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UPI
4 days ago
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Republican turned Democrat David Jolly enters Florida governor's race
Former Florida Congressman David Jolly participates in the "President Pence" panel during Politicon at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles in 2017. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo June 5 (UPI) -- Former Republican-turned Democrat Rep. David Jolly, D-Florida, has announced his intentions to enter the 2026 race for governor in a state largely dominated by GOP politics. Jolly acknowledged his political disadvantage running for office in a state where Republicans maintain a fundraising advantage and statistically outnumber registered Democrats, but said he would try to win the support of nonpartisan voters who have been turned off by the highly fractious political climate. "I'm for lower corporate taxes because I think it leads to greater economic growth," Jolly said on his campaign website. "But I'm more for gun safety legislation because I think that reduces violence in our state." Jolly, who has been an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump and a centrist Republican, said his disagreements with the president were at least partly responsible for his decision to change parties. Jolly posted on social media that Florida is in a crisis not just of policy, not "right versus left, but right versus wrong." Jolly has said he will focus on affordable housing, support a property tax cut, use the state's tourist and development tax to create housing for the workforce and offer communities more block grants for housing. He has also proposed restructuring Florida's catastrophe insurance, replacing private insurance with state dollars in an effort to more effectively help residents who lose property during natural disasters. He said his plan could reduce homeowners insurance costs by as much as 60%. Jolly flirted with a run for the U.S. Senate in 2016 but abandoned his efforts after Marco Rubio, now the U.S. Secretary of State who was eventually elected to the Senate from Florida, entered the race. Jolly is the first Democrat to enter the 2026 gubernatorial race. He represented Pinellas County as a Republican in Congress from 2014-2017.
Newsweek
27-05-2025
- Politics
- Newsweek
Trump And Putin's 'Egos' Could Be 'End of Civilization': Charlamagne Tha God
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Charlamagne Tha God said this week that President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin's egos could bring about "the end of civilization as we know it." Newsweek reached out to the White House for comment via email. The Context Charlamagne's comments came after Trump spent the weekend ripping Putin after Russia launched one of its biggest air assault on Ukraine since the war between the two countries first started three years ago. According to The New York Times, most of the sites hit by Russia's strikes were civilian targets, including residential areas in Kyiv and some university dorms. What To Know "I've been watching those exchanges, you know, and it's like, those two egos could be the end of civilization as we know it," Charlamagne said on The Breakfast Club Tuesday. "I just don't like when I hear him say, you know, Putin's crazy, he's lost it, blah blah blah," he added, referring to Trump's comments about the Russian leader. "And then the Kremlin, you know, they throw a shot back. That could get stupid real fast." "Yeah, because then they start talking about nuclear and this and that, and we don't need those problems," Black Information Network reporter Morgyn Wood said. "Exactly," Charlamagne replied. "That's bigger than a problem. That would be the end of civilization as we know it." Charlamagne Tha God attends Politicon at The Pasadena Convention Center on Sunday, Aug. 30, 2017, in Pasadena, Calif. Charlamagne Tha God attends Politicon at The Pasadena Convention Center on Sunday, Aug. 30, 2017, in Pasadena, Calif. Colin Young-Wolff/Invision/AP Hours after Charlamagne's comments, one of Putin's closest allies, Dmitry Medvedev, fired back at Trump and alluded to the possibility of World War III erupting. "Regarding Trump's words about Putin 'playing with fire' and 'really bad things' happening to Russia. I only know of one REALLY BAD thing — WWIII. I hope Trump understands this!" Medvedev, the deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, wrote on X. Medvedev was responding to Trump's latest missive against Putin, in which he accused the Russian president of gambling with fire. "What Vladimir Putin doesn't realize is that if it weren't for me, lots of really bad things would have already happened to Russia, and I mean REALLY BAD," Trump wrote in a Tuesday morning Truth Social post. "He's playing with fire!" This story is developing and will be updated as more information becomes available.
