In Florida, a state known for close elections, depressed turnout in the Panhandle could prove decisive in the races for both governor and Senate.
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On November 6, Vote Like the Whole World Depended On It
If Republicans maintain political control in Washington, they will inflict damage on our planet that is irreversible.
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Basket Cases
In his first year on the Court [Clarence Thomas] scarcely ever left the Supreme Court Building on foot, and that was fortunate, in one way, because it meant that he probably never saw the boldly lettered [graffiti] on a Capitol Hill sidewalk across the street. It said, “Anita Told the Truth.” —“The Burden of Clarence […]
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If Andrew Gillum Makes History, One Floridian Won’t Be There to See It
If Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum defeats Rep. Ron DeSantis to become Florida’s next Governor on November 6, it will be an embarrassing defeat for Donald Trump and the Fox News fiends supporting the Republican’s campaign. It will be a tremendous victory for Sen. Bernie Sanders and those who have persuasively argued that the Democratic Party […]
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Spare Us Your Thoughts and Prayers
Remember when Charlton Heston declared, “From my cold, dead hands!” Thanks to the group he led, there are now, sadly, more pairs of cold, dead hands in Jacksonville, Florida: The authorities in Jacksonville, Fla., said there were “multiple fatalities” at a mass shooting on Sunday at a bar that was hosting a live gaming event […]
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Rick Scott and Bill Nelson Compete for the Puerto Rican Vote
A large influx of Hurricane Maria refugees from Puerto Rico has settled in Florida and may determine who wins the Senate race there in the fall.
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March Madness: Right-Wing Media Will Take Aim at Youth Opposed to Gun Violence
They can’t help themselves. If you’ve ever doubted the fundamental foolishness and ghoulishness of the American right, just watch—if you can bear it—the right’s reaction to today’s March for Our Lives. If you think the rhetorical assaults on anti-gun-violence American youth in the days leading up to this march were bad, as Bachman-Turner Overdrive famously […]
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Generation Z Must Take the Media Back
It’s the only way to keep this moment–and this momentum–going. When the nationwide youth demonstrations against gun violence in the wake of the February 14 massacre in Parkland, Florida, began, I must admit that I actually had a cynical reaction: how many of these teenagers, I wondered, would abandon their social conscience twenty-five years from […]
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“MAGA Maggots” and My Fifteen Minutes
Trump fans seem to be concerned that the shooter’s right-wing political commitments might become part of the discussion, so they attack the survivors.
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Weather: We Cared?
Did they die in vain? Next week marks the fifth anniversary of Superstorm Sandy’s assault on the United States, and one can’t help thinking of the 117 Americans who perished in that storm–and whether their deaths were simply forgotten by those who elected climate-change deniers in the 2014 midterm elections and the 2016 Presidential election. […]
