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Bill Clinton cancels North Florida bus tour

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Former PresidentĀ Bill ClintonĀ was slated to take a “Stronger Together” bus tour from Panama City to Jacksonville on Friday and Saturday on behalf of Hillary Clinton, but had to cancel. The reason? Clinton’s traveling to Israel to attend funeral services for former PresidentĀ Shimon Peres. It marks the second trip cancellation by the Clinton campaign in recent weeks; Hurricane Hermine upset the plans of VP nomineeĀ Tim Kaine to visit North Florida a few weeks back.

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Tom Jackson: Donald Trump lost, big league … or did he?

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Paraphrasing the driver in ā€œTaxiā€ when he approached the gorgeous blonde in the bar: ā€œYou look like the kind of voter who’s heard every debate takedown in the book. … So I guess one more won’t hurt.ā€ Let’s begin by conceding that nobody knows anything anymore. There’s not a single conventional thinker who thought Donald Trump would make it as far as the Iowa caucuses, let alone wind up the center of the balloon shower at the Republican National Convention.…

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Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump battle fiercely over taxes, race, terror

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In a combative opening debate, Hillary Clinton emphatically denounced Donald Trump Monday night for keeping his personal tax returns and business dealings secret from voters and peddling a “racist lie” about President Barack Obama. Businessman Trump repeatedly cast Clinton as a “typical politician” as he sought to capitalize on Americans’ frustration with Washington. Locked in an exceedingly close White House race, the presidential rivals tangled for 90-minutes over their vastly different visions for the nation’s future. Clinton called for lowering…

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Hillary Clinton to make two stops in South Florida Friday

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Hillary Clinton will make campaign appearances Friday in St. Lucie and Broward Counties, the Clinton campaign announced Sunday. Specific details on where and when the events will be held have not yetĀ been announced. While the Democratic nominee campaign in South Florida Friday, her other half, former President Bill Clinton, will be all over North Florida, making appearances. Both Clintons will be in the Sunshine State through the end of the workĀ week.Ā The campaign announced earlier that Bill Clinton would visit Panama…

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Mitch Perry Report for 9.19.16 — Jeffrey Toobin’s book on Patty Hearst is another American true-crime classic

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Last night in Los Angeles, one of the big winners at the Emmy Awards was the FX production of “The People vs. O.J. Simpson.” Though most of the AmericanĀ public wasĀ quite familiar with theĀ O.J. saga that unfolded in 1994-1995, the series was compelling, must-see drama (too bad John Travolta’s positively weird performance as Robert Shapiro didn’t get rewarded),Ā but it shouldn’t be underestimated that its main source material wasĀ New Yorker journalist Jeffrey Toobin’s book, “The Run of His Life: The People v.…

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John Morgan to host fundraiser for Hillary Clinton

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Orlando Democratic fundraiser and medical marijuana champion John Morgan is hosting Hillary Clinton for a fundraiser at his Heathrow home in Lake Mary on Sept. 21. Morgan has long and deep ties with the Clintons, having thrown his first major fundraiser for Bill Clinton in the early 1990s, and a history of hosting eventsĀ for other Democrats including President Barack Obama and Elizabeth Warren. He also hosted a fundraiser featuring Bill Clinton last spring. Yet for all of this year he’s…

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On USF campus in Tampa, Hillary Clinton trashes Donald Trump plan to dismantle ISIS

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Although Hillary Clinton did talk briefly about how she would attempt to rein in the Islamic State if elected president in her speech at the University of South Florida in Tampa on Tuesday, her hyped address onĀ national security issues also contained plenty of red meatĀ regarding the foreign policy statements made by her opponent in this year’s presidential election, Donald Trump. “His whole campaign has been one long insult toĀ all those who have worn the uniform to protect our most cherished…

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