Author Archives: Kartik Krishnaiyer
President Biden is running for reelection. How does Florida factor in?
President Biden, despite being in his 80’s is seeking reelection. After losing Florida in 2020, what role will the Sunshine State play in his reelection?
New Podcast series: Andrew Jackson Steals Florida for the USA
Next week, we begin a new podcast series where we will trace the steps of Florida’s incorporation into the United States – a narrative that revolves largely around Andrew Jackson. We’re going to try and take as balanced a view of Old Hickory as we can but also discuss why so many of the US […]
Disney episode shows DeSantis has no idea about the traditional GOP or American conservatism
Traditional conservatives DO NOT use the power of government to be punitive against private corporations. And more recent GOPers, while abandoning economic conservatism have embraced the concept of free speech. The DeSantis-Disney war (let’s stop calling it a feud, it’s escalated well beyond that) is about two very basic things- Of course this sounds more […]
Why is DeSantis running afoul of donors? It’s multi-layered
Ron DeSantis is the most transactional politician in recent Florida history. Yet the dream of the donor class is running afoul of that very same donor class as he gets ready to launch his Presidential campaign. More reading: Friday night in an interview I stumbled upon, CNN’s Erin Burnett interviewed John Catsimatidis, a billionaire GOP […]
Yes, America: DeSantis, an Eastern-European inspired despot is FAR more dangerous than Trump.
Following the November 8 election, GOP establishment figures and the donor class in that party coalesced around an idea that Governor Ron DeSantis represents a departure from Trumpism. Opinion pieces like this one The Washington Post littered publications both online and in print. It’s was hard to know at the time if these sorts of views were […]
Florida Soccer Report Podcast: Tallahassee SC
Tallahassee SC kicks off its 2023 NPSL Gulf Coast Conference Regular Season campaign on Saturday night against Jacksonville Armada. For our first Florida Soccer Report Pod we sat down with TLHSC President and Founder Chris Petley. Give the pod a listen!
Trump’s record for Florida isn’t a good one.
Donald Trump has been effectively hitting Florida’s Governor Ron DeSantis from the left. Hitting DeSantis on Social Security, Medicare, Health Care, Insurance, cost-of-living, high rent, etc, etc. Quite frankly, recently Donald Trump has sounded like the best Florida Democrat. But Trump in fact has a mixed record from a progressive-populist standpoint. He advocated high tariffs […]
The Florida Squeeze 