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Democrats flip 36th state House seat since Trump's inauguration in Florida...
Margaret Good's election is a sign that Democrats will do well this year, from sea to shining sea. She defeated the spooner son of a wealthy Congressman who owns car dealerships in the Sarasota...
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Trump's infrastructure plan isn't a plan. It's a fantasy. (LA TIMES EDITORIAL)
YES, Trump kept us waiting for over year for his trillion dollar infrastructure plan. It puts everything on state and local governments and selling off and privatizing our national assets -- including...
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FEDERAL JUDGE: ‘RIGHT TO CRITICIZE PUBLIC OFFICIALS CLEARLY ESTABLISHED’...
Our local public officials are deeply insensitive about our right to criticize them. They're offensive when they're offended by being criticized, often breaking the law. Here's an article by David L....
View ArticleSpeaking at Public Meetings (Newseum Institute)
SPEAKING AT PUBLIC MEETINGSBy David L. Hudson Jr., First Amendment ScholarNewseum InstituteUpdated January 2013A citizen feels strongly about an issue in the community. He or she attends a city council...
View ArticleResponse from St. Augustine Beach Mayor Undine George re: "IRON FIST" Remark
The First Amendment deserves "breathing space." Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. called St. Augustine, Florida the "most lawless city in America" in 1964, resulting in the largest mass arrest of rabbis...
View ArticleFIRST AMENDMENT FREEDOMS NEED “BREATHING SPACE” (Newseum Institute)
Article by First Amendment scholar David L. Hudson, Jr. -- our local public officials need to read it and learn from their mistakes.FIRST AMENDMENT FREEDOMS NEED “BREATHING SPACE”Posted on December 22,...
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OH, MY AKIN GUMP! Ex-Justice Dept. lawyer offered to sell secret U.S....
The revolving door between federal prosecutors and corporate criminals is notorious. Caught red-handed: ex-prosecutor JEFFREY WERTKIN, arrested by FBI for trying to sell copies of qui tam False Claims...
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Why is it so hard for Trump to say that evil things are evil? (WaPo)
Like our St. Johns County Sheriff, DAVID SHOAR, The President* does not share our values, does not respect women, does not respect human rights. The President* appoints wastrels, weirdos and conmen --...
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How $225,000 Can Help Secure a Pollution Loophole at Trump’s E.P.A. (NY Times)
Why it matters: Is this a federal crime? Trump-supporting Tennessee truck manufacturer making trucks producing 40-55 times more pollution than legal, but gets a loophole Tennessee Republican...
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St. Augustine Beach notebook: Commission allows flexible setbacks to save...
Here's a 238 word story on a four (4) hour meeting. Shockingly shallow coverage. Journalistic malpractice? As FBI Assistant Director Mark Lynch said to Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward in "All the...
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Sheriff DAVID SHOAR's brother-in-law, PIO CHARLES MULLIGAN "RETIRES,' Joins...
The New York TimesOink! Read my comments below. More fluff -- a pitiful puff piece from The St. Augustine Record about corrupt Sheriff DAVID SHOAR and his minion, Public Information Officer,...
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Trump's courtroom battles over global warming. (AXIOS/Sabin Center for...
Judicial independence and public interest litigators are helping to save our planet. There are 82 lawsuits pending -- some "75% seeking to uphold or advance climate policies." President* TRUMP and his...
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Trump's Toolkit Does NOT Include Our Constitution (Thomas Edsall, NYT)
Food for thought. When even two local officials, like two mayors in St. Augustine and St. Augustine Beach, think they have to rule with an "iron fist," we've got a problem of national proportions. The...
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Russian Syndicate Duped Florida Florida Trump Supporters Into Holding Florida...
Federal grand jury: Trump's supporters and African-Americans were treated as "useful idiots" by Russian propagandists.Russian syndicate duped Trump supporters into organizing Florida rallies, feds...
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'Something was weird': Inside the Russian effort to bamboozle Florida The...
Will our local "TRUMP CLUB" in St. Johns County discuss this at its next meeting? Have such "useful idiots" betrayed our democracy by supporting DONALD JOHN TRUMP, a barmy billionaire, a certified...
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