Florida

By Marin Cogan From POLITICO It’s not easy policing the image of a member of Congress — especially when your boss is Rep. David Rivera, the Florida Republican freshman beset by so many…
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By Daniel Shoer Roth From The Miami Herald Rick Scott won the governorship with his famous slogan: “Let’s get to work” – a seven-step plan to create 700,000 jobs in seven years.…
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By Luther Campbell Taken from Miami New Times Julio Robaina will say just about anything to get elected county mayor. First, Hialeah's main man claims he was against the Marlins…
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By Max J. Castro With the end of the Republican ascendancy, the sunset of the Bush/Cheney era, and the 2008 election of Barack Obama – a politician with as progressive a track record as…
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By Alan Farago (Gimleteye) From Eye on Miami As though Marco Rubio has free will. The New York Times, in a shallow piece on Rubio, wrote this week, "The political advisers working for…
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By Laura Wides-Munoz From The Washington Examiner The American Civil Liberties Union said Wednesday the cancellation of a South Florida music festival featuring artists from Cuba may…
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By Howard Troxler From the St. Petersburg Times There is no state, no nation, no planet, and no universe where it should be legal to pay off a Legislature directly. There is no…
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Three hawks and vultures, will now divvy up whatever wasn't stolen by yesterday's gang, now kicked out of office. Between hawks and vultures, my poor empty pockets…
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By Max J. Castro It is said that the quality of a society can be judged by how it treats its most vulnerable members. By that standard American society is in a sorry state indeed,…
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From the Daily Kos How bad can it get? At least we are finally seeing the REAL reason he wanted to be governor. First, let me bring you up to speed with 5 things you need to know: 1.…
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