Monday, April 20, 2020

Florida GOP Brian Mast is trying to pull a Gaetz

About 20 GOP lawmakers are reportedly planning to return to DC next week, even though Congress is in an extended recess until May 4

Mast, initiated the talks by texting and emailing other Republican lawmakers, sent a tweet to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Saturday, telling her to "DO [her] DAMN JOB." HERE

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Sunday, April 19, 2020

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Florida governor is trying to hide info on nursing home COVID-19 deaths

A new expose published by the Miami Herald reveals that the administration of Trump-loving Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has been working to hide information about elders in nursing homes who have died after being infected with COVID-19. HERE

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Matt Gaetz Chronicles

Has spent nearly $200,000 in taxpayer money renting out a floor in a historic building in downtown Pensacola owned by a campaign donor and political confidante since 2017. HERE

Saturday, April 18, 2020

Chick Rescue in Ybor City






During a walk with the pupper last night, I heard peeps of distress coming from two different areas. First, I found a wild little one in a grate and knew it was the more urgent situation of the two.
After 35 minutes of failed attempts to draw the baby out of the tunnel, I sadly decided that saving one was better than none, so I set off to find the other. Baby 2 was part of a new hatch whose family had already ventured off before it joined the world. She was alone, cold, and already covered in mites.
Reinvigorated by finding this little one, we went back to the first for one last look - and the chickie was in the open part of the grate! After some serious goalie work, blocking the open tunnels, the baby was finally able 
to be snagged! I got the babies home, washed off the bugs, gave them a blow dry, medicated the injuries, and got them warm. Today, they’re lively, fluffy, and ready to be reunited later tonight 💛 BIG thank you to the Carmine’s employee who helped out and to my newest volunteer who had her first rescue - A+!
Ybor Chickens Society

Thank You Bernie Sanders

"But the most important legacy of Bernie Sanders’ political revolution has been making socialism a force in American politics once again. Most young Bernie supporters would have to go back to the days of their great-grandparents for the last time someone could say that. It is a truly extraordinary achievement. Now, a majority of young people in America – America! – prefer socialism 
to capitalism..." HERE

Mad dash for the ocean in Jacksonville

People flocked to a reopened beach in Jacksonville, Florida, on Friday afternoon after officials partially lifted restrictions aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus. HERE

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Florida Lawyers Not Getting Out Of Bed

Broward Circuit Judge Dennis Bailey got frustrated with attorneys appearing on Zoom for hearings because they essentially rolled over and opened their computer for the court appearance. HERE

Friday, April 17, 2020

Obama and The Audacity of "Us"

Recently President Barack Obama officially endorsed his former Vice-President Joe Biden. In Obama's endorsement  he mentioned Senator Bernie Sanders as "an American original." A condescending remark, really, considering  Bernie's campaign, " Not Me, Us", was a huge movement comprised of young, old, working-class and poor people in an era of corporate control of most media, non-profits, and governmental institutions. A corporate system that Barack Obama has 
done well in. MORE 
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 For those of us who supported Bernie's political movement there is a lesson here: any authentic political movement from the Left that, say, a Dr. Nina Turner or AOC might inspire to elevate them into higher office will have to recognize that, like this past Democratic Primary, Barack Obama will be working behind the scenes trying to  undermine it. HERE This isn't really that surprising. According to the new book by Reed
Hundt, HERE who worked in both the Clinton and Obama administrations, Obama had already embraced Wall Street's bailout before his inauguration; thus, ultimately giving the big banks more control over our economy while average Americans received no mortgage relief. All this has a lot to do why Trump is in the White House. The remarkable thing is that Trump has discarded Obama's legacy achievements and often disparages his administration publicly. To which Obama has remained rather silent on. I suppose President Obama has been too busy undermining the audacity of hope of the "Not Me, Us" movement. 

Fisher Island, Florida

An exclusive enclave of multi-million dollar condos and homes and one of the wealthiest ZIP Codes in the country — has purchased thousands of rapid COVID-19 blood test kits from the University of Miami Health System for all of its residents and workers,” the Miami Herald reported. HERE

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Count Dracula in Tampa

Tampa lawyer Patrick Leduc plans to sue the county over its nighttime coronavirus curfew order, arguing, “It’s not like the virus is Count Dracula,” HERE

Florida Workers Need Relief

In a time of unprecedented crisis due to the coronavirus outbreak, out of work Floridians are finding unemployment benefits meager and nearly impossible to get. Gov. DeSantis has the power to change this. He must act now.​

Tampa Pastor Spreads Wild Conspiracy Theories During Easter Sermon

After being arrested for continuing to hold in-person church services at The River church in Tampa, Florida, Pastor Rodney Howard-Browne is using his (now live-streaming) pulpit to preach conspiracy theories.

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Thursday, April 16, 2020

Splinter in Lifeless Ybor City

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Florida Governor Under Fire For Declaring WWE ‘Essential

GOTTA KEEP THE BASE HAPPY!

Florida's Rancid Case Of Quid Pro Quo

In a bizarre case of corruption, the governor of Florida decided that WWE wrestlers are “essential” employees amid the coronavirus because he didn’t like the void of sports on television.

