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The mugshot
Breaking and developing:
#Miami
commissioner
@alexDLPmiami
will be charged with political corruption charges today based on a May 2022 vote.
#PoliticalCortadito
is the only one with details. More to come.
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My hero. Let me know when they give you an illegal “trespass warning”
@tomaskenn
I know a good lawyer or two
#resigndesantis
#EpicFail
on
#COVID19
I just interrupted a press conference in Miami-Dade to let governor
@RonDeSantisFL
and
@MayorGimenez
know they are an embarrassment to FL and that their incompetence and lack of planning has resulted in the current public health crisis.
4,381 people have died so far in FL
7K
22K
72K
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This sign has been perfectly placed in just the right spot -- off the Palmetto, just north of
#Hialeah
#TrumpPutin
#Dictator
#TrumpIsATraitor
#Cubano
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That was probably the best
#HalftimeShow
of my life. It’s the only reason I watch. That and commercials. My brother seeing
#jlo
and
#Shakira
together: “That is the center of the universe right now.”
#SuperBowl
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Good morning America! I am currently making plans to be in D.C. on Jan 20.
#BidenHarris2020ToSaveAmerica
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Love it when
@ananavarro
on
@CNN
said “If you’re okay with boycotting Starbuck’s because their cups aren’t Christmas-y enough, let us boycott our frijoles.”
#GOYABOYCOTT
#Goya
#Goyaway
“It’s called freedom!” Lo callaste chica! Left him
#speechless
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I’ve never cried during an inauguration before. Today, I can’t stop crying.
#TearsOfJoy
#BidenHarris
#BidenHarrisInauguration
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It's official.
#Miami
Police Chief
@ArtAcevedo
is fired. Lawsuit coming. His lawyer said this outcome was predetermined. Ya think? Didn't the mayor have a press conference the other day to say the relationships soured? Didn't HR director say his "final check" today?
#Acevedo
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The new executive editor of The Miami Herald gets it.
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Breaking and developing:
#Miami
commissioner
@alexDLPmiami
will be charged with political corruption charges today based on a May 2022 vote.
#PoliticalCortadito
is the only one with details. More to come.
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He didn't know his bro was posting
#racist
shit on FB. Or that his campaign $$ chair had alleged ties to Nicolas Maduro money. Or that his office aide stuffed absentee ballots into the trunk of her car.
@CommBovo
is either a boob or a liar
#MiamiDade
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BREAKING: There was a lawsuit filed against
#Miami
and city atty
@VickyMendezEsq
for a conspiracy in which she helped her husband buy and sell homes using code enforcement. More details later on
#PoliticalCortadito
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Did anybody eat at Hillstone's on Miracle Mile Friday night? Looking for someone who may have spotted
#CoralGables
mayor
@Vince_Lago
have a hissy fit and get thrown out. DM me please. Gracias.
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More trouble in
#CoralGables
as police follow, detain, search the people collecting signatures to recall mayor
@Vince_Lago
. Remember, this is the same city where the police chief was CALLING VOTERS AT HOME last year, telling them how to vote.
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Now it's a race:
@NikkiFried
announced she is running for
#Florida
#Democratic
Party chair... and so is
@Annette_Taddeo
... we go from having zero leadership to too much everything all at once. Please work together. You two could be a real force for change.
#PoliticalCortadito
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The representative of a tenants' association in Brickell asked the
#MiamiDade
commission how come
#housing
director Michael Liu still has a job after 10 years when this the worst housing market in the U.S. "How incompetent does he have to be for you to fire him?"
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Boom! Centner Academy owner David Centner says at
#Miami
Commission meeting "we're pulling out" re sports dome they want to build on a public park. "Too much harassment," he said. "Most people here won't even look me in the eye." Maybe because you bribed your way into this?
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So, after
@alexDLPmiami
was arrested for bribery and money laundering, they found some other shady shit he was doing at the Omni CRA. Happy Sunday
#miami
#Corruption
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@FernandoAmandi
I'm sorry, sir. I respect you, but it is not offensive to me or my family, which suffered under the Castro regime. What many of us find offensive is how the exile community still backs and, indeed, embraces Trump despite his tyrannical ambitions. Maybe they need reminding.
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On 8-4 vote, the
#MiamiDade
commission ignored recommendations f/ staff & every state, federal agency to allow development on land outside UDB, increasing value f/ $21 million to more than $86 million or so. Someone made a lot today. How much did
@CommishDiaz
get?
