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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: Mike Huckabee, anonymity, Billy Carter and good writing

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Today on Context Florida: Martin Dyckman writes of a Republican running for president who promises unequivocally to “protect Social Security and Medicare … to kill anything that poses a threat to the promises we have made to America’s seniors.” But he’s also calling for a “tax reform” that would bleed seniors as they’ve never been bled before. What do you call such a politician? Huckster, for one. Mike Huckabee, to be specific. Anonymity and pseudonymity have been key threads in the…

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Today on Context Florida: Gwen Graham, terminal democracy, free speech and MLB playing fair

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Today on Context Florida: Peter Schorsch suggests the reason why Gwen Graham might be biding her time before endorsing fellow Democrat Patrick Murphy, who is seeking Marco Rubio’s U.S. Senate seat. Rumor has it that Graham awaiting at least one more court ruling on reapportionment because there might be a chance the courts could throw out the congressional maps and create an east-west seat. This district would essentially squeeze Graham out of her little slice of North Florida Way paradise. Then,…

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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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Today on Context Florida: GOP flips the bird, Baltimore, Earth Day and tainted FBI testimony

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Today on Context Florida: With nearly four days left in the Florida Legislature’s regular session, Speaker Steve Crisafulli and House Republicans essentially flipped us the bird and flew home, says Daniel Tilson. The political class in Tallahassee likes to call such adjournment of each year’s session by its traditional Latin name, Sine Die. But given the shocking way it went down, no such lofty labels are in order. Steven Kurlander says the lessons of Baltimore are that Americans need to wake…

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Today on Context Florida: Free speech, Doug Hughes, FHIX is in and walking home alone

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Today on Context Florida: Americans cherish their basic rights and fundamental freedoms; with the most cherished right is the freedom to speak their minds openly. In that spirit, John Knight wants to state clearly that he supports the right of those who want to protest the walk in Tallahassee organized by Lauren’s Kids. Doug Hughes is the Ruskin postal carrier who risked his neck to fly through the nation’s most restricted air space to land on the Capitol grounds in order…

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Today on Context Florida: Dog whistles, GOP diversity, sea level rise and scholarships

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Today on Context Florida: Voters respond to politicians’ racist “dog whistles,” says Martin Dyckman. No president of our era has evoked such venomous disrespect and hatred as Barack Obama. The Tea Party would not exist but for him, but I doubt there is one member in a hundred to realize let alone admit that race is the reason. Republican politicians who persist in trying to mock and minimize the Obama presidency are riding a whirlwind, whether they know or pretend not…

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