Florida rulings ease concerns about drag performers at Pride parades, drag queen story hours

Librarians who feared fines for hosting drag queen story hours and Pride parade organizers who worried about citations for including drag performers can breathe easier now that a judge has ruled that his injunction blocking Florida’s anti-drag law extends to all Florida venues, an attorney who is helping challenge the law said Thursday.....MORE

Ron DeSantis' Militaristic STUNT Completely Bombs

Gov. Ron DeSantis’ new Florida State Guard, a civilian force, is considered to be an epic failure of the governor because volunteers consider it too "militaristic."  Ana Kasparian discusses on The Young Turks.

Tampa Theatre's annual BeerFest fundraiser returns with 'Beerasic Park' this weekend

Each summer, downtown's historic Tampa Theatre hosts a movie-themed fundraiser that features craft beer samples, small bites and tons of costumed fun.

This year’s tongue-in-cheek theme is Beerassic Park, paying homage to the popular film franchise about the beloved Mesozoic beasts. Tampa Theatre’s BeerFest returns to 711 N Franklin St. on Saturday, July 29 from 7 p.m.-10 p.m.

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YAY! NYC settles historic class action suit over racial injustice protests

New York City will pay more than $13 million to more than 1,300 people who were arrested or beaten during protests against racial injustice in summer 2020.....MORE

Ybor Life

7th Ave

‘It’s really rough’: Tampa Bay area seniors feel the squeeze of rising costs

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Cheesesteak

NY, NY Pizza - Ybor City

Matt Gaetz Announces BRAINLESS Plan To Save Trump

DOJ assessing migrant treatment along Texas border following ‘troubling reports’

Federal officials are looking into recent reports of mistreatment of migrants along the Texas portion of the U.S.-Mexico border by Texas troopers.

Department of Justice spokeswoman Xochitl Hinojosa said the department is assessing the reports, which included claims of refusal of water to migrants as well as pushing them back into the Rio Grande to go back to Mexico.

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"Summer School" Drag Performer Banned Storybook Readings at Parachute Gallery in Tampa

What Stogie Had For Lunch

BBQ Chicken

Rice, Beans, Platanos and Cabbage

$6.49 Lunch Special 

Hines Caribbean Cuisine

3313 N. Nebraska Ave, Ybor Heights

Tampa's Best Jamaican Food!

Trump’s Suspicious January 6th Call Logs EXPOSED

The January 6th committee has just released Donald Trump’s internal White House call logs during the January 6th Capitol riots, which shows a gap of around seven and a half hours of official phone calls. The log data raises suspicions about how Trump was communicating with his inner circle during the attack, where former allies claimed to have been in contact with Trump during the violence but never appeared on the White House record.

Tampa 5 member Lauren Pineiro speaks out on political repression of the student movement

Tampa Bay SDS Member and member of the Tampa 5 Lauren Pineiro speaks on the situation with the Tampa 5 and their fight for justice in the face of attacks by university police and trumped up charges by the state of Florida. 

The #Tampa5 are 5 student activists with @tampabaysds facing felony charges for protesting against DeSantis' anti-education bills. I signed the petition to show that protesting is not a crime! You can sign too & take other steps for action here: https://tinyurl.com/tampa5.

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DeSantis - AWOL

Florida Dems ask DeSantis to call special election for vacant house seats

“I think that the governor is distracted by his own ambitions in terms of running for president of the United States, and he’s not paying good attention to what’s happening here at home,” Rep. Fentrice Driskell said.,,,,MORE

Tampa 5 Rallies Around The Nation

Tampa 5 solidarity rally in Dallas

New Orleans activists demand charges against Tampa 5 be dropped

Los Angeles responds with solidarity for Tampa 5

Minneapolis solidarity for Tampa 5 at Mayday Plaza

Washington DC groups demand “Justice for the Tampa 5!”

Seattle activists rally to defend the Tampa 5

Chicago rally demands drop the charges on The Tampa 5

New York activist solidarity with the Tampa 5

Jacksonville rallies for Tampa 5

FSU students rally in support of USF students facing felony charges after protest

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Dems rip Abbott over report Texas troopers were told to deny migrants water, push kids into Rio Grande

Democrats and Latino organizations are lambasting Texas officials over a report this week that the state’s troopers have been ordered to systematically violate the human rights of migrants, including by pushing children into the Rio Grande and denying water aid in extreme heat.....MORE

Very Well Said Rep. Tlaib

BREAKING NEWS: Rashida Tlaib Excoriates Israel As 'An Apartheid State' On House Floor

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7th Ave

City of Tampa reveals $2 billion plan to address transportation

After being ranked one of the most dangerous cities in the country for pedestrians and cyclists, Tampa city leaders unveiled a plan Tuesday to solve the problem. But it comes with a high price tag.

Mayor Jane Castor joined city leaders at a community center in West Tampa to discuss the Citywide Mobility Plan.

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Condo associations say HOA insurance rates are soaring — leading to higher fees and special assessments

Credit: 10 Tampa Bay

Florida's insurance crisis is rapidly trickling its way down from single-family homes to condominiums.

Homeowners associations report insurance quotes are skyrocketing, leaving unit owners — many on fixed incomes — facing steep increases in monthly payments or even special assessments.

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The Republican Party is dropping its Klan hood

The Republican brand is no longer bigger business and smaller government. It’s white supremacy. Their platform? White supremacy. Their political and social goals? White supremacy.

The U.S. Supreme Court seems to share the Republicans’ obsession with making America white again. Gutting the Voting Rights Act in 2013 and striking down affirmative action in university admissions dismisses the institutional racism of centuries of oppression, favoring instead the pale and the privileged.

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DeSantis disappoints, and some Republicans seek new Trump-slaying savior

DeSantis is behind Trump in national polls and, more important, polls focused on the crucial early-voting states of Iowa and New Hampshire. more

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7th Ave

Rep. Maxwell Frost on America, Being in Congress, and How Gen Z Can Make an Impact

This shows that DeSantis is a loser in every sense of the word

Ron DeSantis deems Ukraine a ‘secondary or tertiary’ U.S. interest

Ron DeSantis continues to suggest Ukraine doesn’t matter that much to American foreign policy.

During a CNN interview with Jake Tapper, the Governor called Ukraine a “secondary or tertiary” American interest after Tapper reminded him he wanted to send the country weapons while in Congress.

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Freedom to Vote Act—With Goals Backed by Majority of Americans—Reintroduced in Congress

Today, Members of Congress in both chambers reintroduced the Freedom to Vote Act, a comprehensive proposal that would increase Americans’ access to the ballot box, neutralize partisan and racial gerrymandering and increase transparency in our campaign finance system to counteract the impact of dark money secret spending.....MORE

What Biden’s SAVE plan means for student loan borrowers

Student loan borrowers could save thousands of dollars over the life of their loans due to changes to income driven repayment (IDR) plans set to go into effect this fall.....MORE