Progressives Still Believe

Progressives Still Believe "Abortion is Healthcare" After Leaked Supreme Court Opinion

Jackson Bakich
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May 9, 2022
In response to the leaked Roe V. Wade decision, Florida Democrats held a rally over Mother’s Day weekend in support of safeguarding abortion at the federal courthouse in Fort Lauderdale. Democrats in favor of upholding the 50-year judicial precedent are worried that Republicans will completely ban abortion statewide if the Supreme Court decision in the […]
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Cabrera Receives Trump Endorsement for County Commission

Cabrera Receives Trump Endorsement for County Commission

Jackson Bakich
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May 6, 2022
Less than a day following The Floridian’s update concerning Kevin Marino Cabrera’s impressive fundraising, former President Donald Trump (R) has announced his endorsement of Mr. Cabrera. This should not come as a total surprise as Cabrera was the Florida State director of Trump’s 2020 presidential campaign. “Kevin Cabrera will be a great member of the […]
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Cabrera Announces Head Turning Campaign Funding

Cabrera Announces Head Turning Campaign Funding

Jackson Bakich
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May 5, 2022
Kevin Marino Cabrera’s Campaign announced that he has raised over $100k in his first week. The funds are tied to the political committee, Dade First PC. This campaign, which is vying for the District 6 County Commission seat in Miami-Dade, has gotten off to a good start for the Miami native. “I am grateful to […]
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Roe V. Wade Decision is Leaked, Politicians Around FL React

Roe V. Wade Decision is Leaked, Politicians Around FL React

Jackson Bakich
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May 3, 2022
Monday night, Politico prematurely released a draft written by Justice Alito stating that Roe V. Wade is to be overturned. The draft is what it is: a draft. Within the Supreme Court, drafts are passed around from justice to justice, minds are changed (possibly), and then there is a final decision. In this case, the […]
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Eric Lynn Supports Build Back Better but Doesn't Pay His D.C. Taxes

Eric Lynn Supports Build Back Better but Doesn't Pay His D.C. Taxes

Jackson Bakich
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May 2, 2022
Eric Lynn is a Florida Democratic candidate for Congress who vying for Charlie Crist’s (D-FL) seat in District 13 is late on paying his property taxes. According to his own website, Lynn is a former Senior Advisor in President Obama’s administration, a “national security expert, small business owner, community advocate, and St. Petersburg Native”. However, […]
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Donalds Calls Biden's Border Decision a 'slap in the face' to Armed Forces

Donalds Calls Biden's Border Decision a 'slap in the face' to Armed Forces

Jackson Bakich
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April 27, 2022
Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) is calling out the Biden administration for their decision to send VA resources to the border to address the crisis that Donalds believes Biden holds responsibility for. Since the announcement that President Joe Biden (D) was going to end Title 42, Republicans have been hitting the border issue with consistency. Donalds […]
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Florida's Congressional Delegation Raises Over $60 Million

Florida's Congressional Delegation Raises Over $60 Million

Jackson Bakich
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April 17, 2022
The Q1 Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings are in and all of the most up-to-date financials reports are in for members of Florida's congressional delegation. The following is a list of campaign finance records of for members of Florida's congressional caucus. This list includes the total amount of receipts collected, the ranking in which the […]
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Donalds, Sabatini Both Approve of Term Limits

Donalds, Sabatini Both Approve of Term Limits

Jackson Bakich
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April 15, 2022
Congressman Byron Donalds (R-FL) spoke about term limits and his time in the political arena in a sit-down interview with Forbes. In the interview, Donalds sees that term limits “far outweighs the bad” when compared to the good that they could produce. There has been a push on the right to bring term limits to […]
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Huge Drug Bust in Central Florida

Huge Drug Bust in Central Florida

Jackson Bakich
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April 15, 2022
Congresswoman Kat Cammack (R-FL) went on Fox News Business on Friday to share with the public that there was a huge drug bust in her district. The bust, containing Mexican Cartel produced fentanyl, enough to kill “every man, woman, and child in the state of Florida 11 times over.” The congresswoman said. “We know that […]
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Brady Duke Supports DeSantis's Newly-Signed Abortion law

