And fifth string actors like Kevin Sorbo.
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Mike G
Super Anarchist
"Stay in your lane" and "shut up and dribble" are for celebrities that disagree with Trumpism.
If they agree with Trump, their word is gospel.
Mrleft8
Super Anarchist
I seriously doubt that there are more than a dozen democrats in Dixie county.
badlatitude
Soros-backed
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Ron DeSantis is counting on journalists not connecting him to Floridians losing their health coverage
Ron DeSantis is counting on journalists not connecting him to Floridians losing their health coverage
WRITTEN BY MATT GERTZ
PUBLISHED 01/25/23 1:12 PM EST
https://www.mediamatters.org/health...connecting-him-floridians-losing-their-health
"SNIP.......
If you’ve been following the news, you likely know that last Thursday, his administration blocked the College Board’s new Advanced Placement class on African American history from being taught in the state, arguing that it “significantly lacks educational value.” DeSantis himself has said the decision was necessary because “we want education, not indoctrination,” and criticized its references to “Queer theory.” The move drew criticism from Democratic officials in Florida and in the White House, with press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre calling the decision “incomprehensible.”
The AP blockade is perhaps the quintessential DeSantis stunt, a crude culture war salvo with rich symbolic power and roots in the right-wing press that targets a major liberal institution but whose concrete material impacts are relatively minimal. The governor’s fans in the right-wing commentariat are elated, his critics on the left are firing off responses, and the controversy is swallowing up newspaper column inches and TV news segments. After a period of middling presidential poll numbers, DeSantis is once again the lib-owning center of attention.
DeSantis’ political strategy is calculated and deliberate. “By leaning into high-profile battles as a culture warrior par excellence for the most reactionary segment of the American public,” New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie wrote Tuesday, “DeSantis has made himself the hero of conservative elites and the bête noire of liberals and Democrats without so much as mentioning his radical and unpopular views on social insurance and the welfare state.”
Which brings me to a second major story out of Florida that hasn’t received anywhere near the same amount of national attention. The Miami Herald reported on Saturday that a huge number of Floridians are about to lose federal health insurance coverage thanks to DeSantis and his political allies. According to the Herald:
* Almost a million Floridians are slated to lose their Medicaid coverage starting in April once the federal COVID-19 emergency comes to an end.
* Florida is one of 11 states that did not expand Medicaid through the Affordable Care Act, which means tens of thousands of Florida families are expected to fall into the Medicaid access gap.
........SNIP"
https://www.mediamatters.org/health...connecting-him-floridians-losing-their-health
Fat Point Jack
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But there is a bunch of people there that would make it unsafe for her.
Sol Rosenberg
Girthy Member
We don’t need health care in the Free State of Florida. The Right People are covered. The nigras have had their history erased. It’s old white paradise look-away, look-away, look-away, Dixieland!
Not for nothing
Super Anarchist
Not for nothing
Super Anarchist
now he's burning records, for a rainbow.
Shit if you shine light thru a prism, it comes out a rainbow,
How is he going to stop clouds from having them?
Shit if you shine light thru a prism, it comes out a rainbow,
How is he going to stop clouds from having them?
Voyageur
Super Anarchist
methinks rhonda is in the closet, like denny hastert, jim craig, gym jordan, rudy, ms lindsey g, devolder....
if they just came out and got busy doing the work they were elected to do, it would be better for us all. kultur war is all they have, sad.
if they just came out and got busy doing the work they were elected to do, it would be better for us all. kultur war is all they have, sad.
Hide your books to avoid felony charges, Fla. schools tell teachers
Students arrived in some Florida public school classrooms this month to find their teachers’ bookshelves wrapped in paper — or entirely barren of books — after district officials launched a review of the texts’ appropriateness under a new state law.
School officials in at least two counties, Manatee and Duval, have directed teachers this month to remove or wrap up their classroom libraries, according to records obtained by The Washington Post. The removals come in response to fresh guidance issued by the Florida Department of Education in mid-January, after the State Board of Education ruled that a law restricting the books a district may possess applies not only to schoolwide libraries but to teachers’ classroom collections, too.
