Saturday, March 3, 2018

The Wave: Justice Democrat Brent Welder

A new, independent PPP poll shows Justice Democrat Brent Welder beating his right-wing opponent in Kansas by 7 points! Welder is 100% funded by the people, not corporate PACs. So he needs our help now to win. here
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We know Welder can win in November, but first he has to get past the corporate Democrat he’s running against in the primary. His opponents campaign slogan is “Leading from the Middle -- The Courage To Compromise.” No joke! We know what happens when Democrats run to the center...they lose. 

Tampa Hoods: Ybor City

7th Ave
For Marc Rodrigues 

Int’l Women’s Day Tampa

3.8 - 5:30 PM
Centennial Park, Ybor City

Friday, March 2, 2018

A response to “Is the Florida GOP cheering for Gillum?”

Early today Leslie Wimes, President and Founder of the Democratic African American Woman’s Caucus of Florida posted a blog on Sunshine State News about Establishment Democrat and candidate for Governor of Florida, Gwen Graham.  In this blog she points out that Gwen Graham has more colors than a chameleon.  As a member of the Democratic Establishment, Graham enjoys the luxury of her father’s name and fundraising rolodex, but not his politics.  Where Bob Graham was not afraid to stand up to the powers that be for what is good and true, his daughter in her time as a North Florida Congresswoman has cast many votes contradictory to the very soul of the Democratic Party.  Voting for the Keystone XL Pipeline and against protecting legal marijuana states from federal authorities are but a handful of her poor public policy decisions.  Now it would seem she is flip-flopping on popular issues like gun reform depending on who the audience is.

Yet, for all these indiscretions, which Ms. Wimes points out, I see other progressives writing blogs like, “Is the Florida GOP cheering for Gillum?” These serve no purpose but as a hit pieces towards Ms. Wimes.  Her decision to blog on Sunshine State News is her own.  And, many accuse her of being a GOP mouthpiece because she blogs on this popular conservative news site.  This could not be farther from the truth.  Leslie Wimes is a pro-black, anti-establishment Democrat who cares deeply for her community.  In every blog she has written, I see the underlying theme that the Democratic Party’s Establishment has failed the African American community time and time again.

In this, we stand in agreement.  The Democratic Party’s Establishment has failed African Americans, Latinos, and Millennials-especially women.  We see this in public policy put forward or rather never even proposed by the Establishment’s elected officers and candidates.  What we need is a Progressive revolution.

Andrew Gillum, a young black mayor from Tallahassee, whose progressive politics have been evident since he first took office in his twenties stands as Florida’s next best hope for change.  A mayor who took the NRA on in court and never blinked.  One who has never flip-flopped his positions, but rather remained true to his convictions.  This is the future of our Democratic Party and we progressives should remain united behind him.  We cannot let personal squabbles sabotage the candidacy of one of our best and brightest millennial leaders.

You may not like Leslie Wimes personally, but you have to respect her tenaciousness for her community and the progressive movement.  Many might not like that she and fellow DNC member Nikki Barnes were not fans of St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman and did not support his re-election.  If you took a trip to Mid-Town, you might understand why.  Latinos and African Americans share a common future and a common past.  Until the Democratic Party’s elite address the concerns and issues facing our communities, you will find voices like Leslie, Nikki, and even myself railing against white supremacy and institutional racism within our ranks.  To call any of us GOP mouthpieces is not only asinine and short sighted, but just plain dumb.  Our revolution cannot continue if we allow Establishment Dems the opportunity to salt up the candidacy of our best hope to take back Florida from the Republicans.

By Christopher Cano, Past President of the Hillsborough County Democratic Hispanic Caucus

Christopher Cano, M.P.A
Executive Director
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CFL NORML
813.767.5295

Is Florida GOP Cheering For Andrew Gillum?

Will the Real Gwen Graham 

Please Stand Up?

Ybor City: The Revolution Starts Here

From  these steps...

This guy started a Revolution!

Visit his park in Cuba.

1303 E 8th Ave, Ybor City






Our Revolution
Campaigns End. Revolutions Endure
We are an ideological group, NOT a political party group.
Political parties shift, we do not.
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We are not the fringe, we are the majority!

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Meet Romeo 

Florida Justice Democrats

MICHAEL HEPBURN
I will be a champion for public education, stand for fair and equal justice, and advocate for the expansion of Social Security, Medicare and comprehensive healthcare for all. Check him out here
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Chardo Richardson
I have fought bullies all my life, and the biggest bullies in the world are governments and corporations that put profits before people. My experiences as a veteran and civil rights advocate prepared me to fight. 
Check him out here
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Thursday, March 1, 2018

Rays PR In Ybor





Ybor City, Florida

Int'l Sex Worker's Rights Day In Ybor City

3.3 - 10 PM
Ybor

Call Dennis Ross At 813.752.4790

Put pressure on Dennis Ross 
813.752.4790
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Hit him on any of the following 1. Russia- He was on Trumps transition team demand he resign because he helped Trump commit treason. 2. His undying support of the NRA and that makes him complicit it murder. 3. Healthcare- he is denying his constituents "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness." Or one of the million other reasons he sucks. I have it on good authority that he is worried about the political environment. Lets give him a reason to worry.

Visit him here
http://www.dennisross.com
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Campaigns End. Revolutions Endure

The Merchants Of Ybor

 New World Brewery. Sad,
visit them at their new location.

