To our loyal Florida Squeeze readers, I’ve not written any original content since last week, because as many of you know, my dad passed suddenly on Friday – he was suffering from cancer, but had not even been hospitalized since 2005 when he collapsed Friday afternoon and was rushed to the ER where he passed. […]
Taking a quick glance at Florida House District 35, it seems like one that the Democrats should win. It’s a district that goes both into Orange and Osceola Counties. And despite Osceola going Republican in the last election, registered Democrats still outnumber Republicans in the district. In addition, there are a large number of NPA […]
As we continue our series on Andrew Jackson and Florida we discuss the West Florida Rebellion of 1810 and the short-lived Republic of West Florida. 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 which enable […]
Donna Deegan’s win as the next mayor of Jacksonville was a tremendous boost in the arm for downtrodden Democrats in Florida. As Kartik Krishnaiyer said in The Florida Squeeze, this win for the Democrats is the most significant win in decades. Granted, it’s only the most significant due to Democrats’ lackluster performance over the last 30 […]
When people think of Everglades National Park they think of Flamingo, the boardwalk close to Florida City or Shark Valley. Often forgotten is the Gulf Visitor Center and Everglades (City) in Collier County on the other side on the peninsula. Iconic locales like Ted Smallwood’s Store make this gaunt well worthwhile. The below photos were taken in 2010, several […]
Episode 1: Overview of Jackson’s theft of Florida Episode 2: Florida and the Louisiana Purchase Episode 3 which covers the West Florida rebellion and US Annexation of portions of West Florida (which are not part of the present state of Florida) is due out Tuesday.
I wrote in my last piece about how Russian neocolonialism/cybercolonialism, and information peddling is affecting us and most of our allies in the world. Today I’m going to talk about domestic propaganda. The term propaganda has its roots in the Catholic church, from a commission of cardinals (Collection: Catholic Church. Congregatio de Propaganda Fide Records […]
In part two of our series on the conquest of Florida by the United States, we discuss the Louisiana Purchase and Florida. 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 which enable you to subscribe […]
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