Monday, September 25, 2023

Ybor Paparazzi

Lexii

'STUPIDITY!': Fox Host EXPLODES On Matt Gaetz


What Stogie Had For Lunch

Jerk Chicken
Rice and Beans, Cabbage and Platanos


$6.49 Lunch Special 

Hines Caribbean Cuisine
3313 N. Nebraska Ave, Ybor Heights

Tampa's Best Jamaican Food!

The Florida GOP on the Homeless


Tampa Hoods: Ybor City

15th St.

Vibes of the Bay, one of Tampa’s best indie music festivals, makes its big return


Vibes of the Bay
Crowbar

Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023
Doors open at 4PM

Free with RSVP, $10 at the door

A longtime Tampa favorite is making a mega-sized return after a three-year hiatus. Hosted by Symphonic Distribution, the Vibes of the Bay Festival is back for its seventh rendition, bringing an incredible day of local music and art to Historic Ybor City.....MORE

House GOP hit over ‘politics of hate,’ shutdown by major LGBTQ civil rights group in new ad


The nation’s largest LGBTQ civil rights group is launching an ad campaign targeting House Republicans over the impending government shutdown.....MORE


These November elections will set the stage for a turbulent 2024


Though the current political conversation is mostly geared toward next year’s national elections, there are a handful of key state-level races taking place this November that are worth watching, as the results will provide critical insight into the electorate ahead of the 2024 presidential and congressional contests.....MORE

Florida churches, groups step up to teach Black history and banned books


Churches and community groups across Florida are throwing themselves into efforts to teach Black history after the state’s controversial move to reject AP African American Studies.....MORE

Free at-home COVID tests are back: Here’s how to get yours


After a months-long hiatus, a government website that allows American households to order free at-home COVID-19 tests is back online Monday.

People can go to COVIDtests.gov to place their order of four rapid at-home tests per household, which will be delivered for free by the United States Postal Service.

More HERE

Sunday, September 24, 2023

Tampa Locavore

Wayne at NY,NY Pizza in Ybor City

Ybor City Vibrant Nightlife


Florida AG Ashley Moody Outlaws “Gas Station Heroin,” Tianeptine In The State


Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody filed an emergency rule Friday to outlaw gas station heroin.

Through this emergency action, tianeptine, commonly known as gas station heroin, is now on the Schedule I list of controlled substances in Florida.

More HERE

Florida leads the country in book bans


Florida surpassed Texas as the state with the most books pulled from shelves in public schools this year, according to a report released yesterday from literary nonprofit PEN America.....MORE

Ybor Paparazzi

Lexii

Matt Gaetz Wants To Be The Next Governor Of Florida


TERRIFYING: Why top military leaders consider Donald Trump so dangerous


The Atlantic has a terrifying new article about Mark Milley, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who for his entire 18 months under Trump worried about our nuclear arsenal every day.

You see, Milley worked under unprecedented pressure because — according to James Dubik, a retired three-star general and former colleague of Milley’s — “For more than 200 years, the assumption in this country was that we would have a stable person as president.”

The assumption didn’t hold true for Trump, presenting Milley “unique challenges” that didn’t end until January 20th of 2001.

More HERE

Anti-democratic moves by state lawmakers raise fears for 2024 election

Photo by Dori licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0

States are seeing efforts by politicians to gain a political advantage by curtailing the power of voters.

It’s all part of a burst of anti-democratic activity at the state level, as Republican lawmakers and officials in recent weeks have run roughshod over long-standing norms of good government — and sometimes the clear will of voters — in order to maximize their party’s political clout.

More HERE

Tampa Hoods: Ybor City

8th Ave

‘It’s going to save lives’: Frost on sparking first White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention


Saturday, September 23, 2023

DeSantis says left will ‘weaponize’ Trump’s abortion comments


In a Saturday interview with conservative media personality Glenn Beck, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said those in left-wing politics will “weaponize” recent comments by former President Donald Trump on Florida’s 6-week abortion ban.....MORE

COVID conspiracies return in force, just in time for 2024


An increase in COVID-19 cases has spawned a corresponding flare-up of conspiracy theories around the virus, a phenomenon that experts warn will only get worse as the 2024 election approaches.....MORE

Rene Schlegel in Seminole Heights


How Republicans conquered Florida


What Stogie Had For Lunch

Greek Salad
NY, NY Pizza - Ybor City

Jack Henriquez in Ybor City


Ybor Paparazzi

Legendary Bucs mascot 
Stephen King

The Florida GOP on Gen Z Votes


The federal government is headed into a shutdown. What does it mean, who's hit and what's next?


While some government entities will be exempt — Social Security checks, for example, will still go out — other functions will be severely curtailed. Federal agencies will stop all actions deemed non-essential, and millions of federal employees, including members of the military, won't receive paychecks.....MORE