Far from the storm-ravaged panhandle, the DeSantis and Gillum campaigns reengage
10/15/18 19:38 from Naked Politics
In Miami, about as far removed as you can get from the unofficial no-politicking zone in the hurricane-ravaged Panhandle without leaving Florida, the campaigns of Ron DeSantis and Andrew Gillum are back in the trenches. Lies. Socialism. ...

DDHQ 2018 (Florida CD-18) House Updates – October 5, 2017
10/07/17 03:20 from Daily Kos
October 5, 2017 6:06PM G. Elliott Morris “FL-18 : On Monday, former State Department “official“  Lauren Baer   announced   that she’s running for this Palm Beach congressional seat. But the news today surrounds her primary opponent Pam K...

FL-Gov & Sen: Dems Hit Rick Scott (R) Hard On Deleted Messages From Nursing Home Where 12 Died
09/29/17 16:25 from Daily Kos
The latest news today out of Florida : A 12th patient evacuated from a sweltering Florida nursing home in the wake of   Hurricane Irma   has died, state officials said Friday as Gov.   Rick Scott   met with President   Donald Trump   on ...

Amazing! Democrats 7, GOP 0: Yet another special election brings Democrats yet another pickup
09/26/17 21:10 from Daily Kos
Another Tuesday night, another round of special elections, another pickup for Democrats—lucky number seven of the cycle. (Republicans have yet to flip a contested Democratic seat since Trump’s election.) Democrat Annette Taddeo, a former...

FL-Sen: Rolling Stone, "Rick Scott (R) has done everything he can to do nothing on climate change"
09/20/17 11:57 from Daily Kos
Rolling Stone has a brutal piece out today on Governor Rick Scott’s (R. FL) response to Hurricane Irma and his record on the environment: Whoever designed the universe must have a twisted sense of humor. It would be hard to cast a more u...

The power and the swagger: Richard Corcoran and his fight for "soul of the party."
05/08/17 12:59 from The Fine Print
Separated by a couple of hundred yards, a scene played out on Friday night that in a brief few moments captured the essence of the entire 2017 session of the Florida Legislature. At one end Senate President Joe Negron made...

Jeb Bush & the GOP: The Art of Missing the Point
10/24/16 14:25 from Jeb
These people really don't get it. *sigh* So remember back in 2012 after another Presidential victory for the Democrats, the RNC tried to put together an autopsy of what went so terribly wrong? Of course you do, because I made fun of them...

The Establishment Lineage of Donald J.Trump
10/16/16 12:01 from Jeb
As the Trump Campaign continues to implode under a spate of sexual misconduct allegations, I think it would be instructive to see how we all got here. The video and allegations that have sparked this latest implosion are terrible, but be...

Parents sue after third-grade honor students get left back for opting out of standardized test
08/15/16 14:25 from Jeb
There are some third-graders in Florida who are being forced to retake third grade. This is not because they were bad students—let’s forget about arguing the concept of leaving kids behind in the third grade for the sake of this story—in...

Top Jeb Bush adviser leaves GOP, will vote for Clinton if Florida close
08/01/16 12:29 from Jeb
Jeb Bush's top adviser, Sally Bradshaw, has left the Republican Party to become an independent, and says if the presidential race in Florida is close, she'll vote for Hillary Clinton. Bradshaw, who's been close to the former Florida gove...

Jeb Bush: Obama Ate My Homework
07/16/16 05:34 from Jeb
In the Washington Post yesterday, Jeb Bush laments the state of the Republican Party.  Miraculously, the President who was immediately told by the opposition that they would devote the next four years to making sure he was a one term Pre...

Jeb on Don - The Great Divider.
07/11/16 16:41 from Jeb
This is an interesting statement by Jeb Bush on Trump in this article "This is all, like, an alternative universe that he created," Bush said of Trump. "The reality is, that's not going to happen. And people are going to be deeply frustr...

