Ben Carson to run for president
Ben Carson, the former star neurosurgeon at John Hopkins, is set to announce his candidacy for president on Monday in Detroit where he was born and raised. The outspoken conservative told Jeff Barnd of...
View ArticleDoes Marco Rubio support human trafficking?
Prisons are generally places thought to house individuals who have had their freedom take away due to the commission of a crime. Supposedly these bastions of terror are there to aid in rehabilitation...
View ArticleThe U.S. Department of Education has a problem with sexual assault
Two new internal reports by the United States Department of Education show that complaints of sexual violence to the department have increased significantly since 2009. Charges of sexual assault to the...
View ArticleWhat should we expect with Orlando’s November elections? Low turnout.
In just six months, Orlando may have a new mayor and three new city council members. The Orlando City Commission recently approved moving elections to November up from April of 2015 at the partial...
View ArticleSouth Carolina Governor Nikki Haley gets no love for her stance on...
This past week has been filled with trash. It started with the terrorist attack on Mother Emmanuel church in Charleston, South Carolina where nine innocent lives were taken. The garbage kept piling,...
View ArticleRick Scott blazes hot trail with veto pen
So I guess the lesson of the 2015 Florida Legislative session is this: don’t piss off the governor. Because if you do, then he’ll basically try to veto your political life away. Photo courtesy of the...
View ArticleWFTV biased against melanin?
WFTV, or Channel 9, never stops investigating, do they? From Orange County Property Appraiser Rick Singh’s decision to purchase hybrid vehicles to the hiring decisions of Orange County Clerk of Courts...
View ArticleSenator Darren Soto to announce Congressional run Thursday morning
State Senator Darren Soto (D-Orlando) is set to announce his run for Congress on Thursday morning. Soto was waiting for Congressman Alan Grayson to announce his decision regarding a run for the Senate,...
View ArticleBill Clinton can keep his apologies
Former President Bill Clinton is making the rounds again. He never technically stopped, but he made an appearance at the annual NAACP conference to offer up a few apologies for bad policy administered...
View ArticleMayor Jacobs, Commissioners Waste $127,000 in Taxpayer Money
The battle over millions of dollars of Orange County taxpayer money being wasted on the downtown Orlando SunTrust building continued recently when Mayor Teressa Jacobs and the rest of the Board of...
View ArticleChris Christie wants to punch teacher unions in the face
If Donald Trump is any indication, more Republican presidential candidates will start to ease into the comfort of louder cacophony. Chris Christie, the brazen governor of New Jersey, delved into the...
View ArticleSo just how bad was that dumpster fire of a GOP presidential debate last night?
If you’re wondering why Cleveland was the effigy of the Springfield tire fire from the Simpsons last night, then it was likely due to the cavalcade of GOP presidential candidates throwing lit matches...
View ArticleWill Corrine Brown’s lawsuit push Geraldine Thompson towards a run for Congress?
Over the weekend, Florida Senator Geraldine Thompson announced that she’s thinking about running for Congress in District 10. In the release, Thompson said that she’s spoken with Allison Tant, chair of...
View ArticleHey, Hillary! Here’s how I feel about student loan debt
Aite, let’s be clear here. Hillary Clinton is about as cool as my uncle who wears golden toe dress socks with sandals and a linen short set to family barbecues. He was something like the man back in...
View ArticleIs Val Demings about to send Dan Webster on a farewell tour?
She’s back to haunt his dreams. Former Orlando Chief of Police Val Demings announced that she’s running for Congress again today in a press release. Candidate for Congress, Val Demings. Photo courtesy...
View ArticleSenator Geraldine Thompson is ready for D.C.
Senator Geraldine Thompson made it almost official on Tuesday. In speaking with the Orlando Sentinel, Thompson said that she intends to run for Congress in District 10 once special session has...
View ArticleGary Siplin to run for Congress?
Democrat Gary Siplin is on the way back. The former member of the Florida House and Senate is supposedly set to run for Congress in an ever growing field of candidates in District 10. According to...
View ArticleWithout Corrine Brown, will black voters have a voice in Congress?
Does Corrine Brown have a point? If she loses her redistricting battle to keep the lines of District 5 intact, will black voters lose out on having support in Congress? Well, that’s a convoluted...
View ArticleSusannah Randolph – A train wreck for Democrats?
**The opinions contained within guest posts are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official opinion of The Jason Henry Project.** A guest post by Nicole McLaren In her first prime...
View ArticleWho’s running in District 12?
With Senator Geraldine Thompson on her way out to run for Congress, the state Senate seat that she currently holds will be up for grabs when she officially announces and files papers to run in...
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