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Florida Gov. Rick Scott is going to sue to the Obama administration for stepping in to stop his plan to purge voters. Scott announced on Monday that Florida is suing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in order to move forward, in response to the Department of Justice (DOJ) filing a suit against the state over actions taken for the …

The Department of Justice has ordered Florida Gov. Rick Scott to immediately cease his campaign to purge legal citizens from the list of eligible voters. DOJ also said that Florida’s voter roll purge violated the National Voter Registration Act, which stipulates that voter roll maintenance should have ceased 90 days before an election, which given Florida’s August 14 primary, meant …

Despite the outraged cries of watchdog groups, Florida Gov. Rick “Medicare Fraud” Scott is doubling-down on his campaign to purge citizens from the list of eligible voters. “Providing a list of names of questionable validity — created with absolutely no oversight — to county supervisors and asking that they purge their rolls will create chaotic results and further undermine Floridians’ …

Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s chief of staff has resigned amid accusations that he “steered” major state contracts to his personal friends. Scott MacNamara, 59, did not elaborate on that media attention, saying only that he was stepping down six months earlier than planned. The outgoing chief of staff had drawn public scrutiny for alleged deal making and influence peddling under …

Tea Party hero FL Gov. Rick “Medicare Fraud” Scott has signed a bill requiring welfare recipients to pass a drug test before receiving any checks. Applicants must pay for their own tests. The ACLU isn’t having it. “The wasteful program created by this law subjects Floridians who are impacted by the economic downturn, as well as their families, to a …

After Florida Gov. Rick Scott rejected billions in federal funding for high speed rail development, the feds invited other states to apply for the money. And as it turns out, the primary beneficiaries of Scott’s short-sightedness will be commuters on Amtrak’s northeast rail corridor. The largest share of the money—nearly $800 million—will be used to upgrade train speeds from 135 …

Saying the bill doesn’t specifically target Gov. Rick “Medicare Fraud” Scott, Florida lawmakers have introduced a bill allowing voters to recall state-level elected officials. Many Florida cities and counties have recall mechanisms for local politicians, but there’s no such ability at the state level. If the legislation is approved, voters would have four months to circulate a recall petition throughout …

Keep his campaign promise, Florida Gov. Rick “Medicare Fraud” Scott has rejected $2.4B in federal stimulus money for a high-speed rail connection between Orlando and Tampa, a long dreamed of project for both cities’ business leaders. Scott’s decision likely means those dollars will be rerouted to California and other states investing in a high-speed rail network that Obama has likened …

Even though district courts have overturned Florida’s ban on gay adoption, state House GOP Speaker Dean Cannon wants Gov. Rick Scott to enforce the ban still on the state books. Cannon said the Legislature may reassert its position affirming the prohibition if that becomes necessary, but is awaiting word whether the Scott administration will continue to enforce the ban. “The …

Florida Gov. Rick “Medicare Fraud” Scott has appointed Christian activist David Wilkins to head the state Department of Children and Families, which is in charge of adoptions. Wilkins is the former head of a Baptist adoption agency which states that only “professed Christians” are eligible for consideration as parents. Gay rights groups are concerned that Scott’s move signals an intent …

Florida Gov. Rick “Medicare Fraud” Scott is proposing a radical school voucher program that would pay parents 85% of the cost of their child’s public education. Parents can then use that money to move their children into private and religious schools. In 2006, the Florida Supreme Court ruled that a similar proposal was unconstitutional. Critics argue that Scott’s plan would …

Florida Gov. Rick Scott, the teabagging founder and former CEO of a hospital group found guilty in the hugest Medicare scam in history, began his tenure today by issuing an executive order limiting the state’s non-discrimination law to cases involving race, gender, creed, color and national origin. South Florida Gay News reports: “Governor Scott did not even include all of …

Fact-checking site Politfacts has released their Biggest Political Lies Of 2010 list. Here’s their readers’ picks. Unsurprisingly, almost all of the liars are Republicans. Surprisingly, Crazy Eyes isn’t the #1 GOP liar. 1. ObamaCare is a “government takeover” of health care. — Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio; Rep. C.W. Bill Young, R-Fla.; the Republican Party of Florida; Lt. Gov.-elect Rebecca Kleefisch, …

Florida gubernatorial candidate Alex Sink just conceded the race to teabagger Rick Scott, who spent $75M of his stolen-from-the-people fortune to buy his way into a slim victory. In 2002 Scott’s hospital group paid the largest federal fine in history, a multi-billion dollar judgment assessed for pervasive and systematic Medicare fraud, yet Scott still walked away with $350M of that …

Some good news out of Florida, where the latest polls show Alex Sink improving to a toss-up with teabagger Rick Scott, whose hospital chain paid the largest federal fine in history for medicare fraud. Unsurprisingly, Scott is also the founder of an astroturf group lobbying for removing regulations on the hospital industry. If elected, Scott vows to block health care …

According to Florida’s proposed Arizona-style immigration law, if cops suspect you of being in the country illegally, they will release you if you show a Canadian or European passport. Passports from other nations? That calls for further investigation. ​Florida state Rep. William Snyder, the slow-drawling ex-Miami-Dade Police officer who has drafted Tallahassee’s version of the hotly debated Arizona immigration bill, …

Tea Party candidate Rick Scott, whose hospital group paid the largest federal fine in history for defrauding Medicare, has a small but growing lead over Democrat Alex Sink. The averages still call it a toss-up, but the two most recent poll show Scott pulling ahead. Scott is also the founder of the astroturf group, Conservatives For Patient Rights, which pretends …

Democratic nominee Alex Sink is barely leading teabagger and scam artist Rick Scott in the polling for Florida governor. As the co-founder and CEO of Columbia/HCA, the nation’s largest for-profit hospital chain, Scott was at the helm of the largest Medicare fraud case in American history, with his company eventually paying the largest federal fine of all time, $1.7B. Scott …

When Rick Scott was the CEO of Columbia/HCA, then the nation’s largest health care provider, his company had to pay $1.7B, the largest fine in American history, for systematically defrauding the government on Medicare billing. Now Scott is the founder of the Conservatives For Patient Rights, the astroturf group buying airtime to oppose Obama’s health care reform plan. CNN’s Rick …