JEB! Bush Chooses Cheney as VP
04/28/16 08:27 from Jeb
Tallahassee. FL April 28, 2016 In response to yesterday's announcement that Ted Cruz has selected Carly Fiorina as his Vice Presidential nominee, Jeb Bush today announced that Bush dynasty stalwart Dick Cheney will be his running mate an...

Jeb! The Musical
04/21/16 12:35 from Jeb
Some enterprising people with loads of free time and a wonderful sense of humor and wit have completely rewritten Hamilton to address Jeb!’s disappointing election cycle. In this version, Trump takes the place of Burr. My favorite lyric ...

The reasons our "political vocabulary" aren't sufficient to explain Donald Trump
03/21/16 13:39 from Jeb
As the likelihood of a Donald Trump nomination has become closer and closer to reality, my ambivalence about his candidacy has turned to real concern about the possibilities that he will be the GOP nominee and that the Hillary Clinton ca...

3/2/16 ~ The TILT! (THINGS I LEARNED TODAY)
03/03/16 02:56 from Jeb
March is Women's History Month Today is World Math Day National Banana Cream Pie Day National Old Stuff Day National Read Across America Day The UK, Canada, US and Australia celebrate Women’s History every March. The month is used to ref...

Why Hillary should drop out
02/25/16 18:01 from Jeb
Here is what Donald Trump did to the GOP field and Jeb! specifically.  He dropped a truth bomb about what happened in the lead up to the Iraq war(2:00).   He doesn’t care about decorum or the establishment message.  Can you picture what ...

2-23-16 Today's TILT! (THINGS I LEARNED TODAY)
02/24/16 01:51 from Jeb
February is Black History Month Today is National Toast Day National Banana Bread Day; National Dog Biscuit Day Spay Day USA – Last Tuesday in February Mary McLeod Bethune was an African American Civil Rights and a pioneer in education w...

2-22-16 Today's TILT (THINGS I LEARNED TODAY)
02/23/16 00:02 from Jeb
February is Black History Month Today is National Margarita Day National Cook a Sweet Potato Day Paul Robeson was an African American scholar, professional athlete, singer, author and activist who spoke more than 15 languages. He fought ...

End of the Bush dynasty!...But wait, there's more!
02/22/16 12:36 from Jeb
In the end, Jeb Bush couldn’t fix it. Nor could Mommy, Big Bro, contact lenses and $150 million. The “! “ in lieu of a last name reminded voters that another Bush wanted that “Mr. President” salutation, as if it was a mere hereditary pro...

Poor Jeb! is done . . .
02/22/16 10:59 from Jeb
(a musical lament inspired by another tragic figure with a 3-letter name . . . ) x YouTube Video

Yesterday, the End of an Era
02/21/16 12:23 from Jeb
With all the foofrah about what did or did not happen in Nevada yesterday, I think we’re missing something important… Jeb Bush dropped out of the race. Bye, Felicia And, while you can say that it was Republican radicalism that did him in...

TRUMP WAS RIGHT - JEB'S A LOSER!
02/21/16 10:24 from Jeb
You should have listened to your MOMEEE JEB. Close to a year ago Barbara Bush was asked if she thought her other son, JEB should run for President. To everyone’s surprise including, yours truly, she said and I’m going to paraphrase this ...

Lets thank Donald Trump for ending the Bush family dynasty in such an epic manner!
02/21/16 00:42 from Jeb
What happened in SC this week to the Bush dynasty couldn’t have been written any better by a novelist. I don’t just mean Trump’s 33% vote count to Jeb’s pathetic 8%. I don’t even mean that Jeb dropped out of the race putting an end to hi...

Does "Goodbye Jeb!" Merely Up the Needed Democratic Game? (A Non-Pom Pom Waving Diary)
02/20/16 21:58 from Jeb
Well, as many quietly predicted, Jeb! Bush has just suspended his campaign after coming in, at absolute best (since the vote counting is still in its early stages) in 4th place in South Carolina. I personally won’t miss him, but hey, as ...

