Sunday, August 30, 2015
Florida Republican Ron DeSantis Describes The GOP
Saturday, August 29, 2015
Florida Corporate Welfare: $6.37 Million
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Cost to Florida taxpayers $6.37 million
Florida GOP Just Blew 651k Of Our Money
Florida taxpayers paid more than $651k for June special session - most expensive special session in 15 years.
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The GOP says you're welcome, and thanks for that added bonus along with our paychecks!
Friday, August 28, 2015
Welcome To America, Litbrit
Gus Bilirakis to energy conference: I’ll fight “tooth and nail” against EPA overreach
"The Obama administration’s proposed Clean Power Plan is a prime example of a harmful disconnect.”
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U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis addressed a group of energy industry executives and representatives Wednesday in Tampa. 2015 Gulf Coast Energy Forum attendees spent the better part of the morning and afternoon railing against the Obama administration’s EPA and its new proposed regulations to rein in coal-fired power plants. here
Thursday, August 27, 2015
Is Jeb Bush A Schlemeil?
Translation: A bumbler, a fumbler, a person plagued by ineptitude. Or, to put it more inelegantly, a schlemeil is somebody who eludes a mud puddle only to step in dog poo.
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While trying to mend fences with Hispanics, he said that he hadn't meant to suggest that the slur term "anchor babies" applied to them. No, no. Here's what he meant: "Frankly, it's more related to Asian people coming into the country." Well, that clears things up. He hadn't meant to smear Hispanics. He was trying to smear Asians. here
UNITED FOR CARE STATEMENT REGARDING MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION PETITION
Regulate Florida, a recently formed political committee, released a
constitutional amendment petition to allow adult use of marijuana in Florida,
under a regulatory structure similar to that which exists for alcohol. The
organization led by longtime marijuana reform advocates, Karen Goldstein and
Michael Minardi.
United for Care remains dedicated to the passage of
a constitutional amendment to allow sick and suffering Floridians access to
medical marijuana and has no official position on the legalization initiative.
Campaign manager, Ben Pollara, issued the following statement regarding the new
initiative:
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"I know firsthand that getting on the ballot by
petition is a Herculean task that they are taking on, and I wish Karen and
Michael the best of luck in this endeavor.” Pollara continued, “United for Care
remains entirely dedicated to passing a strong medical marijuana law that serves
sick and suffering Floridians, and we have not and will not take a position
regarding this new amendment.”
“Perhaps our intellectually dishonest opponents will
have to find a new argument to oppose medical marijuana now, given that their
standard line of attack has been that this is a ‘trick’ to legalize marijuana.
This campaign has always been and will always be about the needs of the sick and
suffering among us."
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To date, United for Care has collected about 400,000
petitions, and 43,259 had been verified as of 5 pm on Wednesday. A
constitutional amendment petition requires signatures from 683,149 registered
voters.
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For press inquiries please contact
Bianca Garza at press@unitedforcare.org.
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Bush Backtracks After Falling For Right-Wing Media Talking Points On Birthright Citizenship
After falling for right-wing media talking points about ending birthright citizenship and "anchor babies," Republican presidential candidates Jeb Bush is scrambling to justify and backtrack his offensive rhetoric. here
Conservative media have spent years complaining about "anchor babies" and "birth tourism," and calling for an end to birthright citizenship -- a constitutional guarantee.
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Conservative media figures going back to Glenn Beck in his Fox News days have railed against so-called "anchor babies" and "birth tourism," the former a derogatory slur and debunked myth used against U.S. born children of non-citizens, the latter of which represents a sliver of births that experts have repeatedly pointed out are "extraordinarily rare" and an insignificant immigration problem. As Salon's Simon Maloy wrote, this "grossly nativist and legally dubious" rhetoric has nevertheless found a receptive audience among conservatives.
Florida Call For An Independent Redistricting Commission!
For a third time, the GOP led state legislature failed to draw fair congressional maps after wasting millions of taxpayer dollars fighting the Fair District amendments.
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Koch Brothers Thanking Florida GOP
Koch Brothers-financed Americans for Prosperity announced it’s launching a two-week long ad campaign featuring TV, digital and mail to praise the 72 lawmakers
who the group says, “stood up for taxpayers and patients against special interests who pushed to bring Obama‘s Medicaid expansion to the Sunshine State.”
The ad to be aired in the Tampa Bay area features local Republicans Jeff Brandes, Richard Corcoran, Dana Young,
Larry Ahern, Chris Sprowls and Jamie Grant.
Florida GOP voters how is that booty feeling?
Remember we got your back!
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