region is the metro area with the highest average grocery price increase in the country. This comes at a time when prices for all goods in the region have risen in the last few years. The Inquirer recently reported that local grocery prices skyrocketed by 24% since 2020, according to the Consumer Price Index.” You can read the full article here: https://www.inquirer.com/news/pennsylvania/philadelphia-pennsylvania-highest-grocery-price-increase.html

The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 4: During Thursday's press briefing, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was asked if the President's limousine—known as “The Beast”—would be transitioned to a climate friendly, electric vehicle. Rebecca Beitsch and Emily Brooks of The Hill write: “The House GOP on Wednesday formalized its impeachment inquiry into President Biden with a House vote, a step Republicans hope will add legal weight to their demands as the probe moves into a more aggressive end stage. Lawmakers voted 221-212 along party lines to approve the resolution authorizing the inquiry.” You can read more here: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4358911-biden-impeachment-inquiry-house-gop/ Hunter Biden defied a Congressional subpoena on Wednesday—opting instead to address the press in a speech outside of the U.S. Capitol. He insisted that his father, President Joe Biden, “was not financially involved” in any of his dealings with foreign businesses. In response, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) said they plan to initiate “contempt” proceedings against Hunter Biden. While appearing on Meet the Press Now, Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) said that President Joe Biden cannot win re-election in 2024 and should drop out of the race immediately. Phillips also accused the Florida Democratic Party, which has canceled its state's Democratic presidential primary election, of disenfranchising voters. Christopher Tremoglie—commentary writer for The Washington Examiner—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss his recent work, “College Campuses Have Been Oppressive, Left-Wing Bullying Machines Since the 1960s.” You can find the full article here: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/college-campuses-oppressive-left-wing-bullying-machines-1960s Henry Savage of The Philadelphia Inquirer writes: “In the last 12 months, Pennsylvania had the largest average increase in grocery prices of any state. According to Consumer Affairs, the national consumer research and advocacy platform, prices in the state increased by 8.2% since last year—more than the nationwide average price increase of 5.3%. The report doesn't stop there, either. The Philadelphia region is the metro area with the highest average grocery price increase in the country. This comes at a time when prices for all goods in the region have risen in the last few years. The Inquirer recently reported that local grocery prices skyrocketed by 24% since 2020, according to the Consumer Price Index.” You can read the full article here: https://www.inquirer.com/news/pennsylvania/philadelphia-pennsylvania-highest-grocery-price-increase.html

The Florida Democratic Party has scrapped its presidential primary, only submitting Joe Biden's name for the 2024 ballot. But of course, it's a Trump victory that would mean the end of democracy, right?   -- Please visit https://taxnetworkusa.com/brand to get tax help or call 855-225-1040 Support Me Directly HERE: https://rb.rumble.com WATCH me LIVE weekdays on Rumble: https://bit.ly/russellbrand-rumble

TBT editor Mitch Maley and local government reporter Dawn Kitterman discuss the ongoing saga of Florida Republican Party Chair Christian Ziegler and his Sarasota School Board/Moms for Liberty Wife Bridgette, KVO's most recent ethics complaint, and the Florida Democratic Party's decision to keep President Biden's primary opponents off the ballot.

Ron DeSantis is many things: an authoritarian, an extremist, a bigot. But he's also a deeply weird dude. We get into all of that and more with special guest Nikki Fried, Chair of the Florida Democratic Party, on this week's episode of the DFL Debrief!

On this episode of The Enemies List, Rick Wilson interviews Nikki Fried, Chair of the Democratic Party of Florida, recent candidate for governor and democracy champion. She and Rick discuss what it's going to take to move beyond the DeSantis reign of autocracy and get Florida and the nation back on track. Timestamps: [00:00:01] Democrats reclaiming Florida: Nikki Fried guest on Enemies List. [00:03:18] Divisive politics destroys friendships. [00:06:57] Ron DeSantis' power-driven agenda: Ambition over Floridians' needs. [00:09:25] Disney's power in Florida: War, taxes, resources, water. [00:12:46] Rebuilding Florida Democratic Party from scratch. [00:16:31] Six words: Change mentality, build bench, prove concept, recruit voters. [00:19:42] Win statewide: Go rural, persuade NPAs. [00:22:12] Democrats must engage Hispanics. [00:25:13] Economy decimated by immigration law. [00:27:40] Save democracy: rate, review, share. Follow Resolute Square: Instagram Twitter TikTok Find out more at Resolute Square Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Months into her chairmanship of the Florida Democratic Party, Nikki Fried is arguably its most visible leader who seeks to motivate and energize the organization. Join us to get her take on the party's priorities, and how they intend to move forward. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-sean-pittman-podcast/support

Now that's setting expectations high. There's a lot wrong in this state, but thankfully there are some people trying to turn things around.The Florida Democratic Party has been a mess for too long. Now with former Ag Commissioner and gubernatorial candidate Nikki Fried taking over as FDP Chair, she's shaking things up. This weekend, Leadership Blue held its annual confab on Miami Beach. Former chair of the Progressive Democratic Caucus of Florida Susan Smith was there, and I asked her to join us for a few minutes to tell us what happened, and if there's any hope here.Before Susan, another Floriduh story. Rebekah Jones (remember her?) will be here with exciting news. Josh Fox (Oscar-nominee, Emmy winner, director of GASLAND, and others) is making her WHISTLEBLOWER story into a film, and they've launched a Kickstarter to finance it. She'll join in to tell us all about it.

Host Dave Fiore speaks with Chris Petley, founder and president of the Tallahassee Soccer Club and communications manager at Leon County Schools. Chris was born and raised in South Florida where he attended a technology magnet program and was captain of his high school soccer team. He earned a degree in political science from the University of Florida and volunteered for Al Gore's 2000 presidential campaign before being hired at the Florida Democratic Party. In 2009, Chris focused on planting roots in Tallahassee with his growing family and started with Leon County Schools, but he never gave up his soccer dreams. After reading an article about a local club in New York, he wondered, “Why not here?” Now in year five, the Tallahassee Soccer Club has built a strong community of players, fans and supporters who loves the other “football” and our Battle Lions.

Hell yeah! Democrats and progressives simply crushed it from coast to coast on Tuesday night, so co-hosts David Nir and David Beard are devoting this week's entire episode of "The Downballot" to reveling in all the highlights. At the very top of the list is Jacksonville, where Democrats won the mayor's race for just the second time in three decades—and gave the Florida Democratic Party a much-needed shot in the arm. Republicans also lost the mayor's office in the longtime conservative bastion of Colorado Springs for the first time since the city began holding direct elections for the job 45 years ago.But it doesn't stop there. Democrats held a critical seat in a special election for the Pennsylvania state House to preserve their one-seat majority in the chamber. The party's left flank also had a strong showing in Pittsburgh's Allegheny County, nominating an outspoken progressive for county executive and defeating an anti-reform incumbent for district attorney. New Hampshire Democrats, meanwhile, romped in a special election for their own state House, a positive sign for their chances of taking it back in 2024—if not sooner.Transcript to come.

Joan Walsh has been writing about politics longer than I've been covering them on a daily basis. When I moved over from the music radio world, Joan was editor at Salon.com. We saw her regularly on MSNBC back in those days, then over on CNN, and we're now reading her at The Nation. I knew we had a lot in common, but it wasn't until I read her column in The Nation following the opening night of Bruce Springsteen's current tour with the E Street Band in Tampa, just two months ago. I knew she was a fan, but didn't realize that she's up there with me in terms of Springsteen fandom. But she is. And since Bruce is in the middle of what might be the final E Street Band tour (I couldn't help but shake that feeling after seeing the show here in Hollywood FL a few days after the opener), I invited Joan on the show ... to talk Bruce. And today is the perfect day to do so, as tonight, in New Jersey, they wrap up the first US leg of the tour.... They begin the European leg in Barcelona Spain two weeks from tonight... then back for the second US leg starting at Wrigley Field in Chicago on August 9.... Of course, it's been a while since Joan Walsh was on my show, and there's so much happening in the world outside of music, so you know we will go there too. But first, the governor of Floriduh MoRon DeathSentence signed a 6-week abortion ban into law last night (literally, at 11pm). It's all sickening. So I'm joined at the top of the show by Nikki Fried, newly elected chair of the Florida Democratic Party!

A conversation with Nikki Fried, chair of the Florida Democratic Party, on abortion rights and free speech following her arrest during a protest; A look at legislation that would reshape Florida's K-12 schools; Lawmakers consider a new approach to address state's troubled insurance market

Today's headlines: Former VP Mike Pence will comply with a judge's order to testify in the DOJ special counsel investigation into January 6th, but Trump may continue to appeal. Meanwhile, progressive candidate Brandon Johnson has won the mayoral election in Chicago. The Wisconsin Republicans have gained a supermajority in the state senate, allowing them to impeach elected officials. Democratic state lawmaker Tricia Cotham has defected to the Republican party, giving the Republicans a veto-proof supermajority in both chambers of the North Carolina legislature. A new report from Maryland's attorney general reveals that Catholic Church officials in Baltimore covered up sexual abuse of over 600 children for 60 years. Finally, the chairwoman of the Florida Democratic Party and the state Senate Minority Leader were arrested and charged with trespassing after refusing to leave a protest in Tallahassee.  Resources/Articles mentioned this episode: AP News: Pence won't appeal order compelling grand jury testimony Chicago Tribune: Brandon Johnson wins Chicago mayor election AP News: GOP lawmaker wins Wis. Senate seat, creating supermajority NY Times: Democrat's U-Turn to Join the G.O.P. Upends North Carolina Politics NBC News: Baltimore's Catholic Church sexually abused at least 600 children over 60 years, Maryland AG says AP News: Florida Democrats charged after abortion rights protest Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage alongside Amanda Duberman and Bridget Schwartz

Bakari Sellers is joined by chair of the Florida Democratic Party, Nikki Fried, to discuss running for governor in the 2022 election (3:13), her time serving as the agriculture commissioner of Florida (9:42), and what the Democratic Party needs to do to win Florida back (12:29) Host: Bakari Sellers Guest: Nikki Fried Producer: Donnie Beacham Jr. Executive Producer: Jarrod Loadholt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Democrats are pretending like Biden is about to engage in a sincere effort to raise taxes on the rich. Florida Republican pitches bill to eliminate the Florida Democratic Party. The Hill writes a celebratory article about a Congressional hockey game between “The Lawmakers” and “The Lobbyists.” Fruity Pebbles and Lucky Charms threaten to block “healthy” food labeling guidelines in court, claiming the rule limits their free speech. Host: Ana Kasparian, Cenk Uygur Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Republican in Florida's state legislature files bill that could eliminate Florida Democratic Party

Gov. Ron DeSantis released a new book as a precursor to a likely presidential run. Journalists John Kennedy and Zac Anderson discuss the presidential platform DeSantis lays out in his book, the Florida Democratic Party's new chair and new legislation signed by the governor that gives him control over Disney World's properties in Central Florida.

Dr. Cindy Banyai of Dr. Cindy Speaks takes a look at the news for Tuesday, February 28, 2023. Two trains crashed in Greece leaving 26 dead. More train derailments in the US, including propane leak in Sarasota Florida. Supreme Court hearing case against Biden's student loan plan leaves justices skeptical. Conspiracy quacks excited that low confidence Department of Energy is leaning toward a COVID lab leak in Wuhan, while scientists insist on natural animal origins. Florida legislator introduces the Ultimate Cancel Act to dissolve the Florida Democratic Party, further demonstrating that state's authoritarian slide. 

