Nonilex<p>by Anna Peterson, a professor of religion at the University of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Florida</span></a>.</p><p>“In the 3yrs since Ron <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DeSantis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeSantis</span></a> set out to rid Florida’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>universities</span></a> of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/woke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>woke</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ideology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ideology</span></a>, my campus changed significantly. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Professors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Professors</span></a> suddenly worried about what they could say & teach. Some started avoiding terms like '<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a>.' One student recently told me that when someone used '<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/intersectional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intersectional</span></a>' in class, the instructor told her not to use that word.</p>
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Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GiftArticle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GiftArticle</span></a></p><p>What it’s like to be a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/faculty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>faculty</span></a> member in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Florida</span></a> & probably all <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>universities</span></a> soon. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Racists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Racists</span></a> try to entrap you into saying something that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DeSantis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeSantis</span></a> has deemed is grounds for dismissal, or make false claims.<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> is chilled to frozen.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanAutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanAutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AntiIntellectualism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiIntellectualism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HigherEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEducation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/college" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>college</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/school" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>school</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CultureWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CultureWar</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/opinion/trump-universities-woke.html?unlocked_article_code=1.FU8.Hs4h.0yHnjqz7bS2Z&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/05/07/opinion</span><span class="invisible">/trump-universities-woke.html?unlocked_article_code=1.FU8.Hs4h.0yHnjqz7bS2Z&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p</span></a></p>
Laffy<p>Just weeks after Ron <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DeSantis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeSantis</span></a>' admin steered $10 million from a legal Medicaid settlement to a charity spearheaded by First Lady Casey DeSantis, the Hope Florida Foundation gave that same amount to two political groups favored by the DeSantises. <a href="https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article304020886.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">miamiherald.com/news/politics-</span><span class="invisible">government/article304020886.html</span></a></p>
Dining & Cooking<p>RFK Jr.’s MAHA movement is coming to a state near you <a href="https://www.diningandcooking.com/2052723/rfk-jr-s-maha-movement-is-coming-to-a-state-near-you/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">diningandcooking.com/2052723/r</span><span class="invisible">fk-jr-s-maha-movement-is-coming-to-a-state-near-you/</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Affiliate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Affiliate</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/And" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>And</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/democratic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democratic</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/DemocraticParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocraticParty</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/DeSantis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeSantis</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Donald" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Donald</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/F" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>F</span></a>. <a href="https://vive.im/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>food</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Government</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/HealthPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthPolicy</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/jr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jr</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Kennedy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kennedy</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/local" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>local</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/LocalAffiliateFood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LocalAffiliateFood</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/LocalAffiliateHealthAndWellness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LocalAffiliateHealthAndWellness</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Mehmet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mehmet</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/MehmetOz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MehmetOz</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Negative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Negative</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/nutrition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nutrition</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Overall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Overall</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/OverallNegative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OverallNegative</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/%C3%B6z" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>öz</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/party" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>party</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Policy</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/public" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>public</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>republican</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/RepublicanParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicanParty</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/robert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>robert</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/RobertF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RobertF</span></a>.KennedyJr. <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Ron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ron</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/RonDeSantis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RonDeSantis</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Utah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Utah</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Vegetarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vegetarian</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/wellness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wellness</span></a></p>
