Rick Scott Uses Our Environmental Agency to DEFEND Everglades Fracking with...
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View ArticleTwo Complete Monsters. Both Held Fundraisers for Rick Scott.
In April, Rick Scott attended a fundraiser by Mel Sembler. To put it mildly, he is a monster. His clinics are responsible for widespread massive abuse of literally 100s of young patients who were...
View ArticleFloridian w/kids makes too much for Medicaid earning only $267 a MONTH!
#137 for My Stupid StateWe don’t need to expand a big-government program to provide for everyone’s needs. What we need is to shrink the cost of health care and expand opportunities for people to get a...
View ArticleIdiot FL Congressman Assumes Obama Officials Are Foreign Because of Skin...
#138 of My Stupid StateMy God, this Teabag Congressman is a complete idiot. (I know, redundant.) Gohmert and Bachmann are now in a real race for the dumbest member of the lower chamber. (NEVER count...
View ArticleIf Rick Scott re-elected, FL students will be forced to watch film on why...
#139 of My Stupid StateThis is not a snark. I have several times given reasons why it's imperative Rick Scott not be given a second term. Our voting rights, our environment, the health care...
View ArticleFL: NO charges against gunman who fled scene after shooting victim 10 times...
#140 of My Stupid State seriesScrew you Rick Scott. Screw you and all you rednecks with legislative power who imposed this idiotic monstrosity on Florida.Colt Thriemer and Thomas J Brown got into a...
View ArticleFL Congressman (TP) to Dem Challenger: "I'm royalty here!"
Crossposted to the Seminole Democrat as #141 of My Stupid StateRich Nugent is the Tea Party Congressman from District 11. He is one of those tea partiers who drives the public's perception of Congress...
View ArticleDESPICABLE. Judge says illegal, gerrymandered map is now OK for this election...
As usual, Floridians are kicked in the stomach when we're down:A judge on Friday gave a victory to the state’s Republican-controlled Legislature, rendering a decision that effectively forces voters to...
View ArticleRick Scott Allows Ads on All State Trails (+ New UTube Channel)
One of the writers for the Seminole Democrat is the incredibly talented IndieThinker. He writes the widely successful Rick Scott Must Go! installments and is starting to turn some of them into...
View ArticleBUSTED! Rick Scott Caught Using Donor as "Fake Victim" in Ad
If you follow FL scandals (and admittedly, there are too many to follow them all), then you might have heard about Ponzi-schemer Scott Rothstein. The scandal is real and was featured on CNBC's...
View ArticleUpdated: The real reason behind Rick Scott's infamous debate tantrum
#144 of My Stupid StateThere are enough posts here, including Rec diaries and a front page article, of the sheer stupidity of Rick Scott storming off a debate over a fan. Even the moderators called it...
View ArticleImportant: Vote Al Krulick (NPA) NOT THE DEMOCRAT Against John Mica (FL-7)
I sometimes wonder why we have a party in this state. It is no wonder that John Mica thought he could (and did) go from being a moderate to full-on teabagger since 2010.Wes Neuman, the Democrat in the...
View ArticleFlorida's Psychosis: Do You NOT Remember the Day When Rick Scott Showed He...
So... did we all forget this happened?Florida Gov. Rick Scott ordered deep cuts Thursday to programs that serve tens of thousands of residents with Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, autism and other...
View ArticleMessage to Rick Scott and the Koch Brothers: 10 Reasons FL Hispanics Are Not...
Early Voting TODAY in Florida!! Go NOW before polls close today!From the article Americans for Prosperity Builds Political MachineAndres Malave walks the street of a west Miami neighborhood. He...
View ArticleMy VERY Stupid State. Rick Scott Wins.
REALLY Florida?He didn't even fool you once, you knew he was a criminal. And then he got elected. He cut funding for everything and gave to his cronies, he ruthlessly cut disabled children's funding,...
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Publix: Where Suffering Is A Pleasure
Crossposted to SemDemThe Jenkins family, who own Publix, spent hundreds of thousands against Amendment 2, which would give life-saving treatment to suffering and dying patients.Publix is one of the...
View ArticleHow about some good news, Florida? 10 things to make you smile:
This "wave" election was more like low-tide: the lowest voter turnout in our history. We do this dance every two years. However, you don't have to wait until 2016 to smile....1. Even in a red wave...
