DeSantis & Florida Fascist Republicans PUNISH Disney and Tampa Bay Rays for Exercising their 1st Amendment Right to Freedom of Speech

When Disney’s chief executive Bob Chapek exercised his First Amendment Right to Freedom of Speech by criticizing the “Don’t say Gay” law, DeSantis and Florida Republicans RETALIATED by revoking Disney World’s designation as a special tax district which allowed Disney to self-govern the 25,000-acre resort since its founding.

Using the Government to Punish / Retaliate against people who speaks out against Government policies may be a Federal Abuse of Power Violation of Civil Rights and First Amendment Rights to Freedom of Speech. This should be looked into by the United States Department of Justice. State officials have been arrested for Abuse of Power, such as Rod Blagojevich who was indicted on corruption charges in 2009.

DeSantis Brazenly Admits To Punishing Disney

The GOP embrace of authoritarianism, and how Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is a prime example of this, are discussed by Democratic candidate for governor of Florida, Rep. Charlie Crist

There is nothing conservative about DeSantis attacking businesses

Joe Scarborough discusses Gov. Ron DeSantis’ record of going after business in Florida

Disney CEO rips Ron DeSantis over ‘anti-Florida’ retaliation

Disney CEO Bob Iger called Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ actions against Walt Disney retaliatory, ‘anti-business’ and ‘anti-Florida’ over DeSantis’ request that the state’s inspector general investigates whether an agreement signed by the previous Disney-backed board of the Reedy Creek district is legal.

Description from Youtube: “During a special session of the state legislature on Wednesday, Florida Republicans voted to strip the Disney Corporation of their “self-governing” status that has been in place for over half a century. While Republicans are celebrating the move, the public is left unaware that they are about to pay for this”.

Disney Outsmarts Wanna-be Dictator DeSantis

DeSantis retaliates by calling for investigation into prior board that oversaw Disney World operations in Orlan

Ron DeSantis announced retaliatory actions against Disney after the corporation outmaneuvered him and humiliated him for all the world to see. Corporate attorney and legal analyst Dina Sayegh Doll breaks it down.

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics – 4.21.22

Here’s your morning briefing of what you need to know in Florida politics.

Per the above article: “In an act of pure vengeance, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Tuesday that he was using his powers to expand this week’s special session in a push to strip Walt Disney World of the special taxing district that independently governs it. It’s clear that the governor has been nursing a towering grudge against Disney ever since the company had the nerve to listen to its employees and — belatedly, but rightly — speak out against the “Don’t say gay” bill, withholding political campaign contributions in Florida. And it may be that the taxing district, which has been around since 1967 and encompasses two cities, is an outdated concept. The district functions much like a government, with the ability to issue tax-free bonds, provide police and fire service and, notably, build its own nuclear power plant”.

“This is the stuff of Richard Nixon and his enemies list. For those who may not remember, the country’s 37th president kept a list of enemies that was revealed during the Watergate scandal. Its purpose, according to Nixon’s assistant in a 1971 memo, was to plan “how we can use the available federal machinery to screw our political enemies.” And that’s what’s going on here”.

“He’s covering his tracks, though with the most transparent of excuses, by saying that he wants the Legislature to consider getting rid of all special taxing districts that were enacted before 1968 and haven’t been reestablished since. So far it looks like that would include just a handful of districts along with Disney’s Reedy Creek Improvement District. House Speaker Chris Sprowls defended the governor’s move, saying the House has long contemplated this action. That doesn’t pass the smell test. In the war between Disney and DeSantis, this isn’t a grenade, it’s a precision missile strike, and it’s aimed right at Central Florida”.

“Back in 1971, Nixon’s list had 20 names on it. Over the next few years, it grew to 576 names. We all know how that ended. Now we have DeSantis’ frightening misuse of power. It must stop here, and that starts with lawmakers stiffening their backbones. Today, it’s Disney. Tomorrow, who knows?”

Ron DeSantis just raised taxes on Floridians in his bigoted war on Disney

Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis is one-third of the way to punishing Disney for opposing his anti-LGBTQ legislation, the widely-discredited, potentially unconstitutional “Don’t Say Gay” law, but some Florida taxpayers are in for a reportedly multi-billion dollar shock if he signs on the dot…

Per the article above: Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis is one-third of the way to punishing Disney for opposing his anti-LGBTQ legislation, the widely-discredited, potentially unconstitutional “Don’t Say Gay” law, but some Florida taxpayers are in for a reportedly multi-billion dollar shock if he signs on the dotted line.

On Wednesday the Florida Senate, succumbing to DeSantis’ worst instincts, passed a bill that would eliminate a 1967 law that essentially created a 39-square mile area, now almost entirely occupied by Disney World, that enables it to act as its own government – including providing all the services, like power, water, sewers, police, and fire, that local governments do.

Called the Reedy Creek Improvement District, DeSantis now wants to essentially void that law. The House is expected to pass that bill Thursday, putting DeSantis’ temper tantrum at his feet.

But according to the Orange County Tax Collector, Orange County would be on the hook for “all debt and obligations with no extra funds,” meaning “Orange County would take on $163 million [in debt obligations] per year.”

“If Reedy Creek is dissolved, Orange and Osceola counties would assume responsibilities handled by the district like sewer and road maintenance, meaning taxpayers in those counties would pay, The Miami Herald reports. “Taxpayers would also collect the tax revenue Disney pays itself, WFTV 9, an ABC affiliate in Orange County explains. But these counties’ residents would also absorb a lot of debt, too. That debt is no small number: a reported $1 billion.”

That number could actually be $2 billion, as Inside The Magic‘s Luke Dammann reports. according to the Miami Herald’s Capitol Bureau Chief, Mary Ellen Klas.

Here she quotes Florida state Senator Gary Farmer:

Details emerge on @GovRonDeSantis idea to repeal Disney's special district governing authority. To pay the Disney's $2 B in bond debt, Orange and Osceola county families would have to be assessed $2,200 tax bill says @FarmerForFLSen. "This is shoot first and ask questions later."

— Mary Ellen Klas (@MaryEllenKlas) April 20, 2022

What is Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Law? This law stigmatizes LGBTQ people, isolates LGBTQ kids, and makes teachers fearful of providing safe, inclusive classrooms.

‘A Solution In Search Of A Problem’: DeSantis Goes After Disney’s Special Status

Fallout over Florida’s controversial new law that critics have called the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill continues. This is another example of how Republicans focus on divisive social issues instead of governing and actually doing things to improve people’s lives.

Republicans “Don’t say Gay” law is ‘A Solution In Search Of A Problem’ which doesn’t exist. It’s more Republican Authoritarian, Fascist BIG GOVERNMENT legislation to enslave and regulate every aspect of people’s lives.

Disney Gives Ron DeSantis a Taste of His Own Medicine

The Walt Disney Co. vs. Ron DeSantis beef has just been reignited and things are going to get messier from here. Adrienne Lawrence breaks it down on Rebel HQ.

DeSantis PUNISHES Tampa Bay Rays for statement against Gun Violence

Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis who pretends to celebrate free speech and business, used the power of the government to PUNISH Tampa Bay Rays after they spoke out in support of gun safety.

