VOTING LOCAL: Richie Floyd for St. Petersburg, FL City Council

Richie is a science teacher and community activist, with experience leading organizing campaigns for the $15 minimum wage, criminal justice reform, and more. He is an active union member and has fought alongside his coworkers and other unions to demand better conditions for working people.

He lives in the Central Oak Park Neighborhood with his wife, Miranda, and he is running a grassroots campaign for St. Petersburg City Council District 8 to fight for better jobs, affordable housing, and social and environmental justice. Richie believes that St. Petersburg can set the standard for a just and fair city for all people, and is running to help make this a reality!






https://www.richiefloyd.com/

VOTING LOCAL: Mary Ann Ruiz for South Miami, FL City Council

Mary Ann is uniquely qualified to serve as South Miami Commissioner as a native of the South Miami area, a resident of South Miami for over 8 years with her husband and two young daughters, Laila (8) and Elise (6), and an active member of her community, Mary Ann is the Chair of the Planning and Zoning Board and has been deeply involved already in a leadership role in South Miami. She is a small business owner and attorney, helping homeowners regain quiet and peaceful enjoyment in their homes. She also believes that South Miami should be progressive, responsible, sustainable and inclusive.

Mary Ann is a proven community leader and member in several organizations spanning her interests in law and the legislative process, strong female leadership, local education, and preserving Miami-Dade County’s local architectural, environmental, and cultural heritage. Mary Ann will bring these interests, ideas and community connections with her as Commissioner, with all the enthusiasm, work ethic, and critical and independent thinking it takes to continuously better the City.







https://votemaryannruiz.com/

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Tonight's Lesson: Don't fuck with Janet Yellin

Rachel reports that the Treasury Department will bring the pain to Russians who participated in 2016 election meddling. I hope they squeal.

GOOD!

“I always thought, when you negotiate, you come from two different positions, and both people move. That didn’t happen. We moved as a group of Republicans. The president never moved and basically left us in the dust.”

— Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), in an interview with PBS, on the pandemic relief bill.




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WENDY O' WILLIAMS It's My Life

Queen - Radio GaGa - Live Aid : Wembley London 1985