Tune in at 7pm for a big show tonight as I sit-in for Rick Spisak who is off for the holidays. I’ll have Mario Piscatella and Kartik Krishnaiyer on to chat about the Florida Democratic Chair’s race. This is a livestream, but will also be available as a downloadable podcast. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/newmercurymedia/2016/12/19/talking-sense-about-the-florida-dem-chair-race Get a jump on […]
In August 2015, Fulham FC, the oldest professional football (soccer) club in London began sporting shorts with the “Visit Florida.” What was originally a one-year deal was extended into 2016/2017 after tourism officials in the state made great boasts about the return on investment. The amount Visit Florida paid to Fulham, owned by Shahid Khan, […]
US Senator Bill Nelson has put his finger on the scale in favor of FDP Chair candidate Stephen Bittel. Nelson’s move could well be enough to ensure Bittel’s victory but perhaps Nelson, the lone statewide elected Democrat the last six years will need the party to grow in strength and stature to see himself reelected […]
We are taking the temperature of our readers over the next few days on the FDP Chairs Race.
Emirates inaugural Fort Lauderdale service landed at the airport on Thursday a little before 11:00am local time. Since Emirates announced service to Fort Lauderdale instead of Miami in October, the conversation and question marks as to why one of the world’s largest international airlines would opt for the smaller of southeast Florida two major airports […]
Markos Moulitsas is founder and publisher of Daily Kos, the largest progressive community blog in the United States. Daily Kos is so large, in fact, it can house Markos’ enormous sense of entitlement which has apparently grown to planetary proportions since the election of Herr Trump. On Monday Markos published a breathtakingly offensive post called, “Be happy […]
Guest Column by Mario Piscatella National Landscape Before we look at the state of the Florida Democratic Party, we should start with an understanding of the Democratic Party as it stands at the close of 2016. While much of the country, right and left, pundits, campaigners, donors, activists, and candidates point fingers in every […]
The United States of America, which has undergone a long transition from Republic to Oligarchy/Empire is often compared to Ancient Rome. The Roman Empire spanned an almost unimaginable amount of territory for centuries. But in the late 300’s CE and 400’s CE the world seemed to come to an end as Rome gradually fell and […]
It’s been over three and a half years since David Beckham first expressed interest in placing an MLS club in Miami and almost three years since his announcement of an intent to seek a club in the city. Yet no tangible progress has been made in the efforts while Orlando’s former USL team has become […]
With Florida Democrats licking wounds after yet another electoral defeat a move has been afoot led by former DNC Chairwoman and Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz to install Southeast Florida-based real estate mogul Stephen Bittel as the new Florida Democratic Party Chair. Bittel has no history of organizing or advocacy but is simply a fundraiser […]
The Florida Squeeze 