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Senate white paper outlines issues with higher education accreditation
In late March, the United States Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) committee released three white papers detailing issues related to the Higher Education Act. Because the act is up...
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By balking on Medicaid expansion, Scott puts state’s budget in danger
On Monday, Governor Rick Scott’s conscience apparently let him down. He released a statement walking back his claim that he was for Medicaid expansion in Florida. In 2013, the Republican governor said...
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Should casinos be allowed in Central Florida?
House Majority Leader Dana Young unveiled a stripped down version of her much talked about gaming bill yesterday. HB 1233 is titled the “Florida Gaming Control Act of 2015” and makes no mention of...
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Hillary Clinton, Marco Rubio jump in race for president
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton/Photo courtesy of the Orlando Sentinel Officially announcing her candidacy for president, Hillary Clinton rolled out a video that featured everyday Americans,...
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Can Val Demings help the Florida Democratic Party save itself?
Usually losing creates sobriety in politics. Through assessment and forced awareness, candidates and political parties have to take realistic looks at where they stand among the electorate after losing...
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Because of stalled budget talks, no food desert relief this year
The Florida Legislature is a mess this year. A 23-year old freshman lawmaker gave out medical advice to women on Wednesday, Governor Rick Scott is threatening vetoes if his tax cuts aren’t passed, and...
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George W. Bush: “U.S. in retreat” under Obama
Former President George W. Bush slightly made his way back into the political world this past week. Speaking to a group of Jewish donors, Bush talked of Obama’s Middle East strategy, or lack thereof,...
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In politics, how do we define humanity?
Sometimes we view humanity through our myopic scope of religion. By way of the Bible or what we’ve learned in church, we have a habit of applying the rule of religion to how we treat each other....
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Does Marco Rubio support human trafficking?
Prisons are generally places thought to house individuals who have had their freedom take away due to the commission of a crime. Supposedly these bastions of terror are there to aid in rehabilitation...
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Bill Clinton can keep his apologies
Former President Bill Clinton is making the rounds again. He never technically stopped, but he made an appearance at the annual NAACP conference to offer up a few apologies for bad policy administered...
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Mayor Jacobs, Commissioners Waste $127,000 in Taxpayer Money
The battle over millions of dollars of Orange County taxpayer money being wasted on the downtown Orlando SunTrust building continued recently when Mayor Teressa Jacobs and the rest of the Board of...
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Is Val Demings about to send Dan Webster on a farewell tour?
She’s back to haunt his dreams. Former Orlando Chief of Police Val Demings announced that she’s running for Congress again today in a press release. Candidate for Congress, Val Demings. Photo courtesy...
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Watch out! White people are coming back to the city
Well, sort of. In big cities like Detroit, Atlanta, and Oakland, white people left in droves. No, really. White people got as far away from urban centers like Detroit as if you could catch bad credit...
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Report: Americans believe that politicians are liars…or something like that
A new study by the Pew Research Center reveals how some Americans truly feel about other Americans. According to the report, 79% of those polled agree that the “typical American” is pretty patriotic...
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What does a Google search say about your state? That it’s probably weird
Estately recently posted Google Trends in 2015 for each state, and it’s fairly interesting. If true, some of you people really need to get a life. Please, please don’t search for what I Google....
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Here’s your primer for the 2016 Florida Legislative session
The 2016 Florida Legislative session begins on Tuesday. From lawmakers attempting to make nice to bills aimed at raising the state’s minimum wage, this year’s version of a political half-marathon may...
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Why a Michael Bloomberg candidacy is terrible for America
Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is supposedly contemplating a run for president. According to The New York Times, Bloomberg is discouraged by the runs of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. The...
View ArticleOne night in Iowa yields wildly different results
Sanders: “Are you guys ready for a radical idea? Well, so is America.” #IowaCaucus — Vox (@voxdotcom) February 2, 2016 The Iowa caucuses were last night and everybody emerged victorious. No,...
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We don’t vote for what we believe in
After Super Tuesday, we have a fairly clear picture of who may be on our ballots come November. On the left, Democrats will likely nominate Hillary Clinton, and on the right, Republicans will...
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With black wealth in peril, why are black voters standing behind one candidate?
When speaking to journalist David Halberstam in 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. affirmed his pivot towards a more socialist idea for America. “For years I labored with the idea of reforming the...
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