New York Post
23-05-2025
- Politics
- New York Post
Top Dem strategist James Carville tells progressives to start their own ‘pronoun' party — while bashing Arizona state chair
Veteran Democratic campaign strategist James Carville advised the new chairman of Arizona's Democratic Party to 'shut up' or start a new progressive party. The Democratic Party has been struggling to re-define itself since the election, as leaders debate over whether to moderate or double-down on far-left identity politics. Carville, a frequent critic of some of the party's more progressive members, noted that the Democratic Party is doing unusually well in the red state of Arizona, where they have a Democratic governor and two Democratic senators. However, he warned that far-left politics and in-fighting may endanger this rare opportunity. Carville read from a recent New York Times article, headlined, 'A Vulnerable Governor and an Intraparty Feud Signal a Bumpy Road for Democrats.' The Times reported that Arizona Democratic chairman Robert Branscomb had been 'clashing with staff members over personnel decisions and accused them of sabotaging him by withholding financial documents.' The article also claimed Branscomb, 'wrote to party members detailing the infighting and attacking Senators Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly, both Democrats, for criticizing one of his staffing choices.' Carville praised Kelly and Gallego, arguing to Branscomb, 'You ain't been elected to s—. So why don't you shut up?' He went on to argue in his video posted to the Politicon YouTube channel, 'that's the problem with this, these people from the 'progressive' whatever the f— that is, that come into these state parties that didn't do anything that have outstanding Democratic elected officials. He's fighting with the governor. We finally have a Democratic governor, and this guy exemplifies to me what's wrong with that wing of the party.' James Carville shredded the Democratic state chair of Arizona's Democratic Party, Robert Branscomb, by telling him and other progressives to start their own 'pronoun' party. Youtube / Politicon He noted one quote attributed to Branscomb, where he reportedly declared, 'I will not be coerced, and I will not be silenced,' and offered a barbed response. 'Well why don't you just shut up anyway? Because you haven't gotten elected to anything. And why don't you pay attention and work for the people that are out there who are not just trying to win elections but are actually winning elections?' Carville asked. Carville argued this is part of a larger problem, sharing another purported example in Nevada, in which he called 'one of the most successful state parties in the history of the United States,' until the majority women state legislature took command of the party and turned 'it into a useless glob of nothing.' Branscomb has allegedly been 'clashing with staff members over personnel decisions and accused them of sabotaging him by withholding financial documents,' according to a recent New York Times article. Robert for AZ Dems 'You got one goal, dude, that's to win elections, not run your jackass mouth, which is all this guy Branscomb is good for,' Carville said. He suggested that Democrats need to confront these members of the progressive wing of their party and propose an important question. 'They need to really consider whether they're Democrats or not,' he said. 'Maybe they ought to go join the pronoun justice – social, I don't know, equity party or whatever they're doing.' Carville continued, 'When you don't respect people who go out and win elections and work and put their names out front and dare to lose then there's no use for you in Democratic politics. That's my view.' The Arizona Democratic Party didn't immediately respond to a request for a comment.
Yahoo
29-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Former Kentucky secretary of state wins ethics case
Alison Lundergan Grimes during Politicon at the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, California, on July 29, 2017. Politicon is a bipartisan convention that mixes politics, comedy and entertainment. (Photo by Ronen Tivony/NurPhoto via Getty Images) After years of legal wrangling, former Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes is free of any state ethics violation charges. The Executive Branch Ethics Commission, which brought charges against her in 2021, has decided not to try to appeal to the Kentucky Supreme Court last month's unanimous decision by the Kentucky Court of Appeals to uphold a lower court order that cleared Grimes of any wrongdoing. With no appeal to the state's highest court from the commission within 30 days, the appellate court finalized its decision on April 21. 'There are no legal charges any more against her, and there never should have been any,' her attorney, Jon Salomon of Louisville, said Monday night. The end of the legal case could opens the door for a possible run for another political office. The Democrat is seen by some Kentucky political observers as a possible candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2026 or Central Kentucky's 6th Congressional District next year. Grimes is a Lexington lawyer who was secretary of state from 2011 to 2019 and was an unsuccessful candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2014 against Republican Mitch McConnell. She is the daughter of the former state Democratic Party Chair Jerry Lundergan of Lexington. The Lundergan family is close to former President Bill Clinton and his wife, former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Grimes did not return phone calls seeking comments about her legal victory and political future. Susan Clary, executive director of the ethics commission, had no comment Monday night when asked why the commission did not ask the Kentucky Supreme Court to review the Court of Appeals' decision. The commission had been investigating Grimes for several years. In November 2021, the commission fined Grimes $10,000 for two ethical violations pertaining to handling of voter data. As secretary of state, Grimes was the state's chief elections officer. In her position, she had access to data from the state voter registration system in the State Board of Elections. The commission had alleged that Grimes violated the ethics code by sharing voter information without requiring a request under the Open Records Act or other 'established process of government.' Grimes responded that all the voter data at issue was information in the public domain and that she had full legal authority and discretion as secretary of state to access and share such information. She claimed no statute or regulation was violated by the sharing of such public information. She claimed the commission's charges were barred by the five-year statute of limitations and that the record did not support a finding of any violations of the state executive branch's code of ethics. The commission argued that it was not bound by any statute of limitations and claimed that a limitation could hamper its work on other cases. The only allegations pursued by the Ethics Commission were that Grimes allegedly acted unethically in accessing public information in the voter registration system by downloading voter information onto a thumb drive when she was a candidate for reelection. The commission also looked at whether Grimes improperly shared information on new voter registrations for certain Kentucky House of Representative districts in response to a request made informally through the office of the House speaker without requiring a formal open records request or charging a fee. Grimes fought the charges in Franklin Circuit Court and Judge Phillip Shepherd ruled in her favor. Then the three-member appellate court said last month that the Executive Branch Ethics Commission missed its statutory deadline to charge Grimes with improperly ordering the downloading and distribution of voter registration data from her public office while she was Kentucky's secretary of state. 'The Franklin Circuit Court reversed the commission's decision, finding it was arbitrary, not supported by substantial evidence and time barred. Due to the statute of limitations alone, we affirm,' said the appellate court decision. The three appellate judges were Susanne M. Cetrulo, James H. Lambert and Jeff S. Taylor. Salomon, Grimes' attorney, noted that the final order contained a 'To Be Published' provision, meaning that the case sets precedent in law.