Welcome back to another episode of Smoke Screen Podcast! Today we're elated to be joined by, Nikki Fried. Nikki is the former Agriculture and Consumer Service Commissioner and the newly elected Chair of the Florida Democratic Party. This episode is one for the ages. We discuss her time as Ag Commissioner, what her new job entails, and lastly, Nikki explains what she can and WILL bring to the Democratic Party as the leader for Florida. As always we'd like to thank our sponsor Creative Designs N More. Contact Wanda on: Facebook- @Creative Designs N More or Tik Tok- @SeeWandaB Be sure to Like, Share, & Subscribe

HE FEDS HAVE ATTACKED INDEPENDENT CAMPAIGNS; THE RABBI CELEBRATES THE EARTH At GREEGREE #125 Dr. Jill Stein, the Green Party's 2016 Presidential candidate, schools us in how the Federal Elections Commission protects America's duopoly. Stein is being PERSONALLY sued by the FEC for an independent campaign dating to seven years ago.  It's an astounding story of fascism in action with serious implications for grassroots campaigns going forward. RAY MCCLENDON of the Georgia NAACP and co-convenor JOEL SEGAL confirm the need to transform how we connect with grassroots donors and volunteers to challenge the duopoly's unyielding power. “We need publicly financed elections, period,” says Segal.   With Stein's terrible experience as background, the FEC must be changed to a non-partisan operation.  “It's all about the oligarchy,” says Stein. TATANKA BRICCA tells us about Exxon now pouring trillions of dollars into Swiss “non-profits” to hide their money while promoting fossil/nuclear fuels which destroy the Earth. We then hear from CAROLINA AMPUDIA about the fight for progressive policies within the Florida Democratic Party. WENDI LEDERMAN tells us about the fight over privatization of water in the Sunshine State. LORENZO CANIZARES updates us on the situation in Peru. LINDA SEELEY from the San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace tells us of the horrendous licensing scams being pulled at the Diablo Canyon atomic reactors. RABBI ART WASKOW then takes us into a brilliant, fascinating tour of the destruction of Atlanta's forest land along with the horrific murder of a young eco-activist with no less than 13 bullets. Art is a long-standing activist based in Philadelphia who has joined radical Judaism with ecological protection.  This broadcast is happening on the Jewish holiday, “the New Year of Trees...a fount of pleasure, of joy…” and much more. His lifelong career has moved thousands of activists around the world, both within and outside the Jewish community, working for peace, social justice, protection of the Earth, an end to racism and anti-semitism and much more. Art's visit is punctuated with great comments by RON LEONARD, MYLA RESON and many more. This is a fantastic, uniquely wonderful gathering.  Don't miss it!!!

Gov. Ron DeSantis is bringing his war on woke to New College of Florida with the appointment of six new board members who are tasked with transforming the progressive school into a conservative institution. Journalists Antonio Fins, John Kennedy and Zac Anderson discuss the governor's latest culture war push, how COVID concerns continue to be at the forefront of DeSantis' agenda and the Florida Democratic Party's leadership turmoil.

The fascist man occupying the Governor's mansion in Tallahassee FL continues his assault on reason and his attempts to turn the state into a theocracy ruled by an authoritarian. Earlier this week, we learned about his move to turn Florida's truly liberal arts college, The New College, from its mission of inclusion, diversity and a place that's become a haven for LGBTQ students to a "conservative" leaning institution modeled on Hillsdale College-- a private Christian liberal arts college in Michigan.And just yesterday, he held a rally-style event with his closest *medical* advisors, spreading misinformation about COVID-19 and the vaccines with his shady anti-vaxxer surgeon general, and another so-called doctor who told the crowd to forget about the vaccine and instead, pray to Jesus.I kid you not.Sadly, Florida does not have a capable, organized Democratic Party to counter such insanity. Luckily there is a group of dedicated progressives working to gain influence over the negligent and embarrassing group of bureaucrats who hold the positions of power in the FDP.Today, I'm joined by Carolina Ampudia, past president of the Democratic Progressive Caucus of Florida who'll explain what's happening with today's Florida Democratic Party

On Today's episode Dr. B.J. Brunious speaks with Kevin Cho Tipton about the future of the Florida Democratic Party, healthcare, how to recruit great candidates and how to mend the fences between marginalized communities. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/we-make-florida/support

This is Garrison Hardie with your CrossPolitic Daily Newsbrief for Wednesday, November 2nd 2022. Happy hump day everyone, I hope you all have been having an excellent week thus far… Before we get to the newsbrief: Fight Laugh Feast Magazine Our Fight Laugh Feast Magazine is a quarterly issue that packs a punch like a 21 year Balvenie, no ice. We don’t water down our scotch, why would we water down our theology? Order a yearly subscription for yourself and then send a couple yearly subscriptions to your friends who have been drinking luke-warm evangelical cool-aid. Every quarter we promise quality food for the soul, wine for the heart, and some Red Bull for turning over tables. Our magazine will include cultural commentary, a Psalm of the quarter, recipes for feasting, laughter sprinkled through out the glossy pages, and more. Sign up today, at fightlaughfeast.com. https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-justice-roberts-blocks-house-committee-from-obtaining-trump-tax-returns?utm_campaign=64487 Justice Roberts blocks House committee from obtaining Trump tax returns Supreme Court Justice John Roberts has granted an administrative stay of a lower court order that prevents the House Ways and Means Committee from accessing Trump's tax returns. The stay is temporary and will last until the court considers a final decision. On Monday, the former president asked the Supreme Court to block the House Ways and Means Committee from accessing his tax returns after it requested six years' worth of Trump's returns as part of an investigation into IRS audit practices of presidents and vice presidents, reports ABC News. Trump accused the committee of seeking his taxes under dubious circumstances, with a petition to the Supreme Court reading "The Committee's purpose in requesting President Trump's tax returns has nothing to do with funding or staffing issues at the IRS and everything to do with releasing the President's tax information to the public." In August, a federal appeals court ruled that the committee would be handed the tax returns, having first sought the returns in 2019. NBC reports that Trump "recently failed to block the request on Thursday when the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals shot down his request to reconsider a unanimous opinion from one of its three-judge panels approving the committee's access to the documents." Trump says that the panel's attempts to get their hands on his returns are purely political. https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2022/11/01/voter-registration-has-been-a-disaster-democrats-have-lost-330000-voters-in-florida-n507245 'Voter registration has been a disaster': Democrats have lost 330,000 voters in Florida Democrats are not poised to do well in Florida next week. In fact, it looks like they may not do well in the state for some time. Since the 2020 election, Dems have lost more than 330,000 registered voters in the state while GOP registrations have surged. The Florida Division of Elections released its voter registration report for the November election, known as book closing, earlier this month. Taken with the reports from the general elections in 2020 and 2018, Republicans and no-party-affiliate voters show a steady increase in voter registration. But from 2020 to 2022, Democrats lost 331,810 voters… News 6 political analyst and UCF professor Dr. Jim Clark says the problem can be laid at the feet of the Florida Democratic Party. The result of this large shift in registrations is that the GOP now has a registration advantage in the state for the first time. As of last month, there were 5.3 million registered Republicans and just under 5 million Democrats in Florida, marking the first time in state history that the GOP will carry a voter advantage on Election Day. As bad as that news is, what’s even worse is who Democrats are losing. Republicans have picked up where Trump left off. More than half of their gains in registered voters can be attributed to the 58,000 new Hispanic voters who checked “Republican” on their forms. Democrats, though, are bleeding support from these communities. The party saw a net loss of more than 46,000 Hispanic voters. The reversal is made more stunning because Democrats entered the election cycle firmly aware of the trend and set out to address it, promising they would have dedicated staff and outreach focused on the disparate Hispanic communities that are scattered across the state… It is also worth noting that Republicans saw a slight but sizable uptick of Black registered voters in the past two years while Democrats lost more than 71,000, a quarter of which came from Miami-Dade. The result of all of this is that Republicans are in a position to win in Miami-Dade County for the first time in 20 years. The party has picked up 11,000 new voters in the county since 2020 while Democrats have lost nearly 58,000 voters over the same time span. On top of the registration advantage, the GOP also has a big money advantage. CNN notes that in 2020 Michael Bloomberg committed $100 million to help Biden win Florida. This year there are no outside benefactors coming to rescue the Democrats. Meanwhile, Gov. DeSantis has raised nearly $200 million. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ (R) political operation reported raising $177.4 million through Sept. 9, breaking the gubernatorial fundraising record without adjusting for inflation, a new OpenSecrets analysis of state campaign finance filings found. His reelection campaign has raised over $31.4 million since January 2021, and Friends of Ron DeSantis, his state-level PAC that is not subject to contribution limits, raked in $146 million since January 2019. The bottom line is that even the Miami Herald doesn’t see much hope for Democrats this year. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/republicans%20predicted-huge-house-win-forecast Majority rules: Republicans predicted to have huge House win in new forecast The Republican Party is set to experience a big win in the House of Representatives come election night, gaining a double-digit edge in the lower chamber of Congress. The GOP needs to have a net gain of at least five seats in the House if it wishes to take the majority, but predictions released on Tuesday indicate that the party may have a 19-seat majority after election night, bringing its total to 236 seats. This estimate is based on if Republican candidates win half of the toss-up races that are in a dead heat, according to Fox News. The majority by the GOP could be bigger or smaller, depending on voter outcome for the party. In a best-case scenario for Republicans, the party would leave election night with 249 seats, while a best-case scenario for the Democratic Party would be for Republicans to have only 223 seats after the election, according to the outlet. The Republican Party's lead in the 2022 midterm House elections can possibly be attributed to its focus on inflation and crime, while Democrats have focused on abortion rights following the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade earlier this year. An ABC/Ipsos poll conducted from Oct. 28-29 found that 26% of those surveyed ranked the economy as the most important issue, while 23% reported inflation was the most important. The poll surveyed 729 adults and had a margin of error of 3.9 percentage points. While Republicans are expected to take control of the House, the Senate remains up in the air, as the party only won in 50 of the 100 simulated outcomes of the midterm elections for the Senate, according to FiveThirtyEight. The GOP needs to have a net gain of at least one senator if it wishes to take control of the upper chamber of Congress. Accountable2You Is your smartphone a tool in the service of Christ, or a minefield of distractions and temptations? With soul-killing seductions just a few taps away, our families and churches must embrace biblical accountability on our digital devices. Accountable2You makes transparency easy on all your family's devices, by sharing app usage and detailed browsing history—including "Incognito" mode—with your spouse, parent, or chosen accountability partner. Accountable2You helps your family to proactively guard against temptation, so you can live with integrity for God's glory! Learn more and try it for free at Accountable2You.com/FLF https://breakingdefense.com/2022/10/as-army-begins-electrification-push-c5isr-office-aims-to-smooth-bumps-in-the-road/ As Army begins electrification push, C5ISR office aims to smooth bumps in the road As the Army seeks to be more energy efficient between fiscal 2023 and 2027, officials with the service’s C5ISR Center told Breaking Defense they’re working on a plan to make the transition, whether its to installation microgrids or the planned electrified vehicle fleet, smoother and smarter. The Army’s ambitious climate strategy, which it estimates will cost upwards of $6.8 billion over five years, follows three lines of efforts: installations, acquisition and logistics and training. According to the strategy’s implementation plan, released Oct. 5, $5.2 billion of that will go to the installation line of effort, wherein the service wants to field fully electric non-tactical vehicles and reduce greenhouse gasses. The Army also wants to operationalize 55 microgrids on its installations (20 microgrids by fiscal 2024, 15 more by FY26 and then 20 more in FY27) with a total cost of $1.6 billion. (The training portion is expected to cost far less.) The service is currently working on implementing the first set of those tactical microgrids, which will allow the service to “interconnect” power equipment in an “interoperable and smart way,” Marnie Bailey, power division chief at the Army’s C5ISR Center, told Breaking Defense in an interview this week. She added that the development of the tactical microgrid standard (TMS) has underpinned a lot of the research the Army has been doing in that area. TMS is an interoperability standard that allows devices to plug and play together, and that’s what the Army wants to do with its power systems, Mike Gonzalez, expeditionary power and environmental controls branch chief at the C5ISR Center, added. Over the next year, the Army wants to explore how to do active load management (things that consume power, like electronics) through the use of the TMS, which can monitor the loads and see how much power installations or bases are consuming on a regular basis, whether the facilities are stateside or in far-flung regions. According to the Army’s climate plan, the service plans to field an all-electric light-duty-non-tactical vehicle fleet by 2027 and is aiming for an all-electric non-tactical fleet overall by 2035. The Army wants to reap the benefits of the technologies and, at the same time, make sure the transition to these new concepts are seamless for soldiers. As part of that, the service is engaging in “soldier touchpoints” to get feedback on what is and isn’t working. Those soldier touchpoints are key to making sure the Army doesn’t spend years on stuff that’s not performing in real situations, Gonzalez said. As to how the Army sees in the opportunities space over the next fiscal years coming up, both Bailey and Gonzalez summed it up in three words: intentionality, flexibility and maximizing options. It also opens up opportunities for incorporating things like artificial intelligence in the future for things like controls, Bailey added, but the focus right now remains on implementing the interoperability standards into equipment. https://dailycaller.com/2022/11/01/fed-interest-to-pass-defense-budget/ The Government Is Set To Spend More On Debt Payments Than The Entire Defense Budget Interest on federal debt is set to skyrocket, potentially surpassing defense spending by as early as 2025, CNN reported Tuesday. The federal government made $475 billion in net interest payments in the fiscal year 2022 — which ended in September — up from $352 in fiscal year 2021, according to the Treasury Department. The number exceeds the $406 billion spent on transportation and veterans’ benefits, and is on track to eclipse the roughly $750 billion spent on defense this year between 2025 to 2026, according to CNN, citing financial analytics firm Moody’s Analytics. (‘Reckless’: Obama Economist Tears Apart Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness) “Regardless of who wins the midterms or in 2024, there are really difficult decisions that will have to be made,” Dan White, an economist at Moody’s Analytics, told CNN. “This is really going to handcuff them.” The Federal Reserve has historically kept interest rates low in a bid to encourage economic growth and the purchase of U.S. debt by foreign investors, CNN reported. This contributed to aggressive borrowing campaigns by both the Trump and Biden administrations, which boosted the nation’s debt past $31 trillion for the first time this year, that have “fast-forwarded us almost an entire generation” in terms of debt, White said. With inflation still above 8%, far above the Federal Reserve’s goal of 2%, it is unlikely that the Fed will slow its pace of interest rate hikes this week in a bid to put downward pressure on the economy and slow inflation, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. As interest rate hikes push economic activity down and the cost of interest up, the U.S. might soon be in a position where it struggles to make its interest payments, White told CNN. A recession, which economists consider increasingly likely, would make it even more difficult to make interest rate payments, since governments typically spend more on social programs during recessions, White told CNN. Now it’s time for my favorite topic… sports! https://www.si.com/xfl/2022/10/31/xfl-unveils-cities-teams-2023-season XFL Unveils Eight Cities, Teams for 2023 Season Hopefully, the third time’s the charm for the XFL. The newest edition of the spring football league formally announced cities, team names and logos for its new season Monday. The XFL failed to live past its first season in 2001 and the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered the 2020 season after only a few weeks, but 2023 will be a new year. The season is set to start Feb. 18, 2023, and games will be televised on ESPN, ESPN2, ABC and FX. ESPN’s Laura Rutledge showed off the new logos, names and cities for all eight of the XFL’s squads in the announcement video. Here are the eight franchises and coaches for the 2023 XFL season: Arlington (Texas) Renegades - Bob Stoops D.C. Defenders - Reggie Barlow Houston Roughnecks - Wade Phillips Orlando Guardians - Terrell Buckley San Antonio Brahmas - Hines Ward Seattle Sea Dragons - Jim Haslett St. Louis Battlehawks - Anthony Becht Vegas Vipers - Rod Woodson

