Politics & Government

The federal government is run by a despotic regime that dictates laws and hands down rulings wholly incongruous with the vision laid out by America’s Founding Fathers, say two Florida lawmakers. According to state Sen. Keith Perry  — a Republican who represents Alachua, Putnam, and portions of Marion Counties — and Rep. Julio Gonzalez, a Venice Republican, the regime now running the United States constitutes an oligarchy of wealthy elites that “must be dismantled for the sake of our republic and for the continued empowerment of its people.”

This past Friday, Miami-Dade commissioners spent hours blathering about how their vote to comply with President Trump’s ban on “sanctuary” communities was purely financial. Trump has threatened to pull funding for communities that refuse to hold suspects wanted on federal immigrant requests. That’s why they voted 9-3 Friday to comply, they said, despite hours of emotional testimony from worried residents.

Hundreds filled Miami-Dade County Hall today to demand that commissioners rescind County Mayor Carlos Gimenez’s January 26 order that Miami comply with President Trump’s crackdown on immigrant-protecting “sanctuary” communities. Some residents even cried in front of the commission while recounting their own stories of immigration to the Magic City.

One of Donald Trump’s most enduring, unchallenged fictions is the idea that Cuban-American people adore him. He repeats the lie all the time. During the election season, Trump flew into Miami, made a pit stop at Versailles, and earned some cheers after promising Cuban immigrants he would crack down on the Castro regime. Ever since that visit, he has claimed he’s beloved in Miami’s Cuban community.

Donald Trump’s original pick to run the Labor Department, Andy Puzder, was apparently too much of a liability to work in an administration otherwise staffed with enough red flags to dizzy a rodeo steer. Puzder was a classic Trump choice: As the CEO of Carl’s Jr. and Hardees, he was…

For a brief, delirious moment, Marlins fans thought they were rid of Jeffrey Loria. Sure, they’d have to trade the worst owner in sports for a family best known for propelling a xenophobic garbage bag full of rancid Tang into the White House. But that would almost be worth it…

Like most of America, John DeVore was astounded to see the Facebook photos posted by a random Palm Beach rich dude last weekend. Thanks to his membership at Mar-a-Lago, some guy named Richard DeAgazio managed to sidle up to the nuclear football for a selfie and watch a North Korean…

Republicans claim to be a party of good old Christian values. They take photo-ops at church, post prayer psalms on Twitter, install unqualified Christian moonbats to run the Department of Education (See: DeVos Betsy), and quote Jesus in public whenever it’s convenient. But despite the fact that Jesus spent about…

Complying with Donald Trump’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants doesn’t seem to trouble Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez much. He’s spent the weeks since his January 26 order — which declared that his county will not act as a “sanctuary” to immigrants — by smearing his local opposition and spreading Trumpian falsehoods on the radio.

This morning, Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine crossed Biscayne Bay and drove to WLRN public radio’s studios in Doral. He spoke to listeners about why his city had passed a resolution urging Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez to reverse an earlier decision — and make the county a “sanctuary” for undocumented immigrants.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren stepped to the Senate floor last night with a simple plan: Reading a letter by civil rights icon Coretta Scott King that criticized Attorney General nominee Jeff Sessions. Given Sessions’ incendiary record on racial justice, King’s opinion was quite relevant to the debate on whether Sessions should…

Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez’s decision to honor President Trump’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants could affect more than 1,000 people this year, according to a Miami Herald analysis. But if you’re upset about that, you’ll have to try and reach the mayor via mail. His office is now refusing…

Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez has argued his decision to bow to President Donald Trump’s bellicose order banning so-called sanctuary cities — which refuse to cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement requests to deport undocumented people — was purely financial. Trump threatened to pull federal funding from cities that refuse to comply, and Gimenez says Miami-Dade could lose up to $355 million.

Have you seen the latest issue of Der Spiegel? That’s normally an odd question in Miami, which is not exactly bursting with subscriptions to Germany’s favorite weekly news magazine. But thanks to a brutal cover illustration of Donald Trump holding holding the bloodied, severed head of Lady Liberty, everyone is talking about this week’s edition.

Donald Trump’s travel ban last week was directed at seven majority-Muslim countries: Iraq, Iran, Syria, Yemen, Somalia, Libya, and Sudan. Trinidad, which sits seven miles off the coast of Venezuela in the Caribbean, is nowhere near any of those nations. That fact, however, apparently did not stop border patrol agents…

The civic, political, and intellectual weight of yesterday’s protest against Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez was huge. Political players like Miami Beach Commissioner Kristen Rosen Gonzalez and Florida’s American Civil Liberties Union Director Howard Simon turned up to speak in front of roughly 300 demonstrators. But the most poignant moment…

Miami Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, who is Fidel Castro’s nephew by marriage, has never been afraid to make ridiculous claims about his uncle’s regime. In 2009, Diaz-Balart actually argued that people who want to end the Cuban embargo are just like Nazi sympathizers. (They aren’t.) Yesterday, Diaz-Balart made yet another factually dubious Cuba-related statement…