Some of Rep. Alan Grayson’s more colorful comments may get him labeled a crazy liberal, but what’s that old cliché about the true definition of Insanity. The one Bill Clinton, of all people, repeated several time during his 1992 campaign? Oh, right. Doing the same thing over and over and…
Despite the controversy he leaves in his path everywhere he goes, Donald Trump is now in first place in the Republican primary in many national polls. Conventional wisdom however had it that there’d be no way he’d be able to take the lead in Florida. For one thing, our former…
A series of highly-edited undercover videos showing people associated with Planned Parenthood officers talking about donating tissues after abortion procedures has the Pro-Life crowd in an uproar and claiming that Planned Parenthood sells “baby body parts.” Florida Governor Rick Scott has now launched an investigation into Florida’s 16 Planned Parenthood…
Your Facebook has likely been full of rage this week over the death of Cecil the Lion at the hand of Minnesota dentist Walter J. Palmer. Of course there’s a Florida connection: Palmer owns a second home over in Marco Island, but it’s another Marco who has provided an even weirder…
Hillary Clinton may be by all accounts the leading presidential candidate, but she’s been criticized for holding few events open to the public so far. That might change this Friday at Florida Intentional University …or it might not. All we know for sure is that Clinton will be on Campus…
Yes, the 2016 election is more than 15 months away and you’re all already sick of the Presidential race (thanks Donal Trump), thanks to Marco Rubio aiming for the White House, Floridians will also have a wide open Senate race to decide. A lot of the candidate are relatively unknown…
Over 1 out of 10 Florida adult citizens are unable to vote. That’s the highest rate in the nation by far. In fact, about half of all disenfranchised Americans in the entire country are right here in Florida? Why is that? Because Florida places some of the toughest standards on…
Donald Trump may be the leading Republican candidate nationally according to both the Real Clear Politics and Pollster average of polls, but in Florida he’s an also ran candidate. In fact, a recent poll found that Trump is in a distant fourth place in the Sunshine State behind native boys…
You’ve undoubtedly seen the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag all over the internet this past year. Which means, if you were paying attention, you’ve probably seen some white person glide into Facebook comments or someone’s Twitter replies to declare, “Um, excuse me, but don’t you mean all lives matter?” This now familiar internet…
Just over one year ago, Miami voters approved a ballot measure giving developer Jeffrey Berkowitz the go-ahead to build an oddly shaped, 1,000-foot bay-front tower called Skyrise Miami. The tower would lure hundreds of thousands of tourists, Berkowitz pledged, and even better, taxpayers wouldn’t foot a cent. City Mayor Tomas…
Laura Pierre is an eighteen-year-old high school graduate who now works full time at a Miami Chipotle. Yesterday, she gathered with dozens of other fast-food, airport, and home-care workers with a simple demand local politicians: minimum wages to match the $15 an hour that New York’s wage board recommended for…
According to Open Secrets, the second-largest for-profit prison operator in the country, GEO Group, is one of the top contributors to Marco Rubio’s presidential campaign. Between 2013 and 2014, GEO Group gave Rubio $41,500, more than any other presidential candidate . The group is the ninth highest contributor to Rubio’s…
Last November, 58 percent of Florida voters supported Amendment 2, which would have made medical marijuana legal in Florida. Even though the majority of voters were in favor of the amendment, it wasn’t enough to pass. The vote was just two points shy of the 60 percent threshold. But the…
With diplomatic ties between the U.S. and Cuba now formally re-established and a Cuban embassy up and running in Washington, the next question is where Cuba’s first consulate will go. Not that there’s much question where it should go, based on logic alone: WIth 800,000 or so Cuban-Americans in South…
On June 28, Chloe Arenas woke up before the sun to pick up her mother and grandmother from an early morning flight. But the 21-year-old University of Central Florida student never reached the airport. Soon after worried friends and family called police, her car was found submerged in a retention…
Donald Trump is none-to-popular with Hispanics voters right now thanks to his comments about Mexican immigrants. So much so that Cuban-American Republican Rep. Carlos Curbelo is now widely theorizing in interviews with Spanish-language media that Trump may actually be a secret Democratic plant working to tarnish the reputation of the…
While Donald Trump makes many Democrats want to simply jump, many are jumping for joy at the perceived damage the demagogue is doing to the Republican brand. On the flip side, GOP Chair Reince Priebus is actively trying to get Trump to tone it down for the sake of his party…
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…
