Sierra Club Florida condemns DeSantis’ ‘scorched-earth’ politics, supports NAACP

Sierra Club Florida has joined a coalition of six advocacy groups in their condemnation of “the politics of anger and fear” in Florida.

The Sierra Club, an advocacy group that works to preserve the environment in Florida and across the nation, issued a statement Friday morning saying it stood with the NAACP and Equality Florida’s travel advisories.

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Target on the defensive after removing some products aimed at LGBTQ+

Target once distinguished itself as being boldly supportive of the LGBTQ+ community.

Now that status is tarnished after it removed some products aimed at LGBTQ+ and relocated Pride Month displays to the back of stores in certain Southern locations in response to online complaints and in-store confrontations that it says threatened employees' well-being.

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Florida Troopers, Resources, And National Guard On The Ground At Southern Border In Texas

“Florida National Guard service members arrived in Texas over the weekend. Thank you @GovRonDeSantis for deploying troops to support our border response,” said Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday.....MORE

As Florida Prepares For Hurricane Season, NOAA Predicts ‘Near-Normal’ 2023 Atlantic Season

As Florida prepares for the 2023 hurricane season, NOAA forecasters with the Climate Prediction Center, a division of the National Weather Service, predict near-normal hurricane activity in the Atlantic this year.....MORE

Joe Biden, Kevin McCarthy narrow in on budget deal to lift debt ceiling

Days from a deadline, President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy are narrowing in on a two-year budget deal aiming to curb federal deficits in exchange for lifting the nation’s debt ceiling and staving off an economically devastating government default.....MORE

JENerational Change: Ice Cube: "Leave The Democratic Party;" RIP Tina Turner

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Ron DeSantis is officially a candidate for President, what does that mean for the GOP Primary? Donald Trump weighs in.

We'll be speaking with friend of the show Carol Roth about her latest book, You Will Own Nothing: Your War with a New Financial World Order and How to Fight Back.

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Jen Takes Lead On Abortion Rights Ballot Initiative In FL

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Comments By Rep. Maxwell Frost Causes House Floor Activity To Come To A Halt

DeSantis Signs Omnibus Voter Suppression Law, Pro-Voting Groups Immediately Sue

On Wednesday, May 24, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed an omnibus voter suppression bill, Senate Bill 7050, into law. Shortly after the enactment of S.B. 7050, the Florida Conference of the NAACP and other pro-voting organizations filed a lawsuit challenging certain anti-voting provisions of the law.....MORE

MidPoint: Putting People to Death in Florida Just Got Easier

Death penalty defense lawyers, Allison Miller and Craig Whisenhunt joined MidPoint on Wednesday, May 24, to discuss the new legislation that now makes Florida the state with the lowest legal threshold to put convicted people to death.....MORE

Florida Elementary School Pulls Amanda Gorman’s 2021 Inaugural Poem After Parent Complains

The poet who gained national attention after famously reciting her piece "The Hill We Climb" at President Joe Biden’s 2021 inauguration spoke out on social media Tuesday, after reports that a Florida school had banned elementary students from reading her poem.....MORE

On Uvalde anniversary, Biden to call on Congress to end gun violence ‘epidemic’

One year after 19 children and two teachers were killed in a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, President Joe Biden will mark the grim anniversary by calling on Congress to help end the “epidemic” of gun violence nationwide, according to the White House.....MORE

‘Our democracy will be over’: Nikki Fried offers dire predictions about a Ron DeSantis presidency

The only Democrat to hold statewide office during Gov. Ron DeSantis’ tenure as Governor has a warning for America: Don’t elect him as President.

“The entire country will be on pins and needles every single day if he dared to become President of the United States,” said Nikki Fried, the Florida Democratic Party Chair.

“I will be so bold as to say our democracy will be over.”

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Argument leads to deadly shooting in Dade City

An argument led to a deadly shooting in Dade City on Tuesday evening, the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office said.....MORE

Apollo Beach Teen Arrested For Riverview Wawa Murder

The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office has arrested an Apollo Beach man for a murder in Riverview earlier this month.....MORE

Florida mother fatally shot in front of her 6 children during dispute at park

A woman was shot and killed in front of her six children during an argument at a Florida park on Tuesday.....MORE

Debt ceiling talks stuck on classic problem: Republicans demand spending cuts and Democrats resist

Debt ceiling negotiations are locked on a classic problem that has vexed, divided and disrupted Washington before: Republicans led by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy want to roll back federal government spending, while President Joe Biden and other Democrats do not.....MORE

Court Urged To Hear Florida Elections Law Fight

Voting-rights groups want a full federal appeals court to take up a fight about whether a 2021 Florida elections law made changes that discriminated against Black voters.....MORE

'Fear and tears': Nurse practitioners restricted from providing gender transition care

Florida’s new law to ban gender transition procedures for minors has been in effect for nearly a week.

It also restricts access to gender transition treatments for transgender adults who may have been in care for decades.

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Reviving Creativity: Embroidery as a Symbol of Community

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PEN America Sues Florida School District over Book Ban

Target removes some LGBTQ merchandise from stores after threats to workers

Target is removing certain items from its stores and making other changes to its LGBTQ merchandise nationwide ahead of Pride Month, after an intense backlash from some customers including violent confrontations with its workers.....MORE

JENerational Change: Biden Vs. McCarthy On Debt Ceiling; DeSantis Announcement Imminent

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We'll be speaking with Matthew Cook of David Sirota's The Lever about his latest article about Governor DeSantis's lengthy 'Pay To Play' operation as his presidential campaign announcement is expected this week.

Black Florida lawmakers support NAACP travel boycott of state

Black lawmakers in the Florida Legislature are backing calls by the NAACP to boycott the state.

The Florida Legislative Black Caucus held a vote to stand with the civil rights group, even after the NAACP issued a travel advisory discouraging tourism to the state.

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