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  Wasserman Schultz to Lead Military-Spending Committee After Taking $160,000 in Defense Donations

  January 22 at 8:35 a.m.

  If you want an example of the painfully transactional and conflicted nature of U.S. congressional committee assignments, consider the case of Democratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz. The new, Democrat-controlled House of Representatives was sworn in at the beginning of the month and leaders began handing out committee appointments. Wasserman Schultz, who represents...

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  Civil Rights Groups Plan Demonstration Criticizing Anti-Muslim South Florida Lawmaker

  January 21 at 4:14 p.m.

  Hallandale Beach City Commissioner Anabelle Lima-Taub's career seems to be dangling on thin ice right now, and for good reason. Earlier this month, she claimed online that Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib, one of the first two Muslim women ever elected to U.S. Congress, was a "Hamas-loving anti-Semite" who might one...

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  The Florida GOP Has Now Tried to Fire Two Elections Chiefs in Democratic Counties

  January 18 at 2:35 p.m.

  This past November, Florida Republicans, conservative TV pundits, and President Donald Trump fabricated claims of "election-rigging" by two Florida elections supervisors in two of the state's most heavily Democratic counties. Now those same Republicans have attempted to fire both of those elections chiefs. The Florida Democratic Party has already blasted Gov. Rick DeSantis' latest move as a "politically motivated power grab" and an attempt to "consolidate" control of elections across the state.

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  South Florida Politician "Unapologetic" for Racist Comment, Compares Muslim Congresswoman to "Hitler"

  January 16 at 5:21 p.m.

  Earlier this week, Hallandale Beach Commissioner Anabelle Lima-Taub decided, for some godforsaken reason, to post on Facebook that she was worried that Rashida Tlaib, one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress, was a "Hamas-loving anti-Semite" who would "blow up Capitol Hill." In other words: With zero evidence, she accused a Palestinian-American of being a terrorist. That's racist, full stop.

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  New Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony Fires Former BSO Boss' Political Cronies

  January 15 at 5:02 p.m.

  New Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony has officially begun the process of turning former Sheriff Scott Israel's many controversial political hires into political fires. Tony took additional steps to clean house at BSO today, this time taking aim at two of former sheriff Scott Israel's political cronies who'd been given high-level...

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  New Florida Health Chief Was Once Tied to Record-Shredding Scandal

  January 15 at 8:49 a.m.

  Mary "Mayhem" Mayhew, Florida's new Medicaid chief, was accused of all kinds of misdeeds while running Maine's Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). She was repeatedly sued and fined for failing to follow various rules while working under then-Gov. Paul LePage. Yesterday, New Times recounted how the federal government in...