René Merced :vm: 🇵🇷<p>The roster of local police departments and state agencies that have joined President Donald Trump’s drive for mass deportations has soared to more than 500, with nearly half from Florida. </p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/immigration-florida-desantis-ice-deportation-afeb0f1b51ba1592b5abe30b8f231690" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/immigration</span><span class="invisible">-florida-desantis-ice-deportation-afeb0f1b51ba1592b5abe30b8f231690</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/USnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USnews</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/deportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deportation</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Florida</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/DeSantis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeSantis</span></a></p>
Ultra Verified<p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/DeSantis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeSantis</span></a> and his wife are frauds and crooks.</p><p>But since they're <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> we that was the case already. </p><p><a href="https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article304665166.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">miamiherald.com/news/politics-</span><span class="invisible">government/state-politics/article304665166.html</span></a></p>
Btrinen<p>Looks like Desantis has had his hand in the cookie jar.<br><a href="https://social.seattle.wa.us/tags/desantis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>desantis</span></a></p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/hope-florida-ron-casey-desantis-florida-republican-f998ab21342fd3bb5be3854d1a1fcb64" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/hope-florid</span><span class="invisible">a-ron-casey-desantis-florida-republican-f998ab21342fd3bb5be3854d1a1fcb64</span></a> DeSantis defends $10 million donation from state agency settlement to charity linked to his wife</p>
Flipboard News Desk<p>Gov. Ron DeSantis has a solution for Florida's labor shortage: softer child-labor laws.</p><p>From <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@WSJ" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>WSJ</span></a></span> (gift link): <a href="https://flip.it/V-CDDi" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/V-CDDi</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/DeSantis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeSantis</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Florida</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/ChildLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChildLabor</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a></p>
Frankie ✅<p>Ron DeSantis funneled $10 million in taxpayer money to his wife's charity, who gave it to dark money groups, who then donated $8.5 million to a PAC overseen by DeSantis’ former chief of staff. </p><p><a href="https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article304665166.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">miamiherald.com/news/politics-</span><span class="invisible">government/state-politics/article304665166.html</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOPCult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOPCult</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/desantis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>desantis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maga</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>florida</span></a></p>
FunGuy2PlayWith<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DeSantis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeSantis</span></a> And HIS WIFE Just Got CAUGHT In A HUGE SCANDAL🚨 <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Florida</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/OccupyDemocrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OccupyDemocrats</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/IlTYbH3KR80?si=o8JuQ9wohMVXLSG-" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/IlTYbH3KR80?si=o8JuQ9</span><span class="invisible">wohMVXLSG-</span></a></p>
Δρομογράφος<p><a href="https://social.dromografos.report/tags/Florida" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Florida</a><span> teacher loses job for using student's chosen name in violation of state law<br><br></span><a href="https://apnews.com/article/florida-lgbtq-education-desantis-fc8c37368bca9cfd33b6676576c78f06" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://apnews.com/article/florida-lgbtq-education-desantis-fc8c37368bca9cfd33b6676576c78f06</a></p><blockquote><span>School district officials aren’t renewing the contract of a teacher who used a student’s chosen name without getting permission from the student’s parents.<br>Dozens of students and parents showed up in support of teacher Melissa Calhoun at a Brevard Public Schools board meeting Tuesday night, demanding that her contract as an English teacher at Satellite High School be renewed. The 17-year-old student chose the preferred name to reflect the student’s gender identity and the teacher only was acting out of compassion, according to the supporters.<br>Calhoun knowingly defied the law signed by Republican Gov. Ron </span><a href="https://social.dromografos.report/tags/DeSantis" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DeSantis</a> in 2023 which requires parental consent to use an alternative to a student’s legal name, according to Janet Murnaghan, a spokeswoman for the Brevard Public Schools.</blockquote><p></p>
StanceOfMind<p>DeSantis’ administration took $10M of state Medicaid money and steered it to Hope Florida. The money eventually ended up in a political committee controlled by DeSantis’ chief of staff.</p><p><a href="https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article304665166.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">miamiherald.com/news/politics-</span><span class="invisible">government/state-politics/article304665166.html</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/DeSantis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeSantis</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Theft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Theft</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Florida</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Scandal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scandal</span></a></p>