DeSantis proved he’s Mean-Spirited Asshole / Bully when he berated Students for wearing masks

DeSantis, R-Fla., vetoed $35 million in state funding for a new Tampa Bay Rays training facility reportedly due to the team tweeting awareness about gun violence, according to reports

Florida Police raided the home of former Covid-19 Scientist Rebekah Jones after her data contradicted DeSantis’ Covid Data claims.

FL State Attorney Suspended For Saying He Won’t Enforce Restrictions On Abortion

Florida Gov. DeSantis suspended a state attorney who said he won’t enforce restrictions on abortion and gender therapy. Hillsborough County state attorney Andrew Warren says “this is more than just about suspending an elected official.”

Florida Republican Hornet’s Nest

DESANTIS FLORIDA: ONE OF THE MOST OPPRESSED ANTI-DEMOCRATIC STATES

• Dystopian Laws Attacking Freedom of Speech to SILENCE & SUE Critics
• Culture Wars and “Woke” BULLSHIT
• Anti-choice Laws against Women’s Rights
• Laws limiting what can be discussed in classrooms, such as the “Don’t say Gay” law. These laws doesn’t fix any existing problems, they’re a “Solution in Search of a Problem” and unnecessary BIG Government regulations & restrictions which makes teachers jobs more difficult.
• Law mandating public colleges and universities survey students and faculty about their Political Beliefs (FL HB 233)
• Teachers must withhold classroom library books until they can be individually reviewed for certification or face being charged with a third-degree felony if violated. (Bill 1467)
• DeSantis Hostile Takeover of Liberal New College of Florida is following the playbook of Fascist Autocrat Dictator of Hungary Viktor Orban by taking control of Education
• Indoctrinate Educators with Radical Right Wing Ideology. (Per news reports) Encouraged by DeSantis, Christian nationalist values and an “originalist” interpretation of the U.S. Constitution is now being taught in Florida Schools.
• Florida HB 999 Republican plan to restrict the way history is taught at Florida’s colleges and universities is being condemned by academics & historians across the U.S. (Another example of Fascist, Authoritarian policies).
• DeSantis has publicly called for putting cameras and microphones into classrooms to monitor teachers. He wants more surveillance in every part of our lives, empowering legislators to police classrooms, doctor’s offices, the workplace.
• Voting Police to intimidate people so they’re afraid to vote in Florida
• Florida Employees Threatened With Demotions If They Criticize DeSantis
• Bill to eliminate the Democrat Party in the State of Florida, thereby creating One Party Rule similar to how Dictator Victor Orbán took over the once Democratic government in Hungary
• Florida ‘Bloggers Bill’ which would require anyone who writes about Florida Republicans and DeSantis to register with the state and put on an ‘enemies list’. This is another BLATANT violation of the 1st Amendment and attempt to SILENCE critics. This is the same Anti-Democratic, Fascist Authoritarian tactic used by the Nazi German Propaganda Ministry in 1933 called the “Editors Law” and in 2014 by War Criminal Dictator Vladimir Putin, forcing bloggers in Russia to register with the Russian Media office.
• Attacking Freedom of Speech – Bill HB 991 to significantly weaken libel laws. Critics believe this is an attempt to give Ron DeSantis even more power to sue his critics for saying things he doesn’t like. Bill 991 also gives Florida residents the right to sue others (both in the state or elsewhere in the U.S.) who describe their actions online as transphobic or homophobic, for $35,000 and would not allow the truth to be used in defenses against such lawsuits.
• Retaliated against Disney for exercising their First Amendment Right to Freedom of Speech, stripping Disney of 50+ years self-governing authority after Disney stated opposition to the ‘Don’t say Gay’ law which limits discussing LGBTQ issues in schools.
• Right Wing figures installed on the board of former Disney district. This is the same tactics used in Anti-Democratic Fascists Dictatorships
• Retaliated against the Tampa Bay Rays for exercising their First Amendment Right to Freedom of Speech by blocking state money to their training facility after team tweeted against gun violence
• Florida Police raided the home of former Covid-19 Scientist Rebekah Jones after her data contradicted DeSantis’ Covid Data claims.
• Transgender athlete discrimination Laws
• Florida Senate Bill 254 would allow the state to take Trans children receiving gender-affirming care away from Parents
• Anti-Protesting Laws making protesting a felony & allowing protestors can be run over & killed with no consequences. This law was passed to silence and intimidate anyone who dare protest and raise objections to Republican’s oppression (similar to Russia and North Korea)
• DeSantis wants his own State Militia which would only answer to him and “not be encumbered to the federal government.”
• Felons Victimized by Republicans and DeSantis “Voter Fraud Crackdown”.  Per an article at commondreams.org, “Most who were arrested were approved by the Florida Department of Elections, which sent their voter registration cards ahead of the 2020 elections. All were charged with third-degree felony voter fraud, a crime punishable by as many as five years behind bars and up to a $5,000 fine. The ACLU of Florida stated, “The arrests are a grotesque abuse of power by Gov. DeSantis”.
• Using Migrants as Props. Per an article at theguardian.com, “DeSantis should be prosecuted for his treatment of immigrants. Those conspiring with him appear to have acted criminally under Texas law. Title 5, section 20 of the Texas penal code defines the crime of unlawful restraint. Under the statute, a person is restrained if their movement is restricted without their consent by, among other means, moving the person from one place to another. Restraint is without consent “if it is accompanied … by deception”. Under the statute, the violation is a class A misdemeanor, unless the person restrained is younger than 17, in which case it is a felony. According to reporting, there were children among those criminally transported to Martha’s Vineyard”.
• DeSantis fought for and was given the authority to redraw Congressional districts to rig elections in Republican’s favor. This resulted in House Seats being stolen from Democrats. Another example of how Republicans know they can’t win elections unless they CHEAT because their policies are UNPOPULAR.

Video shows how Democracy is DESTROYED by Power Hungry Wanna-Be Dictators

DeSantis ‘God made a fighter’ who was ‘Anointed By God’ Propaganda Political Ad shows what DeSantis thinks of himself and what a danger to Democracy he is.

Per the description from YouTube: “Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is at the center of a major corporate corruption scandal. DeSantis has signed off on $5.7 billion in tax write-offs and giveaways to corporation, while raising taxes on working people by $1 billion. In return, he’s banked about $30 million from Wall Street and other corporate donors”.

Florida Republican Proposes Bill To Make It Easier For Ron DeSantis To Sue His Critics

A Republican Representative in the Florida statehouse has put forth legislation that would significantly weaken libel laws, and critics believe this is an attempt to give Ron DeSantis even more power to sue his critics for saying things he doesn’t like. Legal scholars have trashed the bill, pointing out that a state cannot legally have different thresholds than federal legislation, making this bill all the more confusing.

Russian Lawmakers Pass Bill to Outlaw Insulting the State

Critics worry that the state will use the laws to silence critics in the country, which already has severely restricted free speech freedoms.

“Russian Lawmakers Pass Bill to Outlaw Insulting the State” is similar to DeSantis and Florida Republicans attempting to silence critics by making it easier to SUE them.

