Bill Could Block “Certain” Refugees From Entering Florida

Governor Rick Scott’s promise to bar Syrian refugees from settling in Florida has gotten an assist from a bill filed in the state Senate.  Sen. Wilton Simpson, R-Trilby, has filed a bill dubbed “Prevention of Acts of War,” that would effectively ban “certain” refugees from entering the state of Florida…

Marco Rubio Addresses His High-Heeled Boots: “ISIS!”

It’s been said that some Republican candidates run their campaigns on a politics of fear. They constantly, forcibly remind their base of any potentially scary issue in the world like they’re a Boy Scout troop leader telling ghost stories around a campfire, and then present themselves as the only person…

Rick Scott Praises Donald Trump in USA Today Editorial

Florida Governor Rick Scott isn’t ready to make an endorsement in the Republican presidential nomination race, but he does have kind words for frontrunner and fellow shady businessman Donald Trump. Which should surprise exactly no one. In fact, he seems so impressed by Trump he wrote an entire USA Today editorial…

Florida Falls From First Place for Government Corruption

Here’s the good news: Florida is no longer the most corrupt state in the nation.  Here’s the bad news: We’re still corrupt as hell.  In the period from 2000 to 2010, Florida led the nation with the most federal public corruption convictions. Integrity Florida reworked the number from the period from…

Does Marco Rubio Even Want to Be President?

Looking back, it’s almost ironic that during the 2010 Senate campaign the Marco Rubio campaign and its surrogates attacked then-rival Charlie Crist for being too ambitious. Crist, they argued, was a professional politician of the worst kind who merely saw a Senate seat as a step to even higher ambitions…

Miami Is a Mecca for Rich Republican Art Collectors

This year during Art Basel Miami Beach, Fox News host Bill O’Reilly sent correspondent Jesse Watters down to the art fairs to poke fun of attendees. Waters was operating under the assumption that anyone who loves art must be some sort of out of touch hippie liberal. Not only was…

Rick Scott Appoints Teresa Sarnoff to State Transportation Board

Turns out if you scratch Rick Scott’s back, he’ll scratch yours. The Governor has now appointed failed Miami Commission candidate Teresa Sarnoff to the state’s Transportation Commission. The move comes after Sarnoff and her husband Marc made a surprising endorsement of Scott during his last run for Governor.  Though Miami…

You’ll Soon Be Able to Send Mail Directly to Cuba

The latest drop of water splashing from the thaw of Cuba and America’s icy relationship: mail service. The US State Department announced today that for the first time in more than 50 years Cubans and Americans will be able to send mail to each other directly for the first time…

Blame the Biltmore Crowd for Jeb Bush’s Terrible Campaign

It’s weird enough that two major candidates for the GOP presidential nomination hail from Miami, but the slugfest between Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush is even more localized. In fact, the birthplace of their epic struggle for Republican party dominance can actually be traced to a single luxury hotel in…

Jeb Bush PAC Just Trolled Donald Trump in the Nerdiest Way Possible

Here’s the difference between Jeb Bush and Donald Trump’s public personas: Jeb Bush is a self-admitted policy nerd. Donald Trump goes around ranting and then has his team draw up something resembling actual policies. Jeb Bush’s website lays out his position on 11 broad topics, many with multiple policies included…