Daily Kos Radio's KITM podcast (AUDIO): Kagro in the Morning, Wednesday, February 17, 2016
02/17/16 14:18 from Jeb
x Embedded Content Find us on iTunes  |  Find us on Stitcher  |  RSS  |  Donate to support the show! OK , all   you   David Waldman   and KITM  fans reading this right now, those about to tap the link above to become better informed and ...

The end of Jeb!, or, Why I so love Twitter and Da News
02/17/16 03:11 from Jeb
Jeb!’s America tweet: x America. pic.twitter.com/TeduJkwQF3 — Jeb Bush (@JebBush) February 16, 2016 The coup de grâce: x Cold-weather Jeb. pic.twitter.com/tl2y8QyXwf — Barracks O'Bama (@P0TUS) February 17, 2016

Bush vs. Clinton: Reloaded
02/16/16 01:04 from Jeb
I don't know about you, but doesn't it seem sort of Generation Xish to have President Bill Clinton and President George W. Bush to be campaigning against each other so soon. Mind you, W. is hitting the stage, filled with well polished, s...

2-14-16 Today's TILT (THINGS I LEARNED TODAY)
02/15/16 00:40 from Jeb
February is Black History Month Today is Saint Valentine's Day National Cream-Filled Chocolates Day National Ferris Wheel Day National Organ Donor Day Harriet Wilson was the first African American of either gender to publish a novel on t...

The Senate cannot block a Supreme Court nominee and they know it.
02/14/16 15:00 from Jeb
Can Senator Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) really block and prevent a nominee to the US Supreme Court because its an election year? Well, technically he can try and he might succeed in doing so and the Constitution does not give ...

GOP Debate Moments
02/14/16 12:16 from Jeb
For your edification and illumination, I’ve collected a few quotes from yesterday’s GOP debate. (Transcripts from Time.com .) This is a man who insults his way to the nomination. [Bush on Trump] Jeb: L ook, I won the lottery when I was b...

2-13-16 Today's TILT (Things I Learned Today
02/14/16 00:02 from Jeb
February is Black History Month Today is National Tortellini Day 17 year old Rochelle Ballantyne is one of the best chess players in the world. She's on the brink of becoming the first female African-American to ever earn the title of Ch...

2-11-16 Today's TILT (THINGS I LEARNED TODAY)
02/11/16 23:02 from Jeb
February is Black History Month Today is National Make a Friend Day National Peppermint Patty Day National Don’t Cry Over Spilled Milk Day National White Shirt Day National Shut-In Visitation Day National Inventors’ Day (Whew!) via The V...

A Conversation With My Son: Why We Will Have 7 Republicans Until the Ides of March
02/11/16 09:01 from Jeb
Republican Presidential candidates have been dropping like flies. From the initial 17 in 2015 to the 7 remaining, one-by-one each folds up his/her tent and slinks off into the night. Carly and Christie brought the dropout count to 10 las...

The Bush Legacy
02/09/16 12:59 from Jeb
Jeb Bush stays true to his family legacy.

The GOP Candidates...and Their Muppet Alter Egos
02/09/16 00:11 from Jeb
Remember when Jeb Bush called Donald Trump a “Chaos Candidate?”  That got me thinking about Muppet Theory , in which the Muppets are sorted into “Order Muppets” and “Chaos Muppets.” And, in fact, the GOP Candidates can be sorted into “Or...

Jeb!-mentum causing Jeb! to Careen Left Towards HRC!
02/08/16 22:49 from Jeb
ANDREW O'HEHIR    on Salon  slnm.us/… Could Jeb-mentum be real?: The GOP’s “low-energy” candidate veers left — and New Hampshire loves it Andrew has been attending rallies in NH.  Only 2 felt authentic, Bernie and...JEB!?!? What I can te...