How Republicans Are Destroying America and Democracy

If you want to see what Republicans want to do to America, look no further than the state of Florida. This solidly-Republican one-party-rule controlled state is passing all sorts of Draconian laws – from abortion bans to voter suppression to white appeasement legislation – and all of these are items that other states will copy if Florida is successful (while others were stolen from other states that have been successful.) But Florida is going downhill faster than any other state, and it gives Americans a clear picture of what Republicans want to do to the entire country.

DeSantis Proves An Apt Student Of Trump-Style Bully Politics

Ruth Ben-Ghiat, professor of history at New York University, talks with Ali Velshi about the next generation of Trump Republican as modeled in Florida Governor Ron DeSantis

The Right Wants Freedom For Themselves but Not For Others

Republicans fit all of the Characteristics of Fascism described below

Fourteen Characteristics of Fascism – Article by Dr. Lawrence Britt

1. Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights – Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of “need.” The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations, long incarcerations of prisoners, etc.

2. Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause – The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: racial , ethnic or religious minorities; liberals; communists; socialists, terrorists, etc.

3. Supremacy of the Military – Even when there are widespread domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized.

4. Rampant Sexism – The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional gender roles are made more rigid. Divorce, abortion and homosexuality are suppressed and the state is represented as the ultimate guardian of the family institution.

5. Controlled Mass Media – Sometimes to media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation, or sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Censorship, especially in war time, is very common.

6. Obsession with National Security – Fear is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses.

7. Religion and Government are Intertwined – Governments in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Religious rhetoric and terminology is common from government leaders, even when the major tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed to the government’s policies or actions.

8. Corporate Power is Protected – The industrial and business aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and power elite.

9. Labor Power is Suppressed – Because the organizing power of labor is the only real threat to a fascist government, labor unions are either eliminated entirely, or are severely suppressed.

10. Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts – Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to higher education, and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other academics to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts and letters is openly attacked.

11. Obsession with Crime and Punishment – Under fascist regimes, the police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego civil liberties in the name of patriotism. There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations.

12. Rampant Cronyism and Corruption – Fascist regimes almost always are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability. It is not uncommon in fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures to be appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders.

13. Manipulate & Control elections – Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by smear campaigns against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate & control elections.

14. Powerful and Continuing Nationalism – Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays.

REPUBLICANS ARE LIKE ISLAMIC TERRORISTS

Per the above article; “You’ve heard of death by a thousand cuts. Florida Republicans have inflicted the thousandth cut on democracy in this state. Democracy in Florida is just about dead. The state effectively has a one-party (Republican) regime”.

“Florida Republicans acquired their overlord status in large part through voter suppression. After the November 2020 election in which many more Democrats than Republicans voted by mail, Republicans had to suppress that too. Republican Sen. Dennis Baxley introduced SB 90, which retroactively voids as many as 6 million already-filed 2022 mail-voting sign-ups and bans mail-ballot drop boxes, which were used without incident by 1.5 million Florida voters last year. It’s voter suppression on steroids”.

DeSantis and Florida Republicans Discover Their Inner Soviet | Pierre Tristam | FlaglerLive

It’s been a grim few weeks. Democracy, human rights and free speech are under assault as they’ve not been in generations. Misinformation and fabrications are carpet-bombing reality. Thought policing is muzzling expression and rewriting history as a worship-jerk. Individual freedom is in retreat. Authoritarianism–bullying, vengeful, exultant–is triumphant.

Per the above article, “Using Floridians as bombing range DeSantis is waging a proxy war against all things lefty as buildup to a 2024 run. He’s making Donald Trump look like a compassionate con artist in comparison. Any semblance of inclusivity, of governance, of compromise or–heresy of heresies–moderation is out. The inquisition is back in. Strong-arming anything in the way is not a means to an end. It is an end in itself. There is no purpose to DeSantis’s governance other than himself, no grand policy agenda. It’s DeSantis as caudillo, now complete with his own Chavez-like election force.

Floridians are losing interest in democracy enough to believe bogus voter fraud claims and embrace insurrectionist violence as political speech. It’s how Goebbels saw Kristallnacht, too. Cleansing time. They don’t respect mere demonstrators, those pitiful social justice warriors. They see them as weak. As woke. It’s the red bait of the day.

We’re seeing the authoritarian impulse poison our own communities, as we did last week when Flagler Palm Coast High School student leader Jack Petocz was suspended after leading a brief walkout to protest one of those reactionary bills. He and Principal Greg Schwartz had agreed to the parameters of the march. But just as it was getting started, Schwartz saw that Jack was handing out pride flags. He ordered him to stop.

This is not democracy. It’s vigilantist autocracy violating students’ human rights, a violation echoed in the legislation banning abortions past 15 weeks, a brutal assault on women’s autonomy over their bodies that doesn’t even make an exception for rape, incest or human trafficking. Did I mention that the hippocratic oath has been replaced by the Gospel according to Fox?

Florida’s surgeon general, Joseph Ladapo, our frontier doctor Strangelove who welcomed Covid like it was the second coming, just announced that he would be opposing the vaccination of healthy children under 18. He cited outright falsehoods cribbed from conspiracy theorists–tuxedoed in the regal language of the Barrington Declaration–that vaccines could cause more harm than good even though over 1,000 children have died from Covid. A far larger number have or continue to suffer from long covid. And unvaccinated children continue to be more likely to carry the virus and infect older adults.

Radical Right-Wing Anti-Democratic Fascist Republicans prove they HATE Freedom of Speech & the First Amendment when people or organizations speak out against THEM. They want to silence all dissent and only want Freedom of Speech for THEMSELVES

Republican toadies are secretly planning to rewrite America’s Constitution. Why? To please the billionaires who fund & own them. If they have their way, no-one…not state governors, the US Congress, the President, not even the people will have any say whatsoever…

The Right Wants Freedom For Themselves but Not For Others

DeSantis Brazenly Admits To Punishing Disney

The GOP embrace of authoritarianism, and how Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is a prime example of this, are discussed by Democratic candidate for governor of Florida, Rep. Charlie Crist, on The ReidOut with Joy Reid.

Georgia Republicans Pass Bill To Punish Delta Airlines After They Denounced Voter Suppression

There is absolutely no room for dissent in the Republican Party, and after Delta Airlines denounced the voter suppression bill that Georgia Republicans recently passed, these same Republicans passed a bill stripping Delta of tax breaks that the state had given them. Delta is a major employer in the state of Georgia, and making them angry is going to backfire spectacularly on the state. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins explains what’s happening.

Georgia Republican Governor Casey Cagle Threatens Delta Over NRA Split

Georgia Lt. Governor Casey Cagle threatened Delta Air Lines over their plan to stop offering discounted fares to NRA members by saying he would kill legislation giving Delta a tax break. The panel discusses. Feb 27, 2018

Title from YouTube: “Reince Priebus Says Trump Considering Abolishing 1st Amendment”

Description from YouTube: “According to his Chief of Staff, the President is considering either amending or completely abolishing the 1st Amendment in order to teach the press a lesson about being mean to him. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this”.

