After a final workshop session Tuesday, council members will vote Thursday on a $6.5 billion redevelopment project, which includes a new stadium for the Rays.....MORE
Tuesday, July 16, 2024
“Blank Check” for Genocide: Court Dismisses Palestinians’ Case Against Biden Admin over Gaza War
A lawsuit led by Palestinians and Palestinian Americans that accused President Joe Biden and other top U.S. officials of enabling genocide in Gaza was rejected Monday by a federal appeals court, which upheld a lower court’s dismissal of the lawsuit. The three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court ruled that courts cannot review the executive branch’s decisions on foreign policy, even when there is a risk of breaking domestic and international law. We speak with Katherine Gallagher, senior staff attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights, which helped represent the plaintiffs in the case. She says the court has “essentially given a blank check” for U.S. governments to do whatever they want in times of war.
Study: Tampa is an urban heat hotspot. What does that mean?
Depending on where you live in the Tampa Bay area, it could be up to 9 degrees hotter than the area's given forecast because of the urban heat island effect. This concept states that cities are bound to be hotter because buildings, roads and other heat-absorbing infrastructure replace vegetation in those areas.....MORE
Cheney: Vance would help Trump ‘illegally seize power’
Monday, July 15, 2024
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Friday, July 12, 2024
‘MATTER IS CLOSED’: AOC & Bernie DEFEND Biden
I have to agree with Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Our best chance to prevent Donald Trump from estalbishing an authoritarian government that caters only to the rich and powerful is to support Joe Biden in his bid to become our next president. Biden has a history of supporting causes that support our democracy and the people of this country, he is well respected around the world, and his proposed policies for his next term in office will be sound measures that will benefit our democracy and our people. And IF something should happen that requires Biden to step down from office, Kamala Harris would faithfully manage this country far, far better than Trump ever could.
Thursday, July 11, 2024
Civil rights groups ask for federal investigation into campus protests response
Multiple civil rights groups are asking the Departments of Justice and Education to investigate the police response to the campus protests surrounding the Israel-Hamas war this academic year.
The NAACP Legal Defense Fund, the National Urban League and numerous Arab and Jewish groups are demanding civil rights investigations into multiple schools that saw demonstrations, including Columbia University, Emory University, the University of Texas at Austin and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
They want the federal departments “to investigate the allegations of law enforcement abuses — in response to peaceful protests occurring in cities and on university campuses across the country — that may be in violation of federal laws.”
More than 2,000 individuals were arrested among the dozens of pro-Palestinian encampments that were set up on campuses, largely in violation of school policies regarding camping out on college property.
Students at Columbia University went as far to take over a campus building briefly, and other schools saw vandalism and disruptions during finals week. Violence broke out at UCLA as pro-Israel protesters invaded the camp of the pro-Palestinian activists.
The groups are concerned about police force that was used at some protests, allegedly including tear gas, rubber bullets and pepper balls.
“Many current peaceful protesters, including students, faculty, and other stakeholders, are similarly exercising their constitutional rights by expressing their condemnation of the extreme and escalating violence in Gaza,” the letter to the departments reads.
Wednesday, July 10, 2024
Republicans know Americans despise Project 2025. They don’t care
More than 100 conservative organizations that back the Republican Party created Project 2025, the 920-page right-wing manifesto for governance in a renewed Donald Trump administration. MORE
Tuesday, July 9, 2024
Monday, July 8, 2024
Project 2025: The Far-Right Playbook for American Authoritarianism
The far right has made public its plans for an ‘ideal’ America if one of their allies wins the 2024 presidential election in its 2025 Presidential Transition Project. Project 2025 is spearheaded by the far-right think tank Heritage Foundation and supported by more than 80 organizations, many well-known for their extreme positions, and for pushing hate and Christian nationalism. The authors and supporters of Project 2025 claim this plan will “rescue the country” from “elite rule and woke cultural warriors.”....MORE
DESPICABLE
Johnny McEntee, Trump’s Director of the Office of Personnel Management and a senior advisor to Project 2025 brags that he likes to hand out fake money to homeless people so they will get arrested when they use it.
We should all be terrified of Trump’s Project 2025
“Project 2025” is nothing short of a 900-page blueprint for guiding Donald Trump’s second term of office if he’s re-elected.....MORE
Tampa Theatre recognized as the most outstanding historic theatre in America
This Historic Tampa Theatre (711 N Franklin St) is one of the best movie palaces in the world, and they also serve some of the best theatre popcorn around. That’s how we feel, at least, and now The League of Historic American Theatres (LHAT) joins in showering the Tampa icon with praise. LHAT has named Tampa Theatre as its Outstanding Historic Theatre for 2024 and bestowed upon Tampa Theatre President and CEO John Bell the Joseph Rosenberg Award for Outstanding Individual Contribution. Both awards were announced at LHAT’s 48th annual National Conference in Milwaukee.....MORE
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