Marco Rubio Gets Schooled On US Foreign Policy

United for Care: why you should care

You may never have smoked it or know anyone that has.

But chances are, you know someone that will have the kind of serious, debilitating medical condition that could be helped, or alleviated somewhat, by medical marijuana. The science is there. That medical marijuana helps people was largely undisputed in the last election.

If someone close to you has or unfortunately develops cancer, glaucoma, epilepsy, ALS, MS, severe neuropathic pain, PTSD, AIDS, or similar ailments - they may benefit from having access.We are fighting for that access in both the state legislature and on the streets.
Please help us fund this fight. If we're going to fight it out again on Election Day, 2016, we need to raise $10 million between now and then.

We can't rely on big donors alone. Even $25, $50, and $100 donations kept us close. We need your help again. Please help us fund the fight for medical marijuana
by contributing today.
If you haven't yet signed the new petition, please click here.

GOP Traitors: Marco Rubio

Marco Rubio

Phone:(202) 224-3041

Fax:(202) 228-0285

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Imagine Dragons - Demons

Florida GOP: John Wood of Winter Haven

“CO2 in my opinion is not a pollutant,“ God gave us C02 to grow plants, for us to exhale, everything else.” here

Trans lives matter Tallahassee

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“A True Blue Activist” Susan McGrath

March 23, 2015, 11: AM

CWA Hall

2165 Sunnydale Blvd., Clearwater

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Tell AG Bondi: Withdraw Florida from partisan lawsuit attacking immigrants!

Thousands of undocumented immigrant families in Florida will soon have a chance to be a part of the American Dream--but Attorney General Pam Bondi is determined to get in the way.

With Republicans in Congress failing to pass immigration reform, President Obama was forced to act on his own. Now immigrant families will soon have a chance to come forward and register, get permits to work legally and contribute to our system, and finally get a chance to live without the daily fear of deportation.

But rather than embracing immigrants, AG Bondi joined in a partisan lawsuit against the federal government over the President’s program. here

http://pambondi.info

Ten More Words For Florida to Ban

Ecosystem-- substitute wording: toilet
Justice-- substitute wording: priceable opportunities
Peace-- substitute wording: lost profit opportunities
Greed-- substitute wording: Ayn Rand libertarian number one value
sharing-- substitute wording: socialism, parasitism
corruption-- substitute wording: corporate value system
Elitism-- substitute wording: money as earned privilege
Taxation-- substitute wording: theft
personal choice-- substitute wording: baby murder
Diplomacy-- substitute wording: wimp alternative to war
welfare -- substitute wording: bumming
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Call-In to Support Driver's Licenses 4 All Bill (SB 300)

Transportation Committee Chair

Rep. Jeff Brandes
Call his Tallahassee Phone:
(850) 487-5022
Tweet him: @JeffreyBrandes support #SB300 now!
#Not1More deportation!

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Take Action To Save The Everglades From Big Sugar

It’s time to protect our water by ending the deadlock on Everglades restoration once and for all. What has been called "the most critical piece of land ever for Everglades restoration" could be bought this year, but Big Sugar, who agreed to sell this land to the public in 2010, is trying to run out the clock, hoping you won’t notice.

Sign the petition to the Florida Legislature today and tell them to buy this critical land south of Lake Okeechobee. We can help save the Everglades from Big Sugar and protect Florida’s drinking water all at the same time. here

Drop by Representative Kathy Castor's district office today

Can you drop by Representative Kathy Castor's district office today, 
Wednesday, March 11, 
while the House is on recess this week and urge her to stand with Elizabeth Warren against Fast Track and the TPP (and thank her if she does)? here  

The GOP's REAL priorities

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Artisan Grilled Chicken Ciabatta and Shrimp Scampi Linguine with a Bloody Mary

At  Applebee's in Brandon

'This Florida Bar Is Not For Blacks'

Florida DEP Workers Banned From Saying 'Climate Change'

Employees of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection claim they  were ordered to refrain from using the terms "climate change" and "global warming" in official communications, according to he Florida Center for Investigative Reportin. The unwritten policy went into effect shortly after Gov. Rick Scott, a global warming skeptic, took office. here

Top food bloggers take a bite out of Central Florida

Support Alan Grayson,s Bill to "Shut Down the Shutdowns

Congressman Alan Grayson is seeking co-sponsors for his bill to "Shut Down the Shutdowns."The bill would automatically extend existing appropriations levels for another fiscal year whenever Congress fails to fund agencies before their money expires.That effectively takes shutdowns off the table. It means obstructionist Republicans would no longer hold our economy hostage to push their political agenda."It changes the default from shutdown to the same budget," Grayson said during an interview with The Washington Post. "I don’t think the founders ever intended us to face one shutdown after another."The current system of governing from crisis to crisis just isn’t working. Rep. Grayson's bill is common sense solution that offers a real fix to the problem. Please join us in supporting it.Sign your name: Support the bill to "Shut Down the Shutdowns" here

