Awake The State 2: Palm Beach County

Florida fights back against regressive, repressive GOP-controlled government with second round of statewide Awake The State protests & rallies. Just a couple of days after the 2011 FL legislative session ended, Floridians from all walks of life unite in opposition to reactionary bills & budget forced through by the radical right-wing Republican super-majority currently in control of the Sunshine State.

In Less Than Eight Minutes

The Republican Florida House of Representatives cut back decades of environmental regulations.
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“In 30 years of working to protect Florida’s unique natural wonders, never have I witnessed such an egregious and blatant dismantling of those protections,’’......Debra Harrison of the NPCA

What Happens When You Don't Vote.

When Did Our Democracy Die?

When did it irrevocably transform itself into a lifeless farce and absurd political theater? When did the press, labor, universities and the Democratic Party—which once made piecemeal and incremental reform possible—wither and atrophy? When did reform through electoral politics become a form of magical thinking? When did the dead hand of the corporate state become unassailable?
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Nicole Sandler Arrested At A Allen West Townhall Meeting

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Florida CS/HB 1355

Think voting is too easy now? If you do, the Florida Legislature is on the case to make it much more difficult. If Republican leadership in the legislature has their way this will be Florida’s reality. A sweeping elections bill (CS/HB 1355) that is being fast-tracked through the GOP-controlled legislature would, if passed, trample democracy and impact Florida’s elections in devastating ways.
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P.I.S.S. Positive Insistence on a Sane Society

Special Key West-Style Lemonade
Rick Scott really is a big fan of having people pee in cups. A group of Key West citizen calling themselves Committee for the Positive Insistence on a Sane Society (Yes, Committee for P.I.S.S.) wants to give Scott a piece of their mind and a sample from their bladder.
This weekend members gathered to take a collective urine sample
and plan to send it to the governor.
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Goldenseal Root

Rick Scott Boardroom Confidential

What if we had hidden camera footage of Florida Governor Rick Scott in secret boardroom sessions - with himself & his demons? This is Episode 1, of "Boardroom Confidential".

We Are Screwed!

With a veto-proof majority, a hard-right conservative governor, and a determination to seize the moment in a non­election year, legislative leaders have packed the agenda — and Democrats are powerless to stop them.
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What happens when you don't vote.

What Happens When You Don't Vote

Floridians Are Starting To Understand
A poll found that in a rematch today with Democrat Alex Sink, Scott would lose 56-37.
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"The folks who voted for him are getting exactly what they deserve. It's the other residents of Florida who are now his victims that I feel sorry for.".....MarcU

One Of America's Worst Governor?

There are a lot of shitty governors in America right now!

And to nobody's surprise, they're all Republicans.
Rick Scott was once the CEO of Columbia/HCA, a massive hospital chain. The federal government fined Columbia/HCA for Medicaid and Medicare fraud. That fine, a jaw-dropping 1.7 billion dollars, is the largest in American history.

But instead of going to jail, Rick Scott became the governor of Florida.
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Rick Scott Booed In Tampa

Rick Scott was met by boos as he walked onto the field to throw out
the first pitch at a Yankee's spring training game.

Rick Scott vs. The People Of Florida

Governor Rick Scott's proposed budget would cut funding for public schools, lay off thousands of state workers, and give corporations a $1.5 billion tax cut. But worst of all, Republicans in Tallahassee are pushing a permanent, across-the-board funding limit that would prevent
the state from ever restoring these draconian cuts.

Wisconsin showed that the people are not going to let corporations and their allies on the right trample the American Dream without a fight. Now we have to send that same message in Florida.

Click here to sign the petition.