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Rick Scott Doesn't Want Undocumented Immigrants' Kids to Have Drivers Licenses

Sorry kids of undocumented immigraaants. You're just gonna have to hitchhike to get to class on time. Thanks to Governatron Rick Scott, who vetoed the "Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals" bill, which would have allowed you to have a temporary Florida driver's license. The measure would have giv ... More >>

Pain & Gain Writer Pete Collins' 15 Minutes of Fame Have Arrived

Pain & Gain: Where the Real-Life Sun Gym Gang Characters Are Now

See also: "Pain & Gain: From New Times Story to Michael Bay Film."

Florida Medicaid Expansion Pretty Much Killed By Senate Panel

On Monday afternoon, a Senate select committee rejected moving forward with an expansion of the Medicaid program under the federal Affordable Care Act, even after Gov. Rick Scott expressed a desire to see it expanded, and even though state hospitals and business wanted to see it expanded and even th ... More >>

Rick Scott Now Supports Medicaid Expansion

Rick Scott, GOPer champion of Defiance Toward All Things Obummercare was not, would not, could not, wouldn't, under any circumstances, implement Medicaid if he had anything to say about it. He said Medicaid wouldn't do anyone any good and even went so far as to give out botched math to prove his po ... More >>

Marco Rubio's Big Shining Introduction to America Upstaged by Bottle of Water

Fresh off of voting NO for the renewal of the Violence Against Women Act, Marco Rubio hit the airwaves to introduce himself to America as the GOP shinning beacon of light that will take the White House in 2016. This was his time to shine, to upstage the president by introducing alternative solution ... More >>

Top Turkeys of 2012: The South Florida Personalities We Love to Hate

Rick Scott Will Still Opt Out of Healthcare, Despite What Voters Said

On Tuesday, Floridians went to the polls and voted against the state GOPer Legislature instilled amendment that would have banned government mandated health insurance requirements. Basically, had the amendment passed, it would have exempt Floridians from the Affordable Care Act. But it failed to p ... More >>

Bill Nelson and Connie Mack Debate: Accusations, Lies, and Cows

The one and only debate between Bill Nelson and Connie Mack went down Wednesday night at Nova Southeastern University, and it had all the decorum and civility of the last three minutes of Reservoir Dogs. The two candidates took to their respective podiums and immediately began attacking each others ... More >>

Debate 2012: Romney and Obama Attack; Jim Lehrer Loses Control -- the Media Room View

Editor's note: This piece was originally published by our sister paper's news blog Latest Word on Denver Westword. It's written by Sam Levin, an editorial fellow who's been keeping tabs on both candidates in the swing state of Colorado for the past few months. President Barack Obama and former Mass ... More >>

Mitt Romney's Campaign Is One Giant Epic Fail, and It Started In Florida

Congratulations, Florida. You probably maybe almost for sure destroyed Mitt Romney's hopes and dreams to become president of Don'tTreadOnMeLand. As we pointed about yesterday, RoboRomney set his pants on fire with his "47 percent" comments at a fundraiser right here in Boca. And since then, things ... More >>

Obama Rips the Miami Dolphins On Local Radio

Barack Obama panders to no one! Especially not Dolphins fans because, well, that would be pretty stupid. Because they suck, you see. Obama made an appearance this morning on Pimp With A Limp DJ Laz on 106.7 FM where he did some campaigning. Because it's important to reach that Pimp With A Limp dem ... More >>

How to Speak Republican: Leaked Document Reveals the Secrets of the GOP's Coded Language

Fear and Loathing in Tampa: Your Gonzo Guide to the Republican National Convention

Michelle Obama Hits Up Ft. Lauderdale To Rally Supporters

The War Memorial Museum is usually used for gun shows, roller derby and MMA matches. Wednesday afternoon, it belonged to the First Lady of the United States. "If everybody in this room brings in one more person, that can make all the difference," First Lady Michelle Obama told a crowd of 2,500 -pl ... More >>

Bill Maher Loves Our Butthole Tattoo Girl Video

In case you missed it, a couple of weeks ago, we found and interviewed a woman who got her anus tattooed at the South Florida Tattoo Expo. We posted the video of our interview, and then proceeded to break the internet. The video went viral, and eventually landed on Bill Maher's Real Time show on HB ... More >>

Debbie Wasserman Schultz Isn't Too Popular With Obama Re-Election Team, According to Book

According to a new ebook by Politico writer Glenn Thrush, DNC chair, Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, isn't very popular in the Obama re-election team. According to Thrush, a secret poll done among Obama's team to determine the popularity of the President's campaign surrogates revealed that ... More >>

Allen West: Dems Are "Afraid of Black Conservatives"