Republican Trump asks his supporters to punish Goodyear by Boycotting their products

Anti-Democratic Fascist Republicans are passing Laws banning books, limiting what Teachers can Teach and what can be discussed with huge fines of up to $10,000 for violations

Florida Republicans Call To Revoke Disney’s Special Status

Walt Disney World has a special status that allows it to operate and run its Orlando theme parks as we know it. But because Disney denounced Florida’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bill, state republicans are now calling to revoke Disney’s special status. Former Florida congresswoman Debbie Mucarsel-Powell joined Alicia Menendez on American Voices to discuss.

Republicans State Bills To Limit What Teachers Can Say

Republicans across the country have introduced 137 pieces of legislation at the state level trying to limit what teachers are legally allowed to teach their students. Discussions about race, gender, and sexual orientation are being outlawed in areas where Republicans have the numbers to pass the legislation. This is going to set our education system back generations, and experts believe it will soon lead to a mass exodus of teachers all over America.

Florida Republican’s Don’t Say Gay Law doesn’t fix any existing problems, it’s a Solution in Search of a Problem and more unnecessary BIG Government regulations which will make teachers jobs more difficult.

DeSantis is expanding his Don’t Say Gay Law to include K1 to K12

DESANTIS FLORIDA: WHERE FREEDOM GOES TO DIE!

• Dystopian Laws Attacking Freedom of Speech to SILENCE & SUE Critics
• Culture Wars and “Woke” BULLSHIT
• Anti-choice Laws against Women’s Rights
• Laws limiting what can be discussed in classrooms, such as the “Don’t say Gay” law. These laws doesn’t fix any existing problems, they’re a “Solution in Search of a Problem” and unnecessary BIG Government regulations & restrictions which makes teachers jobs more difficult.
• Law mandating public colleges and universities survey students and faculty about their Political Beliefs (FL HB 233)
• Teachers must withhold classroom library books until they can be individually reviewed for certification or face being charged with a third-degree felony if violated. (Bill 1467)
• DeSantis Hostile Takeover of Liberal New College of Florida is following the playbook of Fascist Autocrat Dictator of Hungary Viktor Orban by taking control of Education
• Indoctrinate Educators with Radical Right Wing Ideology. (Per news reports) Encouraged by DeSantis, Christian nationalist values and an “originalist” interpretation of the U.S. Constitution is now being taught in Florida Schools.
• Florida HB 999 Republican plan to restrict the way history is taught at Florida’s colleges and universities is being condemned by academics & historians across the U.S. (Another example of Fascist, Authoritarian policies).
• DeSantis has publicly called for putting cameras and microphones into classrooms to monitor teachers. He wants more surveillance in every part of our lives, empowering legislators to police classrooms, doctor’s offices, the workplace.
• Voting Police to intimidate people so they’re afraid to vote in Florida
• Florida Employees Threatened With Demotions If They Criticize DeSantis
• Bill to eliminate the Democrat Party in the State of Florida, thereby creating One Party Rule similar to how Dictator Victor Orbán took over the once Democratic government in Hungary
• Florida ‘Bloggers Bill’ which would require anyone who writes about Florida Republicans and DeSantis to register with the state and put on an ‘enemies list’. This is another BLATANT violation of the 1st Amendment and attempt to SILENCE critics. This is the same Anti-Democratic, Fascist Authoritarian tactic used by the Nazi German Propaganda Ministry in 1933 called the “Editors Law” and in 2014 by War Criminal Dictator Vladimir Putin, forcing bloggers in Russia to register with the Russian Media office.
• Attacking Freedom of Speech – Bill HB 991 to significantly weaken libel laws. Critics believe this is an attempt to give Ron DeSantis even more power to sue his critics for saying things he doesn’t like. Bill 991 also gives Florida residents the right to sue others (both in the state or elsewhere in the U.S.) who describe their actions online as transphobic or homophobic, for $35,000 and would not allow the truth to be used in defenses against such lawsuits.
• Retaliated against Disney for exercising their First Amendment Right to Freedom of Speech, stripping Disney of 50+ years self-governing authority after Disney stated opposition to the ‘Don’t say Gay’ law which limits discussing LGBTQ issues in schools.
• Right Wing figures installed on the board of former Disney district. This is the same tactics used in Anti-Democratic Fascists Dictatorships
• Retaliated against the Tampa Bay Rays for exercising their First Amendment Right to Freedom of Speech by blocking state money to their training facility after team tweeted against gun violence
• Florida Police raided the home of former Covid-19 Scientist Rebekah Jones after her data contradicted DeSantis’ Covid Data claims.
• Transgender athlete discrimination Laws
• Florida Senate Bill 254 would allow the state to take Trans children receiving gender-affirming care away from Parents
• Anti-Protesting Laws making protesting a felony & allowing protestors can be run over & killed with no consequences. This law was passed to silence and intimidate anyone who dare protest and raise objections to Republican’s oppression (similar to Russia and North Korea)
• DeSantis wants his own State Militia which would only answer to him and “not be encumbered to the federal government.”
• Felons Victimized by Republicans and DeSantis “Voter Fraud Crackdown”.  Per an article at commondreams.org, “Most who were arrested were approved by the Florida Department of Elections, which sent their voter registration cards ahead of the 2020 elections. All were charged with third-degree felony voter fraud, a crime punishable by as many as five years behind bars and up to a $5,000 fine. The ACLU of Florida stated, “The arrests are a grotesque abuse of power by Gov. DeSantis”.
• Using Migrants as Props. Per an article at theguardian.com, “DeSantis should be prosecuted for his treatment of immigrants. Those conspiring with him appear to have acted criminally under Texas law. Title 5, section 20 of the Texas penal code defines the crime of unlawful restraint. Under the statute, a person is restrained if their movement is restricted without their consent by, among other means, moving the person from one place to another. Restraint is without consent “if it is accompanied … by deception”. Under the statute, the violation is a class A misdemeanor, unless the person restrained is younger than 17, in which case it is a felony. According to reporting, there were children among those criminally transported to Martha’s Vineyard”.
• DeSantis fought for and was given the authority to redraw Congressional districts to rig elections in Republican’s favor. This resulted in House Seats being stolen from Democrats. Another example of how Republicans know they can’t win elections unless they CHEAT because their policies are UNPOPULAR.

The Right Wants Freedom For Themselves but Not For Others

The Right’s Embrace of Fascism and Authoritarianism

Anti-Democratic Fascist Republicans are passing Laws banning books, limiting what Teachers can Teach and what can be discussed with huge fines of up to $10,000 for violations

Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis wants to put cameras in classrooms. This short clip shows how repressive and unbearable life could become unless Republicans are STOPPED and VOTED OUT.

Anti-democratic, Fascist, Power Hungry Republicans are labeling anyone who disagrees with them as “Groomers” and Pedophiles”

Outraged and Fed Up with LIES & SMEARS, Michigan Democratic State Senator Mallory McMorrow tells Michigan Republican State Senator Lana Theis OFF in an impassioned speech

Republicans are FABRICATING a “Woke Disney” Culture War for Profit

Jesse talks about the latest culture war absurdity related to the claim from conservatives that Disney is “WOKE.” It seems a bit coincidental that just as they are attacking Disney, they are also trying to cash in on content to brainwash kids that they are now creating and selling to conservative parents.

Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” Bill Demonizes the LGBTQ Community | Equality Florida

The “Don’t Say Gay” bill (HB 1557/SB 1834) has passed its first Florida House Committee. This dangerous bill – sponsored by Representative Joe Harding and Senator Dennis Baxley – blocks teachers from talking about LGBTQ issues or people and undermines existing protections for LGBTQ kids in schools.

Per the article above: “The “Don’t Say Gay” bill (HB 1557/SB 1834) has passed its first Florida House Committee. This dangerous bill — sponsored by Representative Joe Harding and Senator Dennis Baxley — blocks teachers from talking about LGBTQ issues or people and undermines existing protections for LGBTQ kids in schools.

This legislation is meant to stigmatize LGBTQ people, isolate LGBTQ kids, and make teachers fearful of providing a safe, inclusive classroom. The existence of LGBTQ students and parents is not a taboo topic that has to be regulated by the Florida Legislature”.

Per Equality Florida Action, Inc, “Governor Ron DeSantis has publicly called for putting cameras and microphones into classrooms to monitor teachers. He wants more surveillance in every part of our lives — empowering legislators to police classrooms, doctor’s offices, the workplace. This isn’t freedom, and it certainly doesn’t make us safer.

“This is just another way for Governor DeSantis to score political points with extremists as he positions himself to be the GOP presidential candidate. But for our community, this bill will have devastating real-world consequences — especially for LGBTQ youth who already experience higher rates of bullying and suicide. Lawmakers should be providing more support for these students instead of trying to force LGBTQ people back into the closet by policing identity or stopping kids from talking about their same-sex parents”.

“It’s up to us to hold Governor DeSantis and extremist bullies in the legislature accountable for attempting to demonize our community and our families”.

Here’s the deal: the “Don’t Say Gay” bill is a part of DeSantis’ surveillance state slate — a divisive and dehumanizing roster of bills that has the government interfering in our most personal decisions and seeks to ban honest conversations about race, gender identity, and sexual orientation. He’s using it as a launching pad for his presidential ambitions, even if it puts our youngest and most vulnerable at risk.

We see right through his disgusting strategy and we’re going to push back against these authoritarian tactics”.

‘Don’t say gay’ bill sponsor is baffled by LGBTQ ‘trend’

Just listen to the rhetorical gymnastics Republicans in the Florida Legislature have employed to defend what opponents call the “Don’t say gay” bill. We have nothing against LGBTQ kids, they argued. …

Per the above article: “We have nothing against LGBTQ kids, they argued. We’re just protecting parental rights, they said, trying — and failing — to defend themselves against charges that they are homophobic.

But it took a debate on the Florida Senate floor on Monday for the true views of at least one of the politicians behind House Bill 1557 to emerge: There are just too many gay kids nowadays.

That, apparently, is why bill sponsor Sen. Dennis Baxley, a Republican from Ocala, thought it was appropriate to legislate against his discomfort with what he called a “real trend change” in society.

“My son’s a psychiatrist and I said, ‘Why is everybody now all about coming out when you’re in school?’” Baxley told his fellow senators. “And there really is a dynamic of concern of how much of this are genuine-type of experiences and how many of them are just kids trying on different kinds of things.

“So my question is, simply, are we encouraging this or eliminating it by putting emphasis on it?” Baxley said.

If kids are too comfortable experimenting with their sexuality, it must be because they know too much, the thinking seems to be. Blame those deviant teachers for turning our kids gay through what Baxley called “social engineering.”

HB 1557 seeks, among other things, to ban “classroom instructions” about sexuality and gender identity from kindergarten to third grade, “or in a manner that is not age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students in accordance with state standards.” The Legislature passed it Tuesday and Gov. Ron DeSantis has said he supports it.

(Note: if you don’t want your children to learn sexuality or gender identity, consider banning the internet from your home.)

Because when you don’t talk about it, people don’t turn out to be gay.

Baxley believes that when kids come out, “overnight, they’re a celebrity.” That doesn’t jibe with statistics that show LGBTQ youth are more likely to commit suicide.

“LGBTQ youth are not inherently prone to suicide risk because of their sexual orientation or gender identity but rather placed at higher risk because of how they are mistreated and stigmatized in society,” the Trevor Project says, on its widely accessible homepage”.

Published March 09. 2022 4:20PM
This appeared in the Miami Herald

MORE ARTICLES ABOUT FLORIDA REPUBLICAN DENNIS BAXLEY

Florida GOP Rep. Dennis Baxley Compares Gay Parents to Drunks and Drug Abusers

Florida’s Dennis Baxley, a Republican member of the Florida House representing the Ocala region, made the startling comparison of lesbian moms to abusers and dysfunctional parents during a House subcommittee meeting on middle school reforms this week.

Florida Republican: We Needed To ‘Keep College Students From Voting’

Florida Republican: We Needed To ‘Keep College Students From Voting’

Per the above article; “You’ve heard of death by a thousand cuts. Florida Republicans have inflicted the thousandth cut on democracy in this state. Democracy in Florida is just about dead. The state effectively has a one-party (Republican) regime”.

“Florida Republicans acquired their overlord status in large part through voter suppression. After the November 2020 election in which many more Democrats than Republicans voted by mail, Republicans had to suppress that too. Republican Sen. Dennis Baxley introduced SB 90, which retroactively voids as many as 6 million already-filed 2022 mail-voting sign-ups and bans mail-ballot drop boxes, which were used without incident by 1.5 million Florida voters last year. It’s voter suppression on steroids”.

How Republicans Are Destroying America and Democracy

If you want to see what Republicans want to do to America, look no further than the state of Florida. This solidly-Republican one-party-rule controlled state is passing all sorts of Draconian laws – from abortion bans to voter suppression to white appeasement legislation – and all of these are items that other states will copy if Florida is successful (while others were stolen from other states that have been successful.) But Florida is going downhill faster than any other state, and it gives Americans a clear picture of what Republicans want to do to the entire country.

This video gives insight into the oppressive laws Republicans has been passing in recent years such as anti-voting laws to rig elections in their favor, anti-abortion, anti-LGBT laws and how Russia shares many of the same anti-democratic ideals and values held by Republicans.

The United States will become as oppressive as Putin’s Russia unless Republicans are STOPPED by Voting them Out of Office.

Republicans War On Transgenders

This is similar to Russia’s Right Wing Policies of discrimination and abuse of LGBT people

REPUBLICAN Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signs Transgender Athlete Discrimination bill into law

Florida is the latest state to ban transgender women and girls from playing on female sports teams in public high schools after states across the country have considered hundreds of bills this year that target transgender students.

Trump Loving Florida Governor Makes It LEGAL To Kill Protestors

Under a proposed piece of legislation from Ron DeSantis, the Trump-loving governor of Florida, it would be legal for citizens to run over protestors without any fear of prosecution, as long as the protestor was in the street. This is a direct attack on the First Amendment of the United States, and DeSantis is merely trying to give voters the impression that things are out of control in the state

Similar to Russia and North Korea, Republicans Anti-Protest Laws Violates Freedom of Speech

Similar to how Russia & North Korea stifles Freedom of Speech, Republicans are doing the same in the United States by passing more than 80 Anti-Protest Bills in 34 States they control.