Old Hippie Ⓥ Resistance!<p>Another example of the corrupt <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/gop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gop</span></a> , this time <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/desantis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>desantis</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.rawstory.com/casey-desantis-hope-florida/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rawstory.com/casey-desantis-ho</span><span class="invisible">pe-florida/</span></a></p>
🇺🇦PhotoSniperFox🇺🇦<p>Irrelevant but funny, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Ladapo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ladapo</span></a> is an anagram for "A <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Lapdog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lapdog</span></a>," which is an accurate description of both his role in the state government (<a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DeSantis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeSantis</span></a>'s lapdog), and his <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/medical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medical</span></a> qualifications, or total lack thereof.</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Harvard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Harvard</span></a> will just give a degree to any idiot that asks, I guess.</p>
Ultra Verified<p>... suspect advocated for President Donald <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/racist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racist</span></a> agenda and often promoted white supremacist values ... </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/FSU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FSU</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/shooting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shooting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Desantis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Desantis</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/REPUBLICANS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>REPUBLICANS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/FL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>florida</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/hellhole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hellhole</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/thoughtsAndPrayers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thoughtsAndPrayers</span></a> don't bring back the dead. </p><p><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fsu-shooter-suspect-phoenix-ikner-orange-hummer-what-know-edited-rcna201811#" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fsu-s</span><span class="invisible">hooter-suspect-phoenix-ikner-orange-hummer-what-know-edited-rcna201811#</span></a></p>
Joshua Holland<p>We are not sliding into or headed toward authoritarianism. </p><p>"At issue is a recently passed law that a federal judge has temporarily barred the state from enforcing, further calling into question the validity of his arrest"<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/desantis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>desantis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>florida</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.rawstory.com/us-born-man-held-for-ice-under-floridas-new-anti-immigration-law" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rawstory.com/us-born-man-held-</span><span class="invisible">for-ice-under-floridas-new-anti-immigration-law</span></a></p>
Paul Chambers🚧<p>Former Ron DeSantis spokesman arrested on charges of indecent ‘exposure of sexual organs’. </p><p>Even with his history, until his arrest he was administrator of the infamous "anti-woke" college, New College of Florida</p><p>He has a history of indecent exposure allegations and is facing trial on others. <a href="https://oldfriends.live/tags/LockHimUp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LockHimUp</span></a></p><p>In August, Piccolo was accused of exposing himself to a store employee at a Banana Republic, while "playing" with himself.</p><p>Eleven days later, Piccolo exposed himself to an employee of Dillard’s, returning the next day, exposing himself to a female employee.</p><p>We're used to the GOP showing us who they are, but usually it is just with their actions.</p><p>Piccolo made national headlines in 2020 after stating that photos of each dead COVID-19 victim should be balanced with 99 photos of people who survive the disease and also claimed that COVID-19 is less deadly than the flu at least three times.</p><p><a href="https://oldfriends.live/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://oldfriends.live/tags/Crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Crime</span></a> <a href="https://oldfriends.live/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Florida</span></a> <a href="https://oldfriends.live/tags/DeSantis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeSantis</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.tampabay.com/news/education/2025/04/16/new-college-florida-admin-arrested-exposure-sexual-organs/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tampabay.com/news/education/20</span><span class="invisible">25/04/16/new-college-florida-admin-arrested-exposure-sexual-organs/</span></a></p>
MessagingMatters<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DeSantis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeSantis</span></a> says <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Florida</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> ‘rotten,’ ‘colluding with Democrats’ amid Hope Florida controversy</p><p><a href="https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/desantis-holds-news-conference-in-pensacola/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wfla.com/news/florida/desantis</span><span class="invisible">-holds-news-conference-in-pensacola/</span></a></p>
KChernecky For Democracy<p><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/florida-house-probes-desantis-administration-spending-amid-budget-tensions/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbsnews.com/miami/news/florida</span><span class="invisible">-house-probes-desantis-administration-spending-amid-budget-tensions/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/desantis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>desantis</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>State by State Pending and Recently Passed <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiProtestLaws</span></a>: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Florida</span></a> </p><p>HB 275 / SB 340: New penalties for protests near gas and oil <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pipelines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pipelines</span></a></p><p>Creates a new felony offense for trespassing that could cover some protests near pipelines and other infrastructure that do not involve actual property damage. The law broadly defines “<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriticalInfrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriticalInfrastructure</span></a>” to include above or belowground pipelines, as well as a range of other gas, electricity, water, mining, and telecommunications facilities. Under the law, entering onto critical infrastructure property with notice that such entrance was prohibited is a 3rd degree felony offense. As such, protesters who cause no damage but merely enter onto posted property that contains a pipeline in the course of their protest could face felony charges and up to 5 years in prison if convicted. By contrast, trespassing onto private property is generally a 2nd degree misdemeanor, punishable by at most 60 days in jail. The House bill as originally also created an overbroad “improper tampering” felony offense, which would have included any unauthorized action to “change…the physical condition of the property or any portion thereof,” or to “knowingly and intentionally… deface” critical infrastructure property, but these provisions were removed by amendment.