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Tom Jackson: If Donald Trump wanted to lose, what would he have done differently?

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So, Corey Lewandowski, the buzz-cut professional sycophant whose philosophy amounted to ā€œlet Trump be Trump,ā€ is out as The Donaldā€™s campaign frontman. And this changes what, exactly? As Edwin Starr sang, ā€œAbsolutely nuthinā€™!ā€ (Say it again, yā€™all.) Thatā€™s right. While Lewandowski portrayed the thuggery of a crime lordā€™s hired muscle ā€” hard-knuckled Toots to Johnny Rocco in ā€œKey Largoā€ ā€” and his forced exit was both overdue and celebrated, the original problem remains. Everything wrong with the presumptive Republican nomineeā€™s…

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Rick Scott to feds: Release the Orlando 911 tapes

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Update: Later Monday, the Justice Department released a full textĀ of one of the shooter’s calls, saying it wanted to “provide the highest level of transparency possible under the circumstances.ā€ Click here for the statement and transcript. Gov. Rick Scott Monday called on federal authorities to release more fromĀ the 911 calls made by the Orlando shooter. But an open government expert said Scott should save theĀ bully pulpit talk for local law enforcement, who could release the same information. Scott, who has…

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FBI releasing conversations between gunman and police

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Federal investigators promised to provide more insight as to what was happening inside the Pulse nightclub after a gunman started a deadly assault that was the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history. The FBI was releasing on Monday a printed, partial transcript of the conversations between the gunman within the Pulse gay nightclub and Orlando police negotiators, U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch said. The release is coming a day after tens of thousands of people held a candlelight vigil…

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Ron DeSantis slams White House over the “marketing” of Iran nuclear deal

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U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantisĀ says that while he always opposed the Obama administration’s nuclear deal with Iran last year, he thought at worst they wereĀ simplyĀ naive about the Iranian regime. But after comments made last week by a top White House adviser on the marketing of the proposal, he says that “it was all a fraud.” “Basically this deal was initiated with Iran’s hardliners, negotiated with Iranā€™s hardliners, and is empowering Iran’s hardliners,” theĀ Ponte VedraĀ Beach GOP Congressman and 2016 Senate candidate said…

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Alan Grayson says DOJ won’t investigate death of Andrew Joseph III, but may look at HCSO practices

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Florida CongressmanĀ Alan GraysonĀ announced on Tuesday that the Department of Justice will not investigate the circumstances involving the death of Andrew Joseph III, the 14-year-old black youth who wasĀ ejected from the Florida State Fair on Student Day in 2014 and died trying to cross Interstate 4. Assistant Attorney General Peter J. Kadzik responded back to Grayson on February 18, informing him that “accident, mistake, fear, negligence or bad judgement are not sufficient to establish a willful federal criminal civil rights violation.”…

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Confederate flag’s removal turns King Day into celebration

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Civic leaders, activists, artists and others are celebrating, marching and paying homage Monday to Martin Luther King Jr., marking the 30th anniversary of the federal holiday honoring the slain civil rights leader. In South Carolina, civil rights leaders planned a march to their state capitol as in past years when their rally highlighted calls to remove the Confederate flag from Statehouse grounds. The King Day at the Dome gathering began in 2000 with that call. Last July, organizers got their…

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Mitch Perry Report for 11.9.15 – Peyton Manning in autumn

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It was an interesting weekend as the Donald Trump skits flopped onĀ Saturday Night LiveĀ and Ben Carson media scrutiny reached a new intensity, but can I talk about football? Actually, how about people who watch football? I was at a tavern yesterday afternoon which was unusually crowded, due to the fact that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers were playing a rare 4 p.m. game. Unlike in other cities, many Tampa fans since I’ve lived here likeĀ to go to bars instead of friend’s…

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