“No War with Syria” Rally in Boca

War is hell, everyone knows — even if you’re supposedly fighting it with unmanned drones, surgical strikes, and big-ass warships. If you’re one of the many getting that icky feeling in your stomach about possible impending military action in Syria, you might want to grab some posterboard and a Sharpie…

Mad at Rick Scott? March to His House in Naples Saturday

C’mon — you’ve got to be mad at Rick Scott about something! Leaving Stand Your Ground intact? Decimating the Department of Environmental Protection? Not showing up at his own education summit? Making baldness sexy? What started out a protest against oil drilling has morphed into a catch-all event. People from…

Tamarac Commissioner Patte Atkins-Grad Recalled by Petition

Back in December, a jury found Tamarac Commissioner “Positively Patte” Atkins-Grad not guilty on bribery, official misconduct, receiving unlawful compensation, and conspiring to commit unlawful compensation charges after she threw herself one helluva of an election victory party. But that didn’t stop a recall committee’s door-to-door campaign of gathering signatures…

Stand Your Ground Law Repeal Bill Filed by Florida Legislator

Alan Williams, a Florida legislator and a supporter of the Dream Defenders — the protesters who staged a sit-in in Gov. Rick Scott’s Tallahassee office over the controversial Stand Your Ground law — has filed legislation to repeal the law. Williams, a Tallahassee Democrat and outspoken critic of Stand Your…

“Pink Slip Rubio” Campaign Underway

Once upon a time, Marco “Golden Boy” Rubio was seen as the great Hispanic hope for the Republican Party — he fell perfectly in line with all the GOP’s wonderful ideas, like denying climate change and talking about how bad illegal immigrants were. But this January, he proposed a path…

Rick Scott’s Teacher Debit Card Idea Is a Bust

Rick Scott’s idea to give debit cards to teachers so that they can buy themselves school supplies without dipping into their own pockets has shockingly gone bust. Mainly because, while the idea is a noble and good one, its execution was dumb. Also, because the cards won’t be ready until…

FAU Students: We Were Punished for Nonviolent Protest

On April 19, an Israeli military officer, Col. Bentzi Gruber, came to Florida Atlantic University to give a presentation called “Ethics in the Field,” explaining how the Israeli Defense Forces thwart attacks and defending the Israeli military against accusations of human rights violations. Five students, members of the FAU chapter…

Five Governors Who Are Worse Than Rick Scott

This month, the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) released a hefty report on the worse governors in America. And yup, no news flash here, Rick Scott made the short list for the barrel’s bottom. CREW picked six governors as the worst of the worst, a distinction Scott…

Rick Scott Has Decided to Resume His Dumb Voter Purge

It looks like Gov. Rick Scott has decided to get back on that voter purge of “noncitizens” horse again, thanks to the Supreme Court’s ruling gutting Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. Scott went on his mostly ineffective, mostly arbitrary voter purge last year after state officials sent local…

Florida Education Commissioner to Resign UPDATED

UPDATE: Bennett has officially resigned. See his press conference statement below Tony Bennett, Florida’s Education Commissioner, will resign after allegations of his changing a charter school’s grade in Indiana to benefit a big money bags Republican donor cropped up earlier this week. The news of his resignation comes a day…