Sports reporter David Zirin found that on April 9 DeSantis declared wrestlers essential workers in the state. The exact same day, Linda McMahon, the co-founder of the WWE with her husband Vince McMahon, announced that her super PAC was going to spend $18.5 million in the state of Florida. McMahon is also a member of President Donald Trump’s cabinet. HERE

Tampa Bay Community Network Studio Tour

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Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Trump’s ‘Mini-Me Ron DeSantis

The editorial board of the Orlando Sentinel has published a scathing editorial that takes Trump-loving Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis to task for being slow to respond to the 
COVID-19 pandemic. here

Florida Man Filmed Intentionally Coughing on Cops During Arrest

#DEMEXIT Tampa Bay

Dear DNC: This is our Declaration of Independence from your Corporate Party

We, the people, stand together to declare our independence from corporate politics and a two-party system funded by the very businesses and billionaires that exploit us — the working class, the poor, and our planet. We understand that both the Democrats and Republicans (private corporations themselves) are incapable of reform, and have made it abundantly clear that they will ALWAYS choose profits over people. HERE

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Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Grace VanderWaal Legend in the making

Most Beautiful Voice I Have Ever Heard. She will be the biggest star the world has ever know. Where it started.

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When all this is over, I hope she visits us

Workers sue McDonald's over harassment at Florida stores

Two McDonald's workers in Florida are filing a $500 million class action lawsuit against the company, claiming a "systemic sexual harassment problem" at company-owned stores. HERE

PBS Documentary Highlights Miami-Dade's Court Program for Mentally Ill

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Sunday, April 12, 2020

BUSTED: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis

The Miami Herald published a blockbuster report on Saturday evening documenting the extraordinary steps Florida’s Republican governor went through to keep COVID-19 information from the public. HERE

Miami Cop Detained Doctor Helping Homeless

A South Florida doctor is speaking out after he says a City of Miami police officer detained him, in front of his house, on his way to help the homeless. The incident was captured on surveillance video. HERE

Ybor Rob: Cop Goes Nuts

Saturday, April 11, 2020

Florida's Right Wing Infestation

As the state’s coronavirus curve rises, Ron DeSantis sticks up for anti-science preachers—and keeps churches open for Easter Sunday. HERE

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Florida Trumpistas

Florida GOP governor Ron DeSantis is more worried about pleasing Trump than protecting the health of his state. HERE

Thursday, April 9, 2020

Biden's Offer To Berners

Lower the eligibility age for Medicare to 60
Unacceptable
We want Medicare for all
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His student debt forgiveness plan would eliminate student debt for low-income and middle-class people who attended public colleges and universities, historically black colleges and universities, and other institutions that serve 
students of color 
Unacceptable
We want to eliminate all student debt

This is insulting!
HERE

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Tuesday, April 7, 2020

Florida Playbook

Fried v. DeSantis: the coronavirus edition — Florida builds a mystery app — More pressure over unemployment fiasco — Early voting settlement reached. HERE

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Monday, April 6, 2020

Protect farmworkers in Immokalee

Floridians are calling on Governor Ron DeSantis to immediately take all the possible steps, along with the local and federal government, to protect farmworkers in Immokalee from the COVID-19 pandemic, starting with the following urgent measures:  HERE

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Sunday, April 5, 2020

Help YDSA at USF

Housing is a basic human right and it must be upheld by the USF administration and off-campus landlords. HERE

Georgia Beaches Open

As the Pentagon ordered 100,000 body bags to store the corpses of Americans killed by the Coronavirus, GOP Governor Brian Kemp dictated that Georgia beaches must reopen." HERE

Tybee Island mayor Shirley Sessions released a statement after Governor Brian Kemp ordered the state's beaches reopen amid the coronavirus pandemic that has already affected thousands of Georgians.

GO THERE FLORIDA IS CLOSED!

Friday, April 3, 2020

Florida Monsters

Republicans admitted Florida’s unemployment system was “designed to fail” — and then whined about their election chances now that the system was overwhelmed by thousands of suddenly jobless people. HERE

Thursday, April 2, 2020

Stop Florida's Roads To Ruin

Earlier this year, the legislature passed, and Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law, a bill to fast-track three major new toll roads that will destroy large swaths Florida’s remaining rural lands, pollute waterways, increase global warming pollution, and threaten endangered wildlife, including the iconic manatee and Florida panther. If completed, 330 miles of new toll roads would be built across south, central and north Florida. Construction of the “Roads to Ruin” will destroy more than 52,800 acres of farmland and wildlife habitat while at the same time promoting sprawling, unsustainable development. 

HERE

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Coronavirus first started circulating in Miami during the Super Bowl

Florida governor Ron DeSantis issued a statewide lockdown Wednesday after revealing coronavirus first started circulating in Miami during the Super Bowl in early February. 
Florida governor Ron DeSantis issued a statewide lockdown Wednesday after revealing coronavirus first started circulating in Miami during the Super Bowl in early February. HERE
#Dumbsantis
Coronavirus in the Sunshine State: 7,000, with 857 people hospitalized and 85 dead

Republican governors were slower to implement social distancing restrictions to combat the spread of the new coronavirus and these delays are expected to result in “significant” consequences, according to a study by researchers at the University of Washington. HERE

Wednesday, April 1, 2020

Ybor City Chicken PSA

Florida GOP voters want climate action

61 percent of Republican voters in Florida want the country to adopt a “balanced” approach to fighting climate change that considers both environmental and economic impacts,
 compared with 29 percent who said climate change is not real HERE

Catering By The Family Is Feeding First Responders

Marco Rubio’s latest attacks on the media are grotesque

He tweeted on Sunday: “Some in our media can’t contain their glee & delight in reporting that the U.S. has more #CoronaVirus cases than #China. Beyond being grotesque,
 its bad journalism.”
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What Rubio is saying is horrendously, hideously offensive. It is, to borrow his own word, grotesque. There is no one — no one — who is happy that Trump has bungled the coronavirus response so badly that the United States now has more cases than any other country in the world. Rubio could not offer a single example of “glee & delight,” because there isn’t one. HERE