#HoldTheLine
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Republican Congresswoman
@MaElviraSalazar
has refused to debate
@Annette_Taddeo
repeatedly. Including today on
@WPLGLocal10
#TWISF
Why can’t she defend her record?
#PoliticalCortadito
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Investigation please!
@GlennaWPLG
has done a great story that basically proves Alex Rodriguez in the
#SD37
race was a plantidate to take votes from
@JoseJavierJJR
#shame
on
@MiamiGOP
They can only win by tricks
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Everybody let's meet at
@BallAndChainBar
tonight to toast to the jury verdict against
@JoeCarolloNow
It's about time.
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To be expected, but never to be forgiven. Anti-American.
@CarlosGimenezFL
needs to go in two years. Let’s start now.
.
@RepCarlos
votes YES to decertify Arizona's electoral votes. He hadn't said what he would do ahead of the vote.
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BREAKING: Several sources have confirmed that
#MiamiDade
commissioner
@JoeMartinez4026
will be turning himself in to authorities on Tuesday for some pay-to-play situation in 2016 or 2017. So, after a 5-yr investigation. Only on
#PoliticalCortadito
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One thing you can say about
@Annette_Taddeo
is that she is
#RELENTLESS
At least she kept her campaign honest. What's next for her?
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It was reported months ago on
#PoliticalCortadito
that voters were disappointed in
@SabinaCovo
On Tuesday, their feeling were heard loud and clear when
@Damianpardo8
beat her to become
#Miami
's first gay commissioner
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EXCLUSIVE
#PoliticalCortadito
has the only interview with Renier Diaz de la Portilla, who cooperated in the case vs his big brother ADLP
#TheRealFredo
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Commissioners need to clean house in
#Miami
. It's not just the city attorney who has to go. Manager Art Noriega should never have gotten this job. Remember, it was Alex Diaz de la Portilla who pushed it. Great story by
@TooMuchMe
and
@JoshCeb
Pay attention
@Damianpardo8
and
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City attorney
@VickyMendezEsq
was basically fired Thursday -- effective in five months while the city creates a selection committee and searches for a replacement. More later on
#PoliticalCortadito
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A new candidate in the
#Florida
House 115 race (Kendall) was a voter in Pinellas County until just over a month ago, when he registered at the home of State Sen.
@AlexisMCalatayu
, his former boss Only on
#PoliticalCortadito
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Lost his seat on the Miami Commission. Lost an election to get it back. Lost his house to foreclosure. Lost his wife to divorce. Former
#Miami
Commissioner
@alexDLPmiami
lost the family farm last week. Next: His freedom? Only on
#PoliticalCortadito
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My brother now lives in Naples. He visits but after 3 days says he can't take the "Miami attitude" anymore. You don't really realize it until you go somewhere else for a bit. Beautiful but toxic. Add political graft to the reasons
@lrobertsonmiami
.
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@RaquelRegalado
You didn't vote with your colleagues. This is in your district. They voted WITH YOU. They looked to you for direction. And your main concern in the meeting was for the developer to have a chance to rebut the public speakers, your constituents.
#Calusa
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So Tallahassee is looking like Havana:
#RonDeSantis
has usurped checks and balances w/ his racist map and retaliated against a business for their political speech. Now the wifi has been cut & journalists are being booted from the gallery.
#tyrannyathome
#DeSantisDestroysFlorida
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Once again
@JoeCarolloNow
loses in court. We are anxious to get the unredacted depos in the $28 mil federal case against the city for trying to shut businesses down. This is a developing story... still reporting
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The city of
#Miami
commission meeting is over, but if you're in the parking lot, look for a fistfight between Crazy Pollo Carollo and
@Gabela4Miami
, who yelled "YOU'RE A LIAR!" to Joe 8 or 9 times in commission chambers. Gawd, I hope it's like this all the time now.
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Not a good day for
#Miami
commissioner Crazy Joe Pollo Carollo. Feds move to take away his house. Downtown residents want to take away his
@BayfrontParkMIA
Trust. He should be removed from office.
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Every time I drive I-95 through Virginia, this freaks me out. It’s always there. Every time. Flying high like it’s okay. Wtf?
#BlackLivesMatter
#VirginiaIsForHaters
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Only in
#Miami
would the police endorse a candidate who was just arrested for money laundering, bribery and more. Maybe the FOP prez is too close. The other photo is f/ the 2019 campaign, when Felix del Rosario -- before FOP prez -- wanted to be ADLP's Sgt. At Arms.