This is Garrison Hardie with your CrossPolitic Daily Newsbrief for Wednesday, November 2nd 2022. Happy hump day everyone, I hope you all have been having an excellent week thus far… Before we get to the newsbrief: Fight Laugh Feast Magazine Our Fight Laugh Feast Magazine is a quarterly issue that packs a punch like a 21 year Balvenie, no ice. We don’t water down our scotch, why would we water down our theology? Order a yearly subscription for yourself and then send a couple yearly subscriptions to your friends who have been drinking luke-warm evangelical cool-aid. Every quarter we promise quality food for the soul, wine for the heart, and some Red Bull for turning over tables. Our magazine will include cultural commentary, a Psalm of the quarter, recipes for feasting, laughter sprinkled through out the glossy pages, and more. Sign up today, at fightlaughfeast.com. https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-justice-roberts-blocks-house-committee-from-obtaining-trump-tax-returns?utm_campaign=64487 Justice Roberts blocks House committee from obtaining Trump tax returns Supreme Court Justice John Roberts has granted an administrative stay of a lower court order that prevents the House Ways and Means Committee from accessing Trump's tax returns. The stay is temporary and will last until the court considers a final decision. On Monday, the former president asked the Supreme Court to block the House Ways and Means Committee from accessing his tax returns after it requested six years' worth of Trump's returns as part of an investigation into IRS audit practices of presidents and vice presidents, reports ABC News. Trump accused the committee of seeking his taxes under dubious circumstances, with a petition to the Supreme Court reading "The Committee's purpose in requesting President Trump's tax returns has nothing to do with funding or staffing issues at the IRS and everything to do with releasing the President's tax information to the public." In August, a federal appeals court ruled that the committee would be handed the tax returns, having first sought the returns in 2019. NBC reports that Trump "recently failed to block the request on Thursday when the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals shot down his request to reconsider a unanimous opinion from one of its three-judge panels approving the committee's access to the documents." Trump says that the panel's attempts to get their hands on his returns are purely political. https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2022/11/01/voter-registration-has-been-a-disaster-democrats-have-lost-330000-voters-in-florida-n507245 'Voter registration has been a disaster': Democrats have lost 330,000 voters in Florida Democrats are not poised to do well in Florida next week. In fact, it looks like they may not do well in the state for some time. Since the 2020 election, Dems have lost more than 330,000 registered voters in the state while GOP registrations have surged. The Florida Division of Elections released its voter registration report for the November election, known as book closing, earlier this month. Taken with the reports from the general elections in 2020 and 2018, Republicans and no-party-affiliate voters show a steady increase in voter registration. But from 2020 to 2022, Democrats lost 331,810 voters… News 6 political analyst and UCF professor Dr. Jim Clark says the problem can be laid at the feet of the Florida Democratic Party. The result of this large shift in registrations is that the GOP now has a registration advantage in the state for the first time. As of last month, there were 5.3 million registered Republicans and just under 5 million Democrats in Florida, marking the first time in state history that the GOP will carry a voter advantage on Election Day. As bad as that news is, what’s even worse is who Democrats are losing. Republicans have picked up where Trump left off. More than half of their gains in registered voters can be attributed to the 58,000 new Hispanic voters who checked “Republican” on their forms. Democrats, though, are bleeding support from these communities. The party saw a net loss of more than 46,000 Hispanic voters. The reversal is made more stunning because Democrats entered the election cycle firmly aware of the trend and set out to address it, promising they would have dedicated staff and outreach focused on the disparate Hispanic communities that are scattered across the state… It is also worth noting that Republicans saw a slight but sizable uptick of Black registered voters in the past two years while Democrats lost more than 71,000, a quarter of which came from Miami-Dade. The result of all of this is that Republicans are in a position to win in Miami-Dade County for the first time in 20 years. The party has picked up 11,000 new voters in the county since 2020 while Democrats have lost nearly 58,000 voters over the same time span. On top of the registration advantage, the GOP also has a big money advantage. CNN notes that in 2020 Michael Bloomberg committed $100 million to help Biden win Florida. This year there are no outside benefactors coming to rescue the Democrats. Meanwhile, Gov. DeSantis has raised nearly $200 million. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ (R) political operation reported raising $177.4 million through Sept. 9, breaking the gubernatorial fundraising record without adjusting for inflation, a new OpenSecrets analysis of state campaign finance filings found. His reelection campaign has raised over $31.4 million since January 2021, and Friends of Ron DeSantis, his state-level PAC that is not subject to contribution limits, raked in $146 million since January 2019. The bottom line is that even the Miami Herald doesn’t see much hope for Democrats this year. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/republicans%20predicted-huge-house-win-forecast Majority rules: Republicans predicted to have huge House win in new forecast The Republican Party is set to experience a big win in the House of Representatives come election night, gaining a double-digit edge in the lower chamber of Congress. The GOP needs to have a net gain of at least five seats in the House if it wishes to take the majority, but predictions released on Tuesday indicate that the party may have a 19-seat majority after election night, bringing its total to 236 seats. This estimate is based on if Republican candidates win half of the toss-up races that are in a dead heat, according to Fox News. The majority by the GOP could be bigger or smaller, depending on voter outcome for the party. In a best-case scenario for Republicans, the party would leave election night with 249 seats, while a best-case scenario for the Democratic Party would be for Republicans to have only 223 seats after the election, according to the outlet. The Republican Party's lead in the 2022 midterm House elections can possibly be attributed to its focus on inflation and crime, while Democrats have focused on abortion rights following the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade earlier this year. An ABC/Ipsos poll conducted from Oct. 28-29 found that 26% of those surveyed ranked the economy as the most important issue, while 23% reported inflation was the most important. The poll surveyed 729 adults and had a margin of error of 3.9 percentage points. While Republicans are expected to take control of the House, the Senate remains up in the air, as the party only won in 50 of the 100 simulated outcomes of the midterm elections for the Senate, according to FiveThirtyEight. The GOP needs to have a net gain of at least one senator if it wishes to take control of the upper chamber of Congress. Accountable2You Is your smartphone a tool in the service of Christ, or a minefield of distractions and temptations? With soul-killing seductions just a few taps away, our families and churches must embrace biblical accountability on our digital devices. Accountable2You makes transparency easy on all your family's devices, by sharing app usage and detailed browsing history—including "Incognito" mode—with your spouse, parent, or chosen accountability partner. Accountable2You helps your family to proactively guard against temptation, so you can live with integrity for God's glory! Learn more and try it for free at Accountable2You.com/FLF https://breakingdefense.com/2022/10/as-army-begins-electrification-push-c5isr-office-aims-to-smooth-bumps-in-the-road/ As Army begins electrification push, C5ISR office aims to smooth bumps in the road As the Army seeks to be more energy efficient between fiscal 2023 and 2027, officials with the service’s C5ISR Center told Breaking Defense they’re working on a plan to make the transition, whether its to installation microgrids or the planned electrified vehicle fleet, smoother and smarter. The Army’s ambitious climate strategy, which it estimates will cost upwards of $6.8 billion over five years, follows three lines of efforts: installations, acquisition and logistics and training. According to the strategy’s implementation plan, released Oct. 5, $5.2 billion of that will go to the installation line of effort, wherein the service wants to field fully electric non-tactical vehicles and reduce greenhouse gasses. The Army also wants to operationalize 55 microgrids on its installations (20 microgrids by fiscal 2024, 15 more by FY26 and then 20 more in FY27) with a total cost of $1.6 billion. (The training portion is expected to cost far less.) The service is currently working on implementing the first set of those tactical microgrids, which will allow the service to “interconnect” power equipment in an “interoperable and smart way,” Marnie Bailey, power division chief at the Army’s C5ISR Center, told Breaking Defense in an interview this week. She added that the development of the tactical microgrid standard (TMS) has underpinned a lot of the research the Army has been doing in that area. TMS is an interoperability standard that allows devices to plug and play together, and that’s what the Army wants to do with its power systems, Mike Gonzalez, expeditionary power and environmental controls branch chief at the C5ISR Center, added. Over the next year, the Army wants to explore how to do active load management (things that consume power, like electronics) through the use of the TMS, which can monitor the loads and see how much power installations or bases are consuming on a regular basis, whether the facilities are stateside or in far-flung regions. According to the Army’s climate plan, the service plans to field an all-electric light-duty-non-tactical vehicle fleet by 2027 and is aiming for an all-electric non-tactical fleet overall by 2035. The Army wants to reap the benefits of the technologies and, at the same time, make sure the transition to these new concepts are seamless for soldiers. As part of that, the service is engaging in “soldier touchpoints” to get feedback on what is and isn’t working. Those soldier touchpoints are key to making sure the Army doesn’t spend years on stuff that’s not performing in real situations, Gonzalez said. As to how the Army sees in the opportunities space over the next fiscal years coming up, both Bailey and Gonzalez summed it up in three words: intentionality, flexibility and maximizing options. It also opens up opportunities for incorporating things like artificial intelligence in the future for things like controls, Bailey added, but the focus right now remains on implementing the interoperability standards into equipment. https://dailycaller.com/2022/11/01/fed-interest-to-pass-defense-budget/ The Government Is Set To Spend More On Debt Payments Than The Entire Defense Budget Interest on federal debt is set to skyrocket, potentially surpassing defense spending by as early as 2025, CNN reported Tuesday. The federal government made $475 billion in net interest payments in the fiscal year 2022 — which ended in September — up from $352 in fiscal year 2021, according to the Treasury Department. The number exceeds the $406 billion spent on transportation and veterans’ benefits, and is on track to eclipse the roughly $750 billion spent on defense this year between 2025 to 2026, according to CNN, citing financial analytics firm Moody’s Analytics. (‘Reckless’: Obama Economist Tears Apart Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness) “Regardless of who wins the midterms or in 2024, there are really difficult decisions that will have to be made,” Dan White, an economist at Moody’s Analytics, told CNN. “This is really going to handcuff them.” The Federal Reserve has historically kept interest rates low in a bid to encourage economic growth and the purchase of U.S. debt by foreign investors, CNN reported. This contributed to aggressive borrowing campaigns by both the Trump and Biden administrations, which boosted the nation’s debt past $31 trillion for the first time this year, that have “fast-forwarded us almost an entire generation” in terms of debt, White said. With inflation still above 8%, far above the Federal Reserve’s goal of 2%, it is unlikely that the Fed will slow its pace of interest rate hikes this week in a bid to put downward pressure on the economy and slow inflation, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. As interest rate hikes push economic activity down and the cost of interest up, the U.S. might soon be in a position where it struggles to make its interest payments, White told CNN. A recession, which economists consider increasingly likely, would make it even more difficult to make interest rate payments, since governments typically spend more on social programs during recessions, White told CNN. Now it’s time for my favorite topic… sports! https://www.si.com/xfl/2022/10/31/xfl-unveils-cities-teams-2023-season XFL Unveils Eight Cities, Teams for 2023 Season Hopefully, the third time’s the charm for the XFL. The newest edition of the spring football league formally announced cities, team names and logos for its new season Monday. The XFL failed to live past its first season in 2001 and the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered the 2020 season after only a few weeks, but 2023 will be a new year. The season is set to start Feb. 18, 2023, and games will be televised on ESPN, ESPN2, ABC and FX. ESPN’s Laura Rutledge showed off the new logos, names and cities for all eight of the XFL’s squads in the announcement video. Here are the eight franchises and coaches for the 2023 XFL season: Arlington (Texas) Renegades - Bob Stoops D.C. Defenders - Reggie Barlow Houston Roughnecks - Wade Phillips Orlando Guardians - Terrell Buckley San Antonio Brahmas - Hines Ward Seattle Sea Dragons - Jim Haslett St. Louis Battlehawks - Anthony Becht Vegas Vipers - Rod Woodson