View ArticleDAMMIT!! FL Dem "Strategists" Ensuring Our Loss in Next Gov. Race!
I really want to punch these people. Right in the face.We already lost the governor's race to one of the worst people in political history--twice. Unlikable, criminal, and a colossal screw-up, Rick...
View ArticleTallahassee Regime Defies Same Sex Marriage Ruling: Threatens Jailing Clerks!
#148 of My Stupid StatePeople who love to wrap themselves in the Constitution sure don't mind using it as toilet paper.Two weeks ago, a good day was had in Florida. A Federal judge ruled that...
View ArticleGOP Consultants Mock Florida Public With Christmas Card
Data Targeting is the mega-shady, right-wing outfit that drew our extraordinarily gerrymandered legislative and congressional boundaries for the Fl GOP in direct violation of our state constitution....
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This One Picture Will REALLY Piss Off Florida Winguts
First gay couple in Florida to legally wed. A Sheriff's deputy (in uniform) to a former Marine.On this blessed day, allow me to be the first to say: In your fat FACE Pam Bondi! Congratulations are...
View ArticleMeet the new conservative rising star: Florida freshman "Democratic" Rep....
Gwen Graham (D) won her seat in one of our rare, balanced districts of the red Northern section of Florida. Although District 2 has 16% more Democratic voters in the district than GOP, it normally...
View ArticleFL Black Man Beat Up for Lawfully Carrying Gun: Zero Con Outrage
One thing you get used to in Florida in recent years is seeing people with guns walking around. Admittedly, they are mostly out-of-shape white dudes. However, this week, a 62-year old black man...
View ArticleEven GOP is calling for Scott investigation, but AG PamBo flatly refuses
#151 of My Stupid StateEveryone is starting to pile on Rick Scott regarding "Baileygate". He's a sinking ship and rats want off. Quick recap: Gov. Rick Scott ousted Gerald Bailey, who was the head...
View ArticleOne Place in America Where Developers Can Seize Property for Private Gain:...
Where else?This is what happens when you give an inch to developers in this state. In 2007, a condominium termination law was passed with the intent on helping developers salvage hurricane-ravaged...
View ArticleGOP Goes All In for Rick Scott for President; Ben Carson for FL Senator
The preposterous nature of the title is sparked from a recent conversation I had with a friend of mine. Rick Scott is the two-term governor of a state with the third most electoral votes in the...
View ArticleRick Scott's New FDLE Chief Won't Investigate Corrupt Cops
#156 in My Stupid StateRick Scott abruptly ousted the 35-year career veteran and revered head of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Gerald Bailey, when he refused to do illegal favors for...
View ArticleMy Stupid State: FL House Panel Approves Guns on College Campuses
#158 of My Stupid State"It would allow for a tremendous peace of mind for parents to know that there is somebody at the school site who is trained and can actually be there to respond if, God forbid,...
View ArticleVideo: FL Senators Try (and Fail) to Get Rick Scott's FDE Director to Say...
#159 of My Stupid StateThis was kind of mean.They know Bryan Koon, the director of the Florida Division of Emergency, will be canned if he says those words. It is the worst-kept secret in Tallahassee...
View ArticleFL Legislator's "Revenge" Bill Goes After Children Allowing ALL...
#161 of My Stupid StateThe Florida wingnuts just can't freaking stand not being in the spotlight. They couldn't give us ONE day for Indiana to take the heat off with their inane hate bill. We always...
View ArticleHELP! My Local Bakery Getting Death Threats for Refusing to Make Anti-Gay Cake!
Cut the Cake is a longstanding business in the Longwood community outside Orlando run by the ultra-polite Sharon Haller.Joshua Feuerstein is a disgusting bigot (who should not be trying to rock a...
View ArticleEven FL GOP Had Enough: Jeb Bush's Group STILL Screwing Over Our Schools
To say Bush was a horrible governor would be an understatement. Because of him we have the Stand Your Ground law, which has put every minority in this state in a gun nut's crosshairs. He illegally...
View ArticleMeanwhile, Rick Scott Became Socialist (no, seriously)
The teaparty darling who hates all things Obama has allowed his hatred to go so far that he is parting with his core ideology.Florida's healthcare crisis is sinking us. Scott refuses to accept the...
