Author Archives: Kartik Krishnaiyer
The Smathers Project: 1962 Democratic Fundraiser featuring JFK and Senator Smathers
Below is a film of a 1962 Democratic Party Fundraiser from the State of Florida Archives.
Biden a year in – The good and the bad
President Joe Biden’s first year in office has led to record low approval ratings. Yet he had done much correctly to this point, but without question much has gone wrong. The media is very much focused on legislative fights and inside DC baseball. Very little of this is meaningful to a polarized electorate which doesn’t […]
The Tallahassee Sit-Ins
On the newest episode of the Florida History Podcast, we discuss the Tallahassee Sit-ins a pivotal moment in the Civil Rights history of our state (and something maybe soon to banned from discussion in Florida public schools?) 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, […]
TFS + – Audio, how Trump’s de-platforming enabled Ron DeSantis to become the “Pied Piper” of the American right
In this audio conversation, Brook Hines and Kartik Krishnaiyer discuss how Twitter de-platforming former President Trump created a voice that Ron DeSantis filled. Also, Krishnaiyer goes through a laundry list of tangible reasons he thinks DeSantis is worse than Trump. Listen at TFS+.
Have Florida Republicans learned redistricting lessons from the past?
As previously discussed on this site, I was intimately involved in the 2002 redistricting fights and watched the 1996, 2012 and 2014 fights with keen interest. In 2002, the GOP had complete control over the reapportionment process for the first time and they went wild, creating maps that Democrats could not compete on at the […]
Air Florida routes through the years
This month marks 40 years since the tragic Air Florida crash into a bridge over the Potomac. Air Florida had been one the airline darlings of the post-deregulation commercial aviation era that began in 1978, but by 1984 had ceased operations. Rapid expansion which turned the carrier into a domestic and international force had come […]
TFS+ – the pre-Trump radicalization of the GOP
Over at TFS+ we’re running a series of audio discussions between Brook Hines and Kartik Krishnaiyer discussing the long-term radicalization of the GOP BEFORE Donald Trump was on the political scene. It’s an important discussion given the recent trend in the mainstream media to act as if the GOP was a mainstream force until 2015.
The 5G debacle, Frontier adding Chicago-Midway to Florida routes and other commercial aviation news
This week, commercial aviation discussions have been centered around the botched American roll out of 5G networks, an embarrassment that continues the perception abroad that the United States is in decline relative to other western democracies. No other major industrialized nation has had this sort of clunky problem around the roll out of 5G as […]
Is the DeSantis redistricting gamble blowing up?
Over at TFS+ on Monday, we broke down the specifics around Governor DeSantis proposed Congressional map. At the time I wrote that piece, I was convinced the map was the “hidden” or “secret” map I was long expecting- the partisan gerrymander that split Duval County in half and manipulated lines around the Tampa Bay area […]
TFS + – Biden’s first year defined by a media employing double-standards
Joe Biden has had a rough first year in office Of course, the Biden White House could do better on messaging. Of course, the Biden White House could have done better on COVID testing. Of course, the Biden White House could have done better with its legislative strategy. But none of this is the point. […]
The Florida Squeeze 