</p><p>Full text of bill: <a href="https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1435/?Tab=BillHistory" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022</span><span class="invisible">/1435/?Tab=BillHistory</span></a></p><p>Status: enacted</p><p>Introduced 25 Oct 2023; Approved by House 22 February 2024; Approved by Senate 28 February 2024; Signed by Governor <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DeSantis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeSantis</span></a> 17 May 2024</p><p>Issue(s): Infrastructure, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trespass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trespass</span></a></p><p>HB 1435/SB 1954: Charging protest organizers for the costs of responding to a protest</p><p>Would allow local authorities to require protest organizers to pay for "all relevant costs and fees associated with designating and enforcing" the zone established for a "special event," "including, but not limited to, costs and fees for the provision of supplemental law enforcement and sanitation services." While the bill's sponsors indicate that it was motivated by large, disruptive "pop-up" gatherings of cars like the "Daytona Truck Meet," it is written broadly enough to cover street protests and demonstrations. The bill defines a "special event" as an "unpermitted temporary activity or event organized or promoted via a social media platform" which is attended by 50 or more persons and substantially increases or disrupts the normal flow of traffic on a roadway, street, or highway." The bill also authorizes law enforcement to "enforce occupancy limits" in "special event zones"; which if applied to protests could allow police could limit the number of protest participants in a certain area. </p><p>Full text of bill: <a href="https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1435/?Tab=BillHistory" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022</span><span class="invisible">/1435/?Tab=BillHistory</span></a></p><p>Status: enacted</p><p>Introduced 10 Jan 2022; Approved by House 2 March 2022; Approved by Senate 4 March 2022; Approved by Governor DeSantis 26 May 2022</p><p>Issue(s): Security Costs </p><p>HB 1/SB 484: Expanded definition of "<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/riot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>riot</span></a>" and new penalties for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protesters</span></a></p><p>**Note: Provisions of HB1 related to the law's new definition of "riot" were preliminarily enjoined by a federal district judge on September 9, 2021, temporarily blocking enforcement of those provisions.**</p><p>Enlarges the legal definition of "riot," a 3rd degree felony, to include any group of three or more individuals whose shared intent to engage in disorderly and violent conduct results in "imminent danger" of property damage or personal injury, or actual damage or injury. Notably, the new definition does not require that the individuals' conduct be disorderly or violent, or that they commit any actual damage or injury. Under the new law, a "riot" consisting of 25 or more people, or one that "endangers the safe movement of a vehicle," is automatically an "aggravated riot," a new 2nd degree felony offense under the law. As such, large groups of protesters or ones that block traffic, even temporarily, could face up to 15 years in prison. Under the new law, "inciting" someone to participate in a riot is a 3rd degree felony, punishable by 5 years in prison. The law also creates a new criminal offense of "mob intimidation," defined as a group of three or more people who act with a "common intent" to compel "or attempt to compel" another person to "do or refrain from doing any act," or "assume, abandon, or maintain a particular viewpoint" against their will. The offense is a first degree misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year in jail. The law creates a new 3rd degree felony offense, punishable by up to 5 years in prison, for anyone who "willfully and maliciously <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/defaces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>defaces</span></a>, injures, or otherwise damages by any means" <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/statues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>statues</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/flags" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flags</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/paintings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paintings</span></a>, displays, or other "<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/memorials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>memorials</span></a>" and the value of the damage is more than $200. As "deface" is not defined, protesters who apply paint or graffiti to a monument in the course of a peaceful protest could face up to 5 years in prison. The law may encourage violence against protesters by creating a new affirmative defense in civil lawsuits for personal injury, death, or property damage, such that a defendant can avoid liability by establishing that the injury, death, or damage they committed "arose from" conduct by someone "acting in furtherance of a riot." Finally, the law creates a new civil right of action against a municipal government that fails to "respond appropriately to protect persons and property during a riot or unlawful assembly," making them civilly liable for damages, including personal injury or property damage. These provisions may encourage municipal governments to adopt overly aggressive law enforcement responses to protests in order to avoid lawsuits.<br> <br>Full text of bill: <a href="https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1435/?Tab=BillHistory" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022</span><span class="invisible">/1435/?Tab=BillHistory</span></a></p><p>Status: enacted</p><p>Introduced 6 Jan 2021; Approved by House 26 March 2021; Approved by Senate 15 April 2021; Signed by Governor DeSantis 19 April 2021</p><p>Issue(s): Protest Supporters or Funders, Driver Immunity, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PoliceResponse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceResponse</span></a>, Riot, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrafficInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrafficInterference</span></a>, State Liability, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StandYourGround" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StandYourGround</span></a> <br> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingDissent</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Clampdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Clampdown</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingProtest</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PipelineProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PipelineProtests</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiProtestLaws</span></a></p>
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