While most Floridians were enjoying free park entry for George Washington’s Birthday weekend, Gov. Ron DeSantis was in Monroe County pulling a cord off a brand-new bronze tribute to James Monroe — Founding Father, fifth U.S. president, architect of the Monroe Doctrine… and lifelong slaveholder. Welcome to America 250, Florida-style. The statue, placed near Bahia […]
But the math ain’t mathing on $94.5 million in bloated budget Leave it to Tallahassee to come to Miami and tell us we’re spending too much cafecito money. Florida Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia — the same Republican pit bull who used to run the state GOP and branded himself with the slogan “Government Gone […]
But voters feel chilling effect of cancel culture Well, here’s something you don’t see every day in Florida: a Democrat woman leading both Ron DeSantis and Donald Trump in a popularity contest — and not just in the 305 liberal bubble, either. According to the new Bendixen & Amandi poll of 600 voters between Sept. […]
¡Que sorpresa! Looks like Miami-Dade voters more divided than a Cuban sandwich debate between Little Havana and Tampa (Little Havana, hands down). A new Bendixen & Amandi International poll released this week shows just how divided, disillusioned, and downright dizzy our county’s electorate has become — with voters taking opposite sides on everything from fluoride […]
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is supposed to protect endangered species, manage and regulate wildlife resources and habitats for the long-term well-being of both the species and the public. It is not supposed to go after one of their own biologists for reposting a whale joke in the wake of conservative firebrand Charlie […]
Ladra hopes you weren’t planning a peaceful stroll through downtown Miami without a sidearm. Because Florida’s top cop — handpicked by Gov. Ron DeSantis himself — just told everyone to holster up and show it off. Because that’s what we need in the Sunshine State: more guns. Attorney General James Uthmeier, a DeSantis loyalist appointed […]
New mayor wannabe calls the guv ‘Uncle Ron’ Two days before the qualifying deadline and 46 days before the November election, someone named Kenneth James DeSantis has entered the Miami mayoral race. Well, maybe. He isn’t completely decided. DeSantis, who told Political Cortadito that he is, indeed, related to the Florida governor — “not closely,” […]
Just weeks into the new school year, Gov. Ron DeSantis and his right-hand anti-Woke doc, Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, are taking aim at something else that has kept Florida kids healthy for decades: vaccines. At a press conference Wednesday, Ladapo said the state is going to eliminate every last vaccine mandate, because forcing kids to […]
Shady lobbyist defends Florida’s ‘Stop WOKE’ Act So, former Miami Commissioner turned mega-lobbyist Marc Sarnoff has found himself a pulpit in the Wall Street Journal, of all places, wagging his finger at America’s universities for being too “woke” and praising Ron DeSantis and Jeanette Nuñez for saving Florida’s ivory towers from the Marxist-Islamist menace. Eyeroll. […]
The Republican Party of Florida just got a lesson in trademark law — and maybe in taste, too. Over the weekend, the RPOF quietly yanked a line of deportation-themed merch from its website after someone apparently realized that ripping off The Home Depot’s iconic orange logo might not be the best idea. The shirts, hats, […]