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Jill Stein tells Tampa: ‘This is the perfect storm for a voter revolt’

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Dr. Jill Stein, the 66-year-old Green Party presidential candidate, brought her campaign to Tampa Wednesday night, where she spoke to a packed house in the second floor ballroom of the Cuban Club in Ybor City. Stein is currently averaging around 2.5 percent in the national polls, not that dissimilar to the 2.7 percent Ralph Nader ultimately earned in 2000. More than one political observer has noted the similar circumstances of that election and this one — comparing the lackluster enthusiasm for Hillary Clinton among some…

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Alan Grayson says DOJ won’t investigate death of Andrew Joseph III, but may look at HCSO practices

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Florida Congressman Alan Grayson announced on Tuesday that the Department of Justice will not investigate the circumstances involving the death of Andrew Joseph III, the 14-year-old black youth who was ejected from the Florida State Fair on Student Day in 2014 and died trying to cross Interstate 4. Assistant Attorney General Peter J. Kadzik responded back to Grayson on February 18, informing him that “accident, mistake, fear, negligence or bad judgement are not sufficient to establish a willful federal criminal civil rights violation.”…

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Alan Grayson says he may call for federal investigation on incident at Florida State Fair

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On February 7, 2014, 14-year-old Andrew Joseph III was killed as he tried to cross Interstate 4 in Tampa just west of U.S. Highway 301 – after being kicked out of the Florida State Fair for alleged disorderly conduct. The teen was one of more than 100 young people ejected that night after deputies said a stampede of teenagers had rushed through the Midway. His father, Andrew Joseph II, has spoken out about the incident over the past year and…

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Black Lives Matter activist says she’s putting Tampa Democrats on notice

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As the more than 300 Hillsborough County Democrats drove into the parking lot of the Tampa Palms Golf & Country Club to celebrate themselves and their prospects for 2016 at their annual Kennedy-King fundraising dinner, they were confronted by a handful of Black Lives Matter protesters who stood in front of the entrance off of Bruce B. Downs Blvd. “We elect these people. They’re out here at a country club hobnobbing, having a good time, toasting their cocktails, but they’re not…

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