The Ybor City Stogie

Friday, July 14, 2023

The Tampa 5 are facing 10-plus years in jail! Drop the charges now!

Florida state prosecutor Justin Diaz it trying to put the Tampa 5 in prison.

The Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) members, arrested at a campus protest against the racist agenda of Governor Ron DeSantis, each face a trumped-up felony charge, alleging “battery on a police officer,” carrying five years of jail time. When the activists rejected a plea deal requiring them to apologize for doing the right thing, the prosecutor added on more felony charges. This means that three of the activists are facing more than ten years behind bars. In addition, the activists face ten misdemeanor charges.

The five facing charges are Chrisley Carpio, Laura Rodriguez, Gia Davila, Lauren Pineiro and Jeanie Kida. They have done nothing wrong. They are heroes who are standing up to injustice.

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U.S. sets a grim milestone with new record for the deadliest 6 months of mass killings

Slain at the hands of strangers or gunned down by loved ones. Massacred in small towns, in big cities, inside their own homes or outside in broad daylight. This year's unrelenting bloodshed across the U.S. has led to the grimmest of milestones: The deadliest six months of mass killings recorded since at least 2006.

From Jan. 1 to June 30, the nation endured 28 mass killings, all but one of which involved guns. The death toll rose just about every week, a constant cycle of violence and grief.

Six months. 181 days. 28 mass killings. 140 victims. One country.

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What Stogie Had For Lunch

Blacken Fish

Dirty Rice and Stewed Okra and Tomatoes

Mr B's Cafe - Ybor Heights

Rep. Maxwell Frost: 'Year After Year, The DOD Fails' To Produce A Clean Audit Of Spending

Justice for the Tampa 5!

New York activist solidarity with the Tampa 5

20 activists held a solidarity rally at City Hall in Manhattan to demand that charges be dropped against the Tampa 5. The Tampa 5 are campus activists arrested for protesting the attacks on education by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. The solidarity rally was part of a national day of action on July 12.....MORE

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Ybor Heights

Did Trump just give DeSantis a boost?

Donald Trump just reminded Republican voters — even many who voted for him twice before — why they might want someone else to top the party’s ticket in 2024. Moreover, he may have singlehandedly breathed new life into Ron DeSantis’s struggling campaign.....MORE

Justice for the Tampa 5 Toolkit & Media Blast

Read the Justice for the Tampa 5 Toolkit & Media Blast HERE

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Biden administration announces $39 billion in student debt relief for 804,000 borrowers

The Biden administration has announced that it will provide $39 billion in total student debt relief for 804,000 borrowers, its latest step since President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan was struck down by the Supreme Court.....MORE

Thursday, July 13, 2023

FBI Director FLIPS THE SCRIPT on Matt Gaetz during hearing

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Steak Salad

NY, NY Pizza - Ybor City

Susanna Hoffs - Feel Like Makin' Love

Susanna Hoff's covering "Feel Like Makin' Love" by Bad Company at the Riverbend Music Center in Cincinnati, Ohio on the 23rd July 1991.

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City of Tampa, researchers work to protect Tampa'a tree canopy

Who's the Nations Narcissist?

“People were excited, have been excited, about what we’ve done. But the excitement is in the results that are produced. The excitement is when something is wrong, they know that I’ll show up and I’ll make it right,” DeSantis said.....MORE

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Glen at NY, NY in Ybor City

Florida in hot water as ocean temperatures rise along with the humidity

Record global ocean heating has invaded Florida with a vengeance. Water temperatures in the mid-90s (mid-30s Celsius) are threatening delicate coral reefs, depriving swimmers of cooling dips and adding a bit more ick to the Sunshine State’s already oppressive summer weather. Forecasters are warning of temperatures that with humidity will feel like 110 degrees (43 degrees Celsius) by week’s end.....MORE

Democrats ask DOJ to protect ability of patients to travel out of state for abortion

A group of Senate Democrats urged the Department of Justice (DOJ) Wednesday to protect the ability of Americans to travel outside their home states to obtain abortions, as some Republican-led states look to crack down on out-of-state abortion access.....MORE

Black Lives Matter marks 10th anniversary with new calls for justice

BLM organizations will commemorate the decade with in-person and virtual events, issuing renewed calls to reallocate money from police departments and into Black communities that have suffered from police brutality, unequal treatment in criminal justice systems and mass incarceration.....MORE

Jackson House in Tampa gets historical marker

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FDA approves 1st over-the-counter birth control pill in US

U.S. officials have approved the first over-the-counter birth control pill, which will let American women and girls buy contraceptive medication from the same aisle as aspirin and eyedrops.

The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it cleared Perrigo’s once-a-day Opill to be sold without a prescription, making it the first such medication to be moved out from behind the pharmacy counter. The company won’t start shipping the pill until early next year, and there will be no age restrictions on sales.

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61-Unit Affordable Housing Complex To Open In University Area

The latest affordable housing option funded in part by Hillsborough County will celebrate its grand opening Friday, this time in the University Area.....MORE