Florida Protect Net Neutrality

The FCC voted to kill net neutrality and let ISPs like Comcast ruin the web with throttling, censorship, and new fees. Congress has 60 legislative days to overrule them and save the Internet using the Congressional Review Act (CRA), but we still need #OneMoreVote 
to win in the Senate. 
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Join
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80% of the country 
is in favor of Net Neutrality!

Wednesday, February 28, 2018

A Wave Is Coming - But!

It is not the kind you think
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Harvard-Harris poll finds that the majority of Democrats and the overwhelming majority of young Democrats want to take the party left. here
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69% of Young Democrats 
ages 18-34 Support this!
Oblivion: The state of being unaware or 
unconscious of what is happening.
This is your future Democratic Party. 
Listen or disappear.
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The poll also found that Socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders continues to be America's  most popular major politician, with the highest favorable of any candidate among all respondents as well as among key subsets including African-Americans, Hispanic people and young people.
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individual Progressive Dem candidates 
are having banner years fundraising.
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The DNC is broke
Their empty coffers are the result of a general mistrust of the party establishment: from former Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Donna Brazile's revelations that the party "let Clinton's headquarters in Brooklyn manage the Democratic Party.
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We are not the fringe, we are the majority!

March for Our Lives Tampa

3.24 - 10 AM

Justice Democrat Chardo Richardson For Congress 2018

Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Democratic Party Attacks Progressives

Yesterday we posted about the progressive wave sweeping the country. Yet they are bing attacked. 
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In district after district, the Democratic Party machinery is throwing its weight behind congressional candidates who are out of step with the national mood. here
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The Democratic party is undermining Bernie Sanders-style candidates . here
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Justice Democrats, a group that spun out of Bernie Sanders' 2016 campaign, and is challenging incumbents across the country with Progressive candidates are being denied access to a powerful voter data tool. here
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In Texas, Progressive Democrat 
Laura Moser 
is being negatively targeted 
by her own party. here
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"Laura has generated a wave of energy -- more doorknocking, more calling, and more small dollar donations than any other candidate in the race.
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Her grassroots campaign outraised her corporate lawyer opponents backed by the DCCC. Running scared, they're smearing Laura's good name in the press, to defeat her and elect a corporate-friendly candidate instead."
Jim Dean DFA
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A group of progressive House Democrats is preparing to make a major effort in its party’s primaries this year, buoyed by a surge in liberal energy that has left them flush with cash and enough confidence to unveil a series of endorsements in competitive primaries. here
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“This really is our moment,” Rep. Mark Pocan, co-chair of the House Progressive Caucus. 
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Democrats are polling high, progressive candidates are having a great fundraising year, while the DNC is broke. here
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We had the right guy all along 

Campaigns End. Revolutions Endure

PEOPLE WANT A REAL OPPOSITION 
NOT MORE OF THE SAME
JOIN OUR REVOLUTION 
We are not the fringe, we are the majority!

There Is No Way That The Florida Legislature Passes Gun Control

Richard Corcoran runs the House like a dictatorship.  He's running for Governor and trying to be the most conservative guy in the primary," said a Democrat. " He CAN'T let a gun bill through, and he won't. "
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"The wave is peaking with the country (and many electeds) now recognizing that AR-15s ripping through flesh and walls aren't what our founding fathers envisioned," said a Republican. here
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Florida Party Affiliation 
  • We did the Math
  • In 1972, Democratic registered 69%, Republican 28%, and 3% other.
  • In 2016, Democrats registered 38%, Republicans 36%, and 26% other.

GOP has ruled Florida 
for 20 years. 
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Tampa Paparazzi

The Rose Guy

Students Of MSD High School Raise Hell

When you raise hell,
 things happen!
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Companies to end their ties with the NRA, Delta and United Airlines, Hertz and First National Bank of Omaha.
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The moves have come as petitions circulated online targeting companies offering discounts to NRA members on its website. #BoycottNRA was trending on Twitter.
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Even the State of Florida is facing a backlash. One of the survivors of the Florida school shooting suggested Saturday on Twitter that tourists stay away from the state.
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“Let’s make a deal,” tweeted David Hogg, a Stoneman Douglas student who has been a major player in the #neveragain movement. “DO NOT come to Florida for spring break unless gun legislation is passed.”
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The swiftness of the corporate reaction against the NRA has differed from that of past shootings, including the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre that claimed 26 lives, and the killing of 58 people in Las Vegas last fall. 
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Why? Well according to Bob Spitzer, a political scientist at SUNY Cortland and a scholar on gun politics. 
"The reaction was likely a reaction to the student mobilization that followed the
Florida shooting." here

Tampa Hoods

 Palma Cia

Monday, February 26, 2018

Our Revolution Has Started

Is this the end of 
Establishment Democrats?
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A new Harvard-Harris poll finds that the majority of Democrats and the overwhelming majority of young Democrats believe that the party is insufficiently to the left. Fifty-two percent of Democrats polled say that they support “movements within the Democratic Party to take it even further to the left and oppose the current 
Democratic leaders.” here
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In California it has already started.  Democrats rebuked Sen. Dianne Feinstein at their annual convention this weekend, denying her the party’s endorsement in this year’s Senate race and giving a majority of their votes to her liberal primary challenger. here
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"This should be a wake up call to all Democrats siding with the Establishment. Change is coming!" Christopher Cano
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Locally you know who you are.
Read the writing on the wall.
Either join us, or get out of our way!
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