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Mitch Perry Report for 12.7.15 -Obama speaks on threat of Islamic State. GOP reacts

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There’s a lot of angst in the country and in the political world about how we are dealing with domestic terrorism, five days after San Bernardino. Well, that’s what the media tells us. I’m not so sure. There were a lot of big football games over the weekend with sellout crowds. Restaurants and bars seemed to pretty full in parts of Tampa that I observed and/or visited over the weekend, but hey, we’re all “on edge.” President Obama tried to deal…

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Mike Lee endorses Ron DeSantis for U.S. Senate

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Florida Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ron DeSantis scored another key endorsement Thursday, from Senate conservative Mike Lee. “Ron DeSantis is the gold standard for constitutional conservatism in Florida and is the clear conservative choice for the U.S. Senate,” Lee said. “He will make an immediate impact in the Senate and will be a leader in restoring the Constitution and rule of law, reducing spending and debt, shrinking the bureaucracy and ensuring that only true constitutionalists make it to the Supreme Court. I…

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GOP Senate candidates from Florida, please say something (anything) on gun violence

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After two assailants opened fire Wednesday on a holiday party in San Bernardino, leaving 14 people dead and 21 wounded, public outrage over gun violence is reaching a fevered pitch across the country. For many, silence is no longer an unacceptable option – irrespective of political party affiliation. Americans are starting to demand accountability, not only for the shootings in Colorado Springs and the latest one in California, but also for a seemingly intractable nationwide problem of gun violence. In…

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Ron DeSantis wants Patrick Murphy, Alan Grayson to join him in fight against ISIS terror

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Congressman Ron DeSantis, running for Senate on a message heavy on national security, takes a hard-line position when it comes to the global war against ISIS. His recently filed legislation, the Terrorist Refugee Infiltration Prevention Act (TRIP), reflects that. The bill, claims a media release from the DeSantis campaign, “blocks refugees from coming into America from countries like Somalia, Syria, and Yemen that have significant territory controlled by groups considered terrorist organizations like ISIS.” Ted Cruz, among the upper tier of…

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Former Secret Service agent and Md. Senate candidate Dan Bongino says he’s thinking of entering Florida U.S. Senate race

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Republican Dan Bongino, the former Secret Service agent who nearly defeated an incumbent Democrats in race for Congress in Maryland last year, says that he is considering entering the Republican race for Senate in Florida, and will probably make up his mind by the beginning of 2016. Bonging moved to Palm City earlier this year, which immediately led to speculation that he was interested in the open 18th Congressional District seat in 2016 currently held by Patrick Murphy, who is running for…

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Carlos Lopez-Cantera rails against Washington Republicans in new video

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On the campaign trail, Carlos Lopez-Cantera has been hammering home the difference between himself and the other Republicans in the GOP senate primary race by claiming that he is a Florida Republican, not from Washington D.C. CLC makes that same point again in a new video that his campaign is pushing out on social media Monday. “And it’s time as Republicans we look in the mirror, and face the hard facts,” Lopez-Cantera says from a speech given at the Sunshine…

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Mitch Perry Report for 11.19.15 — HCC’s president under fire

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Two stories locally and statewide I’d like to draw your attention to this morning. The Tampa Tribune’s Anastasia Dawson has the goods on a story that has been floating around for a few weeks — how the majority of the faculty at Hillsborough Community College want to oust school President Ken Atwater. “A recent survey issued to nearly all full-time faculty at HCC garnered a slew of complaints against the president: He consistently misses meetings and campus events. He rarely interacts with faculty…

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