Florida Employees Threatened With Demotions If They Criticize Ron DeSantis

State employees in Florida have been sounding the alarm bells about the quasi-dictatorship that they are working for, with multiple individuals saying that they have been threatened with demotions if they criticize Republican governor Ron DeSantis’s COVID policies. They are living in fear, as one employee put it, and they feel like they have no one to turn to.

This is how it starts… more & more laws passed until it eventually becomes legal to jail and execute people for criticizing the”Dear Leader”, similar to Russia and North Korea.

Another example of how oppressive Republican One Party Rule can be and how similar it is to Russia’s oppression… when Rick Scott was Governor of Florida (1/4/2011 – 1/7/ 2019), an employee of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection says he was suspended for expressing his views on climate change. This video was posted on Mar 21, 2015

New Florida law allows public college students and faculty to be surveyed on political beliefs

A new law that will go into effect on July 1 in Florida will allow the state to survey students, faculty and staff at public universities on their political beliefs. Proponents say it will help ensure “intellectual diversity.”  This is another example of radical anti-democratic fascist authoritarianism by Republicans similar to oppressive anti-democratic fascist counties like North Korea and Russia.

Similar to Florida Employees being threatened if they criticize Republican Ron DeSantis or tell the truth about Climate Change when Republican Rick Scott was Governor, during the invasion of Ukraine, Russia passed a law which would put people in prison for up to 15 years for criticizing Putin and Russia’s policies.

Democrats has never engaged in these type of restrictions or violations of Freedom of Speech. This commonality is found in oppressive RIGHT WING governments. It’s easy to see that Republicans are headed in this direction and would not hesitate to be just as extreme if given the opportunity.

Republicans fit all of the Characteristics of Fascism described below

Fourteen Characteristics of Fascism – Article by Dr. Lawrence Britt

1. Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights – Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of “need.” The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations, long incarcerations of prisoners, etc.

2. Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause – The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: racial , ethnic or religious minorities; liberals; communists; socialists, terrorists, etc.

3. Supremacy of the Military – Even when there are widespread domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized.

4. Rampant Sexism – The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional gender roles are made more rigid. Divorce, abortion and homosexuality are suppressed and the state is represented as the ultimate guardian of the family institution.

5. Controlled Mass Media – Sometimes to media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation, or sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Censorship, especially in war time, is very common.

6. Obsession with National Security – Fear is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses.

7. Religion and Government are Intertwined – Governments in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Religious rhetoric and terminology is common from government leaders, even when the major tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed to the government’s policies or actions.

8. Corporate Power is Protected – The industrial and business aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and power elite.

9. Labor Power is Suppressed – Because the organizing power of labor is the only real threat to a fascist government, labor unions are either eliminated entirely, or are severely suppressed.

10. Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts – Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to higher education, and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other academics to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts and letters is openly attacked.

11. Obsession with Crime and Punishment – Under fascist regimes, the police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego civil liberties in the name of patriotism. There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations.

12. Rampant Cronyism and Corruption – Fascist regimes almost always are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability. It is not uncommon in fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures to be appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders.

13. Manipulate & Control elections – Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by smear campaigns against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate & control elections.

14. Powerful and Continuing Nationalism – Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays.

REPUBLICANS ARE LIKE ISLAMIC TERRORISTS

Judge Rated ‘Not Qualified’ By Bar Association Voids U.S. Travel Mask Mandate

Description from Youtube / MSNBC “Judge who was rated unqualified to be a judge has the sole power to loosely or narrowly interpret the word ‘sanitation,’ and change the rules for hundreds of millions of Americans.”

Criticized for Lacking Professional Experience

“U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle struck down the federal mask mandate for airplanes and other modes of public transportation Monday, writing in a 59-page ruling that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had exceeded its authority and failed to follow proper rulemaking procedures.

That decision, which led to U.S. airlines and other transportation hubs to promptly drop their mask mandates, has elicited mixed responses from travelers and concern from experts.

The ABA recommends that nominees for federal judgeships have at least 12 years of experience practicing law — whereas Mizelle was nominated for her current position only eight years after passing the bar.

In a letter to the leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee, the head of the ABA Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary said that a majority of his group had deemed that Mizelle did “not meet the requisite minimum standard of experience necessary to perform the responsibilities required by the high office of a federal trial judge.” (Source: npr.org/2022/04/19/1093566982/florida-mask-mandate-judge-kathryn-mizelle)

Why Are Unqualified Judges Making Decisions For The Nation?

A Trump-appointed judge who was deemed unqualified by the Bar Association struck down a national mask mandate for public transportation.

Trump-appointed judge voiding travel mask mandate raises danger of Covid surge experts say’

Trump-appointed judge’s ruling just voided the mask mandate on planes. Her decision ignores or distorts the opinion of most medical experts and raises the danger of a surge in Covid-19 cases

Poll: Majority Of Americans Still Support Mask Mandate

“This Trump-appointed judge has brought us right back to the Trump years when we had a tyranny of the minority,” says Ayman Mohyeldin. “A minority of Americans voted for Trump, a minority approved of his mishandling of the pandemic, and a minority support dropping masks on public transport.”

TRUMP’S UNQUALIFIED JUDICIAL PICKS

Trump nominee for federal judge has never tried a case

Trump nominated Brett J. Talley, a 36 year old blogger who has practiced law for three years, has never tried a case and who thinks Hillary Clinton should be Jailed, for a lifetime appointment on the Federal Bench.

Trump Judicial pick can’t answer basic law questions

Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) questions Matthew Spencer Petersen, President Trump’s nominee for district court judge about his lack of experience trying cases in court. Cenk Uygur, the host of The Young Turks, breaks down the video.

Trump Nominates Anti-LGBTQ Extremist Jeff Mateer

Jeff Mateer, Trump’s nominee for a federal judgeship in Texas, believes that transgender children are evidence of “Satan’s plan,” supports the dangerous and debunked practice of so-called “conversion therapy,” and thinks marriage equality will lead to bestiality.

Trump’s Supreme Court Nominee Amy Coney Barrett, Unable to Answer Simple Legal Questions

This is what you get when you elect Republicans… INCOMPETENCE… CRONYISM & CORRUPTION

Republican Texas Governor Gregg Abbott’s Border Politics caused backups at the border resulting in Supply Chain Delays to make President Biden look bad.

Description from YouTube: “Republican Texas governor Greg Abbott intentionally slowed down the supply of goods coming from Mexico into the United States in order to disrupt the supply chain and make President Biden look bad. While Abbott’s blockade only lasted a week, it cost hundreds of millions of dollars in lost goods, and experts are predicting that it could take weeks, possibly even months, before the disruptions that he caused to level out again”

Report: TX Governor Abbott’s Border Politics Causing Backups Leading To Supply Chain Delays

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott follows through on his promise to bus migrants from the border to Washington, D.C. It comes as he imposes new inspection rules for commercial trucks entering from Mexico.

