Richie Floyd
@richiejfloyd
St. Pete City Council Member, District 8. Fighting for working people. Teacher & Engineer.
Housing should be built with human need in mind, not profits. I'm grateful to be able to present the idea of social housing in the @TB_Times today tampabay.com/opinion/2022/0…
Was proud to stand in solidarity with Sayfollah's family and community yesterday, calling for a full investigation into his death and an end to abhorrent behavior by Israeli settlers
Yesterday, Pinellas DSA comrade & St. Pete City Council member @richiejfloyd joined the vigil for Sayfollah 'Saif' Musallet-a Palestinian Tampa resident who was brutally murdered at the hands of Israeli settlers-to demand an investigation and accountability for those responsible.
Come find us at the St Pete pride street carnival, we're blasting Mr. Cardamom all day @PinellasDSA
I’m running for State House District 43. We’re building something real: * Real teachers, not AI bots * Housing we can afford * Public control of our utilities * Worker power, not corporate giveaways Launch: 7/26, 2PM @ Portal (1512 Portland Ave) bell4ky.com
ICYMI… LDSA comrade 🌹 Robert LeVertis Bell is running to represent District 43 in the Kentucky State House in 2026! His campaign is about building the power working people need to turn Kentucky around—not just for one election, but for the long haul.
Saif Musallat was just 20 years old. He owned an ice cream shop with his dad in Tampa. On Friday, Israeli settlers beat him to death, according to his family. Our interview with his heartbroken father & his quest for justice: cnn.com/2025/07/14/wor…
This thing literally called itself "MechaHitler" last week
The Department of Defense will begin using Grok, the company announced washingtonpost.com/technology/202…
One thing is quickly becoming clear about “Alligator Alcatraz,” the immigrant detention camp that the state of Florida just opened in the middle of the Everglades: The politicians running the place are bigger lawbreakers than many of the immigrants they’re locking up. 🧵...
The Dem establishment are cowards. Once people see Trump's nativist deportation agenda in practice, they think it is deeply fucked up. We need an opposition party to speak out forcefully for immigrant rights. We need leaders who refuse to let the right set agenda on immigration.
Wow — New Gallup poll: —Trump approval on immigration: 35-62 —Record high approval of immigration (79-17 overall) —78% of people support a pathway to citizenship (+8 from 2024); only 38% support mass deportation (-9 from 2024) —30% want decrease in immigration (-25 from 2024)
NEW GALLUP POLL: the pendulum has swung drastically since last year. 🟢 just 30% want immigration decreased (55% last year) 🟢 79% of Americans think immigration is GOOD for the country (record high) 🟢 Path to citizenship (78%) beats mass deportation (38%)
A quick 🧵on new immigration polling from @Gallup. Let's start with the bad news. More Americans want to see immigration reduced (55% -- highest figure since 2001). And this, despite the US contending with labor shortages & the lowest birthrates on record. 1/
NGL "I, an extremely rich guy, sat down two candidates for public office and told them I'm going to decide which one of them is going to drop out and get all my money" is basically the cartoon version of the argument for why having extreme wealth inequality is bad for democracy
In summary, in light of the inability to add a new name to the ballot and the low probability of success of a write-in campaign, the only candidates with a credible chance to beat @ZohranKMamdani are Cuomo and Adams. I met yesterday with @NYCMayor Eric Adams and @andrewcuomo to…
Cages in a tent with your tax dollars. Not hurricane safe or flood proof, costing us the taxpayers millions of dollars for an environmentally damaging and inhumane political stunt.
Quick look at what inside a detainment tent looks like here at Alligator Alcatraz.
"But it just might work for us" strategy
🚨 NEW: Keir Starmer plans to win back “authoritarian leaning” voters by increasing Labour’s messaging on crime and controlling immigration Number 10’s strategy team recommended advertising in supermarkets, on buses, and with social media influencers [@timespolitics]
Right wing NYers moving to St Petersburg FL and realizing we have a democratic socialist in city government here as well
Jesus Christ was 33 when he redeemed the sin of man through dying on the cross and was then resurrected
Nobody is manager at your job at 33. Your parents weren’t managers at their jobs at 33, but you’re baffled at why I said 33 years old is wild to be a Mayor? It is indeed abnormal. Y’all please.
It seems unwise for Florida to spend $450 million/year to operate a big detention camp in the Everglades while Floridians are struggling to rebuild from recent hurricanes. Thousands of homeowners could benefit from the disaster funding the state is using to build this facility.