CHALLENGES TO JOURNALISM: TRUTH, MEDIA AND DEMOCRACY
MARCH 6 / 6:30 PM ZOOM PROGRAM Zoom Weblink: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88078895725?pwd=dTd6cVhxRXJQb215VGFtQXVtRFlwZz09 Meeting ID: 88078895725?pwd=dTd6cVhxRXJQb215VGFtQXVtRFlwZz09 Challenges to Journalism TRUTH, MEDIA & DEMOCRACY There has been a rapid rise in social disinformation that has distorted news ...
Welcome to the Space Coast Progressive Alliance
The Space Coast Progressive Alliance advances progressive policies at the local, state and national level through education on critical issues, coordination of activities among local and state progressive organizations, and providing internet resources.
We are a grassroots organization of concerned citizens who strive for domestic and international policies beneficial to the well-being and self-determination of Americans and all peoples of the world, for protection of civil and personal liberties, and for progressive environmental, economic, labor, health care, social welfare, education, foreign, and defense policies.
October Letter to SCPA Membership
Dear SCPA Members,
The 2020 new reality of Coronavirus in our community has tapped SCPA’s ability to reinvent itself in a virtual format. The result has been an expanded viewership on both Zoom and Facebook Live. It has brought us new members who are anxious to help solve the many problems before us.
We found our way into virtuality with our favorite format, a panel of outstanding experts on each subject, followed by a Q&A. This began with a conversation to ascertain the safety and well being of our membership and followers. Speakers helped us navigate the agencies and services available during:
- May 7: Coping with Covid; Then, we presented compelling, hot topics of the day
- July 2: Your Mail. Your Vote. Your Voice (as we watched our postal system being sabotaged just when the pandemic necessitated mail-in Primary voting).
- August 6: The Color of Injustice; Being Black in America (as communities erupted into protest after witnessing the reality that vestiges of pre-Civil War mentality persist in the police departments that violently devalue Black lives).
- Sept. 10: The Perversion of Truth, Media and Democracy (when truth and science are needed to make smart election choices but are lambasted as “fake news”; and journalists are attacked for seeking answers).
- Oct. 1: At The Edge of Authoritarianism in America (as our system of peaceful elections are under attack through voter suppression and intimidation).
- Sept. 16: Our acting president, Raed Alshaibi, initiated an urgent, live conversation in Melbourne Auditorium, open to Zoom and Facebook viewers: Law and Leaders Summit: a productive and enthusiastic dialogue between Chiefs of Police and community leaders and elected officials.
The first week of November will most certainly be an unsettling time as we wait for election results. SCPA will NOT hold its First Thursday event while the dust settles. Until then, we will be implementing our Action Items that you hear so much about. Join us!
We will be participating in demonstrations, working for candidates in this most crucial election,
writing letters, calling our Congresspersons. Join us!
And please let us know in what direction you wish to see SCPA go next. We look forward to your comments and participation on committees. Sign up on SCPAflorida.com.
Current News and Information
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“The facts of this case as publicly reported appear very compelling: a man wielding a deadly weapon approached a polling location and engaged in threatening behavior towards supporters of one of the presidential candidates on the ballot,” reads a portion of the letter.
“The victims, two women ages 71 and 54, were subjected to an act of intimidation that no one at a polling location should ever have to endure. Your office’s dismissal of this case undermines public confidence in the justice system and fails in its duty to protect Florida voters.”
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Voting groups unhappy with leniency for machete-wielding Trump supporter • Florida Phoenix
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Last October in a suburb of Jacksonville, police arrested an 18-year-old Donald Trump supporter they accused of brandishing a machete outside an early voting location, targeting two women. He was char...- likes wow sad angry 14
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There is no just system in America anymore.
'The telltale signs of a coup': Musk's power grab draws outraged backlash ... See MoreSee Less

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Musk's citizenship should be revoked. He is trying to dismantle our democracy.
Musk Chinas operative
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DJT is is a succeeding at being their operative, USA won't be best GDP in world now
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DeSantis dictator in waiting
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They wont, no balls.
Democrats tried to enter OMB and were denied entry by Leon’s thugs
THATS WHAT WE’RE SAYING!!’
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Identity theft is punishable under law. One count for every American against each of these creeps should put them away for a long time. The government now needs to provide each and every American who’s data was stolen free credit monitoring for life.
America supported apartheid in south Africa, were Elon musks and his parents have an emerald mine and still do, that how he’s the richest man in the world, he stole the resources of South Africa , don’t you think it fitting these guys you supported are stealing the resources of America today? Bought musk apartheid South Africa and Netanyahu apartheid Palestine 😂😂😂 you can make this up
For crying out loud there is an ongoing constitutional crisis, a coup as a matter of fact, congress need to act now, if it is unwilling OR unable due to sold out Republicans majority is a total system failure, the limits have been tested, congress looks like a dry gov branch painted on a wall. Otherwise, democrats, independents and everyone not bowing their heads to the king MUST take this to the courts right now! Or this is Caput! on American 🇺🇸 democracy and form of government.
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ACLU POST-INAUGURATION TOWN HALL
action.aclu.org
Donald Trump has been in office for two weeks and has started to unleash his agenda undermining our civil liberties. Learn how the ACLU is actively fighting back at a Post-Inauguration Town Hall and w...0 CommentsComment on Facebook
“Yenor, newly appointed to the University of West Florida Board of Trustees by Gov. Ron DeSantis, is a tenured Boise State University professor determined to slam shut the minds of our daughters.
Yenor would prefer women stick to motherhood, not college, but at the very least, he posits, college women should be discouraged from entering sciences, law and engineering, the better to give preference to men, the once and future breadwinners. “
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Commentary: DeSantis plucks a guy from Idaho with crass ideas for women’s education | Pat Beall
www.orlandosentinel.com
Gov. Ron DeSantis’ positively Neanderthal pick for the University of West Florida Board of Trustees does not warrant Florida Senate approval, writes columnist Pat Beall.2 CommentsComment on Facebook
Fuckin pig
Where do these people come from?? The fact that people really think like this is very disturbing!