Progress Florida’s Best of the Blogs for the week ending 2-12-16
Best of the Blogs is featured weekly as part of Progress Florida’s popular free Daily Clips service.
Progress Florida’s Best of the Blogs for the week ending 2-12-16
Best of the Blogs is featured weekly as part of Progress Florida’s popular free Daily Clips service.
Florida—State of the Death Penalty
By Adam Tebrugge
Blog Of Rights
Michael Lambrix was supposed to die today.
Against Big Sugar’s pollution of Florida: social media could spark a revolution
By Gimleteye
Eye On Miami
On Facebook, Instagram and YouTube, hundreds of thousands of viewers are sharing photos, videos, and terse observations of the massive destruction being caused by the release of hundreds of billions of filthy water from Lake Okeechobee — thanks to Big Sugar’s control of the Florida legislature and Congress.
Marco Rubio’s Not A Moderate, He’s A Myth
By Martha Jackovics
Beach Peanuts
The Republican Party and the mainstream media have invested a lot in the narrative of Marco Rubio as the head of the golden ticket for the GOP establishment.
Jeb Bush Changed Florida Politics
By Kartik Krishnaiyer
The Florida Squeeze
GOP Presidential candidate Jeb Bush left the Governor’s office over eight years ago, yet his influence continues to dominate the legislative agenda of the state GOP.
Lawmakers In Florida And Georgia Reject LGBT Protections
By Zack Ford
ThinkProgress
With dozens of anti-LGBT bills popping up in state legislatures across the country, there are at least a few attempts underway to actually create protections for the LGBT community.