Florida lawmakers have not voted on the ERA since 1982, when the House narrowly passed it and the Senate narrowly did not. This year, the Republican-led Legislature refused to hold any hearings on the proposed amendment, although numerous legislators sponsored pro-ERA and equal-pay bills. HERE
Thursday, May 7, 2020
Florida GOP continues to block adoption of ERA
Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Ron DeSantis Impending Fall From Grace
DeSantis was once a GOP golden boy. Not anymore, of the 15 governors whose approval ratings were recently tracked by polling site FiveThirtyEight, DeSantis
was last. HERE
was last. HERE
Florida City Official Calls Out Mayor for COVID 19
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I liked it, cool aliens and great cinematography.
Tuesday, May 5, 2020
Monica Racy of Sumter County
A Villages Charter School graduate arrested last month with a large quantity of drugs is blaming the media for the loss of her job as a clinical research assistant at the University
of South Florida.
of South Florida.
Monica Racy, 21, remains free on $24,000 following her arrest April 17 on a multitude of drug charges after a traffic stop in Sumter County.
In a lengthy letter to Villages-News.com, Racy claims the drugs found in the vehicle were not hers and she was “in the wrong place and the wrong time.”
She claimed the news coverage of her arrest prompted her termination from her job at USF. HERE
They have a high school in The Villages?
She claimed the news coverage of her arrest prompted her termination from her job at USF. HERE
They have a high school in The Villages?
Florida GOP candidate George Buck
Proposed hanging Rep. Ilhan Omar and called for different Democrats to be executed in a fundraising e mail.
HERE
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by Willem Dafoe and Michael Nyqvist.
Monday, May 4, 2020
“Stogie Approved” Progressives for Office
Hello friends, I am writing this article to reinvigorate the desire for quality local candidates. Who do we have running in the Tampa Bay and Bennington areas who will stand up for the people?
First of all, what qualities are we looking for in candidates for local and state office? Specific platform positions, experience, character? We are certainly looking for an “all of the above” scenario. What does that look like? I will share a few candidates who I believe meet these criteria, and I hope to hear back from others regarding who should run for political office.
I admire Pat Kemp for her work on the Hillsborough County Commission. She has stood up for public transit options and medical cannabis access. I support her re-election.
I admire Gary Dolgin for his community activism. He has shown that he cares about the people and has received a wide variety of endorsements for his Circuit Court Judge campaign. I support his run.
I admire Dane Whitman for his work with local Vermont Democrats. Going from being a student at Bennington College to running for the Vermont House of Representatives is an exceptional transition, with leadership roles in between. I support his run.
Who else deserves spotlight as Stogie approved local and state candidates?
Stay groovy,
Asher
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is facing yet another political scandal
Florida man picked by GOP governor to be Broward Sheriff admits to fatal shooting
as a teen. HERE
as a teen. HERE
Alcee Hastings and Rick Scott sugared-up plan for Lake Okeechobee water
Email your congressman/woman
• Tell them in no uncertain terms to reject attempts to throw Lake O water regulation schedule back into the 20th century
• Tell them NOT to sign CONGRESSMAN ALCEE HASTINGS and SENATOR RICK SCOTT’S sugared-up plan for Lake Okeechobee water.
• Urge them to reject the sugar cartel’s plan for the Lake Okeechobee water regulation schedule. INFO
Labels:
Alcee Hastings,
Big Sugar,
Florida Dems,
Rick Scott
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and Jeffrey Wright.
Florida Shit Sandwich
More than 2 million Floridians have now applied for unemployment benefits. Only a fraction of the applications have even been processed and even fewer workers have received payments.
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Florida’s unemployment system was already terrible before the crisis and it has completely collapsed under pressure from COVID-19.
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Even those close to current Republican Governor Ron DeSantis admit as much. One DeSantis advisor was quoted in the online magazine Politico as saying: “It’s a shit sandwich, and it was designed
that way by Scott.
that way by Scott.
