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Domestic Policy

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2012

    Connie Mack Says Bill Nelson Voted for Getting Monkeys High on Coke (VIDEO)

    We're a little more than six months away from Election Day, and you know what that means -- it's time to brace yourself for attack-ad season.Florida Republican Rep. Cornelius "Connie Mack" McGillicuddy sent one out on the airwaves yesterday that didn't have very much content in its 30 seconds, but w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2012

    John L. Mica Is the Latest Florida Congressman to Screw Everything Up

    ​A maddening story in the New York Times this morning about the House transportation bill has a Chicago placeline, but the real story is here in Florida. Specifically the seventh congressional district, which elected John Mica to Congress. This guy is chairman of the House Transportation and Infra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2012

    Lake Worth Gun Shop and Shooting Range Gets $500K Stimulus Loan

    Flickr user: kevitivityYour stimulus dollars at work.​Buying guns and shooting targets in Lake Worth is officially part of the economic recovery effort.According to data compiled by the nonprofit journalism website ProPublica, the Palm Beach Shooting Center in Lake Worth received a $550,000 loan ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2011

    First Amendment Right to Blast Music to Be Considered by Florida Supreme Court

    inquisitr.comThe Florida Supreme Court will decide whether this is your First Amendment right.​The issue of whether it's the First Amendment right of Florida drivers to blast obnoxious music from their cars way louder than anyone needs to will be heard before the Florida Supreme Court.The court sc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2011

    Florida Drivers Have First Amendment Right to Blast Music, Appeals Court Rules

    inquisitr.comUnless this system comes with a big bag of coke, this setup is your constitutional right in Florida.​If you're in Florida blasting obnoxious music from your car way louder than you need to, well, that's your First Amendment right, according to a recent appellate court ruling.In Marion ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2011

    Bill Koch, Billionaire Coal Man, Donates Heavily to John Boehner, Throws Bone to Allen West

    Kim SargentBill Koch supports pro-coal candidates.​Last month, New Times introduced you to Bill Koch, the Palm Beach billionaire who owns a coal and gas company, is known for his voracious appetite for wine and women, and has two brothers famous for being the sugar daddies of the Tea Party. W ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2011

    Democratic National Committee: Florida Would Lose 473,000 Jobs Under Tea Party Economics

    ​In advance of tonight's GOP presidential debate, the Democratic National Committee has released a report claiming that 9.5 million American jobs would be lost if a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution were implemented by next year -- including the loss of 473,000 jobs in Florida.The reas ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2011

    Dream Act Bill Filed in Florida Legislature

    The Dream Act would help immigrant students.​A bill that would make college more affordable for undocumented immigrants has recently been filed in the Florida Legislature.If passed, the Dream Act would allow undocumented immigrants who attended three or more years of high school in Florida to qual ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2011

    Rick Scott Approval Rating Climbing Out of the Toilet; Voters Don't Know if He Raised Taxes

    ​Gov. Rick Scott received his highest approval rating and lowest disapproval since April, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today.The new survey shows 35 percent of respondents approved of the way the governor is handling his job, compared to 52 percent who said they disapproved." ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2011

    South Florida Tea Party Back to Fax-Bombs, Now Asking John McCain Not to "Piss" on Them

    Hey there, Tea Party -- 50 percent chance of rain!​In its second fax-bomb attempt in a matter of weeks, the South Florida Tea Party is asking its supporters to send a prewritten fax to Sen. John McCain of Arizona, requesting that the Maverick not urinate on them.They're apparently not too happy wi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2011

    Gov. Rick Scott Invents A Scientific Study On Drug Use During Nationally Televised Interview

    ​Now for Gov. Rick Scott's charade of the day -- making up a scientific study on drug use by welfare recipients on a nationally televised CNN interview.As you know, the governor signed H.B. 353 into law last week, requires Floridians on welfare to pass a drug test before they get their cash.On ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2011