This is Garrison Hardie with your CrossPolitic Daily Newsbrief for Wednesday, November 2nd 2022. Happy hump day everyone, I hope you all have been having an excellent week thus far… Before we get to the newsbrief: Fight Laugh Feast Magazine Our Fight Laugh Feast Magazine is a quarterly issue that packs a punch like a 21 year Balvenie, no ice. We don’t water down our scotch, why would we water down our theology? Order a yearly subscription for yourself and then send a couple yearly subscriptions to your friends who have been drinking luke-warm evangelical cool-aid. Every quarter we promise quality food for the soul, wine for the heart, and some Red Bull for turning over tables. Our magazine will include cultural commentary, a Psalm of the quarter, recipes for feasting, laughter sprinkled through out the glossy pages, and more. Sign up today, at fightlaughfeast.com. https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-justice-roberts-blocks-house-committee-from-obtaining-trump-tax-returns?utm_campaign=64487 Justice Roberts blocks House committee from obtaining Trump tax returns Supreme Court Justice John Roberts has granted an administrative stay of a lower court order that prevents the House Ways and Means Committee from accessing Trump's tax returns. The stay is temporary and will last until the court considers a final decision. On Monday, the former president asked the Supreme Court to block the House Ways and Means Committee from accessing his tax returns after it requested six years' worth of Trump's returns as part of an investigation into IRS audit practices of presidents and vice presidents, reports ABC News. Trump accused the committee of seeking his taxes under dubious circumstances, with a petition to the Supreme Court reading "The Committee's purpose in requesting President Trump's tax returns has nothing to do with funding or staffing issues at the IRS and everything to do with releasing the President's tax information to the public." In August, a federal appeals court ruled that the committee would be handed the tax returns, having first sought the returns in 2019. NBC reports that Trump "recently failed to block the request on Thursday when the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals shot down his request to reconsider a unanimous opinion from one of its three-judge panels approving the committee's access to the documents." Trump says that the panel's attempts to get their hands on his returns are purely political. https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2022/11/01/voter-registration-has-been-a-disaster-democrats-have-lost-330000-voters-in-florida-n507245 'Voter registration has been a disaster': Democrats have lost 330,000 voters in Florida Democrats are not poised to do well in Florida next week. In fact, it looks like they may not do well in the state for some time. Since the 2020 election, Dems have lost more than 330,000 registered voters in the state while GOP registrations have surged. The Florida Division of Elections released its voter registration report for the November election, known as book closing, earlier this month. Taken with the reports from the general elections in 2020 and 2018, Republicans and no-party-affiliate voters show a steady increase in voter registration. But from 2020 to 2022, Democrats lost 331,810 voters… News 6 political analyst and UCF professor Dr. Jim Clark says the problem can be laid at the feet of the Florida Democratic Party. The result of this large shift in registrations is that the GOP now has a registration advantage in the state for the first time. As of last month, there were 5.3 million registered Republicans and just under 5 million Democrats in Florida, marking the first time in state history that the GOP will carry a voter advantage on Election Day. As bad as that news is, what’s even worse is who Democrats are losing. Republicans have picked up where Trump left off. More than half of their gains in registered voters can be attributed to the 58,000 new Hispanic voters who checked “Republican” on their forms. Democrats, though, are bleeding support from these communities. The party saw a net loss of more than 46,000 Hispanic voters. The reversal is made more stunning because Democrats entered the election cycle firmly aware of the trend and set out to address it, promising they would have dedicated staff and outreach focused on the disparate Hispanic communities that are scattered across the state… It is also worth noting that Republicans saw a slight but sizable uptick of Black registered voters in the past two years while Democrats lost more than 71,000, a quarter of which came from Miami-Dade. The result of all of this is that Republicans are in a position to win in Miami-Dade County for the first time in 20 years. The party has picked up 11,000 new voters in the county since 2020 while Democrats have lost nearly 58,000 voters over the same time span. On top of the registration advantage, the GOP also has a big money advantage. CNN notes that in 2020 Michael Bloomberg committed $100 million to help Biden win Florida. This year there are no outside benefactors coming to rescue the Democrats. Meanwhile, Gov. DeSantis has raised nearly $200 million. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ (R) political operation reported raising $177.4 million through Sept. 9, breaking the gubernatorial fundraising record without adjusting for inflation, a new OpenSecrets analysis of state campaign finance filings found. His reelection campaign has raised over $31.4 million since January 2021, and Friends of Ron DeSantis, his state-level PAC that is not subject to contribution limits, raked in $146 million since January 2019. The bottom line is that even the Miami Herald doesn’t see much hope for Democrats this year. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/republicans%20predicted-huge-house-win-forecast Majority rules: Republicans predicted to have huge House win in new forecast The Republican Party is set to experience a big win in the House of Representatives come election night, gaining a double-digit edge in the lower chamber of Congress. The GOP needs to have a net gain of at least five seats in the House if it wishes to take the majority, but predictions released on Tuesday indicate that the party may have a 19-seat majority after election night, bringing its total to 236 seats. This estimate is based on if Republican candidates win half of the toss-up races that are in a dead heat, according to Fox News. The majority by the GOP could be bigger or smaller, depending on voter outcome for the party. In a best-case scenario for Republicans, the party would leave election night with 249 seats, while a best-case scenario for the Democratic Party would be for Republicans to have only 223 seats after the election, according to the outlet. The Republican Party's lead in the 2022 midterm House elections can possibly be attributed to its focus on inflation and crime, while Democrats have focused on abortion rights following the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade earlier this year. An ABC/Ipsos poll conducted from Oct. 28-29 found that 26% of those surveyed ranked the economy as the most important issue, while 23% reported inflation was the most important. The poll surveyed 729 adults and had a margin of error of 3.9 percentage points. While Republicans are expected to take control of the House, the Senate remains up in the air, as the party only won in 50 of the 100 simulated outcomes of the midterm elections for the Senate, according to FiveThirtyEight. The GOP needs to have a net gain of at least one senator if it wishes to take control of the upper chamber of Congress. Accountable2You Is your smartphone a tool in the service of Christ, or a minefield of distractions and temptations? With soul-killing seductions just a few taps away, our families and churches must embrace biblical accountability on our digital devices. Accountable2You makes transparency easy on all your family's devices, by sharing app usage and detailed browsing history—including "Incognito" mode—with your spouse, parent, or chosen accountability partner. Accountable2You helps your family to proactively guard against temptation, so you can live with integrity for God's glory! Learn more and try it for free at Accountable2You.com/FLF https://breakingdefense.com/2022/10/as-army-begins-electrification-push-c5isr-office-aims-to-smooth-bumps-in-the-road/ As Army begins electrification push, C5ISR office aims to smooth bumps in the road As the Army seeks to be more energy efficient between fiscal 2023 and 2027, officials with the service’s C5ISR Center told Breaking Defense they’re working on a plan to make the transition, whether its to installation microgrids or the planned electrified vehicle fleet, smoother and smarter. The Army’s ambitious climate strategy, which it estimates will cost upwards of $6.8 billion over five years, follows three lines of efforts: installations, acquisition and logistics and training. According to the strategy’s implementation plan, released Oct. 5, $5.2 billion of that will go to the installation line of effort, wherein the service wants to field fully electric non-tactical vehicles and reduce greenhouse gasses. The Army also wants to operationalize 55 microgrids on its installations (20 microgrids by fiscal 2024, 15 more by FY26 and then 20 more in FY27) with a total cost of $1.6 billion. (The training portion is expected to cost far less.) The service is currently working on implementing the first set of those tactical microgrids, which will allow the service to “interconnect” power equipment in an “interoperable and smart way,” Marnie Bailey, power division chief at the Army’s C5ISR Center, told Breaking Defense in an interview this week. She added that the development of the tactical microgrid standard (TMS) has underpinned a lot of the research the Army has been doing in that area. TMS is an interoperability standard that allows devices to plug and play together, and that’s what the Army wants to do with its power systems, Mike Gonzalez, expeditionary power and environmental controls branch chief at the C5ISR Center, added. Over the next year, the Army wants to explore how to do active load management (things that consume power, like electronics) through the use of the TMS, which can monitor the loads and see how much power installations or bases are consuming on a regular basis, whether the facilities are stateside or in far-flung regions. According to the Army’s climate plan, the service plans to field an all-electric light-duty-non-tactical vehicle fleet by 2027 and is aiming for an all-electric non-tactical fleet overall by 2035. The Army wants to reap the benefits of the technologies and, at the same time, make sure the transition to these new concepts are seamless for soldiers. As part of that, the service is engaging in “soldier touchpoints” to get feedback on what is and isn’t working. Those soldier touchpoints are key to making sure the Army doesn’t spend years on stuff that’s not performing in real situations, Gonzalez said. As to how the Army sees in the opportunities space over the next fiscal years coming up, both Bailey and Gonzalez summed it up in three words: intentionality, flexibility and maximizing options. It also opens up opportunities for incorporating things like artificial intelligence in the future for things like controls, Bailey added, but the focus right now remains on implementing the interoperability standards into equipment. https://dailycaller.com/2022/11/01/fed-interest-to-pass-defense-budget/ The Government Is Set To Spend More On Debt Payments Than The Entire Defense Budget Interest on federal debt is set to skyrocket, potentially surpassing defense spending by as early as 2025, CNN reported Tuesday. The federal government made $475 billion in net interest payments in the fiscal year 2022 — which ended in September — up from $352 in fiscal year 2021, according to the Treasury Department. The number exceeds the $406 billion spent on transportation and veterans’ benefits, and is on track to eclipse the roughly $750 billion spent on defense this year between 2025 to 2026, according to CNN, citing financial analytics firm Moody’s Analytics. (‘Reckless’: Obama Economist Tears Apart Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness) “Regardless of who wins the midterms or in 2024, there are really difficult decisions that will have to be made,” Dan White, an economist at Moody’s Analytics, told CNN. “This is really going to handcuff them.” The Federal Reserve has historically kept interest rates low in a bid to encourage economic growth and the purchase of U.S. debt by foreign investors, CNN reported. This contributed to aggressive borrowing campaigns by both the Trump and Biden administrations, which boosted the nation’s debt past $31 trillion for the first time this year, that have “fast-forwarded us almost an entire generation” in terms of debt, White said. With inflation still above 8%, far above the Federal Reserve’s goal of 2%, it is unlikely that the Fed will slow its pace of interest rate hikes this week in a bid to put downward pressure on the economy and slow inflation, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. As interest rate hikes push economic activity down and the cost of interest up, the U.S. might soon be in a position where it struggles to make its interest payments, White told CNN. A recession, which economists consider increasingly likely, would make it even more difficult to make interest rate payments, since governments typically spend more on social programs during recessions, White told CNN. Now it’s time for my favorite topic… sports! https://www.si.com/xfl/2022/10/31/xfl-unveils-cities-teams-2023-season XFL Unveils Eight Cities, Teams for 2023 Season Hopefully, the third time’s the charm for the XFL. The newest edition of the spring football league formally announced cities, team names and logos for its new season Monday. The XFL failed to live past its first season in 2001 and the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered the 2020 season after only a few weeks, but 2023 will be a new year. The season is set to start Feb. 18, 2023, and games will be televised on ESPN, ESPN2, ABC and FX. ESPN’s Laura Rutledge showed off the new logos, names and cities for all eight of the XFL’s squads in the announcement video. Here are the eight franchises and coaches for the 2023 XFL season: Arlington (Texas) Renegades - Bob Stoops D.C. Defenders - Reggie Barlow Houston Roughnecks - Wade Phillips Orlando Guardians - Terrell Buckley San Antonio Brahmas - Hines Ward Seattle Sea Dragons - Jim Haslett St. Louis Battlehawks - Anthony Becht Vegas Vipers - Rod Woodson