@BecauseMiami
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Translation: "Unofficially it was known today that the FBI is evaluating several scenarios for the capture of Mayor Francis Suárez, apparently the only thing missing is to coordinate and define the scenarios with the Prosecutor's Office"
#Miami
#PonziPostalita
#WinterIsComing
Extraoficialmente se conoció hoy que el FBI evalúa varios escenarios para la captura del alcalde Francis Suárez, al parecer solo faltaría coordinar y definir los escenarios con la Fiscalía
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Some
#Miami
officials & police officers are on the verge of a nervous breakdown over a car accident last week where a police officer was driving a city commissioner
@alexDLPmiami
. Only
#PoliticalCortadito
has the details and confirmation it happened
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Good morning
#Miami
, where voters wisened up and tossed two incumbents from office, including longtime crook
@alexDLPmiami
who was outcampaigned by Miguel Gabela, who needs to be on here already. It's a good day.
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BREAKING: Miami Police & GSA are at City Hall right now, getting into the old Ken Russell office taken over by ADLP so they can give it to Sabina Covo. ADLP had already put his name on the door. He was occupying both offices until they built him a new bathroom.
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Tell me you're desperate to stay relevant without telling me you're desperate to stay relevant.
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This happened today: A
#Miami
fire rescue unit was unable to get to a home in Silver Bluff due to the rogue street closures that could cost someone her or his life. This is another fraud by
@JoeCarolloNow
#MiamiStreetWars
More to come in
#PoliticalCortadito
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Breaking:
#Hialeah
Councilwoman Angelica Pacheco turns herself in to the FBI. h/t
@MiamiHerald
@jayhweaver
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Here's an idea: Why don't we let
@JoeCarolloNow
put his money where his rather large mouth is and pay for his appeal with his PAC funds. The city
#Miami
(read: taxpayers) should not be on the hook again!
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In
#CoralGables
@BillyCorben
says he'll take a pay-to-play lie detector test if
@Vince_Lago
will also, live on the
@BecauseMiami
podcast. Lying Lago, who's violated county ethics rules by lying so much, responds by threatening to sue. "I will be formally bringing you in."
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From
#MiamiDade
District Commissioner
@D_C_Higgins
on how unprecedented the opposition is from every agency, organization, resident, but commission is influenced by 10 lobbyists and developers: "It does look like it's cooked. It so cooked, it's burned."
#HoldTheLine
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It’s officially really bad out there. My dad’s weekly domino night is cancelled because half the players have
#COVID
COVID is causing some trash cans to remain uncollected across Miami-Dade, but
@miamidadeswm
thinks the issue will be taken care of by Wed. If anyone has any garbage cans left out in the driveway today, would be great to hear from you. dhanks
@miamiherald
.com
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Crazy
@JoeCarolloNow
lost his motion to change venues and bring his $2.5 mil federal lawsuit back to
#Miami
from Ft. Laud. Trial is set to begin April 10. He is freaking out because he can't fool a Broward jury! Only on
#PoliticalCortadito
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Court throws out
#Miami
's divisive redistricting maps.
So
@JoeCarolloNow
can't moe back into his Grove house. So the movers spotted at his rental in Little Havana will have to unload everything again.
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27
65
We're still waiting for
@Artnoriega5
to provide that full accounting he promised more than a month ago of all the purchases the city has made from his wife's furniture company. Thanks to
@JoshCeb
@TooMuchMe
for the exposé
#Miami
#Corruption
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Second
#MiamiDade
budget hearing begins. Commissioners want to give themselves like a 50% or 60% raise and also a $25,000 annual bonus for LIFE! This should NOT happen. Watch here.
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This woman had
#COVID
, thought she would die for 3 weeks. Today, she went to
#MiamiDade
to speak vs development in Biscayne Gardens. “I don’t want to come down here. But I had to come to protect my neighborhood.”
@MiamiDadeBCC
needs to allow remote public comments again
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For the 1st time ever,
@MiamiDadeDems
are paying for political TV ads in the
#MiamiDade
mayoral race, for
@votedaniella
@DLCAVA
of course. Shout out to
@stevesimeonidis
and
@Annette_Taddeo
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I can not believe what I’m hearing on radio about people sequestered in locked offices at the Capitol, like hiding, from a mob that has broken in and disrupted the Democratic process. Where are all the
#LawAndOrder
Karens now? Wt actual f?