See also:Allen West Is a Troll, How Allen West Uses the Military and Ignores Its Biggest Problems, Allen West Not Paying Payroll Taxes on Campaign WorkersAllen West spoke with Fox News' Sean Hannity last night and got all mad at them race baiting Democrats who are using the "race card" and stereotyp ... More >>

Imagining a Florida Without Medicaid

See also: Rick Scott's stranger-than-fiction smackdown of Obamacare and his defense of that decison.In 2009, at least 2.45 million people in Florida were enrolled in Medicaid, according to data from government agencies. Another estimate pegs the number at more than 3 million. That's over a tenth of ... More >>

Florida's Anti-Cuban Trade Law Is an Insult to Capitalism

Odebrecht, the giant Brazilian company that has a $225 million contract to help build the new runway at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, is suing the state over a histrionic law that Rick Scott signed last month in Miami, banning state and local governments from doing major business ... More >>

Solantic Walk-In Urgent Care Getting New Name

Gov. Rick Scott's Solantic Walk-In Urgent Care is no longer Rick Scott's... or Solantic Walk-In Urgent Care.Scott founded the chain of health care clinics in 2001, and sold it in 2011 amid cries of conflicting interests. The company announced yesterday that it will be changing its name to CareS ... More >>

Allen West Uses Ben-Hur to Vaguely Defend Regressive Tax Plan

​If you were wondering, Congressman Allen West supports the flat tax. If you want to know why, though, it has, ah, something to do with Charlton Heston.West posted a video of himself speaking on the House floor last week under the title, "Why the Flat Tax Works." It's a curious title, because he d ... More >>

Allen West, Ted Deutsch Hosting Town Hall Events; Where's Debbie Wasserman Schultz? (UPDATE: She's here)

Update, 4:28 p.m.: Heard back from Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz's spokeswoman; the post, which originally said she didn't have any events scheduled, has been changed to reflect the new info.Broward and Palm Beach residents will get a chance to talk to their congressional representatives next week. ... More >>

Patrick Murphy: "I Am Proud to Stand With the 99%"

​Patrick Murphy, one of the Democratic hopefuls in the race for Rep. Allen West's congressional seat, has joined several of his party colleagues -- including DNC Chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and former Rep. Alan Grayson -- to come out in support of the Occupy movement.In an email t ... More >>

Patrick Murphy, the Hopeful Challenger to Rep. Allen West, Breaks $1 Million in Fundraising

Patrick Murphy​The campaign of Democrat Patrick Murphy -- who hopes to take on Rep. Allen West in the 2012 election -- announced today that candidate Murphy has raised $1.1 million in his bid for the congressional seat.Murphy, who raised more money in the first two quarters than any other congress ... More >>

Allen West Gets a "Defense Fund" From Joe Miller Over Reelection Worries

Harriet Tubman​Apparently there's great concern over Rep. Allen West's reelection bid, since Tea Party hero Joe Miller -- the guy who lost a Senate campaign in Alaska to a write-in candidate -- and his political action committee have started the "Allen West Defense Fund" to keep the congressman in ... More >>

How to Fake Your Own Death, Courtesy of Former Pot Runner John Darrell Boyd

Courtesy of John Darrell BoydBoyd in his heyday.​A promo shows a young bearded guy pulling up to the edge of the Everglades and shooting the windows of his station wagon -- from the inside."He wants the crime scene to convince investigators that he was killed in a hail of bullets," says the voice- ... More >>

Rick Scott Says Obama "Used My Slogan," Which Is False on Two Accounts

​Sometimes, Gov. Rick Scott will say something that's so untrue, it's actually false two different ways.Such was the case on Friday, when he gave his reaction to President Obama's jobs speech to Bay News 9."You know, one of the best things about the speech, he used my slogan 'Let's Get to Work' in ... More >>

Gov. Rick Scott Wants to Drug-Test Welfare Recipients, Including His Little Brother -- UPDATE: Scott still won't talk

Rick Scott: Family man?​When Gov. Rick Scott, a rising star of the Tea Party movement, signed into law a bill May 31 requiring that Florida's welfare recipients pass drug tests, he didn't mention how close to home the issue hits. Scott has a brother in Texas who gets welfare -- and might also hav ... More >>

Nicole Sandler Won't Be Prosecuted For Doing Allen West's Bidding

​Nicole Sandler won't admit it, but she and Allen West are simpatico.I know it sounds silly. She was once a host on the lefty radio network Air America, and she still hosts a pleasingly pink internet radio show called Radio Or Not, which you may listen to here.And yes, it's true: The cops dragged ... More >>

Is Rick Scott Obama's Best Chance For Reelection?

