Florida Republicans Introduce Most Terrifying Assault on Trans Rights Yet

Florida is on the precipice of its latest prohibition against the LGBTQ community, this time proposing legislation that would end all legal recognition of trans persons living in the state. The bill would also effectively cease the issuance of drivers’ Continue reading Florida Republicans Introduce Most Terrifying Assault on Trans Rights Yet

Republican Voters Are Helping Florida Put Abortion on the Ballot

In the waning hours of the administration, Trump ordered a host of documents, including the binder, to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue for mass declassification in a scheme to prove that the FBI’s Trump-Russia investigation into his 2016 campaign ties was a Continue reading Republican Voters Are Helping Florida Put Abortion on the Ballot

The Sinister Reason Why Florida Republicans Are Attacking Democracy

Florida Republicans have introduced a bill to make it even harder to pass ballot initiatives, ahead of a crucial vote for abortion access in the state. State Representative Rick Roth quietly introduced a measure in early November to raise the Continue reading The Sinister Reason Why Florida Republicans Are Attacking Democracy

Ron DeSantis’s Racism Just Won Him a Big Lawsuit in Florida

A Palestinian student advocacy group is taking to the legal system to fight back against Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s efforts to kick them off student campuses. On Thursday, the University of Florida chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine announced Continue reading Ron DeSantis’s Racism Just Won Him a Big Lawsuit in Florida

Guess Which Group Ron DeSantis Just Banned from Florida Campuses

Offering possible objections based on what he described as “constitutional infirmity,” Johnson claimed there were grounds to reject the election results from states that permitted pandemic-induced state modifications to mail-in ballots and early voting systems that bypassed the approval of Continue reading Guess Which Group Ron DeSantis Just Banned from Florida Campuses

Judge Hearing Florida Abortion-Ban Case Has a Huge Conflict of Interest

Unfortunately, even despite Canady’s refusal to recuse himself, the rest of the court does not offer much more hope. Another justice, Meredith Sasso, is married to DeSantis loyalist Michael Sasso. DeSantis appointed Michael Sasso as vice chairman of the controversial Continue reading Judge Hearing Florida Abortion-Ban Case Has a Huge Conflict of Interest

DeSantis Appoints Hate Group Co-Founder to Florida Ethics Commission

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Wednesday appointed the co-founder of the far-right group Moms for Liberty to the state ethics commission. Moms for Liberty is a far-right “parental rights” organization that the Southern Poverty Law Center recently categorized as an Continue reading DeSantis Appoints Hate Group Co-Founder to Florida Ethics Commission

Florida Wanted “Opposing Viewpoints” on Slavery in A.P. African American Studies Course

If Smith’s team can prove this in court, then they could undermine Trump’s advice-of-counsel defense. If Trump relied on a lawyer that he knew was drunk and acting recklessly, then that would add to the prosecutors’ argument that Trump was Continue reading Florida Wanted “Opposing Viewpoints” on Slavery in A.P. African American Studies Course

Ron DeSantis Booed at Vigil for Victims of Racist Shooting in Florida

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis was loudly booed while at a weekend vigil for victims of a racist mass shooting in Jacksonville. A white man opened fire in a Dollar General store in a predominantly Black neighborhood on Saturday, killing three Continue reading Ron DeSantis Booed at Vigil for Victims of Racist Shooting in Florida