Author Archives: Kartik Krishnaiyer
TFS + – Nixonian DeSantis
Ron DeSantis gets compared often to Donald Trump and those comparisons are logical. I will leave the Trump comparisons to others. Additionally at this point I see a Nixonian level of paranoia and rhetoric. Irony being DeSantis actually was able to attend Harvard unlike Nixon! Read more at TFS+
New DeSantis merch takes aim at vacationing liberals
The race to the very bottom from the Governor continues. This continues a trend of tacky and personal ways to “own the libs,” from DeSantis’ campaign. Incidentally every single county which a liberal listed vacationed in was carried by Joe Biden in 2020 and Andrew Gillum in 2018.
Claude Pepper’s second act
Legislative session opens today and as always, the citizens of the state are on the back foot when the legislature is meeting. So today we hearken back to better times, when Claude Pepper, a former liberal US Senator returned to Congress as a member of the US House. His second act is one of the […]
TFS + : On DeSantis increasingly unhinged McCarthyite behavior
Beyond being remarkably divisive, DeSantis is now entering lunatic Joe McCarthy-like territory. Every passing week gives us a new low in terms of public statements and commentary from the Governor that makes it impossible to reconcile what he says with reality. Every week we have a new outrage, be it about COVID, big tech, the media, […]
Podcast: All about Tallahassee SC
Many of you, I am sure know Chris Petley through Government and political circles. Well this past week, Chris sat down with me to discuss his pet project Tallahassee SC to debut my new podcast about local and grassroots soccer. Give it a listen!
On January 6 why so little analysis of what came before Trump?
If you watched CNN or MSNBC on Insurrection Day you might be fooled into think the Republicans were hunky dory before Trump was nominated for President. Well, that is plainly not the case. I threw out a Twitter thread that evening to express my frustration. I fingered the 1970’s to bring Reagan and Gingrich into […]
Governor DeSantis adroitly uses January 6 to solidify his control over the GOP
President Donald Trump was AWOL yesterday. His shame and embarrassment evidently kept him from addressing his supporters on January 6. As the former President continues his year-long fade into self-inflicted obscurity, it’s no surprise Governor Ron DeSantis continues to step up and claim the mantle as leader of the GOP, which after right now is […]
January 6 – The impact on Florida and a look back to that day and how we covered it from a Florida perspective
The January 6 insurrection had a clear Florida flavor to it – from a number of the insurrectionists being Floridians to the impact media from Florida made on it, to President Trump himself who has claimed Florida as his home state while he tried to circumvent the will of the national electorate and stay in […]
TFS+ : Voting rights or spending?
It’s unfortunately pretty clear with a very narrow Congressional majorities the Democrats cannot tie shoes and chew gum at the same time. Over at TFS+ we analyze what the Congressional Dems priorities should be in 2022.
The Florida Squeeze 