An already-produced Vice News documentary for Showtime was shelved to protect Florida Governor Ron DeSantis from explosive accusations.....MORE
Monday, July 24, 2023
Education Officials Approve Conservative Content For Florida Schools
State education officials have approved content from the conservative nonprofit PragerU to be shown in Florida schools, a spokeswoman for the Department of Education confirmed Monday.....MORE
The video below shows the sort of nonsense PragerU is pushing.
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GOP lawmakers block $75 million in food aid for Palestinians, raising fears of ‘humanitarian crisis’
A pair of GOP lawmakers are blocking the State Department from providing $75 million in food assistance for Palestinian refugees, as civil society groups raise alarm over a worsening humanitarian crisis compounded by grain shortages from Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Florida insurance rates are the highest in the country
With ongoing inflation and above-normal prices in the housing market, Floridians continue to feel the squeeze on their wallets.
Adding in the ongoing insurance crisis in the Sunshine State, it might not surprise you that Florida has pricey premiums putting the state at No. 1 for the most expensive state for car and home insurance.
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Ron DeSantis charges Kamala Harris with trying to ‘chirp and demagogue’ Florida Black History guidelines
During a press conference in Utah, Gov. Ron DeSantis derided Vice President Kamala Harris for trying to “chirp” and “demagogue” about Florida’s revised Black History standards.
DeSantis defended the “robust” guidelines, which include teaching middle school students “how slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit,” and teaching high school students about “acts of violence perpetrated against and by African Americans” in the context of events like the Ocoee Massacre.
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Sunday, July 23, 2023
Toddler Shoots And Kills 1-Year-Old Sister
A toddler in California accidentally shot and killed his 1-year-old sister in a case of an ‘unsecured’ handgun, according to deputies.....MORE
The Steep Cost of Ron DeSantis’ Vaccine Turnabout
A close review by The New York Times of Florida’s pandemic response, including a new analysis of the data on deaths, hospitalizations and vaccination rates in the state, suggests that DeSantis’ account of his record leaves much out. more
REBUTTAL: Kamala Harris DESTROYS DeSantis Black history lies
Vice President Kamala Harris raged against the Florida Board of Education’s new standards for how Black history will be taught in schools during a visit to the state on Friday.....MORE
Male anti-abortion religious leaders mull murder charges for pregnant people at national event
An all-male panel of anti-abortion religious leaders from around the country met Friday night to discuss the strategies that should be used to end abortion in every state at any stage of pregnancy, without exceptions for rape and incest, and with criminal punishment for the pregnant person in line with existing criminal penalties for murder, which includes the death penalty.....MORE
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Plans in the work to create tri-county transit council
Plans are underway to merge three regional transit authority into one council to serve the area. The move would create a regional transit counsel for Hillsborough, Pinellas and Pasco Counties.....MORE
Saturday, July 22, 2023
Biden to establish national monument honoring Emmett Till
President Biden will reportedly sign a proclamation on Tuesday to establish a national monument honoring Emmett Till, the 14-year-old Black teenager whose lynching in 1955 galvanized the Civil Rights Movement.....MORE
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Ron DeSantis downplays J6 ‘protest’
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