MARCO RUBIO’S RECORD OF VOTING TO PROTECT THE TERRORIST GUN LAW LOOPHOLE

In the wake of Sunday’s gun tragedy in Orlando, the gun violence prevention organization Americans for Responsible Solutions issued the following statement today on United States Senator Marco Rubio’s record of voting to protect the loophole in federal law that allows known and suspected terrorists on the FBI’s terrorist watch list to pass a criminal background check and legally purchase guns at federally licensed firearms dealers: here

Florida's Culture Of Corruption: Jeff Brandes

A St. Pete lighting company in which Sen. Jeff Brandes is invested received $65,000 worth of work as the result of a grant he helped secure in the 2013 state budget. here

Polls: Florida Supports Medical Marijuana

The numbers in eight polls taken since January 2015 vary widely as to whether people of Florida support the legalization of medical marijuana. But the polls all agree that over 60 percent — the percentage needed to pass Amendment 2 in November’s general election — said they were ready to vote yes on the change in the state’s constitution. here

Anderson Cooper Responds To Bondi's Interview Claims

Florida To Protest Bear Hunt

 Conservationists, animal advocates, and other grassroots activists will gather in over 28 cities across Florida, on June 18 to protest the state's bear hunts. here

Tampa

Clearwater

Orlando

St. Pete

Sarasota

Other cities

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Pizza with Soda

At New York New York Pizza

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President Obama In Orlando

Tampa for Grayson Meeting In Ybor City

6.18 - 12PM

Robert W. Saunders, Sr. Public Library

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Tampa FNB Prisoner Solidarity

6.21 - 8AM

Our friend, Ashton, from our FNB food shares has won one trial and is going to pretrial for another charge on June 21st before Judge Holdens Court. Ashton, a young travelling homeless man, was arrested and beaten by police, claiming that he stole a sandwich from a store, despite video evidence showing otherwise. Tampa Food Not Bombs and other concerned community members will be there to support Ashton in this difficult time. here

Anderson Cooper Makes A Fool Of Pam Bondi

Anderson Cooper, celebrity and TV host, can be an acquired taste if you're not big on news anchors who get dry-humped by Madonna on stage at a concert. But he appropriately mixed passion with fair-minded inquisition Monday as he made a total fool of Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, a hopeless right-wing partisan and a onetime analyst for Fox News. here