Leader of La Corporación, Miami's Infamous Cuban Mafia, Released From Federal Prison

For decades, José Miguel Battle Sr. ran La Corporación, a ruthless organized-crime syndicate also known as the Cuban Mafia. It made more than a billion dollars on gambling rings and used arson, beatings, and assassins to deal with its enemies. His son, José Miguel Battle Jr., rose through the ranks to help run the criminal enterprise as the family became one of the richest in Miami. here

Miami Cuban Mafia

Challenge coins depicting Miami City Commissioners Manolo Reyes, Joe Carollo, and Alex Diaz de la Portilla as Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, and Joe Pesci in a spoof of the Goodfellas movie poster and with the City of Miami seal and a skeletal hand gesturing "OK," which some groups have used to signal "white power." Here

Miami's Spanish Radio Propaganda

Experts Call Disinformation on Miami's Spanish Radio a "Psychological Cancer" more

Florida Trump Supporters

Publix

Miami Dolphins

Equinox

SoulCycle

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Florida Faceless ICE Contractors

Five Florida Companies Make Millions Thanks to ICE Contracts HERE

The Face Of Hate: Janet Klomburg of Weston

An avid Trump supporter. She filmed and allegedly harassed residents who sought help with citizenship applications at Lauderhill Mall.

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 She claimed the Florida Immigrant Coalition's citizenship clinic was an illegal effort by Democrats to turn the state blue. HERE

Florida GOP Joe Gruters Anarchy Cities

White nationalist anti-immigrant group works with Florida GOP to defeat the state's nonexistent 'sanctuary cities'.

A bill sponsored by Sen. Joe Gruters, of Sarasota, would give the attorney general authority to take action against local governments. HERE

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Rick Scott is a bewitched, evil hermit crab who lost his shell

and accidentally became 
Florida's governor

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Today is the perfect time to revisit the many, many ways Governor Scott has totally screwed over Floridians. here

Miami-Dade County: Land Of Banana Republicans

Munilla Construction Management beat out three other competitors to win a $14.2 million bid to build a high-tech pedestrian bridge at Florida International University that collapsed.  Munilla  has spent years shelling out hundreds of thousands of dollars to local politicians, including U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart and Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez. 

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In the last election cycle, Munilla executives and entities dropped $25,000 into local campaign coffers.

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The firm was the only company the Miami Herald found that had given generously to all six county commissioners running for reelection.

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In 2008, Miami New Times noted the firm dropped $34,000 to help reelect then-Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez and virtually the entire commission. 

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Fidel Castro's Nephew

Mario Diaz-Balart got at least $63,400.
Our apologies to Fredo' Corleone 

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He is chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development, who was instrumental in building support for the bridge's creation.

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Last weekend, FIU praised the congressman, along with Rep. DINO Debbie Wasserman Schultz, for making the project a reality.

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GOP Steals $12.5 Million From Miami/Dade Taxpayers

Holding federal immigration detainees in local jails has been ruled unconstitutional.

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Yet according to a report by multiple local civil rights groups Miami-Dade's infamous anti-sanctuary policies have cost taxpayers $12.5 million in 2017 and are on pace to cost the county $13.6 million annually. here

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Pic Miami-Dade County Mayor republican Carlos Gimenez

Everglades Is Most Critically Endangered Site in US

Ever since white people moved to Florida, the Everglades has been under almost relentless assault. After being drained and developed, polluted with fertilizers, and overrun by invasive species, it's no secret that today the vast wetland is on life support. more

Miami-Dade County State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle

According to data the State Attorney's Office provided to Miami New Times, there are 59 open cases into police-involved shootings at Rundle's office. Compare that to Jacksonville's State Attorney's Office, which had just five open police-involved shooting investigations as of April, according to data from the Florida Times Union. here

Florida GOP Bullshit 2017

1. A bill ratcheting up the drug war.

2. A half-billion cut to Medicaid, including a $157 million slash to South Florida hospitals.

3. A ridiculous bill allowing parents of children in public schools to object to the science taught in their kids' science books.

4. A bill to exempt 2.7 million criminal records from public view.

5. Making the Stand Your Ground law even stronger. 

6. A medical marijuana bill that banned all forms of marijuana ingestion and then was amended to still ban smokable pot.

7. Allowing citizens to take guns into airports.

8. A blatantly unconstitutional bill increasing the penalties for crimes committed by undocumented people.

9. Forcing local residents to pay for electricity companies' random fracking projects across the country.

10. A bill forcing Medicaid recipients to work for their health care.

11. A 20-week abortion ban.

12. Asking the federal government to abolish the U.S. Supreme Court and federal judicial system.

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Openly Racist In Charge Of Rewriting Florida's Constitution

Carlos Beruff ran against Marco Rubio and lost. He has virtually no political qualifications. He's rich, openly racist, and good friends with Rick Scott. loves Trump, called Obama an animal.  and reveled in being dubbed the "Cuban-American Donald Trump." here

The Florida Murder Of Darren Rainey

No Florida correctional officers are responsible for the scalding hot shower death of mentally ill inmate Darren Rainey. That’s according to Miami Dade’s State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle who has decided to close the investigation without filing any criminal charges. here

Florida Ranked Third Worst

In Medical Insurance

A new comprehensive study of rates of insurance coverage in the Age of Obamacare finds Florida at the bottom of the list in terms of protected people. here 

NextGen Climate to Sink GOP Climate-Change Deniers in Florida

 A billionaire environmentalist is pledging to spend whatever it takes to defeat climate-change deniers in Florida and four other presidential swing states.

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John Romano On Anti-Amendment 2 Hysteria

Medical marijuana opponents exaggerate. They fabricate. They find legitimate concerns and extrapolate them until they achieve maximum shock and 

minimum reality.

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United for Care Responds to Florida Police Chiefs Association Lies

The latest press release from the Florida Police Chiefs Association urging caution on medical marijuana legalization appears to be a test case in shoddy, unattributed research, incomplete data, outdated information and the expected misleading and disingenuous conclusions. The truth is that studies suggest medical marijuana laws have not led to higher crime rates, increased traffic fatalities or greater teenage consumption in those states that have adopted them. here