The cruelty was always the point, and the warnings about abortion restrictions have been proven true.
When the Supreme Court ruled — as the then-president had promised he would appoint justices to do — that the half-century precedent of Roe v. Wade was not to be upheld, doctors, legal experts, and reproductive rights advocates warned that this would not only hurt people seeking to end pregnancies but also those who wanted to carry a pregnancy safely to term.
Gov. Ron DeSantis has proven that he doesn’t care that we know that he’s happy to court the far-right fringe, but now he’s appointing the far-right fringe to critical government agencies.
Even worse, he is appointing far-right extremists to positions where they will judge the ethics of others.
DeSantis just appointed Tina Descovich, the co-founder of Moms for Liberty, to the Florida Ethics Commission.
Miko Peled, an anti-Zionist Israeli, joins us to discuss the Israel and Palestine conflict and shed light on both the reality there, and the importance of pushing back on the media propaganda coming out that is pro-Israel.
Also we will be discussing Joe Biden's record as a strike-busting anti-union candidate, among a flurry of lies saying he is the 'Most Pro-Union president of our lifetime'.
New Mexico is called the Land of Enchantment. Yet Florida’s Governor is notably disenchanted with the Southwestern state after its Democratic Governor took a stand against guns.....MORE
“The CLT places a strong emphasis on classical education, which includes a focus on reading, writing, and critical thinking skills,” Ray Rodrigues, Chancellor of the State University System of Florida, said in a statement, as reported by Reuters. “It is designed to align with a classical liberal arts curriculum, which some educators and institutions believe provides a more well-rounded and meaningful education.”....MORE
The complaint filed by the DOE’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) claims that members of the board insulted students by misusing pronouns and allegedly denied an individual’s “gender identity,” which the complaint alleges violates civil rights law.....MORE
Florida is one of 17 states that allows citizens to take a route around the black robes and lawmakers with the citizen-initiative amendment process.
Harnessing that privilege, a movement is on to make abortion rights explicit in the state constitution, moving them back to what they were the day before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
Graves of children who died of AIDS, many from two decades ago, are seen at an orphanage in Nairobi, Kenya, on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. (Associated Press/Cara Anna)
A U.S. foreign aid program that officials say has saved 25 million lives in Africa and elsewhere is being threatened by some Republicans who fear program funding might go to organizations that promote abortion.....MORE
Suspended Orlando-area State Attorney Monique Worrell on Wednesday asked the Florida Supreme Court to overturn Gov. Ron DeSantis’ decision last month to oust her, saying he had no legal basis for the move. more