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Change you can’t believe in
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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On Miami-Dade politics and Marco Rubio
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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ACLU questions cancelling Cuban music concert
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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Florida legislators are for sale
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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Hawks and vultures
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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Pity the child
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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Florida governor uses office to rake in billions
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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Hit the refresh button on Miami politicians
Al’s Loupe
Hit the refresh button on Miami politicians
By Alvaro F. Fernandezalvaro@progreso-weekly.com
Miami-Dade county commissioners last week demonstrated they’re still in denial.…
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Miami-Dade County Manager George Burgess resigns
Latest News from the Banana Republic
Miami-Dade County Manager George Burgess resigns
Since 2003 his salary has jumped 77% in one of the poorest and ruined counties in the entire…
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Really… ours the best health care system in the world?
Al’s Loupe
Really… ours the best health care system in the world?
By Alvaro F. Fernandezalvaro@progreso-weekly.com
“I will remember that there is art to medicine … and that warmth,…
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