Host, Rob Lorei, talks about important news from Florida this week and gets political insights from guests: Tracey McManus, Reporter, Tampa Bay TimesBarbara Haselden, President, St. Petersburg Republican ClubManny Diaz, Chair, Florida Democratic Party, Past Mayor, City of MiamiErnest Hooper, Reporter & Host, "That's All I'm Saying" WEDUThis week we discuss:Presidential Possibilities in TampaDemocrats Down in Voter RegistrationConservation Battles in PinellasTo learn more about Florida This Week, visit www.wedu.org/floridathisweek 

Welcome back to the Party, folks! This week we're joined by Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar discussing how Senate Democrats are showing up and delivering for working families. Later, former Miami mayor and chairman of the Florida Democratic Party, Manny Diaz, joins the party to talk about what is at stake in Florida ahead of the midterms. Plus, Chair Harrison closes with a DNC fundraising update.Don't forget to review, rate, and subscribe to Welcome to the Party!

Devastating is the word that best describes the testimony by four police officers who helped protect the Capitol from the insurrectionists on January 6. Although we knew what happened and had already heard from some of these officers, today's testimony was - well- devastating. And really sad. Today, I'll share my thoughts and lots of audio/video from today's hearing. Then we'll check in with Carolina Ampudia, the newly-elected president of the Democratic Progressive Caucus of Florida to tell us about the chair of the Florida Democratic Party publicly dissing the progressive caucus... No wonder we keep losing in Florida.

How can we pursue Christlikeness in an increasingly hostile culture? I'll talk it over with David Harrell, senior pastor-teacher at Calvary Bible Church and author of the book, "Why America Hates Biblical Christianity." Plus: Muslim extremists want to overturn a Florida law protecting Jews against anti-Semitism. Why hasn't the Florida Democratic Party purged these bullies from its ranks? That's next time on Monday's JANET MEFFERD TODAY.

Host and NewDEAL CEO Debbie Cox Bultan talks with Manny Diaz, former Miami mayor and current chair of the Florida Democratic Party, about what it will take to win Florida and his work to push back on restrictive voting legislation.

Today we discuss Biden's first 100 days in office and give him a grade (spoiler alert, he did pretty well), we talk about the census and what redistricting means for Democrats, and we look at the efforts of local Anti-abortion advocates and their push to make Naples a sanctuary city for the unborn. Plus we have our moments of positivity. But before we get into all of that here is some Democratic Party news. First, it is with great sadness that we announce the resignation of our State Committee woman Sara McFadden. Sara has been a huge asset to the local party over the last 5 years. She has run twice for office and made huge strides in a very difficult district, growing the party with all of her efforts both as a candidate and as our State Committeewoman. She will remain on as a Precinct committee person, but she is taking a much deserved break. A huge thank you to Sara for all of her efforts. With Sara's resignation, we have to replace her position and we are excited to announce that Jane Schletweig has agreed to become our new State Committeewoman. Jane is a precinct committeewoman out of Marco, she is Vice-President of the Democratic Women's Club of Marco, and she is the Region 7 Chair for the Democratic Women's Club of Florida. Jane has worked closely with the leadership of the Collier Democratic Party over the last 4 years and we are excited for her to join our leadership team. The Democratic County Chairs Association met for the first time this past month and we had State Party Chair Manny Diaz and Executive Director Marcus Dixon on to update us on all the Florida Democratic Party efforts. They are doing a great job of getting the party back moving in the right direction. They have proposed a annual budget of 12 million dollars, focusing heavily on voter registration and communication. They have budget money to combat what will prove to be contentious redistricting process. They have had to deal with a lot of unforseen issues that have arisen after their election, but they have righted the ship and are pushing forward. Here are the upcoming meetings to put on your schedule. Thursday May 6th @ 6:30 is the Monthly DEC meeting. This is the business meeting of the party, it is open to the public. Tuesday May 11th @7:00 is the monthly meeting of the Democratic Womens Club of Marco. I will speaking at this meeting along with our outgoing State Committeewoman Sara McFadden. We will be discussing the legislative session and the voting trends as seen around Collier County. Monday May 17th @ 6:30 is the monthly meeting of the Collier Democratic Club. Please remember to volunteer and donate. We are an all volunteer organization and we rely on your generosity to maintain the website, produce this podcast, and promote the agenda of the Democratic party through out Collier and Southwest Florida, so please donate a little time or money to our efforts. It is greatly appreciated.   Support this podcast

Gov. Ron DeSantis said anyone over 18 will be able to get the COVID-19 vaccine in Florida starting April 5. Journalists John Kennedy, Antonio Fins and Zac Anderson discuss what prompted the governor to lift the vaccine age restriction, a Republican push to expand Medicaid coverage in Florida, a big fundraising haul by the Florida Democratic Party and legislation overhauling the state's voting rules.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We update on the latest hires and appointments at the Florida Democratic Party and we dive into some of the bills the Republicans are proposing in the 2021 Legislative Session. Bills to make voting more difficult, BIlls to make protesting illegal, and bills to undermine the will of the people. Just another day in Republican governance. Support this podcast

It is a busy Thursday. As usual, Howie Klein will be here in the second half hour of the show. Today, we'll be talking about the insanity that is the Republican Party in the Trump era, and the civil war brewing. The House is voting on removing Marjorie Taylor Greene Q-GA from her committee assignments. It is surreal. We'll start the show with two of my fellow progressive Dems here in South Florida who've been working to transform the Florida Democratic Party from within. Today, they're here to tell us about a bill brewing in the FL legislature (and in state houses nationally) that would criminalize protests. At some point during this busy show, I'll fill you in on the rest of the news...

Republicans in control of Florida’s state government are dealing with a new reality in Washington: Donald Trump is out; Joe Biden is in. Also, on today’s Sunrise: — Trump skipped the inauguration ceremonies and delivered farewell remarks to the crowd before leaving the White House. — Trump spent his last moments as President in Palm Beach County, waving to his new neighbors from inside an armored Escalade after making the final flight on Air Force One. — Florida Democrats didn’t have much to celebrate after the election because they lost seats in both Congress and the state Legislature, but they are happy now that Biden was sworn in. — The new chair of the Florida Democratic Party is vowing to come up with some way to make his party relevant again. — But, for the moment, Democrats like Sen. Gary Farmer of Broward are smiling. Or is that more like a grin? — Coronavirus doesn’t care who’s in charge; it just keeps on killing. Florida added 145 fatalities and almost 12,000 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday. The virus has infected more than 1,600,000 Floridians since the pandemic began. — And finally, a Florida Man who went to jail for trying to free the horses.

The Democrats introduced an article of impeachment against Trump, charging him with inciting a mob of his supporters to carry out a violent attack on the Capitol in a bid to overturn Joe Biden's election victory, also known as insurrection. The Incompetence portion of the program today is dedicated to Floriduh, as the Florida Democratic Party has proven itself to be just that. Today, I'm joined by two guests. First, Brendan O'Connor- author of the forthcoming book, "Blood Red Lines: How Nativism Fuels the Right" - has a new piece in The Nation magazine "A Preview of What's to Come" about the same faction who stormed the Capitol on Wednesday. In the last segment today, I'm joined by Ryler Calabrese, one of the coordinators of Not Me Us, FL and a newly-elected State Committeeman for Leon County FL, who can finally give us the details on the awesome progressive push to take over the Florida Democratic Party. Unfortunately the party establishment had different ideas (thus the Incompetence I in the title of today's episode)...

