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Tea Party’s Medicare Beneficiaries Honk Up Palm Coast Against Federal Health...

Some 50 to 60 Flagler tea party activists clumped around a Palm Coast intersection Monday, protesting "Obamacare" in a distinctly less impressive display of numbers or passions than in previous...

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Students Stage Sit-In at Gov. Scott’s Office, Demanding Special Session on...

The students, part of a group called the Dream Defenders, said they're responding to the "not guilty" verdict in the trial of George Zimmerman, want a special legislative session addressing laws such...

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Dream Defenders’ Stand Your Ground Standoff at Scott’s Office Continues Into...

Members of the Dream Defenders, a student-led group that has protested at the Capitol since last Tuesday, said they're busy making plans for the rest of this week and beyond as Scott reiterated Monday,...

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Harry Belafonte Joins Dream Defenders at Florida Capitol as Protest Enters...

Backed by the arrival of supporters from throughout Florida and the East Coast, as well as singer and activist Harry Belafonte, protesters led by the Hialeah-based Dream Defenders maintained their...

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Into Their Second Week of Protest, Dream Defenders Plan Their Own Special...

Scott, who is expected to spend the next couple of days back on the road, didn't pop out for a chat with those who want him to call a special session on the state's controversial "stand your ground"...

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Jesse Jackson Calls Capitol Sit-In “The Selma of Our Time.” Scott Calls It an...

Calling Florida "an apartheid state," Jackson spoke ahead of an overnight visit with the Dream Defenders that has staged a sit-in at Scott's office to demand a special legislative session to consider...

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After 31 Days, Dream Defenders End Their Protest at the Florida Capitol

Dream Defender leaders said they'll carry their campaign against the "stand your ground" self-defense law and what they consider other forms of racial bias to the polls, trying to defeat the elected...

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Not So Fast Missy: How a Protester Exposed an Undercover Cop

When the author first met her four years ago, she couldn’t have known that the small-framed woman with spiky brown hair and intense eyes was anything but a fellow activist showing up for a protest in...

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FDLE Lays Down Florida Capitol Garrison Rule to Avoid Repeat of Summer Protests

Under the proposal by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, members of the public would be expected to leave the Capitol building by 5 p.m. each weekday or within 30 minutes of the end of public...

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Florida Protest Group Delays Rally in Light Of Terror Attack at Planned...

Orlando-based Florida Family Policy Council's "Rally to Defund Planned Parenthood," slated for Dec. 7 at the Florida Capitol, will take place in the spring instead, the council organizers said. The...

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Black Lives Matter. Period.

Cops are owed all the appreciation and respect their profession commands. Blacks are owed their right to life. The two are not mutually exclusive, but certain differences matter, especially when they...

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Why I Stand For The National Anthem

There is outrage on the anniversary of 9/11: the outrage should be directed at those who have taken for granted the liberty and privilege of being a professional athlete by showing disrespect to our...

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Dream Defenders’ Stand Your Ground Standoff at Scott’s Office Continues Into...

Members of the Dream Defenders, a student-led group that has protested at the Capitol since last Tuesday, said they're busy making plans for the rest of this week and beyond as Scott reiterated Monday,...

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Harry Belafonte Joins Dream Defenders at Florida Capitol as Protest Enters...

Backed by the arrival of supporters from throughout Florida and the East Coast, as well as singer and activist Harry Belafonte, protesters led by the Hialeah-based Dream Defenders maintained their...

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Into Their Second Week of Protest, Dream Defenders Plan Their Own Special...

Scott, who is expected to spend the next couple of days back on the road, didn't pop out for a chat with those who want him to call a special session on the state's controversial "stand your ground"...

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Jesse Jackson Calls Capitol Sit-In “The Selma of Our Time.” Scott Calls It an...

Calling Florida "an apartheid state," Jackson spoke ahead of an overnight visit with the Dream Defenders that has staged a sit-in at Scott's office to demand a special legislative session to consider...

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After 31 Days, Dream Defenders End Their Protest at the Florida Capitol

Dream Defender leaders said they'll carry their campaign against the "stand your ground" self-defense law and what they consider other forms of racial bias to the polls, trying to defeat the elected...

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Not So Fast Missy: How a Protester Exposed an Undercover Cop

When the author first met her four years ago, she couldn’t have known that the small-framed woman with spiky brown hair and intense eyes was anything but a fellow activist showing up for a protest in...

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FDLE Lays Down Florida Capitol Garrison Rule to Avoid Repeat of Summer Protests

Under the proposal by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, members of the public would be expected to leave the Capitol building by 5 p.m. each weekday or within 30 minutes of the end of public...

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Florida Protest Group Delays Rally in Light Of Terror Attack at Planned...

Orlando-based Florida Family Policy Council's "Rally to Defund Planned Parenthood," slated for Dec. 7 at the Florida Capitol, will take place in the spring instead, the council organizers said. The...

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