    Gov. Rick Scott Allocates $370 Million of Stimulus "Disaster" Money Into State Budget

    tolivetolaughtolove.comFlip flops: The official footwear of Gov. Rick Scott​Remember that campaign talking point Gov. Rick Scott had about President Barack Obama's stimulus package being a "disaster," when Scott said he would endlessly fight the stimulus money?Well, he managed to leave $370 millio ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2011

    Allen West Interview: Florida Tea Party Favorite Talks About Islam and Donald Trump (Part 2)

    ​Read the first installment of the Allen West interview here.New Times: Let's talk about the Ryan budget [introduced by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin)], which you supported in the House. [This proposal was passed by the House and at presstime was awaiting a vote in the Senate, although House leader ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2011

    Debbie Wasserman Schultz Fires Away In Support Of Gun Control

    via Sun SentinelDebbie Wasserman Schultz and Gabriel Giffords, who was shot in the head earlier this year.​The Florida House's self-defeating restoration of plans for a prescription drug database to help fight our state's lethal abuse epidemic caught quite a buzz last week. But Congresswoman Debbi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2011

    Sunday Politics: Q&A With Tea Partier on Health Care

    The Tea Party has demonized health-care reform -- or Obamacare, as it calls it -- to the point that the group seems to believe that it alone is going to destroy America. Tea Party signs​They've disrupted Congressional town hall meetings, screamed about sociali ... More >>

  • News

    December 2, 2010

    Mexican Macro-Economics

    Do undocumented migrants steal jobs from American workers?

  • News

    December 2, 2010

    FAIR-y Tales

    Russell Pearce and other illegal-immigration populists rely on misleading, right-wing reports to scapegoat immigrants and terrify penny-pinched Americans.

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2010

    Attorney General Candidate Jim Lewis: Legalize Weed to Save Florida's Economy

    Photo from jimlewisforflorida.comLewis: "Faint heart never won fair maiden."​Jim Lewis won't be your next attorney general. But if there were some miraculous come-from-behind victory for the perennial losing candidate, Lewis would bring about a radical change. He'd legalize pot. Not just medicinal ... More >>

  • News

    August 12, 2010

    Seized: Inside the Brutal World of America's Kidnapping Capital

    Photo from jimlewisforflorida.comLewis: "Faint heart never won fair maiden."​Jim Lewis won't be your next attorney general. But if there were some miraculous come-from-behind victory for the perennial losing candidate, Lewis would bring about a radical change. He'd legalize pot. Not just medicinal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2010

    Connecting the Dots: Does FAIR Play a Role in Lake Worth Politics?

    Support for AZ Sheriff Joe's draconian immigration enforcement.​The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) is under scrutiny in Lake Worth these days. As we reported yesterday, residents packed a small room at Monday night's CRB meeting to hear a presentation on local "hate groups," inc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2010

    FAU Student: Ordering Ammo on Campus Was a "Really Stupid Idea"

    Photo providedRyan Beauchamp, back in 2004, with his mom at a gun range in New Hampshire.​Police at Florida Atlantic University's campus in Boca Raton called Ryan Beauchamp on March 10 while he was working as a valet on Sunrise Boulevard. They had found a box of ammo in the University Village Apar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2009

    Oh, Snap! George LeMieux Compares Marco Rubio's Campaign to Obama's (Which Was Victorious)

    lemieux.senate.govGeorge LeMieux​In Washington, D.C., the St. Petersburg Times politics blog Buzz button-holed Sen. George LeMieux, who's holding that seat for his benefactor, Charlie Crist. Here's what LeMieux had to say about young, handsome, impeccably conservative Marco Rubio, who's been hamme ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2009

    Crist Walks Into Democrat-Laid Health-Care Trap

    ​Everybody's still talking about Crist gaffe-ing (lying?) over the Obama appearance, but this quotable moment is, I think, much more precious. Let's pull out a portion of that Sarasota Herald-Tribune article, which asked for Crist's opinion of a Senate Democrat health care reform package that woul ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2009

    Bueller? Pines Leaders Fumble Tax Calculations

    Flickr user: HeneghanCan you calculate your tax hike?​Pack City Hall with more than 150 angry citizens and any governing body would get a bit anxious. But at Wednesday night's budget hearing, the Pembroke Pines city commissioners appeared to be auditioning for Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? An ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2009

    Acting FCC Chairman: "Mini-Papers" No Way to Success

    Count acting FCC Chairman Michael Copps among those who believe the current strategy of decimating staffs at newspapers is the wrong way to deal with the economic downturn, especially since most are still making money.   "I am seriously worried about the decline of broa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2009

    Florida Home to Fresh-Squeezed... Handguns?