GOP Debate: Ben Carson tries to avoid going on stage
02/07/16 00:39 from Jeb
This sounds like an Onion Article, but it happened. The good folks over at ABC even captured it on video. The look on Jeb’s face is priceless. Enjoy!  x YouTube Video

Guide to 2016 Republican Presidential Candidate Conservative Types
02/05/16 15:38 from Jeb
Credits first to Markos’ excellent “Guide to the conservative movement in one handy chart” published March 7, 2013. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/03/07/1192334/-A-guide-to-the-conservative-movement-in-one-handy-chart That chart rema...

Why are they running??? Who can explain it??
02/04/16 18:44 from Jeb
Waking from a Rip van Winkle dream one is astounded to find a klutch of dwarves running around the political landscape  in an unmitigated chaos.  Gathered about the feet of Donald J Trump and reaching almost to his knees they are milling...

A Comeback for Jeb?
01/27/16 11:40 from Jeb
A new poll was just released from Emerson College showing Jeb Bush surging to second place in New Hampshire, after languishing in single digits for months. Trump remains in first place by a large margin, with Kasich coming in third. talk...

1/26/16 TILT (THINGS I LEARNED TODAY)
01/27/16 01:23 from Jeb
1) "Watching the Republican debates pretty much requires alcohol." - Thom Hartmann 2) The World Bank has announced that oil will stay below $40 per barrel for the entire year. 3) Both Republican and Democratic candidates are flirting wit...

1/21/16 TILT (THINGS I LEARNED TODAY)
01/22/16 03:00 from Jeb
1) "The only thing that Sarah Palin hates more than Obama is punctuation!" - Trevor Noah "She's like a bag of Scrabble tiles that grew a body, and came to life! It's so random!" - Trevor Noah "Presidents might have term limits, but Sarah...

Hysterical dKos censors can't disappear Hilary's Libya fail
12/29/15 21:04 from Jeb
Well, that didn’t take long. A week ago I posted a diary which was immediately hidden by Moscow    Center  Kos Hide-rec Hollywood with the comment “blaming Hilary from Boko Haram is over the top”. Interesting. Perhaps the Hilaryites are ...

'The problem with the Confederate flag isn't the Confederacy.' Jeb! gets it half wrong, half right
12/24/15 10:55 from Jeb
Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush continued his sorta-against-the-grain streak on a campaign stop earlier this week when he defended his decision to remove the Confederate flag from the state capitol when he was  governor of Flori...

Jeb Bush and his campaign really blew it with JebBush.com
12/07/15 17:21 from Jeb
Go click on JebBush.com It quickly redirects you to DonaldJTrump.com. This is the second time Jeb Bush has blown it with the internets. The first time was when a gay couple, CJ Philips and Charlie Rainwater, bought JebBushForPresident.co...

How to Prove that You're Christian
11/25/15 11:19 from Jeb
glen_tomkins • 10 minutes ago No, not how to actually prove that you are an actual true Christian.  That involves a strict and rigid adherence to the Golden Rule, and loving thy neighbor as thyself, and all sorts of other things that are...

Marco Rubio Introduces Florida Fisheries Improvement Act
05/21/15 13:01 from Blog feed
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., brought out the “Florida Fisheries Improvement Act” on Wednesday. As Congress plans to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Act on marine fishing, Rubio’s proposal gives the Regional Fishery Management Councils more ...

Congressional Republicans to Obama: Don't End LIP in Florida
05/20/15 16:10 from Blog feed
Republicans in the Florida delegation--U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, U.S. Reps. Gus Bilirakis, Vern Buchanan, Carlos Curbelo, Ron DeSanits, Mario Diaz-Balart, John Mica, Jeff Miller, Rich Nugent, Tom Rooney, Dennis Ross and Ted Yoho--waded into...

Marco Rubio Vows to Make a Play for Iowa
05/18/15 11:01 from Blog feed
Continuing his bid for the Republican presidential nomination, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., showcased his efforts in Iowa, home of the first presidential caucus, on Monday. Rubio showcased a Web video of his campaigning in Iowa that wa...

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