Monday, April 20, 2020

Florida GOP Brian Mast is trying to pull a Gaetz

About 20 GOP lawmakers are reportedly planning to return to DC next week, even though Congress is in an extended recess until May 4

Mast, initiated the talks by texting and emailing other Republican lawmakers, sent a tweet to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Saturday, telling her to "DO [her] DAMN JOB." HERE

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Sunday, April 19, 2020

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Florida governor is trying to hide info on nursing home COVID-19 deaths

A new expose published by the Miami Herald reveals that the administration of Trump-loving Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has been working to hide information about elders in nursing homes who have died after being infected with COVID-19. HERE

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Matt Gaetz Chronicles

Has spent nearly $200,000 in taxpayer money renting out a floor in a historic building in downtown Pensacola owned by a campaign donor and political confidante since 2017. HERE

Saturday, April 18, 2020

Chick Rescue in Ybor City






During a walk with the pupper last night, I heard peeps of distress coming from two different areas. First, I found a wild little one in a grate and knew it was the more urgent situation of the two.
After 35 minutes of failed attempts to draw the baby out of the tunnel, I sadly decided that saving one was better than none, so I set off to find the other. Baby 2 was part of a new hatch whose family had already ventured off before it joined the world. She was alone, cold, and already covered in mites.
Reinvigorated by finding this little one, we went back to the first for one last look - and the chickie was in the open part of the grate! After some serious goalie work, blocking the open tunnels, the baby was finally able 
to be snagged! I got the babies home, washed off the bugs, gave them a blow dry, medicated the injuries, and got them warm. Today, they’re lively, fluffy, and ready to be reunited later tonight 💛 BIG thank you to the Carmine’s employee who helped out and to my newest volunteer who had her first rescue - A+!
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Thank You Bernie Sanders

"But the most important legacy of Bernie Sanders’ political revolution has been making socialism a force in American politics once again. Most young Bernie supporters would have to go back to the days of their great-grandparents for the last time someone could say that. It is a truly extraordinary achievement. Now, a majority of young people in America – America! – prefer socialism 
to capitalism..." HERE

Mad dash for the ocean in Jacksonville

People flocked to a reopened beach in Jacksonville, Florida, on Friday afternoon after officials partially lifted restrictions aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus. HERE

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Florida Lawyers Not Getting Out Of Bed

Broward Circuit Judge Dennis Bailey got frustrated with attorneys appearing on Zoom for hearings because they essentially rolled over and opened their computer for the court appearance. HERE

Friday, April 17, 2020

Obama and The Audacity of "Us"

Recently President Barack Obama officially endorsed his former Vice-President Joe Biden. In Obama's endorsement  he mentioned Senator Bernie Sanders as "an American original." A condescending remark, really, considering  Bernie's campaign, " Not Me, Us", was a huge movement comprised of young, old, working-class and poor people in an era of corporate control of most media, non-profits, and governmental institutions. A corporate system that Barack Obama has 
done well in. MORE 
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 For those of us who supported Bernie's political movement there is a lesson here: any authentic political movement from the Left that, say, a Dr. Nina Turner or AOC might inspire to elevate them into higher office will have to recognize that, like this past Democratic Primary, Barack Obama will be working behind the scenes trying to  undermine it. HERE This isn't really that surprising. According to the new book by Reed
Hundt, HERE who worked in both the Clinton and Obama administrations, Obama had already embraced Wall Street's bailout before his inauguration; thus, ultimately giving the big banks more control over our economy while average Americans received no mortgage relief. All this has a lot to do why Trump is in the White House. The remarkable thing is that Trump has discarded Obama's legacy achievements and often disparages his administration publicly. To which Obama has remained rather silent on. I suppose President Obama has been too busy undermining the audacity of hope of the "Not Me, Us" movement. 

Fisher Island, Florida

An exclusive enclave of multi-million dollar condos and homes and one of the wealthiest ZIP Codes in the country — has purchased thousands of rapid COVID-19 blood test kits from the University of Miami Health System for all of its residents and workers,” the Miami Herald reported. HERE

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Count Dracula in Tampa

Tampa lawyer Patrick Leduc plans to sue the county over its nighttime coronavirus curfew order, arguing, “It’s not like the virus is Count Dracula,” HERE

Florida Workers Need Relief

In a time of unprecedented crisis due to the coronavirus outbreak, out of work Floridians are finding unemployment benefits meager and nearly impossible to get. Gov. DeSantis has the power to change this. He must act now.​

Tampa Pastor Spreads Wild Conspiracy Theories During Easter Sermon

After being arrested for continuing to hold in-person church services at The River church in Tampa, Florida, Pastor Rodney Howard-Browne is using his (now live-streaming) pulpit to preach conspiracy theories.

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