Showing posts with label Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Students Of MSD High School Raise Hell

When you raise hell,
 things happen!
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Companies to end their ties with the NRA, Delta and United Airlines, Hertz and First National Bank of Omaha.
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The moves have come as petitions circulated online targeting companies offering discounts to NRA members on its website. #BoycottNRA was trending on Twitter.
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Even the State of Florida is facing a backlash. One of the survivors of the Florida school shooting suggested Saturday on Twitter that tourists stay away from the state.
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“Let’s make a deal,” tweeted David Hogg, a Stoneman Douglas student who has been a major player in the #neveragain movement. “DO NOT come to Florida for spring break unless gun legislation is passed.”
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The swiftness of the corporate reaction against the NRA has differed from that of past shootings, including the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre that claimed 26 lives, and the killing of 58 people in Las Vegas last fall. 
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Why? Well according to Bob Spitzer, a political scientist at SUNY Cortland and a scholar on gun politics. 
"The reaction was likely a reaction to the student mobilization that followed the
Florida shooting." here

Sunday, February 25, 2018

The Brilliant Teenagers Of Marjory Stoneman Douglas

Have the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School changed the game? There's no question the students have changed the national conversation. They have called "B.S." on empty Republican pieties – rejecting "thoughts and prayers" and demanding that lawmakers take action to protect children's lives
 from guns.
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They've captured the hearts of a nation – and the support
 of celebrities from George Clooney to Oprah.
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Yet, Florida GOP has acted as if nothing has changed. As Parkland survivors looked on in tears, the Florida House this week voted against even debating legislation to curb assault rifles – and then had the audacity to vote to declare porn a threat to public health. 
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The true test of whether the brilliant teenagers of Marjory Stoneman Douglas are winning a news cycle or bringing durable change will come at the ballot box in November.
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And the biggest proof will come from Florida itself – where a 2018 senate election expected to pit a Republican who earns an "A+" from the NRA against a Democrat who earns an "F." here

Saturday, February 24, 2018

Tampa Solidarity With Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School











The Democratic Progressive Caucus of Tampa Bay

Susan

Syd

Adnan and Jae

Jennifer 

Jessica

Scott and Beth

Nicole and Kara

The ever-present Pastor Meyer and Sean

Sean, Debbie and Beau 

Bob

Kim

Kelly and Elvis

Tim

Michael and Gonzalo

Jodi, Graham, Joe and Gonzo

TPD







Blake High School to Curtis Hixon Park
Tampa, Florida