The Ybor City Stogie

Friday, May 17, 2024

St. Pete residents voice concerns about new Rays stadium deal

Several St. Petersburg residents are voicing concerns about a deal to build a new stadium for the Tampa Bay Rays and redevelop the 87-acre site that surrounds Tropicana Field.....Read More

Thursday, May 16, 2024

MAGA Dork Gets a Much-Deserved Reality Check from Bernie Sanders

Republicans are already trying to undermine the 2024 election

If your coup does not succeed, try, try again. Former President Trump and his allies — including the Speaker of the House and members of Congress — are already laying their foundation to claim the 2024 election was stolen.....Read More

The evacuation of Rafah is yet another form of Israeli torture

With another forced mass expulsion under way, Palestinian resilience is collapsing, giving way to pain and despair.....Read More

Palestine: An Issue for Every Worker

City Council eyeing Race Reconciliation Committee members in Tampa

Tampa's City Council will work toward appointing members of a new Race Reconciliation Committee Thursday.....Read More

Wednesday, May 15, 2024

Watchdog Warns America’s Power Grid Could Buckle Under Sweltering Summer Heat

According to a new report by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), significant portions of the U.S. are at risk of blackouts during the summer months.....Read More

Bernie: The Podcast with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Florida Senate Redistricting Challenge Gets Go-Ahead

A three-judge panel Tuesday refused to toss out a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a 2022 Florida Senate redistricting plan, pointing to plaintiffs’ arguments that two districts in the Tampa Bay area were racially gerrymandered.....Read More

Hillsborough Co. votes to allow county to invest in Israel

The public hearing took over two hours and was filled with people speaking out against the vote.

The board voted six to one in favor of allowing the county to invest in Israel, which caused an uproar with the crowd.

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DeSantis signs bill erasing the term ‘climate change’ from state law

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation (HB 1645) on Wednesday that will erase several instances of the words “climate change” from state statutes and restructure the state’s fossil fuel-based energy policy that listed climate change as a priority when making energy policy decisions.

The priority now is to ensure “an adequate, reliable and cost-effective supply of energy for the state in a manner that promotes the health and welfare of the public and economic growth,” as spelled out in a legislative analysis.

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I wasnt Allowed on a HART Bus

Driver #19. She said it was my pants. Could it be the shirt that I was wearing.

Call or E-Mail them and speak up!

Rays Redevelopment Explained by Tampa Bay Times Reporter Colleen Wright

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Palomilla Steak

Yellow Rice and Platanos

Huracan supermarket

Sligh and Central, Tampa

Drop the Charges: Demands for CUNY to Divest from Israel Met by Violent Police Repression & Felony Charges

Students and workers at the City University of New York held a peaceful occupation Tuesday of the school’s Graduate Center in solidarity with Palestine and renamed its library “The Al Aqsa University Library,” after Gaza’s oldest public university, which was destroyed by Israel’s bombardment.....Read More

Biden moving ahead with $1B arms package for Israel

President Biden is planning to send another $1 billion worth of arms to Israel, according to a congressional source, moving ahead with weapons support for the nation in the war against Hamas — even as he is holding up high-payload bombs over concerns about their use in Gaza.

The latest package for Israel is expected to include tank rounds, tactical vehicles and artillery rounds (to be used primarily against innocent, unarmed civilians).

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