    A study published last month by Mayors Against Illegal Guns, a group lead by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, says that not only do lax gun laws lead to more murders, higher crime rates, and more law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty, guns from those states are used more often in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2008

    Bailout Is Vile But Necessary

    A study published last month by Mayors Against Illegal Guns, a group lead by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, says that not only do lax gun laws lead to more murders, higher crime rates, and more law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty, guns from those states are used more often in ... More >>

  • News

    May 8, 2008

    Mi Casa Is Not Tu Casa

    Protesters say illegals take our jobs, bring in leprosy, and, grrr, sell ice cream from bicycles

  • News

    January 17, 2008

    Jammer Man to the Rescue

    An anonymous superhero steps in to clear the air of blah-blah-blah

  • News

    November 29, 2007

    Washed Up

    101 Haitian refugees sailed north full of hope. They got screwed.

  • News

    October 25, 2007

    Talking Up a Storm

    Radio host Joyce Kaufman wins fans by flaying a new enemy: undocumented immigrants

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2007

    Ellen Dalton Keeps On Ticking

    Radio host Joyce Kaufman wins fans by flaying a new enemy: undocumented immigrants

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2006

    DeGroot DePants DeSentinel

    Radio host Joyce Kaufman wins fans by flaying a new enemy: undocumented immigrants

  • News

    July 27, 2006

    Jose... You're Next!

    David Caulkett wants your $10 to help Uncle Sam in the fight against illegal immigration.

  • Calendar

    January 5, 2006

    Lecture Alert: Red!

    Ridge gives us the terror talk

  • News

    October 16, 2003

    Buyout Revisited

    Yoo-hoo! Investigators! Check the president's pockets!

  • News

    September 18, 2003

    Letters for September 18, 2003

    Unloading Objectively

  • News

    September 11, 2003

    Forgotten 9/11

    The INS screwed up when it let in the September massacre's mastermind

  • News

    August 14, 2003

    Peddling the Bush Agenda

    Ideas? The Bush boys have 'em. And are they whoppers!

  • News

    July 24, 2003

    Letters for July 27, 2003

    Who do you trust?

  • News

    July 17, 2003

    Letters for July 17, 2003

    Hair trigger

  • News

    July 10, 2003

    Gunning for Profit

    Opportunists make a fortune supplying guerrillas and terrorists from South Florida gun shops

  • News

    June 26, 2003

    Taking Stock of Bob Graham

    The South Florida senator and presidential candidate wheels and doodles

  • News

    September 12, 2002

    Big Cypress Buyout

    Proposed payment of millions to a wealthy clan amounts to nothing more than stealing from taxpayers for the Bush boys' political gain

  • Culture

    February 14, 2002

    Net Loss

    The government killed TV, and Hollywood's begging it to revive the corpse

  • News

    December 20, 2001

    Back in the Lion's Mouth

    The INS had two chances to nab Mohamed Atta. It failed both times.

  • Arts and Entertainment

    May 17, 2001

    Best Pirate Radio Station

    90.9 FM

  • News

    July 6, 2000

    Canker Sore

    State workers are cutting down homeowners' citrus trees to save Florida's fruit industry. It's a South Florida chain saw massacre.

  • News

    August 26, 1999

    Pirates Scuttled

    South Florida radio gets more homogenized following raids of unlicensed radio stations

  • News

    January 8, 1998

    Heard It Through the Pipeline

    Jerry Lyddane runs the most powerful pirate radio station in Broward. And the FCC be damned.

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