President Obama Addresses Netroots Nation 2012

President Obama sent this video message to the Netroots Nation 2012 Convention in Providence.

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Homeless Living In Tampa

Brave Soul

On Bruce B. Downs

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Fowler Ave in Tampa

Abandoned Home

In front of Brunos Pizza on  Fletcher Ave, in Tampa

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Cheeseburger
With Fries
$5.99 At 301 Corner Grille
In Z-Hills
Eat Local!

The Citrus Taliban

Suitecase City

Florida Republicans Defy DOJ

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Protext The RNC
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Terry Jones Hangs Obama Effigy Outside Florida Church

The Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Fla., has hanged an effigy of President Barack Obama from a gallows on its front lawn, a move DWOC pastor Terry Jones said was in response to Obama's recent endorsement of same-sex marriage, as well as his stance on abortion and what Jones called his "appeasing of radical Islam."
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Florida Gov. Rick Scott Is The New George Wallace

The Tampa Bay Times compares Scott’s defiance of the Justice Department’s request to stop purging voter rolls to George Wallace preventing blacks from registering at the University of Mississippi.
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Occupy Tampa TV

Occupy Tampa discusses the 1st Regional General Assembly, held on June 2, 2012.

Rick Scott's Motivation For Purging Voters

If there were any lingering questions that Gov. Rick Scott's motivation for purging voters, this should put it to rest. Former Secretary of State Kurt Browning, who worked with Scott on cooking up the purge (and is no stranger to voter suppression, having kicked minority and Democratic voters off the lists in 2008), has close ties to an astroturf group funded by, you guessed it, David and Charles Koch. The guys who have committed hundreds of millions to defeat
Barack Obama in November.
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Obama 2012

Downtown Havana, Cuba

Felix Guirola waves to people as he takes his self-made 3.45 meters (11 feet) tall bicycle for a spin through downtown Havana, Cuba.
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Hit By A Car

Hillsborough Avenue Tampa

Lisa Marzilli: Off the streets and in recovery

With no fanfare and barely a mention in the local news, the Hillsborough County Commission gave its blessing and a tidy sum of cash last month to a pilot project that could actually do something to solve the growing problem of homelessness.
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What Stogie Had For Lunch

Garbanzo Bean Soup
$2.99 At 3 Coins Diner in Seminole Heights 
Eat Local!  

Papers Please

Suitcase City

Republican Luncheon

In Tampa

Tampa Urban Gardening

Florida Tops In Public Corruption

The report concluded that Florida had 781 public corruption convictions between 2000 and 2010, tops in the nation. California and Texas were close behind, with New York fourth. But Florida’s corruptions history also contributed to it having three cities listed this year among Forbes’ magazine’s ‘most miserable,’ with Miami #1,
West Palm Beach #4 and Fort Lauderale #7.
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GOP's Plan To Disenfranchise Voters In Florida

Downtown Mural

Finding Tampa

Stop Illegally Purging Florida Voters

We have to stop Governor Scott today—he is embarrassing Florida and corrupting the electoral process. His reckless acts have local and national implications. So let's ring his office's phones off the hook until he stops his racially-targeted attack on voting rights.

Will you call Scott right now? Tell him, "Stop illegally purging Florida voters."
Here's where to call.  Rick Scott: (850) 488-7146

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The 2001 Odyssey Hopes To Entice RNC Patrons

The 2001 Odyssey strip club in Tampa, Florida has revamped its online marketing strategy in hopes of attracting some of the nearly 50,000 people expected to attend the 2012 Republican National Convention.
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