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Email insights: American Bridge answers Jeb Bush’s Planned Parenthood dog-whistle

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With Planned Parenthood under attack once again, the GOP “war on women” is far from over, so says the latest email from progressives at American Bridge 21st Century. Jeb Bush, who earlier said he was “not sure we need half a billion dollars for women’s health issues,”  has changed his position – and not for the better. The Republican presidential candidate, in a town hall meeting this week, actually went one step further. Doubling down on his stance, the former…

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Email insights: Democrats blow the dog whistle for 2015 session

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Hours away from the start of the annual 60-day legislative session, and the Florida Democratic Party already has a prediction. For them, it is as if the next two months will never happen. “Empty words for middle class, handouts for special interests,” leads the latest FDP email blast to supporters, blowing the Democratic dog whistle only minutes before Gov. Rick Scott takes the podium for his traditional State of the State address. As the ceremonial gavel falls, both chambers of the Florida Capitol…

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