Sunday, January 12, 2020
Saturday, January 11, 2020
Florida teachers to rally against attacks on public education
Thousands of Florida teachers are expected to attend a rally in the state capital of Tallahassee on Monday, January 13, to protest years of budget cutting and attacks on public education. HERE
Friday, January 10, 2020
Florida GOP Voter Suppression Scheme May Backfire
After Floridians approved an initiative to restore voting rights to approximately 1.4 million people with felony convictions, Republican lawmakers immediately moved to sabotage the historic effort. Blue counties are restoring ex-felons’ voting rights. Red counties are leaving them disenfranchised.
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Florida’s four most populous counties created “rocket dockets” to waive fines and fees en masse. Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, and Hillsborough—which, together, make up more than a third of the state’s population—launched programs to identify individuals who owe fines and fees and fast-track their cases
to the courts. HERE
to the courts. HERE
Hillsborough County Needle Exchange Program
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The vote was 5 to 1, Stacy White was
the lone dissenter. HERE
Thursday, January 9, 2020
Trump's Florida Sting Operation
The country's oldest Latino civil rights organization slammed President Trump on Friday for scheduling what it called a "fake Christian campaign rally" at a predominantly Hispanic evangelical church in Florida.
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Domingo García, head of the League of United Latin American Citizens, said in a statement that "Latinos everywhere are concerned by President Trump’s fake Christian campaign rally at a Latino Evangelical Church that serves a large undocumented population
in South Florida." HERE
in South Florida." HERE
Florida GOP senators praise Trump for ordering Iranian killing
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) January 3, 20201. Soleimani wasn’t “assasinated”,he was killed on the battlefield during active operations.
2. He was in #Iraq in violation of a 2007 UN Security Council travel ban
3. He spent the last few days coordinating imminent attacks against American citizens,allies & interests 1/2
Wednesday, January 8, 2020
Florida GOP War Profiteers
List of the amount of money every anti-Iran Florida lawmaker has taken from the people who get rich from war.
Marco Rubio: $377,378
Rick Scott: $73,911
Mario Diaz-Balart: $446,350
Brian Mast: $36,808
Matt Gaetz: $107,285
Neal Dunn: $35,800
Ted Yoho: $36,000
John Rutherford: $136,150
Daniel Webster: $28,900
Gus Bilirakis: $27,700
Greg Steube: $1,000
Tuesday, January 7, 2020
Monday, January 6, 2020
Sunday, January 5, 2020
Words of Kent Bailey
For decades, an extreme excess of money from fossil fuels has funded conflict in the Middle East. Limiting petrol-dollars would do much to stabilize the region. We can achieve this thru the peaceful, global development of renewable energy. A policy based on the pursuit of peace thru continued death and destruction will continue to fail, even if escalated to
apocalyptic proportions.
apocalyptic proportions.
The aggressive development and export of renewable energy technology can render this Endless War economically unsustainable for America's enemies while simultaneously creating tens of millions of jobs in the United States. Reducing the demand and the price for gas and oil will also make many of the deep-water, shale oil, fracking, arctic and other marginally profitable extraction schemes no longer profitable.
And, oh by the way, we can save our grandchildren's planet in the process. HERE
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Beyond individual actions, we must act collectively to reject those who reject Science and demand climate action. TECO, HART, the Tampa Bay Times and our Governor insist that CNG reduces carbon emissions when Science tells us that the fugitive methane (gas that escapes into the atmosphere without being burned) makes CNG WORSE than either diesel or coal! Methane is 80X more potent as a greenhouse gas.
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Beyond individual actions, we must act collectively to reject those who reject Science and demand climate action. TECO, HART, the Tampa Bay Times and our Governor insist that CNG reduces carbon emissions when Science tells us that the fugitive methane (gas that escapes into the atmosphere without being burned) makes CNG WORSE than either diesel or coal! Methane is 80X more potent as a greenhouse gas.
State of the House
Whether you are in Florida or Vermont, there is good cause to ensure the robust health of our state legislatures. This means that we need to be vigilant in electing underrated legislators to fight for important issues. Tallahassee needs an overhaul in order to bring real progress to Florida. In the Tampa area, there are already a slate of quality people running for the State House, such as Julie Jenkins, Jessica Harrington, Mark Oliver, and others.
Who do you want to see run for the Florida State House of Representatives? What should the defining issues be? Education, agriculture, environmental protection, gun control, healthcare, public transit, etc...
The same question goes for my fellow politicos in Vermont; here I have less knowledge because I am still learning the ropes. Who should run for what? What are the defining issues here? I see public transit, healthcare, compensation for first responders, bias training, and ADA enforcement as some of them. I am eager to learn more & help Vermont progress into the future. We may have the lowest state budget in the country, though I am positive there are ways to bolster our ability to fund what we need.
Cheers!
— Asher
Saturday, January 4, 2020
Bernie Sanders: No Money For War With Iran
Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Ro Khanna introduced legislation that would block funding for any offensive military force in or against Iran without prior congressional authorization. HERE
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