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Today on Context Florida: Healthcare vote, death penalty, breast cancer and depressing books

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Today on Context Florida: Daniel Tilson calls for conservative Florida Republicans of good conscience to unite … in demanding local state representatives in the Florida House be given the opportunity to publicly vote Aye or Nay on a Senate plan to provide health insurance coverage to more than 800,000 uninsured Floridians stuck in the “Florida Coverage Gap.” They’ve got nothing to lose, Tilson adds, except maybe the spiritual burden they carry when condoning the tactics employed and damage done by House…

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Today on Context Florida: Media fail, Rick Scott & simplicity, Congress pay and thyroid cancer

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Today on Context Florida: Since the media have failed miserably in their once valuable watchdog role of spotlighting new military interventions under President Obama, Henry Kelley says it’s laughable to now watch them fret with deep concern over the Republican responses to crappy hypothetical questions. Simplicity is always in season for some politicians, notes Daniel Tilson. Cherry-picking what information to share with the public is part and parcel of how some of our most powerful elected officials – Gov. Rick Scott,…

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Today on Context Florida: Bush Christian speech, war on poor, Babe Ruth and Avenir 3.0

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Today on Context Florida: Jeb Bush gave a speech last week that Steven Kurlander says should have received more attention that it did in the 24-7 news cycle. Bush incorporated two important tenets in his message that can unite divergent voters to vote Republican in 2016: the preservation of basic religious freedom within the traditional conservative argument against big government. President Lyndon Johnson publicly declared “War on Poverty” in 1964. In 2011, Rick Scott took office as Florida governor and that…

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Lawmakers take aim at opioid crisis

Senate Appropriations Chair Jack Latvala held a roundtable discussion Tuesday in Palm Beach County with lawmakers, local leaders and public-safety

Today on Context Florida: Scott’s commissions, commencements, cheaters and secrecy

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Today on Context Florida: Daniel Tilson wants in on Rick Scott’s new healthcare commission. Poetic justice aside, Tilson believes he is uniquely qualified to help the cause. The cause he’d push to get lots more reasonably intelligent and relevantly experienced everyday people sitting on commissions like this one. Because the more we get folks from all walks of Florida life involved in public policy development, the less that hidden agendas in high-priced suits can control the process. It’s commencement season, but…

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Today on Context Florida: Florida New Majority, Jameis Winston, Amendment 1 and early release

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Today on Context Florida: Until people of color grow into a “Florida New Majority” and change the culture, Daniel Tilson says will be putting up with a government that not only reflects, but leans into the racism that still grips a large chunk of white Florida — the Christian, hardcore conservative base of the Republican Party. Bob Sparks discusses how the Jameis Winston sideshow will now relocate from Tallahassee to Tampa. This gifted athlete played two years without losing a regular…

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Today on Context Florida: Matt Gaetz, trains, healthcare clarity and tech & politics

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Today on Context Florida: Even those who disagree with the arch conservative Rep. Matt Gaetz concede that the only place he is more brilliant than he is when delivering a speech on the floor of the Florida House is when he is at a keyboard or on his smart phone and broadcasting to his friends and followers. That is, says Peter Schorsch, until last week. Gaetz started a Twitter war after remarking that the Senate Democrats’ lawsuit filed to the Supreme…

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Today on Context Florida: Political gamesmanship, extremists, Rick Scott and mentoring

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Today on Context Florida: What a week. We witnessed some remarkable political gamesmanship when the House adjourned three days early. What will happen to those bills involving Speaker Steve Crisafulli’s top priority of water policy, or film incentives, fracking, Uber and Scott’s tax-cut package? Will any be added to the call for special session? Bob Sparks wonders if these new moves will jump-start budget negotiations. Conservative extremists disabled our Florida Legislature this week, says Daniel Tilson. House Speaker Crisafulli rocked the…

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