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It wasn’t about saving money. It was about making it harder for people to get benefits or keep benefits so that the unemployment numbers were low to give the governor something to brag about.” HERE
Sunday, May 3, 2020
The Everglades Need Our Help
Sugar lobbyists trying to slip in language in Washington while no one is looking.
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Under the cover of a global pandemic, lobbyists for the sugar cartel are trying to slip in language to the federal Water Resources & Development Act (WRDA) of 2020 that will make toxic discharges more likely and starve the Everglades and Florida Bay of the freshwater they desperately need. INFO
Under the cover of a global pandemic, lobbyists for the sugar cartel are trying to slip in language to the federal Water Resources & Development Act (WRDA) of 2020 that will make toxic discharges more likely and starve the Everglades and Florida Bay of the freshwater they desperately need. INFO
Cinco de Mayo with Jessica Rose Powell
This Tuesday Cinco de Mayo I will be playing a social distant show at Tijuana Flats 5PM-7PM! There will be limited seats set further apart but recently it's been a trend to order food and tailgate in the parking lot. Come get tacos $5.99 w/ chips and a drink and watch live music from your car! You will also see the show here on FB live as well. But if you want tacos... Come on out!
Florida Farmers are Selling Directly to Consumers
Last month, Florida farmers let countless tons of produce rot in their fields after the restaurants, theme parks and cruise lines they normally serve this time of year were suddenly closed due to nationwide quarantines.
This month, they are changing their business model, selling directly to the consumers who are doing a whole lot more home-cooking these days. HERE
Biden Is Everything The Democrats Are
Joe Biden is not an “imperfect candidate” for the Democrats. He is the perfect candidate, because he’s everything the party is: Demented. Decrepit. Bloodthirsty. Corrupt. Cronyistic. Authoritarian. Reactionary. Rapey. He is exactly what they deserve. He is exactly what they are. HERE
Labels:
Caitlin Johnstone,
DEMOCRATIC PARTY,
Joe Biden
Saturday, May 2, 2020
The left needs a paradigm shift
Participating in the Sham elections only make you a collaborator. We need a paradigm shift! that's what I'm bringing we don't need to waste are time with the gossip of democrats did this Republicans did that and was it offencive. No our Focus can't be distracted by Party politics! Or led by politicians. we must work outside of the party system, we must use direct action and tactics towards the local infrastructure of the parties and shut them down. make it impossible for them to organize weaken them.
Jason Rodriguez
Judge orders release of migrants in Florida
A federal judge ordered authorities to release hundreds of immigrants from three Florida detention centers to prevent a wider spread of the coronavirus and protect detainees with underlying conditions. HERE
Sky U. White Fan
HELP HER HERE
Kristin Hoffman for Sanders Delegate CD-14
Friday, May 1, 2020
Local Bad Ass Dayna Lazarus
FLORIDA: SILENT, SNEAKY SUGAR PLAN EXPOSED!
Under the cover of a global pandemic, lobbyists for the sugar cartel are trying to slip in language to the federal Water Resources & Development Act (WRDA) of 2020 that will make toxic discharges more likely and starve the Everglades and Florida Bay of the freshwater they desperately need. HERE
Labels:
Big Sugar,
Everglades,
Florida GOP
Hank Scott of Mount Dora
During any other spring, he'd oversee an army of workers harvesting cucumbers and shipping truckloads to pickling companies along the East Coast. But the coronavirus pandemic has closed or crippled the businesses where his produce would end up. So instead, Scott, invited volunteer pickers to glean as much produce as they could and donate it to nearby
food banks. HERE
food banks. HERE
Persistence pays off DeSantis announces free, community-wide testing in Immokalee
DeSantis declined coronavirus help from Nikki Fried
Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried, Florida’s only statewide elected Democrat, said her office offered the DeSantis administration lab space and help processing unemployment applications as the state grappled with the coronavirus, but her offers were rejected or ignored. HERE
Labels:
Florida GOP,
Nikki Fried,
Ron DeSantis
Thursday, April 30, 2020
Rick Scott Has No Sympathy For Whiners
Who lost their little jobs” and try to access Florida's glitch-prone, crash-happy unemployment system. HERE
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Ron DeSantis Gets Trump's OK To Open Florida
The Republican governor, who was endorsed by Trump when he ran in 2018, has become the butt of jokes on late-night TV for his handling of the state’s response to the coronavrius, notably over his delay in issuing a stay-at-home order as he waited for explicit direction from the White House. HERE
Hayes: Florida's Terrible Unemployment System Is Worse Than Simple Incompetence
Florida is blocking COVID-19 death totals
The state of Florida has now stopped its medical examiners from releasing numbers about people who have died from COVID-19. HERE
Wednesday, April 29, 2020
Self Isolate Blues
Tampa Berner Christopher Cano
I asking for your vote to represent Florida's 14th Congressional District at the DNC as a Bernie Sanders Delegate. Click the link to request your ballot before May 13th in order to cast your vote for which delegates will represent you at the Democratic National Convention.
