‘Go to Berkeley’: Ron DeSantis said students seeking ‘woke’ classes should study elsewhere

If students want to study critical race theory or gender ideology, Gov. Ron DeSantis says they should leave Florida.

“Go to Berkeley. Go to some of these other places. That’s fine,” he said. “If that’s what you want to do, there’s nothing wrong with that, per se. But for us with our tax dollars, we want to focus on the classical mission of what a university is supposed to be.”

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'Environmental Negligence, Social Oppression, And Incompetent Governance': Frost Rips DeSantis

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Chopped Steak

With Mashed Potatoes

Grecian Island Restaurant2223 E. Davis Blvd. - Tampa

Lee County Walkers in Ybor City

Tampa Paparazzi

Gaby, Cam and Adi

WTF happened? Barney Bishop is in the Rotation

It is the end of session and we need to take a moment, as we always do, and wonder wtf happened with Florida politics. Barney Bishop debated our Executive Director a while back and should offer an interesting and maybe even an opposing view point to our typical views and stances! He is a hell of a sport though and is willing to debate till the end!

Joe Biden, congressional leaders likely to meet Tuesday for talks on debt limit

President Joe Biden and congressional leaders will likely resume talks on Tuesday at the White House over the debt limit, the President said Sunday, as the nation continues to edge closer to its legal borrowing authority with no agreement in sight.....MORE

Families of Pulse victims call for investigation into onePULSE Foundation

Speakers gather outside city hall asking for a criminal investigation into the onePULSE foundation. (Spectrum News)

Several mothers of Pulse nightclub victims, along with those who were wounded and their family members, are demanding a criminal investigation into the onePULSE organization.....MORE

Student loan forgiveness: What to know as the Supreme Court mulls case

Within the next month or so – but likely sooner – millions of federal student loan borrowers will know whether or not they’ll see thousands of dollars in debt erased from their accounts.....MORE

Ybor Paparazzi

Mary, Carlos and friend at Chillum

Fox News RIPPED By Matt Gaetz Over Shameless AOC Stunt On-Air

Tampa Locavore: Ebisu Sushi Shack

    Great food and service

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Oh, The Hypocrisy!

“I believe that the truth will set us free. Now, this advent of woke ideology really represents a challenge to this. I think it’s a war on truth, and because it’s a war on truth, we must wage a war on woke.”....MORE

UNTHINKABLE: DeSantis Florida education policies lead to rejection of Holocaust textbooks

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s war with anything he personally judges to be “woke” has had unconscionable consequences — with the latest obscene development being the diminishment of the Holocaust by rejecting books that the state now considers too “woke.”....MORE

Ron DeSantis' Latest Move PROVES His Disregard for Basic Facts

Tampa third most dangerous city in nation for cyclists, data shows

A recent study ranked Tampa as the third most dangerous city in the nation for cyclists. The study emphasizes the city’s need for better bike infrastructure.....MORE

AOC Rips CNN For Hosting Trump Town Hall

People are real angry with CNN for the way the Trump town hall happened. Ana Kasparian and Cenk Uygur discuss on The Young Turks.

JENerational Change: Trump's CNN Town Hall & DeSantis's Anti-Labor Bill w/ FDP Chair Nikki Fried

Hosted by Jen Perelman and Peter Hager

We'll also be speaking with Osiris from Stuck In The Middle podcast about the new Twitter CEO, Linda Yaccarino.

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Philly Cheese Steak

NY, NY Pizza - Ybor City

Tampa Bay high school robotics team wins national competition in Dallas

Tampa Paparazzi

Yodie

Rep. Maxwell Frost: GOP Border Bill Is 'A Rerun Of Donald Trump's Biggest Failures'

Recreational marijuana, abortion rights seek spots on 2024 ballot

Will recreational marijuana make it on the 2024 ballot? 

‘Smart and Safe Florida’ is just more than 100K signatures shy of the threshold to make it on the ballot. They have until Feb 1 to get there. Then if the ballot language is approved, it will go to the voters.

Earlier this week, abortion rights supporters launched a new campaign aimed at protecting access to abortions. The group "Floridians Protecting Freedom" is heading up the push and was recently formed after the state passed the new 6-week restriction on abortion.

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Florida doctors can now deny health care coverage based on personal views

SB1580, the medical conscience law, gives health care providers and insurers new rights, including the ability to opt out of participation or payment for certain health care services on the basis of personal objections.

The policy gives insurers and health care providers the ability to deny medical services that are against their moral religious or ethical beliefs.

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Gov. DeSantis signs measure to shift hundreds of millions in taxes to charter schools

Charter schools are going to tap into the pot of money that has so far been dedicated to capital costs at traditional public schools, according to legislation Gov. Ron DeSantis signed.....MORE

Florida Orchestra's free 'Pops in the Park' happens in Tampa on Mother's Day

The Florida Orchestra

Pops in the Park

Sunday, May 14

7:45 p.m.

Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park

1001 N. Boulevard, Tampa

(see map below)

The Florida Orchestra's (TFO) Assistant Conductor Chelsea Gallo wields the baton for one of downtown Tampa’s best free outdoor concert events of the year.

TFO collects non-perishable goods on behalf of Tampa Bay Harvest at this concert where attendees should bring their own seats, blankets and snacks, then settle in for a program that includes Broadway hits (think, “Chicago”) and symphonic favorites from Mozart (“Marriage of Figaro” overture), Tchaikovsky (“Romeo & Juliet” overture), Debussy (“Moonlight”) and more.

There's no cover for The Florida Orchestra's Pops in the Park concert.