You ever wonder how Florida has more Democratic voters than Republicans, has voted for Obama in the past two presidential cycle, has razor-close Gubernatorial elections and yet still send 17 Republicans to the House and only 10 Democrats? It just doesn’t make sense, does it? Well, Gerrymandering and the way…
Unlike some Republicans, Jeb Bush at least recognizes climate change as a reality. He won’t say what he thinks is causing it. He won’t say how large of a problem he thinks it is, but in an interview with the New Hampshire Union Leader he did offer his vision of how…
Alan Grayson might be the most interesting man in Florida politics, and should he officially announce his run for Senate tomorrow he could make the race one of the most interesting to watch in the nation. With Marco Rubio running for the presidency, that leaves his Senate seat wide open…
You know as far as Republican members of Congress go, Miami’s Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is probably one of the coolest to intern with. She’s got a well documented sense of humor. She’s the longest serving female Republican in the House. She sits on the powerful Foreign Relations committee. She’s down…
Randall Hill has quite the Miami biography. A native, he won a national championship ring with the Miami Hurricanes in 1989. Known as “Thrill” Hill, his most memorable came during the 1991 Cotton Bowl when he scored a touchdown against the Texas Longhorns and continued running all the way to…
If you’ve ever wanted to see a few of your elected leaders half-naked and battling it out against each other in a pool, today is your chance. But don’t worry, it’s for a good cause. County Commissioner Xavier Suarez and City Commissioner Marc Sarnoff are set to take on City…
Miami-Adde Commissioner Daniel Levine Cava called for a county-wide on Donald Trump earlier this week. Well, at least a ban of the county holding any official events at any Donald Trump-owned properties in the county. At their Wednesday meeting, commissioners didn’t quite go that far, but they did pass an…
Despite last ditch efforts to block a 24-hour abortion waiting period in Florida, the law went into effect Wednesday, with clinics across the state instructing patients seeking abortions to come back at least 24 hours after a consultation to have the procedure. Though it’s a big blow to pro-choice groups,…
Donald Trump announced yesterday that he’s suing Univision for $500 million — that’s half a billion dollars — over their refusal to air his Miss Universe and Miss USA pageants. To put that in perspective the original deal between Trump and Univision was wroth just $13.5 million (and Univision is…
In a historic announcement this morning, Barack Obama officially announced that the United States and Cuba are officially re-establishing diplomatic relations. Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Havana later this summer to open an embassy. Of course, embassies are lead by ambassadors. Ambassadors must win confirmation from the…
Yesterday, Jeb Bush dropped more than a thousand pages worth of his personal tax returns on the web — 33 years worth of financial info in all. The document dump represents the most tax documents ever released by a presidential candidate. Reporters are still dredging through all that paper, but…
Washington and Miami will announce Wednesday that they have agreed to open embassies in each others’ countries. In a historic decision that was widely reported Tuesday afternoon, the two countries will reverse a Cold War policy that has had the two nations at loggerheads almost since the Cuban Revolution in…
Though people in the political sphere often forget it, actions do speak louder than words. Jeb Bush’s actions as Florida Governor had already put him on record as to where he stood as to whether Confederate flags should be flying on the grounds of state capitols. He already removed on…
The fight over how to help Miami’s downtown homeless population has already devolved into poop maps, feces videos and ugly words between the Downtown Development Authority (DDA) and the Homeless Trust. At issue: Who should pay for more toilets downtown for transients. Tomorrow, that fight is going to reignite. The…
Florida’s official state flag may be the only state Flag in the entire union to feature a woman of color on it, but is it also “the most overtly racist symbol in the United States?” That’s what T.D. Allman, historian and author of “Finding Florida: The True History of the…
Donald Trump is the kind of shrewd businessman that if you cross you can be assured he’ll extract his revenge. Usually in an over-the-top, childish way that actually makes him look worse …but he will extract his revenge. Yesterday, Univision announced that it was dropping its coverage of all Miss…
When a deadline passed last week, more than 250,000 Haitians and Dominicans of Haitian descent living in the D.R. suddenly faced the specter of deportation back to Port-au-Prince. On Thursday, hundreds from both nation gathered outside the Dominican Republic’s consulate in Brickell to protest the move, which many called racist and…
Donald Trump had harsh word for Hispanics who come to America in his Presidential campaign announcement speech, and now America’s largest Spanish-language broadcaster wants nothing to do with him. Univision announced its intentions today to halt all business with Trump, meaning the network will cancel its planned broadcasts of Trump’s Miss…
Today the Supreme Court voted 6-3 in a case that left Obamacare in tact as designed. Local Democrats celebrated like it was a final victory for permanent healthcare reform in America while Miami’s two presidential candidates vowed to keep fighting against the law. Other major state and local Republicans, including…
For more than a year before he was brutally murdered, Pinecrest native and freelance journalist Steven Sotloff was held captive in Syria in often torturous conditions. On the advice of security experts, Sotloff’s family in Miami kept the news of their son’s kidnapping quiet, fearing publicity would only further endanger…
After years of skittering its feet, Florida legislature finally formally outlawed sex between animals and humans in 2011. The Miami-Dade County Commission however really wants to drive the point home that beastiality is not welcomed here, and is poised to consider a 300 word update to its animal-cruelty ordinance. Proposed by…
The National Statuary Hall Collection is a neat feature of the United States Capitol where each state gets to erect statues of two of its more prominent historical citizens. Guess which two people are honored by Florida: a guy who invented an early precursor to air-conditioning (this is true, and honestly…