Florida lawmakers are returning to The Capitol for more than two dozen committee hearings this week. COVID-19 and a multibillion-dollar hole in the budget are big concerns. Also, on today’s Sunrise: — Gov. Ron DeSantis travels to Bay County to check out a faith-based vaccination center that reaches out to seniors by going through their pastors and ministers. — DeSantis is also counting on Publix to fight the virus. After a vaccination pilot program at grocery stores in three central Florida counties, the Governor is ready to expand to other parts of the state. — Seniors now have first shot at the vaccine in Florida, but DeSantis still won’t say who’s next in line and teachers are getting antsy. — As the Governor tries to speed up the vaccination process, the winter surge of COVID-19 continues with more than 12,000 new cases and 111 new fatalities reported in the past 24 hours. — Florida Democrats pick former Miami Mayor Manny Diaz to take over as party chair … replacing Terri Rizzo after the GOP cleaned their clock in 2020. — And finally, two Florida Men: One tried to hide with the trash; the other faces federal charges after Wednesday’s riot at the U.S. Capitol.

Dr. Cindy Banyai, 2020 Democratic Nominee for US House of Representatives Florida 19, speaks with Dr. Janelle Christensen, President of the Democratic Environmental Caucus of Florida and candidate for Florida Democratic Party Chair, about the challenges faced by Democrats in Florida during the 2020 election, the failure of the management of the party, and why it's important to invest in Democrats everywhere to win. 

Dr. Cindy Banyai, 2020 Democratic Nominee for US House of Representatives Florida 19 and Fighter for Florida, reflects on the results of the 2020 election in Florida and how we need and deserve transparency and good governance. She comments specifically on the issues and needed change in the Florida Democratic Party and the armed raid on the home of COVID data scientist Dr. Rebekah Jones. 

After mostly staying quiet since the election, Gov. Ron DeSantis held a press conference this week and answered questions about Florida's surge in coronavirus cases. Journalists Zac Anderson, John Kennedy and Antonio Fins discuss the governor's response to the uptick in cases and leadership struggles with the Florida Democratic Party and Florida GOP.Schedule a meetingSchedule a meetingAre the suggestions above helpful? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Hillary and Tina interview attorney Jason Blank. Jason joined Jason H. Haber to form Haber Blank, LLP to provide effective and strategic representation to clients. Jason’s practice focuses on Florida election law as well as criminal defense trial and appeals. Prior to establishing Haber Blank, LLP, Jason served as a Broward County Assistant Public Defender, handling all levels of criminal cases. In the course of his Florida election law Practice, Jason has served as Broward County Counsel for the Florida Democratic Party’s Voter Protection team since 2008 where he oversees hundreds of volunteer lawyers to ensure that every eligible voter in Broward County who wants to is able to cast their ballot. Additionally, Jason represents elected officials and their campaigns across the State of Florida. He has been involved in numerous recounts ranging from the 2018 Senate, Commissioner of Agriculture, and various State House seats, to local races for Circuit Court Judge, Mayor, and Commission across Florida. He is part of legal teams that have litigated various election law and election rights issues in both the Federal and State courts including cases against President Trump, the Florida Secretary of State, and against the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections. For show notes and links to our sources, please click here (https://themuckpodcast.fireside.fm/articles/lmepnotes14). Special Guest: Jason Blank.

Two weeks after Election Day the sitting president, Donald Trump, still has not conceded that he lost the race to President-Elect Joe Biden. Political operative and organizer Mayra Macías joins host JP Reynolds to discuss what Trump's resilience means for U.S. democracy, the power of coalition building, and what's exciting about our journey forward as a nation. About Mayra Macías: Mayra Macías is a highly sought-after organizer, educator, and political operative. She joined the Latino Victory Project in 2017, serving as national political director and vice president before taking the role as executive director. Mayra was the architect behind Latino Victory’s 74% win rate in the 2018 cycle — playing a critical role in electing the most diverse congressional class in history. Mayra began her work in politics as a field organizer for the 2012 Obama campaign, working in the Little Havana office. After working in several issue-based campaigns, Mayra transitioned to the Florida Democratic Party, serving first as the Hispanic outreach director for South Florida and then as the deputy political director where she helped flip the Sarasota City Council. Mayra then transitioned from politics to policy by joining the Capitol Hill Fellowship, working for Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro, D-CT. Mayra returned to Florida the summer of 2016 and became the Florida Democratic Party’s political director — becoming the first Latina to hold this position. Mayra’s media appearances include CNN’s New Day with Chris Cuomo, Telemundo, and Univision. She has been featured on The New York Times, Time Magazine, The Miami Herald, NBC News, Vox, Business Insider, Politico, and The Hill. About JP Reynolds: Called “remarkably special” by AllHipHop, JP Reynolds is an innovative artist, rapper and songwriter with an eclectic sound. The creator of “rap gumbo,” his music is a powerful blend of jazz, funk, gospel and soul. In addition to music JP is an entrepreneur, coach, activist, and minister. In 2012, he created Peace and Power Media, an artistic hub that produces music and multimedia content. Since 2014, JP has supported young people in pursuing passion and purpose through various initiatives and partnerships with organizations and communities within the non-profit sector. JP holds a Bachelor of Arts in African-American Studies and a Master of Divinity from Yale University. Conversation Topics: The State of Our Democracy (4:56) • Holding Politicians Accountable (12:06) • Reducing the Weight of Presidential Office (22:34) • What's Exciting About the Future of Politics? (27:16) • Dealing with Desensitization (40:28) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stircrazypodcast/support

Jason Interviews Special Guest Christopher Mitchell on Florida's Special Role in deciding the 2020 election.   Our guest graduated from the University of Tampa with a degree in in Management.   Previously, Chris served as the Chair of the Democratic Party for Hillsborough County.  He also worked as Political Director/Consultant -Florida Dems House Victory for the Florida Democratic Party. In March 2018, Mitchell founded  Statecraft Digital whose mission is to serve as a holistic digital communications agency and strategic partner to candidates, political organizations, non-profits, and movements.   Mitchell currently serves as the organization's Managing Partner.   Statecraft Digital is committed to supportive positive change in our communities and across the nation by broadening resources and crafting messages that cut through the digital noise.   Its goals include:  winning elections, and seeing that progressive policies are enacted. 

Jason Interviews Special Guest Christopher Mitchell on Florida's Special Role in deciding the 2020 election.    Our guest graduated from the University of Tampa with a degree in in Management.   Previously, Chris served as the Chair of the Democratic Party for Hillsborough County.  He also worked as Political Director/Consultant -Florida Dems House Victory for the Florida Democratic Party.  In March 2018, Mitchell founded  Statecraft Digital whose mission is to serve as a holistic digital communications agency and strategic partner to candidates, political organizations, non-profits, and movements.   Mitchell currently serves as the organization’s Managing Partner.   Statecraft Digital is committed to supportive positive change in our communities and across the nation by broadening resources and crafting messages that cut through the digital noise.   Its goals include:  winning elections, and seeing that progressive policies are enacted. 

THIS EPISODE: Donald Trump faces a “referendum environment” in the 2020 election, as women voters among other groups are increasing their turnout, comparable to the 2018 midterm elections, political forecasting expert Rachel Bitecofer tells María Teresa Kumar. AND: Joe Biden now leads Donald Trump in 2020 with seniors and white women, groups that Democrats typically do not outperform Republicans in, political pollster Terrance Woodbury says. Plus, Florida politics and what could happen in this critical state are discussed by Mitch Ceasar, former chairman of the Florida Democratic Party. NEXT: The Donald Trump administration’s child separation policy is now a key 2020 issue, in the wake of reports that over 500 separated children’s parents cannot be found. PLUS: Donald Trump's taxes as reported on by The New York Times, which includes discussions of a Chinese account linked to the president, plus his reported relationship to Deutsche Bank, are analyzed by journalist David Cay Johnston, an expert on Donald Trump’s financial dealings. ADDITIONALLY: U.S. Senate candidate for Mississippi Mike Espy joins AM JOY, before we take you to Joe Biden’s Pennsylvania stump speech. All this and much more in this Saturday edition of AM JOY on MSNBC.

You can find links to each of Sean's analysis pieces here. This article covers the week beginning July 19.

Nabilah Islam talks to me about why Climate is very much on the ballot this fall. She lays out the details on how the Trump Adminstration is rolling back almost all of the protections we have in this country to protect the world we live in. Islam is the Founder of The Progressive List and National Organizing Director of Matriarch, organizations that are committed to helping progressive candidates get elected. She is the daughter of working-class immigrants from Bangladesh, Nabilah ran as a Candidate for the United States House of Representatives, Georgia's 7th District. Prior to running she served as the Finance Director for the Florida Democratic Party and Southern Regional Director at the Democratic National Committee in the 2018 cycle.

Episode 192: By the time you are tuning into the show, Jeff Bezos, one of the great scars on the economic landscape, will have finished his song-and-dance testimony before Congress, during a hearing that mostly focuses on the massive anti-competitive power of the big tech firms like Amazon and Google. But, long before today, Jeff Bezos has always been the poster child for the CEO who doesn’t give a shit about workers and only cares about a single thing: how to become even richer than he is. The man is a scar on humanity. My observations about Bezos leads off the show. Support the Working Life Network here: www.patreon.com/WorkingLifePodcast and at ActBlue: secure.actblue.com/donate/working-life-1 Then, Congress passed NAFTA 2.0 earlier this year. I’ll just say right away—the first NAFTA was an abomination, the newer one was just horrendous—and we also have to be clear that, with or without these so-called free trade deals, capitalism marches on and abuses people, as we saw in last week’s episode when I talked about the enslavement of the Uyghurs in China on behalf of the global supply chain of big brands and big companies. A big piece of NAFTA 2.0 was all about improving the lot of workers in Mexico, especially their right to join independent unions. And that ain’t happening. I dig into this with Lori Wallach, the director of Global Trade Watch. Support the Working Life Network here: www.patreon.com/WorkingLifePodcast and at ActBlue: secure.actblue.com/donate/working-life-1 Florida. When it comes to politics, you need not say much more than “Florida” to get peoples’ temperature up—no pun intended here since it’s also now the center of the COVID pandemic thanks to the state’s completely moronic governor. But, Florida also points up a longer term challenge to be quite conscious of—it has one of the worst state Democratic parties in the country. I talk about the state’s politics with Bob Lynch, a first-time candidate, who is running for the state house partly to be a catalyst for reform of the party’s electoral strategy. Support the Working Life Network here: www.patreon.com/WorkingLifePodcast and at ActBlue: secure.actblue.com/donate/working-life-1 Subscribe to the show! -- Jonathan Tasini Follow me on Twitter @jonathantasini Sign up for The Working Life Podcast at: www.workinglife.org Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/jonathan.tasini.3

