Ted Deutch

Founder of Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Encouraging People to Stamp Political Messages on Dollar Bills

What's left to do after you've grown your little ice cream shop into a worldwide brand and sold out to a corporate giant for $326 million? Hiding underneath that mountain of cash is Ben Cohen, cofounder of Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream -- still acting like the hippie he was in the 1960s, when he ... More >>

Speakeasy Politics: Dozens of Candidates to Meet With Yuppies Tonight in West Palm Beach

Twenty Palm Beach County young-professional organizations have come together to host a pretty impressive roster of local and state political candidates for a free evening of schmoozing and stumping tonight in West Palm Beach.It's probably worth stopping by if you're interested in politics, as long a ... More >>

Palm Beach County Human Rights Council Endorses Obama

The Palm Beach County Human Rights Council, a group dedicated to ending discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, have released their list of candidates they're endorsing. Among them, President Barack Obama, West Palm Beach Attorney and police officer Dave K ... More >>

Barack Obama Hits Up Delray Beach for Post Debate Rally

A day after taking a horse to Mitt Romney (or was it a bayonet?) in the third and final presidential debate, President Obama hit up Delray Beach for a Romnesia party. Barry Barack held his rally at the Delray Beach Tennis Center where he harped on Romney's forgetfulness and flip-floppery in front o ... More >>

Debbie Wasserman Schultz Poses for NOH8 Campaign on National Coming Out Day

Today is National Coming Out Day, and Democratic National Committee Chairwoman U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz is all about it. Wasserman Schultz, along with Rep. Ted Deutch (D-Boca), posed for NO8H in the group's campaign supporting equal rights for gays and lesbians. "On National Coming Out ... More >>

Student Protests and Death Threats: The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Gets Personal at FAU

Expanding Snake Ban Could Cause Economic Woe, Feed Python Hype, Reptile Group Says

​Earlier this year, our cowboy-hat-wearing secretary of the interior, Ken Salazar, hosted a news conference in the Everglades to announce a federal ban on importing four species of snakes, including the much-loathed Burmese python. Now, a new proposal from Reps. Tom Rooney and Ted Deutch ... More >>

Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Ted Deutch Happen to Get Money From SOPA Supporters

​Believe it or not, South Florida Democratic Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Ted Deutch -- supporters of the Stop Online Piracy Act -- happened to get a lot of money from interest groups supporting the legislation.According to the nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization MapLight, Wasserman ... More >>

Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Ted Deutch Are Sponsoring the Bill That's Upsetting the Internet

​If you go to Wikipedia's website today, you may cry after finding it's not giving out information today. The Google logo is also blacked out on that website, and Reddit and other sites are also blacking themselves out today.If you're looking for someone local to blame for any of your internet-rel ... More >>

Marco Rubio Dropping His Support of the PROTECT IP Act

Sen. Marco Rubio​That was quick. Less than an hour ago, Sen. Marco Rubio announced he no longer supports the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) -- the Senate version of the Stop Online Privacy (SOPA) -- which he was previously a cosponsor of.As we noted this morning, two South Florida congressional representat ... More >>

Frederica Wilson Had Worst Attendance Out of Florida's Congressional Delegation

​No member of Florida's congressional delegation missed more votes this year than South Florida Democratic Rep. Frederica Wilson.In fact, South Florida Democrats -- excluding Rep. Alcee Hastings -- had some of the worst attendance records in the state, as Wilson, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, and ... More >>

Florida's Congressional Delegation Worth More Than $170 Million

​The 27 members of Florida's congressional delegation are collectively worth more than $170 million, according to recently released figures from the Center for Responsive Politics.Much of the delegation's collective $172,193,290 estimated net worth comes from Rep. Vern Buchanan, whose $136,152,641 ... More >>

OCCUPIED Amendment From Ted Deutch "Totally Bans Corporate Money" in Campaigns

maryannaville.com​It looks like all those hippies hanging out in parks may have actually sparked an idea.Democratic Rep. Ted Deutch -- who represents parts of Broward and Palm Beach Counties -- introduced the "Outlawing Corporate Cash Undermining the Public Interest in our Elections and Democr ... More >>

Two of South Florida's Fortune 500 Companies Land on List of "Corporate Tax Dodgers"

Good one, Mr. Moneybags.​Out of the five Fortune 500 companies based in South Florida, two of them managed to bank on a negative tax rate over the past three years, earning them a spot on a list of the country's "corporate tax dodgers."Citizens for Tax Justice issued the report evaluating 280 comp ... More >>

Patrick Murphy Also Contributed to Charlie Crist's U.S. Senate Campaign

Murphy for CongressPatrick Murphy​After yesterday's story that 2012 congressional candidate Patrick Murphy was the only recipient of campaign contributions from former Gov. Charlie Crist for this election cycle, we've discovered that Murphy also donated to Crist's failed U.S. Senate bid.According ... More >>