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Often times we find partisan politics to cause divides and gridlock on key issues. Marijuana Legalization should not be one of them.
Delegate elections to represent Florida at the DNC & RNC are coming up in May 16th in the Tampa Bay Area.
If you are registered Democrat or Republican you are eligible to vote in your party’s delegates selected to their national conventions where important issues such as ending cannabis prohibition are decided
in the party platform.
in the party platform.
Click your Political Party’s Link to Register for a Ballot before May 13th.
Democrat:
Republican:
You don't have Democratic elections
You can't depend on politicians and reforms that cause more problems. The main reason is you can't fix a system meant to be broken. the movement is issue-oriented and sympatico! with planned✓ organized✓ methods✓ So it is to keep us nimble. But the tactics must change. Engaging outside of the establishment corporate party. As we are under
one-party rule.
America is a fascist oligarchy. It's time for us to take direct action. we must shut down locally the structures of the parties. Meaning events, meetings etc we weaken them. Message to the left when it comes to electoral politics it has failed us. but the movement should not be involved in party politics its a distraction. we cannot trust politicians they should never lead this movement ever again. Personal note Dealing with the emotional impact and the hard work from 2016 to 2020 indeed love. It depends on the severity of whether I have the time so I kept my eyes on the prize to move forward quickly. And start trying to organize the US movement. Seeking revolutionaries!!
What the parties do or don't, its a distraction! we can exert power through direct action would be meaningful to The desperation and need of the American to obtain people basic human rights in this country. Right now we have to take direct action and shut the political infrastructure down!
one-party rule.
America is a fascist oligarchy. It's time for us to take direct action. we must shut down locally the structures of the parties. Meaning events, meetings etc we weaken them. Message to the left when it comes to electoral politics it has failed us. but the movement should not be involved in party politics its a distraction. we cannot trust politicians they should never lead this movement ever again. Personal note Dealing with the emotional impact and the hard work from 2016 to 2020 indeed love. It depends on the severity of whether I have the time so I kept my eyes on the prize to move forward quickly. And start trying to organize the US movement. Seeking revolutionaries!!
What the parties do or don't, its a distraction! we can exert power through direct action would be meaningful to The desperation and need of the American to obtain people basic human rights in this country. Right now we have to take direct action and shut the political infrastructure down!
Jason Bardo Rodriguez
"We need organization that no one downtown loves, we need one that's ready and willing to take action! any kind of action! not when the man sees fit! But when we see fit, by any means necessary. let's agree that the blow must be struck let us agree on what type of blow must be struck and at whom the the blow should struck and those who don't go along with that strike we can struck them first" Malcolm x
"We need organization that no one downtown loves, we need one that's ready and willing to take action! any kind of action! not when the man sees fit! But when we see fit, by any means necessary. let's agree that the blow must be struck let us agree on what type of blow must be struck and at whom the the blow should struck and those who don't go along with that strike we can struck them first" Malcolm x
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