On this week's podcast we have the first part of our interview with Dr. Savarese from FGCU Water School where he is a professor of coastal resilience and climate adaptation. In part one of our interview we look at how communities plan for the effects of climate change and what kind of effects are expected here in Collier County.  We, as always have our panel discussion where we dive into the Covid resurgence here in Florida. In full disclosure we intended to dive into other topics, such as the environment, etc., but the explosion of cases and growing numbers filling up hospitals around the state and particularly here in South West Florida compelled a longer dive into the numbers. But before we get to that, let's get some party Info out of the way. We have Biden Signs! Are you sick of seeing Trump Signs and Trump Flags in your neighborhood? Are you ready to let the maskless, MAGA Hat Hat Wearing crowd know you are in support of a man who believes in science and listening to experts during a pandemic? You can get your Biden Sign delivered to your house by one of our volunteers for a donation of $10. Go to our website and request a sign today. In an effort to support our candidates, we are putting on Candidate Spotlights so that voters can listen to the candidates and here their plans on how to help their constituents. We have had two spotlights so far with David Turrubiartez Jr. for County Commission District 5 and Laura Novosad for Florida House District 80. Our next event is on Tuesday July 14th at 5:30. You can sign up for this event on our website or on our Facebook Page.   Each subsequent week will focus on another candidate so check on our website for those dates and sign up. We will have audio and video of each spotlight available on the podcast and on our website as well. We're excited to announce that we exceeded the match for Marv's Match in only four days and raised nearly $6,000 in donations over the weekend. A huge thank you all of you who donated it will help us get Democrats and non-democrats who realize we need to move in a different direction to the polls this November. Finally, the Florida Democratic Party has their big Leadership Blue gala on July 18th at 6:00 PM with the next President of the United States Joe Biden as the keynote speaker. There are tickets still available for the virtual event but they are going fast. If you want to sign up, tickets are $50 and you can sign up at http://www.floridadems.org/ (www.floridadems.org).  https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html (https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html) Support this podcast

Florida Democrats are returning the interest-free loan they obtained from the federal government under the Paycheck Protection Plan. Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried says it wasn’t supposed to go to political organizations like the Florida Democratic Party. Also, on today’s Sunrise: — On the other hand, several Republicans had no qualms about applying for the federal loans, including the incoming president of the Florida Senate, Wilton Simpson. — As COVID-19 spiked over the past two weeks, Gov. Ron DeSantis responded by saying don't look at new cases … look at the small number of fatalities compared to other states. Well, the Sunshine State just set a record Thursday — 120 fatalities reported in a single day. It puts Florida’s COVID-19 death toll is at least 4,111. — Dr. Anthony Fauci says states with a serious COVID-19 problem should consider shutting down again. Fauci insists he’s not picking on Florida. — U.S. Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia says the economy is coming back … but not until kids are back in the classroom. — An in-depth look at a new program to help feed Floridians in rural areas who face all manner of financial hardships during the pandemic. — And the latest with a Florida Woman — who is in jail for cooking a snack … in the wrong kitchen.

On this week's podcast we have the Chair of the Florida Democratic Party Terrie Rizzo. Chairwoman Rizzo and I discuss the state of the Florida Democratic Party and the efforts that the state party is taking to win this November. On our panel discussion we talk, again, about Coronavirus and the resurgence in Coronavirus cases here in Florida. We also dive into the Supreme Court decisions dealing with discrimination against LBGTQ people in the workplace and the repeal of DACA or Dreamers. In an effort to support our candidates, we are putting on Candidate Spotlights so that voters can listen to the candidates and here their plans on how to help their constituents. Our first is on Tuesday June 30th with County Commission District 5 Candidate David Turrubiartez, Jr. You can sign up for this event on our website.   Each subsequent week will focus on another candidate so check on our website for those dates and sign up. We will have audio and video of each spotlight available on the podcast and on our website as well. As always there are a lot of ways you can step up and volunteer. We have virtual phone banks going on throughout the month and we encourage everyone to get involved in that. Our Voter Protection team needs volunteers to counter the Republican stated effort of intimidation. Republican have stated that they plan to have thousands of volunteers prepared to question voters on their eligibility to vote. We need people to step up to counter this act of intimidation. All of this information can be found on our website, http://www.collierdems.org/ (www.collierdems.org). That's http://www.collierdems.org/ (www.collierDEMS.org). Finally, we have generous donors who have announced that they will match July donations dollar for dollar. If you can donate, any amount to help us this election, please do so now and your donation will be doubled. We need every dollar possible. https://time.com/5854572/covid-19-testing-florida-texas-arizona/ (https://time.com/5854572/covid-19-testing-florida-texas-arizona/) https://www.winknews.com/2020/06/17/spike-in-cases-collier-county-wont-consider-shutting-down-unless-hospitals-overwhelmed/ (https://www.winknews.com/2020/06/17/spike-in-cases-collier-county-wont-consider-shutting-down-unless-hospitals-overwhelmed/) https://www.nytimes.com/article/what-is-daca.html (https://www.nytimes.com/article/what-is-daca.html) https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/15/supreme-court-lgbt-rights-decision-319693 (https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/15/supreme-court-lgbt-rights-decision-319693) https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article85850072.html (https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article85850072.html) https://www.orlandosentinel.com/opinion/scott-maxwell-commentary/os-op-gay-teacher-fired-florida-scott-maxwell-20191101-kyjf3jqxfbdotddwzcbumzz474-story.html (https://www.orlandosentinel.com/opinion/scott-maxwell-commentary/os-op-gay-teacher-fired-florida-scott-maxwell-20191101-kyjf3jqxfbdotddwzcbumzz474-story.html) https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/trump-taking-another-run-daca-texas-case-real-threat-program-n1231562 (https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/trump-taking-another-run-daca-texas-case-real-threat-program-n1231562) https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/04/21/how-americans-see-climate-change-and-the-environment-in-7-charts/ (https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/04/21/how-americans-see-climate-change-and-the-environment-in-7-charts/) Support this podcast

Members of a group called Physicians for Social Responsibility are calling on Gov. Ron DeSantis to make face masks mandatory for people gathering in public places. Three of those doctors explain why. Also, on today’s Sunrise: — The doctors’ call to “mask up” came as Florida shattered the one-day record in COVID-19 cases … adding 2,783 on Tuesday. There have now been at least 3,085 fatalities in Florida — 55 more than the day before. Sunrise hears from both the Governor and the chair of the Florida Democratic Party. — Donald Trump issues an executive order on police standards, responding to Black Lives Matter protests. Orlando-area Congresswoman Val Demings welcomes the idea of a national database of bad cops, but it’s not mandatory. Critics say the executive order is only window dressing for the campaign. — The latest in Florida Man, who quit his job at Publix after being told he could not wear a protective mask with the letters BLM.

In his historic 2018 campaign for Attorney General, Sean fought fearlessly for bold policies that put regular Floridians first. Now, as an attorney and civic leader, he's continuing to stand up for working people.Sean Shaw made history in 2018 as the Florida Democratic Party's first African-American nominee for Attorney General. Sean's progressive platform sought to expand rights for consumers and hold fraudsters, corrupt politicians, and special interests accountable. The election results proved the momentum for his candidacy: over 3,000,000 Floridians voted for his bold agenda, more than any other candidate for attorney general in state history.Earlier in his career, Sean was an independent watchdog for the public as the state's Insurance Consumer Advocate — working to protect consumers from price gouging and insurance fraud. Every decision Sean made was centered on what was best for consumers, not wealthy special interests.Elected to the State Legislature in 2016, Sean continued to fight for consumers, and championed equal rights and equal opportunity for all.  As an attorney in private practice, Sean fought for victims of the BP Oil Spill, ensuring families and businesses — whose only fault was having an unlucky address — get what they are owed.Today, Sean continues advocating for working people and is respected nationwide as a leader in the fight for economic and social justice. In 2019, he founded People Over Profits, a non-profit organization dedicated to standing against corporate influence and fighting for the rights of everyday people.Sean is a graduate of Princeton University and the University of Florida's law school. An attorney at the law firm Vangard Law, Sean lives in Tampa.

Sean Shaw is someone who every single listener should be very familiar with. Sean Shaw is an attorney and a former member of the Florida House of Representatives. In 2018, Sean Shaw made history as the Florida Democratic Party's first African-American nominee for Attorney General. Over 3,000,000 Floridians voted for his bold agenda, more than any other candidate for attorney general in state history. Welcome to the show Sean.

Cruz represents Tampa-area interests before state and local governments. She is a former executive director with the Florida Democratic Party and was named on INFLUENCE Magazine’s list of the 100 most powerful people in Florida politics. Cruz's mother is Democratic Sen. Janet Cruz of Tampa and her partner is Tampa Mayor Jane Castor. Josko previously founded a Tampa-based public affairs firm he led for 15 years, and served in a senior-level position with an international strategic communications firm, where he advised national, state and local Republican candidates. The two talk about how the COVID-19 crisis has actually increased their firm’s business so far as clients look for guidance navigating how various federal stimulus packages will help them weather the storm. Ana weighs in her bird’s eye view of Castor’s challenges guiding her city through the crisis, including her successful efforts to implement a safer at home order countywide. She also tackles the difference between a stay at home-type order and a curfew. Castor successfully fought to implement the former rather than the latter.  Todd, meanwhile, talks about his new South Tampa restaurant venture. The restaurant had been slated to open in early April, but that has been put off indefinitely . Ana praises restauranteurs, including her brother, for finding innovative ways to stay afloat during the crisis while still staying safe and serving the community. Special Guest: Ana Cruz and Todd Josko.

This week, the Florida Democratic Party disavowed some controversial comments made by Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, their party’s current frontrunner in the presidential race. Sanders praised Castro’s literacy and health care programs in Cuba, sparking outrage among Cuban exiles here in Florida. Also, recently there has been outrage after young children around the state have been Baker Acted or even arrested. Scott Arceneaux , Democratic Strategist and Andy Gomez , professor emeritus of Cuban studies at the University of Miami and author of Social Challenges Facing Cuba provided analysis on the possible backlash and outcomes from Sanders’ comments. Use Of The Baker Act In Schools Megan Reeves and Jack Evans , reporters with the Tampa Bay Times , and licensed psychologist Angela Mann with the Center for Children’s Rights discussed the increased use of the Baker Act in Florida. Amanda Brannon can be reached at newsteam@wjct.org , 904-358-6317.

Ryan and Florida Politics Publisher Peter Schorsch discuss the Iowa caucuses, a new poll for the Florida Democratic Party primary, and the current legislative session.

President Donald Trump signed a new law providing harsh penalties for animal cruelty. The prime sponsors of the bipartisan bill are Florida men Ted Deutch and Vern Buchanan. Also, on today’s Sunrise: — A new audit says the Florida Department of Law Enforcement is doing a bad job accounting for the people they fly around the state. But FDLE says that doesn’t really matter, they’re not doing anything improper. — Andrew Gillum, who narrowly lost the Governor’s race in 2018, is donating $150,000 to the Florida Democratic Party in an attempt to flip some House seats in districts he carried last year. — A Miami lawmaker is filing the Florida Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, to have businesses make reasonable accommodations for pregnant employees. — Sunrise bids adios to the 2019 Atlantic Hurricane Season. While it was the fourth worst on record, Florida dodged a bullet this year.  — Two Florida women sue a strip club for discrimination after they were refused admission — because they were not with a man.

Ryan talks to Florida Politics Publisher Peter Schorsch about a gruesome video played at a Trump event, connections between Ron DeSantis and the Giuliani associates recently arrested, and issues within the Florida Democratic Party.

