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Expand Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security, Charlie Crist says

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Former Gov. Charlie Crist spent part of Tuesday morning visiting a housing development in the unincorporated Lealman area that was designed mostly for veterans and disabled veterans. Crist went to Duval Park to see for himself one solution to some of the obstacles veterans face when trying to return to private life. Those obstacles were at the forefront of a roundtable discussion he held Friday with a group of veterans. What he found was a place one vet likened to…

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New hacker document dump incudes DCCC notes on CD 13 race

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Files posted Monday by hacker group Guccifer 2.0 include internal documents from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) on congressional races in Florida. They explicitly contain “campaign overviews” and “paths to victory” in Congressional Districts 7, 10, 13, 18 and 26. The document related to the Pinellas County’s 13th Congressional District race is dated from April when Eric Lynn was still running against Charlie Crist for the Democratic nomination. Lynn has since dropped out of the race and is now running for a…

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Adam Putnam endorses David Jolly in CD 13

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Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam is throwing his support behind Rep. David Jolly. Putnam has endorsed Jolly in Florida’s 13th Congressional District. The endorsement comes just two weeks ahead of the Aug. 30 primary. “David Jolly has a proven record of putting people before politics and his community’s interests before Washington’s,” said Putnam in a statement. Putnam knows a thing or two about serving in Congress. Putnam spent 10 years representing Florida’s 12th Congressional District, stepping down in 2010 to run…

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Charlie Crist says veterans’ services need more funding

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Former Gov. Charlie Crist sat down with a group of veterans Friday to listen first-hand to their experiences and thoughts on how best to serve those who fought for the U.S. “Some of the things we’ve touched on today are new to me,” Crist said. Among those new issues are a lack of services geared to women veterans. Among the new insights Crist said he gained was the disconnect that exists between the diagnosis of medical issues and the time…

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Joe Henderson: Mark Bircher supporting Donald Trump could help David Jolly in CD 13

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In a typical election year, Republican Mark Bircher would have a real point of attack against primary opponent U.S. Rep. David Jolly in the race for Florida’s 13th Congressional District. Bircher supports GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump. Jolly gives every indication that he does not. “We cannot accept divided loyalties when so much is at stake,” Bircher said in a statement. “If Rep. Jolly refuses to endorse Mr. Trump, the Pinellas Republican Party Leadership should throw its full support to…

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Mitch Perry Report for 8.10.16 — Aleppo needs water

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I’m sure that after you got yourself up this morning, you might have reached for a cup of coffee, juice or water. It’s something that we don’t have to think too hard about, usually. Now let’s go across the globe — to Aleppo, Syria. The United Nations on Tuesday called for a “humanitarian pause” in the fighting in Aleppo to allow for immediate access to repair the electricity and water networks. They report that between 250,000-275,000 people have been trapped…

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Mark Bircher says if David Jolly can’t support Donald Trump, Pinellas GOP should back his candidacy in CD 13 primary

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All the talk about the David Jolly vs. Charlie Crist battle in Florida’s 13th Congressional District contest ignores the fact that Jolly does have an opponent in the Republican primary later this month. He’s retired Marine General Mark Bircher, and he says that in the name of party unity, the Pinellas County Republican establishment should rally around his candidacy later this month, unless his opponent sees the light and gets behind Donald Trump‘s candidacy for president. “We cannot accept divided loyalties when so much is…

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