Last Saturday around 10 p.m., young activists, Buddhists, and fire-spinners gathered to talk and sing in the backyard of a house in Fort Lauderdale that rents for $650 a month, is missing a few windows, and is a sore subject for Fort Lauderdale law enforcement.The event was an all-afternoon benefit…
Americans for Prosperity — the right-wing funding machine created by the billionaire Koch brothers — started a statewide tour yesterday to hold rallies blaming President Obama for high gas prices.The tour’s first stop yesterday in Jacksonville drew a whopping 15 people — maybe 15 people, according to the Florida Times-Union.It…
Gov. Rick Scott’s numbers are going up — at least in the race to elect the “Worst Governor Ever.”Scott was in fourth place around 11 p.m. Monday but is currently in first place as of around 8 a.m. today.The Florida governor is among nine governors nationwide who are up for…
When one arm of the government fails to speak to another, bizarre things occur. For example, a reporter might write a lengthy critique of Florida’s governor and his legislative accomplishments, including a cover illustration of him as the evil emperor from Star Wars. For weeks before the story is published,…
Florida’s Senate Democratic Leader Nan Rich isn’t too happy today about the state’s Republican leadership’s rejection of $50 million in federal funds to protect people like at-risk kids and senior citizens, then turning around and accepting $2.6 million of federal coin to promote the state’s abstinence-only program.The Weston Democrat says…
Help wanted: Anger management therapist for Rep. Allen West.It’s not a real job posting from the congressman, but the Jobs Now political action committee suggests it’s closer to job creation than the agenda that was promised — but has been ignored — by members of Congress.The PAC was started by…
Patrick Murphy, who is vying for the spot to challenge Rep. Allen West for his seat in 2012, is keeping up with the game in Washington, D.C.This week, he says he’s “disturbed” by the country’s lowered credit rating, calling it “unacceptable,” and he’s also unveiled a new coffee mug for…
Here’s a new election where people may actually want to vote for Gov. Rick Scott again — the race for the “Worst Governor Ever.”As part of an online campaign by the Transport Workers Union of America, Scott joins Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett, New Jersey Gov. Chris…
House Speaker John Boehner and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi announced today that they’re eliminating the House page program, which brought in high school kids to do administrative work for the House.Pages were once “stretched to the limit” in their work delivering packages and documents between offices at Capitol Hill…
This summer’s sweltering conference season is upon us, and Gov. Rick Scott has been making the rounds. First there was the secret Koch brothers soiree in Colorado, then the video chat with the devoted crowds at Gov. Rick Perry’s prayer rally in Texas.This Friday, Scott is scheduled to speak at…
Gov. Rick Scott stayed at home during Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s prayer rally on Friday, but he did make a video appearance before the 30,000-person crowd at Houston’s Reliant Stadium.Scott says in his video that since being inaugurated, his prayer has been the same as King Solomon’s — you know,…
Fresh off a late evening with the Hollywood Food Not Bombs group (sharings on Thursday in front of Young Circle Publix, around 7 p.m.), the Pulp woke up early Friday to get another side of the food-sharing story, this one from Robin Martin, head of HOPE South Florida.HOPE is a…
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.”Gov. Scott still has a…
Earlier in the week, the state Department of Management Services announced that it was consolidating the number of HMOs offered to state employees to one per county.In a move the DMS says was “following the governor’s direction,” the department predicts the change will save taxpayers $400 million in two years.The…
Broward Sheriff Al Lamberti got a “soft” start to his current term: He was already sitting in for former Sheriff Ken Jenne, ousted early on fraud charges, and ran unopposed in the Republican primary. What’s more, nobody paid attention to Lamberti on Election Night — a certain African-American community organizer…
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 with McCain, who said he agreed with a…
The local chapter of Food Not Bombs, an international organization that promotes food as a human right and distributes free meals, has a lot on its plate these days. Its members claim they were harassed by Fort Lauderdale police in February, and the organization’s Orlando chapter saw some members arrested…
Gov. Rick Scott’s office announced yesterday that he’s ripping off former Gov. and Sen. Bob Graham’s idea of working with Florida’s commoners in their workplace.In what Scott is calling “Let’s Get to Work” days, he started his first job today at a doughnut joint in Tampa, selling rings of fried…
An internal internet poll from the South Florida Tea Party currently shows that 33 percent of its members support running a new candidate against Rep. Allen West in next year’s election due to his vote on the debt deal.Of course, we should mention this is a highly unscientific polling method,…
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, the Arizona congresswoman shot in the head during a Tucson shooting rampage in January, made her return to the House floor yesterday to cast her vote on the debt deal.Giffords’ spokeswoman told reporters that it’s unknown what her political future is — her reelection bid is still…
After yesterday’s story that 2012 congressional candidate Patrick Murphy was the only recipient of campaign contributions from former Gov. Charlie Crist for this election cycle, we’ve discovered that Murphy also donated to Crist’s failed U.S. Senate bid.According to Federal Election Commission records, Murphy gave what was then the maximum amount…
Today brings us to our last day in the Pulp’s delivery of fresh demotivational posters featuring everyone’s favorite our nation’s politicians, just to put a damper on the day for you.Our fifth and final subject of New Times collectable art is U.S. Rep. and presidential candidate Michele Bachmann and how…