View ArticleFL GOP kills Medicaid AND refuses to stop their $8 gold packages. HERE'S WHAT...
The GOP teabagger-ruled Fl House refused a million people in florida the ability to get health insurance by killing the Medicaid expansion. They all complained about getting people dependent on...
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Tide Turns: Even SC/MS Face Confederate Toxin! Yet Here in Florida....
#167 of My Stupid StateMitt Romney might be a complete bastard, but he was the first major right-winger to call for the flag of our defeated enemy, the flag of white supremacy, to come down from SC's...
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Rick Scott "Not Offended" by Trump Racism
One of the things Rick Scott is well known for in Florida is dodging questions. Somewhere early on in his first campaign apparently someone told him that he was so bad at talking that he needs to...
View ArticleReceive Food Bank Donations? Get Eviction!!
#168 of My Stupid StateFlorida slum lord Tonia Sonju runs the Carlyn Estates Mobile Home Park in the city of Palmetto. She is a very wealthy investor who bought the park last year for $5.2...
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Jeb-Appointed Fl Judge (my own Seminole Co) Makes National News for being a...
#169 of My Stupid State It's never a good thing when you see the Seminole County courthouse on the frontpage of anything. The last time you saw it featured so prominently was because of the Trayvoyn...
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Florida GOP's New Stand Your Ground Expansion: Trayvon's Killer Would Get...
#170 of My Stupid State series As always, I have to begin my posts by pointing out that this is NOT a snark. In the Gunshine state, the NRA doesn't just get laws passed, they write the laws. At a time...
View ArticleReally Rick Scott? Secret Contract Payoff to Rap-Star Pitbull with Taxpayer...
Rick Scott is a huge Pitbull fan. Or at least he says he is. (He's not known for being too friendly with Hispanics, but we’ll take him at his word on this.)Since early this year, Rick Scott and the...
View ArticleMy Stupid State series to end next month
I started documenting the crazy on this site and my blog after the Teabag Tallahassee takeover in 2010. Several people asked that I keep all of the posts in one place, so I created the My Stupid State...
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The Seminole Democrat Blog Bids Farewell
The Seminole Democrat blog has been in existence since June 2006. It started as the official blog for the Seminole County Democratic Party, but broke off to be independent a year later.We have had...
View ArticleWho the hell is SemDem?
Who am I?You don’t care? I agree. I’m nobody, really. Yet since DKos made the mistake of hiring me; and since I still have a few readers who haven’t figured out I don’t know what I'm doing, I figure...
View ArticleFL GOP House Advances Bill Allowing Rick Scott To Take "Military Action"...
FL Representative Lake Ray is a raging bigot. (That's just another way of saying Florida conservative.) There is no shortage of problems to fix in this state—most of which were caused by the GOP...
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Florida Legal: Man Shoots Young Girl Neighbor In Her House From Homemade Gun...
The young girl had it coming. After all, she was on a gun range. Well, let me rephrase that: she was inside her own home in a quiet neighborhood. But thanks to Rick Scott and the NRA-controlled...
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FL GOP Lawmaker to Muslim Woman Visiting State Capitol: "Is It Safe to Ride...
Bigoted rednecks are rightfully shunned in most places. Yet here in the great state of Florida, they are often given legislative power.Laila Abdelaziz is the director of CAIR, Florida. She went to the...
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Google "Pokémon Go" plus your state. Notice anything, Florida?
Take a moment and google the words "Pokemon Go"--the latest national craze responsible for the rash of people walking into walls-—plus the name of your state. Look at the top choices.For most of you,...
View ArticleFlorida In Crisis: Teachers Are Leaving in Droves
This is a story that has gotten completely lost in Trump’s daily meltdowns and our state's weekly mass shootings. However, Florida is having a bona-fide crisis.Our public school teachers are "leaving...
View ArticleFlorida is not a red state. We are a blue state where Democrats have given up
In 2015, then-governor Mike Pence signed a law that allowed businesses to discriminate against gay couples. This was legislation that 70% of Indiana opposed, as did most of the state’s top businesses....
View ArticleThe creative way to protect reproductive freedom in Florida, if we act now
This won’t take long.Know these things: 1) We currently have a right to privacy written as an amendment to our Florida Constitution. It was put there by voters in 1989 by a super-majority. Abortion is...
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