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A.G. Gancarski has 224 articles published.

A.G. Gancarski has written a weekly column for Jacksonvilleā€™s Folio Weekly since 2003. His writings on politics, culture, and sport have appeared in the Washington Times, the Daily Caller, and the American Conservative. His radio and TV appearances include frequent contributions to WJCT-FM (Jacksonvilleā€™s Public Radio station); additionally, he has been a guest on Huff Post Live and the Savage Nation radio show. Gancarski can be reached at [email protected].

An important preseason game for Blake Bortles and Luke Joeckel

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The rap on preseason NFL games is that they don’t matter. This is true in the sense that they don’t count in the standings. But for Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Blake Bortles and offensive tackleĀ Luke Joeckel, the Jags game in New York against Tom Coughlin and the Giants definitely means something. The talk about Bortles in year 2 is whether or not he can make the jump from being a first half checkdown artist prone to the second half pick six…

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U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown, unsurprisingly, says she will sue state of Florida in federal court

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With a merciless August sun beating down onĀ U.S. Rep.Ā Corrine Brown, she held a Tuesday press conference on the steps of the federal courthouse in Jacksonville to discuss the Special Legislative Session on Redistricting and to announce the filing of aĀ federal lawsuit on Wednesday morning regarding plans to move CD 5 to an east/west configuration thatĀ even area Republicans object to. ā€œThis [presser] was at the last minute,ā€ Brown said, ā€œbut I thought it was absolutely necessary.ā€ Brown, who said that sheā€™s…

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Ron DeSantis touts RedState, disses Alan Grayson

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The always activeĀ Ron DeSantis for Senate press shop was working again on Monday, promoting the Ponte Vedra Republicanā€™s appearance at Erick Ericksonā€™sĀ Red State GatheringĀ (where he was endorsed for Senate by the conservative commentator), then dissing Democratic Senate candidate and fellowĀ U.S. Rep.Ā Alan GraysonĀ in emails. During his Red State speech, DeSantis said a number of things that his outreach operation thought noteworthy, such as his assertion that ā€œthe Democrats, really have no interest, at all, in being good stewards of our American…

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Tom Rooney endorses Ron DeSantis for Senate

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Just a day after fellow Senate candidateĀ Todd Wilcox questionedĀ U.S. Rep.Ā Ron DeSantis’ foreign policy bona fides,Ā the Northeast Florida Republican congressman scored an endorsement in the Senate race predicated on DeSantis’ national security chops. “I’m honored today to endorse my friend, colleague, and fellow veteran Ron DeSantis to the United States Senate,ā€Ā Ā U.S. Rep.Ā Tom RooneyĀ said in a statement. “My highest priority as a member of Congress is National Security. As a former Navy officer, I know Ron shares my conviction that providing for…

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Civil war in the Duval GOP? Or business as usual?

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The first thing you would have seen walking into the Salem Center for the Monday Duval County Republican Executive Committee meeting would have beenĀ Raymond Johnson. You couldnā€™t have missed him. He stood directly across from the glass doors, with a poster board and a petitionĀ opposing Jack Webb, a candidate for GOP chair.Ā He objectsĀ to his ā€œChicago Mafia- style tactics,ā€ and casting aspersions on his character. Well, this tactic apparently provedĀ controversial, if emails obtained by this outlet are any indication. Sharon Light,…

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Ron DeSantis ‘welcomes’ Alan Grayson to the U.S. Senate race

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Rep. Alan Grayson is in the Senate race. This is causing consternation for theĀ Patrick MurphyĀ side, which sent out a fundraising email Thursday afternoon that read as follows: “By now you’ve heard the news. The race has changed. I now have a primary opponent.Ā The next few months are going to be challenging, and I know that the campaign that we’ve built together is going to be put to the test.” Whereas the Murphy side is gearing up for a battle against…

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A tribute to Dusty Rhodes, The American Dream

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Dusty Rhodes, ā€œthe American Dream,ā€ is dead at 69 years of age. What has become apparent in the hours since the first reports of his passing on Thursday is that everyone seemingly has a Dusty Rhodes story. Especially, everyone in the South. Even more so, boys and girls who grew up in the Sunshine State. Dusty Rhodes was professional wrestling in Florida. He was the best bad guy in the state for years and years. Then, in the mid- 1970s,…

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