Those cool, amphibian eyes.​What a weird ride it's been for poor Rick Scott! He came into office with hardly any pretense, with his intentions as plainly visible as the veins in his scalp. But nobody noticed, and now everybody hates him.Which is bad news to the folks manning the bridge on the GOP ... More >>

Gov. Rick Scott's Budget Vetoes: The Finer Points

ufcw324.org​Gov. Rick Scott wants you to know he's the king of cutting budget fat -- with vetoes totaling a record $615 million out of the $69.1 billion budget.He did away with what he calls the "special interests" and the "short-sighted, frivolous, wasteful spending," to look like the budgeting c ... More >>

Allen West Interview: Florida Tea Party Favorite Talks About Islam and Donald Trump (Part 1)

Photo by Michael McElroy​The light is dim and smoky inside the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8182 in Pompano Beach. Red, white, and blue slogans brighten the low walls and ceilings, urging patrons to "Thank a Vet" and to remember "Freedom Is Not Free." At the far end of the small, bunker-sized roo ... More >>

West Palm Protesters Rail Against "Tyranny" of Rick Scott's Budget Cuts

Lisa Rab​"I've seen the mountain top!" shouted a woman blowing a whistle and marching in combat-style boots down Okeechobee Boulevard."We shall overcome Rick Scott's tyranny!" added a man who followed close behind, limping a little.In three short months in office, Gov. Scott has managed to anger p ... More >>

Rick Scott, Former CEO of Fraud Hospital Chain, Considers Privitizing FL Hospitals

Rick Scott, your governor.​When Rick Scott starts considering hospital privatization, it's worth revisiting his past. The Sun-Sentinel reported that Scott established a commission to investigate whether the state could trim a layer of budgetary fat by selling  government-run hospitals to priv ... More >>

Rick Scott's Plutocratic Plans For Public Hospitals

​Gov. Rick Scott fired a warning shot yesterday and ignited what seems like just one Floridian battle in the in the national war on public institutions. Whether it's congressmen feuding over federal funds for National Public Radio and Planned Parenthood, or state leaders stripping unions of collec ... More >>

Allen West's Week #2: Bring On The Government Shutdown?

Thursday, Allen West appeared on Glenn Beck for a chat with Judge Andrew Napolitano -- a true libertarian and genuinely good guy, who nowadays earns his keep as Fox's answer to Harvey Fierstein and/or Bee Arthur. The subject under discussion? The government shutdown which may occur should Congress b ... More >>

The Dirty Dozen: 2010's Most Despicable People

Little Guys Beat Wayne Huizenga

If you seen Wayne Huizenga this weekend, be nice to the guy. Our local mogul took a bad beating on Election Day. ​No he wasn't backing Alex Sink -- he put a lot of money into helping to elect Rick Scott to the governor's mansion, including $100,000 into Scott's PAC, Let's Get To Work (I ... More >>

FEMA Bombshell: School Board Can't Account For $15 million In Post-Wilma Spending

FEMA conducted an audit of Broward School Board spending of federal funds after hurricanes Katrina and Wilma and found the school board may have squandered millions of dollars, according to a report issued by the Department of Homeland Security this week.. "The School Board did not account for FEMA ... More >>

Rick Scott May Have Claim That the Liberal Media Is Out to Get Him

From Rick Scott's Facebook pageAt least Rick Scott didn't get a negative headline for this photo opp.​Lots of right-winged Republicans claim the liberal media treats them unfairly. For Rick Scott, the GOP candidate for governor, lately it seems to be true.Or at least, that's a conclusion easily dr ... More >>

LeMieux's First Bill: Health-Care Fraud Prevention (in Lieu of Health-Care Coverage?)

We can all agree with what Florida's new senator, George LeMieux, says above, that this health-care fraud thing should stop. And he makes it sound so easy!But if you watch the longer version of that speech above, you'll see that LeMieux's debut piece of legislation is part of a larger, grander Repu ... More >>

In Special Election, Being Wexleresque Figures to Be an Advantage

And that's bad for Ben Graber, the former Broward mayor and county commissioner who tried to make hay with Robert Wexler's cocaine joke on The Colbert Report and who has a nasty batch of ads that he ran during a bitter primary campaign in 2008. Ads like the one below. With Graber already in the race ... More >>

Letters for January 17-23, 2008

Response To Hospital District CEO's Goodbye

Going to Plan T

Obfuscation made things worse in North Broward hospitals, so the brass is trying the truth option

The Fantastic Four

In this primary season, these political superheroes really stand out.

Still Steaming

A pair of filmmakers dredges up all the rage and frustration of Election 2000

Undercurrents

Man, Woman, Man

On a Roll

Antigone