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šŸ§µof tips to help you at the ballot box and scrolling social media today ā€“ specifically for those who are new to or nervous about voting. First of all, get excited! Itā€™s every voterā€™s civic duty to participate in democracy. Take a deep breath. You got this! šŸ’Ŗ #ElectionDay
Want more info? vote411.org/select-state has state-specific details for voting, along with instructions on how to get a free ride to the polls from @lyft.
Tap into your local news outlets today. Youā€™ll find specific information on voting rules, polling locations and everything else you need to know. Example, @TB_Times walks readers through voting in #TampaBay: tampabay.com/news/florida-pā€¦
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šŸŒ¤ #TampaBay is a beautiful and diverse ecosystem and we need to take better care of it. Yesterday, I saw two šŸ¬chasing šŸŸ for dinner while pelicans crashed around them. Blue šŸ¦€ were scurrying in the water. Stingrays stealthily skimmed the bay bottom. 1/5
We have worked diligently for decades to clean up the šŸŒŠwater quality of Tampa Bay, but the massive dump of acidic wastewater from the neglected #PineyPoint phosphogypsum stack feels like a slap in the face. This happened before. Nobody learned from it. 2/5
We must learn the lesson now and act. We need new solutions to protect our bay and waterways, & a true commitment to stick with it. We need innovative ideas for the meaningful use of gypsum instead of building massive mounds w giant wastewater ponds that leak and overflow. 3/5
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#Manatee County, Florida
1855

pop. 322,833 (2010)

total area: 893 square miles
743 sq miles land, 150 sq miles water

county seat and largest city is Bradenton

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manatee_Cā€¦
9 Nov 2016

ā€˜Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton: How #Manatee County Votedā€™

ā€˜Manatee County voters overwhelmingly supported Republican Donald Trump in Tuesday's election.ā€™

ā€œMost counties in the Tampa Bay area went red in Tuesday's election.ā€¦ā€

patch.com/florida/bradenā€¦
ā€œā€¦ #Manatee County voters also went red in the 2012 election. In that race, they favored Republican Mitt Romney by 55.65 percent to President Barack Obama's 43.22 percentā€

patch.com/florida/bradenā€¦
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Football is an idol in modern America. The #NFLā€™s massive šŸ’°šŸ’°šŸ’°has corrupted our culture. I knew many young men who had no life plan other than going pro. They ALL had their bodies ruined in the process. I shouldnā€™t be able to walk due to a football injury.
We sacrifice our athletes to idols, cutting them into whatever shape wins games. The NFL doesnā€™t care about healthy bodies. The game destroys bodies. Your favorite athlete will probably retire with a permanent injury. No one cares bc šŸ’°šŸ’ŽāœˆļøšŸ†
I live in Tampa & I donā€™t want the #SuperBowl here. Get it out of here. Gladiator games likely to result in human trafficking. A circus of exploitation. But it brings in lots of money.
espn.com/nfl/story/_/idā€¦
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TW: rape and racism/antiblackness
This is my story of how Tong Lee, owner of The Chewy Boba Co. USF, continuously verbally assaulted me back in 2013 - a thread.
I saw Mel Gibson was trending and a tweet triggered tf out of me.
Tong Lee from The Chewy Boba Company USF in Tampa, Florida was violently verbally abusive to me. He once got angry because I was late coming out of work and he was supposed to drive me home. (1)
On the car ride home, he told me next time I was late, he would make me walk home and that he hoped I would "get gangraped by a group of black dudes." He also yelled at me for making one of *his* guests a sandwich because the kid said he was hungry and I was just that kind of (2)
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ā€œIā€™m really proud of this event. This is all about community. We put this together in less than a week. To me, thatā€™s pretty special,ā€ says Jake geffon, a 19yo protest organizer. @TB_Times
The march is about to take off. Itā€™s going to head south on 4th St and stop at the Central Ave intersection @TB_Times
On the move for the St. Pete night protest. A woman in front of me just turned to her friend and said, ā€œThis is the most people Iā€™ve ever seen.ā€ Definitely the most Iā€™ve seen at a march. @TB_Times
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