Tampa drag queen event canceled after DeSantis signs new law protecting children
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Life Site News ^
| May 22, 2023 | Matt Lamb
TAMPA, Florida (LifeSiteNews) — A large drag queen and “pride” celebration planned for September has been canceled by organizers due to fears it would violate the state’s new anti-lewdness law. This
is the second LGBT event canceled because the organizers could not guarantee children would be protected from inappropriate sexual content. Governor Ron DeSantis signed legislation on May 17 that authorizes the state’s business regulators to “fine, suspend, or revoke the license of any public lodging establishment or public food service establishment” that “admits a child to an adult live performance.” “We’re protecting kids,” Gov. DeSantis said when he signed...
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Tampa Pride Festival Canceled After Florida Cuts Off Access to Children
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Breitbart ^
| 22 May 2023 | Hannah Bleau
The Tampa Pride on the River event has been canceled due to the series of anti-groomer bills passed by the Florida legislature and signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), which in part imposes penalties on establishments that expose children to sexually explicit drag shows and similar adult performances. DeSantis
recently signed a series of anti-groomer legislation designed to protect children from the radical left’s woke gender agenda, which includes pushing transgender ideology and gender confusion on minors. One of the pieces of legislation signed is titled the “Protection of Children,” or HB 1438, which imposes fines on establishments...
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Tampa man demands $3 million for every Black person in viral video: ‘We have to put White people on notice’
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Fox News ^
| 05/19/2023 | Jeffrey Clark
A local resident told the Tampa City Council Thursday that the cost of reparations in the city should be "$3 million per person." "All
this nonsense, homelessness and all this other garbage you all talk about. Police violence and all this stuff — don’t nobody care about that," the man said. "We care about our reparations. And we have to put White people on notice that we want our reparations. Our foreparents and us didn’t work for free and [get] underpaid and all this nonsense and the White folks get away with it," the man added," while "they talk about...
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Officers 'arrest' 9-foot alligator walking near Tampa Bay's Raymond James Stadium
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WPTV ^
| March 31, 2023 | Associated Press
TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa police officers were called to a commercial part of town because of a disturbance, but it wasn't a public brawl or anyone behaving in a disorderly manner. It
was a 9-foot alligator Wednesday night ambling down a street not far from Raymond James Stadium, home of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The urban gator whipped its tail several times when an officer first approached it, poking with an outstretched baton. A half dozen officers along with a crowd of spectators watched as lights from squad cars flashed on the blocked-off street, according to bodycam video released by...
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Video shows officers "handcuffing" 9-foot alligator roaming in Tampa street
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CBS News ^
| MARCH 31, 2023
Tampa police officers were called to a commercial part of town because of a disturbance, but it wasn't a public brawl or anyone behaving in a disorderly manner. It
was a 9-foot alligator Wednesday night ambling down a street not far from Raymond James Stadium, home of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The gator whipped its tail several times and hissed when an officer first approached it, poking with an outstretched baton. A half dozen officers along with a crowd of spectators watched as lights from squad cars flashed on the blocked off street, according to bodycam video released by the...
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Dave Wills, Tampa Bay Rays Radio Announcer, Dies at 58
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MSN News ^
| 3/5/23 | Harper Lambert
Dave Wills, who served as the Tampa Bay Rays radio announcer over the past 18 years, died Sunday, March 5, the Rays and Major League Baseball announced. No
cause of death was revealed. He was 58
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Federal Court Strikes Down Tampa's Ban on Counseling for Minors Seeking Freedom
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The Christian Broadcasting Network, ^
| 02-03-2023 | Benjamin Gill
The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has struck down Tampa, Florida's ban against talk therapy for minors seeking freedom from unwanted same-sex attraction. The
city had tried to block licensed therapists from providing voluntary counseling to those minors. The federal appeals court ruled on Thursday that the ban is unconstitutional under the First Amendment.... The latest ruling is based on Liberty Counsel's previous victory in Otto v. City of Boca Raton in which the Eleventh Circuit had ruled that similar attempts to muzzle counselors from helping their clients in Palm Beach County and the City of Boca Raton were unconstitutional...
