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• PolitiFact gives Wasserman Schultz a Pants on Fire

  Democratic National Committee chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz found herself on the defensive about comments she made to Jewish supporters on the eve of her party’s convention in Charlotte, N.C. The topic: comments she said were made by Israeli ambassador Michael Oren about Republicans and Israel.
  
  The debate about what [...]
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• Court records in Hialeah voter-fraud case show more voters got help with absentee ballots

  Ramon Del Pino can’t say for sure whom he voted for last month. And the blind man from Hialeah also can’t identify the two women who came to his home to help him vote.

  When interviewed July 31 by police detectives investigating absentee-ballot fraud, Del Pino said he told the women [...]

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• Where's Bill Nelson? And where's Florida at Democrats' convention?

  CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Bill who? Nelson where?

  The embattled senior senator from the nation’s biggest battleground state has almost no profile at the Democratic National Convention.

  Bill Nelson neither asked for nor was offered a speaking role. He held no big public events. He didn’t appear at the [...]

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• U.S. supports Florida's eight-day early voting timetable

  The state of Florida scored an important legal victory on Wednesday when the U.S. Department of Justice endorsed a timetable of eight 12-hour days of early voting. The federal action all but ends a long-running legal battle that threatened to disrupt the November election. A panel of three federal judges in Washington, [...]

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• Miami-Dade commissioners to consider absentee-ballot protections, including paying for postage

  In the wake of absentee-ballot fraud investigations that roiled last month’s local elections, Miami-Dade commissioners will take up three measures Thursday intended to tighten the rules for voting by mail.

  Commissioner Esteban “Steve” Bovo, whose former aide has been tangled up in the fraud probe, is sponsoring a resolution directing the [...]

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• Damage control: DNC reverses course, recognizes Israel-capital Jerusalem; Arab-American delegates vote no

  In damage control over Israel, the Democratic National Committee reversed course Wednesday and changed its party plank to officially recognize Jerusalem as the capital of the Jewish state.

  The change late Wednesday didn't come without a measure of drama: Arab-American delegates voted no.

  The decision to change the party platform came a [...]

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• Damage control: Obama gets DNC to change course, recognize Israel-capital Jerusalem; Arab-American delegates vote no

  In damage control over Israel, the Democratic Party abruptly reversed course Wednesday and reinstated language that asserts Jerusalem is the capital of the Jewish state. The party also reinstated language affirming the God-given potential of Americans.

  The changes were made by a voice vote as the convention opened at 5 p.m. [...]

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• Obama kicks of Florida bus tour

  From a press release:

  PRESIDENT OBAMA TO TRAVEL TO FLORIDA FOR A TWO-DAY BUS TOUR ACROSS THE STATE CHICAGO—

  On Saturday, September 8, President Obama will kick-off his two-day Florida bus tour with grassroots events in Seminole—near St. Petersburg, FL—and Kissimmee, Florida. While on the tour, the President will discuss the choice in [...]

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• Scott signs death warrant for Miami man convicted of eight murders

  Gov. Rick Scott signed the death warrant for John Errol Ferguson, who was convicted of eight murders in two separate incidents, according to a press release from the Governor's Office.

  The victims in the first incident were Henry Clayton, Randolph Holmes, Michael Miller, Charles Stinson, Livingston Stocker and Gilbert Williams. The [...]

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• With Crist ready to take DNC stage, RPOF keeps bashing him

  Former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist is scheduled to speak at Democratic National Convention in Charlotte Thursday, and the Republican Party of Florida is determined to remind everyone of his conservative record.

  Crist's speaking slot at the DNC further fuels rumors the former governor may try to unseat Gov. Rick Scott [...]

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