Monthly Archives: June 2023
Interesting AP Piece on Newsom v DeSantis rivalry
This was pretty well laid out- https://apnews.com/article/desantis-newsom-election-2024-california-florida-09475e131ebc2983a8d72e13f55a9955
India’s Modi should not be welcomed to the US – but is going to be received with open arms
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will arrive in the United States this week for a state visit, hosted by President Biden and then the next day he will address a joint-session of Congress. No question this is happening because of India’s strategic and economic importance. But by embracing Modi, the US potentially undermines its moral […]
Juneteenth Florida History Podcast listening
Zora Neale Hurston Mary McLeod Bethune Florida’s First African-American Elected Officials: Josiah Walls Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs A three-part series on original Underground Railroad which went to Florida. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 — Angola Florida Runaway slaves and Negro Fort Rosewood Reconstruction
May 20 was the day slavery was proclaimed over in Florida
Juneteenth is now a Federal Holiday but that commemorates the ending of slavery in Texas – not Florida. While slavery was abolished in Florida technically by the Emancipation Proclamation, it was on May 20, 1865 that Emancipation was proclaimed aloud in Tallahassee, the state capital. Tallahassee had been the only Confederate capital east of the […]
Miami Mayor aka Ponzi Postalita Francis Suarez is a fraud
By Thomas Kennedy The City of Miami is an absolute dumpster fire. Aside from the evergreen issues of chronic flooding, lack of public transportation, skyrocketing housing costs, and rampant corruption, the city is being consumed by nonstop scandals. A few weeks ago, one of the most perennially corrupt characters in Miami politics, Commissioner Joe Carollo, […]
DeSantis and the Confederacy: About that Moseley Flag
After Governor DeSantis comments on Fort Bragg which we discussed earlier in the week, the conversation about the Governor’s constitutional originalism and fetish for the confederacy is a real talking point. It reminds us that DeSantis embraced a former state flag that was created by Governor William Moseley with a specific purpose – to defend […]
Rick Wilson’s must-read thread on No Labels lays it all out there
Privately, I’ve been increasingly concerned about the so-called “centrist,” “non-partisan” group No Labels whose alliances (and apparently funding sources) have become increasingly similar to Team DeSantis. No Labels has messed around in Florida before, getting involved in Dem primaries and I assume GOP ones as well. Tallahassee own Rick Wilson has done the leg work […]
As Coral Springs turns 60, some promotional material from the past
My father passed away somewhat suddenly last month and going through many of his items, I found the below folder – a promotional brochure for Coral Springs, where he lived from 1979 onward to 2023. It’s especially interesting as this is the 60th Anniversary of Coral Springs.
The Jacksonian Conquest of Florida, Native American and British influence on the conflict
This week on the Florida History Podcast, we get into the heart of the Jackson conquest of Florida. Illegal encroachment on Spanish-held territory and racially-motivated brutality against runaway slaves as well as Seminole people characterize this period. We also discuss the influence of Britain on the conflict and their relationship with the native people of […]
On DeSantis, the Confederacy and Constitutional Originalism
I was somewhat struck though upon reflection not shocked by Governor DeSantis strident and angry tone in North Carolina on Friday, seeking to restore the name of Fort Bragg. The name has been changed by the Biden Administration to Fort Liberty. General Braxton Bragg as I am sure most of you know was a Confederate […]
The Florida Squeeze 