Monday, March 10, 2025
Marco Rubio threatens to deport green card holders over pro-Palestine protests
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has threatened to deport green card holders involved in pro-Palestine protests, marking a stark escalation of President Donald Trump’s crackdown on student activists. more
Meet the federal worker who went rogue: ‘I hope that it lights a fire under people’
To billionaire Elon Musk and his cost-cutting team at the Department of Government Efficiency, Karen Ortiz may just be one of many faceless bureaucrats. But to some of her colleagues, she is giving a voice to those who feel they can't speak out. more
Palestinians react as Israel cuts off Gaza’s remaining electricity
What’s believed to be the last power line operating into Gaza has been cut off by Israel, threatening the operation of a key water facility. Palestinians in Gaza have been living without proper power supplies since the start of the war.
Tampa AAPI Festival Brings Culture, Food, and Tradition to the City
The Tampa Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Festival is back, bringing a day of authentic flavors and dynamic performances to the heart of downtown. The community event, set for March 22, 2025, from 12 pm to 7 pm at Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park (600 North Ashley Drive), is the city’s largest celebration of Asian American Pacific Islander cultures.....MORE
Drawing huge crowds, Bernie Sanders steps into leadership of the anti-Trump resistance
Bernie Sanders is standing alone on the back of a pickup truck shouting into a bullhorn.
He’s facing several hundred ecstatic voters huddled outside a suburban Detroit high school — the group that did not fit inside the high school’s gym or two overflow rooms. The crowd screams in delight when he tells them that a combined total of 9,000 people had shown up for the rally.
“What all of this tells me, is not just in Michigan or in Vermont, the people of this country will not allow us to move toward oligarchy. They will not allow Trump to take us into authoritarianism,” Sanders yelled. “We’re prepared to fight. And we’re going to win.”
Letters from an American March 9, 2025
Lately, political writers have called attention to the tendency of billionaire Elon Musk to refer to his political opponents as “NPCs.” This term comes from the gaming world and refers to a nonplayer character, a character that follows a scripted path and cannot think or act on its own, and is there only to populate the world of the game for the actual players. Amanda Marcotte of Salon notes that Musk calls anyone with whom he disagrees an NPC, but that construction comes from the larger environment of the online right wing, whose members refer to anyone who opposes Donald Trump’s agenda as an NPC.....MORE
Sunday, March 9, 2025
RAYBOR: It's Ain't Over 'Til It's Over
It is the never-ending saga; will The Rays build a new stadium in St. Pete? All of it coming down to a funding dispute between the team and local officials. Now the team has until March 31 to decide if they’re still on board with the current deal that has already been approved. However, there is new reporting on a possible deal in the works and the Tampa group making a play to buy the team and build a stadium in Tampa. We talk to longtime Tampa Bay sports journalist JP Peterson about it all.
ICE arrests Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University protests, his lawyer says
Federal immigration authorities arrested a Palestinian graduate student who played a prominent role in protests against Israel at Columbia University, according to his attorney. more
Marco Rubio’s Face Tells the Story as Trump Humiliates Him in Congress Speech
Donald Trump singled out Secretary of State http://Marco Rubio as the person “to blame if anything goes wrong” during his speech to Congress—and Rubio’s shocked reaction was quickly spotted online. here
Elon Sinks Our Ships to Assure There Will Be No Going Back
As Musk and crew gleefully erase 250 years of accomplishment—by turns, glorious and imperfect—they are creating a seemingly irreversible path to their own ends by reducing to rubble the institutions that might save us. MORE
The Power of Just Not Buying It
A one-day boycott is not going to have much of an impact. But a sustained effort over many just might. more
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