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Hundreds of classified documents found in Tampa home of Retired Air Force officer
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Fox 13 News ^
| 30 Jan 2023 | Joneé Lewis
TAMPA, Fla. - As several investigations are underway over classified documents found at the homes of President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence, a retired Air Force Intel boss was caught with hundreds at his home. This
investigation dates back to January 24, 2017 when the Air Force's Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) received information indicating that Robert Birchum had been storing classified information on a thumb drive at his home in Tampa. A search of his home that same day found a thumb drive containing 135 files that were marked as containing Top...
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TSA Stops Woman from Bringing Boa Constrictor on Flight in Tampa
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Travel and Leisure ^
| January 9, 2023 | Alison Fox
A Florida traveler tried to bring a real snake on a plane, claiming the animal was an emotional support pet. The
boa constrictor, named Bartholomew, was caught in someone’s carry-on luggage during security screening at the Tampa International Airport, according to the Transportation Security Administration. The 4-foot-long snake was found coiled up inside the bag in December along with other items for the trip, TSA spokesperson Lisa Farbstein told Travel + Leisure. “Snake on a plane? This is a @TSA X-ray of Bartholomew, a boa constrictor who was in a traveler's carry-on bag at @FlyTPA last month,” Farbstein tweeted. “Woman...
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Road ranger finds woman seriously injured on shoulder of I-275 in Tampa
(Note, not a typo this is a Road Ranger not a Rump Ranger)
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Fox 13 Tampa ^
| Dec 25, 2022
Road ranger finds woman seriously injured on shoulder of I-275 in Tampa By Fox 13 News staffPublished December 26, 2022 4:00PMTampaFOX 13 News TAMPA, Fla. - Troopers are investigating after a woman was found seriously injured on the side of Interstate 275 in Tampa on Christmas morning. The
Florida Highway Patrol said an FDOT Road Ranger found the woman just after 7 a.m. Sunday on the outside shoulder of the northbound lanes of I-275 just west of Dale Mabry Highway. The victim, who troopers only identified as a 29-year-old white woman from Dover, was unresponsive and had suffered a significant...
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Tampa police arrest man caught on camera jumping Burger King counter, threatening workers to get free food (#FloridaMan)
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FOX 13 Tampa Bay ^
| November 21, 2022 | FOX 13 News Staff
TAMPA, Fla. - Police arrested a suspect who they said was caught on security cameras threatening workers at a Burger King restaurant in South Tampa on Friday. Tampa police said the incident happened around 5:30 p.m., when 50-year-old Hubert Credit Jr. walked into the restaurant, located at 611 S Dale Mabry Highway,
and demanded free food from employees. According to investigators, when workers refused to give in to his demands, Credit pulled a pair of pliers from his pocket and started threatening the employees. Security cameras from inside the restaurant showed Credit banging the pliers on the counter before knocking...
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Live Update from Tampa: Retired Green Beret Jeremy Brown’s Attorney: FBI “Planted” Evidence In His Trial
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gateway pundit ^
| 12/8/2022 | brian lupo
Via TGP’s Brian Lupo who is covering the trial from Tampa 1st Update (first day in the court room but the trial’s 2nd day…special thanks to “Jeremy Brown’s Campaign” for filling me in this morning and during breaks) The trial of political prisoner Jeremy Brown has been underway since Monday with jury
selection, however, the fireworks began to fly immediately on Tuesday and Wednesday! The Gateway Pundit previously reported on the retired Army Green Beret’s CCTV footage of federal agents offering him a paid informant job on January 6th at his home in December 2020. Brown is asking others to...
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Tampa Police Chief Mary O'Connor resigns after flashing her badge to escape ticket during golf cart traffic stop
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CBS News ^
| 12 5 2022 | not stated
The police chief in Tampa, Florida, resigned Monday after using her position to escape a ticket during a traffic stop involving a golf cart driven by her husband. …. During
that stop — which was recorded on video by the deputy's body camera — O'Connor identified herself as the Tampa chief, flashed her badge and said, "I'm hoping you will let us go tonight." … f The deputy issued only a verbal warning instead of a citation. The golf cart did not have a license tag, a requirement for when such vehicles are driven on public streets. O'Connor's husband, Keith,...
