From Florida Trend comes a summary of a national report. The report makes it clear that impediments have placed on restoration efforts. Quoting from the report: Timely authorization, adequate funding levels, and creative policy and implementation strategies are needed to achieve restoration benefits and to expedite implementation of the Central Everglades Planning Project. Climate change and […]
Tampa, FL – Susan Smith, President of the Democratic Progressive Caucus of Florida, released the following statement on the DNC chair’s election: The Democratic Progressive Caucus of Florida (DPCF) is proud to endorse Representative Keith Ellison for Chair of the Democratic National Committee. Our country is in a revolutionary moment. The need for a strong, functional […]
By Dave Trotter After the election of Donald Trump, the United States has been awakened to a new reality, the impact of ethno-nationalism in federal elections. Of course, many of us always thought that there was some sort of nationalist element within our body politic, but always thought that it was a minority. And while […]
It is a fact that you can’t beat somebody with nobody. In politics, no matter how bad somebody is you are unlikely to beat them unless you have a better option. Over the past decade Democrats have won a grand total of zero Florida Cabinet races. The Florida Democratic Party failed to even recruit a […]
The Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels would marvel at how Roger Ailes built FOX News into a voice of the opposition during the Obama years using subtle racism and overt dishonesty. Goebbels would admire how FOX News was able to infect the minds of millions of viewers who don’t gather information from other sources in a […]
Recently much of the attention of Florida Democrats has been rightfully focused on replacing Governor Rick Scott next year with a Democrat. However, like the run-up to 2014, little if any time has been spent in discussing the statewide cabinet races, a place where Democrats must take advantage of shifting attitudes and demographics in the […]
Governor Rick Scott claims he’s bringing more business to Florida. That’s a tough sell considering Florida’s GDP growth was in the bottom-half of the United States for 2016. Scott’s ideology prevented multiple Florida ports from taking advantage of the liberalization of relations with Cuba (up until last week negotiations were progressing well) and therefore falling into […]
Jacksonville Democrat Kim Daniels was certain to grab headlines and attention once she was elected to the State House. The flamboyant Daniels who is an evangelist and author with a national following will be the first member of the House Democratic Caucus in sometime who is out-and-out focused on pushing issues related to curbing secularism […]
We at The Florida Squeeze happily embrace the role of opposition party to President Trump’s megalomania. We are all too painfully aware that the Democrats don’t fill the proper role of an opposition party when out of power (as history has proven time and again nationally while we live it everyday here in Florida) so […]
Newly elected Rep. Rick Roth (R- Loxahatchee) whose ties to the sugar industry we previously editorialized about has filed a piece of legislation so ridiculous it screams FLORIDA LEGISLATURE all over it. Rep. Roth has filed a bill to create a Ronald Reagan specialty tag here in the state of Florida. Specialty license plates have proliferated to […]
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