The U.S. Department of Education has launched an investigation into New College of Florida’s trustees and administration following a civil rights complaint filed on Aug. 22, according to a letter sent Friday from the agency to the college's president.....MORE
Monday, September 11, 2023
Florida Christians Rebel Against Ron DeSantis
Some Black churches and congregations in Florida are teaching their own versions of Black history that they say is different from the guidelines imposed earlier this year by the state.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, a Republican currently seeking his party's 2024 nomination for president, has received direct criticism from some after the Florida Department of Education (DOE) implemented changes to educational curriculum for K-12 students in July.
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Sunday, September 10, 2023
Justin Strekal Jumps in the Rotation
Maxwell Frost SHUTS DOWN Republican Crazies
Why Republican voters are just not that into Gov. Ron DeSantis
Roosters of Ybor City
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Housing First is a proven solution to homelessness in America
Providing a safe, secure roof overhead immediately, then addressing other social service needs, is the most humane response to the needs of both our clients and the unhoused whose struggles play out in our cities’ streets. It is also the most effective response, as Housing First’s success in venues from Houston to Helsinki shows. Housing First sharply reduces the number of people who are unhoused and cuts the high cost of government interventions connected to homelessness.....MORE
What Stogie Had For Lunch
Florida becomes first state to accept 'Classic Learning Test' as SAT, ACT alternative
The "Classic Learning Test" is an exam popular among Christian schools and conservative political groups.
Cases of COVID-19 are on the rise – here’s how you can still get free tests
COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths are climbing heading into the fall, and although free testing isn’t as widely accessible as it once was, low- or no-cost tests may still be available.
The government’s program that mailed free tests through COVIDtests.gov has been suspended and as of June 1 is no longer accepting orders.
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FREAK OUT: Racist meltdown proves Ron DeSantis isn’t ready for prime time
On Thursday, an Air Force veteran confronted the governor about whether his policies, which are stuffed with racial animosity, along with very loose gun laws, set up an environment where the race-based shooting in Jacksonville was inevitable.....MORE
Saturday, September 9, 2023
Uber 'teen accounts' now available in Tampa
Uber announced a new product Friday that will allow teenagers in Tampa to create their own specialized accounts. According to the ride-sharing company, the program will allow parents and guardians to invite their teens ages 13-17 to make a specialized Uber account that will allow the teens to request their own rides and order food with parental supervision built in.
Ron DeSantis is 'functionally authoritarian'
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Tampa Indie Night in Ybor City
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TRAVESTY: How Republicans are DESTROYING women’s health care
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.
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DESANTIS OUTRAGE: Moms for Liberty founder appointed to Florida ethics board
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.
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