House Bill 1467, which took effect as law in July, mandates that schools’ books be age-appropriate, free from pornography and “suited to student needs.” Books must be approved by a qualified school media specialist, who must undergo a state retraining on book collection. The Education Department did not publish that training until January, leaving school librarians across Florida unable to order books for more than a year.
Breaking the law is a third-degree felony, meaning that a teacher could face up to five years in prison and a $5,000 fine for displaying or giving students a disallowed book.
The efforts to conceal titles in Manatee and Duval have stirred outrage from educators and parents, many of whom shared images of bare wooden shelves or books veiled behind sheets of colored paper. Teachers wrote in Facebook posts and text messages that they are angry and disheartened. District officials in both counties have emphasized that the removals are temporary and will last only until staff can determine whether the titles meet the standards imposed by Florida law.
Michelle Jarrett, president of the Florida Association of Supervisors of Media, which assists school library administrators and programs statewide, said that “closing and covering up classroom libraries does nothing to ensure Florida’s students remain on track for reading success.”
And Marie Masferrer, a board member of the Florida Association for Media in Education and a school librarian who used to work in the Manatee County system and remains in close touch with former colleagues in that district, said they have told her that students are struggling.
At one school, “the kids began crying and writing letters to the principal, saying, ‘Please don’t take my books, please don’t do this,’” Masferrer said.
A spokesman for the School District of Manatee County said in a statement Monday that the district “is abiding by all applicable laws and statutes of the state of Florida, and adhering to the guidance of the Florida Department of Education.”
A spokeswoman for Duval County Public Schools wrote in a statement Monday that “we are taking the steps required to comply with Florida law,” adding that “there are almost 800 titles currently approved, and the list grows each day as books are reviewed.”
The department’s new rule, published and approved Jan. 18, “clarifies that library materials, including classroom libraries, must be approved and selected by a media specialist.” This goes against precedent: Classroom libraries have historically been overseen by no one but teachers, who simply selected and stocked books they believed might be intriguing to students. Often, teachers bought these texts with their own money or by fundraising online.
During a televised hearing before the Florida House Education Quality Subcommittee on Jan. 25, Education Department Chancellor Paul Burns was asked by Rep. Christopher Benjamin (D-Miami Gardens) whether the department’s guidance and training on book collection could yield “unintended consequences.”
Burns said he was unaware of any, but “if there’s any changes that need to be made ... we’re certainly open to that.” The Florida Education Department did not respond to questions, including one about whether the latest developments might constitute unintended consequences.
Manatee County’s January directive, obtained by The Post, says teachers who maintain elementary and secondary classroom libraries must “remove or cover all materials that have not been vetted” in accordance with state law. Going forward, any classroom library books must be “reviewed by a media specialist using the FDOE guidelines” before they are “presented and approved” at a special school meeting and finally “signed off by the principal.”
When one teacher emailed Manatee Superintendent Cynthia Saunders with questions and concerns about the directive, Saunders replied that violating the state law on book collection amounts to “a felony of the third degree,” according to a copy of the superintendent’s email obtained by The Post.
“We are seeking volunteers to assist with vetting and compiling [a] website list so books can be returned to classroom libraries,” Saunders wrote.
The district declined to comment on Saunders’s email or to answer a question about when school officials might complete their reconsideration of classroom library books.
In Duval County, the district published a brief blog post on Jan. 23 announcing that, after “recent training and direction from the state, Duval County Public schools will now conduct a formal review of classroom libraries.”
Two days later, the district shared with staffers a private, unlisted YouTube video titled “Classroom Libraries.” In the seven-minute video, obtained by The Post, Chief Academic Officer Paula Renfro announced that “classroom libraries will be temporarily reduced to only include ... books that have been approved by certified media specialists and books on the state-approved” list.
