Florida GOP Brand: The Beginning of the End

Minor Party and NPAs outnumber 

GOP registrants 

in Dade, Broward, Palm Beach and Orange more>

Rick Scott's Florida

Charlie Crist's Daytona Car

A campaign gift of a NASCAR sponsorship for the nationally televised Coke Zero 400 was called off not because the rival Florida GOP complained, but because the registered owner of the race car in question, record producer 

Mike Curb, used to be a Republican lieutenant governor of California and asked that the Democrat's decals not appear. here

Israeli Army Brutally Beats Tampa High School Student

The Florida chapter CAIR today called on the U.S. Department of State to demand that Israel immediately release 15-year-old Palestinian-American high school student 
Tariq Khdeir so that he may receive emergency medical attention after being brutally beaten by Israeli forces. here

Best 4th Of July Parade: Sebastian, Florida

Sebastian Florida 

really knows how to put on a parade. 

This year the parade was longer than 2 hour with floats and flags everywhere. They gave out  out 

Free freeze pops and water 

everyone was well hydrated. 

"Happy 4th Of July from Florida Everyone"

Failed Florida nuclear plant’s costs keep rising

here

Charlie Crist: End the trade embargo against Cuba

"If you really care about people on the island, we need to get rid of the embargo and 
Let freedom reign," 

When Charlie Crist went to Miami's Little Havana recently, the Democratic candidate for governor stood before a crowd and said what few politicians have in decades of scrounging for votes in the 
Cuban-American neighborhood: 

End the trade embargo 
against Cuba

Florida Dems sense an opening with newer Cuban arrivals and
Second-generation Cuban-Americans 
who favor resuming diplomatic relations with
 the communist island. 

In a sign of just how much the climate has shifted, 

Hillary who backed trade limits when she ran for 
president in 2008,

 is now calling for the embargo to be lifted. Good for her. 

She described it as "
Castro's best friend"here

Lindsay Foster Photography

Meet Milo

Words can not tell you how wonderful it was to witness this amazing moment in time. 

But I am VERY hopeful that these images 

can make you feel the deep LOVE and admiration that everyone felt for this surrogate mom and the baby's new parents. 

These Daddies will most certainly be 

two amazing parents. here
Right Wing HATE Unleashed

America's Worst Politicians: Rick Scott

Rick Scott one of the worst politicians in America.Want a little old-school corruption? Florida’s governor, Rick Scott, who will soon be up for re-election, founded a health-care empire that was whacked with the largest Medicare fraud fine in U.S. history: $1.7 billion for stealing from the feds.here

There's only one Everglades

Vote Yes On 1

Florida GOP Fiscal Responsibility

Republican, Laure Levey's 

check covering the election filing fee has 'bounced.

here 

Gwen Graham: The North Florida Way

Pam Bondi Was Pleased

Yes, "pleased."

Pleased that five men inserted their personal ideology 
into millions of women's lives.

Pleased that the Court put corporations ahead of citizens once again. Pleased that employers are now involved in decisions that should be between a woman 
and her doctor here

PamBondi.info 

Florida Extremist Hispanic "Democrats

Equality Florida has posted a video interview with Eladio Jose Armesto, the chairman of Florida Democratic League, which is a group of extremist Hispanic "Democrats" that have been denounced by the actual state party.

Florida GOP Costs Florida 68,000 Jobs

A new study from the 

White House Council of Economic Advisers. here 

Homeless Bench

In Canada

In Tampa

here

Weatherford endorses Higginbotham

www.alhigginbotham.info 

www.willweatherford.info

here

Happy Birthday America

Florida Blue Revolution 11.4.14

Join The Party

Terry Kemple for School Board : Hillsborough County Beware

Vote 4 Kimple

Corporate Welfare: Jack Latvala

Florida State Sen. Jack Latvala wrote a bill that would qualify the Tampa Bay Rowdies for a tax subsidy for a new stadium. Bill Edwards, the 
Tampa Bay Rowdies 
owner, gave $50,000 contribution to Latvala's political action committee Florida Leadership Fund. here
How things work in Rick Scott's Florida

The Florida Keys and the Highway that goes to the Sea

What Stogie Had For Lunch

All you can eat at Hibachi Grill Buffet in Port Charlotte 

Tyrone Booker Of Jacksonville

Arrested in a drug bust tried to hide his money in an unusual place: his rectum. here

Move Over Sarasota County Deputy

A sheriff's deputy enforcing Florida's “Move Over” law received minor injuries when a passing driver who failed to obey that law struck his Sheriff's Office car. Deputies cited 77-year-old 
Robert Best of Ellenton. 

here 

Pam Bondi in Clearwater Hanging With Wealthy Scientologists

Bondi is a Republican and former prosecutor who was endorsed by Sarah Palin when she ran for election and won in 2010. On Tuesday evening, she’s having a campaign fundraiser at the home of 

Michael and Liz Baybak, 

wealthy longtime Scientologists who are known for donating large sums to the church and also for making donations to political campaigns. here

Is Jesus A Miami Heat Fan?

Holy Spirit Episcopal Church in West Palm Beach is praying that he is. The church is looking to the Lord to keep LeBron James with the Miami Heat......here

Rick Scott's Executions

Scott has presided over 18 executions, 

 including 13 in the last two years,

the most executions carried out by any Florida governor 

in a single term since the death penalty was reinstated in the 1970s.