Yahoo
17-04-2025
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James Carville says he might sue ‘contemptible little twerp' David Hogg for challenging incumbent Democrats
James Carville railed against Democratic National Committee official David Hogg for funding primary challenges against incumbent Democrats, suggesting on Wednesday night that he 'might' sue Hogg over the effort while calling the Parkland shooting surivor a 'contemptible little twerp.' Carville's comments come after he called for progressives to distance themselves from the Democratic Party, calling for a 'split' due to what the veteran Democratic strategist called 'pronoun politics.' Hogg, a 25-year-old gun control activist who was elected the DNC's vice chair, has sparked an intra-party uproar over his announcement that his political group, Leaders We Deserve, would be spending $20 million to challenge 'asleep-at-the-wheel' Democrats in deep-blue districts. 'We, as the DNC, need to be seen as a body that can be trusted, that's not putting its thumb on the scales,' a DNC member told Politico. 'We have to be so strategic and careful with our resources right now. ... So why are we in this circular firing squad against Democrats?' Amid increasing criticism from Democrats, many of whom are frustrated by Hogg's dual role as a party official and progressive activist, Carville called for the DNC to take legal action against its vice chairman and even said he could take Hogg to court himself. Appearing on Chris Cuomo's NewsNation show, the former Clinton adviser doubled down on his demand that there needs to be a 'schism' in the Democratic Party between centrists and progressives. 'Maybe we could have a kind of amicable split here, and we go to post in 2026. Because you don't ever run. They never run against a Republican. Okay? All they do is run against other Democrats,' he said on his show Politicon. 'But maybe we can have an amicable split here and you go your way and we go our way. And after the election, we come together and see how much common ground we can find.' During the Wednesday night broadcast, Cuomo agreed with Carville's idea while arguing that Hogg and other left-wing lawmakers – namely Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) – were enlisting the 'MAGA playbook' by pushing for a 'purity test.' Carville, meanwhile, called for the DNC to go after Hogg. 'Why doesn't somebody sue David Hogg? He's an officer of the Democratic National Committee. He is the vice chairman of the Democratic National Committee, and he's running against other Democrats,' he exclaimed. 'I would like to know, and you went to law school, does he have a fiduciary duty to Democrats?' Carville then asked Cuomo., adding: 'You have a fiduciary duty to your employer, which anybody can understand. He's being paid to run against other Democrats. I think it's an outrage.' Stating that he might personally not have 'standing' to bring a lawsuit himself, Carville said he 'might give the DNC $10 and then sue him' before declaring: 'He is a contemptible little twerk!' Egging Carville on, Cuomo shouted 'sue his a**' because he could then bring the political strategist 'on this show to talk about it.' 'I might! I don't know if I have standing, but somebody's got standing,' Carville asserted, prompting the NewsNation host to gleefully respond: 'Sue his punk a**!' Moments later, after wrapping up his interview with Carville, Cuomo insisted that he had no ill will towards Hogg. 'I don't even know David Hogg. I'm just teasing,' he said. 'But look, I have no problem with the case that he's making about what it is to be a Democrat. What are you for? What are you against, other than just fighting with your own? Let's see if he sues. I wonder if I'll get brought in.'
