The Ybor City Stogie

Friday, March 24, 2023

Florida may ban girls' period talk in elementary grades

The bill sponsored by Republican Rep. Stan McClain would restrict public school instruction on human sexuality, sexually transmitted diseases and related topics to grades 6 through 12. McClain said that discussions about menstrual cycles would also be restricted to those grades.....MORE

DeSantis' Brown Shirts?

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is requesting $98 million in funding this year to boost the Florida State Guard, which one critic has branded "a private army".....MORE

Lawsuit challenges Florida ban on gender-affirming care

Four families challenging Florida’s prohibition against puberty-blocking hormones and gender-affirming surgeries for minors filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against state health officials.....MORE

Florida Legislature Passes Universal School Choice Bill

The costs are unknown and even the Governor has expressed reservations about the richest getting public money to go to private school.

“Transformative” changes to the state’s education system will next head toward Gov. Ron DeSantis’ desk as the Senate approved making private school vouchers available to all, regardless of income.

The House legislation (HB 1) was substituted for the Senate version (SB 202) and it adds new categories of students eligible to receive a voucher worth $8,000 per student to go to any private school.

More HERE

Maxwell Frost Introduces His First Bill...Takes Action to Establish An Office of Gun Violence

WASHINGTON D.C.– Representative Maxwell Alejandro Frost (D-Fla.-10) and Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), along with Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) on Wednesday introduced bicameral legislation to establish an Office of Gun Violence Prevention in the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). The Office of Gun Violence Prevention Act would bring together those most impacted by gun violence with leaders across federal agencies to advance policy, collect and report data, expand state and local outreach, and maximize existing programs and services related to preventing gun violence.....MORE

Maxwell Frost introduces his new bill

Jenerational Change - What's Taught In AP African American Studies

Hosted by Jen Perelman and Peter Hager (1:08:51)

We'll be speaking with FL State Senator Shevrin Jones about Governor DeSantis's controversial decision to ban AP African American Studies in FL public schools.

Thursday, March 23, 2023

Tampa Hoods: Ybor City

18th St.

'I Won't Hear Another Second Of It': Maxwell Frost Leaves Hearing After Parkland Parents Kicked Out

No state for young people: Florida after DeSantisication

The Florida being shaped by the proto-presidential campaign of Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and a state legislature whose members are competing with each other every day to be more radical, more extreme, and more totalitarian is shaping up as no place for young people—meaning anyone under the age of 65. MORE

Maxwell Frost Slams ‘Bigoted’ GOP-Backed Parents Bill Of Rights

Ybor Surveillance

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Piers Morgan Ron DeSantis interview proves how dangerous he really is

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Gabby with her daughter

Critics Say DeSantis Move to Expand 'Don't Say Gay' Exposes Law's True Intentions

"Everything he does is about what can further his own career ambitions," Brandon Wolf of Equality Florida told The Associated Press on Wednesday, referring to DeSantis. "And it's clear he sees the anti-LGBTQ movement as his vehicle to get him where he wants to go.".....MORE

AG warns Floridians of ‘flesh-eating zombie drug’

Creator: Steve Cannon | Credit: AP

Attorney General Ashley Moody is warning Floridians about the rise in presence of a “flesh-eating zombie drug” that was detected in hundreds of Floridians who died last year.

Xylazine, or “tranq” as it’s also known, is a Schedule I controlled substance in Florida, meaning it’s a crime to possess or sell it in the Sunshine State. The sedative is also resistant to standard opioid reversal treatments, like Narcan, and makes one of the deadliest drugs in history, fentanyl, even deadlier.

More HERE

Florida House panel advances a measure to block gender-affirming care for minors

Photo by Dave Decker

A Florida House panel on Wednesday approved a sweeping measure that would prohibit doctors from providing gender-affirming care to transgender minors, including children already receiving treatment such as puberty blockers or hormone therapy.

Will Larkins, a Winter Park High School senior who is nonbinary, told lawmakers it would be cruel to force trans children already receiving treatment to detransition.

“You will kill them. I am telling you right now, look me in the eyes, you will kill them if you pass this bill,” Larkins warned.

More HERE

‘What a joke’: Ron DeSantis mocks NAACP Florida travel advisory

Creator: Gage Skidmore

'I'm not wasting my time on your stunts.'

Gov. Ron DeSantis is deriding a travel advisory floated by the Florida NAACP in reaction to controversial legislation in the state.

More HERE

JENerational Change
VETERANS PANEL: Revisiting The Iraq Invasion 20 Years Later

Hosted by Jen Perelman and Peter Hager

We'll be speaking with Iraq War Whistleblower Special Agent Colleen Rowley, Col. Greg Daddis and Iraq War Veteran & journalist Laura Jedeed as we look back on invasion of Iraq 20 years later.

But first, we'll be speaking with Andy Madtes of Teamsters Local 769 who is running to be the next Democratic Party Committee Chair of Broward County.