#DCProtests
#coupdetat
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The lobbyist/attorney arrested with
@alexDLPmiami
today also has business ties with
#CoralGables
mayor
@Vince_Lago
Only on
#PoliticalCortadito
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In court this afternoon,
@alexDLPmiami
is a no show for his foreclosure on his
#Miami
home. His attorney says he had a medical emergency. Ladra texted him to see how he was feeling. "Never better," he texted back. Wait until he loses this hearing.
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Thursday was not a good day for
#Miami
Commissioner
@JoeCarolloNow
He was on the losing side of everything, didn't even get a second to defer his precious outdoor gym, which will be torn out. Maybe he'll move to Australia!
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It may have taken a while to get there, but after changing his mind twice,
#Miami
commissioner
@miguelgabela
voted with
@Damianpardo8
and Manolo Reyes to repeal the ordinance that allows the huge LED billboards
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She was all about fighting corruption, right? Memo f/ the guv says former
#Miami
D2 commissioner
@SabinaCovo
is under investigation for "renumeration by candidate for services, support, etc., and bribery." She learned f/
#LocoPolloCarollo
& ADLP More soon on
#PoliticalCortadito
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My attorney
@davidjwinker
sent a response to the threat letter I got f/
@alexDLPmiami
's lawyer today. "My client declines to do so," are his words, not mine. Mine were, um, more colorful. Shorter.
#Miami
#allapattahnightlife
More to come in
#PoliticalCortadito
#WheresJennyNillo
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Both
@SenRickScott
and
@DebbieforFL
Mucarsel-Powell o won their primaries Tuesday, as expected. But nothing's changed:
#DMP
has been campaigning against Scott since she launched last year.
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Is anybody else sick of the photo opportunists and political grandstanding our local electeds have turned
#SOSCuba
into?
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Congratulations to Commissioner Elect Damian Pardo! And to those who stood by him.
#NotYouEddy
#Miami
The path for a better miami starts now!
@lrobertsonmiami
@joeflech
@JoshCeb
@WIOD
@wendiil
@newschica
@BillyCorben
@BecauseMiami
@grantstern
@tessriski
@naomifeinstein
@maxmartinez
@WLRN
@Damianpardo8
@axios
@Chris_Gothner
@martindvassolo
@peterehrlich1
@Blaskey_S
@AnaCuervoT51
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The very disappointing vote last week on the
#Calusa
golf course development seems to fly in the face of all reason. This was the perfect opportunity for the
#MiamiDade
Commission to side with residents. They didn't.
@RaquelRegalado
let her voters down
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Here's
#Miami
's new police chief
@MoralesMiamiPD
, after being sworn in Thursday, embracing
@alexDLPmiami
, who has been accused of misconduct and abuse of power by the former chief and who still has two ghost employees in his office. Are we back to business as usual?
#Acevedo
Miami is moving forward. Manny Morales
@MoralesMiamiPD
has been sworn in as the new Interim Chief of
@MiamiPD
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I'm sorry to pass on the announcement that former
#CoralGables
Commissioner Jeannett Slesnick (two Ns, two Ts, no E) lost her battle with cancer. My condolences to her husband, former Mayor Don Slesnick, and her family and friends. Her loss will be felt.
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ICYMI: Renier Diaz de la Portilla really leaned into his "Fredo" nickname when he got immunity to testify against his big brother
@alexDLPmiami
arrested last week on public corruption charges. Full coverage on
#PoliticalCortadito
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A process server just tried to present
#Miami
City commissioner
#PolloCarollo
during public comments. Chairwoman Christine King shut him down. Ladra wants a copy of whatever he was handing the city clerk.
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Someone sent me this pic of a survey they got from the
#Republican
#GOP
, showing they have truly lost it
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BREAKING:
#CoralGables
commissioner Kirk Menendez moved to censure
@Vince_Lago
for "disparaging and personal comments attacking his colleagues" in the media. It was voted up 3-2.
#LyingLago
has lost his veneer.
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22
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She is coming apart. But I feel slighted. First
@Vince_Lago
sued
@RobertoRTejera
and now Tricky Vicky threatens to sue the Herald. I feel like
#choppedliver
#envy
#BREAKING
: Miami Mafia city attorney “Tricky”
@VickyMendezEsq
melts down in email thread, baselessly threatens to sue Miami Herald for reporting facts, demands they reveal source for information when, very clearly, MENDEZ IS THE SOURCE in her very first email!
