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Tweet Ten years ago, the Taliban in Afghanistan destroyed two gigantic figures of Buddha, carved into a hillside 18 centuries before. The world was aghast at this barbarian act taken in the name of religious purity. But was powerless to stop it. We now have a group of U.S. politicians seeking political purity, who seem [...]

TweetA network of Democratic outside groups designed to offset the fundraising juggernaut conceived last year by Karl Rove is off to a slow start, pulling in a combined $10 million in the first half of the year, while leaning heavily on big contributions from labor unions and Hollywood, according to campaign reports filed with the Federal Election [...]

TweetThe rich are getting richer. Their effective tax rate, in recent years, has been reduced to the lowest in modern history. Nurses, teachers and firemen actually pay a higher tax rate than some billionaires. It’s no wonder the American people are angry. Many corporations, including General Electric and Exxon-Mobil, have made billions in profits while [...]

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TweetThree years of speaking on behalf of the Florida Democratic Party, apparently is enough for Eric Jotkoff. The state party spokesman said Friday that he plans to put aside his Blackberry for a while before moving onto the next opportunity. Jotkoff’s replacement is expected to be named Monday, said the departing spokesman, who plans to stay [...]

Tweet Florida voters won’t get a chance to weigh in on the GOP nomination until weeks after Iowa and New Hampshire, but Tim Pawlenty’s already treating the Sunshine State as prime presidential campaign territory. The former Minnesota governor announced Friday that he’ll be taking time off from an all-out effort in Iowa ahead of next [...]

TweetThe U.S. House just passed a revised debt-cutting plan pushed by Speaker John Boehner. The vote was 218-210. Florida went party line except Republicans Connie Mack of Fort Myers and Steve Southerland of Panama City voted no, joining 20 other GOP lawmakers who felt the measure did not cut enough. Reaction:    Rep. Allen West, R-Plantation: “I learned when I [...]

TweetIn an end-run around the Obama administration’s Department of Justice, Secretary of State Kurt Browning on Friday asked a federal district court in Washington, D.C. to approve portions of the elections law passed earlier this year by the Florida Legislature. Browning, already under fire with a legal challenge to the law , asked the courts to step in where he [...]

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