Beto O’Rourke Slams Gov. Abbott For Truck Border Inspections Costing Millions

Democratic candidate for governor of Texas Beto O’Rourke slams GOP incumbent Gov. Greg Abbott for ordering truck inspections at the southern border costing millions of dollars and driving up inflation. “This guy cannot keep the lights on,” O’Rourke tells Joy Reid.

Flush Away The Evidence?: The Trump Toilet Obsession Takes A Crooked Turn

Book reveals Trump staff found flushed papers in White House toilet

Maggie Haberman’s new book “Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America” reveals that staff in the White House during Trump’s presidency say they found documents periodically flushed down the toilet in the White House.

Congresswoman talks possibility of Trump being prosecuted over classified documents

Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., responds to claims that former President Donald Trump flushed classified documents down the toilet and discusses the possibility of Trump being prosecuted.

Trump Flouting Of Presidential Records Act Leaves National Archives Scrambling

Ali Velshi rounds up reporting on Donald Trump’s propensity for destroying evidence and his disregard for the office of the presidency that led him to destroy official documents throughout his time in office and reportedly take at least 15 boxes of documents home with him when he left, in violation of the Presidential Records Act.

Trump Is In Big Trouble After Clogging White House Toilets

In light of Trump’s ‘document destruction,’ writer Kurt Bardella wonders why Republicans aren’t chanting ‘Lock Him Up’ and calling for hearings with anyone who was part of the Trump White House

Hillary Clinton trolling Trump’s record-keeping

Despite repeated attacks on Hillary Clinton emails in 2016, Former President Trump’s White House record-keeping is in the spotlight after accusations of destroying documents.

Trump’s Document Destruction & Mishandling of Classified Materials: When Will DOJ Finally Act?

Another day brings another revelation of possible crimes by Donald Trump. Recent reporting has shown that Trump not only destroyed documents but improperly removed classified materials, whisking them away from the White House to Mar-A-Lago.

Over the years, we have discussed, dissected and catalogued the many crimes of Donald Trump. Yet, the Department of Justice has not yet seen fit to even attempt to hold him accountable for a single criminal act. This continued inaction by the DOJ does a disservice to our nation, is damaging to our democracy and is deeply disrespectful of the American people who abide by the laws of the United States day in and day out. Things need to change soon or we run the risk of losing our republic.

If you want to see what Republicans want to do to America, look no further than the state of Florida. This solidly-Republican controlled state is passing all sorts of Draconian laws – from abortion bans to voter suppression to white appeasement legislation – and all of these are items that other states will copy if Florida is successful (while others were stolen from other states that have been successful.) But Florida is going downhill faster than any other state, and it gives Americans a clear picture of what Republicans want to do to the entire country.

Republicans State Bills To Limit What Teachers Can Say

Republicans across the country have introduced 137 pieces of legislation at the state level trying to limit what teachers are legally allowed to teach their students. Discussions about race, gender, and sexual orientation are being outlawed in areas where Republicans have the numbers to pass the legislation. This is going to set our education system back generations, and experts believe it will soon lead to a mass exodus of teachers all over America.

Republicans Wants to Regulate What You Can Say in Classrooms

Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis wants to put cameras in classrooms. This short clip shows how repressive and unbearable life could become unless Republicans are STOPPED and VOTED OUT.

LIST OF OPPRESSIVE REPUBLICAN LAWS, BILLS AND CONDUCT

• Dystopian Laws Attacking Freedom of Speech to SILENCE & SUE Critics
• Culture Wars and “Woke” BULLSHIT
• Anti-choice Laws against Women’s Rights which Bans Abortions after 6 weeks with NO EXCEPTION for Rape or Incest. Force 10 yr/old girls to carry and give Birth to a RAPIST CHILD, $10,000 Bounties on anyone who helps a women get an Abortion. Proposed South Caroline law could sentence a woman to DEATH for having an abortion.
• Florida Senate Bill 254 would allow the state to take Trans children receiving gender-affirming care away from Parents
• Laws limiting what can be discussed in classrooms… Limiting what Teachers can Teach, Say and what can be discussed, requiring Colleges Students and Faculty submit to Political Beliefs Surveys, huge fines of up to $10,000 for violations
• War on Education, History, Teachers & Books. Teachers must withhold classroom library books until they can be individually reviewed for certification or face being charged with a third-degree felony if violated.
• DeSantis Hostile Takeover of Liberal New College of Florida is following the playbook of Fascist Autocrat Dictator of Hungary Viktor Orban by taking control of Education
• Teachers must withhold classroom library books until they can be individually reviewed for certification in the wake of a new law, House Bill 1467, which can result in a third-degree felony if violated.
• Indoctrinate Educators with Radical Right Wing Ideology. (Per news reports) Encouraged by DeSantis, Christian nationalist values and an “originalist” interpretation of the U.S. Constitution is now being taught in Florida Schools.
• Florida HB 999 Republican plan to restrict the way history is taught at Florida’s colleges and universities is receiving outcry from academics & historians across the U.S. (Another example of Fascist, Authoritarian policies).
• DeSantis has publicly called for putting cameras and microphones into classrooms to monitor teachers. He wants more surveillance in every part of our lives, empowering legislators to police classrooms, doctor’s offices, the workplace.
• Voting Police to intimidate people so they’re afraid to vote in Florida
• Florida Employees Threatened With Demotions If They Criticize DeSantis
• Florida ‘Bloggers Bill’ which would require anyone who writes about Florida Republicans and DeSantis to register with the state and put on an ‘enemies list’. This is another BLATANT violation of the 1st Amendment and attempt to SILENCE critics. This is the same Anti-Democratic, Fascist Authoritarian tactic used by the Nazi German Propaganda Ministry in 1933 called the “Editors Law” and in 2014 by War Criminal Dictator Vladimir Putin, forcing bloggers in Russia to register with the Russian Media office.
• Attacking Freedom of Speech – Bill HB 991 to significantly weaken libel laws. Critics believe this is an attempt to give Ron DeSantis even more power to sue his critics for saying things he doesn’t like. Bill 991 also gives Florida residents the right to sue others (both in the state or elsewhere in the U.S.) who describe their actions online as transphobic or homophobic, for $35,000 and would not allow the truth to be used in defenses against such lawsuits.
• “Don’t say Gay” Law limiting what can be discussed in classrooms. This Law which doesn’t fix any existing problems, it’s a “Solution in Search of a Problem” and unnecessary BIG Government regulations & restrictions which makes teachers jobs more difficult.
• Retaliated against Disney for exercising their First Amendment Right to Freedom of Speech, stripping Disney of 50+ years self-governing authority after Disney stated opposition to the ‘Don’t say Gay’ law which limits discussing LGBTQ issues in schools.
• Retaliated against the Tampa Bay Rays for exercising their First Amendment Right to Freedom of Speech by blocking state money after the team tweeted against gun violence
• Florida Police raided the home of former Covid-19 Scientist Rebekah Jones after her data contradicted DeSantis’ Covid Data claims.
• Punished Tampa Bay Rays for exercising their First Amendment Right to Freedom of Speech by blocking state money for Tampa Bay Rays training facility after team tweeted against gun violence
• Transgender athlete discrimination Laws
• Anti-Protesting Laws making protesting a felony & allowing protestors can be run over & killed with no consequences. This law was passed to silence and intimidate anyone who dare protest and raise objections to Republican’s oppression (similar to Russia and North Korea)
• Bill to eliminate the Democrat Party in the State of Florida, thereby creating One Party Rule is similar to how dictator Victor Orbán took over the once Democratic government in Hungary
• Felons Victimized by Republicans and DeSantis “Voter Fraud Crackdown”. Per an article at commondreams.org, “Most who were arrested were approved by the Florida Department of Elections, which sent their voter registration cards ahead of the 2020 elections. All were charged with third-degree felony voter fraud, a crime punishable by as many as five years behind bars and up to a $5,000 fine. The ACLU of Florida stated, “The arrests are a grotesque abuse of power by Gov. DeSantis”.
• Using Migrants as Props. Per an article at theguardian.com, “DeSantis should be prosecuted for his treatment of immigrants. Those conspiring with him appear to have acted criminally under Texas law. Title 5, section 20 of the Texas penal code defines the crime of unlawful restraint. Under the statute, a person is restrained if their movement is restricted without their consent by, among other means, moving the person from one place to another. Restraint is without consent “if it is accompanied … by deception”. Under the statute, the violation is a class A misdemeanor, unless the person restrained is younger than 17, in which case it is a felony. According to reporting, there were children among those criminally transported to Martha’s Vineyard”.
• DeSantis wants his own State Militia which would only answer to him and “not be encumbered to the federal government.”
• Florida Republican Governor DeSantis fought for and was given the authority to redraw Congressional districts to rig elections in Republican’s favor. This resulted in House Seats being stolen from Democrats. Another example of how Republicans know they can’t win elections unless they CHEAT because their policies are UNPOPULAR.

