Political amnesia: The day Edmundo González became optional Well, that didn’t take long. South Florida’s elected leaders have perfected the political pirouette — and Venezuela just watched them spin 180 degrees without missing a beat. After months — months — of pounding their chests, waving flags, and solemnly declaring Edmundo González Urrutia the rightful president of […]
Is Congressman Carlos Gimenez really thinking of jumping ship in D.C. because he didn’t get a fancy committee chair? That’s what the queen of conspiracy, Laura Loomer, says. And while Loomer has made a career out of conspiracy theories, stunts, and playing the victim every time someone dares to call out her nonsense, for once, […]
And could his daughter-in-law run to succeed him? The rumors are rampant. Will Congressman Carlos Gimenez run for city of Miami mayor? While he is enjoying el protagonismo of the national limelight, with regular spots on cable news networks to bash Joe Biden and China or to gush over Elon Musk, Gimenez hasn’t been tapped […]
… And Secretary of State Marco Rubio A new non-profit that produced videos earlier this month critical of Congress Members Carlos Gimenez and Mario Diaz-Balart — calling them cowards for their silence and complicity in the detention and deportation of thousands of immigrants from our community — has ramped up its campaign with billboards in many […]
It’s not scientific, or anything. But the results of a paper ballot survey of the Kendall and West Kendall residents who went to a town hall meeting Tuesday hosted by the Kendall Federation of Homeowners Associations was interesting nonetheless. Not everybody answered every question, but the questions did get between 127 and 138 answers, that […]
“¡Cobarde! ¡Mudo!” Coward! Voiceless! These are the names the narrator calls Congressman Carlos Gimenez in a video released Thursday that shames the former Miami-Dade mayor for his silence and complicity on Donald Trump’s immigration policies, including the rollback of protected status for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans, many of whom live in his community. “Where […]
Miami-Dade Dems launch billboard campaign The smug mugs of the four Miami-Dade Cuban American Republicans in Washington, D.C., who have sat silently by as the Donald Trump administration rolls back protections afforded to refugees from Cuba, Haiti, Venezuela and Nicaragua, are now featured on a billboard seen from the busy Palmetto Expressway with the word […]
And also Daniella Levine Cava vs Carlos Gimenez In what’s going to be a historic race for Miami-Dade Sheriff, a position that was eliminated in 1957, voters will get to choose between a political appointee who has spent most of his life in the Broward County jails and a veteran Miami-Dade Police assistant director who […]
There are 17, count ’em, 17 candidates for the Miami-Dade County Sheriff’s election — so far. But only one of them scored what is likely the mother of all endorsements. Congressman Carlos Gimenez — the former county mayor who served as the de facto sheriff in that role — has come out for Miami-Dade Police […]
Parade of who’s who in the Florida GOP poured praise on ex POTUS What a difference six years makes. In 2016, when both Sen. Marco Rubio and a businessman named Donald Trump were competing for the Republican nomination for president, they called each other names and hurled insults at one another. “Little Marco,” as Trump […]