Disney wants to narrow the scope of its federal lawsuit against Gov. Ron DeSantis to just a free speech claim that the Florida Governor retaliated against the company because of its public opposition to a state law banning classroom lessons on sexual orientation and gender identity in early grades.....MORE
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) on Sunday said he believes the argument some legal experts are making that former President Trump is disqualified from holding elected office again because of the 14th Amendment is “valid,” adding that the part of the Amendment that bans those who “engaged in insurrection” from holding elected office “fits Donald Trump to a T.”....MORE
Once called a “green Governor” even by liberal editorial pages, Ron DeSantis is now seeing red over the concept of climate change.
In Yankeetown Sunday, the Governor was asked about President Joe Biden’s assertion, made Saturday in Live Oak, that “nobody intelligent can deny the impact of the climate crisis.”
The Governor’s take? Comments like that are just a “lie” designed to “politicize” natural phenomena.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Sunday touted President Biden’s accomplishments and stressed his confidence in the president’s ability to win reelection, as long as he runs on a strong progressive platform.....MORE
Today we are joined by Ryan Grim of The Intercept as we discuss his book, We've Got People.
We'll also be discussing Hurricane Idalia, which has now struck Florida with devastating results.
Plus, the flight attendants of American Airlines are getting ready to strike, Mitch McConnell freezes AGAIN, and is President Biden preparing to decriminalize cannabis??
National Sheriffs’ Association courts sheriffs around the country who refuse to enforce laws unpopular to the right-wing like election fraud and gun control. Ana Kasparian discusses on The Young Turks.
“While the Atlantic Ocean is active right now, the tropical wave near Africa known as 95L is the only one heading west,” Max Defender 8 Leigh Spann said. “The system should organize and become Tropical Storm Lee. In fact, some models strengthen it to a Category 2 or 3 hurricane. We will keep an eye on it as it gets closer to the Caribbean during the next two weeks.”....MORE
Some Central Florida lawmakers said they were considering “all legislative, legal and executive options available” to stop business owners in a small town from voluntarily displaying rainbow decals in their windows indicating that they are “safe place” for LGBTQ+ people who feel threatened.....MORE
High-speed rail is coming to America, and working people should take notice.
The Biden Administration is planning to use funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to construct multiple high-speed rail lines. This is a very big deal for American workers.
Former White House chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci on Saturday defended masking amid a rise in COVID cases across the country, saying he hopes people would listen to advice from health officials.....MORE
But, like Wallace, he’s using education to keep Black people down
Gov. George Wallace attempts to block integration of the University of Alabama against Deputy U.S. Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach on June 11, 1963
Despite all those Ohioans and Michiganders moving to The Villages or Margaritaville or other white folks’ play pens, despite the cosmopolitan sheen of the coastal cities and the impossibility of getting decent grits in Miami, when it comes to race, Florida is a Deep South state.
Florida’s plantations were worked by thousands of enslaved people; Florida’s per capita lynching rate was the highest in the South; and from the 1920s to the 1960s we experienced more than our fair share of racist violence.
The current most common ways Hispanic populations refer to themselves are “Hispanic,” “Latino/Latina” and “Chicano,” but the newer gender-neutral term “Latinx” attempts to be more inclusive to non-binary members of the population.....MORE
Governor Brian Kemp will not — and says that under the law, he cannot — call a special session of the state’s legislature and use it to open an investigation of District Attorney Fani Willis, defund her prosecution of Donald Trump, or take any other action to interfere with her work.....MORE