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Nelson Black - Tampa, FL
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Nonprofit banker. Yes. Really. (https://fclf.org/about-us) // Views are my own.
“Whole sight or all is lost.”

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Nelson Black - Tampa, FL @nwblack3.bsky.social · Nov 27
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Cato Study: Immigrants Reduced Deficits by $14.5 Trillion Since 1994
The best way to balance the budget is to reduce spending—particularly on wealthy retirees—but rather than hinder our efforts to control deficits, immigrants are helping.
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February 5, 2026 at 12:17 AM
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"Some humans (I think? Hard to tell) in masks and vests showed up this morning and took Manny and Kumal away. As you may have noticed, those two were the only staff—despite this place being open from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m."
I’m a Bodega Cat, and I Guess I’m in Charge Now?
Dear Customers: Some humans (I think? Hard to tell) in masks and vests showed up this morning and took Manny and Kumal away. As you may have notice...
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January 31, 2026 at 2:30 PM
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I'm good. How about you? Show of hands?
January 31, 2026 at 2:08 PM
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Project Peach in Miami’s Overtown neighborhood celebrates completion with ribbon cutting | Florida Community Loan Fund
New on FCLF.org: Project Peach in Miami's Overtown neighborhood celebrates completion with ribbon cutting. https://lnkd.in/erWFYNmB Project Peach is a nonprofit office and community space with 3 affo...
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January 28, 2026 at 12:13 AM
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Immigrants in the US consumed about 24% fewer welfare and entitlement benefits per capita than native-born Americans in 2023, new Cato Institute research finds.

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January 27, 2026 at 10:29 PM
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This morning, I signed on to Articles of Impeachment against DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.

Secretary Noem & DHS employees have systemically violated the rights and privacy of Americans, terrorized our cities, and obstructed Congress.
January 26, 2026 at 4:25 PM
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We live in a world where the same people who believe a man built a boat big enough for every animal don't believe in climate science because it’s “unproven.”
January 25, 2026 at 6:53 PM
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There's something happening here
What it is ain't exactly clear
There's a man with a gun over there
A-telling me I got to beware
I think it's time we stop
Children, what's that sound?
Everybody look what's going down
January 25, 2026 at 12:06 AM
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ICE Kills Another American
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January 24, 2026 at 8:50 PM
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ICE and the Logic of Escalation Dominance talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/ice-a...
ICE and the Logic of Escalation Dominance
Again we have an ICE killing in which the Department of Homeland...
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January 24, 2026 at 11:48 PM
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FYI: Dems in the senate can't defund ICE. ICE is funded by the Big Ugly Bill. Shutting down DHS on this vote wouldn't touch ICE, but it would shut down FEMA, TSA, Coast Guard, etc. Shutting down ICE requires taking back Congress in the midterms. Dismantling DHS requires the White House in 2028.
January 23, 2026 at 5:03 PM
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It’s as bad you think it is. Worse.

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Many of the people who wind up there, Wolozin said, have pending asylum claims and work authorizations that prove they have complied with existing immigration laws, but were arrested anyway. Many were detained at the border patrol checkpoints that dot the highways within 100 miles (160km) of the US-Mexico border, not knowing that their work authorizations or paperwork showing they had applied for asylum or some other form of relief from removal would no longer keep them from getting detained there. Liam Ramos’s father appears to fit that pattern. His family, Ecuadorian nationals, presented themselves at the US-Mexico border using the CBP One app and then made a claim for asylum, saying they faced persecution in their home country, according to his lawyer, Marc Prokosch. “They did everything right when they came in,” Prokosch said this week at a press conference. “ICE didn’t care about the fact that they had those pending claims, and just arrested them.” The boy’s apprehension typifies the new policy of targeting immigrant families, regardless of their pending immigration claims, Wolozin said. “It is as horrible as it looks,” Wolozin said. “He’s coming home from school and now he can get abducted and detained for who knows how long and sent to somewhere he might not be safe. It’s making the United States worse than wherever they came from the first place.” Columbia Heights school officials said that ICE officers had also apprehended three other minors, according to Reuters – two 17-year-olds and a 10-year-old. But the Trump administration is increasingly locking up families detained in high-profile immigration sweeps taking place in major cities across the country, according to Becky Wolozin, an attorney with the National Center for Youth Law. “This is not people showing up at the border at this point,” Wolozin said. “It’s people being arrested who live in the United States, who have permission to live in the United States. Now, they’re starting to re-interview people who have refugee status. There’s no status that protects people anymore. Even US citizens are getting arrested.” Many minors may spend several days detained in places that aren’t equipped to care for children, said Sergio Perez, the executive director for the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law. His organization, which represents child migrants covered by the Flores Settlement, has taken declarations from families detained for days at improvised sites in airports or office buildings. In some cases, children were forced to use the bathroom under the watch of guards of the opposite gender, Perez said. “What you’re seeing is places with no medical care, places where the lights never go out, places where the children are not allowed to go outside, places where the food is abhorrent and places where people are not treated with the dignity required by the law,” Perez said. “We’re seeing more imprisonment of families and children for longer periods of time and under more and more deplorable conditions.”
January 24, 2026 at 2:31 PM
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SUGAR is back! Love You Even Still 2026 Tour + new song "Long Live Love" out today. Register at sugarcopperblue.com for presales starting Tue Jan 27 10am local. 7" vinyl pre-order available. More shows coming soon!
January 21, 2026 at 1:55 PM
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Is Bruce Cockburn Canada’s Bob Dylan? Or Dylan America’s Cockburn? (Pt.3)

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January 20, 2026 at 9:56 PM
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Great to be in Titusville with new friends, Ms. Nancy and Ms. Evelyn, discussing the legacy of Harry T. Moore and their witness to Black History in Florida.
David Jolly in Titusville, FL with Ms. Nancy and Ms. Evelyn David Jolly in Titusville, FL with Ms. Nancy and Ms. Evelyn
January 18, 2026 at 12:14 AM
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British artist Rob Rowland specialises in railway paintings ~ here, I’m enjoying the night-time atmosphere and lighting effects he achieves in this nostalgic image of a misty, wet Drury Hill, Nottingham in the early 60s
At night, policeman walks away from us downhill on a wet street lined with dark shops, with railway station in background
January 17, 2026 at 7:30 AM
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#ICEOUT TAMPA
January 11, 2026 at 2:57 AM
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She spoke with fire and conviction about why we can never, ever give up. The playbook is already written. It’s damn time we open the book. #iceoutforgood
January 11, 2026 at 2:23 AM
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50501 National Coordinator and Voices of Florida Fund’s Sarah Parker, spoke in Tampa to protestors who came out after the murder of Renee Good.
January 11, 2026 at 2:23 AM
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I miss Dragon Point. Hope it gets rebuilt. Along with Fred and Wilma and the hatchlings.
A concrete sculpture of a dragon.
January 9, 2026 at 12:38 AM
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January 8, 2026 at 11:52 PM
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Check to see if your representative is on this list:
January 8, 2026 at 11:52 PM
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I was there at the beginning…

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FCLF Celebrates 30 Years of Impact | Nelson Black
I was there at the beginning, before the Loan Fund was the Florida Community Loan Fund. There were many people and institutions that have helped along the way, but I’ll never forget the most important...
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January 8, 2026 at 3:27 PM
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Left: Trump Jan. 6 site claiming “no weapons”found on Ashli Babbitt, killed while storming—her word—Capitol. Right: evidence photo of knife found on Babbitt by Capitol Police. And if you say, “that’s just a little blade,” try taking one on an airplane—or into the Capitol—and see how far you get.
January 6, 2026 at 10:51 PM