Biden - Working for Florida; DeSantis - Working against
By Paul Blythe Thanks to President Joe Biden and Democrats in Congress, Florida residents were in line to benefit this year from programs...
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October Activities!
Petition Collection and Voter Registration Outreach
Trump indictment simple, solemn
Special Counsel Jack Smith makes statement Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023 on indictment charging Donald Trump with conspiracy to overthrow election.
Republicans following Trump, DeSantis on road to fascism
By Paul Blythe The threat that Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis pose to democracy in the United States is real and becoming starker by the...
Hot takes
From the Palm Beach County Democratic Black Caucus "Black History Celebration" luncheon What it was all about “Building a modern,...
What Florida parents need to know about vouchers
Speakers Dr. Deanna Albert, Scott Hottenstein and Stephanie Vanos By Paul Blythe This spring, Florida’s Republican-controlled government...
Critics say DeSantis evokes worst excesses of 1950s McCarthyism
By Paul Blythe Whether you liken it to fascism or McCarthyism or something in-between, the pernicious use of governmental power to...
Florida under DeSantis: Nation’s worst book-banning offender?
By Paul Blythe Book banning in schools was more widespread in Florida than any other state in the nation in the first semester of the...
Minority groups warn against travel to Florida due to DeSantis
By Paul Blythe The third civil rights group in less than a month has issued or called for a travel advisory warning its constituency to...
Expanded vouchers program already hurting public schools in Palm Beach County
By Paul Blythe Florida Republicans’ universal education voucher program is already weakening the public education system, and the state...
PARTYING WITH OUR PARTY
By Paul Blythe "We are fired up, and ready to go!" our president, Sara Miller, started off. "When I say, 'Fired up,' you say, 'Ready to...
Trump arraigned and halfway home to Palm Beach already
Courtroom sketch by Jane Rosenberg for @reuterspictures By Paul Blythe Former President Donald Trump was arrested, booked and arraigned...
BREAKING: Florida Democratic Chair arrested at Tallahassee protest
By Paul Blythe Florida Democratic Party Chair Nikki Fried and Senate Minority Leader Lauren Book were among demonstrators who were...
Palm Beach County Municipal Elections
By Paul Blythe Only 17 of Palm Beach County's 39 cities, towns and villages held elections Tuesday, primarily because more than a dozen...
In Bizzaro World of Florida, only hope is Democratic super effort
By Paul Blythe The first week of March is always crazy time in Florida -- as sure as the pollen season is to make your eyes water and set...
BOOK BANNING IN FLORIDA
An example of a book banned in Florida is The Bluest Eye, a Nobel Prize-winning novel by Toni Morrison, pulled from Pinellas County...
Tyranny in Tallahassee
An information table about efforts to amend a law that imposes life sentences on repeat offenders will no longer be allowed in the...
Let's Join Florida College Democrats in Stand for Freedom
We support the Florida College Democrats and Dream Defenders in their "Stand for Freedom" walkout scheduled noon on Thursday, Feb. 23, at...
U.S. House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries 'encourages' 500 'good folks' in West Palm
Reps. Hakeem Jeffries and Sheila Cherfilus McCormick (center) pose with Democratic elected officials from Palm Beach and Broward counties...
More Newspeak from DeSantis: How he is manipulating media
If you have any doubts about Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ authoritarian bent, consider his development of right-wing propaganda networks to...
1,000 in Tallahassee protest DeSantis racial division policies
Photo by Danielle J. Brown/Florida Phoenix In a Feb. 1 Facebook post lamenting the anti-education actions of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis --...
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