As part of the FLVCS Election 2020 Project, the October 2020 Monthly Meeting will feature a Florida House District 71 & 72 Candidate Forum. Candidates, Andy Mele (confirmed) and Will Robinson from District 71 and Dale Buckman (confirmed) and Fiona McFarland from District 72 have been invited. Find out more about the candidates’ views and …
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FLVCS Election 2020 Update
Election 2020 Project Update
While the FLVCS Election 2020 Project candidate questionnaires are still coming in, grades for the returned questionnaires are being posted at federal candidate results and state candidate results, as received.
The Election 2020 Project aims to educate candidates and the general public on issues that FLVCS values. To learn more …
Election 2020, Election 2020 Project, flvcsLowering the “Barr”
By Melvin A. Goodman,
The Trump Administration is lowering the “Barr” on justice and decency. Attorney General William Barr, who virtually serves as Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, has made unprecedented interventions in cases at the Department of Justice (DoJ) on behalf of his leading client. He intervened in the sentencing of the president’s …
Attorney General Barr, Mel Goodman, Melvin A. Goodman, President Trump, Trump, William BarrCOVID-19 Timeline
Image by CDC
FLVCS has compiled a COVID-19 Timeline to detail the Trump Administration’s failed response to the pandemic.
Of course, the first duty of a President is to keep Americans safe and he has failed at that.
Now we have over 7,000,000 COVID-19 cases and 200,000 dead Americans, as many as the population …
Coronavirus, CoV-SARS-2, COVID-19, COVID-19 Timeline, pandemic, TrumpTrump’s War on Ethics
By Melvin A. Goodman,
Burying The Hatch Act
Trump’s war on government ethics continues unabated. The outrageous events at the Republican Convention last month provided more evidence that there is no law or tradition or custom that Donald Trump is unwilling to break. The violations of the Hatch Act, the anti-corruption law that Congress …
Betsy DeVos, Chad Wolf, Emoluments Clause, Ethics, government ethics, Hatch Act, Mark Meadows, Mel Goodman, Melvin A. Goodman, Mike Pompeo, President Trump, TrumpCOVID-19 Crisis and Climate Crisis
A Wake Up Call
This video comparing the COVID-19 Crisis and Climate Crisis from the Manatee Clean Energy Association is our first in a series of videos. The series will share local subject matter experts and concerned citizens perspectives on the lessons we can learn from society’s response to the pandemic. More importantly, you will …
September Meeting – 2020
Micah Kubic Speaks at September Meeting
Join us for the September Meeting on Monday, September 14, 2020 at 7:00 PM EDT on Zoom.
Featured Speaker: Micah Kubic, Executive Director, American Civil Liberties Union of Florida
Register for the September Meeting now!
See the September calendar event for more details and instructions on joining …
ACLU-FL, FLVCS September Monthly Meeting, Micah Kubic, The Movement is Now“I’ve Got the Conn”
By Gene Jones, FLVCS President
Veterans understand the words, “I’ve got the conn.” For those of you who may not be vets, the term is the Navy tradition that only one officer has responsibility to give orders to the helmsman for the speed and direction of a ship. The purpose is always to …
Trump’s War on America
Conventional Lies and Lies at the Convention
By Melvin A. Goodman,
Trump’s war on America reminds us of Jonathan Swift’s saying “A lie travels around the globe while the truth is putting on its shoes.” Thomas Jefferson’s version was “Falsehood will travel over the country, while truth is putting on its boots.” …
Barr, Donald Trump, Eric Trump, Larry Kudlow, Mel Goodman, Melvin A. Goodman, Pompeo, President Trump, RNC, Trump's liesWar on the Post Office and Census
By Melvin A. Goodman,
Donald Trump’s anti-democratic war on the Post Office and the Census Bureau has targeted two of the oldest institutions in the country. The Post Office is older than the Constitution, tracing its roots to 1775 during the Second Continental Congress. The Continental Congress appointed Benjamin Franklin as the first postmaster general. …
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