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Policewoman resigns before being fired by Miami PD, for not getting out of her cruiser when watching a gang of young men beating a driver in the middle of Biscayne Blvd., 3/16/25. We now have the body cam. @wsvn #Exclusive story:
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Miami-Dade commissioner says anyone traveling to Miami for the World Cup with a valid visa has nothing to worry, while Miami airport makes headlines for interrogating an award winning FIFA referee from Somalia for 11 hours and turning him away despite having a valid travel visa.
Great conversation clarifying key points for our community ahead of the World Cup! 🇺🇸 visitors attending games have nothing to fear, there’s a lot of misinformation out there. Miami-Dade stands ready to welcome fans safely. @realDonaldTrump @WhiteHouse @marcorubio Full interview here 👇
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Arrested for murder, Quayshawn West, 41, is who police say shot and killed a man outside Sandbar in North Beach. Full wrap, surveillance video of incident and response: @wsvn #1stOn7
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Miami Commissioner Miguel Gabela and the Bayfront Park Management Trust board are in charge of a multi-million dollar public park AND THEY CAN'T DO BASIC MATH! #BecauseMiami I questioned them about their recent vote to give their unqualified interim executive director and Gabela crony, Raul Miro, a 70 PERCENT RAISE, from $150,000 to $255,000 - plus a wildly generous benefits package that gives him over $350,000 in annual compensation from taxpayers. Miro, who may (or may not) have a high school diploma, failed to meet the advertised minimum job requirements for the position and now makes over FIVE times Miami's median household income of $66,000. Incredibly, Gabela ADMITS that Raul Miro only got the position he's unqualified for is because he's politically connected to him! It's so rare to see anyone confess to this kind of cronyism, it's almost refreshing. And now Gabela and board member Carlos Martell wanna argue with me about my math, gaslighting that 70% is not really 70%!
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#BREAKING: Ex Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine — just referred by House Oversight Committee for DOJ criminal probe into allegations he s*xually assaulted Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime assistant — is on the FIFA World Cup Miami Host Committee #BecauseMiami miamifwc26.com/leadership/ph…
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Under the future FIU pedestrian bridge where drivers absolutely do not stop underneath at red lights after the previous bridge collapsed in 2018 while under construction
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RT @fox_sheldon: Beaten bloody, stabbed and slashed, Downtown Miami victim shares story of being randomly attacked while walking dog just o…
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City of Miami needlessly signed a police-ICE 287g collaboration agreement, its police is shown as registering a disproportionate # of immigration enforcement encounters in a state database, and the new mayor and commissioners refuse to correct the issue. miaminewtimes.com/news/miami…
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Remember when they told us no taxpayer funds would go towards this stadium?
UPDATE: Senate matches House on kicking $5M to Miami soccer stadium road project floridapolitics.com/archives…
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Accused party boat sex predator seen on body cam on 11/12 night of arrest at Pine Tree Dr. mansion. Teen vicitms allege being kidnapped, abused, forced into prostitution. Kutay Satiroglu remains jailed on felony charges, immigration hold. @wsvn #Exclusive story:
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Sent to me by a friend: Waymo driverless vehicle driving on the wrong side of the Venetian Causeway #BecauseMiami
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Not enough people are talking about this. A Florida airport was renamed after Donald Trump. He walked away with the trademark, the licensing rights, and a deal that lets him profit off every piece of merchandise sold there. But the story of how he got it is even worse. County staff told commissioners that rejecting the name change would put state transportation funding at risk. DeSantis has already removed state attorneys and school board members who dared to cross him. That is the reality the Democratic commissioner who cast the deciding vote was living in when she made her choice: hand Donald Trump control of a public airport or watch Florida Republicans strip funding from the very people she was elected to represent. That is absolutely insane. Florida Republicans handed Trump a money machine and called it a naming rights deal, and the people of Palm Beach County never got a say in any of it. theguardian.com/us-news/2026…
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Who needs Republican gerrymandering when you’ve got a white Democrat trying to hijack a Black-majority Congressional district…
Today, I’m announcing my candidacy for Florida’s 20th congressional district. I’ll continue to use my seniority in Washington to make Broward a safer, less expensive place to live, raise a family, and retire. We cannot let Trump and DeSantis take away Broward County’s power.
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#BREAKING: Miami Police Officer Caught on Video Allegedly Lying About Hit-and-Run Crash in City Vehicle that Took Down a Palm Tree… 🌴💥🚓💨#BecauseMiami
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U. of Florida owes its interim president a $2 million severance paycheck after snubbing him for the permanent job. That means he’ll be earning at least $4 million for a less-than-a-year tenure. miamiherald.com/news/local/e…
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Ulvert is a primary reason Democrats have been a non-entity in Florida since 1999. This political grifter is a cancer on the party and has profited from every loss. He, along with his puppets @MayorDaniella and @EileenHigginsFL, conspired to turn the Miami-Dade Commission red — by coronation NOT election.
I’ve spent nearly two decades in Florida politics building campaigns, crafting messages, and helping candidates earn the trust of voters across this magnificent, complicated, deeply misunderstood state. I’ve watched Florida drift. I’ve watched it stumble. And I’ve spent the better part of the last few years asking myself the same question a lot of Floridians are quietly asking: how can we restore decency, respect and a commitment to improve the lives of our families, friends and neighbors. Today, I have an answer. And his name is @davidjollyfl! @laurajollyfl floridapolitics.com/archives…
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A US Secret Service officer was arrested for allegedly masturbating in a hotel hallway, following a woman and forcing her to retreat to her room for safety. Miami-Dade Deputies say they found Officer John A. Spillman pleasuring himself before his arrest. @wsvn #Exclusive
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