“In the meantime, books not on the district-approved list or not approved by a certified media specialist need to be covered or stored and paused for student use,” Renfro said. “As a reminder, though, this is temporary.”
She said that school officials are working to get classroom books “back to students’ hands as quickly as possible,” and that the district is considering giving teachers free time to vet books, as well as reemploying retired school library media specialists to help with the process.
Manatee Education Association President Pat Barber said in an interview that she has received many confused and concerned questions from teacher members about the district’s new policy on classroom libraries. She said educators are “distressed” by the idea of possibly receiving a third-degree felony conviction for simply providing books to children, which they used to view as part of their jobs.
“And if they are required to vet all the books in their classroom libraries, where the time will come from?” Barber said. “We’re talking about, for some people, thousands of books because they have developed these libraries over years.”
Although teachers in Manatee and Duval have aired their frustration in private social media posts, employees in both districts declined interview requests, citing school policies and fear of losing their jobs.
“I have over 800 books so it’s been a huge mess,” wrote one in a text message provided to The Post by Masferrer. “The kids don’t understand it’s just so sad.”
Students arrived in some Florida public school classrooms this month to find their teachers’ bookshelves wrapped in paper — or entirely barren of books — after district officials launched a review of the texts’ appropriateness under a new state law.
School officials in at least two counties, Manatee and Duval, have directed teachers this month to remove or wrap up their classroom libraries, according to records obtained by The Washington Post. The removals come in response to fresh guidance issued by the Florida Department of Education in mid-January, after the State Board of Education ruled that a law restricting the books a district may possess applies not only to schoolwide libraries but to teachers’ classroom collections, too.
House Bill 1467, which took effect as law in July, mandates that schools’ books be age-appropriate, free from pornography and “suited to student needs.” Books must be approved by a qualified school media specialist, who must undergo a state retraining on book collection. The Education Department did not publish that training until January, leaving school librarians across Florida unable to order books for more than a year.
Breaking the law is a third-degree felony, meaning that a teacher could face up to five years in prison and a $5,000 fine for displaying or giving students a disallowed book.
The efforts to conceal titles in Manatee and Duval have stirred outrage from educators and parents, many of whom shared images of bare wooden shelves or books veiled behind sheets of colored paper. Teachers wrote in Facebook posts and text messages that they are angry and disheartened. District officials in both counties have emphasized that the removals are temporary and will last only until staff can determine whether the titles meet the standards imposed by Florida law.
Michelle Jarrett, president of the Florida Association of Supervisors of Media, which assists school library administrators and programs statewide, said that “closing and covering up classroom libraries does nothing to ensure Florida’s students remain on track for reading success.”
And Marie Masferrer, a board member of the Florida Association for Media in Education and a school librarian who used to work in the Manatee County system and remains in close touch with former colleagues in that district, said they have told her that students are struggling.
At one school, “the kids began crying and writing letters to the principal, saying, ‘Please don’t take my books, please don’t do this,’” Masferrer said.
A spokesman for the School District of Manatee County said in a statement Monday that the district “is abiding by all applicable laws and statutes of the state of Florida, and adhering to the guidance of the Florida Department of Education.”
A spokeswoman for Duval County Public Schools wrote in a statement Monday that “we are taking the steps required to comply with Florida law,” adding that “there are almost 800 titles currently approved, and the list grows each day as books are reviewed.”
The department’s new rule, published and approved Jan. 18, “clarifies that library materials, including classroom libraries, must be approved and selected by a media specialist.” This goes against precedent: Classroom libraries have historically been overseen by no one but teachers, who simply selected and stocked books they believed might be intriguing to students. Often, teachers bought these texts with their own money or by fundraising online.
During a televised hearing before the Florida House Education Quality Subcommittee on Jan. 25, Education Department Chancellor Paul Burns was asked by Rep. Christopher Benjamin (D-Miami Gardens) whether the department’s guidance and training on book collection could yield “unintended consequences.”
