So Gov. Rick Scott, or whoever it is that controls his social media accounts, took to Facebook last night and asked Floridians to play a fun little game of fill-in-the-blank about the legislative session so far. With over 300 replies so far, Scott, who has some of the lowest approval…
When Alan Reynolds learned Mitt Romney would be holding a rally in Hialeah last week, the local conservative was ecstatic: Not only could he see his favorite GOP contender in person, he could unleash the perfect sign. “My wife is Cuban-American, he’s holding a rally at a Hialeah lunch spot,…
Remember in December when Daily Show correspondent Aasif Mandvi was roaming around Tallahassee asking officials, including Gov. Rick Scott and Attorney General Pam Bondi to pee in a cup? Well, the package finally made it onto the air last night…
If you were a betting man, hopefully you were betting that a bill to bring three full-service, Las Vegas-style casinos to South Florida wouldn’t pass this year. You’d be cashing in right now.The bill has died in the Florida House, after Rep. Erik Fresen, the Republican from Miami who is…
Citizens decry the involvement of shadowy special interests and lobbying groups in our politics, so it’s quite surprising that Rep. Rachel Burgin, a Republican from Tampa, tried to pass the actual mission statement of such a group into law.It’s not exactly a secret that lawmakers often don’t actually write the…
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi may be fighting to repeal President Obama’s healthcare reform laws in court, but the new laws have already saved Floridians close to $142 million, and most of the laws haven’t even gone into effect yet. The savings come from Medicare recipients who now pay less…
Earlier today, Riptide’s resident Tea Party trouble-maker Gus Garcia-Roberts took a strong stand against Libertarian hero Ron Paul — as well as his allegedly “sandpapery man hands” — while demanding that Paul “cease to exist (in politics.)”To say that Paul’s supporters were angry at Garcia-Roberts column would be to say that…
Note: We don’t want Ron Paul to stop existing from this earthly plane, Paul-heads. We want him to stop existing in politics, in the Herman Cain way.Click here to read our favorite comments left on this blog. Ron Paul, the frantic and slightly unnerving uncle at Thanksgiving dinner who won’t…
After a fantastic performance over the past few years — from backing a grotesquely bad Marlins stadium deal to voting for a billion-dollar tunnel to nowhere to faithfully rewarding their corporate backers — Miami-Dade County commissioners sure seemed due for a hefty pay raise. Right?Nah, Dade voters aren’t that dumb…
Hundreds of Miami and Miami-Dade police dressed in riot gear forcibly evicted the Occupy Miami campground last night outside the Stephen P. Clark Government Center, about 10 hours after the Occupiers had been served with an eviction notice. At least four people were arrested, including photojournalist Carlos Miiler, and no…
Mitt Romney won yesterday’s Florida GOP primary, but we all know who the real victor was. Not Obama. And certainly not the country. No, el gran ganador was Willard’s perfectly sculpted mop of Mittitude: his hair.Here are five other things we’ll miss now that the political spotlight has shifted away…
What a difference four years make. Back in 2008, Charlie Crist played a crucial in the Republican primary by working to deliver Florida to John McCain. Now, in 2012, he’s so fed up with shenanigans of this Primary season that according to Politico the now independent says he might just…
Two days after Oakland police arrested hundreds of protesters in violent clashes, Occupy Miami activists are facing their own impending deadline: Miami-Dade County has ordered them to leave their campsite outside the Stephen P. Clark Government Center by sundown tonight or face arrest for trespassing.Organizers say they expect some Miami…
It’s always fun to see different strains of a political ideology rub against each other in conflict, and that’s exactly what’s happening as a Florida House committee ponders whether or not to limit the kinds of foods that can be bought with food stamps. On one hand you have the…
Newt Gingrich is all but certain to lose today’s Florida Primary, but he’s not going out without a fight. In a last-ditch effort to secure the Jewish vote, Gingrich’s campaign is running Robocalls in Florida claiming that as governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney literally took Kosher food out of the…
Early morning yesterday, Miami super-strippers Skrawberry (left) and Tip Drill vaulted to the top of the political punditry heap when they crashed a South Beach filming of Morning Joe. With the Florida primary vote going down today, we caught up with these acrobatic pole-dancing Howard Zinns for their take on…
Joe Scarborough’s political news show came to South Beach this morning, and was crashed by two of Miami’s most badass strippers and a presumed beef magnate. We’re loyal fans of King of Diamonds’ top dancer Tip Drill, who topped our prestigious list of the ten best strippers under forty. We’re…
Every year, Florida lawmakers propose more than a thousand bills. Some of them are admirable and important changes designed to make our streets safer, our schools better, and our citizenry healthier. Then there are the other 92 percent. Here are the eight most awesomely befuddling and obscure bills from this…
Alcohol impairs your judgment? Screw it, we’ll have a shot of whiskey, a beer, and a Latin Builders Association membership application.Starting early Friday morning in downtown Miami, the LBA invited guests to drink their way to Decision 2012, offering 2 cocktail sessions between speeches by Newt Gingrich, Gov. Rick Scott,…
Portraying our first African-American president as the captain of a slave ship in a political ad probably isn’t the world’s best idea. Mark Oxner, a Republican running for Congress in the Orlando area, did just that. It’s not so much offensive, really, as it is laughably terrible…
Mitt Romney has got his groove back.Earlier this week, polls showed Newt Gingrich firmly in control of the Florida primary with a lead of as many as nine points. Then it became a virtual tie. Now two major polls show Romney is once again ahead of the former House speaker just days before…
At last, an explanation for why Rick Santorum has been acting so unhinged in the Sunshine State, from inviting an ex-Yahweh ben Yahweh member to open his campaign rally last weekend to making truly bizarre proclamations about rape: Turns out he’s really tired!Santorum, who will speak at the Miami Downtown…
