Fake Hooker Who Exposed ACORN Is an FIU Journalism Student

Hannah Giles — the 20-year-old FIU journalism student, minister’s daughter, and fake hooker who, along with an accomplice, exposed some ACORN offices’ habits of offering business advice to pimps and hoes — is garnering praise from Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, and even Jon Stewart. Giles and a male accomplice, posing…

At Last Night’s Mayoral Debate, Everyone Lost (Their Heads)

The group that gathered last night for the City of Miami mayoral debate between commissioners Tomas Regalado and Joe Sanchez made Joe Wilson, Kanye West, and Serena Williams look like upstanding examples of manners. Maybe they didn’t get the message they’re supposed to act civilly for the next week or…

Drudge and Limbaugh’s Double Team Race Baiting

Yesterday, from his Miami techno-hermit compound, Matt Drudge decided to run with “White Student Beaten on School Bus; Crowd Cheers,” as the top story on his website in all its race-baiting glory. The story about two high school students who happened to be black beating up another student who happened to…

Bill Nelson: Public Option Supporters “Don’t Have a Clue”

Facing criticism that his mind has been elsewhere, Sen. Bill Nelson has finally given his talk about Chinese drywall, snakes, space, and Chinese snakes in space a rest to address the nationally pressing concern of health reform. The man does sit on the Senate Finance Committee after all, which yesterday released its…

Personhood Amendment Could Outlaw Birth Control Pills

The Florida Personhood Amendment we wrote about last week would not only outlaw abortion in the state, but also potentially ban birth control pills and other forms of contraception.The American Life League, one of the main groups behind the push (when it’s not busy printing tacky “Bury Obamacare with Kennedy” signs) says…

Even Blagojevich Criticizes Crist’s Senate Pick

Rod Blagojevich criticizing anyone for making a shady appointment to a Senate seat is sort of like Kanye West chastising someone for awards-show misbehavior. But then again, egomaniacs aren’t really that self-aware. Blago went on Fox and Friends this morning to pimp his upcoming book and argued he wasn’t trying to…

Pro-Life Groups Kick Off Push for Florida “Personhood Amendment”

Last November, pro-life groups put a ballot measure before Colorado voters asking them if “personhood” should be extended to the moment of conception. Even in a politically heated and polarized year, voters rejected the amendment by 73 percent. But that hasn’t stopped Personhood USA and the American Life League from…

Can We Please Shut Up About Joe Wilson?

Last night the President of the United States spoke before a special joint session of Congress to defend an issue that may very well come to define his first term in office. He also gave a stirring defense of good ol’ fashioned American Liberalsim with no apologies, something we haven’t…

Florida: 47th Most Powerful State in D.C.

Florida ranks 47th out of the 50 states in terms of influence and seniority in the U.S. Congress, according to an analysis by the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. A dismal ranking by any means, but even more so considering we’re the fourth most populace state. Our legislators have less swagger on the Hill…

Rubio Web Ad Takes Crist out of Context

Hey, look, it’s another Marco Rubio web ad. This one starts out well, listing all the problems Florida’s economy faces and prepares to point the finger squarely at the governor, who’s Goliath to Rubio’s David in the Florida Republican Senate primary. But then the Rubio team relies on a bit…

Jim Greer Goes on Anti-Socialist Indoctrination Media Tour

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Riptide was one of the first outlets to jump on Jim Greer’s “Obama wants to indoctrinate your children into socialism” rant, and since then, it’s gone national. Last night, Greer hit up MSNBC’s Hardball, CNN, Fox, and the…

Fisticuffs Break out at Senator Nelson’s Event in Miami

The debate over health care might be heated across the nation, but leave it to Miamians to turn it violent. Luis Perrero, a 65-year-old man demonstrating in favor of health-care reform, was punched in the face and knocked to ground by a man who disagreed with him, according to Naked Politics…

Lazy Government Worker Christine Morales Caught on Tape Cheating the System

The story of Christine Morales, the should-be-ashamed former assistant director at the City of Miami Building Department, is one of squandered opportunity. Christine earned more than $100,000 a year doing who knows what, and not very much of it. Surveillance footage obtained by Miami New Times reveals Christine’s nervous body language…

Obama Wants You to Bother McCain While He’s in Hialeah

John McCain and Mitch McConnell, the two most strapping studs of the GOP, reportedly will head to Hialeah tomorrow for a health-care forum, and Obama wants you to protest it gather peacefully and respectably outside. They’ll also attend a National Republican Senatorial Committee fundraiser at the swanky Biltmore in Coral Gables later in…