Burns said he was unaware of any, but “if there’s any changes that need to be made ... we’re certainly open to that.” The Florida Education Department did not respond to questions, including one about whether the latest developments might constitute unintended consequences.
Manatee County’s January directive, obtained by The Post, says teachers who maintain elementary and secondary classroom libraries must “remove or cover all materials that have not been vetted” in accordance with state law. Going forward, any classroom library books must be “reviewed by a media specialist using the FDOE guidelines” before they are “presented and approved” at a special school meeting and finally “signed off by the principal.”
When one teacher emailed Manatee Superintendent Cynthia Saunders with questions and concerns about the directive, Saunders replied that violating the state law on book collection amounts to “a felony of the third degree,” according to a copy of the superintendent’s email obtained by The Post.
“We are seeking volunteers to assist with vetting and compiling [a] website list so books can be returned to classroom libraries,” Saunders wrote.
The district declined to comment on Saunders’s email or to answer a question about when school officials might complete their reconsideration of classroom library books.
In Duval County, the district published a brief blog post on Jan. 23 announcing that, after “recent training and direction from the state, Duval County Public schools will now conduct a formal review of classroom libraries.”
Two days later, the district shared with staffers a private, unlisted YouTube video titled “Classroom Libraries.” In the seven-minute video, obtained by The Post, Chief Academic Officer Paula Renfro announced that “classroom libraries will be temporarily reduced to only include ... books that have been approved by certified media specialists and books on the state-approved” list.
“In the meantime, books not on the district-approved list or not approved by a certified media specialist need to be covered or stored and paused for student use,” Renfro said. “As a reminder, though, this is temporary.”
She said that school officials are working to get classroom books “back to students’ hands as quickly as possible,” and that the district is considering giving teachers free time to vet books, as well as reemploying retired school library media specialists to help with the process.
Manatee Education Association President Pat Barber said in an interview that she has received many confused and concerned questions from teacher members about the district’s new policy on classroom libraries. She said educators are “distressed” by the idea of possibly receiving a third-degree felony conviction for simply providing books to children, which they used to view as part of their jobs.
“And if they are required to vet all the books in their classroom libraries, where the time will come from?” Barber said. “We’re talking about, for some people, thousands of books because they have developed these libraries over years.”
Although teachers in Manatee and Duval have aired their frustration in private social media posts, employees in both districts declined interview requests, citing school policies and fear of losing their jobs.
“I have over 800 books so it’s been a huge mess,” wrote one in a text message provided to The Post by Masferrer. “The kids don’t understand it’s just so sad.”
Swimsailor
Super Anarchist
This idiot may just be our next President. Many of us have stated over the years that Trump wasn't the biggest threat to America. It's that he laid the foundation for someone with at least some skill to finish the job. White Christian nationalism will soon be the dominant political force in America. I weep for our nation.
SloopJonB
Super Anarchist
He needs the money for all the separate drinking fountains he intends to install.
He might just be figuring out what it will take to get the young college age kids to actually go out and vote...he won't like the results.
On the voting restrictions, just got an email from the Miami-Dade elections folk to tell me I need to reregister for vote-by-mail because they cancelled all previous such registrations. So I go to the website to reregister and get a an error message for the box the asks for either last 4 of SS number or DL number. Put in the SS number and says need to put in the DL number, so put in DL number and says the SS number is in error
Steam Flyer
Sophisticated Yet Humble
He might just be figuring out what it will take to get the young college age kids to actually go out and vote...he won't like the results.
On the voting restrictions, just got an email from the Miami-Dade elections folk to tell me I need to reregister for vote-by-mail because they cancelled all previous such registrations. So I go to the website to reregister and get a an error message for the box the asks for either last 4 of SS number or DL number. Put in the SS number and says need to put in the DL number, so put in DL number and says the SS number is in error
All voting machine in Florida are now broken, except the ones in The Villages. Repairs will be completed some time after the next election.
