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Friday, March 24, 2023
Ron DeSantis makes ‘a few selective edits’ about role in force-feeding Guantánamo Bay detainees
As he edges closer to announcing a run for President, Gov. Ron DeSantis is downplaying the influence he had on the decision to force-feed Guantánamo Bay detainees.
The Governor previously said his job at the base included recommending things like force-feeding.
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Florida House passes 'Live Local Act,' which bans rent control, gives tax breaks to developers
The House voted 103-6 to pass a bill (SB 102) dubbed the “Live Local Act.” The bill would provide incentives for private investment in affordable housing and encourage mixed-use development in struggling commercial areas, while barring local rent controls and pre-empting local government rules on zoning, density and building heights in certain circumstances.....MORE
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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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‘What a joke’: Ron DeSantis mocks NAACP Florida travel advisory
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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.
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JENerational Change
VETERANS PANEL: Revisiting The Iraq Invasion 20 Years Later
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.
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Wednesday, March 22, 2023
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