HIllary Clinton Will Be Back in South Florida Again Tomorrow

We’re at the point in this election cycle where time seems to slow down and stop functioning like normal. Candidates appear, speak, and then reappear just days later, having somehow criss-crossed the entire country. With just one weekend left before Election Day, the candidates’ planes are in overdrive: Today, Clinton will…

Video: Miami Trump Fan Yells That Media Sold Out “For a Few Shekels”

Donald Trump’s longtime supporters knew the drill at this point. Once Trump started name-dropping the “lying,” “dishonest,” “liberal” media corralled into a pen at Miami’s Bayfront Park today, the audience wheeled around and started shouting obscenities at them, per usual. A “CNN Sucks” chant bounced up from the crowd, to…

New Times‘ Guide to Tuesday’s Election

Whether you are a “nasty woman” or a “bad hombre,” this election cycle has been some kind of joke. And soon the electorate will deliver its punch line: “GOP, you’re fired!” Though the boundless bizarre badinage of the presidential race is getting more attention than your 13-year-old cousin on Instagram,…

GOP Challenger Uses Trayvon Martin Protest Pic to Tie Democrat to Terrorists

When unarmed Miami Gardens teenager Trayvon Martin was gunned down by wannabe cop George Zimmerman in 2012, protests erupted across the nation. Many demonstrators wore hoodies to push back against suggestions that Martin’s clothing choice had made him “suspicious.” The entire Miami Heat team, including LeBron James and Dwyane Wade, even took part.

Donald Trump Will Hold a Rally at Bayfront Park Wednesday

We know: You’re tired of it. We, too, are tired of it. You’re tired of seeing Donald Trump’s face. You’re tired of hearing Hillary Clinton say the phrase “Trumped-up, trickle-down” over and over. You’re tired of the bickering and the fighting and the insults and that whole maybe-America-might-actually-end feeling you’ve had since September.

Clinton and Trump Are Neck and Neck in Florida With a Week to Go

After months of savage campaigning, untold hours of blowhards screaming at one another on television, and hundreds of millions of dollars spent on advertising, Florida’s vital 29 Electoral College votes are poised on a knife’s edge. The fate of the presidential election could well hinge on a few thousand votes in the…

Five Florida Candidates You Definitely Shouldn’t Vote for This Year

New Times does not endorse political candidates. Sure, there are some really well-meaning people running for office this year, but as anyone who’s lived in Florida for more than 45 minutes knows, even the most well-intentioned of political neophytes might end up embroiled in a corruption probe or sexting scandal.

Marlins Owner Jeffrey Loria Gave Donald Trump a Bunch of Money

For years, Jeffrey Loria has laid claim to title of most loathed public figure in Miami thanks to his toxic combination of repeatedly suing diehard Marlins fans while also gutting the team and robbing taxpayers of billions of dollars. Plus he lets his jerk son-in-law run the franchise.

Trump Is Wrong, Little Haiti Goes for Hillary 19 to 1

In last night’s presidential debate, Republican nominee Donald Trump said he was “at Little Haiti the other day in Florida….I want to tell you, they hate the Clintons, because what’s happened in Haiti with the Clinton Foundation is a disgrace. And you know it, and they know it, and everybody knows…

Marco Rubio Might Actually Lose to Patrick Murphy

The more Americans get to know Marco Rubio, the less anyone appears to like him. Despite having better name recognition than almost any other politician in congress, a new Quinnipiac Poll released today says Rubio’s race against Democrat Patrick Murphy for Florida’s Senate seat is now “too close to call.”…

Miami Beach Commissioner Says She’s Being Shamed for Dating People

Miami Beach commissioners are already forced to disclose if their spouses have any sort of stake in the items they’re voting on. This is a standard government-ethics rule. But this Wednesday, the commission will discuss enacting a new law that will force commissioners to disclose if they’ve had a “dating”…

The Official Marco Rubio Versus Patrick Murphy Debate Drinking Game

If you’ve been following Florida’s Senate race closely this year, you’ve likely been drinking heavily for months already. After November, one of the state’s two senators is guaranteed be either the gutless Marco Rubio — who failed to defeat Donald Trump and jumped back into the senate race after saying…