Republicans know the only way they can win, is if you lose.

Republicans Push To Give Trump Allies Power Over Elections

More than a dozen Republican state legislatures have passed new restrictive voting laws that would give allies of former President Donald Trump more power over election results.

Stelter makes ominous prediction about how right-wing media could impact the 2022 and 2024 elections

ABC News’ Devin Dwyer reports on the unprecedented wave of state election laws aimed at restricting voting rights after many states loosened restrictions in 2020 amid the pandemic.

Long voting lines in the US is one of the many ways Republicans make it harder to vote

Leaked Video: Right-Wing Group Brags About Drafting GOP Anti-Voter Bills

Texas Republican Governor Decreases Drop Boxes

An abrupt order by Republican Texas governor Greg Abbott to reduce the number of ballot drop boxes to one per county causes outrage.

How Trump Loyalists Are Moving To Take Over State Elections In 2022

In 2022, 26 states will have Secretary of State elections. And some of the people running for those jobs tried to overturn the 2020 election.

REPUBLICANS DESTROYING 1ST AMENDMENT RIGHTS TO PROTEST

Republicans are destroying democracy by passing over 90 laws to make protesting a felony offense and immunity to motorist who runs over & kills protestors.

Florida Republicans pass Anti-Democratic Authoritarian “Rioting Bill” to quash Freedom of Speech.

New Anti-Protest Laws Sweeping The US: Fines, Felonies & Freedom of Speech

This is another example of how Republicans are Anti-Democratic Authoritarian Fascist who are imposing harsh prison sentences to deter freedom of speech, protesting & decent, similar to dictatorships like China, North Korea and Russia.

‘Backsliding’ Of American Democracy With ‘Existential Threat’ Of Vigilante Justice

For the first time, the United States has been labeled as a “backsliding democracy.” Meanwhile, many on the right attempt to celebrate Kyle Rittenhouse.

Thanks to Republicans, the U.S. incarcerates more people than any other country in the world… even more than Communist China.

Texas’s Outrageous Taliban Sharia Anti-Women’s Rights Laws forces a women to carry and give birth to a rapist’s child. If you support and vote for Republicans, you are enabling and supporting this type of OPPRESSION.

Republican Passed an Anti-Choice Law Against Women’s Rights, Turning the U.S. into a Gestapo Secret Police State by Placing $10,000 Bounties on anyone who helps a Women get an Abortion.

Republicans have hijacked the highest court in the land. First, they stole a Supreme Court seat from President Obama. Then, they changed a 70-year old rule to install two of Donald Trump’s far-right justices and confirmed Brett Kavanaugh despite credible allegations that he committed sexual assault and lied under oath.

Now, the politicized Supreme Court is enacting a far-right, partisan agenda that favors corporate interests and Republican Party special interests. Reproductive freedom, civil rights, environmental justice, common sense gun safety laws, and our right to vote are all at risk. And the Court has eroded confidence in our system of government with ethical lapses and lack of transparency.

‘Trump counties’ had over 3 times more COVID deaths than ‘Biden counties’ in October, according to a new report

People are now dying from COVID-19 at a rate 3 times higher in counties where former President Donald Trump won at least 60% of the vote than in counties where President Joe Biden won a similar percentage, according to a New York Times analysis of the data.

And that partisan gap which didn’t emerge until the widespread availability of vaccines in the spring of 2021 — has consistently widened over the last 5 months.

The gap, according to the Times, accelerated at its fastest rate yet in October, coming out to 25 COVID deaths per 100,000 residents in counties where Trump won more than 60% of the vote, versus 7.8 deaths per 100k in counties where Biden did the same.

A late October poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation’s COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor found that 39% of Republican adults remain unvaccinated, while just 10% of Democratic adults said the same thing. [Source; businessinsider.com/trump-biden-counties-covid-death-rate-3-times-higher-vaccines-2021-11)

This is another example of how Liberals, Democrats and the “Mainstream Media” is right while Anti-Science Republicans & Right Wing Propaganda Media is wrong. Listening to & believing their misinformation is not only destroy our country, but also destroying lives.

CNN rolls the tape on Fox News hosts’ anti-vaccine rhetoric

CNN’s John Berman and Brianna Keilar show some of the anti-vaccine propaganda viewers of right-wing media are being exposed to.

25 years of dangerous lies from Fox News: “There is a direct pipeline from what appears on Fox News to the absolute worst manifestations, worst behavior, worst elements of our politics and society.”

How Fox News and Right-Wing Media Brainwashed This Dad and Destroyed a Family

‘It was like some alien took over his body.’ — Right-wing media brainwashed Jen Senko’s once open-minded father, but the story didn’t end there.

The “Fox-Can-Lie Lawsuit” established that they are not required to be truthful by law. Since Fox has established that they have the legal right not to be truthful, Fox Opinion Hosts tells their conservative viewers what they want to hear… that Republican policies are good for this country, that Trump’s a rational person & the best President ever and the MSM (Main Stream Media) is out to get him when facts show ALL of this is the exact opposite.

CNN tracks down doctor spreading dangerous lies

CNN’s Nick Watt takes a look at Dr. Simone Gold, the emergency room physician that tours the country spreading coronavirus lies and was even charged for her role in the Capitol insurrection.