Broward Republican Party's Chief Sponsors Are Democrats

​The Broward Republican Party is holding its "Grand Old Party BBQ" at Ronald Bergeron's ranch next month. Bergeron, a developer, has become more and more involved with the GOP recently, sponsoring just about everything it's been doing, from the recent Lincoln dinner to the party's website. Li ... More >>

Allen West Campaign Is All Over the Map -- Except in the District Where Votes Count

FlickrWest speaking at the opening of his Deerfield campaign office, which is actually in his district.​For a man with an Army background, Allen West seems to have a hard time reading a map. The candidate in the 22nd Congressional District that spans coastal Broward and Palm Beach counties will be ... More >>

Live-Blogging Crist's Independence Day

Sorry, that's the best we could do for a dramatic video lead-in on such short notice. Anyway, Charlie Crist's about ready to step to the mic and make it official. Follow us after the jump for the MSNBC feed and commentary.

Should Deutch Thank Madoff for His Congressional Win?

Thanks for nothing, Bernie!​National media pundits try so hard to understand South Florida. Bless their hearts; they find the weird mix of hanging chads, Ponzi schemers, gator wrestlers, and condo flippers to be terribly confusing. And once in a while, they just flub completely.This morning on NPR ... More >>

On Election Day, Journey Song Is Rally Cry for Deutch Campaign

That's video from yesterday at the campaign headquarters of Ted Deutch, the Democract who's running for the open 20th Congressional seat vacated by Robert Wexler. I wouldn't dare wish for another musical act like Journey, but isn't it time that some modern group conceives a campaign anthem that dis ... More >>

Deutch Calls Republican Opponent "Dangerously Misinformed" About Israel

Around 2:45 in the video above, you'll see Republican congressional candidate Edward Lynch make a rather explosive allegation: that the U.S. imposed sanctions against Israel and that the effect of those is tougher than those against Iran.That moment from Sunday's debate on This Week in South Florida ... More >>

Morning Juice: Stage Fright at Sun Life; Broward Commissioners Give Voters No Choice on Courthouse

​As the weather slowly warms for the big game, let's see what the local headlines have to say:Sun Life Stadium had a mighty scare last night when a stage collapsed during a Super Bowl rehearsal, injuring four people. Not exactly the publicity that the folks at Sun Life had in mind when they ponied ... More >>

Morning Juice: Senseless Deaths in Both Counties; Colts Star Carries Haitian Flag

​A look at what happened over the weekend in South Florida;Neal Jacobson, the Wellington man who on Saturday admitted to murdering his wife and two sons, was still hospitalized Sunday, either from the complications of swallowing a bunch of pills or from the car crash that occurred after the murder ... More >>

Morning Juice: Reticent Witnesses in Boynton; Biden Visits Boca

​An extra-spooky, Halloween Eve edition of the MJ:Junior Cesar, the 30-year-old man who was shot dead Wednesday night at a basketball court in Boynton Beach's Pence Park is the older brother of Jesse Cesar, who was 22 when he was murdered just before he could testify against a gang member accused ... More >>

Morning Juice: Police Informant Shot; Political Top Guns in Broward Stay Holstered

​Here's your look at what's in today's news:Dwayne Blake of Belle Glade is in jail after allegedly shooting an undercover operative who was taping conversations with Blake for a narcotics investigation. [Palm Beach Post]H1N1 vaccinations have started in Broward and Palm Beach, with people aged 2 t ... More >>

Morning Juice: Which Kraft Gets Paid and Which Kraft Gets to Vote?

​Let's look at what's in the news this morning:Big, big trouble for Broward County School Board member Stephanie Kraft. New Times' Bob Norman has confirmed that Kraft's husband, Mitch, took payments from Prestige Homes to negotiate a deal with the district for the mitigation fees associated with t ... More >>

In Special Election, Being Wexleresque Figures to Be an Advantage

And that's bad for Ben Graber, the former Broward mayor and county commissioner who tried to make hay with Robert Wexler's cocaine joke on The Colbert Report and who has a nasty batch of ads that he ran during a bitter primary campaign in 2008. Ads like the one below. With Graber already in the race ... More >>

A Deputy Left Eric Brody Brain-Damaged, and His Family Still Hasn't Received a Penny

Boca Raton's State Legislators Busy Bustin' Iran's Balls, Un-Killing the Electric Car

flsenate.govDeutchBoca Raton has its own dynamic duo in Tallahassee. There's State Rep. Adam Hasner, the Republican. And there's Sen. Ted Deutch, the Democrat. Based on party affiliation, who would you suppose is the one who wants to play hardball with Iran? And which one is a champion of the electr ... More >>

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