Monthly Archives: April 2023
Red Fever Pitch – a China reset
Fear sells. Fear is selling on both sides of the partisan divide and both sides of the Pacific. U.S. national security officials seeking enhanced weapons systems, media outlets seeking ratings and elected officials seeking popularity are all in on the hustle. While this is standard operating procedure in the nation’s capital, the U.S. may be […]
DeSantis play is for angry Covid-related warriors, conservative intellectuals and college-educated “anti-woke” types. Can it overcome Trump’s populist working class dominance?
Even as Governor Ron DeSantis continues his sinister non-candidacy candidacy (because here in Florida we have pesky progressive laws like “resign-to-run” and full disclosure of use of state funds etc) the race for the GOP Presidential nomination becomes crystal clear – it’s a contest between two very different visions of the GOP. DeSantis’ despite trying […]
Russian neocolonialism, propaganda, Florida and the US
DOJ Indictments in Russian scheme to use US citizens (in Florida) as agents I get that people will question my motivation for using a photo of two gentlemen at a Trump rally from 2016 to illustrate a piece about Russian imperialism/colonialism. It’s not the gentlemen, it’s the message. I’d go back to the debate between […]
DeSantis insults Florida while claiming he invented “state pride”- Florida has always been worth fighting for.
I’ve been proud to be a Floridian since I was a kid – maybe it was insecurity when relatives from up north would brag about New York, or my friends in school’s parents would brag about New York, or the person who lived next door would brag about New York, or the guy at pizza […]
May Mann Jennings
On this week’s Florida History Podcast we discussed, May Mann Jennings, a Florida First Lady who became an incredible force for conservation and charity in the state. You can listen to the Florida History Podcast on Anchor (which hosts our show), Spotify, Google, Apple Podcasts, Radio Public, Breaker, Overcast, Castro or Pocket Casts. Overcast, Castro, Spotify, Radio Public and Breaker have App Store apps for free […]
TFS Endorsement: Tampa Councilwoman Lynn Hurtak
The Florida Squeeze is proud to endorse Tampa City Councilwoman Lynn Hurtak in Tampa’s municipal runoff elections! In an election cycle marred by Mayor Jane Castor‘s troubling plays to consolidate power, Councilwoman Hurtak has been a stable source of wise, principled and progressive governance in the Big Guava. After former House Democratic Leader Janet Cruz […]
DeSantis instincts & sheltering may have let him down – Trump is now aggressively defining DeSantis.
This week Ron DeSantis really began campaigning for President in earnest. He went to Ohio, Virginia and New Hampshire (an early primary state my sources indicate DeSantis team is not convinced he can be that competitive in vs Trump for what it’s worth) this week, while choosing not to pay a visit to Fort Lauderdale […]
Beyond Politics: Will Fumbling DeSantis Fail Beyond Politics:
I appeared on the Beyond Politics podcast to discuss Ron DeSantis and Florida’s drift to this point. In the last 20 years Florida has gone from balanced swing state to incubator of far-right Trump clones, and it’s about to produce the leading non-Trump Republican candidate for President, Ron DeSantis. So why did Florida go so…nuts? […]
The Florida Squeeze 