A week ago, the Washington Post slammed Florida’s freshman Sen. Marco Rubio for “embellishing” his family story by claiming his parents arrived in Miami after Fidel Castro took over Cuba when, in fact, they arrived three years earlier.Well, it didn’t take Democrats very long to recognize the opportunity.American Bridge 21st…
So far the Republican primary to decide who gets to take on incumbent Sen. Bill Nelson in 2012 has been a big, wet, cold heap of “ain’t nobody care.” Neither George LeMieux nor Adam Hasner have caught on with GOP voters, and pretty much every poll has shown that most…
Florida has apparently stopped gorging itself on pizza man Herman Cain, and ol’ reliably boring Mitt Romney has taken a giant lead in the latest poll conducted by Time and CNN. Romney leads the pack with 30 percent, while Cain is now a distant second with 12 percent. Compare that…
Terry Jones, the press hungry pastor of a tiny Gainesville church that damn near caused an international incident by promising to host “Burn a Koran” day, has decided he’s going to run for president. Because that’s exactly what we need: more wackos people running for president! In his press release…
After passing four different bills last year placing restrictions on abortion, is the Republican dominated Florida legislature ready to totally ban abortion in Florida? House Republican Charles Van Zant hopes so. He’s once again introducing his “Florida for Life” bill that would almost completely outlaw abortion in the state and…
But no, it is not real. For the past week, graffiti artist Above has been working on a giant, attention-grabbing mural in Wynwood next to the I-95 northbound lanes as part of Primary Flight. It reads in block letters: “Give a Wall Street banker enough rope and he will hang…
Even though her husband has been out of office for nearly a year, former first lady of Florida Carole Crist still makes the gossip pages. First there was the news that she was registered as a Democrat and was openly asking top Democrats if her hubby Charlie Crist had any chance…
In a little over two years, Chris Dorworth will be the second-most powerful man in Tallahassee. Barring some sort of momentous Democratic take over, the Republican has already been elected to serve as Speaker of the House from 2014 to 2016. Funny thing is, back in 2009, Dorworth was nearly…
The fallout from this morning’s take down of Marco Rubio’s supposed family story in the Washington Post has been fierce and fast. First, The Miami Herald came to Rubio’s defense and challenged some of the Post’s assertions. Now Rubio has penned his own editorial for Politico and calls the story…
It is 8:30 p.m. and Occupy Miami’s general assembly is raging outside the Stephen P. Clark Government Center in downtown Miami. This gathering of about 60 activists, including college students, concerned citizens borderline yuppies, people stylin’ with handbags, bike folks, and South American grandfather revolutionaries started two hours ago. That’s right, two hours ago. Most…
American politics is a fickle bitch. One day you’re Marco Rubio, Tea Party pretty boy and front-runner for the Republican vice presidential nomination. The next day, you’re just an asshole who distorted his family history to play on the sympathy of constituents, including fellow Cuban-Americans.According to documents unearthed by birthers earlier…
Adam Hasner is banking heavily on Tea Party support in his quest to secure the Republican nomination to take on Bill Nelson in 2012, but in a fundraising letter today he unleashed a very angry rant against another group of political protesters. Hasner pulled no punches in attacking, and in…
Florida will add two new congressional districts in 2012, and the Senate Reapportionment Committee is meeting to determine where to place those districts. One of the leading plans includes carving out a new district in Orange, Osceola and Polk counties that would create a strongly Hispanic-leading district.Well, Republican state Senator…
Occupy Miami is both smarter and more dedicated than you think.Yesterday, about 40 occupiers joined about 150 police officers to sit in on negotiations with the police union and county commissioners.The cops and the county did not come to an agreement, but it was a hopeful encounter.Terrence Dasher, who makes…
It’s like Republican voters don’t know what’s good for them. Poll after poll shows that Mitt Romney is the most viable candidate against Barack Obama, but they keep jumping around to the more conservative icon of the moment.The latest poll of Florida voters from NBC News and Marist [PDF] shows…
Yesterday, we wandered around the Government Center in Downtown Miami– site of the Occupy Miami tent-camp– and found ourselves, well, a bit underwhelmed by the protest scene. By now, Occupy Wall Street and Occuoy Miami protesters must know that their critics in the right-leaning– or even mainstream– media are gonna…
We’re just surprised it took Stephen Colbert so long to give his opinion on Florida’s dwarf tossing ban. You might remember state Rep. Ritch Workman caused a hubbub by suggesting the ban should be repealed because it’s an example of “Big Brother government” that prevents “dwarfs from getting jobs they…
Even though the Occupy Wall Street movement entering its second month, and similar protests popping up around the globe, most politicians are remaining mum. Those of the Republican variety, in most cases, have been pretty flippant. Take Herman Cain’s “if you don’t have a job and you’re not rich, blame…
Just ask those French malcontents belting out “La Marseillaise” after they stormed the Bastille — it ain’t a real revolution until you’ve got good song to rally the masses.Enter local rapper La Guardia, who picked up a mic a few weeks back after catching video of the Occupy Wall Street…
“I slept here last night during the Occupy monsoon,” protester Eduardo joked about his time of damp tent living. The torrential rains and some flooding of the campsite didn’t keep 60 people from spending the night outside. The numbers have increased, and new tents were being pitched this afternoon.On this,…
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Want to figure out what this whole Occupy Miami hubbub is about but are either busy slaving away at your cubicle for your one-percent master or a little adverse to rain? Well, good news, the occupation will be televised. Err, or streamed online rather. Watch the live feed below…