Brady Duke Supports DeSantis's Newly-Signed Abortion law

Jackson Bakich
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April 15, 2022
Former Navy SEAL and Congressional hopeful Brady Duke (R) spoke to The Floridian at  Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R-FL) recent bill signing event in Kissimmee for House Bill 5, which outlaws abortion procedures 15 weeks after conception. When asked about the event and the signing of the bill, Duke replied, “I think the event was excellent. […]
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Demings Leads Rubio in Campaign Funding, but not in Polls

Demings Leads Rubio in Campaign Funding, but not in Polls

Jackson Bakich
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April 14, 2022
Senate hopeful Rep. Val Demings (D-FL)  has outraised incumbent Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) for the fourth consecutive quarter according to her campaign. In the second quarter of 2021 when Demings first entered the race, the former Orlando Chief of Police outraised Rubio by $500,000. In the first quarter of 2022, she outraised him by $4.2 million. […]
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Book Launches New Campaign Ad, but Faces Competition

Book Launches New Campaign Ad, but Faces Competition

Jackson Bakich
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April 13, 2022
State Sen. Lauren Book (D-FL) is currently seeking reelection in District 35, and she’s just released her first digital advertisement proclaiming her record as a “Democratic leader and fighter for families” according to her press release regarding the ad. The ad is expensive for a state senate race, reportedly in the 5 figures region. Book, […]
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Scott Cosponsors Bill Limiting Biden's Authority on National Emergencies

Scott Cosponsors Bill Limiting Biden's Authority on National Emergencies

Jackson Bakich
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April 10, 2022
Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) recently co-sponsored the Real Emergencies Act, a measure that was introduced by Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV). This bill is in response to lawmakers on the left calling on President Joe Biden (D) to use a declaration of a national emergency for political purposes. According to the bill, the Real Emergencies […]
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Rep. Mast Receives Trump Endorsement

Rep. Mast Receives Trump Endorsement

Jackson Bakich
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April 7, 2022
This week, former President Donald Trump (R) endorsed Florida Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL) from the 18th district. Mast, a former U.S. Army serviceman, is in his third term seeking reelection this November. The endorsement from the man who received the greatest amount of votes a Republican has ever received in the Presidential election should help […]
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Moderate Democrat Murphy Slams Pelosi, House Leadership

Moderate Democrat Murphy Slams Pelosi, House Leadership

Jackson Bakich
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March 18, 2022
In an interview with Politico, retiring Congresswoman Stephanie Murphy (D-FL)  has directed shots towards her Democratic Party and the strategies they’ve employed since gaining the majority in the House of Representatives. Rep. Murphy claims that since regaining the House, Democrats have been less “tolerant” of moderates. “With us being in the majority, that tolerance eroded […]
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House Democrats Want Biden to Declare National Climate Emergency

House Democrats Want Biden to Declare National Climate Emergency

Jackson Bakich
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March 17, 2022
According to Fox News, Democrats in the House of Representatives are going to encourage President Joe Biden (D) to issue a national climate emergency which would stop oil drilling on public land, and would disallow companies to receive subsidies for fossil fuels. This would be part of a large executive order to come sometime this […]
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Cory Mills Gains Another Congressional Endorsement

Cory Mills Gains Another Congressional Endorsement

Jim McCool
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February 28, 2022
Florida's 7th Congressional District looks to be the most hotly contested race of the 2022 midterms in Florida, and now Republican candidate Cory Mills (R-FL) has added on another Congressional endorsement for his congressional campaign. Businessman and combat veteran, Cory Mills, has come out swinging over the past few months, announcing 16 congressional endorsements and […]
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AOC Praises Eskamani's Work, Calls her a 'Legitimate' Congressional Candidate

AOC Praises Eskamani's Work, Calls her a 'Legitimate' Congressional Candidate

Jim McCool
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February 4, 2022
As Florida's political class continues to wait to see how the final congressional redistricting map is drawn, there has been speculation that Progressive State Rep. Anna Eskamani (D) was eyeing Rep. Stephanie Murphy's congressional seat in District 7. The Floridian recently spoke to  Rep. Eskamani about her potential run for Congress now that Rep. Murphy […]
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