With another execution scheduled in 10 days, 

 Scott has already exceeded the 15 executions carried out in Gov. Bob Graham's second term. Only Jeb Bush, who oversaw 21 executions in two terms over eight years, remains ahead of Scott. here

Right Hand Films - Tampa

Nicholas Toth Of Tarpon Springs

Nicholas Toth, grandson of Anthony Lerios, owns a diving helmet shop on a seaside street filled with Greek taverns. The unique helmets he sells are handmade by him and are considered 

works of art by many. more>

Florida GOP Glo Smith: Before And After

A Florida Republican campaign sign 

vandalized with whiteface paint. 

The attack follows a string of bias incidents against black Republicans. here

Christian’ Conservatives Gleefully Celebrate

In a 5-4 partisan ruling the Supreme Court handed businesses the right to enforce their religious beliefs on their employees, so naturally the conservatives would be very happy about it. They get to punish women for having sex and appease their corporate masters. It’s a win all around! here
Best Liberal Memes in Response to the Stupid SCOTUS Hobby Lobby Decision
Florida reaction 

US EmbassyVienna: Florida

More GOP BS

It appears that President Obama, with 182 EO’s, still has to sign off on another 100 Executive Orders before he even comes close to tying with 

George W. Bush – whose record stands at 291. 

And Bush Jr. pales in comparison to Ronald Reagan who must have been the great usurper of the Constitution with his Executive Order count standing at 381! here

Florida coalition fights to expand health care coverage

Rick Scott's Florida Is One Of Three States

That permanently deny ex-offenders the right to vote 
unless restored by the governor or a clemency board. 
Scott and the Florida GOP 
undid automatic restoration of rights for nonviolent 
ex-felons  and tightened rules in 2011. here

DESTIN POLITICAL CARTOONIST

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Meat Loaf

With rice and salad.

At Family Table Restaurant in North Port

more

America's Koch Problem

Not Getting Screwed

Florida Democrats are united behind a common goal Send Rick Scott packing.

 Crist is being opposed by Senator 
Nan Rich. 

She was a good Senator. 

But now she is backed by Republicans. 

The RPOF Rick Scott team has 
propped up Rich. 

She has stubbornly compromised her legacy by running. She will be remembered as a spoiler. Someone whose sole purpose was to attack a fellow Democrat. Progressives knowing this have fled Senator Rich's camp 
They have joined Governor Crist.

Rich has also been helped by outside forces. Republican funded outside sources. The racist group Progressive Choice. This group includes Democrats. 
Dems disloyal to the party. 

 Our findings are explosive. 
The depth and level of involvement of Republicans is staggering. Some Democrats close to Senator Rich have also been involved. 
We look forward to reading it. We love Rich, support her and want a debate. 
She has not compromised anything.
We are not GOP! 

NOT GETTING SQUEEZED 

The Florida Un-Democratic Party

Used their annual fundraising dinner to bash Gov. Rick Scott — but not to showcase the candidates that hope to replace him. Former Gov. Charlie Crist and former Senate Democratic Leader Nan Rich — weren’t allowed to address the more than 1,500 party activists who will be asked to help the eventually nominee defeat the governor. here

Leadership lacking on transit in Hillsborough

The comments last week by the chairman of Hillsborough County's mass transit agency illustrate why this region continues to lag behind other major metro areas in mass transit.

 Mike Suarez, the chairman of Hillsborough Area Regional Transit, scoffed at the notion that the county would be ready to present a transit package to the voters in 2016. "The boat has sailed on that," 

he said. Best to wait until 2018.

 That's a stall that has played out for decades, and it reflects a lack of vision and leadership that continues to hurt Hillsborough 

and the Tampa Bay region. here

Ben Bradley and Right Hand Films

Solar Panel Acreage Needed to Power the Entire Planet

here

Port Charlotte

Viva Florida

The Florida Department of State announces statewide activities to mark 50 years since the historic signing of the first landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964. here

President Obama’s Progressive Agenda

Republicans are using every last dirty trick to stop President Obama from promoting equal pay, raising the minimum wage, or making millionaires pay their fair share.

But, you’re fighting back in a HUMONGOUS way!

HERE

Feds Free Sami Al-Arian

USF Professor Al-Arian is a Palestinian American civil rights and Palestine solidarity activist arrested and put on trial for aiding the Palestinian resistance organization Islamic Jihad in 2003. He was set free today in Virginia. Federal prosecutors decided to finally drop his case after his family waited in legal limbo for five years. more>

More bad news for the GOP, they are rapidly losing Cuban support

Cubans in the U.S. have long identified with or leaned toward the Republican Party, even as Hispanics overall have tilted Democrat. But the party affiliation of Cubans has undergone a shift over the past decade, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of survey data. here

GRUDGELYFE

I came across a photo shoot for GrudgeLyfe and they let me take a pic.

Check them out here

Ilena Ros-Lehtinen's Party In Coconut Grove

Florida GOP Rep. Ilena Ros-Lehtinen 

and her husband, Dexter, are throwing a party next month at the 

Coconut Grove Ritz Carlton in Miami 

to celebrate three decades of matrimony.

In lieu of gifts, their guests can send $1,000 to the IRL PAC (Ros-Lehtinen’s leadership PAC) or purchase a table for $5,000.

Because nothing says true love like political fundraising. here