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Pacific Standard MagazineYou Gotta Have Friends: The Female Buddy System of PoliticsAs women ascend higher in politics, one key network often gets overlooked: the power of their group of friends.By Andrea King CollierDonna Brazile, the recently appointed acting chair of the Democratic National Committee promised to give a peek into a little-seen phenomenon of women in… Read more »

South Florida Gay NewsLGBT Veterans Celebrate Repeal of DADTWashington, D.C. defense think tanks estimate more than 14,000 American service members had their careers cut short by “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”The policy, which cost taxpayers more than a half billion dollars since first enacted in 1993, made it a punishable offense and grounds for dishonorable discharge… Read more »

Sun SentinelRepublicans obstructing support for Zika fundingDebbie Wasserman SchultzFloridians and all of us deserve better from Congress on Zika fundingFor months, Floridians have watched in shock and horror as the Zika virus has taken a deep toll on our state. Like many disasters we've faced, the Zika virus has swiftly forced its way into a corner of our lives. But sadly, instead of… Read more »

McClatchy DC / Miami HeraldHow the 40-year battle over abortion blocked Zika fundingBY JAMES ROSENjrosen@mcclatchydc.comSenior policy analysts with Planned Parenthood were perplexed in June when they first saw a provision excluding their partner clinics in Puerto Rico slipped into a draft bill providing $1.1 billion in emergency Zika prevention funds.Puerto Rico, after all, is the… Read more »

Sports IllustratedWith odds stacked against her, Mallory Weggemann never lost competitive driveGabriel BaumgaertnerFriday September 16th, 2016When Mallory Weggemann wheels out to the pool deck, her face remains friendly but mostly expressionless, her ears covered by pink headphones and her eyes staring forward toward her aqueous home. As she prepares to dive in, she forgets about how she… Read more »

Sun SentinelVeterans one step closer to safer crossing to clinicBrittany WallmanSun SentinelCounty offers door-to-door rides to V.A. clinic to avoid Commercial crossingBroward commissioners threw their support Thursday behind a safer crossing for military veterans headed to a clinic in Sunrise. But it likely won't be the crosswalk and pedestrian signal many have asked for.Instead,… Read more »

Sun SentinelCrosswalk plea from veteran's widow gains steamWidow presses for crosswalk at site of husband's deathBrittany WallmanSun SentinelIt's just one six-lane roadway, just one crusade to help veterans cross the street to the clinic, and it has support from City Halls to the halls of Congress.It's a cause that gained the voice of a widow after a 70-year-old Army… Read more »

Tampa Bay TimesDems want Trump-Bondi probe: 'There is a stink rotting in the Florida Attorney General's office'Alex LearyAlex Leary, Times Washington Bureau ChiefWednesday, September 14, 2016 12:35pmAsserting that Donald Trump used a political donation to Attorney General Pam Bondi to kill an investigation into his real estate seminars, congressional Democrats on Wednesday… Read more »

Miami Herald / Tampa Bay TimesFlorida lawmakers push for Zika funding in Congress: 'This is a big moment'via @learyreportsA bipartisan group of Florida lawmakers -- including one of the most liberal and the most conservative in Congress -- pressed Tuesday for a "clean" $1.1 billion spending measure to combat the Zika virus."This is a big moment in the history of… Read more »

Miami HeraldFlorida members of Congress to Gov. Rick Scott: Ask for clean Zika bill@PatriciaMazzeiNine Florida members of Congress asked Gov. Rick Scott to use his Tuesday visit to Washington to advocate for a "clean" Zika funding bill, free of any politically charged amendments that would make it more difficult for the legislation to win bipartisan approval."The stakes are… Read more »