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Tampa police chief Mary O’Connor resigns after video shows her flashing badge during traffic stop
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Fox News ^
| 12/4/22 | Greg Norman
O’Connor tells Mayor Jane Castor she made a ‘personal mistake’ The Tampa Police Department chief who was caught on video flashing her badge during a traffic stop in hopes a deputy would "let her go" has resigned from her position Monday, telling the Florida city’s mayor she made a "personal mistake." Mary
O’Connor and her husband were pulled over by a Pinellas County deputy for driving a golf cart without a license plate tag on Nov. 12. O’Connor was sworn into the position in March after serving the department 22 years and was placed on administrative leave Saturday. "I would...
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Governor Ron DeSantis Speaks at Election Night 2022 in Tampa, FL (DeSantis Victory Speech)
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rumble.com ^
| 11/8/2022 | Ron DeSantis
Governor Ron DeSantis Speaks at Election Night 2022 in Tampa, FL. Speech begins at 15:00 The crowd was yelling "Two more years".
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‘It was super mean’: Woman takes entire buckets of Halloween candy from Tampa home
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WFLA News Channel 8 ^
| November 3, 2022 | Nathaniel Rodriguez
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A woman was caught on video taking a home’s entire candy supply for herself Halloween night while in costume. Popular
YouTube streamer Andy Signore, host of Popcorned Planet, told WFLA he was out trick-or-treating with his family when he saw what happened on the doorbell’s app. “I caught it happening LIVE, and I was shocked,” Signore said. “I expected some teens to be greedy, but I couldn’t believe an adult woman would take it all.” The video showed the woman, dressed in what appeared to be a barmaid costume, empty both candy buckets into her own...
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A Decent Man or a Bully- Our Pick for Governor (Tampa Bay Times)
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Tampa Bay Times ^
| 10/30/22 | Tampa Bay Times editorial Board
A decent man or a bully? Our
pick for governor.The governor should represent all Floridians, including those who disagree with him or didn’t vote for him. Charlie Crist would do that. Gov. Ron DeSantis does not — and would not. In 2018, DeSantis got 49.6% of the vote. In other words, more people voted for someone else. and a bully. Do you want the state governed by a decent man or a bully? The Tampa Bay Times recommends voting for Charlie Crist, a man of decency, for governor.A decent man or a bully? Our pick for governor.The governor should represent...
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Haunting Video From Tampa Shows Ocean Disappearing
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Daily Caller ^
| September 28, 2022 9:53 AM ET | KAY SMYTHE
VIDEO AT LINK...................... A Twitter video shared Wednesday appears to show the ocean in Tampa disappearing as Hurricane Ian is set to make landfall. What
was once described as a “once in a lifetime tidal event” by NBC News in 2017 during the onset of Hurricane Irma has reportedly occurred again: the ocean along Florida’s coastline is receding rapidly out to sea as Hurricane Ian draws ever closer, as seen in a video shared on Twitter. Hurricane Irma was the most powerful Atlantic hurricane on record, but the standard set by the enormous 2017 storm may be broken on Wednesday...
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LIVE VIEW FROM TAMPA’S SUNSHINE SKYWAY BRIDGE
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Sky News YouTube Channel ^
Live view of Hurricane Ian from Tampa Bay's Skyway Bridge:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W
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Ian A Major Hurricane Threat To Florida, Including Tampa Area
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The Weather Channel ^
| September 27, 2022 | Numerous Meteorologists Unnamed
Hurricane Ian strengthened into a Category 3 early Tuesday while hammering western Cuba and is now headed into the Gulf of Mexico for a dangerous strike on Florida. Ian rapidly intensified into a major hurricane at 2:30 a.m. EDT and then made landfall in western Cuba two hours later. It
will emerge over the waters of the southeast Gulf of Mexico later Tuesday.
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