CNN contributor, Former Tallahassee Mayor, and 2018 Democratic nominee for Governor in Florida Andrew Gillum joins the podcast. Ben and Andrew discuss seeing more melanin on CNN panels, stories from Gillum’s run for Governor, how the Florida Democratic Party can cut the gains of the Florida GOP in minority communities, voting rights being under assault in Florida, and more! Make sure to follow @bennakhaima to stay up to date. Visit FullDisclosureWithBen.com to listen to every episode of the podcast. Subscribe to the podcast via: Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Google Android

On Wednesday's Mark Levin show, It’s outrageous that all other news outlets have joined forces with CNN. CNN and Jim Acosta are protecting themselves not freedom of the press. It’s irrelevant that the media is reporting on itself that fellow news organizations are filing Amicus briefs--these are all pseudo events. Notice that none of these other media organizations have filed suit against the White House, they simply signed on to support CNN because they have no case. They wouldn't tolerate Acosta's behavior in their studios and judges wouldn't allow it in their court rooms. CNN and the others need to be reminded that they are there for the American people, to report the news not debate the president. The media no longer reports the news, they create the news and that is not protected by the first amendment. Then, it seems there's no Constitutional Crisis after all, as the White Office of Legal Counsel has concluded that the appointment of Matthew Whitaker as Acting Attorney General is in fact legal, Constitutional, and in compliance with federal law under the Vacancies Act. Also, CNN’s Jake Tapper’s demanded evidence of voter fraud in Florida. Here’s his evidence - the Florida Department of State has asked federal prosecutors to investigate altered election documents tied to the Florida Democratic Party. Why wasn’t this story broken on CNN? Because CNN’s not investigating. Finally, Michael Avenatti was arrested by the Los Angeles Police Dept for alleged felony domestic violence as reported by TMZ entertainment news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Wednesday's Mark Levin show, It’s outrageous that all other news outlets have joined forces with CNN. CNN and Jim Acosta are protecting themselves not freedom of the press. It’s irrelevant that the media is reporting on itself that fellow news organizations are filing Amicus briefs--these are all pseudo events. Notice that none of these other media organizations have filed suit against the White House, they simply signed on to support CNN because they have no case. They wouldn't tolerate Acosta's behavior in their studios and judges wouldn't allow it in their court rooms. CNN and the others need to be reminded that they are there for the American people, to report the news not debate the president. The media no longer reports the news, they create the news and that is not protected by the first amendment. Then, it seems there's no Constitutional Crisis after all, as the White Office of Legal Counsel has concluded that the appointment of Matthew Whitaker as Acting Attorney General is in fact legal, Constitutional, and in compliance with federal law under the Vacancies Act. Also, CNN’s Jake Tapper’s demanded evidence of voter fraud in Florida. Here’s his evidence - the Florida Department of State has asked federal prosecutors to investigate altered election documents tied to the Florida Democratic Party. Why wasn’t this story broken on CNN? Because CNN’s not investigating. Finally, Michael Avenatti was arrested by the Los Angeles Police Dept for alleged felony domestic violence as reported by TMZ entertainment news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Subscribe to the podcast onItunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spreaker, TuneIN, or wherever you consume Podcasts.Again, if you like the project share it with your friends, follow me on Twitter @BrentJabbour and/or like the page on Facebook.In Episode 005 of the Origin Stories: A Podcast About Politics and People, longtime talk radio producer Brent Jabbour speaks with former Florida Democratic Party chair Mitch Ceasar about his relationship with the Clintons, becoming the youngest party official in the state party’s history, and how Democrats can win moving forward.

Florida Democratic Party has a numbers problem. It has a quarter of a million more registered voters than the Republicans but is 4 - 22 in statewide elections since 2000. Rep. Ramon Alexander, D-Tallahassee and Susan MacManus and Aubrey Jewett discuss a generational schism in Florida's minority party.

PNN - Damned Dem Delight Brook Hines our Senior Political Commentator,  does her typical INVESTIGATIVE BEST - and brings you an assessment of some of the current fractions, fictions, and fractures in the DEMOCRATIC PARTEE of Florida and BEYOND! Some of whom seek aid and comfort, from the very same wallets as theREPULSICANS in CONGREX(tm) and yes Virginia there are others who remember a KINDER GENTLER (republican-OOPS) Democratic Party a party that ONCE OPPOSED WALMART WAGES and exceeded somehow the vast generosities of Senator Cruz and little Donnie J.and Mitch McConnell. The Florida Democratic Party just HELD THEIR BIG ANNUAL PARTY to honor the homeless and working poor at a very expensive DISNEY RESORT HOTEL - Some may find irony there, but not me - I am a MODERN MODERATE DEMOCRAT - I CELEBRATE THESE 300 a night suites and remain deeply puzzled why more poor folk and the underclasses don't participate in the LEADERSHIP TRAINING of the very elite levels of the  DEMOCRATIC PARTY. We will also have an interview with Dezeray a Human Rights Activist who will describe the TRIP SHE TOOK with a GROUP OF EMTs to Puerto Rico and what they found. She will also tell us, about her work in the TAMPA AREA with TAMPA Food Not Bombs. We will also have another brief interview with the GOOD PEOPLE of Physicians for Social Responsibility on the FLORIDA FRACKING FRONT TUNE IN  - Tonight 7pm Eastern / 6pm Central / 4pm Pacific PNN - DamnDem-Puert-Urbed

This episode features the Orlando Sentinel's Gray Rohrer reporting on the art of the backroom deals leading to Governor Rick Scott's official call for a special session. Plus, President Donald Trump finds an unlikely ally in a former Executive Director of the Florida Democratic Party. Gomes also interviews Barney Bishop who says many other Blue Dog Democrats are standing in support of Trump and his calls for Tax Reform. The Rotunda podcast is available each Monday via iTunes, Stitcher or Soundcloud. Follow on @RotundaPodcast on Twitter and visit www.rotundapodcast.com for daily updates.

This episode features the Orlando Sentinel’s Gray Rohrer reporting on the art of the backroom deals leading to Governor Rick Scott’s official call for a special session. Plus, President Donald Trump finds an unlikely ally in a former Executive Director of the Florida Democratic Party. Gomes also interviews Barney Bishop who says many other Blue Dog Democrats are standing in support of Trump and his calls for Tax Reform. The Rotunda podcast is available each Monday via iTunes, Stitcher or Soundcloud. Follow on @RotundaPodcast on Twitter and visit www.rotundapodcast.com for daily updates.

Trump now says we'll build the wall and Mexico will reimburse us. Sure they will. And not one Democratic senator stood with the handful of House democrats who objected to the Trump electoral votes during the official count. Plus, my attorney Bruce Jacobs is standing up to the corrupt Florida Democratic Party.

PNN as a PUBLIC SERVICE brings you the Debates for Chairperson of the FLORIDA DEMOCRATIC PARTY.  Rick Spisak News Director worked with the Democratic Progressive Caucus of Florida to bring you these INTERVIEWS to help you understand the race for of the leadership of Florida's Democratic Party. More than 300 questions were submitted from 100+ participants from Democratic clubs and caucuses throughout the state. Each candidates will be asked a selection from those many and varied inquiries.  Clubs and Caucuses participating in these interviews include: Democratic Women's Club, Democratic Environmental Caucus, Democratic Environmental Caucus, Democratic Hispanic Caucus, Democratic Disability Caucus, Democratic Senior Caucus, Democratic LGBTA Caucus, Democratic Veterans Caucus, Democatic Progressive Caucus and the Small County Coalition.  We have constructed a WEBSITE where all five candidates comments can be reviewed. A panel of judges will review the questions and ask the candidates the selected questions.  http://NewMercuryMedia.com/FDP-Interviews-2017.html These candidates will be interviewed for FDP Chair:  Stephen Bittel, Dwight Bullard, Leah Carius, Alan Clendenin, and Lisa King. THIS EPISODE IS WITH ALAN CLENDENIN AND LEAH CARIUS TUNE IN and understand the forces shaping Florida's Democratic Party.

PNN as a PUBLIC SERVICE brings you the Debates for Chairperson of the FLORIDA DEMOCRATIC PARTY.  Rick Spisak News Director worked with the Democratic Progressive Caucus of Florida to bring you these INTERVIEWS to help you understand the race for of the leadership of Florida's Democratic Party. More than 300 questions were submitted from 100+ participants from Democratic clubs and caucuses throughout the state. Each candidates will be asked a selection from those many and varied inquiries.  Clubs and Caucuses participating in these interviews include: Democratic Women's Club, Democratic Environmental Caucus, Democratic Environmental Caucus, Democratic Hispanic Caucus, Democratic Disability Caucus, Democratic Senior Caucus, Democratic LGBTA Caucus, Democratic Veterans Caucus, Democatic Progressive Caucus and the Small County Coalition.  We have constructed a WEBSITE where all five candidates comments can be reviewed. A panel of judges will review the questions and ask the candidates the selected questions.  http://NewMercuryMedia.com/FDP-Interviews-2017.html These candidates will be interviewed for FDP Chair:  Stephen Bittel, Dwight Bullard, Leah Carius, Alan Clendenin, and Lisa King.  THIS EPISODE IS WITH DWIGHT BULLARD AND LISA KING TUNE IN and understand the forces shaping Florida's Democratic Party.

PNN is expanding! Join us Tuesday night from 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM for more PNN news and progressive updates when your new Tuesday night host, Rob Abston, will introduce you to the president of the Environmental Caucus of the Florida Democratic Party, Bill Bucolo. Rob has appeared on PNN as a guest host several times over the past 3 years and will be hosting the new Tuesday evening show an a regular basis moving forward. Rick will be back at his regular time Sunday night from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM. We will be hearing from two very exciting guests Tuesday evening. They are: Bill Buculo, President of the Environmental Caucus of the Democratic Party. Bill will be on hand to share his insights on The Florida Water and Land Conservation Amendment on the ballot in Florida in November along with other important environmental issues facing Florida today. Denis Campbell,  of the UK Progressive and WorldView (YouTube Channel) discussing the recent NATO Summit in Wales of interest to all progressives on both sides of the pond. Tune in to PNN this Tuesday at 5:00 PM.  

PNN Presents the Immigration Show with these guest contributors Luis Cuevas - Executive Director for PROGRESSIVE PUSH Edwin Enciso  - Organizer with CIR Now! Annette Taddeo-Goldstein -  Chair of the Miami-Dade Democratic Party, Vice Chair of the Florida Democratic Party and DNC Committeewoman. Just nominated to the DNC's Executive Committee Daisy Baez - President Democratic Hispanic Caucus Miami Dade County and candidate for State Representative for District 114 Isabel Vinent -  Deputy Director, Florida Immigrant Coalition, Inc. (FLIC) Palm Beach County   Listen Live each Sunday 7pm (Eastern) PNN brings Progressive Activists from across FLORIDA and the World - As we bring you Progressive News from across the GLOBE

Candidates who hope to lead the Florida Democratic Party into the next Election wil appear and be questioned by a select group of Progressive Leaders. Our questioners and co-hosts are: Susan Smith, President, Democratic Progressive Caucus of Florida Sally Phillips, President, Florida Democratic GLBT Caucus Dr. Maureen McKenna, 1st Vice President, Democratic Women's Club of Florida We have invited: Alan Clendenin (Hillsborough County) Candidate Annette Taddeo (Miami-Dade) Candidate Allison Tant Richards Candidate Join us we have had over 60 Questions sent in, and our questioners will select from a very eclectic set of topics Tune in Sunday at 7pm or Anytime - All Shows are archived  

7/8/12  PNN - The Women Activists of Florida Show PNN News Director Rick's Guests: Susan Smith President of the Florida Democratic Party's Progressive Caucus Anna EskamaniYoung Democrat and Progressive Activist, Christina Brownof One Miami, and special Guest Wendy ThomsonPresident of Freedom toTravelUSA Spread the WORD - We will have some Amazing Progressive Women on this weeks show - Susan Smith will also talk about the upcoming Jefferson Jackson Florida Democratic Dinner & related the Progressive Caucus Activities Also the show will include a follow up to last weeks' TSA Abuse story with an UPDATE from Wendy Thomson of FREEDOM to TRAVEL USA about the many abuses of the TSA and there impact on your FREEDOM TO TRAVEL TUNE IN 7pm (Eastern)  or anytime