#BecauseMiami
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So, now the vague $2.5 billion bond being floated by
@MayorDaniella
Levine Cava COULD BE used to help fund Metrorail expansion??? Haven't we heard this song before
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The king of smear,
@JoeCarolloNow
has been reading his google search of
@ArtAcevedo
into the record now for a while. Ladra is submitting a public records request on the document he is reading from.
#Miami
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“No, no, no, no, nananina …
@RonDeSantisFL
and
@marcorubio
are not going to get all the free press out of this opportunistic political stunt,” says
@FrancisSuarez
It’s sad that
#soscuba
is providing plenty of political grandstanding opportunities
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15
51
"The conditions for a communist or socialist revolution don’t exist in this country. This is a capitalist country and has done it well," says Santiago Morales, Bay of Pigs vet, 18-year political prisoner &
#Biden
supporter
@cubanosconbiden
#LatinosconBiden
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It's about time.
#BREAKING
: Miami Mayor Francis Suarez officially under state ethics investigation for VIP World Cup, F1 tickets
#BecauseMiami
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Why are voters in
#MiamiDade
hanging on to their ballots? Almost half a million still in our hands. Turn yours in today and let’s make
#ReturnYourBallotDay
a thing
#VoteByMail
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Yes, but why not mention the fact that the investigation was first uncovered by Political Cortadito? I'm glad someone else is paying attention now.
#Miami
An investigation into an alleged no-show employee with a powerful friend. A mysterious traffic stop. A brewing fight between former allies on the commission.
Things are heating in Miami City Hall.
✍ w/
@NickNehamas
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He must be feeling better today:
@realDonaldTrump
has tweeted 10 times in the past two hours. Still spewing crazy shit, tho
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Voters in
#Miami
should vote NO on ballot question 3 on outdoor gym equipment in Maurice Ferre Park. This is Crazy
@JoeCarolloNow
's way of imposing his will over the residents, the PZAB and the commission. Can't let Joe bully downtown residents any more
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@KellyannePolls
Watch him. I hear he can get handsy.
@realDonaldTrump
@MELANIATRUMP
#TrumpTapes
#trumpvideo
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Fight! Fight! Political war starts between corrupt, under investigation Mayor
@FrancisSuarez
and newly elected corruption-busting commissioner
@Damianpardo8
after
@MiamiHerald
exposé of the Suarez grift and Pardo demands his resignation.
16
12
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There are many of us to welcome him to
#CubanosConBiden
@cubanosconbiden
#NeverTrump
#TrumpIsAConman
In a massive political blow to
@realDonaldTrump
only days from the election, José Andreu, a top commander of the Bay of Pigs invasion, tells
@MiamiHerald
’s
@fabiolasantiago
that, like Santiago Morales, he, too, rejects Brigade 2506’s Trump endorsement.🇨🇺🇺🇸
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Couldn't happen to a nicer guy and more deserving journalist. Congrats
@TooMuchMe
! Keep up the good work.
WLRN's Daniel Rivero (
@TooMuchMe
) wins human rights award from Americans for Immigrant Justice
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More political fallout in
#CoralGables
, which looks more like Miami every day … and
@Vince_Lago
looks more like Crazy Pollo Carollo than his idol Ponzi Postalita
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This new drone video taken at
#Calusa
today shows how much the developer has cleared — no permit needed for invasives — in just one day. Please also notice the birds flying/walking toward heavy equipment like they’ve lost something there.
#SaveCalusa
#MiamiDade
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There might be a few mistruths in there... but there are lots of closeups of his perfectly beautiful eyebrows.
Miami’s mayor releases campaign launch video with him running around town.
He talks about grappling w/city’s financial crisis during the Great Recession. He was a commissioner then w/one vote on financial decisions. Tomás Regalado was mayor.
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It should say "Nobody should trust us." That this is a priority for you while the city burns and your pal Carollo is called out for the power-abusing tyrant that he is could be the single most important reason why, Manolín, you are not really mayor material.
On March 9, 2023, I proposed Resolution R-23-0120 to add the words "In God We Trust" above the official seal of the City. I am pleased to announce that it has now been placed behind the dais.
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Filing a public records request for the real hate mail. Meanwhile, enjoy the parody ads by the talented and versatile
@tomaskenn
#DeSantisDestroysFlorida
@MiamiDemsChair
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Woman in
#Kendall
is threatened with arrest if she tries to stop
@CrownCastle
from putting a 5G antenna tower on the sidewalk in front of her home.
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Breaking and developing: After losing his seat, his election, and his house,
@alexDLPmiami
is about to lose his wife. She filed for divorce on Monday. Still reporting.
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