All posts tagged "florida"
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NEWS
Russian Groups Secretly Organized Pro-Trump Rallies In 17 U.S. Cities Before Election: Report
September 20, 2017Russia-linked groups successfully organized over a dozen pro-Trump rallies around Florida during the 2016 elections in...
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NEWS
Florida Interpreter Signs Gibberish, Warned Residents Of ‘Bear Monsters’ During Hurricane Irma Update
September 16, 2017Officials in Florida are under fire after hiring a sign language interpreter who signed gibberish and...
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NEWS
Trump Applauds 38 Deaths From Hurricane Irma As ‘Such A Small Number’
September 14, 2017President Trump on Thursday traveled to hurricane-ravaged Florida and applauded how “such a small number” of...
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DEMOCRACY
Florida Dem Calls FL Nursing Home Deaths An ‘Abomination’
September 14, 2017Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.) issued a statement on Thursday slamming the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills, where eight...
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NEWS
Florida Sheriff To Gun Owners: Please Don’t Shoot At Hurricane Irma
September 11, 2017Amid a devastating category 3 hurricane in Florida, the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office felt comp to...
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EQUALITY
KKK Sends Threatening Letter To Gay Florida Candidate: ‘We Know Where You Live Fa-got…Quit Now’
August 30, 2017James Schneider, a candidate for District 5, Cape Coral City Council, received two threats from a...
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Clean Energy
Federal Court Halts $3.5B Government-Approved Pipeline Project Over Botched Climate Change Review
August 22, 2017In a 2-1 ruling, the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit found that...
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NEWS
Trump On Track To Spend More On Travel In 2017 Than Obama Spent In All Of His 8 Years
July 28, 2017President Trump has spent over 21 million taxpayer dollars on travel in the first six months...
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NEWS
St. Pete Florida Mayoral Candidate: ‘Your People Already Got Reparations In The Form Of Obama, Go Back To Africa’
July 19, 2017The St. Petersburg, Florida, race for mayor took an ugly turn when candidate Paul Congemi attacked...
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JUSTICE
Cops Scramble To Explain To Florida’s First Black State Attorney Why They Pulled Her Over, Prompting Criticism
July 13, 2017Bodycam footage of two white Orlando police officers pulling over Florida’s first and only black state...
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NEWS
Florida 7-11 Clerk Berates Latino U.S. Citizen For Making Purchase In Broken English: ‘Are You Here Legally?’
June 20, 2017Cell phone video captured the moment an irate Florida 7-Eleven clerk lashed out at a Cuban...
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Authoritarianism
Florida Sheriff’s First Question To Latino Man Who Had Just Been Run Over By A Car: “Are You Illegal?”
May 25, 2017A Monroe County sheriff’s first questions to a man lying in pain on a sidewalk next...
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NEWS
Tampa Bay Times Calls On Florida Republican Senator To Resign After ‘Racist Tirade’ With Black Lawmakers
April 19, 2017The Tampa Bay Times Editorial Board has called on Miami state Sen. Frank Artiles to resign...
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Racism
Florida Republican State Senator Curses At Black Lawmakers, Calls Fellow Senators ‘Ni*gers’ In Racist Rant
April 18, 2017A Florida state senator used racial slurs and insults in a private after-hours conversation with African-American...