World famous Ybor City, Florida

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Show Your Papers Before You Pee In Florida

Using the restroom is not a crime. Need to use the restroom in Florida? Be sure to bring your birth certificate.Florida state Rep. Frank Artiles just proposed a bill that would jail people for using the “wrong” restroom. here

International Women's Day 2015

Outstanding Tampa Bay Women

Jan Kaminis Platt - Pat Kemp - Betty Castor

Darden Rice - Kathy Castor - Betty Reed

Arthenia Joyner - Mary Mulhern - Lisa Montelione

Gabrielle Perham - Leilani Polk - Marisol Marquez

Bianca A Garza - Mariella Smith - Alicia M. Gazga
Linda Saul-Sena - Nadine Smith - Deborah Newell Tornello
Helen Gordon Davis - April Griffin - Ella K. Coffee
Catherine Durkin Robinson - Dawn M.Morgan - Jadell Kerr
Susan Smith - Becky Rubright - Cathy Salustri 

Florida's Culture Of Corruption: Marco Rubio

Improper use of credit cards

Double-billing flights

Political committees

The "Taj Mahal" courthouse

Friendship with David Rivera

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What Stogie Had For Lunch

Cuban with Spanish Bean Soup

At The Cuban Sandwich Shop in Tampa

The official Raíces en Tampa ‪#‎MayDay‬ shirt!

Order yours now and get it just in time to participate in International Worker's Day!
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Friends Of Ludlam Trail

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First Fridays Seminole Heights At C4G

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Florida's First Family of Corporate Welfare

Most Floridians don't even know who they are.  I wish I didn't.  You probably haven't heard of them. But you are paying them.

TIME magazine has called them the "First Family of Corporate Welfare"

John Ellis Bush (JEB), Rick Scott, and other GOP politicians kowtow to this family like no other.  They were a top donor for W. And they are almost singlehandedly destroying our Everglades. Welcome to Keeping up with the Fanjul family of Palm Beach. here

Hillsborough for Transit

Hillsborough County's transportation system is broken and it's time to fix it. Help us draw up the principles to guide how we set our priorities for future investment.

Monday, March 9 at 6:30pm 
St. James House of Prayer in Tampa

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Florida Corporate Welfare State

Marco Rubio, Mike Lee Push Plan To Cut Corporate Taxes here

Rick Kriseman #12

“It’s a good time to be in St. Pete.”

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Volusia County Deputy Todd Raible Murders Pot Dealer

Cuban Consulate In Ybor City

The board of the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce recently unanimously passed a motion in favor of reestablishing a Cuban consulate in Tampa. here

Read more here: http://miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/2015/03/tampa-angles-for-cuban-consulate-miami-doesnt-want.html#storylink=cpy

Rick Scott Doublespeak

Once again, Rick Scott owes George Orwell a debt of gratitude. Without the classic novel “1984” and its primer on political doublespeak, the governor’s State of the State speech this week would have been way more…let’s say transparent, since that’s a word repeatedly and ridiculously run through Scott’s Orwellian propaganda grinder recently. here

Florida Have You Signed The Petition?

The legislative session has started in Tallahassee - which means the clock is ticking for medical marijuana in Florida.  

In less than 60 days, the legislature will either answer the call of 3.4 million Florida voters - or they will have put full responsibility for passing medical marijuana squarely back in the hands of us - United for Care, you and the rest of our supporters will carry the burden of fulfilling the will of the majority.

That's a big responsibility, folks. And we aren't waiting: 

We can't afford to.   

The more we can collect through volunteer efforts and online, the more money we'll have to fight the lies our opposition is surely going to push out from here until election day.

One of the reasons we fell short last year is because so much of our money went to gathering petitions; money we could have spent answering lies on the airwaves.

If you haven't yet signed the petition, please download it here, sign it, and mail it in.

Tallahassee legislators are watching carefully to see if our intensity has dropped.  The harder we work, the more pressure they'll be under to pass a good, clean medical marijuana bill that helps people now, not 18 months from now. 

Thank you for your continued support.

 - Ben Pollara

P.S. f you've already signed the new petition, please forward this email to everyone you know!!! If you've already done that, DO IT AGAIN!!! And if you've already done that, please consider a donation to our petition efforts! 

Ybor City going from tobacco to marijuana?

Ybor City: its very foundation is based on taking a plant, rolling it up, and then smoking it.

Of course, that plant was tobacco and for decades, Ybor's prime product was cigars.

But now a group called Common Bond Collaborative is ready to cut in on Ybor's historical tobacco ties with its own smokeable, agricultural product: marijuana. here

Thought Seer - Ybor City

First Fridays Seminole Heights

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Common Bond Collaborative - Ybor City

1302 N19th street, Tampa

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Activist Workshop In Clearwater

Monday, March 9th

we're helping to organize an Activist

Workshop at Island In The Sun in Clearwater

(100 Hampton Road, Clearwater, FL 33759).

Sign up to join us today!