Housing should be built with human need in mind, not profits. I'm grateful to be able to present the idea of social housing in the today
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Richie Floyd
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St. Pete City Council Member, District 8. Fighting for working people. Teacher & Engineer.
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A new Iowa bill would roll back child labor laws, allowing 14 to 17-year-olds to work in mining, meatpacking, demolition, operating guillotine shears, and other dangerous jobs. Under the business-backed bill, employers wouldn't be civilly liable if kids are injured or killed.
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The F-22 program costs $125 billon
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Fun fact: the F-22 that shot down the Chinese weather balloon? Yeah that was the first recorded air-to-air kill for any F-22 in U.S. history.
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Segregation was legal. Slavery was legal. Don't use legality as a guide to morality.
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So glad you asked! There's this cool little group called that's elected a few (hundred) people to office and been at the forefront of the class struggle. Definitely should check it out!
dsausa.org/join
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But Richie, how do we create a better system? Is there some sort of mass socialist organization that I can join?
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- Support for the Tampa Bay Abortion fund
- The expansion of city owned social housing
& More!
If you'd like to get involved in these campaigns, you can sign up to join us at richiefloyd.com!
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Last week I presented my budget priorities to the Mayor's administration. We have a HUGE year ahead fighting for:
- Real raises for our city employees
- A fully funded right to counsel program
- Pedestrian safety
- Public funding of elections
- A public power study
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Shitty economic system if you ask me
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Your employer doesn't give a damn about you as soon as they can make a buck at your demise
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And the worst part is that the courts have supported. We've been losing our democracy here for some time, but at this point I'd say things are not much different from Jim Crow
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The first amendment is dead in FL. The government has silenced the free speech of private citizens and elected officials by exacting revenge against them simply because the governor doesn't like what they have to say.
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I think the scariest part about DeSantis’ clear authoritarian power grabs is how silent FL democrats not named @AnnaForFlorida have been. How silent presidents of these colleges and universities have been. How silent fellow state attorneys have been. FL has no opposition.
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Chris was a dedicated comrade and friend. I'm incredibly grateful to have known him. DSA in Tampa Bay was better because of his contributions, and he will be dearly missed.
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We are deeply saddened by the news about the passing of our dear friend and comrade Chris L. To many in the TDSA chapter he was the one of the first people they interacted with when they became a member as he played a crucial role in welcoming new members online. (1/4)
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Think we don't have wealth redistribution in this country? Think again.
Since 1975, there has been a massive redistribution of wealth in this country, but in precisely the wrong direction — more than $50 TRILLION has been redistributed from the bottom 90% to the top 1%.
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If you are a high school student in Florida, we will gladly send you a copy of ’s From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation for free
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We recently had a great general body meeting to kick off the year! Our work on housing, environmental, labor issues & more is going great! Join us the 2nd Sunday of the month virtually or in person. Learn more at pinellasdsa.org
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It was a pleasure to catch up with and today.
Thank you for building a multi-racial working-class movement that has inspired so many people to fight for each other.
Our struggle for a more equal, sustainable and peaceful world goes on.
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Imagining what the posts would be like if Twitter existed when we banned lead paint
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DSA condemns the coup attempt in Brazil’s capital and calls on the Biden administration to revoke any refuge for Jair Bolsonaro. 1/5
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A surprise to absolutely no one
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JUST IN - Brazil's Bolsonaro admitted to hospital in the US.
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No one should get away with crimes against democracy. Not Trump and his sycophants, or Bolsonaro
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Bolsonaro and his coup plotting cronies should be arrested and extradited out of my state & sent back to Brazil to face justice
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BREAKING (1/3) 🇧🇷 Bolsonaristas are leading a violent insurrection in the capital Brasilia, ransacking their way to the Congress, Supreme Court, and Presidential Palace. The stands with against these acts of terror and in defense of democracy in Brazil.
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A union isn't an outside organization that comes in to help you, a union is YOU and your colleagues coming together to empower each other as a collective. And trust me, that's way more powerful.
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I am once again begging you all to get involved in local politics
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If you the house speaker debacle is interesting, you should check out your local city council
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So thankful for the endorsement! Our city doesn’t work without workers. As a former union member & rep, I will always look out for labor!
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We are proud to announce our endorsed candidates for the March 7th municipal election in the City of Tampa!
Congrats @JaneCastor, @aclendenin, @GuidoManiscalco, @LynnHurtak, @gudes490, Charlie Miranda, and @CouncilmanViera.
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This man's at KFC begging for another intestinal blockage. He's gonna learn the hard way about the cost of American healthcare twitter.com/davidrkadler/s
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Lula is going up the Presidential Palace ramp with and black woman, an indigenous man, a child, and a man with disabilities.
This is the symbolic gesture that the people will be in the government.
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This is me right now
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The real border crisis is that pricks like this get to come whenever they want, but it takes years of waiting and thousands of dollars for decent people to immigrate here.
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Bolsonaro will today flee Brazil for the USA, accompanied by his closest military allies, on one way tickets, reports Metropoles.
They fear passports will be confiscated on January 1 after Lula's inauguration.
His wife Michelle will not be travelling.
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Update: He did in fact sign it
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Some of these scrooge ass "christian" GOP governors need to be visited by 3 spirits
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It's hard to imagine a more evil and hateful political stunt than kidnapping people desperate for a better life, and then leaving them out in the cold on Christmas
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It's Christmas Eve and about 50 migrants were dropped off in front of Kamala Harris' residence with the temperature in the teens. Another stunt by Greg Abbott.
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Leaving this by the tree tonight
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Check out our plans for 2023 work here, including public funding of elections, fighting for working class people & seniors, right to counsel, and more!
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